Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-02-20
PEOPLE.

SIR WILLIAM PEARCE left fortune OF
sc, 260, 900; all to his widow and son.
TINE has led Count Won Moltke from
the battlefield to the rose garden. He
gives most of his time now to the cult
vation of his favorite flowers.
In the Rev. Mr.. Surgeons library is
which was found in Dr. Livingstone's
box, in Africa, after the explorers
death.
S. w. HAWKINS, a Cherokee Indian, is
in Washington. He is tall, copper
coIored, intelligent brave, VINO spends
much time at the capital advocating the
claims of the red mario full citizenship.
A THOUGHTFUL and worthy New Years
gift was that of Prince Charles, of Swe-
den, to his mother, the Queen. It Was
set of furniture for hospital room for
the use Of two patients, and it bias been
placed in the Queens name in the Roy
al Hospital at Stockholm.
GEN. BoULANGER's complaints against
his wife, in his petition for divorce,
amount substantially to this: She has
dared to have a mind of her own, and
has refused to be the slave of his
whims. Not much better than Milan
Obrenovitch's Indictment Of his wife.
SAYS some one who is posted: "Jacob
Kilrain calls John L. Sullivan baby
John L. Sullivan calls Jacob Kilrain a
monkey; Charles Mitchell. calls Jack
Dempsey rat; Jack Dempsey calls
Charles Mitchell duffer; Charles Nit
chell calls John L. Sullivan loafer."
And they never fight
The Car has been advised by his
physicians to '1do Banting." For man
Who-as q continental correspondent
puts it-can eat his two pounds of meat
and drink nearly magnum of cham
payne at luncheon. the advice would in
ordinary times not have been palatable,
but the Gar now suffers cruelty from
insomnia, and the doctors think that an
overheard diet is the cause of the mis-
chief.
THE expulsion of French cooks from
his household by the present Emperor
of Germany recalls the fact that his i'm.
perial grandfather long employed M.
Urban Dubois as chef. When the
Franco-Prussian war broke out M. Du-
bois resigned his post, but Emperor
William would not permit him to de-
part. When the fortunes of war had
placed the chiefs native village in the
Emperor's power the latter issued an or
der that the people of that vicinity
should not be compelled to pay an in
demnity.
The following anecdote of the En-
press Frederick is touching and anthem
tic. Some days ago she is said to have
visited the Stuart Exhibition, where she
was fascinated by the relics of Queen
Mary. Looking long and sadly at the
picture of Mary's execution at Fother-
ingay, she at last said: "Poor Mary
Poor Queen! If | had lived go years
ago, |, too, would have been beheaded
at least three times in the last eighteen
months" The story gives one touch
ing insight into the contemporary view of
the position of the Empress Frederick.
DR.. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, in pre-
senting his medical library to the Bos-
ton Medical Library Association, has
parted with collection which has taken
lifetime to gather. The oldest book in
the series was written in 1890 and the
latest in 1887. Says DIR. Holmes: "These
books are dear to me; twig from some
one Of my nerves runs to every one of
them, and they mark the progress OF
my study and the stepping stones OF my
professional life. If any Of them can be
to others as they have been to me, 1 am
willing to part with them, even if they
are such old and beloved com panions."