Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-07-06
FAMILIAR N AME

1HE German mp0TOE las IL p6b dNSI-
sion for short overcoats and shoes with
pointed toes. His clothes are all made
to fit him snugly, particular his trous-
ers. which lncose his leg as closely as
ballet dancers tights.
TIE last male heir of Pulaski, the
distinguished Pole, who aided the
patriots of the revolution, lives IN Sa-
vannah, Ca, where he earns scanty
living peddling small wares.
Mrs. POTTER PALMER says that what
surprised her most in France was the
discovery that no charitable or educa-
tional institution is carried on entirely
by women.
THE London News is disposed to
credit the assertion that Nine. Patti will
receive $202, 500 for her next years
American tour, or 81, 500 a piece for
forty-fve concerts.
THOMAS II. SHERMAN, United States
consul in Liverpool, has been granted
leave of absence to visit this country.
The report that he had resigned was
made on the authority Of clerk in the
state department.
THE only soprano in the world who
makes higher tones than Patti is said to
be Sibyl Sanderson, daughter of Judge
Sanderson. In addition to her musical
powers she is said to possess charms of
person and to be very clever.
AT its recent commencement DECKER
son College conferred the degree Of l..
II. D. on Moncnre D. Conway.
THE President begins his days work
at o'clock in the morning. During
his three years occupancy of the
White House he has not lost a day by
illness.
SIR JAMES CREIGHTON BROWNE said a
month ago that it is far better for
women to grow Up healthy than
learned. Ne learned woman seems as
yet to have taken up the cudgels with
Sir James.
MINISTER T. JEFFERSON COOLIDGE lives
at Coolidge Neck, Manchester, Mass,
Illus Vanderbilt succeeds him there
this season, having taken lease of
Coolidge Neck.
SINCE Mr.. Latouchere appended his
name to Salvation Army appeal a
fortnight or more ago, there has been a
disposition to carlcature him, dressed
in the garb of the much-abused organi-
zation which he befriended.
A BEAUTIFUL full length portrait of
Dolly Madison is now being offered to
Congress for $1,000. 1t is by E. F. An
drews, who painted the charming
martha Washington" that hangs
in the east room of the White House.
THE marriage of Princess Maria. of
Edinburgh, to Prince Ferdinand, heir
apparent to the throne of Roumania is
fixed to take place at Coburg in Octob-
Der next. Religious obstacles prevent
the determination of the marriage at
Windsor Castle.
DURING the recent ceremonies at
Caprera in commemoration OF the death
of Garibaldi, while crowd of visitors
were trying to drink from the we'll dug
by Garibaldi, the platform gave way and
ten persons fell into the we'll, one being
seriously injured.
FRANCIS HoPKINsoN SMITH is as expert
with the brush as with the pen. After
finishing the work on "Col. Carter, of
Gainesville" he went abroad for six
weeks vacation, and the pictures he
afterwards sold from the studies made
during the trip brought him $4,000.
QUEEN VICTORIA casually encountered
circus the other day while she was
driving up the Deeside from Balmoral,
and at once commanded performance
She remained two hours on the ground
looking at the performance from her
carriage, with several other illustrious
deadheads.
KING OSCAR of Sweden, who is now
visiting in Paris, is man of tall and
spare figure, with white hair and beard
that were black when he was last in the
French capital. He enjoys excellent
health. When the King visited Presi-
dent Carnot at the Elysee he wore the
medal granted him by the French
government for throwing himself be-
fore two horses that were running
away with carriage filled with ladies.
Miss MARY AUGUSTA SCOTT has just
been elected a Fellow Of Yale Univer-
sity, the first woman to receive this dis
tinction. Miss Scott is graduate and
Johns Hopkins, and was a student in
honors at the University of Cambridge,
England.
Mrs. P. I. BARNUM. widow of the
Snowman, is annoyed by Bridgeport
crank, who thinks that she wants to
marry him.
Mrs. HUMPHREY WARD has been invited
to loan the original manuscript Of
Robert Elsmere" for exhibition in the
woman's building at Chicago, and an
effort is being made to secure from the
heirs of Helen Hunt Jackson the manu-
script of Ramona.
JOHN SABTIN, Philadelphia great
steel eDgrayer. the friend and counsel
orof Poe, is now 81 years Of age. He
is young in spirit and still elastic in step.
His life and works form an important
chapter in the art history of America.
THE first volume Of Gen. James Grant
Wilson's memorial history of the city
of New York, from its first settlement
to the present year, has been issued.
The work will be completed in four
volumes, covering nearly three centur-
les.
The ssIreSina.'