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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-05-26
Requirements for the Stage,

Miss Olive Logan in q letter to the lines
defends the remarks she made about the
stage in her speech on Wednesday night.
She says: II referred the other night to
decent young women who are not celebrities
merely honest, modest girls, whose parents
have left them the not very desirable heri-
tage of the stage, and who find it difficult
to obtain any other employment, being
uneducated for any other. When these
girls go into theatre to apply for situa-
ton now they find that the requirements Of
managers are expressed in the following
questions
First-''Is your hair dyed Yellow"
Second-FsAre your legs, arms, and bo-
som symetrically formed, and are you will
ing to expose them p
Third 'Can you sing brassy songs, dance
the can-can, and wink at men, and give ut
mean whole actions.
Fourth-.sAre you acquainted with any
rich men who will throw you flowers, and
send you presents, and keep afloat dubious
rumors concerning your chastity"
Fifth-'sAre you willing to appear to-
night, and every night, amid the glare of
gaslights and before the gaze of thousands
of men, in this pair of satin breeches ten
inches long. without vestige of drapery on
your person.
sIf you can answer these questions af-
frmatively, We will give you situation. If
not there's the door"
For myself, I left the stage four years
ago to pursue literature. With writing
and lecturing am able to earn decent
livelihood. I am very thankful l can do
SO, but my own private affairs are not
my sole concern, and ''what see, l say. -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-05-26
SERVED HIM RIGHT.
r"ppy Horsew whipped by Two
Ladies'.
FROM the Memphis snn. Mav 15.l


/ yesterday, at the Adams street station. a
scene OF most unparalleled righteousness
occurred. Two sisters, one married and
the other single, appeared to answer the
charge OF committing an assault upon the
person OF Henry Howdell Tt appears that
Mr. Howdell and friend, who is ''blood-
ed youth. called on the ladies above men,
TONED, on Wednesday evening, and invited
them, with their other sister. to attend a
ball, which they represented was to come
off somewhere on the edge of town, The
three ladies entered a hack with the two
men, and We're driven to the beer garden
opposite Brinkley's on Poplar street.
The party alighted, the men stating that
this was a convenient stopping place on
the route, and partOok of refreshments
Shortly atteG the whole party again entered
the hack, and this time was driven to the
French beer garden, below Fort Pickering.
There the party again alighted and partook
of wine, among other things The ladies
remained in the parlor, while the gentle
men excused themselves for a few mo.
ments. After waiting considerable time
no escort returned. Late at night, three
miles from town, in a strange place, at a
public house and no male friends to even
answer for them, they were abandoned bv
their renegade escorts to devise the
best means for stopping there all
night or making their wav back
to town. In the meanwhile the
escorts entered the hack and drove rapidly
to the city. That night and yesterday
morning they were boasting of having sat
isfed their lusts on the women, and then
leaving them to their fate in the woods.
But no go. How the ladies reached town
we did not learn, but this we did learn.
that two OF the sisters paid Mr. Henry
HowdeH visit rather unexpectedly, we
admit, at the Charleston depot, yesterday
and while one of them presented pistol
at his head and commanded him to stand
and receive, the other lavishly applied a
cowhide upon his shrinking, unprotected
form. 4.
The ladies in question are fatherless and
brotherless. Their father was killed at the
Bull Run battle in Virginia, while serving
IN Confederate regiment. Their widowed
mother and three lone girls, buffet the
waves of this worlds adversely alone Be-
fore the Police Commissioner they admit
ted being guilty Of the crime with which
they were charged, viz: one for assault, and
the other for.drawing pistol One of them
was fined FIVE dollars, and the other dis
charged. Upon reconsideration of the
case, Commissioner Richards remitted the
fine. Why tley did not 'sgo for'' Mr. How
delIs companions, we cannot understand
except that getting wind of the terrific en-
gagement, he ''sloped," and afterwards
could not bo found.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-05-26
Royal Funeral i'm Honolulu,

The Hon. Mrs. Ane Keohokalole Kapaa.
kea, high chiefess of heancient Hawaii
an race, died at Hilo, Hawaii, somewhat
suddenly, on the morning of Tuesday
April 8, and on the 10th her remains were
landed at Honolulu from the schooner Kate
Lee. The Immediate cause of her death is
sad to have been congestion of the lungs.
induced by a cold caught In embarkine
from Hllo, on hearing of the death of His
late Highness NJ. Kekuanaoa. She was
the widow of Hon. G. Kapaakea, who died
IN 1865, and was the mother of the Hon. D.
halakaua, the Hon. Mrs. Dominis, the
Hon. Mrs. Lakelike, and Mr.. W. P. Lelci-
ouhoku Kalahoolewa, who survive her.
She was born at Kailua, Hawaii Her
fathers name was Aikanaka, whose family
was among the coadjutors of Kamshameha
On the side of her mothers family, she
was similarly connected with some of the
pnnclpal supporters of the founder of the
ruling dynasty. In the year 1880, on the
birth OF His present Majesty, Keohokalole
was appointed to the ofice-peculiar to the
Hawaiian customs-of guardian to the
Young chief, and discharged the duty of
Kahu Ali until the then Prince went to
be educated at the Royal School She was
one of the earliest converts to the Chris
tian religion among the chief, having been
baptized by the Rev Mr.. Ellis in 1928
She was in the Parliament oftS39, and took
strong grounds against the first proposed
division of lands in 1941.
On Sunday last the remains of this hon
ored lady were taken from the residence of
Major Moehonua, where they had been de-
posted since being received from Hilo, and
We're conveyed to the vault in the Kawaia-
hao burying ground, A large concourse of
natives and foreigners assembled a; the
house and followed the hezrse to the
church OF Kawaiahao. Some thirty Kahili
bearers marched on each side of the hearse
marked feature of the procession was
four torch-b bearers insignia Of the family
to which the deceased chiefess belonged
The torches were composed of kukui nuts,
wrapped or folded in ti-leaves There
We're four of them, two a,ight and the
other two unlghted At the church the
services were very solemn and impressive.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-05-26
A YANKEE SENSATION.
A SILK PeddIerh utvyits an Organ
Builder and Carries off his BetrOtbed
Sharp Practice in the Old Bay State.

Sharp Practice in the Old Bay State.
From the Springfield Republican, Saturday.
The recent elopement at Hatfield fairly
crazed that little town with excitement.
Allis, who captured and married Miss Cut
ter the day before the one set for her to wed
another man, is silk peddler, who had for
several months made Mr.. Cutters hotel his
| headquarters while selling goods in the
| towns adjoining The outwitted lover, Mr.
Jeffers, is an organ-builder, employed at
New Haven, and has name for goodness
and bravery Allis played his game sharp
| On Tuesday morning he started out osten-
slbly on trip to make sales, and
to the question, 'sAre you not GO
ing to attend the wedding tomorrow?
said, ''No, | guess not" His valise at
that moment contained some of the
girls fnery instead of silks, and he went
at once to see the Hatfield clerk, William
Billings, of whom he secured a marriage
| certificate. private conveyance then
| took him to Northampton, and his Flo
renee, on pretence of seeing Norwood
| dentist, came on by Conductor Fleming's
train. At the ste ION they Intentionally
took no notice of each other, but each took
the cars for Springfield. Married in
this city at half-past one o'clock in the af-
ternoon, they reached Williamsburgh bv
way of Westfeld in the evening. The
next day they sought his fathers residence
in Goshen. At the same hour the runa-
ways were married here, Jeffers obtained
a certificate of the Hatfield clerk to
marry the same girl Both documents
were executed under his own hand, but he
''kept whist" until the elopement was
known. When the disappointed JEFF
Eoers returned after his search for the run
aways, he gave the clerk rather sharp
I blessing, and that official has to stand lhe
| joke from all quarters Jeffers took his bad
luck to heart for day or two, but rallied
on Friday, and cheerfully remarked that he
wished good breakfast, and would light
| the fire to draw the tea with fifty letters
written to him by Florence He left to
visit friends and then return to New Haven
where he had house hired and furnished
for the false one. Shortly after he took the
cars, the eapturer drove up to see the old
folks and pay the girls bills, Northamp-
ton comes in fer its share of interest in the
affair, as the young lady was a member of
OF the Methodist Church there, and, had
the weather been fine was to have been
married to Jeffers at the close of service
the previous Sunday afternoon. Taken al
together, tits what novel readers would call
delightful little romance, and Of course is
gossiped about in al the rural dwellings, of
the up-riyer counties.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-05-26
THE GREAT SHOOTING MATCH IN CH1cA

/ THE GREAT SHOOTING MATCH IN CHIcAG o.
The pigeon shooting match which took
| place at Dexter Park, on Saturday, resulted
in the complete triumph of the champion,
Mr.. Bogardus. The match, originally, was
intended to be for 81, 900 side, giving the
opponents of Mr. Patcnin the privilege oi
making it 50, 900; but subsequently, this ar
rangement was changed, and the amount
was raised to SIS, 900, divided as follows:
! ST, $50 that 500 birds would be killed in
| 645 minutes
$1,000 that 500 birds would be killed in
| 675 minutes.
$3.50 that 500 birds would be killed in
/ 720 minutes.
The latter were the conditions upon
/ which the match was shot, Mr.. Patchin
| having selected Mr.. Bogardus as his man.
During the afternoon, the champion per-
formed feat which is supposed to be with
out parallel In pigeon shooting. In one
hour he killed ninety-five birds Seventy
five of these were killed in succession, and
81 out of 100.
The feat was accomplished in much less
than the specified time, as the following
summary will show:
DEXTER PARK, May Is, 1869.-Pigeon
shooting match against time and endu-
rance. A. Fl. Bogardus to kill 500 single
birds in 645 consecutive minutes, from II
and I ground traps, p yards rise and so
yards boundary. Won in 8 hours 4s min
utes.
Birds killed during first 2Ot minutes, 20;
during next 19s minutes, II; during next
285 minutes "A; during next 35 minutes,
II; during first hour, A; during second
hour, 35; during third hour, so; during
fourth hour, At; during fifth hour (halt for
lunch), 25; during sixth hour, ~; during
seventh hour, 95; during eighth hour, 85;
during remaining 48 minutes, ". Average
number of birds killed per hour (about) So;
average time to each bird killed (about)
minute and seconds Chicago Journal
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-05-26
A Deaf and Dumb Debating Club.
A London paper saws:

- AAOAANAOH PoPCI odyS.
''The deaf and dumb debating club
known as The Wallis club, in honor of
DIR. John Wallis, who, in the 18th century.
succeeded to some extent in teaching the
deaf and dumb, has lust terminated its
third session, in the usual English fashion,
by dinner The society consists of 28
members, effective and honorary, the auali-
fcations for membership being proficiency
in doctylology in which mode of communi-
cation the debates are carried on with lin
most cases) the admixture of expressive
signs; and it is satisfaction to know that
these denizens of the land of silence are
not debarred from the qualification of e,-
pressing their opinions on the great poiiti
cal and social questions of the day, adding
their influence, minute though it may be,
to one side or other in the polemics of life
There have been nine debates buring the
term on the following subjects: The Irish
church. Which party is most worthy of
the confidence of the country-the Conser-
vatiye or the Liberal?' The best way to
enjoy life. The new chief commissioner
of police ought not an officer of the army
to be appointed in the late Sir Richard
Mayne's place? Was the late Abyssinian
war justifable?' That early marriages are
injurious to society," and should be prevent
ed by law The Siamese Twins-would
surgical operation be fatal to them both?'-
| Should deaf and dumb children associate
with hearing children at schools? and 'Wo-
man Suffrage. Reading over the minutes
of the debates we find the arguments orc
and con wonderfully well expressed. Al
! the closing dinner all the usual loyal and
patriotic toasts were given, as we'll as the
toast of the evening" Success to the Wal
lis club'-besides personal ones"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-05-26
The English Dead i'm the Crimea
Shameful Neglect.
me Pail Mail Gazette aovg

The Pail Mall Gazette says:
DR.. Russell, of the Times, has been re-
visiting the Crimea, and he could scarcely
fail to write most interesting account of
the scenes of SO many desperate struggles
fifteen years ago. There is one snbject on
which he touches deserving of more than
passing attention. The French and Rus
sian dead have been reverently gathered to-
gether, but the English cemetery on Cath
carts hill is in a shameful state, notwith-
standing the e13,000 paid by the govern
ment for It's proper maintenance
The Russian Government has done
more than could be expected of it, but all
the monuments in the cemetery are being
Clipped to pieces, and no attempt has been
made to gather the remains of our fallen
soldiers in one spot. After the close of the
American war the first work of the United
States Government was to collect the dead
from the battlefelds, and erect memorial
to them. At Gettysburg and Antietam Cor
Sharpsburg) the task is completed, and the
soldiers of North and South have been laid
together. This is what DR.. Russell sug-
gests should be done with the remains of
English soldiers in the Crimea, (which
now lie broadcast over the land For less
than g13, 900 the dead might have been
brought into one graveyard, and some sort
Of mark put over the remains which could
be identified
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-05-26
Accident Insurance.

STRIKING ILLUSTRATION OF ITS BENEFITS.
1t is five years since the practice of ac-
cident insurance was introduced into the
United States, by the Travellers Insurance
Company, of Hartford, Conn. Five years
of successful business have made it familiar
as household words, and scattered its bene-
fits among the rich and the poor, the mer-
chants and the mechanics, the business men
and the laboring men among those who
travel and those who stay at home.
The plan is simple. For cash premium
OF So to SO, according to occupation and
degree of exposure to accident, the compa-
ny contracts to pay $1,000 if the insured
dies by accident within year. or So per
week for the time he may be wholly disa-
bed by non-fatal INJURY. Larger sums,
up to $4,000 in case of death by accident,
or $50 weekly indemnity as above, in the
same proportion. Hazardous risks are
charged higher rates.
What are the chances of accident? Let
statistics answer. One person in every ten
meets with an accident every year. One
in every fourteen Of the $50. 900 insured by
| the Travellers, has been paid under q claim
for death or injury by accident. On the
books of the Travellers are recorded the
names, dates and amounts paid by this
company to more than ten thousand of its
policy holders. These amounts vary from
/ So to $4,000
Take few instances of recent date Hon.
| James Harper, ex-Mayor Of New Aork, and
| head of the great publishing house of Har-
/ per Brothers, killed by accident few days
| ago. was insured for SO, 900; having been
/ patron of the Company from the start. -
/ The money was paid April 10th. Mr..
| Charles NJ. Rogers, of New York, whose
|
mind, held an accident policy of $4,000
| The loss was paid April 8th. Mr.. Ambrose
Lows, chemist, of South Boston. was
ruary %. His policy of $4,000 was
paid four days after proof of death were
/ presented. Mr.. T. e. Van Kirk, a
| prominent citizen of Philadelphia, was
! drowned last summer, only four days after
the purchase of a $4,000 policy. The loss
was promptly paid. Rev. Robert F. Par
vim, clergyman of Philadelphia, was pre-
sented with SIS, 900 accident policy, just
before starting on o Western tour. Two
/ days later December A. he lost his life in
the collision and burning of the steamers
! United States and America on the Ohio
River. The loss was paid in February
/ We might 90 on to enumerate scores of
similar cases of fatal accident not to men
ton the ten thousand claims paid for nom
fatal injuries.
| The Travellers is the oldest accident
company in America It has issued over
$50, 900 policies; it has paid back $500, 900
to its policy holders, for death or injury by
accident; it has paid up capital of a half
million, and its cash assets amount to
1,150, 900; and it has, in an experience of
five years, demonstrated the fact that its
insurance against accidents is one of the
most desirable and inexpensive forms of
personal insurance, valuable to all classes
Of men.
Policies can be obtained of agents in
all principal cities and towns of the United
States and Canada, or by addressing the
company at Hartford, Connecticut.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-05-26
John Phoenix and Jefferson Dnris.

When Jefferson DAVIS was Secretary of
War, he issued circulars to all the army
officers, asking them for specifications for
a new uniform. Phoenix, who was an excel
lent craftsman, set to work and produced
a design. He made no great change in the
uniform, but he proposed revolutioniZing
the entire system of modern tactics by an
iron hook. This hook was to be attached
to the seat of every soldiers pants. 1t ap-
piled to every arm of the service, cavalry,
infantry and artillery. He illustrated its
use by series of we'll executed designs
He quoted high medical authority, proving
its advantages in sanitary point of view
The heavy knapsack, he argued, induced
stopping position and very great contrac-
ton ofthe chest. But hung on a hook by
a strap connecting with the shoulder, it
would brace the body back and expand the
chest. The cavalry thus were to be rem
dered more secure in their seats, hooked to
a ring in the saddle. AHthe commission
ed officers were to carry light TWENTY
foot pole, with a ring attached to the end
This was to be used during an engagemene
IN drawing the stragglers back into the
ranks. lie illustrated terrific battle, the
generals and colonels being thus occupied,
running about hauling stragglers back to
the ranks. In many other unheard of fways
did he expatIate on the value of his hook.
Jefferson Davis was enraged. His dignity
was wounded and the service insulted. He
instantly made out an order directing
Phoenix to be court-martialedf for contempt
Marcy was made aware of Phpnix's trans
action, as well as the cloud hanging over
him. He looked over the plates. He saw
q regiment their back toward him, drawn
up. in line, knapsacks blankets, hams, and
all manner Of camp equipage, pending from
each soldier on the hook Marcy broke
down. Said he to Davis: "It's no use to
court-marSial this man. The matter will
be made public: the laugh will settle en-
tlrely on US, and besides, man who has
the inventive ingenuity here displayed. as
well as this faculty of design, i'll ly-directed
though it be, is too valuable to the service
to be triied with John Phoenix was not
brought to grief and Davis's anger was at
length sufficiently Modified for him 10 en-
JOY the joke. 1t does not appear, however.
that they adopted Phoenix's plan.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-05-26
poetru.
CHARLEY
-
ET ANA BRUCE.


ET ANA BRUCE.
Eyes oI beauty, cheeks of bloom:
Dearest Charfevl
hsaft SO iree from care or gloom,
Loved so dearly
peath mas robbed the cheek Of bloom
Oh SO earlyl
How could We robe thee for the tomb
Lost one, Charley7
b'er thy pail We bowed in woe
Unconscious Charley;
Cold the heart, the bright head low
We loved so dearly;
How We miss the cheerful tone
Remembered dearly
oh our hearts are sad and lone
Without our Charley.
How the mothers eye will dim
For her Charley,
The fathers hopes all wrapped in him
Crushed so early
MAY the God who gave him US,
And took him home so early:
Help us IN our helplessness
To live for Charley
oh we know the eyes so bright
OF our Charley,
And the brow. in Heavens own light
Is wreathed in glory.
May we. in the better land
Through the gateway pearly,
Join with 10y the shining band,
Hand in hand with Charley.
-Ersniag Wisconsin, Atl,oauEss
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-05-26

+ ACCORDING to the San Francisco Minino
and Scientific Press, the Temescal tin
mines, some fifty miles from Los Ano4los
in California are of considerable promise
vein has been struck by a drift from q
shaft 100 feet in depth, and is estimated to
contain about 100000 cubic feet of ore,
The ore, as brought to San francisco tor
pulverlzation, yields from y to Ii. per cent.
of metallic tin
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-05-26

GLASSWARE. O'Hara Glass Works,
James b. Lyon q Co.. Pittsburgh, Pa, make
Table Glassware, AMI the best, clearest, and
m ost reliable flint glass Lamp Chimneys, of
all patterns Round, Sun, and Bulb. GGT AL
ways ask for Jas. B. Lyon g. Co.'S glassware
and chimneys
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-05-26

HAGAN's MAGNOLIA BALM-This article ia
the true secret of beauty. It is what fash
lonable ladies', actresses and opera singers
use to produce that cultivated distingsse an
pearance so much admired in the circles of
fashion.
Il removes all unsightlY blotches, redness,
freckles. tan, sunburn and effects of spring
winds, and gives to the complexion bloom
ing purity Of transparent deicacy and power.
No lady who values fine complexion can do
without the Magnolia Balm. Seventy-fve cents
will buy it of any of our respectable dealers.
Lyons kathairon is very delightful hair
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-05-26
No 9Q

Nervous debility with It's gloomy attend
ants, low spirits, depre ssion, involuntary
loss of power, dizzy head, loss of memory,
and threatened impotence and imbecility,
find sovereign cure in Humphreys Homeo-
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of the most valuable mild and potent cura-
tives, they strike at once at the root o the
onS system and the dis
and vitality, to the entire man They have
cured thousands of cases. Price $5 per
packake of six boxes and vial, which is very
important in obstinate and old cases, or 81
per single box. Sold by all druggists, and
sent by mail on receipt Of price. Address
Humphreys Specific homeopathic Medicine
Company, 5G2 Broadway, n. ].
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1869-05-26

STARVATION IN SPAIN.-A Madrid letter
presents fearful picture of starvation and
misery in La Mancha, one of the central
districts of Spain, and in close proximity to
the fertile wheat regions of CASTLE
Drought has scourged the fields of both
provinces till hunger rules through the
land, and the starving people proceed in
bands of hundreds to the towns where food
is known to exist, and in mass upon their
knees pray for succor and relief The curse
of Spain has been her policy of relying
upon her American colonies to sustain the
exhibition OF national wealth and great
ness, while an onerous conscription law has
driven thousands of her industrious youth
to other lands. Let her cut off the last
remnants of the cancer that has been at
once the pride and ruin of the nation, and
she will find less pride in her court and
less hunger among her people.