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New-York tribune., 1870-06-01
4musements
THE GREAT MUSICAL JUBILEE
II TIKI

rTHE GREAT MUSICAL JUBILEE
II At THR
AMERICAN ISsTLTUTB COLISEUM,
during the week commencing . -
The Coliseum and gd 20 give fccommo"~ -
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PERSONS
The will be notable for presenting the nod Important ~
RAILS u the country, aggTcgating
THRRR THOUSAND SKILLED sISGBRs
A Grand Jubile OrcheSis ~ - ..,,,.a,
FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY instrumental VlRfUosi
ensemble of the Ariss end chorus OF
SIX GRAND OPERA COMPANIES.
THB POUR GREAT RRGIMBSTAL BANDS x
jnclndng GILMORsS CELEBRATED BAND of Boston TWO
HUNDRED BRASS AND REED INSIRUhtNIALlSrs.
A COLOSSAL ORGAN -
.ge,ber with harmonic adj unct, which believed. s'n
make this ,,., ,,,y,fr
rarely equsl>i
THR WORLD.
BEETHOVEN CENTENNIAL,
Ia Commemorate the centennial the immortal composer
GREAT BEETHOVEN DAY. =,
devoted The prpucion his greatest wall form esafe
his the Musical Festival gwen the ~oFh
The personnel.
VAST ARRAY OP ARTISTS.
MAGEIPICBNT PROGRAMMES,
DETAILS IN RXlBNSO
viii appear 10 the morning aEi eVe1iHg P'Pr,o
The sale Of SeAt1 will commence
C. " EASTWOOD Secretary
No Union square
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-11-23
OF some UhIans At F0ntain-

Let ne tell you the story of the adven-
lures of some Uhlans at Fontaineblaau rs
Gently, Just before the fighting took place
near there. A fellow yoyageur, just from
Tours, and who was in Orleans when the
Prussians came SO near there, told me this,
with all the French flavor possible. About
four days ago the Mayor OF Fontainebleau
had gathered the City Council around him,
and they were passing war measures vig
oroHsly when there was a ciatter in the
courtyard, and in rode forty Uhlans-
lances in rest and pistols cooked and half
drawn from the holster.
One leap from his horse and entered the
council-room. ''The keys of the city,"
said he In French. The Mayor was not ct
all frig htened and replied: "We have no
-Tontainebleau is an open town ~
sWell, then, let us know where We can
lodge and prepare at once the necessary
rations for . corps of 80, coo nen-only a
few hours behind" s'All right" said the
Mayor. and at the same time made q sign
to the council; ''let US conduct ces Mes
s;euys to the chateau, since we must, and
there, gentlemen, you will find stablipg
and secure lodging"
1.-The Uhlans rushed to the chateau, the
beautiful chateau which Charles Seventh
and Francis Fist SO magnifcently decor
ated, and which is associated with some
of the most startling events in French his
tory. While they were feeding their hors-
es the Mayor ordered the gates closed, and
looking in, said quietly:
s.Messieurs les UhIans, you are my pris
oners. Try and make yourselves at home. !"
Their rage knew no bounds, and some
OF them proposed to cut their way out.
None would surrender. "Wen, said the
mayor, "as tor your horses-poor beasts,
we shall not forbid them to eat, but you
shall not see morsel until you surren-
der"
''Our troops will soon be here to avenge
u.s." cried the captain. "Tres bieH!" an
swered the pluoi,y little Mayor. ''We may
surrender to thirty thousand men, but not
to forty cavaliers" In two hours the
Uhlans surrendered, and were then fed
and at onca sent to 6 secure place within
the French lines. Little fights were re-
ported next day all around, even on the
edge of Fontainebleau woods; but no thirty
thousand men have yet reached the town.
The Uhlans miscalculated once. Fontaine-
bleau, therefore, considers itself eight times
Drawer than Nancy, which was occupied by
five lancerS.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-11-23
A REGIMENT OF AmaZOnse

The London Daily News expresses the
belief that the female citizens of Paris are
apparently weary of the monoty of be-
sieged existence They are enlisting in q
body called "Amazons of the Seine. !"
Their costume will consist of o pair Of
black trousers, with an orange-eolored
stripe, blouse of woolen stuff, with cap,
and black KEPT with an orange band. TO-
gether with cartridge box fastening to q
shoulder belt. Only women Of unexcep-
tionable character will be permitted to
JOIN this corps, all candidates having
not only to be accompanied By
husband, father or brother, bae-tU
bring with thouu certificate from the
Commissary of Police, attesting their
character, position, etc. The officers will
all be ladies, mostly wives and daughters
of officers in the army, or at any rate pos
sessing some knowledge Of military af-
fairs. A special patriotic and most spirit
stirring song has been composed ror the
corps, entitled .sThe Marseillaise of the
Amazons Of the Seine" In addition to
tending the wounded they are expected to
defend the ranparts and barricades jointly
with the stationary National Guard, and to
'render the oombatants, in whose ranks
they would be distributed by companies,
all such dOnhstic and fraternal services as
are compatible with moral order and mill
tary discipline.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-11-23
Shot.Pro0f Heights for Balloon Tray


In order to calculate the height which
a balloon would be perfectly safe from
the enemy's fire, series Of experiments
have been made at Tours; something of the
kind had already been tried at Paris, but
the results were incomplete. For this
purpose, small captive balloon, two
metres in diameter, were sent up in a
neighboring meadow; at 2, 800 metres ele-
yation the best shots were unable to pene-
trate the silk, at 1900 and 1000 metres
it was repeatedly pierced, but the gas
escaped SO slowly that, with a favorable
wind, it might reach several miles before
falling; the commissioners thereupon rel
ported 2, 500 metres as the Maximum eie-
vation 10 ensure the safety of those
machines.
| It is reported that one OF the aeronauts,
| II. Luitz, has been arrested or the charge
OF throwing down reasonable documents
! from Prussian synlpathizers within the
walls to the Pfussians as he sailed over
their lines How was his orims disoogero@
ask the inevcduious, for surely he did 40
tell upon himseli2
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-11-23
Grotesaue Features of the War.

A correspondent of the London Time
writes from Lyons Oct. 18:
If it were not for the inexpressibly pain
full position in which this poor France finds
herself at this moment, the fantastic ele
ment in the political situation of affairs
might fairly excite our mirth, SO closely
does it berder on the grotesque. Career
| ing through the clouds in balloon we
have tire principal Minister of Foreign AT
| fairs futtering above the country he comes
to save and finally pitching head first in q
corn-field, at very considerable distance
from his Office.
Hurrying to meet him from an entirely
opposite direction comes Garibaldi, the
Liberator of Natior J, in the tragic costume
familiar to US all; having ct last succeeded
IN escaping from his island home and elud-
ing the vigilance of the Italian cruisers in
thing which is here called G ''yack. But
when we remember that these are, in fact,
the two representative men of the age, ct
this particular crisis, that they eomeas her.
aids to the civilized world of the great and
glorious idea of the Universal Republic OF
the United States of Europe, it scarcely
seems fitting or appropriate that they
should arrive in balloon and ''yack.
The presence of these men sands thrill
of life through the country. Lyons-excit-
able Lyons-feels it down to the tips of its
fingers.
Ah ! it's magnificent, splendid, sublime,
beau in fact; and when We think that be-
fore many days we shall have this same
Gambetta standing upon that identical
balcony, from which, only q fortnight
since, the much injured Oluseret implored
an applauding mob TO arrest all the author
tiles, and inprison the whole reaction"
and warming our hfe-blood with the thrill |
ling accounts OF the present condition
Paris, and of the splendid manner in which |
the children Of that capital of civilization |
and joy of the whole earth have acquitted |
in the presence of the enemy,
and of the heroism Of the women and |
their determination to fight al outronee-
when, say, we have all this to look for. |
ward to, can we forget that we owe it all to
q balloon?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-11-23
a Wonderful Parrot

The recent demise of somewhat noted
parrot, of the gray African species very
much to the sorrow of his owner, q resi-
dent of Congress street east, recalls some
anecdotes of the bird that we have heard
related by it's owner, that would seem al
most incredible were they not well attest
ed. Among others the following good one
will perhaps suffice to prove the wonderful
sagacity of Polly, when she chose to be
smart, His owner was teasing him play
fully one day, when Polly caught one of
his fingers and bit it quite severely. Scold-
ing him little in response, he used the
words ''you old rip, " he AYERS, the first and
only time he had ever done SO. Some few
days after this occurrence, some lady ac-
quaintances of the family called to see end
make Polly's acquaintance, as they had
heard ofhim and his exploits. Of course
his mis-. ress having heard the object ofthe
visit, was quite anxious to have him show
ali his good points. Bringing him into the
paa lor, she commenced her efforts at an
introduction to the ladies by talking to and
coaxing him to throw off his natural re-
serve in company, and show some OF his
requirements. But this would not answer
TO induce him to make motion or utter
syllable. His mistress not succeeding, the
ladies undertook, Dy cafesSeS anu coa1inS
to draw him out, but Polly sits back upon
his perch without an apparent shadow OF
interest in the affair. At last the ladies,
becoming tired of their efforts, rose to de-
part, when one of them, indignant at his
treatment, vent up to his age to bid him
good-by, with o few words in condemna-
ton OF his treatment Of the ladies who had
called expressly to see him. Polly listened
patiently to the lecture, and when it was
finished ran across his perch, put his head
out through the bars, until his bill was in
close proximity to her face, and then, in
his loudest, plainest and most indignant
tones, roared out. ''You old rip! You old
ripT' stampede from that parlor was
the instantaneous effect of that speech.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-11-23

THE census in California shows total
population of $50, 600, and san Francisco
is returned at $50, coo, The state has
gained ITO, 900 in ten years, or very near
ly so per cent, and San Francisco has
gained SO, 200, or about 164 per cent. In
1860 the metropolis OF the state had ebout
one-seventh OF the whole population; it
now has more than one-fourth of the eg-
gregate shown by the census. It is inter
esting, although hardly surprising, to find
that while the agricultural counties have
gained very materially the mining counties
have lost quite as largely. As a coase-
quence it is supposed that whereas San
Francisco has heretofore had only twelve
of the eighty state Representatives, she
will now have twenty-five, and that the
mining counties, which had in the sggre'
gate twenty-nine. will be cut down to thlr'
teen or fourteen.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-11-23
a CRYSTAL Palace,

at recent Social Science Congress, in
London, an almost infinite variety of topics
underwent discussion by practical, scien-
tifo and learned men. Among other sub
iects WAS that OF the best means of re-
pressing habitual drunkenness. The in
crease OF popular comfort, in every prao-
ticable manner, it was maintained, would
have powerful effect in that direction
and particular attention, it was thought
should be given to amusements. This is
philosophical and reasonable. Every
where, in all countries, the poor
Who fall into temptation and drink
ing habits very naturally under the de-
pressing influences of their condition, are
deprived of all means of amusement, ex-
cept that which ministers directly to their
vices. Amusements of some kind, good
or bad, such people-all people, indeed,
must have. II facilities for rational
amusement are not afforded, and the taste
for what is good is not cultivated, they will
inevitably seek what is bad Ii the money
and time and effort which have been ex-
peRded in fruitless legislation and ain at
tempts to promote temperance by force Of
law had been devoted to such measures as
would directly increase popular comfortand
furnish sources of relaxation and anuse-
ment to the poor, we should long ago have
witnessed an abatement of the evils of in
temperance such as whole generation of
these false efforts has not been able to ao-
complish.
AS illustrative of the healthful influence
of furnishing On attractive and elevating |
means of amusement and entertainment, |
ct such prices IS will render them gener-
ally accessible to the poorest classes, the |
experience of the Crystal Palace in Lon
don is in point. For sixteen years that in
stitution has been in operation under a
wise and chaitable arrangement by which |
musical entertainments and amusements Of
every sort have been furnished at q merely |
nominal expense to visitors, during which |
time 1900, 900 people, workmen and those
Of the poorer classes, have availed them
selves of its privileges, and not more than
; dozen cases OF intemperance or irregular
ty haye been reported by the police as
with the numerous gatherings
~ hat
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-11-23
NNfHraIIZad WORDS.

The original nationality of most of those
naturalized words (such, for instance, as
lager), is universally known. There are
some, however, with whose extraction we
are not SO familiar. Among these is
''Kriss- -Kingle," among children, only su-
bordinate to Santa Claus IS designation
for that obese old parsonage who, in their
philosophy, stands far beyond king or
kaiser. This term is derived from Christi
kiadtieqa CONTRACTED Christ ci1adeD the child
Christ, upon whom the German children
firmly rely to adorn their Christmas
trees The very expressive and ex-
tremely popular epithet ''loafer" is
derived from loafer, meaning Utter
ally 50 runner" and applied Ivy the
steady and phlegmatic Germans to people
who are irregular and unsettled in their
mode of life. s'Noodle," as q name for the
dumplings added to soup in districts
where German cookery is popular, comes
ssvermicelli" ''Bock beer" now 6 sue
cessful rival of the traditional lager, takes
its name from the German boclcLier; bock
being German for ''goat, the identical
rampant animal whose efhgy we see in
beer saloon windows. 'tShenk beer" Ger
man schenk bier, from sche,tteB, to pour
out) was SO called because this mild
beverage is put on draught soon after
it is made. The use of the word
'splunder" in the sense of baggage, though
by no means so general among us as Mr..
Coleridge would seem to have imagined, is
very extensive in the West, and not un-
common in the South. photographers
have attributed this Americanism also to
the Teutonic portion Of the population, de-
irving it from s'plundern, to carry Off The
expressions 'tright" and cleft bower,'' bor-
rowed from the game of euchre, and used
in q great variety Of senses, retain the
sound of the German "bauer," or "bauer-
man. peasant; and it is Characteristic of
modern Germany that, in the game of to-
day, they have given the peasant a place
higher than that of the king.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-11-23
Wo,nan,s L,igIlts and The Fashions.

During the woman's rights gathering at
Providence, j.. l., the old colored woman,
Soiourner Truth, made the following re-
marks on the fashions and foibles OF the
day:
g. I'm awful hard on dress, you know >
Women, you forget that you are the moth
ers of creation; You forget your sons We're
cut off like grass by the war; and the land
was covered with their blood; you rig yorr
selves up in panniers, Greeian bendbacks,
end fummeriss; yes, and mothers and
gray-haired grandmothers wear high-heel-
ed boots and humps on their heads
and put them on their babies, and
stuff them out so that they keel over when
the wind blows. Oh, mothers, I'm ashamed
of yel What will such lives as you do for
humanity ?When saw them women on the
stage at the Women's Suffrage Convention
the other day, thought, what kind of re-
formers be you, with goose-wings on your
heads, as if you were going to fly, and
dressed in such ridiculous fashion, talking
about reform and women's rights? Pears
to me you had better reform yourselves
first But Sojourner is an old body, and
will soon go out of this world into another,
and wants to say when she gets there,
Lord, I have done my duty, have told
the whole truth and kept nothing back. "
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-11-23

THE GU1oN LINE has eight large and pow
erful steamers, which are very fast, the
line carrying the United States Asil, and
such has the management been that there
never has been life lost On any of their
steamers. 1t offers the best advantages to
passengers going to or returning from
Europe, the fare being as low as that OF
any fiast-class line. f. 81. Mcclure It Co.,
Bankers, Milwaukee, are its General
Agents for the Northwest, and will be hop
DIV to answer all communications.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-11-23

MIR. JAMES OvERsTREET, near Bethany,
jefferson County, Ga, bought one bushel
OF the small white peas, which he planted
among his corn, from which he has gath
cred twenty-six bushels, and leaving about
ten bushels ungathered. This was done
on old poor land.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-11-23
& Yale Mystery-The Hidden Bible.

In 1851, when that college building
known as the AthenGur was In course of
erection, some daredevil student stole the
chapel Bible, and skillfully inserted it with
in the haif-built walls The next morning
the nasons went on with their work, and
the book was apparently entoomed forever.
An entry IN President Stiles diary informs
us Of tho loss of the Bible, and lew years
later is followed by another, commemorate
ing the fact that the thievish student,
snitten by ramUTse, had sent word where
he had concealed it. 1t was Of course too
late to recover 1t, and nothing was said or
done until the Ather9am Was remodeled
during theI Ia st vacation. The book had been
built in Just between the two central win
dows Of the north wall, and when the floors
and beams had been taken down, one or
two of the faculty, mindful of this legend
Of the past, ordered the masons to take
away The bricks and disinter the long-bur-
led treasure. II was then almost evening,
and after half an hours Intellectual gearch
they left of with the intention OF proceed
ing in the morning. In the morning it
was to late. Whether some weu-informed
person had been watching them from the
beginning, or whether some one overheard
the directions given them, il unknown;
but certain il is that when they resumed
work the next day they found that few
more bricks had been displaced, and an
oblong cavity was disclosed where the
book they sought had evidently been.
Where it is now is unknown. It is another
of yale's ''mysteTious disappearance. -
Yale Lit.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-11-23

A PRIVATE shooting gallery is attached
TO the office of the Alta California. Ability
to hit the "bull's eye" twice In three shots,
at forty PAGES. is an Indispensable qualifi-
cation for probationary admission to the
reportorial staff. aud promotion is only &C.
corded to increased proficiency, at regular
competitive trials of skill and nerve.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-11-23

The Peoria (Iilinois) Transcript says
"There we're Il marriage licenses granted
by the county clerk OF that county, last
month, That is rather above the average
and shows d healthy state OF affairs.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-11-23

EVERY DAY BRINGS FORTH new testimony to
the efficacy of that well known remedy, Hoof-
lands German Bitters. Many thousands CT
persons who are to day suffering from disor-
ders of the digestive organs, who are enla-
ciated, weak, and unable TO attend TO their
business, could soon become well, hearty
and robust, by the use of few bottles of
this Bitters. Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint,
and Debility OF the System, soon vanish be-
fore this powerful remedy. It's effects are
almost miraculous.
Hon. James Ross Snowder, Prothonotary
of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, writes:
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 14th, 1867.
Hoofand's German Bitters is very USE
ful article as 8 tonic and as an appetizer. 1t
is not an Intoxicating drink, and may be
used benefcially by persons of all ages.
Respectfully yours,
JAS. Ross SSoWDEN.
The high character of those who testify to
the merits of Hoofand's Bitters, should in
duce the most skeptical 10 give it fair trial.
Hoofand's German Bitters is free from any
alcoholic admiXture.
V9ofand's German Tonic is combination
Of the ingredients of Hoofand's Bitters with
1i,re Santa Cruz Rum, orange, anise, ETC..
| making pleasant and agreeable preparation
| for those requiring an alcoholic stimulus,
incidentally combined.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-11-23


From the London Globe Oct Is.
In attributing the siege of Paris to the
Ecumenical Council Father Hyacinthe
chivalrously dispensed with history; but he
certainly might have eolored, buttressed
his unadorned, tottering proposition with
copious illustrations from her repertory of
incontrover+ible facts.
History recounts the exploits Of armies
with eagle eyes and talons ooveting, claw
ing beautiful Paris. The sieges. OF Paris,
fallible and infalli5le, successful and un-
successful, have amounted to dozen; the
Ecumenicai Councils received as infalible,
to dozen and a.half. It is really inter.
esting to notice few of the instances in
which on ecumenical council, as Father
Hyacinthe puts it, has been s'the cause"
Or, as we prefer to term it, has been the
proximate anteoedent of Partisan siege.
In 451 sat the Council Of Chalcedon. In
463 Childric I. besieged Paris, and drove
the Romans oct of the city.
In 1415 met the Council of Constance.
In 1920 the English took Paris, and held
it for sixteen years, Notwithstanding an at
tempt on the part Of Charles VII. to re-
duce it in 1927. The unusual length of
notwithstanding to the chain of
reasoning of which unquestionably Father
Hyacinthe has forged the first link-was
of course proportioned to the abnormal
turpitude of the chastisemsnt, bringing
council which was monstrous enough to
rob the laity Of the eucharist.
In 1911 was conYoked the Council of
Pisa. In 1886 the Count of Charolais,
with hostile force worried the walls of
Paris, but he did not take the city. Father
Hyecinthe knows very well why. The fact |
was that the Council Of Pisa did just what |
our fiery Catholic reformer would have de-
lighted to do himself. It bridled ethat
frenzied pontiff, julius II. Of course no
punishment was inflicted, seeing that no
harm had been done. The Church of
Rome had acted wisely. The city of Paris
was, therefore, safe.
Now, If Paris is besieged in 1870 simply
because knot of venerable prelat~s as
semble at Rome-if the physical throes of
one city spring from the monstrous men
tai conception of another it remains for
Father Hyacinthe to show why We should
otherwise interpret as cause and effect the
and subsequence of the two
phenomena, as they repeat themselves, in
history