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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-10-31
The Civil Service Order.

nc oiFiI oSIfICC Iui6S Vi tIle hayes
administration are no doubt the cause
OF the defeat of the Republican party
IN Ohio. Under these rules, federal
office holders are forbidden to take part
in politics further than to vote, in short
they are not allowed to take an active
part in the management of caucuses
and conventions, as formerly.
The Democrat has all along pro-
fessed to be in favor of civil service
reform, but whether on principle or
because 1t has been found to work dis
astrously to the Republican party, has
been matter of conjecture. We sup.
pose its love for the reform spoken of
has been engendered and strengthened
by the advantages which it has seen
accrue therefrom to the Democratic
party, as in the case above quoted of
Ohio. And we presume what is true
of the Watertown Democrat is true al
so of all other Democratic papers in the
country. They are unanimous in their
approval of the Presidents efforts to
reform the civil service, but their APP
probation of this new order of things
is confined exclusively to its operations
in the Republican party. So long as
1t does not hurt them, Democrats are
all in favor of it. They are perfectly
willing to see the Republican party
crippled by this civil service order, as
It was In Ohio, and as It is in Wiscon-
sin, but let the proposition be made to
perpetuate the system, by legal enact
ment, and make it the law of the land,
applying to all parties and administra-
tlons, and not Democratic paper or
politician in the land would be found
tavorlng ii. How many Democratic
votes does the Democrat suppose law
embracing the general provisions of
President Hayes order, and declaring
that there shall be no removals from
office except for cause, would receive
10 Congress Certainly not one
And yet while such a law would not
have single Democratic supporter in
Congress, and not one Republican
member in FIVE would vote for it, the
Chicago Tribune, Milwaukee Sentinel
and other papers of that strife are
falsely asserting that the sentiment of
the people is nearly unanimous in favor
OF some such law as that Of which we
speak. The fact is that large major
ity are opposed to anything of the kind,
regarding it as not only unwise but
unconstitutional. The assumption of
the papers named that Democrats are
in favor of it is entirely false, except
as We have stated, that they limit their
VIZ 20. - u 'he pre-
sent administration. They would un-
animously oppose it if the proposition
'0'''oD DaAlns II perpe1-
no u 'ne NePooh'
~ '' "ou'o 'o'0 against IL II the
- 'nem lor
pp' 'eJeo'ioh VI tnls
M. ~, Do' 'ne 'eas' oouot. why
~, '"'o'' ~ Oe nonese ana
A' ''e ''u'n o. what is
-'o a'oo
JUDGE MALLORY. in his sneecb
Monday evening was op;ltu of ao,;h
0ia.e ia'Senooa OF else made mistake
"nion 10 e"ioiy ineAcuSaDle, Wnen he
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1877-10-31

country who is willing to work steadily at
the employment that we furnish. $66 per
week In your own town. You need not be
away from home over night. You can give
your wEole time to the work, or only your
spare moments. We have agents who are
making over $50 per day. ALI who engage
at once can make money fast. At the pres
ent time money cannot be made so easily
and rapidly at any other business. 1t costs
nothing to try the business Terms and SIS
Outfit free. Address at once,
h. HALLsrT h Co., Portland, Maine.
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sennntion or h1arvInR.

For the first two days through
which a strong and healthy man is
doomed to exist upon nothing his
suferings are perhaps more than in
the remaining stages-he feels an
iuordinate, unspeakable craving at
the stomach night and day. The
mind runs upon beef, bread and
other. substantials, but still in a
great measure the body retains its
strength. On the third and fourth
dsys, but especially Oh the fourth,
this incessant craving gives place
to sinking and weakness of the
stomach, accompanied by nausea.
The unfortunate sufferer still de-
sires food, but with loss Of strength
he loses that eager craving which is
felt in the earlier stages. Should
he chance to obtain morsel or two
of food he swallowsit with a wolRsh
avidity; but five minutes afterwards
his sufferings are more intense than
ever. He feels as if he had swal-
lowed a living lobster, which is
clawing and feeding upon the very
foundations of his existence, On
the filth day his cheeks suddenly
anuear hollow and sunken. his
body attenuated, bis color is ashy
pale, and his eyes wild. CLASSY and
cannibalistio. The different parts
of the system war with each other.
The stomach calls upon the legs to
90 with it in quest OF food; the
legs from weakness refuse, THO
sixth day brings with it increased
suffering, although the pangs of
hunger are lost in an oVerpowering
languor and sickness. The head
becomes giddy-the ghosts Of we'll
remembered dinners pass in
hideous procession through the
mind. The seventh day comes,
bringing increasing lassitude
and further prostration Of
strength. The arms hang lifeless,
the legs drag heavily. The desire
for food is still felt, to a degree,
bat itmust be brought-not sought.
The miserable remnant of life which
still hangs to the sufferer is . bur
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LONDON THEATERS.

orders of tho Lord ChnmberIain
Concerning their safety.
New York Times:l
The Brooklyn disaster has natu-
rally caused much alarm in London
as to the state of the theaters, and
the Lord Chamberlain has been
stirred into giving the managers a
very plain and decided warning as
to their duty in the matter, and the
consequences Of neglecting it. He
insists on I" the absolute necessity +"
of the following first rules being at
tended to-;
/. All doors and barriers to open
outward, or to be fixed back during
the time when the public are with
in the theaters.
9. All gangways, passages, and
staircases intended for the exit of
the audience to be kept entirely
free from distractions, whether
permanent or temporary.
5. No part Of the auditorium to
be without at least two means Of
exit in case of need.
4. All doors not habitually used
for exit, but available as additional
means of escape in case of alarm,
to be indicated by printed placards
in plain characters.
The Lord Chamberlain also init
mates that he has given orders to
be specially informed from time to
time as to how far extra chairs and
seats are placed SO as to block up
the gangways, and that if any flag
rant case is detected he will at once
put in force the powers given him
by statute to refuse or cancel the
license of the offending manager.
And, "finally, he confidently leaves
it to each manager to do his best to
guard against accidents of all kinds,
and especially against the conse-
quences of such panics as may be
liable to occur at any time without
any reasonable cause, and without
any blame to the management of
the theater, from a mere act of NAL
ice, mischief or folly on the part of
some one present. "
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Rome Correspondence New York World.l
The empress did not come until
1:30 o'clock. And when she arrived
she seemed perfectly unconscious
of having inconyenienced any one.
There was an undignifed hustle
about her, as if she we're hurrying
herself to get through some neces.
sary but uninteresting business,
and she had a light, trifling, coquet.
ish way AMI movement. Not only
her manner but her appearance was
terrible shock to me, | have not
seen the empress of France for over
twenty years. She was then in the
full brilliancy of her beauty, a
young wife, young mother, a
young empress! Through all these
intervening years of her grandeur
and yicissitudes, | have never lost
the memory of her rare beauty.
Whenever / have thought Of her
during these last years, | have pic
tured her as a quiet, handsome,
melancholy widow, dignifed and
elegant. But no such agreeable
parsonage appeared the other day.
She was dressed quietly enough in
a very simple, ugly English black
cloth costume. The skirt was ex-
tremely short, without founce or
any other trimming, except a
broad black braid. This costume
had a long, loose jacket, and she
wore a simple English hat of felt.
Her feet were trim, and she minced
about on her toes and high heels.
But she was painted red aud white
and black. Her eyes were darken-
ed, and also the eyebrows and eye
lashes, and you could see the paint
on her lips. Then upon her head
was a reddish blonde wig. "Why,
she wears q peruke !" was the
whisper among the hidden obsery-
ers. There was no mistake about it.
You could see the peruke form in
the front hair. This false hair was
waved over the forehead and ar
ranged in long tresses at the back.
Her head looked like well-made-
up BARRIERS block. In her hand
she carried a large yellow cane of
the style of the coquettish marquise
canes of the days Of Louis Qustorze.
She carried it as a caprice, not as a |
support for she played and toyed
with it, pointed at the pictures and
twirled it about in her hand. / did
not 90 into the mosaic factory when
she did, nor into the Pinacotheka,
but ! was told she went through
the mpsalcs in a faw minutes, eYi-
IDENTIFY feeling no interest in the
curious work, and paid little atten-
ti9p to Baron Visconti's explana-
tiQns. lw
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MEMPHIS TENN. FRIDAY EVENING. JANUARY 10. 1877.

the curious legend of the tribe of
tailed men" which is met with
in many unciyilized countries, but
they did not, unfortunately, sue
ceed in getting any further than
secondhand testimony. SThe ma
tives," it is stated, SOY Blanche
Bay, New Britain, affirm positively
the existence Of a race Of men with
tails at a place called Kali, and
deny Indignantly that they are
monkeys, asking if monkeys could
fight with spears, plant ysms, make
houses" etc. But it is significantly
added that the interesting race
dwell in the interior of the country,
"where no white person has ever
penetrated" Mr.. Cockerell, a ma
turalist, who accompanied the ex-
petition, had special opportunities
Of research. He was detained for
some time as a hostage in New
Britain, and was engaged in "col-
lecting" upon New Ireland for five
months. He found the natives
"very friendly" but he does not
otherwise give them a good charac-
ter. "They are all dreadful canni-
balls, and there is a strange custom
in New Ireland which requires that
a chiefs daughter shall be kept in
a cage, within her fathers house,
until she is Of a marriageable age.
The cage scarcely gives her room to
move, and she cannot leave it du-
ring any part Of the day, though
she is allowed to take stroll with
near relatives after nightfall. When
chief dies, his body is wrapped
up and placed in a tree, and the
poor people are put in canoes in
the sea, to float away. The natives
have large plantations, and work
about two days in the week. They
live chiefly on bananas, cocOa-nuts
and pork, but they also indulge in
human flesh"
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MlIk Loving Rats.
Pittshurg 0OmmSrcial ]

.
A well-known banker Of this CITY
had a valuable cow, which gave a
large quantity of rich milk, and
was held in high esteem for general
good qualities. All at once the
supply of the lacteal fluid grew
smaller BY degrees and beautifully
less, until the yield was scarcely
worth having, The family were
greatly surprised at this, as the ami
NAL was in perfect health, aud in
the height Of her season, II was
hintod that some person whose love
for milk oyercame his scruples
against stealing was at the bottom
Of the mischief, and that, like q
thief in the night, he entered the
stable where Rossy was kept and
relieved her of the milk. The hired
man was accordingly instructed to
watch for the thief, and bis vigil
ance was rewarded by a most singu-
Jar discovery. Just after daylight
in the morning, he saw a very large
rat come forth from its hiding place,
and going to where lhe COW was
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Saturdny, February l7. 1S77.

offer for sale TO the highest bidder. in front Of
the courthouse of Shelby county, in the city
Of Memphis, the interest Of the defendant hu
i. Brinkley in and TO the folio wing described
property; lot Nc % in the city Of Memphis,
StA feet by l4sys feet, fronting AZ feet on the
east side Of Msin street. and running hack
between parallel lines l4sh feet 10 an alley
on the northeast corner of Mac isou or 4 Main
streets, Defendant Hu l.. Brinkley has re
mAinder interest in one Undivided half of said
Lot No. 26S, city Of Memphis, q triangular
shaped lot lying between jackson street. Rail
eish road and the alley east Of Third street.
Defendant Hp Il. Brinkley bss a remainder
interest in one undivided half Of said lot
Lot No. $50, city Of Memphis. 1lSh feet by
lisH feet on the northwest qorpeF of'Concord
and Third streets. Defendant Hu L, Brink
ley has q remainder interest In one undivided
half Of said lot..
Lot No Ssa, city Of Memphis, 14s,S feet BY
l4slS feet on the northeast corner OF Concord
and 'Thlrd Btyeetg. Defendant Hu L. hriRk-
ley has remainder interest in ono undivided
half Of said lot.
Part Of tract Of land lying northeast Of
the City Of Memphis, and designated and de-
sofbsd gpOA the plet Book No. |, page 81.
Registers office Of Shelley county. Tennessee,
and by partition between defendant Hu l..
Rrinkley aud Annie i Sn0wden, the lots col
ered yellow on SAID plat belonging to SAD DE-
tepdapt lIu L BEinkleg as ,psrtieularly
1889. Regist rs Office Of Shelby county. Ten,
hesses, t6.wit Lots 8, 5. 6. 4 in block No,
3; lots =, 10. II, H. Is. l9, 20, 2l, % 10 black
No 5; lets /, ., 8. 4, s, 12 Ii, Il, Is, ID, IL in
block No. el lotss 70, II, 4, Is, l9, % in block
Ea, Z lots S, q in A!osk Nag; lots 9, 10, II,
In block No 9; lots 9, 10, II, ~ Is, II, l5, l6,
II In block Ne, l0 lots /. g. 8, Z, 10, II, l6, II,
Is, 10 in block No II lot II In block No. lS;
lot in block No 4. Defendant nu T.. Brink
ley is owner in fee Of the above described lots,
Terms Of Sale Said property will he sold
upon credit OF soven months, pvT0hessfa
executing notes bearing interest nom date,
with approved personal sg6uiity for the pur-
cl ase money, hnd a lien retained on the prop
city until said notes are paid. Equity of re-
jEo. Il. FREEMAN. Clerk.
ID. D. Robinson, BEL.
January Is, 1877, 10 H6
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A Race Of men witG TA'lu Reported
Pail Mall Gazette,

A Wesleyan missionary, Rev. Geo.
Brown, has returned in safety from
an exploration Of tWepty months on
the unknown coasts Of New Britain
and New Ireland. He crossed the
latter island, which he found well
populated. "Ne white man was
sYer seen inland before, but no op-
position was offered to the explor-
ers. A difficulty was experienced
in getting the natives to 60 gpy
distance from their villages, as they
are so often at war with one an
other Plenty Of the proofs Of can
nibalism we're found. One of the
party, on going into one house to
light his pipe, saw a woman roast-
ing the thigh and leg of o man who
was killed the day before The
exploring party were interested in
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den almost too grievous to be
borne, yet his inherent love of ex-
istence induces a desire to still
preserve it, if it can be saved with
out a task upon bodily exertiOn.
The mind wanders. AT one mo-
ment he thinks his weary limbs
cannot sustain him mile; the
next he is endowed with unnatural
strength, and if there be a certainty
of relief before him he dashes
bravely and strongly forward, won
dering whence proceeds his new
and sudden impulse. Pro pA.
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LOTTERY

A RPLENDID OPPORTUNITY TO
"A WIN a FORTUNE : Second Grand
Drawing. .ls77. At New Orleans. Monday,
February 5th.
Louisiana State Lottery Company.
This Institution was regularly inoorpora fed
hy the Legislature of the Stats for Edoea-
tioDal purposes in 1888, with a Cap,tnI of
sl,yOO 200, t., which it has since added re,
NUMBER DRAWINGS will take plees
monthly. 1T NEVER SCALES OR POsTpoSRs
Lock at the following scheme;
CAPITAL FklZE, $4,000
1900 Tickets st Etvt, Dollars Each,
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lying, it stood on its hind feet, with
its forepaws on the cows udder,
and applying its mouth to one of
her dugs, sucked its ill of milk.
When it was satisfied another rodent
took its place, and so on, until the
supply was exhausted and the fam
lily swindled BY the cunning rat out
of their mornings supply of the
much-coveted fluid. The story is
we'll vouehed for.
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kAILRuAn DEE TABLES.

AEMPHIs AND 10y EvlLLE RAILROAD.
If.I Arrives. Leaves.
e-A-@ s-----A----
Ak. r.M. An. Pm.
Express daily (,xcept
Saturday, ......... ....,...... TAO :, or LID
hLil Train ...........- ......, SOP il'% -
Accounted n (exSundayl 40
Depot at h9nd o. lnHlb syre9l.
Ticket 0fico, l9l kAin street, corner OF
EAadison.
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In Gupreme OOnrt at JacIksOn

A. NJ. Boyd We. Hu L. Brinkley.
DY VIRTUE OF The DECREE PRO-
ID nouneed by the Supreme Court Of Ten
nessee al Jackson. November 2, 1876. ia this
cause, l will. on
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MEMPHIS AND CAAKL ssTON R. R.
~ Arrives, Leaves.
mIssIssl SPl AND TENNEssEE R.R.
h-~~~~@fS~~ Arrivas TanvaA.

Arrives. Leaves.
----S---N r--o--
A.N.P.H. AN. P.H.
n. n. Mat daily -, ~ IL 10 :, M 800
Ssrdis daily ex. sunday>s,OO ., ll.90
Tro,Ent (dAIly o.. bundayl o.o' ''oO
.lNpOt at foot Of Main street.
Ticket 0fioe, 3ST Main street, corner Of
AAO"'"' NJ. BURKE. aon1 sup't.
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Saturday, FebrnarY II, ls77,

the certain piece or parcel OF land. situate in
the city Of Memphis, Shelby county, Tennes-
see. and known and bounded as follows: Lot
No. 10 in block No. 6. and lot No. IL il
block No. 6, as designated on the map or plan
of the city Of Memphis, commencing at
point on the west side of Tennessee street, 95
No. TO- l20 feet or Whereabouts, to Chester
streets thence on ana with the east line of
Che ter street northwArdly ia feet to a stake
thence eastwardly in direct line to the be-
ginning.
Terms of Sale-Sevtn months credit; pur-
chaser to execute note with approved personal
security, bearing interest from date, and a
lien retaine on the property till same is paid.
Equity Of redemption barred.
,JN0. II. FREEMAN. Clerk.
Ed. L. Belcher. Sol.
January Is. 1877. 40. l4S
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THIRD GRAND MONTHLY DRAWING
Monday, March 5th. Capital Prize, sS0. 900,
Tickets, Sl0 each. eodll0.lS5
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A.N.P.H. Az. P.N
NAH Train d.ily-.;:: ::v:: ll'U
Louisville Depot......:-- o'VO
freight and Aooonmoda- .,, an
ton daily......-..-............ I.lo ow
srI.on,o oars on mail train. Ticket Offices,
Lsaisville Depot, GST Main loor. MaalsoEI
Rnd 1TS Main street. ,s,.
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MrMpHIs AND LTTTLERoOK RAILROAD
Arrives. Leaves.
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InSupreme Court at jackson.

Edward Mcdonnell vs.. A. MitchSB ct al.
DY VIRTUE OF THE DICREE PRO-
ID nounced November l. 1876, by the Su-
preme Court OF Tennessee at jackson, in this
cause; l viii offer for sale to the highest bid
der. in front Of the court house Of ohelby
county, in the city Of Memphis, on
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RAILROADS.
LOUISVILLE 1 AND NASHVILLE
AND
Great Southern Railroad.
sCHEDULE.

Express train leaves daily (exospt,
Saturday II 20 p'n
AfAil Train AsaveS 1n. oaiy S"iIv lev IL % Il
eept Sunday ''''''''''''' '''''''''''' 1'A' PEW
Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars on all night
q aims. a.. - - r,.Lo,
For tickets or informAu ton. apply ~ IleEet
Once. 28T Main. northweh corner OF msulson
JOHN T. FLYNN, sup't Gsmphis Diy;
JAMRs SPEEB, Ticket Agent. ISI
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21 W1U-~
LEGAL.
aaenatah LEGAL.
Ia Supreme Court at jackson

Berrict NJ. Moon. executrix Of ]. N. Moon,
deceased, VS.. A. l.. Deshazo ct al.
pY VIRTUE OF THE DECREE PRO-
- nouneed october 25. 1876, by the Supreme
Ccu,t Of Tennessee at Jackson, in this cause,
| will offer for sale to the highest bidder, ia
front of the court house of Shelby county, in
the city of Memphis, on
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Saturday, FebruarY 17, ,Is77,

the certain tract Of land mentioned in said
decree, situated IN Shelby county, Tennessee,
being lot No. of the subdivision Of the Geo.
l. Holmes Big Creek plantation, and bounded
rs follows: Beginning at poplar marked Y
on the Big Creek plank read where the said
road crosses the south line Of lot No. 4; rams
thence east 6 chains. and 25 Links to stake;
thence south Is chains to a road laid off to the
road laid of through said farm; thence east
IS chains to stake; thence north 81 chains to
a hickory; thence west chains and rs links
tp Big Creek plank read thence with said
road southwardly TO the beginning, contain
ing l64 acres D. ore or less.
Terms of Sale Six and twelve months
credit, purchaser executing notes with ap-
proved persona. security, and lien retained
on the land until the notes are paid. Equity
of redemption barred.
Kortrecht 4 Graft, Soils.
January is, 1877. 120.1l6
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PADUcA1 AND MEMPHIS RAILROAD
Mait Train arrives....'''. '''''''l 'l3'g ~ a. "a ~
- Wy P'l4A
FrsisH' issves........... ............ s 90 am
The nEii train leaves Covington for Mem
mis- at IAN. and Grriyes at Oovington at
700 p.m. The freight tain leaves Ooyington
for Memphis ct l.0O N. ss4 r;nS sTi,vef Msmpbis a.
vii start from the Underwriterg Warehouse.
"''' ''~'s j. W. WILBUR. Bup't,
H.H, GIvEE. Asst. agp,t. ....,....,.
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WI PrlInt amounting to.....,...........slll lO0
Write for Circulars or send orders 70
CHAS. 7. HOWARD. New Orleans, La.
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NERVOUS DEBILITY.
Vital weakness or depression: A weak az
hausted feeling. no energy or courage, the re-
suit OF mental eyerwork. indisereti9ns or ex-
cesses, or some drain upon the eystsp Is al
ways cured by HUMPHREYS H0ME0.
PATHIC SPECIFIC, NO rs. II tones al ana
invigorates the system, dispels the sloula ar
despondenoy, imParts strength snd enerEy-
stops the drain and reigYsnates the eRt:..
man. Been used twenty years with pert 81
81 per siRals vial, or IS per panksav OF Eva
visls aud y vial of powder SOnt 6y nail ON
receipt Of price. AddreS, HUMPHREYiS
no 0AE0PATHio NRnIOlNE CO., 562 Broad.
way, Low York.
W. Il. WILKINSON 4 CO.,
Wholesale Agents
JAMES s, R0TiNSUN, ARit.
Cor. Second end Madison sts,. Mempbi,
lHo-eo1 1-vvEiii- lNt twT- Wits
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