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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-03-14
A Mexican Snake Story.
From the Two Republics.


A family in San Luis Potosi possessed
a very fine rattIesnake. They had cap
tured it by means of forked stick
when it was baby, and succeeded in do
mesticating it. In the course of years it
grew to be fourteen feet in length, and
became tame and playful, never show
ing the slightest symptoms of anger
when handled by the children, but it
wonld not allow its rattles to be touched.
1t became very much attached to it's
master, and would follow him
around the house like dog. During
the recent storm in San Luis many Of
the houses were struck by lightning.
The bolts were falling fast about the
dwelling which had sheltered the snake
from childhood. Nobly determined to
die for its benefactors, the serpent
crawled up the outside walls of the
house, and mounting the roof it stood
on its head in perpendicular position
for the space or several minutes shaking
his rattles violently at the heavens, like
Ajax defying the lightning. The cleo
tricity, attracted by this living lightning
rod, reduced to ashes the noble animal
and also the house.
There is no use in letting the Ameri-
can papers have a monopoly of these
snake stories.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-03-14
A Daughter Well Married.
From the Court Journal.

A German banker, travelling by rail in
a first-class carriage toward Vienna, had
as a fellow traveller at one of the inter-
mediate stations an old gentleman. who
entered into conversation, and proved
very pleasant. The banker got out be-
fore his companion, and before he did
SO asked the latter how far he was GO
ing The gentleman replied to Vienna.
Il have a daughter very we'll married
there" said the banker. II should like
to give you note of introduction to
her" Il have also a daughter very
well married there" said the other.
Would it be too great liberty to ask
the name?" said the banker. my
daughter" the gentleman answered,
sis married to the Emperor of Aus
tria ~ 1t was the old King of Bavaria.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-03-14
ROBBERY AND DEATH.
Young Philadelphian Commits Burg
larry, Murder and Suicide.

A xoung Ph1ladeIphian Commits nuSG-
larry, Murder and Suicide.
BRADFORD, Pa, March GA desperate
attempt was made to rob the Bradford
National Bank shortly before noon to-
day. At the time there was no one in
the bank but Cashier Harvey Tonnlin-
son, who was engaged looking
over some of the accounts.
Hearing a noise, he turned and
discovered a young man behind the
counter, just as the latter grabbed up a
large bundle of bank notes. Tomlinson
seized the robber and desperate strug-
gle ensued. Finding that he was getting
worsted the thief drew revolver
and shot Tomlinson fatally. He
then took the money and started
out, but the report of the pistol had
already attracted crowd and the
robber seeing that escape was impossi-
BILE, placed the revolver to his forehead
and fired, wounding himself beyond
hope of recovery. Tt is supposed that
the robbers name is Kimba1 and that
he came from Philadelphia.
A later report says before committing
suicide, Kimball shot and probably ia
tally wounded A. l.. Bleich, one of his
pursuers. Kimball is dead and Tomlin-
son is unconscious and cannot survive.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-03-14
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UnIucky Thirteen.

Thirteen men of South Orange, N. J.,
started out to defy fate and prove that
the superstition regarding the number Is
session OCTOBER IS, and ever since bad
luck has been coming to them. One
member lost his child, another broke
his arm, third had his building burned,
fourth has been defeated for office, a
fifth had an attack of pneumonia, a
sixth has lost money in speculation, and
SO on. In fact, there is scarcely a single
member of the club who has not en-
countered hard luck in some form or
other since he joined the organization.
All have now resolved not to attend
another meeting of the club under any
circumstances
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-03-14
Advantages of a College Education.

A large number of Vassar alumne at
the annual reunion in the Brunswick a
few days ago were pointed out as being
unmarried, and it was remarked that
most Vassar women marry late rather
than early. This is due, the college
observers say, to the interest in teach
ing or post graduate study, evinced by
so many o each class, which keeps
them free for several years after grad
uation. And then there are others who
wait because it is their own sweet will
to do so says the New York Sun. The
result is-and statistics have shown this
that college-bred women make I'M
usually few unhappy marriages.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-03-14
FERDINAND'S REMOVAL.
1T Will Result in Settlement of the Bull
Garian Affair.

ST. PETERSBURG, March 9.-The Jour
nal de St. Petersburg declares that the
Porte's action in pronouncing the ille
gality of Prince Ftrdinand's position in
Bulgaria conforms alike to its right and
duty It expresses the hope that Tur-
key, in affirming the legal standpoint in
regard to Bulgaria according to treaties,
will produce logical sequence. After
the departure Of Prince Ferdinand, the
paper says, the Bulgarian question will
become more urgent one, but not, as
English journals assert, more danger
Gus one. The resumption Of the legal
status in Bulgaria cannot partake of this
character
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-03-14
HIS LAST ASSIGNME EMIT.
Death of L. e. Fisher, a MINES


Death of l.. E. Fisher, a Minnesota
Newspaper Pioneer.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, March 6.-Louis E..
Fisher, editor of the Northwestern
Newspaper Union, died at his residence
in this city at 1890 this morning. Mr..
Fisher came to St. Paul in 1853 and the
following year assisted in getting out the
first daily paper ever published in
this city, the Daily Pioneer. In 1865 he
became editor-in-chief of the Pioneer,
and after the consolidation with the
Press, acted as assistant editor until the
duties became too burdensome and he
accepted the position of editor Of the
Northwestern Newspaper Union.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-03-14
MRs. BEECHER', HI HEALTH.
1t Necessitates a Trip to Florida to Avoid
Cold March Winds.

BROOKLYN, n. Y, March 6.--The veneer
able widow Of the late Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher leaves here this afternoon for
Washington. en- route for Florida. She
will be accompanied by her grand
daughter, Miss Anna Scoville, daughter
of the Rev. DR.. Scoville, of Stamford,
Conn. In Washington she will be the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. S. V. White for a
few days, thence she will 60 direct TO
Palatka, visiting Jacksonville and
other points Of interest in Florida The
trip has been taken at the earnest advice
of friends who have noticed her failing
health, and are anxious that she shall
escape the March winds.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-03-14
RANDALL'S TARIFF MEASERE.
The Internal Tax on Tobacco and Fruit
Brandy Repealed.

Brandy Repealed.
A Washington dispatch Of the 18th
says: Mr.. Randall has completed his
tariff bill and will introduce it in the
house tomorrow. In explanation of it's
terms and scope, he makes the follow
ing statement: The bill repeats the en-
tire internal tax on tobacco and on fruit
brandy. 1t also repeats the license tax
on wholesale and retail liquor dealers,
leaving these, as recommended by JEFF
ferson, SO that "the state authorities
might adopt them" 1t makes alcohol
in the arts Zee and reduces the tax on
whisky to 80 cents per gallon.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-03-14
A MYSTERIOUS MURDER.
Return of a Pittsburg Assassin to Gaze o
His Victims Face.

PITTsBURG, Pa, March 8.-Peter Voel-
ker, well-known stone contractor, was
murdered in front ofbis own doorway on
Soho Street in the presence of his wife,
about 1870 o'clock last night, by a
stranger who had followed him from the
city. The murderer fed, but afterwards
returned to gaze upon his victim s
CHASTITY face. He was recognized by
Mrs. Volker, but before she could give
the alarm he escap ped and has not vet
been apprehended. The cause of the
murder is MYSTERY. Vmlker was an
inoHensive German and quite Well-to-
Go. He leaves a wife and three grown
m children
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-03-14
ATOWN WIPED OUT.

Fire Destroys the Business Part OF
Harrisburg, Ill.
CAIRO, ILL.,, March ga fire at Harris
burg, Saline County, last night, de-
stroyed sixteen buildings including one
jewelry stores drug store, two restau-
rants, millinery store, one grocery, a
clothing store and the Bank of Harris
burg. The total loss is about $74 900;
insurance $4,000. Being without fire
engines the citizens were unable to
check the spread of the fire.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-03-14

coming over from last Friday. The
amendment agreed to in committee of
the whole after protracted debate, ap.
propriating $20,0 900 for the relief of the
Protestant Episcopal theological semi
nary and high school of Virginia, was
again the subject of discussion, but was
finally adopted and the bill passed by a
vote of 105 to 100. The remainder of
the day was consumed in the consider
alton of private bills.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-03-14
A Second Lulu Hurst.

YOUNGSTOWN, Tenn, March IA Sec
ond Lulu Hurst has been found here in
the person of Miss Lucy Byrd, Is years
old, who performs all the ieats of the
Georgia wonder She lifts heavy fur
niture, causes stoves to dance and move
at will and does other equally surprising
things.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-03-14
THE POPE INDISPOsED.
His Condition Causes a Feeling of Alarm
in Rome

ROME, March 10.-The Pope has been
slightly indisposed for the past two
days, No serious symptoms have mani
tested themselves, but certain degree
OF apprehension exists in consideration
OF his age and the lassitude caused by
the exertions he was subjected to during
the jubilee festivities. A consistory to
nominate, number of bishops is an
nounced for the 18th inst.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-03-14
Throwing Away His Fingers.
From the Oswego Times.

AS Dick Winchers was coupling cars
at Lyons, the other day, his right hand
was caught between the bumpers. He
pulled away his hand, took off his glove,
which was besmeared with blood, and
threw it into the furnace. He was
much surprised to find that three fingers
were missing and that he had thrown
them with the glove into the fire.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-03-14
Six Buildings i'm Ashes

GOSHEN, Ind, March The Citizens'
Bank Block and five adjoining brick
buildings. at Ligonier, were burned yes
terday with their contents. Jacobs &
Co., bankers, and Jacob Baum, gro
ceries, were the heaviest losers. Total
loss aggregates $4,000; insurance, 1885,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-03-14
Louise Michel Fully Recovered

PARIS, March 6.-Louise Michel was
present at an Anarchist meeting last
night. This was her first appearance at
such gathering since the attempt upon
her life in January last.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-03-14

How is it you have so many young
men call on you ?" asked Jealous girl
-" Because, was the RELY, father has
the govt in one foot and the rheumatism
in the other; besides, We don't keep a
dog. = Judge.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-03-14

THE prisoner being asked whether he
struck the man in the heat OF passion,
replied: No, struck him in the pit of
the stomach. ~ The Colonel.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-03-14
CAPTAIN md CREW LOST.

Wreck of the British Bark Lanoma Of
Weymouth.
LONDON, March 9.-rhe British bark
Lanoma, from Launceston, Australia, for
London, with cargo Of wool, has been
wrecked near Weymouth. The captain
and al of the crew were drowned.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-17
tiques, Paris, in Audran's new opera,
Petite FrOnde -

tiques, Paris, in Audran's new opera,
Petite Fronde. -
Jeff De Angels of the McCauu Opera
Company has been wanderer on the
face of the earth ever since childhood
his travels having taken him into Aus
tralia, China, Japan and even to the
wilds of Africa.
A banker in Paris who has run away
leaving his creditors TO whistle for 900 -
600 francs, swindled his mother, Jane
Hading out of 10 900 francs, and the
actress herself out of 30 900 francs, saved
from her American tour.
Julia Marlowe is twenty years of age,
of English birth, but from childhood a
resident of the United States. In New
York they call her "a truly wonderful
young woman, the future great TRACE
dienne of the American stage.
Joseph Wheelock has been specially en-
gagged to play Macduff in Mrs. Langtry s
production of Macbeth at the Fifth Ave-
nue. theater next January. Now Cd
be he that cries, hold!-enough!' when
Mrs. Langtry comes to Texas again.
Mrs. Wilbur Bloodgood and Miss Elsie
De Wolfe have objected to Mrs James G J..
bldlitt : dSSOtidIlbll WIFI IIltIi III Z. : pc
cial class of dramatic study. Miss Elsie
De Wolfe was slated rs the coming So
ciety actress after Mrs. Potter, Il few
months ago, but Mrs. Blaine may take
the wind out of her sails.
GA Brass Monkey entered the eighth
week of its successful run at the Bijou
opera house Monday night, in the pres
ence of an audience that filled every part
of the theater and shouted with laughter
over the many amusing scenes in Mr..
Hoyt s latest and funniest extravaganza
Il New York Mail and Express.
81 see no reason why, if a man lead
normal, healthy, moral life, he should
be any less first-class man because he
is an actor. l have spoken with some of
our noblest specimens of nobility here
and abroad, of church, state and COM
merce-Cardinal Newman, Gladstone
and others. In everything that goes to
make a nobleman, 1 hold my friend,
Joseph Jefferson, TO be the peer of any -
T Mary Anderson.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Henchel will ar
rive in this country about the middle of
March. They will sing in and about
Boston through Lent, starting on their
tour to San Francisco about April l +, Civ
ing their far-famed song recitals in vari-
Gus cities on the way. They will be I'M
der the management of Mr.. John E
Pinkham of Boston. The Henschel 5 en-
joy the distinction of standing alone i'll
their interpretations of German ''lied-
err
Miss Essie Jenyns of Australia will
soon make her English debut in line of
characters which will naturally suggest
comparison between herself and Mary
Anderson. Miss Jenyns has made a sue
cess in the colonies She is handsome,
talented woman, still very young. Her
mother was an actress and relative of
Professor Morse, of telegraphic fame.
Miss Jenyns has studied in London and
Paris and possesses much general culture.
Australia is watching her career in En-
gland with much interest.
''Drop dime in the slot and you get
an opera glass'' will be the legend in
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-17

walls. But no manager dared i'll those
days to deliberately shorten TO the knees
the skirts of his chorus. 1t would
have been an awful thing to have gone
further. Lydia Thompson herself, then
mere girl, was of rotund and enticing
form, and it was only five years after that
she had got into fights, with only the re-
lief of trunks; so, though the evolution
was progressive, it was quick. They adj
vanced rapidly in England, as they did
here, and probably not few remember
the clerical onslaught that was made on
The Black Crook. Before that time
ballet dancers had worn sort of COM
bination skirt. 1t was fluffy and full i,
and, though the spectator did not realize
1T, she wore trunks to the knee. But
Lydia Thompson, who started in with her
dresses to her ankles, gradually managed
to get them to her knee, and then, aban-
doning skirts altogether, she set the
fashion of tights. Comic opera has
added largely to the use of tights and
short dresses on the stage, and indeed
largely responsible for the present ex
cesses. The most popular of stage
dresses to-day, probably, is the very one
that excited so much opposition in Lon
don many years ago, but it is correctly
and thoroughly Grecian.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-17
THE GAZETTE: FORT WORTH, TEXAS MONDAY DECEMBER H.

scribed on the handsome nickle-plated
boxes which will within few seasons be
supplied to ali theaters by company
which controls the patent right. The
opera glass is firmly attached to the box
by silk-cOated wire. If the wire be
tempered with bell rings in the lobby
The bell also rings if the glass be not re-
placed and then closed. The invention
has been used with success in number of
London theaters.
The French school of acting teaches
you to acknowledge your audience. 1
hold that this is a wrong. The American
school teaches that you act best when you
forget it. As to personality, how can a
man get rid of his personality? Why, 1t
is himself, his soul, his individuality +,
that something which makes him differ
ent from everybody else; it is his charm =.
People frequently confuse personality
with mannerism. All, that is quite an
other matter. ManneTismS are defects
and should be conquered. A man may
strut in one play and make it effective if
it suits the character, but if he struts in
every play it is confirmed mGnnerism
and should be dominated = Boucicault.
Elsie Leslie Is unquestionably the most
widely and publicly petted child in the
world. People in Boston have been raw
ing over her for months, and now that
she has come to New York to renew her
former triumphs, sac is talked about all
over town. When she appeared on the
Broadway for short walk the women
looked after her with n species OF admir-
alton which has not been equalled since
little Josef Hoffman left town. The
child g first success on the stage was
made in Edith Burglar. " The remark
able characteristic about her on the stage
is her extremely life-like and natural
manner. She does not seem to act at all.
In fact, it is said that she does not feel
that she is acting, and her family has
cared for her so carefully that she has
none of the conscious, precocious, I'M
pleasant habits of the average child ac-
tress. "Little Lord Fauntleroy' will
make her famous to the last degree.
i New York Sun.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-17
DRAMATIC DoINGs.
A Few Notes and Clippings from the Theatrical
World of Interest TO the Gen.
eral Public.

John Gilbert has been on the stage for
sixty years.
1t is said that George Wilson is the rich
est minstrel in the profession.
Frederick Warde produces civilian
Tell'' i'll Baltimore on Friday night.
Nine. Bernhardt claims that she has
never quarreled with her dressmaker.
Albani is to make a concert tour of the
United States and Canada this winter.
Tom Mcintosh, the once famous colored
comedian, is working dime museums.
The advent of Mrs. Alice J. Shaw has
developed large crop Of lady whistlers
Bolossy Kiralfy's new spectacle, a
Bird of Paradise, will be produced about
Christmas.
For the first time W. J. Seaman has an
important child part in his new Irish
drama ''Myles ArOOn >,
a brand new opera periodically named
'America'' is to be produced at the
Philadelphia Academy of Music this
month.
LeGrande White, who was in the city
last week as advance agent for the ''Jim
the Penman' troupe, is the husband of
Minnie Maddern.
Sol Smith Russell is worth nearly half
million of dollars. He lives i'll Minneap-
oils and next to Joseph Jefferson is the
wealthiest of comedians.
Lizzie Evans has been meeting with
great success this season. Her new play =,
1.-The Buckeye, - has made a decided
hit and is very highly spoken of.
Mrs. James Brown Potter is evidently
losing her grip on the newspapers in the
way of free advertising. She has COM
menced to work the lost jewel scheme.
There is said to be general Gearth of
musical talent i'll Europe, and the critics
are i'll despair. Even III Italy the great
operas cannot be given for lack of sing
ers.
May Newman, the star of "Lights and
Shadows, - is the wife OF the proprietor
Of the play, Harry Kennedy. Mr.. Ken
nedy is q member of the "Mystic
Shrine.''
The best operetta singer ON the stage at
present is said Is be Nine. Simon Girard
who is now singing at the Folies Drama
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-17
MARY ANDERSON


A tribute to the woman who takes
New York by storm.
The New York Tribune of the 18th
says: Miss Anderson will close her en-
gagement at Palmer's Theatre on De-
cember %. Thirteed performances re-
main to be given. The theatre is crowded
every night. GA Winters Tale'' will
be given at each performance, except
that of next Saturday afternoon and that
of the final matinee on the 22d. Miss
Anderson will end, as she began, with
HermiOne and Perdita. Nothing so ma
jestic and so beautiful has been seen on
the modern stage. Miss Anderson goes
hence to Boston, where she will appear
at the Hollis Street Theatre on Christmas
afternoon. "The Lady of Lyons was
acted on last Saturday evening, with Mr. 3,
J II. Barnes as Claude Melnotte-an i1nzi
passioned and sincere and picturesque
performance.
Mary Anderson's graceful, lissome
abandonment in the pastoral dance in
The Winters Tale has quite taken -t3F
town by storm. Last week the Receipts
atPalmer's were phenomenal II New
York Mirror.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-17
THOSE LEGS.

The evolution of stage dressing from
long skirts to tights Moralists may find
a text in some remarks of the manager of
the Lydia Thompson Company. He says:
1.-the evolution of the leg in the drama
forms curious retrospect. For the last
thirty years skirts have been rising
higher and higher, tights have been get
ting more and more displayed, and
trunks have gradually disappeared. .
But the evolution has been so grad
uated that it is only in looking back that
number of years that the remarkable
change is seen. Lydia Thompson has
witnessed in her time the change from
prudery to license i'll the way of sstAse
dressing. When she first becamesR ad
tress London audiences had ju{s$beeH
amazed, shocked and interested at rGi
yival of Milton s classic, THE Mask
Comus,' in which a number of you&
women wore the Grecian costume ,dresffa
to the heel, but with slash on ones&de
that permitted the leg to be seen at {tr-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-17

day of the performance came around he
conducted Mr.. Jefferson back to the
stage to show him what had been done.
Mr.. Jefferson s first action was to take
down Washington S portrait. "Why do
you do that?'' asked the astonished Nc
DonOugh "Because l have no use for
it - replied Jefferson. ''But the Incl
dent where Rip is told that the picture is
that of George Washington, the first in
war, etc, always gets a tremendous
round of applause, - protested McDon-
ough. eyes, 1 know assented JEFF
ferson, "but it is George Washington
they applaud and not Joseph Jefferson =.
When you feed an audience with patriot
ism they lose sight OF your acting -
New York Tribune.
-
The Christmas number of the New
York Mirror is one of the handsomest of
holiday publications. The colored sup
plement, I'm the Wings, - is a gem of
artistic effect The colUring is i'll splen-
did taste and harmony, and makes pic
ture that would adorn the drawing
room of the richest.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-17

Several years ago when Tom McDon-
ough was manager of a Western theater,
Jefferson came to town to play rip
Van Wrinkle. " Remembering the piece
as he had seen others play it, McDonough
had the stage set accordingly, with Il
picture of George Washington hanging
on The wall for Rip to see ana inquire
about after his awakening. lie took
great pride i'll his work, and when the
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-17

Fine leather cases for ladies use, con-
tanning visit, address and shopping lists,
new and stylish, very handsome. Also
some elegant leather cases for holding
photos in bulk, both suitable for we'd
ding gifts, only to be had at Conner s
book store.