Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-04-24

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| When Lawrence Barrett and Edwin
! Booth joined forces and went starring
! together, the financial success of the ven
| ture was largely due to the fact that the
usual prices Of admission were PRACTICAL
| Iy doubled, relates Francis Wilson III
| Life When Mr.. Barrett next went out
] by himself he thought it would be Il
! dcrogation from his well-known dignity
! TO abate the prices from the figures he
! had attained while associated with Mr..
Booth.
His first appearance on the new basis
was in New Britain, Conn. The play was
| Julius Caesar with Mr.. Barrett in his
celebrated performance of CasSiuS. Sun
dry rumors came to his ears that q good
many of the inha bitants Of New Britain
had declared they would see themselves
''darned first before they would give up
So to see any One-dOllar show, and Mr..
Barrett was therefore a bit dubious
about the success of his experiment. At
ter the curtain went up, though he no
ticcd that the house was more than half
full, which, at double prices, meant that
it held more than the usual amount Of
money. Therefore when word was
passed to him. through several under
| lings, that the manager Of the New Brit
| ain theater craved few moments audi
ence, Mr.. Barrett was pleased to accord
| the boon.
Mr.. Barrett was prepared to be con-
graduated on the success of his appear
| ance, and received the manager on the
stage.
The manager approached without re-
moving his hat, and in very plain tones
said:
Mr.. Barrett, | wish that after the
next act you'd go in front of the curtain
and tell the folks that next weeks show
is The Rag Baby and that it's real
funny
Mr.. Barrett did not make the request
ed announcement.
'Now. madam" said the crotchety
| Judge. who had been annoyed by the
digressiops of previous female witnesses.
I'VE want no hearsay evidence. Tell
only what you know. Your name,
! please"
MARY Jones'" replied the witness.
your age?
"WelI-er-I only have hearsay evil
dence on that point, SO l won't answer"
Philadelphia Press.
Gen. Miles is quite 'kidder,'" says
an ex-army officer quoted by the New
| Orleans TimesDemOcrat, ''and he likes
to have fun with new reporters. | re-
! member some years ago he told an unfOr-
| CUndIe w correspondent Il ION q
! story about a new gun metal that some
| genius in Oklahoma or Kalamazoo was
supposed to have just discovered. It was
| a wonderful alloy which was as tough
as steel and as light as aluminium. Ply
its use, the general said, it would be
possible to build guns which would weigh
no more than the immense proiectiles
which they fired. The correspondent
was delighted, and went off and wrote
/ a beautiful article, which produced
spasms of laughter throughout the entire
artillery service. You see, it doesn't re-
quire a very profound knowledge Of
| baliistics to know that if gun and
projectile both weigh exactly the same
amount they would fly in opposite direc-
lions with exactly the same velocity
when the piece was fred
You have lived in the far West?" said
the young woman with an air of eager
interest.
Yes miss" answered Broncho Bob.
And have witnessed lynchings and
stampedes Of cattle and all such things?'
Yes, miss
Tell me, what was the most exciting
episode of your life
He thought with great care and then
answered earnestly:
''Gettin off one of these here 'lectric
cars the wrong way. miss. '-Washing-
ton Star.
A woman living in the neighborhood
! of Hampton-in-Aden, having gone out
for a walk, accompanied by little boy
and girl, noticed standing in a ditch Il
woebegone donkey. and the little lad.
a morning, went up and flicked him with
a twig. But Neddy stood stock still and
never moved a peg. The woman, sur
prised at this, went up to look at the
occupant Of the ditch and discovered that
| the poor animal had been frozen fast in
the mud, SO that its Indifference to the
! boys whip was Immediately explained.
| She Immediately returned home and had
man sent to dig the donkey out Ned
dy was removed to the stable and was
thawed effectively by the application of
hot water. The countryman who assist
ed at the removing operation suggested
that the woman, by discovering the don
key at the eleventh hour, as it were, had
prevented the local country folk from
witnessing what is additionally one of
the rarest sights-a dead donkey
mingham (Eng.) Post.
= Jimmie. ], did mother tell you to follow
Yes. she did,
well. here's nickel if you'll 60
home. It's all I've got
Mop: Ma promised me dime:
| We'll, II you don't go nome LII give
you licking
If l do go home mas promised m,
two. cleveland Plain Dealer.
The long, solemn gentleman with the
piercing eyes tapped gently on the shout
der of the encore fend in front of him,
says the Indianapolis Press.
ALLOW me to present YOU" said he,
handing the applauder a small paper
| package.
What does this mean?" asked the
recipient, wrathfully, as he opened the
package and found about So in dimes
and nickels.
1T means this replied the solemn
gentleman. Il have noticed your earn