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Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-03
The london TImes Establishment.

John W. Forney, Jr., sends to the
Philadelphia Press an account of visit
60 the London Times establishments,
which, as coming from a newspaper
man, contains some features of interest.
The verbal correctness of the Times is
accounted for by the fact that every line
is gone over by the proOf-readers six
or seven times before it Ia considered
ready for the forms, and then an old
printer is employed whose duty it is to
read the entire newspaper each morn
ing, and to report every typographical
mistake. The proofs are then examin-
ell. the authors of the blunders fined,
and the amount thus obtained placed
to the credit of the "sick fund" of the
establishment. And yet, after all this
care, we have noticed within year or
two several typographical mistakes in
the Times.
MIR. Forney found the composing
room of the times neither large nor well
ventilated, being much inferior in these
respects TO the best class of offices in
this country. Old-fashiOned stands
and cases were also employed. The
best compOsitOrs-only five or six
cannot earn over twenty-five dollars a
week, although it is nearly as expen-
sive living In London as in our large
cities. The daily circulation of the
Times is somewhat over forty thous-
and.
OF the four presses used, the best two
are Hoes, and they not of his later and
best manufacture. There is a restau-
rant connected with the establishme mt,
at which food is served at cost prices.
There are eighteen reporters, and a
corresponding number of editors, who
are invisible to the public. The tele-
graph is much less used than in this
cOantry, and less enterprise is shown
IN procuring news. Mr.. FOrney says
that nothing surprised him more than
the complete system prevailing through
ont the establishment Nothing is al
lowed TO 90 to waste. A card is kept
by the different pressmeD, and on it is
marked the cause of any spoiled sheets
whether it was the fault of the paper
maker, the feeder, or the press. The
very rags with which the machine is
wiped are counted, and those who use
them cannot receive clean ones until
they return the dirty ones. The latter
are then washed by washing machine
in the office, and it is said that this
small operation saves yearly one hun
ldred and fifty pounds.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-03

A London letter to the Chicago Jour,
mai contains this paragraph:
The Prince of Wales is under q cloud.
Nobody seems willing to say exactly
what the difficulty is, but there Is a
difficulty somewhere, and it does not
require much trouble to hit upon the
right conjecture. His popularity has
sadly waned. When toasted now at
any public assembly the response is
very feeble and apathetic, while, on the
contrary, the name of the Princess
elicits enthusiastic applause. The or
binary papers chronicle his movements
very briefly and coldly, while the satir-
ical ones indulge In the most
pointed illusions and terribly sug-
gestiye cartoons. One the other
day represents him in the character
of Hamlet, saying to the ghost of
George the Fourth, vanishing in the
distance, 'Ill follow thee" while John
Bull, as the faithful Horatio, with o
very sad and earnest cOuntenance, is
endeayoring to hold him back, and an
incarnate VoX POpuli in the background
looks sternly on. This is terribly Sc
vero rs well rs terribly suggestive, and
this sort of thing is going on constant
ly. Then again, in spite OF his magnl-
fieent income of quite half a million Of
dollars per annum, the Prince is said
to be already considerably involved in
pecuniary matters, and there Is not
only talk of an appeal to Parliament for
an increase of his income, but equally
IOud intimations that such an appeal
will be resisted.
/ suppose the real truth is that the
poor boy was brought mp too strictly
for the Queen was very severe moth
er, and the Prince COnsort was almost
Calvinistic in his religious notions, and
that as soon rs he was thrown loose
upon the world he naturally wished to
see some of the ordinary pleasures of
high life, and so has been sowing wild
oats with both hands. There does not
seem TO be anything radically bad
about him, though he comes of a wild
stock. and it is to be hoped that he
will in time see the error of his ways,
and settle down as a good husband and
father. OF one thing he and the world
may be quite assured, and that is that
the people of England will not tolerate
another George the Fourth. He must
become as much as possible the anti
podes of that cratic monarch, or he
will never. especially if the Queen lives
To the ordinary age, sit upon the Eng
lish throne. / have said it.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-03
crast Fire An BuffaIU-fIsss- sioo. eco.

Great Fire IN BuffaI0-f7Sss sfo0, eco.
We clip from the Buffalo Commercial
Advertiser the following list of the
losses by the fire which occurred in
that city on the morning of the Odd
Messrs. Clay, Cosack & Co.-Loss,
So, 900 TO $4,000 insurance, IS, 800.
The books and papers, together with q
portion of the finer tools, &c, were
saved.
Messrs. Partridge estimate their loss
Mt SOC, 900; which is covered by insur-
ance for the same amount.
S. Bergman, clothing store, No. 1873,
suffered a loss, by water, removal OF
stock. &C., of $4,000; insured for 81
500
The loss of Mrs. Butler, photograph
gallery, third and fourth stories above
Bergman, was very light. No insur-
ance.
Reilly's millinery store, first floor,
No. 194-loss slight; fully covered 10y
insurance. .....-.-....-.
Knights photograph gallery, second
floor, No. 194-insured for SS,OOO,
which will fully cover the loss.
MIX u hnOOeS, lulTu uOOIs No @0f
total loss, 81, 900; insured for $500. 2
Davis, WaldrOn & Co., fourth floor,
No. I94-lOss estimated at $4,000; in
surance, $4,000.
Chas. Day, fifth floor, insurance,
81, 900, which will more than cover the
loss.
The three buildings, Nos. 1914, 196
and I98, were owned by ThOs. @. Reilly,
ESQ, and insured in the different agen-
cies to the amount of SIS, 900.
The circumstances attending this fire
are such rs to leave no doubt that 1t
was the work of an incendiary. The
hall in which it originated was a com
mon one, used by the tenants OF the
upper floors in both Nos. 194 and 196
"a sort of tl1oroughfare, as it were, IN
which a fire was never used.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-03
DR.. sshenek's PuImOnIe Syrup.

This great medicine cured DIR. J. H.
ScheHck, the Proprietor, OF Pulmonary Con-
sumption, when it had assumed its most for
midable aspect and when speedy death
appeared to be inevitable. His physicians
pronounced his case incurable, when he COM
meuced the use of this simple but powerful
remedy His health was restored in a very
short time, and no return OF the disease has
been appreheuded for all the symptoms
quickly disappeared, and his present weight
Is more than two hundred pounds.
Since his recovery, he has devoted his at
tention exclusively to the cure of COnsump-
ton, and the diseases which are usually COM
plicated with 1t, and the cures Effected by his
medicines have been very numerous and truly
wonderful DR.. Schenck makes professional
visits to several OF the larger cities weekly,
where he has large concOurse OF patients,
and it Is truly astonishing to see poor con-
snmptives that have to be lifted ont Of their
carriages, and in few months healthy, rO-
bust persons. DIR. SCHENCh'S PULMONlC
SYRUP, SEAWEED TONIC and MANDRAKE
PILLS are generally all required IN curing
Consumption. Full dir, ctIOns accompany
each SO that any one can take them without
ing DIR. Schenck, but when It Is convenient
best to see him. He gives advice free,
FOR a thorough examination with his Res
meteT has fee is three dollars.
nalt,Ase observe, when purchasing, that the
bikenesses. of the Doctor, one when in tho
> Stage of Consumption, and the other as
. #oW IL, in perfect health, are ON the gov
.-lent stamp.
ld By all Druggists and Dealers, price
per bottle, or $3.50 the half dozen All
BIS for advice ahOuld be addressed to DR..
OcK- NCK's principal office. No. 10 NOrth Sixth
ears Philadelphia, Pa.
tleral Wholesale Agents: Demas Barnes
S. n. Y; S. s. Hance, Baltimore, Md;
Il d. Parke, Cincinnati, Ohio; Walker Il
r, Chicago, H.; Collins Bros, st. Louis,
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-03
Miscellaneous Items.

Land has been bought near Fort
ress Monroe for Freedmen's College,
and good progress is being made with
the plans.
An officer in Buffalo hailed fel.
low on the street, having some hoop
skirts, which he suspected were stolen.
The rogue threw one over the officers
head, and made his escape.
Arizona city, which the telegraph
recently stated to have been swept
away by food, consisted CT half do
zen shanties. Two houses still remain,
which is sufficient for the popuIa.
ton.
An exchange says the word philO.
pena, signifies, in its common use,
friendships forfeit" 1t is a Greek
and Latin compound, and, literally in
terpreted, signifies, 81 love the pen
atty"
"A light open buggy appeared in
the streets of Boston few days ago,
with no means of propulsion except q
small apparatus under the box. 1t was
steam carriage, and was guided as
easily as if it had horse attached.
"A fight lately occurred at circns
at Marietta, Pa, between n Snowman
and citizen, in which the latter was
shot. Another citizen then struck the
murderer fatal blow on his head will
the butt of gun, which at the same
instant was discharged, and killed the
man who held it.
A caricature recently seen at Mata.
moras represented Uncle Sam lying
fiat on his back, with Canada under
meath him, and while his head was in
his Russian purchase taking an iced
drink, his legs were cramped mp by q
rickety fence named Mexico. Uncle
Sam meditatingly says he will have to
stretch out his legs directly. The pic
tnre tickles the Texans amazingly.
IT is reported from the Danish Is
laud of SantO Thomas that Senator
Doolittle has gone to Copenhagen to
negotiate with the Danish government
for the purchase of Santo Thomas. LII
will be remembered that some time ago
it was, stated that he had been sent, as
special envoy, to Russia, IN matters
connected with the sale OF Russian
America. asen
"A Mr. Rice, residing near Fredis-
burg, Ind, while In his cherry grove a
few evenings SINCE, was stung on the
upper lip by bee. He started for the
house, calling TO his. mother for some
remedy, laughingIy remarking that a
bee had stuDg him. The remedy was
applied, but In half an hour the man
was speechless, and soon after a
corpse. Hrri H -Aat irt
Another tomb has been discovered
under the picturesque staircase which
leads from Mountain street 10 the Lower
Town of Quebec, and local paper sug-
gests that il may be Samuel Champ
lain's. A skeleton was found IN it, and
should it prove to be, his the country
will at last be in position to honor Its
great founder.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-03
an Arrcrsuus Murder In the Name of
| Religion.


The following is from a Constantine
pie letter:
A horrible murder committed some
months since at Rinsk, and the perpe-
traitors of which had not been discov-
cred up to day or two since, has been
cleared up. A young Armenian girl
had married an Armenian of the Gre
gorian rite, they having been attached
to each other from childhood. The
next day after the marriage the I'M
happy couple were discovered dead in
their bed-strangled and horribly mu-
tiIated. From the confession of Artin,
the brother of the bride and one of the
murderers, it appears that his Vertabel
for Gregorian PRIEST named Ovrnes,
furious at the match, which he consid-
cred an act of sacrilege, persuaded the
brother that it was their duty, if they
ever wished TO see Paradise, to murder
the unfortunate pair on their marriage
night. The ruffians stole gently upon
the sleeping victims, and while the
priest rushed upon the husband and
hamstrung him. Artin seized his sis
ter by the throat and commenced
stranoling her. Startled, however, and
nOfflueu III Iu6 pIOIIuOcu OysDailS anu
swollen face, and touched at her evil
dent anguish, he was unable to COM
plete the deed, so he left her gasping
and half choked in the middle of the
room. Here the priest (who had Just
tortured and killed her husband) found
he wretched woman, and to use his
own words at the time, accomplished
the rest of his sacred duty by tying a
handkerchief around her throat, and
Tightening it until she expired" After
this they mutilated the victims in the
most shocking manner. In America
one would he surprised at the result of
their trial. Although both proved
guilty, according to their own confess
sion, of this most atrocious murder,
these miscreants have simply been re-
manded to iaii, ... t.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-03
STAR FOUNDRY

Archie Armstrong took upon ArchDlsn-
OPP Land, who had forbidden him to
speak of such magnates, but could not
prevent him from saying, as his grace
before meat, 'Great praise to God, and
little Laud to the Devil" 1t is report
ed of more than one court fool, and
among others of TribOulet, the fool of
Francis l., that when told by his sOver-
eign that if certain courtier beat him
to death, as he threatened, he would
hang him the hour after, his request
was that his Majesty would rather do
so3he hour before.
The earliest French fool on record
seems to have been one, named Jean,
at the court of Charles the Simple of
whom DIR. Doran tells us some anec-
dotes ''This good fellows influence
was so great, that Charles once remark
ed to him he thought they had better
change places. AS Jean. did not look
we'll pleased at the proposal, Charles
asked him if he We're not content at the
idea OF being king. ooh, content
enough" was the reply, ''but l should
be exceedingly ashamed at having such
fool" 1t was this fool who once
tried his masters nerves by rushing
into his room one morning, with the
exclamation, son, sure, such news
four thousand meu have risen ia the
city. ''Wbat p cried the startled
king, with what intention have they
risen ?" "Well, . said jean, placing his
finger on his nose, probably with the
intention of lying down again at bed
time.
One of the best examples of this kind
of unlocked for sagacity occurs in the
story in Rabelais, where a cook seek
ing to charge porter for eating crust
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-03

.A.NEBDFCR THAT CANE BACK TO THE
JURYMEN. Vermont paper speaks of
a stage driver at Leyden, who was sned
for the value of valise which he had
refused to deliver to the owner. be-
cause said owner would pay him only
three-fourths of his charge for trans
porting it. A jury found Judgment
against the driver for the value of the
valise. Next morning the stage driver
called on the iurymen, who had been
drawn from the business men of the
village, made purchases and had work
done, but invariably insisted on paying
only three-fourths their bin therefor,
saying their verdict authorized such
construction of the laws Of traffic. AT
last adviees the jurymen were seriously
medltating a reversal OF their decision.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-03

From the Independent.
TODAY. 3D..
RYWnI.u. BuRLEIGH.

The Past has done its work How WELL
How IN, il matters not to say;
For lot upon our ears doth swell
The summons Of To-Day.
A king, Of kings the kingliest
No prUuder ever graced thronei
His realm the Earth from East to West,
From North 10 Southern zone.
His are the pOtencies sublime
That bend the Nations to his sway;
And every land and every cline
Alike his power obey.
The Ages that have gone before
The awful Past, now vague and dim
Left, lapsing from Times crumbling shore
Their good and III to him.
With these, for glory or for shame,
A this or that his work shall crown,
He builds the temple of his fame,
His record Of renOWn.
His subjects veto aid, if true
Ii false, to mar, the grand design
That bids the Old Earth bloom anew,
Filled with life divine.
He summons us to nObIer tasks
Than ever in the Past were wrought,
And. for his larger purpose, asks
4 nObler style Of thought
Brave wills 10 dare. strong arms to do
The work that will not brook delay;
Wise heads, warm hearts, to duty true
And loyal to To-Day.
No dim, vague dreams of faded flowers,
Whose fragrance never comes again
No lingering with the buried Hours,
Infrm OF heart and brain,
WIN he accept. Our King demands
UnsWeryiug fealty to his Throne;
The loyalty of heart and hands,
A service all his own.
The selfish case we must resign
That -hrinks from battling old Abuse,
And learn that labor Is divine,
Divine the Life Of Use.
His can is heard in every sigh
That heavCs the sOTTOw-laden breast;
In every wild, despairing cry
Power wrings from the oppressed
In every ancient Wrong that claims
From age authority to be-
In crucl fears and haunting shames,
And vOiceless misery
In broken hearts, in wasted lives,
In all the toll and moil and din
From which the spirit vainly strives
Some notes Of peace to win.
Fold not vour arms IA Hstless mood,
Oh Brothers for he speaks to yOu
Mood hath he az the Wise aud GOOd--F
Need.Of the Brave and True.
There's room for all and work for all
The urgent uCei Tebukes delay;
Aud iOl the Nations hear the call
The summons of To-Day
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-03
Imnorinnt 70 Seamen.

The steamer Scotland was wrecked a
few months ago through q misunder-
standing of the orders issued by the Of
Ger on deck. The old plan of having
the orders of the officer repeated from
mouth to mouth along the deck TO the
wheelsman was always liable to mis-
takes of similar nature. The French
steamer Vile dc Paris, which sailed ON
Saturday, has ON board an apparatus
which was exhibited to the public ON
Friday, designed to do away with this
danger. Upon the bridge are two di-
ale, connected with the wheel-hOdse
and rudder. A simple movement of the
index finger upon one of these dlals
instantly communicates the orders =
Port, " ''StarbOard, or "Steady" to a
dial in the wheel-hOuse, while the
striking of gong calls the attention of
the heImsman thereto. This is but
half the duty of the apparatus. for by
means of wires leading from the rud-
der-head to q second dial upon the
bridge every movement is instantly
reported there, so that the officer can
know ut once if his orders have been
Obeyed, and exactly how MANY degrees
the rudder has been turned. This COM
municltion being beyond the control of
the helmsman. he cannot possibly turn
the wheel without the fact being mani
tested upon the dial. The same system
may be made to communicate orders to
the engineer. The steamer above
named has used this apparatus for two
voyages with great success. The Life
Saving Commission, which met in New
York several months ago, recommended
it to the government upon all govern
ment vessels.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-03
A KewIy-Marrled Man Compelled ia
kneeI Oh his Late Wife's Grave and
ASK her Forgiveness.

A TAILOR at Donaldsonville, La, who
had buried his wife in the early part of
May, married again in three or four
weeks afterward. This SO shocked the
moral sense of the community that q
public meeting was called, and a pro-
cession formed and marched to his res
idence and took him out. After being
marched out of his dooryard to the tune
of the dead march, with lighted can
dies on each side of him. the procession
formed, mnsic in front, the latter con-
sisting of oil-cans, horns, tin pans, and
large bell, carried on the shoulders of
two of the party, which was tolled con-
tinually, while cries of mirth and jollity
tended TO enliven the scene. After
traversing tho principal streets and
thoroughly arousing everybody in town
who was not engaged in it, they pro-
ceeded TO the final act, it now being
near the hour of midnight. After
forming properly, the procession moved
to the yard, where the joke was
finished by his kneeling down at the
grave and asking pardon of his late
wife's spirit I; after which the party
proceeded to a saloon, and taking a
drink at his expense lac was permitted
To rejoin his new made wife-this being
the third marriage bonds he has enter
ed into.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-03
Italian or American Marble

got nufhn 10 az UOub III. All Il hifNe Io
do about it, is to butt agin it, and it
de Lords business to put me troo.
AN extraordinary divorce suit has
been concluded IN Phelps county, Mo.
The husband, in his petition, AYERS
that his wife, since marriage, has been
ILL tempered, and for three days at a
time has had the mad dumps silently
In view of these narrowing facts. the
court listened to the prayer, and granted
the divorce.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-03

SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCES. -IheBoston
Traveller states that lady in Reading,
Mass, while coHyersing with some
callers, suddenly turned pale, and,
sinking into a chair; exclaimed, ''Did
you hear that gun? it affected me
strangely" and -wePt iRcehsolably. Her
visitors had heard no report, and it af-
terward appeared that no gun had been
fired at that time on the place. News
came, however, that her brother, re-
siding n hundred miles away, was al
thatvery hour fatally shot by the acct.
dental discharge of his f0wling-piece.
while hunting IN a grove near ms resi-.
dence.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-03
70 Consninptives.

u adv ERklS&R, HAVING BEEN
10. fest5Ted 10 health IA few weeks ~ very
.hfsPe remedy after having suffered Tor several
years with severe lung Affection, and thAt dread
disease ConsunlptiOli-ls ANXIOUS 70 make kRo@n
70 his fellow sufferers the means OF cure
To all who desire 1t, he Wlli send copy OF inc
prescription used free Of charged with the direc-
lions Tor prepariI and using the same which they
win una suRE CUgE for UoNsUnfTIaE, ASTHMA
BRONcaIIIs COUGHS, CoLifs And al 4hroal and
Lung Afections The only otjaet IS the advertise
in eeIldiug the Prescription IA 20 benefit the afnist
"a and spread information which he conceives TO
be invaluable. and he hopes every sufferer will Try
his remedy, as It viii cost them nothing, and may
prove a blessing. Parties wishing the prescription
FREE by return mail, pill please address
REV. EDWARD A. WILSON,
mAy7cWIy Williamsburg, Kings Co.. n. Z.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-03
the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
company Milwaukee.

fhe Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
company Milwaukee.
1880 Members aud $4,000. 400 Assets.
s. 5. DAGGETT, Presidapr
A. W. KELLOGG, Secretary.
(Onice 4l6 Main Street, Milwaukee.)
REASONS FOR INsURTNG IN THIS COMPANY.
L. 1t is the oldest Life Insurance Company
in the Northwest, and is managed by men
elected by the PolicyvhoIders, whose known
character, ability and position afford ample
guaranty for its careful and successful man
agement.
2. 1t has an ample accumulation for entire
security Of over two and a quarter millions
3. 1t keeps and invests the money, for ac-
eumuiation, where capital commands the
best rates. and thereby tends to make money
more plenty III the West
4. Its risks are in the healthiest portion of
the country, and its rate of mortality conse-
quently low.
5. All it's profits are equaab,y divided
among its policy holders.
t. 1t combines the advantages of both the
cash and note systems. Those choosing to
pay cash can do so and have all the sdvan-
tages of an equitably conducted cash COM
pauy. And the privilege of giving note for
part of the premium Is granted to all those
who desire IT.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-03
This is the Season

when changes of weather
) and food are most likely to produce sick
sat French Physician says: ''AIore than half
disease In the world comes from neglect TO
the system against changes of climate,
and food. Inc great secret Of health il TO
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-08-03

Dyspepsia-The scourge of the race,
the most aggravating of al diseases known,
and hardest to cure, yields immediately to
the influence of Goes Dyspepsia Cure 1t is
certainly the most wonderful remedy ever
discovered for Indigestion, and any disorder
of the sfomacb Or boWelS