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Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23
Or. sehensk's Mandrake PIlls-Asubsti-
tnte for CaiOmel.

These Pills are composed of various roots,
having the power to relax the secTetious OF
the liver as promptly and as effectually as
blue pill or mercury, and without producing
any of those disagreeable or dangerous effects
which often follow the use Of the latter.
In all bilious disorders these Pills may be
used with confidence, as they promote the
discharge Of vitiated bile, and remove those
distractions from the liver and hillary ducts,
which are the cause Of bilious affections IN
general.
SCHFNCK's MANDRAKE PILLS cure Sick Head
ache and all disorders of the Liver. indicated
by saiiOw skin, coated tongue, cossiveness,
drowsiness, and a general feeling of weari-
ness and lassitude, showing that the liver Is
10 a torpid or cbstTucted condition.
In short, these Pills may be used with adj
vantage in all cases when q puTgatlye or
Alternative medicine is required.
Please ask for "Dr. Schenck's Mandrake
Pills. f." and observe that the two lkenesses Of
the Doctor are on the Government stamp
one when in the last stage OF Consumption,
and the other in his present health.
Sold by all druggists and dealers; price
81. so per bottle, or $3.50 the half dozen. All
letters tor advice should be addressed to DIT.
soHENcK's Principal ONCE, No. Is North 9Th
street, Philadelphia, Pa.
General Wholesale Agents: Demas Barnes
4 Coz, q Park Row, N. z; 8. 8. Hauee. lO5
Baltimore ST., Baltimore, Md; John d
Park, N. Il. corner of Fourth and Walnut ST.,
Cincinnati, Ohio; Walker & Taylor, 1874 and
1856 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, H.; Collins
Bros, southwest corner of Second and Vine
Sts., st. Louis, Mo.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23
Vldocq.

The last exploit of Vidocq, the fam
Gus French detective, is said to have
been as follows:
A rich merchant went to him to
consult on deficit of 10000 francs
winch he had found on his books.
Vidocq demanded:
"What is the age of your cas- iier?" "a
Twenty five. But / am sure of him
as OF myself; he has also been robbed.
He is a victim like myself"
"Are you marriedP"
"Yes."
"How old is your wife? Is she hand
some? Is she honest2"
"Oh, yes, my wife is virtue itself
honorable, attached to me above"
"Never mind all that; your cashier is
twenty-five. Is your wife hnndsome?"
"Slnce you insist upon knowing, she
is handsome, but"
"But but no matter about the
butts You wish to find your money,
don't you, and you have confidence
in me?"
"Of course have, since l am here. "
''Very well, go back home, make be-
lieve that you are going on journey,
and introduce me into your house"
This was done. The merchant left
home, and Vidocq hid himself in the
closet near the chamber of the lady.
Breakfast was served; young man
shown in, and addressed thus by Mad
anne:
every well, Arthur he's gone. but
he suspects us.
The rival of Carpenter went over a
long TRADE of love and desolation, con-
Guiding with these words
"Only one road is open for US ; let
us take what is left and embark for
Yidoeq stepped ont of his place OF
concealment.
Tableaux
"My children, be calm, or I'll break
both your heads" said Vidocq. g" We
understand each other suppose. Now
tell me, where is the stolen money ?"
"We have only 100000 francs left, )"
replied the woman. ~
/" Are you telling the truth ? "
ooh / swear it. " -id
every well, give it to me-"
The money was given over.
"Now, then, let this affair be for
gotten never speak of it to your hus-
band, and he shall know nothing. AS
for you, sir, give me your delicate lit
tie thumbs. .
He placed handouts on the gentle
man, conducted him to Havre, put him
on ship bound for America, and left
him with the French adieu, " Go hang
yourself elsewhere.
Vidocq came to Paris and handed the
100, 900 francs to the merchant saying
Your cashier was the thief, but he
had spent $4,000 francs of the money
with danSuese. / embarked hi for
New York;
! Afterward no happier family was ever
known than that of the merchant.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23

cold.-
SCI must go now. / dare not stay
and talk to you. Twill come again to-
morrow"
eyes, tomorrow"
Her face kindled, as she spoke, with
a strange light as of prophecy. What
ssto-morro meant to her he did not
know. He turned away suddenly, for
his heart was sore; and, as he went, he
heard her say, speaking very low and
tenderly,-
"God bless you, Francis Huger."
The next day he went again to Rock
Cottage. He had fought his battle and
conquered. He thought now that he
could stay by her to the end, and
speak no word, look no look, which
should wrong her honor or his own
He asked for her at the door as usual I;
and they told him she had paid her bill
that morning, and left. She had come,
they said, no one knew from whence;
and no one knew where she had gone.
She had left no messages and given no
address.
DR.. Huger understood that this was
something she had meant to keep secret
from him of all others. Was he never
to see her again? When she had said,
s'Yes, tomorrow" could she have
meant the long tomorrow, when the
night of death should be over? He
turned away, making no sign of disap-
pointment,- sorrow dumb in his
heart; and, as he went, her voice SEEM
ed again TO follow him.
God bless you, Francis Huger."
For two months afterward, he went
the round of his daily duties in a
strange, absent, divided fashion. He
neither forgot nor omitted anything T;
vet he saw as one who not, and heard
with hearing which conveyed to his
inward sense no impression. She was
with him everywher All the time,
he was living over the brief four weeks
of their acquaintance, in which, it
seemed to him, he had suffered and
enjoyed more than in all the rest of his
lifetime. Every day, every hour, he
expected some message from her. de
felt a sort of conviction that she would
not die until he had seen her again. -
He thought, at last, that his summons
to her side had come. He opened, one
day, o letter directed in a hand with
which he was not familiar. He read in
it, with hurrying pulses, only these
words
"Madame Pauline Angereau Colch.
ester is dead. / obey her wish in send
ing you these tidings.
'LIsETTE.
From the letter had dropped, % ht
unfolded it, long silky tress Of darl
hair. He picked it up, and it seemed
to cling caressingly to his fingers. Il
was all he could ever have in this world
of Pauline Colchester. Her "to-mor
row" had come. His would come, too
by-an by. What then? God alone
knew whet her his soul would ever FIND
hers, when both should be immortal.
viii he go back again some day Il
Amy Minturn? Who can tell? MeI
have done such things. 1t will depend
on how weary the solitary way shall
seem, how much he may long for hi
own firoside. At any rate, he will ne
YER tell her the story of Pauline.
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How two Ioang Ladies became Drunk.
ards,

Some new aud splendid dwellings are
being built on the proposed Boulevard
drive, above Central Park. Mr.. Gov
entry Waddell is building suburban
palace in that locality, not far from the
Hudson, about One Hundred and For
ty-third street. He was the owner of
the Gothic villa, Murray Hill, cover
ing a block on the corner of Fifth av-
eaue and Thirty-seventh street, where
Mrs. WaddelPs festivals and balls were
the delight of the fashionable world
The property was cut mp and sold, and
palstial brown stone mansions have
arisen on the site of its garden and
pleasure grounds. In one of these
houses lives a wealthy, but coarse
minded lady, whose husband has a
worldwide notoriety, and whose pro-
fuse dinners and convivial suppers are
attended by foreign gentlemen not alb
stemious in their habits. She enter
tains few ladies; but a year or two
since she took fancy 10 two young or
phan sisters, beautiful, modest and IN
experienced, whose presence she thot
would adorn her gay reunions. She
pursued them with attentions, sending
them wine and compelling them 10
drink excessively at her table, where
the reveling Otter Overstepped the
bounds of deeorum. The cOnse quenee.
was that both the young girls became
slaves TO the fatal habit of drinking
The lady to whom they owe their ruin
now denounces them as dIunkards and
unworthy of her society Not one ef-.
fort has she made to rescue her victims
from the snare she set for them j.
Strange as it may seem, this lady has
admission into fashionable circles, tho
stories like that of her leaning out OF
her front chamber windows TO swear
round oaths at her coachmen, illustrates
her reputed character.-Nel9 York Let
ter.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23
A s'down-eat', debating club ha

"down-east'' debating club has
been recently arguing the question: (which
lie the most effective agent IN the reduction
of the population OF civilized countries War,
Cholera, Swithmen, or Bilious Complaints2"
After a wBrm and animated debate it was de-
ciped that the latter had proven by far the
most disastrOes, until the discovery of the
now celebrated Stomach Bitters and Scandi-
navian Blood Purifier and Blood Pulls. The
club therefore, actuated by a spirit OF philan-
throphy, have determined to recommend
them TO the public as preventative OF ohol-
era, and certain cure for ell diseases re-
sulting from Bilious affection, and to inform
them that they 9 prepared by Prince, VAL
ton q Co, Nos. Sc, 50, go and % East 3D. St,
Cincinnati, and are for sale by all respectable
druggists.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23
wiz and Humor.


Why is New York city election
like the game of Euchre Because
the party wins that carries the Five
Points.
1t is very true that one swallow
does not make summer, but several
of them have been known to produce a
fall.
Why do young ladies confess that
ritualistic curates are a desirable spec.
ulation ? Because they are pretty in
vestments.
How does a pitcher of water differ
from man throwing his wife off a
bridge? One is water in pitcher, the
other is pitch her in the water.
"A sentimental young man thus feel
ingly expresses himself: seven as ma
ture benevolently guards the rose with
thorns, so does she endow women with
pins"
An advertisement in the Birming-
ham (England) Post reads: "a lady,
unable to get daily teaching, desires
daily cooking, washing, and scrub
bing."
-"How different you soldiers are
from us, said Arabella to the Captain.
"With us conquest only begins, while
with you it ends the engagement.
An illiterate character has origi.
mated the following conundrum: "What
is the difference between Ag, the Cana
ante, and a certain learned professorP
The Canaanite was Ag as was, the pro-
lessor Ag-as-is. a"
Young ladies who are accustomed
to read newspapers are always observed
to possess winning ways, most amiable
dispositions, invariably make good
wives, and always select good husbands
fact.
I -"Sal," said one girl TO another, 81
am so glad have no beau nowl"
"Why so?" asked the other.
ooh, cause can eat as many onions
as / please.
"A fair devotee lamented to her con-
lessor her love for gaming. "Ahl mad
am" replied the reverend gentleman,
cit is a grievous sin; in the first place
consider the loss of time" "That's
what l do :" said she; 81 always be.
grudge the time that is lost in shutting
and dealing
"A verse for six per cent. money
lenders:
Alas and shall we ever live
at this poor dying rate,
Our local interest so small,
And governments so great?
During one of Lord Brougham'
electioneering campaigns, in which IN
was opposed by the powerful house o
Lowther, he made use of a familiar il
lustration in addressing a crowded
meeting; he said that one might steal
horse whilst another would be punished
for merely looking over hedge. Un
fortunately he was not clearly heard b,
everybody present, and one sturd!
north-country man informed circle 0
astonished friends that member o
the Lowther family had once stolen /
horse, and that Henry Brougham could
punish him for it, as he happened Il
be looking over the hedge at the time
of the theft.
"A poor fellow who has no sleigh Il
drive, thus rhymes of the "beautifu
snow"
o! the snow, the snow, the beautiful snoWl
Such lovely thing, you know, you know.
Mantle of purity;--about as white
As blacl 7pIth's shirt OF Saturday night.
| How the swirl Of the flakes the wind exslts-
| so like the shower OF EPSON salts.
And the dashing sleigbs, bow swiftly they go
With the drivers all IN 9elGtto.
| Ho. boyI pail of ice-water bring,
And over my head the tea-beli ring;
Put snow in my face while my feet soak;
III have my fun, if l am dead broke.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23
TRICHINE.--The GAINESVILLE Gazette
has the following

TRICHNE. The GAINESVILLE Gazette
has the following
A few days since Mr.. William Booth,
of Magnolia, was taken suddenly sick
after eating pork and finding that the
symptoms of his disease were similar to
those described in an article in the Ga
zette, on this disorder, he brought a
portion of the meat to DIR. Harvey of
this city for microscopic examination.
Mr.. Booth gives the following interest
ing history of the case In June last
he bought sick swine of drover. At
the time of purchase the hog was
emsciated and paralytic-unable to
walk without staggering and frequently
falling down. BY active treatment
however, he soon recovered, and fat
tened readily and well. He butchered
the hog, and ate of the meat on the
following day, Two days afterward he
was attacked with severe abdominal
pains, followed by copious aud bloody
stools aud other symptoms Characters
tic of this disease, which continued for
several days. On examination of the
pork, trichine were found very numer-
Gus, both encysted and free. Thus it
appears from many examinations made
in this city, that triehine have been
found only in pork from hogs known
to have been diseased previous to fat
tening. p
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23
VII. "IoAN'T AFFORD n now"

How much do you spend each day for
cigars, tobacco. or some other worse than
useless luxury? How much more did you
pay for the quality and style Of that fine coat
or elegant dress than another would have
cost which will last quite as long and keep
you Just as warm2 III you can afford to pay
for style and fashion, don't say again you
can't afford the luxury of feeling every day in
the year that your family would be provided
for in case of your death. The premium On
a Life policy should be regarded Gs neces-
sary part of the years expenses, and to be
provided for as much as rent, provisions or
clothing. Fifty cents dsy will insure one
aged twenty-five, for about 900.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23

"A committee appointed by the
Medical Society of Vienna, aud COM
posed of professor Klob, Muller and
Wedl, has just published long report
on trichinosis, in which the startling
fact is asserted chat the real source of
infection lies entirely in the rat, IN
which the malady is spontaneously de-
veloped, aud which communicates it to
the pig. In Moravia, eighteen out of
forty-nine rats examined were trichin
lied, proportion of nearly thirty-sev-
en- per cent. In Lower Austria the
proportion was not more than four per
cent, and in the environs of Vienna
about ten per cent. The report con-
firms distinctly the innocuousness. of
trichinized meat when thoroughly salt
ed, smoked, or boiled, the latter pro-
cess being by far the most efiicacious
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23

The trade in leeches, in Australia,
is becoming an important business.
Steamers go out from Melbourne to the
region of swamps and lagoons, one hun
dred or two hundred miles away, and
sometimes collect from $50, 900 TO 250,-
900 leeches on single trip. At Mel
bourne, they are put up for transmits
sion abroad. Large numbers are sent
to London and Paris, where it is stated
they are preferred to leeches brought
from any other place (; but the princi-
pie outlet for the export is America,
where the demand is always great, from
the rarity of the proper kind of leech.
The shipments are made to San Fran
cisco, Panama and New York, whence
the leeches are distributed in all direc-
tions. The business is rapidly increas-
ing, and the supply of leeches is said
to be unlimited.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23

ONE. HUNDRED THOUSAND DISABLED
You've MEN IN RANoE.-The Paris cor
respondent of the London Times cites
official statistics which bear out the as
sertion that the number of men whom
Napoleon proposes to take annually for
the army amounts to almost the entire
product OF able-bodied youth which
France can produce. 1t will astonish
many to learn what large proportion
of the young men who are forced to
draw lots every year and liable to serve
as recruits in the order Of their numbers
are rejected by the medical inspectors.
In 1864 the number of men liable to
serve was 325,000. OF these were re-
jected Is, 106 below the standard
height; 30, 524 weak constitution, con-
sumption, &C.; 15,98S mutilated from
birth. hernia, &C.; 800 humpbacked
and hat-footed; 6,968 blind and deaf I;
963 stammerers; A, l03 insufficient teeth;
STA syphilis and cognate diseases /;
5,213 goitre and scrofula; 2,158 cretins,
lunatics and paralytics; 8,236 divers in
The total youth of the
year unfit to serve in the army was 100,-
900 odd.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23
HOIIOway's pills and OIntment.-In

hammation Of the kidneys a. nd urino-genital
organs.-In all internal Inflammation ofths
kidneys, bladder, etc, caused by gravel or
other local irritation, these medicines will
effect speedy and radical cure. Out of FIVE
hundred persons afflicted with gravel and
pronounced by eminent members of the fac
ulty as ''incurahle," all who took these rem
edies recovered but One,-and he, despairing
of success, discontinued them after one
weeks use. Sold by sll druggists.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23

Fast Living In this age of luxurious
living, late suppers, and rich food, il 10 sur
prising that the stomach performs its func-
tions as well as IL doos. Goes Dyspepsia
cure will be found valuable assistant 70 the
stomach; when loaded with late suppers, rich
food. or any indulgence OF excess, it viii in
stantiy relieve that feeling Of heaYiness
after eating.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23

New MusIe.-At II. n. Hempsted's
Piano Wareroons and Music Pubiishicg Houses
41O Main Street, Milwaukee, can be had all the
latest productions of Vocal and Instrumental
Music. Letters from the country promptly
answered, and orders filed on receipt of tb~
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23
"wAIF UNTIL I PAY 10 pEBTs. "

Two individuals were solicited at the same
time TO effect insurance upon their lives, bat
objected on account OF debts. The advan-
tages of insurance in such case being pr
ssnted one OF them, a farmer, whose proper
ty was mortgaged, convinced by the srgu-
ment, took out an endOlCmeHs policy for an
amount sufficient TO cover the incumbFance.
The other finally determined to wait until his
debts were paid before insuring. Shortly Af-
terward an accident deprived him OF life, and
his assets were entirely consumed in the set
Element Of his estate. But the farmer has
lived to pay of his Indebtedness. aud to re-
ceive his insurance.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23
THE French Government asks for

The French Government asks for
its support, during 1868, the sum of
5000, $50, 122 for ordinary expenses, an
increase of 81, 119, 4S9 over the expenses
of 1867. Besides this, however, under
the head of extraordinary expenses, .
there are asked about $50, 600. 900. The
receipts of the Government during the
year are estimated at 1884, 400, 317, so
that $50, 900, 00o will have to be supplied
by additional taxation.
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23

"A "colored lady," Boosting the
other day of the progress made by her
son in arithmetic, exultingly said, ''He
was in de modification table"
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23

a good telegraph operator, 60 to the National
spencerian Business College, Youngis Block.
corner of Msin and Wisconsin Streets, MilWau-
= sse pfiucinal.
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n Yeu Want b save loneY. time and

labor, be sure 70 use II. EggeI"s Z Co.
(successOrs to ii. Johnsonl Excelsior Sosp.
It is warranted 10 wash equally well in hard or
soft water. II viii remove grease. Ask for
Johnson's soap at your groceEs. ang25cwtf
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23
~ EWHALL.HoUSE

Corner Main and Michigan Sts.,
MILWA UKEE, WISCONSIN,
Has been lately repaired and refurnished, ana is
Low IN perfect order for receiving guests.
Particular attention paid TO Western trade.
GoFF HAMLIN, PrcpFietors.
aeplcwiy
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23

"A Boston paper in 1910 Dragged
in large capitals over French news
ffty-two days old. Mark the change.
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The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance
COMPANY

= -
A.W KELLOGG, Secretary.
A g. thought he could take better care o.
his money than any one else. But the re-
verses OF 1857 came and swept away his eaTnt
iugs. A fever, aggravated by disappointment
and anxiety for his family, soon carried him
80 ~
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23

rHE aRoTHRR oF mERoYI
BY JOHN Q. wBrrTIEn.

(From advance sheets of "The Tent on the
Beach. to be published next week BY Messrs'
Ticknor Fields.l
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I. R. sHERWIR &C.,,

Have now in store for the + all Trade,
the most extensive and elegant Stock
West of New York City $100,0O
worth of Black and Fancy Silks, largely
our own importation, to be- sold 20 per
cent. under value. Two thousand
pieces, Merines, Empress Cloths, Irish
Poplins and Dress Goods Of every style
at much lower prices than any house in
the State. Beavers, Doeskins and
Broadcloths of our own importation,
very cheap. We can save money for
any buyer of Dry Goods, Wholesale or
Retail. IL you can't come to examine
the stock, write for samples of Silks and
Dress Goods.
FIR. sHERWIN & CO.,
572 and 97z East Water street
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23

Piere Lucs, known Of al the town
As the gray porter by the Pitt wall
where the noon shadows Of the gardens fall,
Sick and in dOl0r waited to lay down
His last cad burden, and beside his mat
The barefoot monk OF La Certosa sat,
Prescott journal. [volume] (Prescott, Wis.) 1861-1871, 1867-03-23

Then DIR. Huger rose to go. To-mor-
row, perhaps he could combat those
scruples of hers; but to-day, there was
no more to be said to this woman whom
another man owned. Tomorrow, he
could tell better how nearly he could
return to the quiet ways of friendship.
1t would be possible for him
to tend her, brother-like, TO the last,
as he had meant to do before he loved
her. He took her hand a moment, and
said, in tone which he tried SO hard
to make quiet that it almost sounded