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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-02-17

The value of Ayers Cherry Pectoral, in
colds and coughs, cannot be overestimated.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-09
THE LONDON POLICE.
How the Famous Metropolitan Pal..
Force LIS Governed.

How the Famous Metropolitan Psl,e.
Force LIS Governed.
There are two varieties of the Lon.
don police. The city of London proper
is in area about the size of Washington
Neaving out the southeast division of
the National capital.) The police in
this section, called the City Police, are
in charge of q Commissioner with the
military rank of Lieutenant Colonel in
the army. {His office is at 26 Old
Jewry-called thus because it is the
part of the city that was the Jewish
quarter under King Charles ~ The
salary of this official is $4,000 a year,
and he has under him one chief, one
head of detectives, twelve inspectors of
the equivalent to the American captain.
fourteen scrgeants of the first class
whom we would call lieutenants-six-
weight sergeants and 804 men.
The Metropolitan Police of London,
which controls practically a city thirty
miles long and fifteen miles wide, is a
small army corps. 1t grew into it's
present magnitude under Sir Richard
Maync, who died a few years ago. The
head of this force is Colonel Sir Ed
mund Henderson, X. c. B., Royal En-
gineers, and beside his pay as an off,
Ger of the English army, he receives
S1O,5 0 year as Commissioner of Pc.
lice. He has under him three Assistant
Commissioners, Lieutenant Colonies in
the army, who receive $500 a year.
These officials are appointed by the
Home Secretary in the Cabinet, and
the places are held to be very desira-
BILE. The force proper consists of a
superintendent, with t%wenty-four as
sistants holding the c%orrelative rank of
Major, 626 inspectors Captains of pre-
cincts). 1,130 sergeants and about 12.-
600 men rank and file, with a battalion
mounted about 800 strong. The pay
of q London policeman is about $40 per
month in our money Washington
Post.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-09
BRUINS HATE.
Why q Grim Grizzly Eyes His Owne,
With Spiteful Disgust.

With Sptteful Disgust.
A day or two ago I was taken to see
a taxidermist here who sells his wares
to residents to ornament their houses
and to strangers who are visiting
Washington. He told me that one
gentleman in Chicago was putting
every beast native to the United States
in his house in the form of the furs,
lined and mounted. Upon the taxider-
mist's floor was a grizzly bears robe,
the bears head and eyes being pre-
served, but not his lower jaw, whereby
the robe was worth only half as much
as if the whole head had been retained
with the skull. He asked fifty dollars
for this grizzly bears fur, and asked
one hundred for a black BEARS fur on
which the whole head was in relief.
He had live bear in a cage in his
working-raom, and told me that he had
killed its associate three weeks ago.
| Said he: II wanted the skin, and 1 shot
one of the bears with a rifle. From
that time to this the other bear has
done nothing but go up and down the
cage, and he looks at me and knows l
killed his companion. He has been in
a state of excitement ever since that
time, and, though he will take food
from me, he never forgets what I did.
Gath, IN Cincinnati Enquirer.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-09
A Durable Substance.

Cork leather, as produced in France,
is claimed to possess some special ad-
vantages as compared with the natural
skins. In its production thin sheets or
pieces Of cork are covered on both
sides with an extremely thin india-rub-
Der skin, with any ordinary textile
fabric outside of all, the whole becom-
ing thus a sort of homogeneous texture
or tissue; and although the cork sheets,
III their normal state, are readily per-
meable by water, friable and brittle,
and possessed of very little strength or
cohesion, having only the positive quail
tiles OF lightness INSTRUMENTATION of
neat, yet, when subjected to the treat
ment in question, the product is very
surle, and exhibits great strength in
resisting tensile strain. While also
sill retaining its comparative lightness
and lm~penetrability to heat, it is rem
aered both waterproof and impermea-
Die to moisture. The external appear
ance OF the material varies according
10 the nature of the textile substance
used in combination with the cork.--M.
7. Sun.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-09
II WILL DUST.
A Diplomatic Pedaler's Ingenious Way of
Treating Ladies'.

Treating Ladies'.
He had a back-load of feather-dusters
as he rang the door-bell on Montcalm
street east yesterday, and when a
woman opened the door about two
inches and saidthat nothing was wanted
he inquired:
"Madam, will you kindly inform me
who lives next doorP'
Next door," she qucried, coming
out on the step. .'Why, it's a new
family and l don't remember the
name.'
Lady puts On a good deal of style,
doesn't she?"
"Rathcr." L
II thought so. That's the way with
those sort of people; they put it all on
their backs. I asked her il she didn't
want buster to dust off her upholstered
furniture and bric-a-brac, and she
slammed the door in my face. She
didn't have any to dust, you see. People
who have plush furniture and articles
Of virtu and taste always want my
goods. Pleasant day, madame
Eyes. What did you say the price
wasp
"~Seventy-five cents, madam, and the
woman next door is peering through
the parlor blinds at u.s."
sis shep Well, I'll take one, and if
there should he any other invention to
dust bric-a-brac and oil paintings you
might call around. You may also
bring me a boz of polish for my silver
ware. "-Detr0I Free Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-09
A NuBlAN TOWN.
Interesting Facts Concerning the Famous
City of Berber.

SoSAAA s>>p' AaS cAAS =
City of Berber.
About half way between Dongola and
Khartoum is Berber, atown built of sun
dried bricks on a gravelly sterile. spot
on the east bank, but with q strip of
ground between it and the river laid
out in gardens of date, orange, lemon.
pomegranate and other fruit trees.
The houses, even of the better class,
have not much furniture. There is 4
bed-frame, with strips of butfalo-hide
stretched across it, on which are laid
neatly made mats, SO that it forms a
seat in the daytime. Round the walls
hang wooden bowls of various sizes,
which are used instead of crockery;
but sometimes one or two of our willow
pattern plates may also be seen: and in
these the hostess will take great pride.
She has also great stores of vessels in
the shape of urns, manufactured by
herself of q mixture of clay and other
materials; and when she leaves home
she plasters them up in a peculiar way
so that she can tell if they have been
opened during her absence. The
kitchen is separate, and in it there is a
stone mill for grinding corr and three
large stones forming a fireplace. The
Nubian woman's dress is a piece of
dark-bluc calico wrapped around her
waist and coming half way down to
her ankles, her head and the upper
part Of her body being covered by a
white muslin scarf with II red border,
which can be drawn across the face.
Her hair is sometimes gummed into u
bushy circle, at others hangs down in
thick masses of innumerable plaits: and
necklaces of agate and amber beads,
coral bracelets, silver and coral rings.
earrings and massive anklcts complete
the costume.-IntcTlor.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-09
THE TRUE CAUSE.
How Publi and Private Confidence IL
Destroyed by Dishonesty.

How Public and Private Confidence II
Destroyed by Dishonesty.
"Do you know what is running this
country?" said Judge Burke; II will
tell you. 1t is not ovcr-production but
it is the dishonesty of the people that
destroys public and private confidence.
I'll give you an example Of dishonesty
practiccd upon me by a party named
Jimpleson. He came to my house
one day and told me that he had
n of the best schemes in the world.
Said that he had a gold mine not
far away, and that if he only had
a little gold with which to salt it
ne could sell the claim for a hundred
thousand dollars. He was so plausible,
talked SO fairly, that 1 was completely
taken in. l went with him and looked
at the mine. I was in need of about
fifty thousand dollars SO I concluded to
let him have the gold. He said that he
could take a gold piece, CRATE it off and
50 skillfully imbed it in the sand that
no one could detect our scheme. How
much gold will it take? l asked.
80, about three hundred dollars.
can take that amount and make the
place worth at least one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars to u.s."
81 gave him the money and he got a
crater and went out to the mines.
Several days afterward he invited
me to come out. He had done his work
well. We invited capitalists to come
and make us a bid. My partner was
not present when an ASSAY was made,
Good thing for him that he wasn't. He
had sailed the mine with copper dus,
and had kept the gold. l have not
seen him since. Now, don't you see, ]
lost confidence In him. He is not au
honest MISUNDERSTANDING Irapeler.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-09
THE "euEss-Ar-,r" PHYSICIAN.

The boy his stomach overIoads
With jolly, pie and cake.
And then beneath bis little vest
There comes a great big 8che;
1diagnose his case as "chills,"
And all him up with quinine pills.
(He's buried soon out on the hillsO
The lady wears her French kid shoes
A size or more too small,
Till flesh and skina all O'er hor foot
Begin to swell and gall;
L a tits caused by ssurplus blood
Lance from her heels a crimson food,
Then charge her a five dollar 'spud!')
The dude he makes q "maSh," and then
With girl upon the brain,"
Writes poetry until his ma
Imagines he's insane;
I, called upon to 'cure him quick"
Soon poison him with arsenic.
(No druggist helps me do the tricky
The l~ovc-lorn damsel droops and fades,
Because of broken heart:
Consumption takes her in his grip,
And tears her lungs apart.
order then-alternate-lee:
"Hot baths and ice p~acks"-Eden'S key.
(And ne'cr forget to take my fce0
The baby gets a button down
Its tender throat hard luck;
And there behind its palate is
That choking object stuck.
drop around with saw and file;
What? Get it out?" Well. l should smile
land leave an infant corpse, the whileD
JEFF. J0slM IN Detroit Free Press.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-09

States which have rooted Carrick
Castle for three hundred years are
found to be perfectly sound. Yet the
Irish quarries whence they were taken
are all but idle.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-09
by side in a recent nun,bo.

Side by side in a recent number of
the London Times were three ADVERTISE
ments, each n announcing that a man
named ''Smith" was about to change
his name to ''Faber." 1t will be re-
membered that "Faber' is simply the
Latin equivalent of Smith,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-04-09

You can accomplish almost ar:y-
thing with a man if you will take the
~precaution to give him a good dinner.
A man, it will be observed, resembles
II horse j in this respect. A horse is I'm.
.governablc until you put a bit in his
mouth. Boston Transcript.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-22
LOUD NOISE AND DEEP HOLE.
stsrtiipg Fleets OF tho Fall OF . No.
teor Ont West.


A Milwaukee Wis special Of the
goth says: People 10 the vicinity Of
Grafton, 0zsukee county, are very
much excited over the fall Of 9 meteor
near that place. While q party OF har-
yesters were at work one afternoon in q
barley-feld on the farm Of Henry
Diederick, mile and half south Of
the village, they were suddenly startled
by loud and strange-sounding noise,
not unlike the roar Of long train OF
cars. The noise increased in volume
to such a degree during the space OF
only few seconds as to become almost
deafeniDg. The unusual sound seemed
to come from the heavens, and, gazing
upward, the spectators saw what
appeared to be huge ball OF
smoke rspidly descending to the earth.
What they took to be a strange visitor
from some other world was q meteor.
Ii struck the earth within q few rods
of where they were standing, and
buried itself deep in the ground. The
news spread rapidly throughout the
township and county, and since the do
scent of the meteor Mr. Disderick's
barley-feld has been visited by hun
dreds OF people, including many scien-
tifc men. The hole in the ground is
three or four feet in circumference. Its
depth is unknown, all attempts to find
bottom by inserting long poles having,
il is said, proved futile. Mr.. Diederick
is now engaged in excayating the earth
around the spot where tho meteor lies
embedded, and he intends to bring the
latter to the surface If il takes oil sum-
mar
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-22
st. Lane. Home training school for
Nurses.

The authorities o. s.. lule's Home,
J e VIII p br. McG'r - , isf surgeon.
have &c urs' cement, for giving We
yeai. uaai's % women aes 81. .- 90
becoming professional nurses. anu .lr
this purpose have secured a large and
suitable building, 1913 Ross street,
nearly opposite ST. Luke's. Those wish
ing TO obtain this course OF instruction
must apply TO the resident physician Of
st. Luke's, upon whose approval they
will he received into the school for one
month on probation. The most accept
able age for candidates is from twenty
five TO thirty.f,e years.
During one month Of probation the
pupils are boarded and lodged at the
expense Of the school, but receive no
other compensation. Those who prove
satisfactory will be accepted as pupil
nurses. They receive 81 month.
This sum is allowed for dress, text
books, and other personal expenses Of
the nurses, and is in no wise intended
as wages, il being considered that the
education given is full equivalent for
their services. They are required when
on duty to wear the uniform prescribed,
which is blue.and-w seersucker,
white apron aud cap, linen collar and
cuffs. The day-nurses are On duty
from \ A. NJ. to p. NJ. the night
nurses from : 7. NJ. TO S A. NJ. Day.
nurses enc week are night-nurses the
next week.
A circular. with full information, has
been prepared for applicants, and is to
be had of the resident physician.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-22

Judge william Pope Dabnoy and son,
Of PowhaiAn county, are in the city.
Yesterday vas tho twcnty-ffih ami.
versary Of the 6ut battle u Manas,as.
Governor street north Of franklin B.
being dug up for the 2 pos, Of hvi1.
/ -, 70.
uo,,4uo. Loo .t,.,sI a.. ..,..,As
OF the Tucka.te Club yesterday at
Major A. w. Gsrber's farm.
Giles Rice lcoioredl, from FLOYD
county, was receiged at the peniten,ilry
yesterday, for two years, for house.
breaking.
Ir. James A. Gentry, who has con-
uibuted literally 70 The Baton since
the resignation of DR.. W. Leigh Bur-
ton, has been appointed its editor.
4 horse attached to buggy belong
ing to Mr.. James Il. Branch ran away
Yesterday afternoon. Two wheels Of
the buggy were broken to pieces. No.
body was hurt.
The police or some other city au-
thoritits should break up the practice
Of boys bathing in tho river near to
and in sight Of tho bridges. This is
not only a nuisance, but an indecent
one.
The new Board Of Health, consisting
Of Drs. Stratton, Bright, and lIinchman,
has not yet met for organization, but il
is understood that DR.. Stratton will be
elected presidcnt-the position at pres
ent filled by DR.. j. G. Cabell.
The tracks of the Street-Rsilway
Company and the Richmond, Frede-
ricksbuIg and Potomac Railroad CON-
pany, at the corner Of Main and Belgi-
dsre streets, are being lowered about
ten inches 10 conform 10 the new
grading Of the street.
The three-year-old son Of Mr.. Thomas
Bethel, who was badly kicked in the
face while playing behind q horse
at tho corner OF Albemarle and Lau-
rel streets Monday night. died from
the effects Of his injuries at l. 80 O'Clock
yesterday morning.
The new plan Of Colonel Y. Z. Myers,
Of Detroit, for the City Hall has ar
rived, but whether at this day the
City Council will reopen the question is
matter Of exceeding doubt. Tho Bos
ton architects, Messrs. Wait a Cutter,
have already been paid $4,000 on &C
count.
As country wagon loaded with
wood, to which was hitched horse and
mule, was going down Mayo street yes
terday, the horse stumbled and fell
while crossing Franklin street. The
accident attracted considerable crowd,
but the animal was gotten up not seri-
ously hurt.
Tuesday night the ladies Of Clay
Street Baptist church, through Rev.
DR.. Hatcher, presented to Rev. j. w.
Wildman q handsome and costly gold
watch and chain. Rev. Mr.. Wildmsn
has been supplying the pulpit Of this
church during the absence OF Rev. ).
@. Clopton in Europe, and has DIS
charged bis duty well and given salts
faction, not alone as pulpit-orstor
ard expoundor OF the Word, but In the
discharge q his every pastoral duty,
A meeting Of the ladies who accom-
panied the Knights Tenplars OF this
city on their recent pilgrimage to Pro-
vidence, r. L., will be held at st. Al
bans Hall, Third and Main streets, at
s p. NJ. to-day, to take such action as
they may deem proper In acknowlsds.
msnt Of the courtssiss extended TO them
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-22
The virginia Mechanics In.tfute.

Arrangements are now being perfect
ed by the several committees Of the In
stiiute for the next session Of its night.
school, which will begin on the LIST Of
October next. The teachers in the DIFF
ferent branches will be announced in q
few days. Large and comfortable
rooms have been secured in wilkinson's
Hall, on Ninth street, and will be put
in complete order by the time the school
begins. A good many scholars have
already been enrolled. sad new entries
are made daily. Az -" %issrso enter
can do so by calling at tho sserStsry's
Office, in the lihiary, On the sSnnd
floor.
There are on exhibition at the fnsti.
tute good mar mechanical drawings
made by the students OF the last sos
sion, which are exceedingly creditable,
taking into consideration that not one
Of tho scholars knew how to use q
drawing instrument when he entered
the Institutes night-schoOl on the 18th
OF last October. All interested are es-
pecially invited TO call and examine.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-22
FAST BltN,tI- RIDISt.
Perry asEes Ewo World Records sod
Mcsnrdy >os Oue.
A Walihsm Mass special ''ys;

A Walthsm Mass. special ''ys; A,
' . r'r' .r. ~ 's~
morning Allied A. McCurdy, Of ~ d,
started out to break tho 9i-hours' bi-
cycle record Of 2rl 0.lO miles. made
by llolhngswor,h, of Indiana. lie vas
tai en- III during the hfst 100 miles, and
20 made poor time. AZ the end OF
every lap Of ~ miles he took des-
sert-tpoOnful Of wh'skey and half .
& ass Of oatmeal water. At the begin
nng Of the lsst IL hours he showed q
remarkable recovery II speed, which he
held almost 10 the tnish. llecompleted
$50 miles at G.3O this morning. Al
$40 he had made 2i5 miles, and then
had 81 minutes and 20 seconds TO cover
The 9.l0 miles Necessary TO equal
llVllngswor,h's record. lie was tho
roughly tired out, however, aud barely
had strength to Keep 0n biz wheel. At
the expiration Of the q hours DO had
made $50 miles. Tho whole course
will be carefully measured. II the
measurement - found correct he failed
by about two miles to equal tho west
ern mans feat. McCurdy usod Ster
machine, which he was not used 10.
9ss,rs y. Barnsri, the referee. ssid
that MeCDrdy could have made 500
miles II be had used q crank machine
or light roadster. such As he had been
accustomed TO. Others attribute his
defeat TO q weak stomach.
+. ,. Perry, Of The Massachusetts,
Bicycle Club, started out At 9:27 o'clock
this morning to break the 20-mile and
25-mile bicycle records Of l:lg and
l.3l, respectively. The route taken
was the sqe that McCurdy bad gone
o,sr m his attempt 10 break the -
, our record. The 2O-mils terminus
'yss at " oct Newton, ana Perry
reached it in l:l2:35, thus lowering the
record by nearly seven minutes. lie
hnis bed the Is miles in l;32, breaking
the record by two minutes. Perry rode
a 52-inch Columbia bicycle. The roads
" ere hard, free from dust, and in per-
feet condition. lie finished almost a.
fresh as he was at the start.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-22
sMoKE rRIxY CIGARS.
EORTY YEARS EXPERIENCE OF
i An OLD NURSE.

MBs. WINsLOwS > SOOTHING SYRUP
Is the prescription of one Of the best female
physicians and nurses IN the United states.
and has be N used for forty years with
never.falllng safety and success by mil
lions OF mothers and children. from the
feeble infant OF one week old to the adult.
II corrects acldity OF the stomach. relieves
wind cole regulates hc bowels. and gives
rest, health. and comfort TO mother and
child. We believe 10 the best and suresi
remedy In the world. in all cases OF dysen-
terry and diarrhpa IN children. whether
arising from teething or from any other
cause. Full directions for using will ae-
conf pany each bottle. None genulne un.
less the yac sipriic OF CURTIS & PERKINS
is on the outside wrapper. Sold by sll
medicine dealers. Twenty-Five cen;sa bot
tie. Jy 2O-eodlw
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-22
lsERsONAl.


IN THE CARD OF NJ ES ) K >.
Il BAUGHMAN BROTHERS Published IN
the DtSpdfeh OF last saturday aud the Hhs0
OF sunday the following statement Is
made;
During the Investigation the Union em-
ploying printer admitted that while the
Offices employing Union men pr0ia5sed 10
Tey ti6 a week, ru6 rosa they paid but
Sl3"
As I wss the only other employing PRINT
er present at the Investigation referred 10,
aud feeling that their statement did me
great iUjnstice. made two sepsraie appli-
cations 10 them To make the desired cor
rsction. which they have declined 10 do.
In order that l may not be furfhfr mis-
represented In the matter now state OK
a, tly what did say on the occasion re-
ieTred to;
"Union men had applied 10 as for work
at sl2 week. saying that that was what
they had been receiving a. other Union
Offices. and we had employed them al that
rate up 10 ne begtnnsng of this fro1sie."
jy 9a.ii THOMAS CLEMkIrT. JR.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-22

pIsEAsEs AXE PREVALENT ALL OVER
THE WORLD.

am native ~ England. and while ! was
IN that country ! contracted terrible
blood poison, and for two yearV was under
treatment as an out. door patient NJ Not
tiuuham II HusptRl, England hut was not
cured. / sutil red the most agOniZlDg pains
ln NY bones. and was covered with sores a.
over INV body end limbs. had vertigound
GenfDess. with partial loss OF sight severe
pains IN my head and ewes. etc. which
NEARLY ran ne crazy. j lost eli hope In that
country and sailed for America. and WAS
treated al Roosevelt. In this city, rs well ~
by prominent physician IN New YORK
having no connection with the hospitals
I saw the advertisement ~ Swifts Spe-
cluc. and ! determined 10 give 10 n trial as
agt resort ] had given mp all hope OF
beiug cured. az I had gone through the
hands OF the best medical men I'm Noting
ham and New York l took six bottles Of
:. =. 3. ard / can say, with great JOY. that
they have cured me entirely, i am ~
sound and well as ever was N my llie'
l.. FRED. HALfORD.
NEW YOER CITY, June Il, 1855.