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The Washington critic., 1886-11-22
Wraps,

Ladies', Misses and ChlldrcE's We have
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them now, while they are wanted, rather
than wait until later, when the demand has
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Lot 1-Chiidron's Coats Newmarket and
Havelock. ages 4, and g. Si.70.
Lot 2-Chlldren's Goats, Newmarket and
uayelock, ages 10 and X, Sl00.
Lot 3-Misses' Coats, Newmarkets and
uayelocks, ages "A and 10, So 81.
Lot i-Ladies' Gray Cloth Jackets, black as
trakhan trimmed, $3.50.
Lot 5-Ladies' Black and Fancy Doucle
Jackets, large buttons, 81 Sd.
Lot G-Ladies' Black Newmarkets, all sizes,
S2t9.
Lot ladies Black Beaver Coats, passe.
monterie trimmed $3.50
Lot S-Back Russian Circular, $500.
Lot 0-Brown Beaver Nlsite, chenille trim
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Lot I0-Ladies' Fine Berlin Twill Dolmans,
braided and astrakhan or fur trimmed $500.
Lot 11-Brocade Satin Visite, deep fur trim
ming, S7.49.
Lot ia-4O,inch Seal Plush Sack, seal orna'
nents, SlS,99.
Lot i3-4O-inch SILK Plush Sack, satin lining,
chamois pockets and seal ornaments S25,00.
Remember, we guarantee these garments to
fit as perfectly as the finest garments made.
The Washington critic., 1886-11-22

John b. Biscoe, the negro youth on trial
In Virginia for the murder OF Captain Il.
b. Dixon Of the schooner Mary j., was
convicted on Saturday night OF murder in
the FIRST degree, The murder was very
brutal one aud was committed for the pur-
pose Of robbing the schooner.
The Washington critic., 1886-11-22

NoALcoHoL or deleterious drugs in Moxie.
The Washington critic., 1886-11-22

The only remedy that takes away all
pain Is st. Jacobs on. 1t never falls.
The Washington critic., 1886-11-22

FoR THE accommodation Of the large
travel to Chicago and the West, via the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the manage
ment has arranged for an additional train,
leaving Washington at l40 a. M, arriving
In Chicago 1895 next morning.
Ladies', saloon. corner of 1 and Four
The Washington critic., 1886-11-22
Conviction of Biscoe,

BEST made clothing In Washington for
men and boys. Eiseman Bros, cor. 7th & E.
The Washington critic., 1886-11-22
OMIT TED /!

this time. as our space Is limited and our bar
gains plentiful. We are doing our share of
trade, but that does not satsfyus, as the sea-
son has been so terribly backward that our
heavy stock has moved very slowly, We have
about six weeks left to the bulk of trade, and
that is very short period to get rid of such
stock us we have on hand.
The Washington critic., 1886-11-22
Waterbury Watch and Chain.
Tho present Is given to every
CASH PURCHASER Of GOODS AMOUNT
ING TO Sl2 AND ABOVE,

lHu ~ VII nHu nuu'll
Not a watch for every twelve
dollars bought-that we
could not afford, but with
every purchase exceeding
this limit, whether it be ff-
teen or fifty dollars. The
cost Of the watches is but a
small percentage on the ave-
rage amount Of the sales;
hence the advertisement is
less expensive to us than. at
first might appear. 1t will
be a pleasure to make so
many boys happy, and a
WATERBURY is not be-
meath the notice Of any man
not possessed Of a time
piece. They are frst-rate
watches. If our prices seem
high after you have bought
an article, you know there is
no difficulty about having
your money refunded upon
return Of the article, unin-
jured. That's our way of
guaranteeing our prices to
be as low as those asked
anywhere for goods Of equal
merit.
The Washington critic., 1886-11-22
NgOxfe

is the overworkod man and woman's best
frfopl
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-12-29

A FLOATING TORPEDO. tinuous volleys OF
shells to help the balloons Fifty million
dollars spent in such implements would en-
able us to protect our coasts and cities and
defy the world, and these instruments will
never become obsolete or useless. AS. the
limits of large guns have nearly been
reached our cruisers, carrying two each,
would be able to protect our merchant
marine.
The professor showed his invention for ex-
ploding dynamite, of which au illustration is
given. He calls it a time exploder. Many Of
these have been found on Fenians, but the
English police were unable to comprehend
them. They look like harmless brass faucets.
Sulphuric acid is placed in the upper cham
Der, and the lower inner chamber is wrapped
with thin paper in quantity depending on the
time required before explosion. The acid be-
ing allowed to fall into the lower chamber
eats its way through the paper to the fulmi-
nate of mercury cap, there is a flash and the
dynamite, in which this affair is placed, is ex-
ploded.
A floating torpedo, designed by the pro-
fessor, is also shown. This is arranged to
float under water at any depth below the
surface, and can be fired either by contact
with object or with %sulphuric acid, on the
principle shown in the time e%xploder.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-12-29

ten ~ironclads, which carry in all sixty l00-ton
guns. and Che forts have the same number of
equally gooi guns. Now 1 have come to take
New York. aaa i will do it in quick order. 1
viii place ray ships il a semi-circle, each 800
yards apayt, anl anshor say three or four
mics troin tire forts, and give commands for
MI to fire at the Same moment, and while |
have plenty of soid shot that weigh one ton
each and wlieh my guns can throw ten miles
with ease. yet | Will not use one Of them, be-
cause science furnishes me with a more
powerful naft destructive weapon which Eng
land is now making. / viii use shells filed
with spontaneous burning fluid, and each
shrll VIII contain twenty gallons. With these
shells we Will commence to lombard the fort,
into which we eau throw 5000 shells IN four
hours, containing in all 60,o00 gallons. When
these shells strike the fort they will burst md
liberate the fluid, which ignites the moment
it comes in contact with the air. A few vol
lcys of these shells would produce such a fire
thai II the fort contained 10, 900 of the bravest
soldiers they would quickly be annihilated,
for besides tho fierce fire produced, the fumes
given off would be as deadly as the mouth of
an active volcano, and the country for miles
lceward of the fort would be poisoned by
these fumes. In this way I would have
silenced the fort in one hour, and New York
would be at my mercy.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-12-29
S. S. S. vs.. POTASH.
A Valuable Medical Treatise.

The edition for 1887 of the sterling Medical
Annual, known "a Hustetter's Almanac, is now
ready, and may be obtained. free of cost, Of
druggists and general country dealers in all
parts of the United States, Mexico and indeed
in every civilized portion of the Western HEM
isphere. This almanac has been issued regu-
larly at the commencement of every year for
the soundest practical advice for the preserva-
ton and restoration of health, a large amount
of interesting and amusing light reading, and
the calendar, Astronomical calculations, chro.
care, and will be found entirely accurate The
issue of Hostetter's Almanac for 1887 will prob
ably be the largest edition of a medical work
ever published in any country. The proprie-
tots. Messrs. Hostetter Il Co Pittsburgh, Pa,
on receipt of a two cent stamp. will forward
a copy by mail, to any person who canno
procure one in hD neighborhood.
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Advice 10 Mothers.

Arc you disturbed at night and broken
OF your rest by q sick child suffering and
crying with pain Of QUITTING teethp II so,
send at once and get q bottle al
Mrs. WrNsLow's SoorHrso sYRup fol-
Children Teething. It's value il lnealcu.
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1t oure= dvseotery aud diarrhnea, regu.
iates the stomach and bowels. cures
wItd cnlic, ~~nftens the enms. reduces III.
tsmmat,nn and gives .one ar,i rDerpy
TO the Whole sysfeni, Mn Wsastop,,
Soothing &yrgp for Children TeetAi,N il
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S EXPLOpER.

'bulpS. i uFCS Ol fOSE4 EABLODER. KS
them carry four 0-tou guns each. besides u
machine guns each and a large number of the
latest torpedoes. The rest carry 4O-ton guns,
IS and ,5-ton guns. So with her immense troop
ships always ready for action she could land
100000 men in Canada in ten days without
opposition. And these men with the help Of
some war ships, could take and hold the
northwestern states and cities till we could
organize an army to dislodge them. In
about the same time fifteen of her best iron
clads could reach our shores. Two of these
could leave Boston in ashes and seven could
perform a similar work with New York,
Brooklyn and Jersey City, while the others
would FOLLOW suit with other cities. And, as
Patrick Henry said, what AVE we to oppose
to them? Really nothingi Now this is no
overdrawn picture. 1t is a reality which
sta-es us in the face, and to get the best and
speediest remedy is the first duty Of every
patriot in the country.
The plans recommended by the naval
boards inform us that we require eighteen
new war ships, several forts, floating bat
teries and torpedo boats. They say it will re.
quire seven years and an outlay Of SIG, o0O,-
900 to get these ready to defend us. Now the
question is, will an enc y oblige us by wait
ing seven years till we get ready to whip
themf We rather think notl The late expe-
rience Of France and Turkey and the history
Of wars prove that it is not safe to trust to
Che tender mercies OF Al enemy. But If an
enemy would be SO obliging as to wait, would
we then be able to defend ourselves success
fully against either the English or French
nsvyf Again I say no. Forts and ironclads
are fast becoming obsolete, and before the
eeven years AVE expired will be perfectly fu-
tile against the coming weapons of scientific
warfare. But these botrds have not informed
us what the country shall do for protection
during tho seven years that it will require to
build the forts and ironclads. In this di-
lemma l would propose the following imple-
eients, which win never become obsolete or
useless, and will pns us in a state of complete
defense In two years or thereabouts.
Suppose that New York has a number oil
the best forts which skill and money could
erect. ~
Now ! shall assume that lam IN commando
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-12-29

SANShS
flushed, her lips parted, and her eyes shining
with the exertion of the tramp. AT least I
thought SO when Iglanced into the glowing
face OF my pretty companion. What a sight
1t was to look back down the slide as We
stood at the starting points,
Artificial hills have bean made where the
natural ones are wanting, and it is said that
these are even more successful than the nat
ural ones, being smoother and having q moro
regular descent. To build one q place ia
chosen which has some natural descent Then
a scatfolding of heavy timbers is erected
forty to fifty feet above the ground. At the
top OF the scaffolding a platform is made
whence the tobogganists start. Descending
from the platform, tracks or chutes are built
IN which the toboggans run. They lead to
the ground at an angle mora or less acute.
according to the natural lay OF tho ground
Whereabouts. Sometimes IS many as four
chutes run from one platform, giving ample
room for every adventurous toboggansr.
Flaring sideboards are built to each chute, so
that the ~toboggan will not leave the track.
Thus being substantially finished, the slides
are next made ready for the r~evelers. Thev
are firmly packed with snow, ahmed and
damned down. Then, to clinch matters.
water is poured upon the snow and allowed
to freeze, Last Of all, this ice track Il cara
fully planed Off and swept to make il az
smooth as glass. Then it is ready. Down
steep slides the sled goes with q velocity that
makes the head swim. The rate is sometimes
ebove o mile q minute. The track at Sara
toga, which is a model in its way, Is ono
of the steepest in America. Perhaps the rs.ss
famous slide is that of the Teuque Bleue To-
boggan club at Montreal. The starting point
OF both that and the Saratoga slide is forty
feet from the ground, the track being length
ened by natural slope Of the land to three
times that. After reaching Iovel ground, too,
1t is to be remembered that the gathered I'm.
petus of the icy way is enough to drive the
toboggnn yet three or four times the distance
of the length of the track,
The toboggan itself is made to comsias
t%oughness and lightness. 1t is composed OF a
strip of wood one.eignth to one-fnnrth =.
inch thick, steamed and bent up in front to
keep the slider from slipping forward Cleats
are nailed inside to give it strength. The
newest and most approved pattern has also
three or four wooden strips nailed upon the
bottom ~lengthwise to serve as unners There
are hand rails along the side to keep the rider
from falling OFF, and the bottom and inside
are warmly lined with cushions and fur.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-12-29
DOWN T

LL ~
A double ~toboggan is usually 6 feet long
and "a inches wide. A single one is 4 to 8
feet long ard l6 inches wide They NAV be
easily obtained, already made, first class
ones, too.
NOW for the costume. or course, either a
sunllt or torchlit tobogganing scene would
be robbed of half its brilliancy without a pic
turesque costume for the PLAYERS. The
toboggan dress is made of blankets of snowy
colors-cream, purple, blue, scarlet and
orange. These ave borders, and when the
blanket cloth is cut into the costume the bar
ders are picturesquely arranged. Men wear
their blankets fashioned into q blouse reach
ing half way down their thigh. 1t is belted
around the waist and worn with blanket kne,
breeches, long wooden stockings that reach
to the brooches, and moccasins. Women
wear a blanket frock or coat bnttoned down
tho front, and finished with or without a belt.
Thefrock comes to the ankles sometimes. md
sometimes not much below the knee. leaving
the full blanket trowsers to show underneath.
with the warm leggings md moccassns
below.
The lady rides in front, tho gentleman half
lies down upon the %toboggan behind her and
steers the machine with his toe. The moe
casin-clad foot sticks 'out behind him. and a
touch OF the toe Is sufficient to turn the flying
sled to right or left. Leather boots are NOT
allowed to be worn to steer with upon a tobog.
gan track. They would destroy its smooth.
ness. Rubber overshoes or moccasins are
necessary.
b costume described is sufficiently pic
turesque. It is completed at the top BY a
gay WOODEN cap or hood, with a long, narrow
top, ending in a tassel.
T~obogganing is the fashionable sport
wherever in America snow and ice are this
winter. tits a most exhilarating pastims.
too, far better than any artificial indoor
amusement. 1t is set going and maintained
by toboggan clubs, which have their own
colors in costume, like baseball clubs. The
members "chip in" and share expenses.
If not all, this is at least considerable about
~tobogganing.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-12-29
SCIENTIFIC WARFARE.
WAR BALLOONS TO PROTECT OUR
DEFENsELESs sEABoARD CITIES.

The Mysterious Professor Mezzeroff, the
Apostle of Dynamite, Unfolds u Novel
Method of Defense-The Terrible Spon-
tanesus Burning Fluid and its Deadly
Fumes.
The interest which has just been awakened
tx, the defeIiseless condition of the wealthy
cities OF the United States bordering on the
sea and the great lakes, prompted q reporter
to visit the mysterious Professor Mezzeroff,
the apostle of scientific warfare. Armed
with a letter Of introduction, the professor
was found in his laboratory in a quiet little
village not q thousand miles from New York,
the location of which is a secret. After
e1acting a promise from the reporter that
some things he saw remain undescribed, the
professor talked freely on the burning ques-
tion of coast defense. He refused, though, to
grant his. portrait for publication or account
of the danger it would place him in on a visit
to other lands. He had been offered S1o0,0 900
by the French govern lment to visit them, but
he felt assured it was only a trap to get him
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-12-29

lGhIlNT ltcNCLaDo bltpM baLLOoNs
You ask what our ironclads and torpedo
boats havo been doing during this cannonade.
That is answered best by the fact that
the largest war ship we are going to
build will have only thirteen-inch
armor, while the large guns of the
enemy can send a solid shot one ton
weight crashing through twenty two inch
thick steel plates, so that a few volleys from
the enemy would make quick work Of n
ships sent against them, torpedo boats in
cluded. Is it not, therefore, a delusion to
build forts and ironclads which cannot de-
fend us against scientific warfare2 Europe
has found out that science will soon render
forts and war ships useless for defense, and
must we begin just where other nations are
leaving off? How can we defy and protect
ourselves against any power2 The only way
to destroy such a fleet would be by the use
of war balloons. They should possess great
lifting power, and should be propelled and
steered as is already accomplished in France.
They should be provided with apparatus to
lower anchor, torpedoes and burning fluid.
Stations for the construction and filling of
these balloons should be built in different
parts of the country, and men should be
trained to make and use them. Balloons
ccnid be anchored at the stations for the
training of these men, who, after some ex-
perience, should make trips in the balloons
by sea and land.
AS tenders to these balloons we should build,
as soon as possible, ut least 100 light, unar-
mored cruisers, which should carry a num-
Der of these empty balloons and have appa-
ratns to make gas and ill them. They should
also carry on board a number of trained
balloonists, who would be ready for work at
all times, and in addition each ship should
have two Of the largest guns, besides a num-
Der of the best machine guns, and should
have a speed of at least thirty miles an hour.
Now wc shall describe how we could destroy
the ironclads of any enemy. For example,
we shall suppose that the war ships are an
chored before the forts of New York. The
cruisers would nave discovered them and
would commence at once to fill the balloons,
and at the same time would have fired their
guns to warn the balloon stations on land OF
the enemy's approach, when the land stations
would have their balloons ready for action.
Then from sea and land these balloons would
approach the ironciads, and after anchoring
they would attack the enemy in this way;
each balloon could lower torpedoes into the
sea i'll such a way that the tide would float
them toward the war ships.
These torpedoes should be attached with a
line thirty feet long, SO that they would be
much more likely to catch on to the war
ships. They should also be SO adjusted as to
hoat twelve feet under water, SO the enemy
could nots see them, and that they would catch
and explode where the ships are unarmored.
When fifty pairs of these torpedoes nave
been lowered by the balloons they could then
begin lowering shells of burning fluid into the
ocean and on to the decks of the ironclads.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-12-29

pless ant to tho taste. and is the prescrip
tiss OF one of the oldest nurses and
best female physicians in the United
Sta es and IL for sale nv al druggists
thrf ,nehont the world. Price twenty
ivt = cents a bottle.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-12-29
ABOUT %ToRoeeAININa.
A Canada Pastimc Becoming Popuia
Ap,artrn

A Canada Pastimc Becoming Popular id
America.
Several valued acquaintance write asking
us to publish an Illustrated article telling
"all about tobogganing." 1t would. take =
icng time to do that. There Is a good deal OF
1T There are some things about it that never
VIII and never can get into any newspaper.
To be sure ~tobogganing is simply sliding
down a snow and ice hill upon a fiat bottomed
sled and then walking slowly up hill. only
for the fun of sliding down again. But the
possibilities there are in that walk up hill are
something which it is worth while to stop and
contemplate. An enthusiast he's written q
pretty little pamphlet on ~tobogganing, and
he Is particularly eloquent on the subject of
walking up hill. He seems to know howit Is:
uphill we clambered, and as I felt the,
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-12-29
8ucktem's 4,naca .alre

The hss, s,ive ia che world lor Onte
Fl uises. Sores, Ulcers. Sail Nseum. Feve.
20 res letter, Caspped Hands. ChitbIain
q rms. aud all Skin &r~uptions, ard pos.
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sa oney refunded Price Is cents pc, box
9 or Sale hg the Exceiaio, FDrae Stoes %
r 'nrdY d RfechA
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in their hands.
"When I visit Eu-
rope" said tho pro-
'fessor smiling, sit
is needless to say, I
dot very quietly
as an artist some
times. You know
/ am quite an adept
in oil; %glycerine is
my fav e,
though I have a
spontaneous burn
ing fluid that l
should like TO bring
before some of the
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1886-12-29

gloved hand OF
Dicks younger sis.
ter upon my sus-
tanning arm, !
/ wished the climb
might have been
twice the distance;
and right here I
want to say that If
eve q woman looks
fresh and young
and irresistibly
lovely it is when
at the top of a
climb up a tobog-
gan slide she stops
--.Al
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Eugenie,s NIansoleum.

The mausoleum prepared by the Empress
Eugene at Marlborough is now almost ready
for the reception of the bodies Of the late en-
peror and prince imperial.
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way
worbl. Then / travel sometimes as a clergy
man. You see 1 am a. preacher, and have
CON something toward making despots
qm Ike for their sins.' just then an instan-
taJ ieons camera, whose tiny lens ~protruded
To rough a ~buttonhole of the repo Is vest,
81 latched u photograph of the profe 'r with
. Tut his knowledge. When ne sees this cut he
must remember that he is an advocate Of
Scientific methods" and the reporter has
4 simply introduced it into journalism, and
thus secured his portrait.
The professors war experience began in the
Crimea; since then he has been a close student
Of methods of destruction besides taking a
hand in tho Franco-Prussian and Turko-
Russian wars. For years he has been teach
ing natives of d~ownSro3den countries to
manufacture and use dynamite, not for the
purpose of murder, but In case of a reyolu-
ton. Just now he is devising a war balloon
and torpedo boat.
We should waste no more time, said the
professor, In trying to wake up congress
from its Rip Van Wrinkle sleep, but de-
mand shat without further delay ample
means shall be provided for national de-
Tense, so we shall neither be insulted nor
buldozed, and shall have complete protection
for life and property against all nations. The
strength and temper Of European nations
show that we stand In peril of either having
our coast cities destroyed or paying several
thousand million dollars to spare them. For
either England, France, Germany or Italy
could, in a few days. place us in a position
either to pay some such sum or nave our sea-
board cities reduced to ashes.
When and where has the world seen such a
spectacle, as a great country having 10000
600 inhabitants with q vast seaboard and all
the populous cities thereon defenseless and at
the mercy of ny nation possessing a few
first class ironc ds7 We have untold wealth