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Decorah-posten., 1888-12-26
VoeT % Sigtning.

Oroene Toelt o9 3tStnIn9 foretoms
mer oite. Wen Der turoe siues enoel,
iOm life ristis fOritaar, bpao bisie Orb
betpoer. Sroene fan life / 8oribeo for
tla,es inalebes, at glGe f%oritaar bet,
men bpis 2eieren oil baue Taalmooisz
beb, ltal jeg prsue at Hare Sasen for
BAN. Sar 9Pieren noseniitoe bapt
gieblifte, boori en- eQer anben fisn,
bBi ps 5erlig 9ante, en- eQer anben
5oreitiQing opitoo iaa leuenbe / bans
Siel, fplbte bans Snbre ps benreu bum
iaaleot5, at ban berpeo naiten slemte
aft Nnoet, bar ban bapt giebliffe, /
bpilte uii9eli9 TrDo ener ineltenbe Be
mob 9jennemitremmeoe bans 6ierte, iaa
ban fSlte Jig lom oplsitet fra bet Sors
bite os inoerli9 benbragen til Ell bsiere
Seroau, bar 9Rieren fslt Saabant, ia
bar ban baut poetiife gieblitte. Sois
M benne 50lelie farer iOm 9pn paa
9pn forbi Den menneifelise Snebilbs
ninssfraft, Os bet bos gn, Der sier Gpne
til at notr9tfe oisie Jplelier / ct ifisnt
us lnasfulct Spros, ba bar ri Gists
ming.
Snsen Fan ne9te, at YOeiien er en-
berlis @ape, itianfet @euue1tet al ben
alsooe @iUer.
Den fierneite os berlisite 9istnins
er ben, Der tOlfer 6iertets 5slelier lige>
ooerfor Sub, os 2ansllen efter at
fomme / Samiuno msb Dam, o. efter at
eie @ubsbiGeoet biniibes @rapen. BET
er bog De 5arreite, bet paa benne
Waabe er Oisters. Men besua9tet bsr
man Ell taite 8ra9 paa ben uerbslise
0istnins, Osiau benne fan pile Wenz
neIfer ceres Sell os Sfrsbelisbeo eIer
ueffe De cole 5slelIer, Der fan befinoe
fig / en- iopsnoe 3ititanb. Gn ianb
0ister bar at fremItiIe baabe oct Snbe
o9 @obe bps Mennelfst, men altib Iaa=
lebes, at bet @obe til ilut pinber Seier,
os bet Onoe bliuer itraffet. gil man
lesse oel Merfe til bette, timber man
bet naiten i enbper COB 5ortelins.
Site fac Wennefer bar en- eaer anben
poetiif Strens, Der, peo at blipe paas
pirfet af bet, iOm ct ebelt os sobt, let
tes | 8eueselie. Set er gnbpe,s glist
at mere bet @obe, iom finoes / gn, men
Nanse breber bet iitebet. Sntet er mere
ioreolenbe os banneubs emo COB 1iters
atur. Set er 5orelbres Ylist at OBJ
bragg fine Bsrn baabe for bette 2iu %
bet tilfommenoe, nten buor Man9e er
Der bog, Der opbraser bemtil Sorbtrelle.
De hinge briues til Nrbeioe fra Moraen
til Iiten, %, naar be fommer ind /
quiet, finoes iielben ct soot Gorraab al
8sser, buurueo 9anfen fan lsites, men
Iftenen tilbrinses meb at iamtale ON
ben sansne Days StraO, os ON bpab
man neite Dag ifal itreue meb. ga
bet er Sorotraaens Clement. Spis
buert Siem eiter Gone iSste at forItafe
fig sOoe 8sser, uiloe unse os @amle
faa Sateresie for 2esnins, os 9anfen
uilbe fanife funne lsftes, ielu unber 9a=
gems Slab os Glib. Os builtsn Bel
.iisnslie piloe lite bette blipe for Otter
Iasten! s, Ger bar be llnse unber
@oers 8aretest, iss at sioe benz Snters
este for 2esnius, os ifaf Dem iaa mango
sobe Bsser, iom.S tan, bet oil babe
mere 8ero END be Yense, man iparer
peo lite at fiSbe 8sser.
Cannon Sallep, Minn.
S. 6.
Decorah-posten., 1888-12-26
Qposr sore5r;ner SInsr,s sor,o,,r;n,

2aser forelfriuer Nper's S~ariapariua
| Tilf9loe af SfrOfula, os / hpert 9il-
feloe al f~runilte Spsbpmme, iorbi bet er
mlifrere at tase % mere foncentreret eno
noset anoet Hraparat. Ran fan altiS
itole paa bet Tom ct uomartet blporen.
Ienoe Wiooel.
The Penn's Grove record., 1888-07-14
THE POLICE OF BERLIN.
Every Man of the Force n Trained
Soldier-.-SUrveillaBce.

The German police are, In effect, a
wing of the German army. Every man
In the force is a trained soldier, disci-
plined by service in the ranks or as a
commissioned officer. The Berlin po-
lice number about 5000 men,. The
chief Of this force, or president, as he
is there called, ranks as an army colo
mel. There are Is captains and 1873
li~eutenants, who rank correspondlngly
with army captains and i%ieutenants,
and receive higher pay. There are 301
sub, or non-commissioned officers, and
over 1000 p~rivates. Then there are
one first secretary, five assistants, ten
councillors, twenty chiefs of precincts or
department clerks, forty-fve assistants,
twenty-five cashiers or bookkeepers,
and 172 bureau employees OF laborers.
A private in the police must first have
served nine years in the army and re-
ceiyed honorable discharge. After a
certain period Of police service officers
and privates are retired and pensioned
This is but n OF several rewards Of
fered the German policeman for gooa
behavior and efficient service.
The Berlin police on duty are like
statues, silent and ~immovable. They
stand 10 the middle Of the streets or sit
on horses, apparently like machines,
and oblivious to everything but their
own line Of performance. But there
is very little information desired by the
ordinary mortal not to be obtained
from the Berlin policeman for the ask
ing. He will not be aware of your
existence unless you accost him with
an inquiry. Then, he is all attention,
intelligence and severity. Speak to
him in English and he will immedi-
ately answer In German, at the same
time interpreting, with his hands and
eyes, until you are sure to comprehend,
and learn all you want to know. The
police are as neat in person and well
uniformed as the army. The detective
branch of police wear the civilian dress.
No stranger, man or woman enters
Berlin and stops twenty-four hours
who is not registered by the police. 1t
is easy to look up the person If at a
hotel, where he is asked to register his
name, residence, birthplace, occupation,
destination, and whether he travels for
pleasure or on business, and the nature
of his business. If the person is not
ready about giving this infor nation he
Is asked for his passport. In the
boarding houses, most of them kept by
women, the police officer asks the land
lady to furnish this information about
her boarders. Every boarding house is
visited on an average of once a week
by a police officer in civilian dress.
There is a quiet formal politeness
about these visits that goes far to
divest them of all semblance Of intru-
sion or inquisitiveness. But there is
also an authoritative ceremony not to
be misunderstood. This system of sur
v~eillance is no disadvantage to the
ordinary honest stranger. Not only
could he not get lost in Berlin, but he
could not lose his friends there either.
One has only to 60 to police headquar-
ters to learn the whereabouts of every
nonresident visitor or stranger in Ber-
lin,
The Penn's Grove record., 1888-07-14

The "Zoologist'' for March reprints
an extraordinary pamphlet, entitled
"An Account of Wolves Nurturing
Children in Their Dens." This PAM
phlet was printed at Plymouth, in
1852, and has long been out of print.
On a wrapper of a copy in the Zoologi-
cal library of the Natural History Mu-
scum, at South K%ensington. there is
the following memorandum in the
handwriting of the late Colonel Hamll-
ton Smith: "This account, I am in
formed by friends, is written by Colo
mel Sleeman, of the Indian army, the
well-knOwn officer who had charge of
the Thugg inquiries, and who resided
long in the forests of India" The
writer records a number of cases of
children who are said to have been
uurJured by wolves in India. In n
instance a large female wolf was seen
to leave her den, followed by three
whelps and Il little boy. This happened
near Chandour, ten miles from Sultan
poor. in the year 1917. The boy went
OH all tours. and ran as fast as the
whelps could. He was caught with
difficulty, and had to be tied, as he was
very FESTIVE, and struggled hard to
rush into holes and dens. When a
grown-up person came near him he
became alarmed, and tried to steal
away. But when a child came near
him he rushed at it with a snarl. like
that of "A dog. and tried to bite it.
When cooked meat was put near him
he rejected it with disgust; but when
raw meat was offerei lie seized it with
avidity, put it on thu ground under his
hands, like Il dog. and ate 1t with evil
dent pleasure. He would not let any
one come neal him while he was eat.
ing, brit he made no objection to a dog
coming and sharing his food with him.
The trooper who captured the boy
left him in charge of the Rajah OF
Hashnpoor, who sent him to Captain
Nlcholletts. commanding the first regi-
ment of the Dude Local Infantry at
Sultanpoor, and some Interesting notes
AS to the boys habits are given on this
officers authority. He died in August,
1859, and after his death it was re-
membered that he had never been
known to laugh or smile. He used
signs when he wanted anything, and
NcEy low VI Iueih cheept "noh huHSAy'
When his food was placed at some
distance from HIM he would run to 1t
on all fours like any fOur-footed ami
NAL, but at other times he would walk
uprightly. He Stunned human beings,
and seemed to care for nothing but
eating. If the pamphlet can be proved
to be perfectly trustworthy, it certainly
deserves to be carefully studied by
anthropologists.
The Penn's Grove record., 1888-07-14
Smoking Pipes in England.


Perhaps the customs connected with
the habit of smoking and using tobacco
in America and in England are as in.
te~restingly characteristic of the two
nationalities as any other traits. There
Is nothing undignifled about smoking a
short '.briar'' or meerschaum along the
streets of London, birmingham, Man.
chester or any Of the great English
cities. A gentleman Is none the less a
gentleman because he does this. M
deed to smoke a cigar in preference TO
a pipe argues either expensive tastes or
the pecuniary ability to crafty them.
What would our ladies think Of a well
dressed young man coming down
Broadway about 4 In the afternoon
with a nicotine blackened pipe in his
mouth? Horrible suggestionl Yet In
this country a man considers 1t In per-
fectly good taste to walk into ~another's
office with a cigar stump stuck firmly
in one corner of his mouth. Moreover,
he does not take 1t out even to tax.
Such behavior in London would give
direct offence and would be CONSTRUED
Into an Intentional insult. -
The Penn's Grove record., 1888-07-14

AS the season of swimming is at
hand. 4 few hints to learners may be
useful. The first essential is to know
how to use the hands Alright, with the
view to keeping the head well out of
water, and the next is to keep one foot
on the bottom until sufficient conf
dence is acquired to raise 1t at inter
walls. After a few tria's the learner
will be able to raise 1t altogether.
Then, be not III a hurry to use the
hands, as if life depended on striking
out, but try and acquire deliberation.
Let every stroke have a full sweep of
the arms, and let the feet take care OF
themselves. 1t Is not necessary that
the feet should be raised to the surface
Of the water. The body, from the
shoulders downward, should be kept at
an angle OF 80 degrees to the plane of
the horizon. This inclination, with
every forward movement, will tend to
throw the head out. Sperm whales,
when frightened, sink their flukes and
throw their heads out OF water to Oh
tain their highest speed. The head of
the sperm whale is at fiat the front, and
is one.third the size of the body; the
head OF a finback is pointed; the one
throws his head out. the other PUSHES
through the water horizontally.
The learner who wishes to acquire
the art of swimming for recreation and
not for professional purposes ought to
pay little attention to the movements
of the feet until he has perfect control
of his hands; then the feet Will instinc-
lively come into play and perform
their part without much thought.
VINO thinks of his feet when WALKING?
In the early stages of learning ii
swimmer does not seem to be satisfied
until he brings his feet to the surface.
This has a tendency to strain the body
just above the hips and to bury the
head. Swimming in a seaway the
body will take many positions, accord
ing TO the height of the waves ncoun
tered. Sometimes it will be vertical
and at other times more or less ill.,
clined to keep the head out.
1t is well for a beginner to have a
person with him to keep his hand under
the chin at first, while the use of the
hands Is being acquired. These hints
apply only to common horizontal swim
ming; that having been acquired and
confidence obtained, there will be no
difficulty in learning all the other
movements, such as swimming on the
side or on the back, diving or turning
heels over head, forward or backward.
Remember this, too, that if a person
taken with cramps will throw himself
upon his back he will float without
effort, even if his legs should b9
drawn up. Never neglect to stuff the
ears with cotton wool. Many persons
have attributed deafness to taking
water through the ears when swim
ming,
The Penn's Grove record., 1888-07-14
CHANGED BY MARRIAGE.
The Effect of Married Felicity on the
Average Man,

1t does look rs if after q man got
married he lost all capabllity for look
ing after himself, observes a writer in
the San Francisco Chronicle. Ho~ i:
it that a man who, as a bachelor, Is
the pink of neatness, the glass of fashion
and mold of form, when he gets a wife
never seems to be able to do anything
IN the way Of dressing himself properly
without his wife's assistance. This
young man vas at one time a most no.
torious flIrt. He had the best cut coats,
the most beautiful boots, the most
elegant neckties in town. He has
been married several years, and he
hardly knows how to button his collar
now. and would wear his coat inside
out if his wife didn't keep an eye on
him. Is it natural ~cussedness? Just
a desire to give his wife all the work
and worry he can, or is it a psychology
ical phenomenon attributable to do
mestlcity? He had a lucid moment
once, this young man, IN which we no.
ticed his boots were pretty well worn.
1t lasted long enough for him to say to
his wife:
Haven't 1 got any other boots !
can wear? These are awful"
"Yes," she said, ''there is a pair OF
side button boots in the closet there"
lie fetched them out.
"Eiow does it come that I've had
these boots all this time and been ear
ing these worn out ones2" Then he
put them on. "Yes, l knew there
must be something the matter with the
blamed boots. They don't fit me at all.
l can't walk in them. And he made
faces as he stumped up and down the
room. "They are not my boots, yet
they are a mans boots. Madam, who
is S % familiar in this house as to have
a pair of boots?"
swell, dear, they'll perhaps be more
comfortable If you'll put the right boot
on the right foot"
The Penn's Grove record., 1888-07-14

The proprietor of a large cigar store
showed me recently some very dainty
gold paper cigarette boxes, esquisitely
embossed in figures, and let me smoke
of the perfumed darlings enclosed
therein. They are literally deliciousiy-
scented cigarettes, perfumed with rose,
carnation or heljotrope, imported espe-
cially for. ladies' use, from Paris, of
course, which supports numerous great
establishments where cigarettes are
manufactured for fashionable women
exclusively. The most expensive kind,
according to the New York dealer,
unites the fragrance of delicate flowers
with a soupcOn of opium. When |
asked IL fashioned women really bought
them, and If women of another class
were not his best customers. he laughed
and replied that well known ladies
were devoted to them and persisted in
their use, careless of running their
teeth and contracting the opium habit.
He declared that they were harmless,
though the presence OF the Chinese
drug proves the contrary, and that it
would be a great victory for the o S
when nan addicted to the cigarette
habit had learned to smoke these
ladies' cigarettes. And there is some
thing in that Idea; heliotrope, carnatIon
or rose perfume might do much toward
fumigating the smell of burnt paper
which now pervades the atmosphere OF
streets and parlorS.
The Penn's Grove record., 1888-07-14

gill was swept away, as was the Fetter-
man bridge about two miles below this
town. at 7 o'clock the river had risen
fully 20 feet, and was 80 feet in the
channel. 1t was momentarily feared
that the railroad bridge at Grafton
would be swept away, which would
have resulted had the water risen a foot
higher. Several buildings including
saw mills, etc., were washed down the
river and were crushed TO atoms when
they struck the strong iron railroad
bridge here.
A large number Of dwelling houses
in South Grafton and West Grafton
were flooded to a depth of ten or If
teen feet. and the losses are severe.
Michael Barrett lost a kiln of brick
valued at S2500; G.. W. Curtin u Co.,
lose In logs, etc., about $4,000 to $4,000;
Blatchley & Co., pump factory, about
$4,000 to $4,000. The Grafton and
Greenbrler Railroad is completely flood
ded and trains delayed. 1t is thought
their loss will not be heavy.
The flood, 80 far, is more disastrous
to Grafton than the fire OF a year ago,
and the loss to this town and section
will not fall far short of $3.50 ,000. The
damage at Rowlesburg will reach $685.
600. Seventeen houses, one saw mill,
one planning mill, n Pullman patent
iron railroad bridge are washed away,
Five families have lost all that they
possessed, while a majority Of our peo-
Pile are heavy losers.
In addition to washing awaythe Little
Kanawha bridge at Parkersburg, the
flood has done other severe havoc. All
the Baltimore and Ohio trains are
stopped from the east. Two tunnels
between Parkersburg and Grafton are
caved in. The new GAINESVILLE and
Ohio Rord is reported to he badly dam.
aged. The Ohio River Road was
damaged to some extent below Par
kersburg. Great losses of ties and tim
Der are reported. The destruction of
property all along the Little Kanawha
and Ohio rivers is greater than in
1884, when the great Hood came.
The farms are flooded, and hundreds
of acres of growing crops and harves-
ted grain are deluged. Millions of feet
of timber are a1oat in the swift current
going to destruction. The loss In the
vicinity will be SIS, 000, and in this and
adjoining counties will be more than
S100, 900. Every stream is out of its
banks. Numbers of families have had
to move to higher ground. "A family,
named White, had retired last night,
when the flood reached their home.
coming to yearly the top of the bed
covering before they got out.
A later despatch from Wheeling
says: From reports received from the
flooded district of West Virginia, it
looks IS if the money loss by Mon
days rains would reach nearly So. 000.-
600. AT least three lives have been
lost. The water is now falling rapidly
at all points, and it is becoming posi-
bic to get detailed reports from small
towns aud v llagas in the mountains.
The Penn's Grove record., 1888-07-14

Children in hotels or boarding houses
are like wild birds in a cage, deprived
Of their right to fly and swoop and
skim the air and to swell their throats
almost to bursting with unchecked
n The wild bird droops and mopes
and mournfully twltters, instead OF
singing, and grows disheveled and
dirty and unlovely, and the Gagged child
grows weedy and pallid and constrained
IN its movements and pert and assured
IN its manners, and before it is Adde'S
cent 1t is a little world weary manikin,
blase OF all amusements. supercilious to
those not so wealthy or 30 well dressed
or so fashionable as its parents and theiI
friehds, cynical and agnostic In all its
L xr,a..r
The Penn's Grove record., 1888-07-14

tered his room, and while he was grapp-
ing with one ne was shot by the other.
The robbers afterwards escaped, and a
large amount of Phinney's property is
missing. The police have failed to
find any evidence of the burglars gain
ling an entrance TO the premises. and
are inclined to doubt the truth Of
Phinney's statement. Detectives are
trying to unravel the mystery.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-27

Fresh celery, 52l North Flores
street. 22-tf
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-27
ALLEGED ELOPEMENT.
Ernest Hof Arrested for Stealing an
AuStiniteS Wife. Child
and Money.

Ernest Hof Arrested for Stealing an
Austinites Wife. Child
and Money.
Yesterday Constable Davis came
over in search of a man named Ernest
Hof, young German, who was want
ed for the abduction of a married
woman named Rubel and her child,
aged five years, and for stealing from
her husband, assistant foreman at
the Austin street car company's
stables, one silver watch and chain,
about $50 in currency and a
quantity of clothing and other
property valued at fifteen dol
lars. After considerable search
Detective Hennessey arrested Hof
and he was found wearing Rubel's
watch. The woman and child were
also located as living at No. 32O Sole
dad street. Constable Davis will take
Hof to Austin today, and it is proba-
BILE that Mrs. Rubel and her child will
also return.
According to the officers account,
this is bad case of robbery and Sc
duction, but Hof, who talks openly,
and apparently honestly on the sub
iect gives another version of the
story. He says Mr.. Rubel was
an old schoolfellow of his i'm
Westphalia, that her husband treated
her cruelty and she wanted to leave
him for serious conjugal reasons, that
he simply assisted her and her child
to come here in order that she could
work for herself and child and be
happy.
Hof is we'll known in this city
where he has lived for several periods.
He was cook under Mr.. Scally at the
st. Charles hotel, Kerrville, and is
now employed as cook at the English
Kitchen, Pecan street, Austin.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-27

DR.. B. F. Kingsley,
Office at City Drug Store. 1l-2S-1y
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-12-27
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