| Show 4 POLICE OF GERMANY w am old fashioned I night watchmen it still patrol beats Carr carrying Carry yint lne a long lance and a whistle alle village villages ln in all parts of 0 germany still maintain I 1 night v watchmen atch men who act as guardians of the community and carry when on duty a long lance something tom ething of the nature of a halberd in their hand as they perambulate their beats during the long dark hours of the night they also have a whistle with them with which they proclaim to the non nou sleeping inhabitants and to prowling men and beasts whit wh at it la Is it la Is only a very few years ago that the large cities dropped their night watchmen hut but many pr of the smaller towns in the provinces still employ their services at a posen near the fr frontier outler one of these old worthies had ceased to blow his whistle when the clock sounded the hour the burger melster could not comprehend te negligence and the delinquent was summoned to his presence to account for it at first fira he was at a loss what excuse to make but on being pressed he declared that a few days before als last remaining tooth had dropped out and that consequently he could produce no sound from bis his beloved whistle the could think of no remedy nor could he punish the watchman A council was as called to deliberate delt berate and the subject for dia dis was icid before the meeting at first profound silence reign reland sid finally one of the membris of tho the council rose and said he had heard of the possibility of replacing human teeth by artificial one ones adding that chat t to the best of hid hia belief thora thea was a man in breslau who ho undertook to do this he lie said ho he could not vouch for or the truth of what he hedi eard but he really bad had been void told that thia this was the casel case A long discussion ensued with the result that the watchman was told to go to breslau to get a new set of teeth in due course the old man returned to the scene of his du ties provided with the Leed ful the following night the burge melster sat up to hear the result to his astonish meat ment there was no sound of the whis tie at 10 nor at 11 nor even at midnight wid night the next morning he summoned the watchman to whom he expressed his indignation you have got your teeth now ho he said fahy chy do you not whistle as before lo 10 a voice of humility the old chap yeal I 1 have got a new set of teeth i but the doctor told me I 1 waa was to put I 1 them in water overnight |
