The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-09-07
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A correspondent writes from Alaska
# Sailing three days through enchanted
Islands, with steep mountain sides ahd
bold rocks reflected in clear waters, cas-
cades dashing down between the pine
trees, and lofty snow peaks taking or
the delicate glow and flush Of the late
sunset Ii sht.'
, The Mexican government is encoura-
ging the manu- iaeture and textile
fabrics from cactus, and has recently
granted important concessions to the
individuals who propose engaging IL
the new industry. They are given the
exclusive right to.gather the cactus for
ten years from Government lands. The
grant further provides that for each mill
OF the value of Sl5O,000 erected bv the
grantees for the manufacture of paper
rom the cactus leaf the government
shall give a premium of $4,000.
The use of lime in blasting coal, which
has been adopted in many English and
Belgian mines, has been successfully
tried in a mine at Williamsport, Pa.
The lime is formed by pressure into
cartridges about four inches long, which
are placed in the drilled in the coal.
| Water is then introduced with "a force
! pump, and the steam generated by the
action Of the water on the lime causes
an expansion, which cracks awav the
coal.
The principal European libraries have
added enormously in recent years to
their printed works. Between lS4S and
| 1876 the British museum augmented in
its collection from 435 600 to 1000, 900
is from S24 900 to :, 770,000; the Imperial
st. Petersburg library from 446, 600 to L.
100000, and the Royal Berlin library
flom 10000 to 0 10000.
The Seattle CIV. ID Post Intelligencer
F! saws: There never has been a time in
i the history of Seattle when there was so
much.6emand for labor a at the pres
ent time. 1t is almost impossible to hire
white men at any price. The mills are
running short handed for the reason
igthat they cannot secure the needed help
and in many instances contractors and
others are employing Chinese because
they cannot secure white labor"
Mr.. Gladstone is reported to have said
of the Gospel Temperance Mission" in
England: "From the first | have
watched the temperance question with
great interest; out | an bound to sag
that no phase OF it has eve yielded me
so much satisfaction as this has done.
To witness the large number Of minis
ters of all denominations, and of course,
the still larger number of members per-
haps all the churches, wearing the RIB
bon of blue, is an exceedingly gratifying
circumstance, and speaks well for the
future; indeed. | firmly believe, as far
as this matter is concerned, that much
brighter days will soon, in Gods Provi-
denee, dawn upon MS"
Girl graduates in England wear gowns
precisely like those worn by university
present they have only donned the B.. A.
or bachelor of art robe, which is black
and brown, and the e. S. c., which is
they will attain to those of higher de-
grees. The long black silk gowns, which
are all of the same pattern, with large
cape-like sleeves gathered into the
shoulder; the skirts full and flowing,
were worn over ordinary short black
dresses, with lace or crepe lisse frills APP
pearing above them at the throat. The
ladies, rich in academical honors, wore
white gloves and carried the square
white college cap in their hands.
Kentucky IS not a state, remarkable
for aesthetic notions, but in one respect
it is q land after Oscar Wilde's own
heart. A single suntiower stalk al
Frankfort, %reioices under the weight of
l73 blossoms, and perhaps it wasn't a
very good day for suulowers when the
count was made, either.
The constituents composing the at
mosphere are of the same weight at all
times. but it is easily and often con-
densed. If you will notice the smoke
from a chimney on a clear. cold day in
winter, yon will often see 1t rise straight
and well defined; while, on the other
hand, if rain is promising it will spread
out soon after leaving the chimney, and
often falls towards the ground. This
would show that the atmosphere is less
dense or heavy before a rain tn Il in
pleasant weather. The mercury in q
barometer rises higher in fair weather
lhan in rainy for the same reason. The
lighter or less dense the atmosphere,
the less it is fitted to support or hold up
moisture.