Kimball enterprise. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1883, 1883-04-13
Things in General.

Things in General.
Latin in a drug store must come down.
The green boy learning the druggists
trade has too good a chance to poison
customers by mistake where everything
is covered by q language he does not
understand. Medicine should be taken
in straight English.-New Orleans Plea
yune.
Saratoga is said to be a better santa
rum in winter than in summer. Leav-
ing out of account the mineral waters,
the dry, pure atmosphere, with a cold
ness rather thermometrical than pal
pable, is asovereign remedy for bronchial
affections and malaria.
Thereisso much general cigarettesmok-
ing among the children of the Philadel-
phia schools that a treatise on the dan
ger of the habits has been granted by
the board of education and pasted in
side the cover of the text book of every
pupil.
Advertising manufacturers Of patent
medicines seems to be growing into a
mania, and enormous sums are spent
in every way to attract public attention.
One of the best known ofthe New York
advertising agents recently said that his
contract with a Baltimore firm cor news
paper advertising alone called fer $685.
900 monthly, to say nothing Of the thou
cards, pictures, Autographs, handbills,
etc.
The Baltimore American points with
pride to the fact that the grain trade of
that.port has greatly increased since the
beginning of the year. The receipts Of
wheat in January and February amount;
ed to 2,207, 306 bushels an increase O
,635, 76S bushels eve the correspond
| ing time in 1882, and the receipts of corn
we're 1851, 26S bushels, against only 1885,
905 bushels in the same months last
year. The entire exports of corn in
1882 were only 1,345.4lS bushels. The
first ten days of March show a similar
increase. The receipts at New York
have increased so per cent. those at
Baltimore 700 per cent.
The custom of saving seats in railroad
cars is not unusual, yet some people
seem to have a doubt of its propriety.
A. few days ago this doubt was actively
expressed upon a road passing through
one of the suburbs, the method of ex-
preston being perhaps somewhat pecu-
liar. A passenger who had filled an
the evident intention of signifying its
reservation was surprised by the re-
moval of the packages by another pass
| enger. "This seat is saved" was the
| polite objection. "I'l take it." was the
rather abrupt rejoinder. "But I'm x
pecting q friend" "Your friend can
take another seat" eff my friend
comes l shall request you to remove
your seat" eff your friend comes 1
shall keep this seat. l don't approve Of
| saving seats for a short distance" And
possession proved to be mine points of
the law" but there wasn't any friend
ship lost between those two passengers.
Several months ago a check for the
salary due him was sent from Washing
| ton to an officer of the United States
| Geological survey, who had it cashed by
the nearest post trader. The latter made
it ove to n of his creditors, and it
slowly came east, passing through sev
| eral hands and in time reaching this city,
where it went through the Clearing
Riggs & Co., of Washington, for collec-
ton, being drawn upon the United States
treasurer. When presented in the CASH
room for payment the other day it was
| discovered that the check had not been
signed by the distributing officer who
drew it, but of all the persons and banks
whose endorsements covered its back
not one had noticed the lack Of a sigma
ure. At last, after all its wanderings,
the disbursing officer signed the cheek
and Riggs q Co., received the money.
DR. Frederick R. Sturgis read a paper
before the New York academy of medi-
cine recently upon the regulation o fsoci-
al vice, in which, while he claimed that
the British contagious disease act had
been of decided service" in Germany
the number of clandestine woman had
increased With prevalence of dis
ease. Moreover the law tended to depo-
pulate the countries by checking mar
rage and delaying it. DR.. Barker and
Judge Brady recognized the futility Of
legislation against public sentiment. DIR.
Sturgis estimated the number of public
women in New York at IL ,3lS, and said
of late yesrs there was an increasing
number of young women leading lives
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