The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-09-07
Passing Events.

An old operator thus tells how cable
mesaaces are received /; 81 don't sup
nose vou know how the messages are
received over the cablesY No! Wei 1t
is altogether different from this uck,
rick. tick. The operators there SIT IN
dark rooms. The messages come al NJ
tie electric sparks; the letters are known
by the length of the flash. lhese me1
| 90 blind at the end of hfteep years, ana
are pensioned in England, out holilng
is done for them here. me are not
even paid any better than we are.
DR.. Jorrissen, Attorney. General OF the
Transvall, will, says the London Times,
during his residence in London, en-
deavor ito cement the friendly reiations
existing between her majesty Govern,
ment and the Transvaal
DIR. Jorrissen will have TO nhu the rag.
ments of those friendly relatlohs nfss
and that will take some time. a good
deal of cement too, will be required to
patch the pieces together when dis
covered, and aver then 1t is doubtful
whether the friendly relations Will eve
hold water, much less the oil OF vltrol
which the Transvaal leaders seem still
determined to throw upon them.
The emperor of Austria has been max
ing a ceremonial progress through his
dominions. He went through some
strange experiences at Gratz. He drank
without wincing the Syrian wine, which
most people compare to vinegar, and ac-
Quilted himself well over the beer Of
the great brewery. But the liquid called
guivasdh, the imitation champagne OF
Kleindschegg, and the compound mis-
called chocolate by certain llocal manu-
facturers, we're difficult of digestion,
though they were nothing in compare
son with the mineral water which his
imperial majesty swallowed, bravely de-
claring to the proprietors OF the various
springs that he thought the flavor ex-
quisite.
When a western mine ''peters out"
the effect upon the accompanying town,
built with inflated hopes perhaps OF
some future prosperity, is very distress
ing. The town of Lewis, New, is a case
in point. Nine out Of every ten of the
houses are vacant. Neat little cottages,
which tell with mournful %eloquence Of
the hopes of their builders, are now de-
serted, there being no one to occupy
them and 40 one to give what the nails
in them cost for the whole outfit. Only
about half a dozen meh are at work in
the entire camp, the rest having all
O Stores are deserted. One contains
q notice: mo license. No sales." An.
other, from which Il dollars worth has
not been sold for months, procluims that
''Terms cash" prevails there.
Give weeks ago, says a correspondent
of the St. Louis Globe Democrat, not a
house that could have been intended
for business or a city residence was 70
be seer on the present town site OF
Walnut City, Mo. There were only
three farm houses in the $50 acres in
Guided in the towns area. The cult
waited fields were IN corn and the balance
was used for pasture land. To-day
there are tifty-five business houses and
about fifty residences built and in course
of construction. The st. Louis, Fort
Scott and Chicago railroad has been
graded from Hume, on the Kansas City,
Fort Scott and Gulf Road, to the place,
and will be extended further. A brick
bank building is in course of erection,
and a banking association, with a cap
ital of So, 900 has been organized. Elk
cavations have been commenced for
water works. The first lot in the town
was sold July 5, and the sales to date ag-
eregate over 100000. A newspaper ia
published, and another will be started
In September. There is an abundance
of coal in the town, of the best quality,
from three feet to forty inches
thick.
The Rev. F. S. Smith, D. d., of New
ton Denter, Mass, author of MY Coun-
try, 'Tis OF Thee" has found it neces-
sary to write a denial of n printed story
that he was sending out autograph cop
les of the hymn for a compensation. He
thus explains it: ga kind Providence
has placed me above need, and even il
it were otherwise / should scorn to be
selling my autograph. The fact is this:
A young grandson Of IL years, having
obtained a child's printing press, asked
me to put my name to a few copies of
he hymn if he should print them. It
was for his sole benefit, not mine. and |
repudiate all connection with the affair.
| consented to crafty him, and he has
probably sent out an notice which has
unhapPlly involved my name with this
affair. | am ashamed of the boy. and
utterly refuse to have anything to do
with it,"
FORTUNES Of THE BARINGS