The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-10-05
miscellaneous Matters.

Miscellaneous Matters.
Georgia has III rketed a crop OF 6,42o,-
| QUO melons! How many must have
stopped in d trkey stom .chs on the way
from the pa sch To the market.
1t is stated that James Sherman OF
Laia, tie, N. Y, has a brook trout ~
years old. 1t is kept in a well, has lost
Tits spots and looks ,gei and faded. but
is apparently hearty. Here is q chance
for the president to go fishing.
According to a recent computation,
there are 1910 newspapers and maya,
zines published in this country. VI.
these ,22337 are daily newspapers n
9,925 weeklies.
alexander Heron, secretary OF the In
diana State Board of Agriculture, has
TRAINED a potato plant by cutting OF all
but one stem at the top until that single
stem ia now rs thick as ones wrist AMI
rises to a height Of nine feet and five
inches.
Windsor, Ont, is excited by a col
ored line war. A respectable negro
Sent his daughter to the white public
school, instead Of the separate school
Tor the colored. The teacher ordered
the girl to leave.
A statistical record of habitual drunk
ards is to be kept in Prussia. All ci y
physicians are directed to present in
future an exact account OF the deter
mined oibbers, bv putting in'the official
reports d 'P" opposite the names of the
culprits. In this way, apparently, the
urunkurds will be under the p%aternal
eve of the government, and may be led
to redemption
Miss Henderson went to Pierre, OAK,
to be married to J. D. Scott; but Scott
died before the tine set. At the funeral
Miss Henderson told her sympathizing
friends that Sc tt was the + urth man to
whom she had cen engaged, and that
all had died before the time fixed for
the nuptials.
Great Britain is the only country in
Europe viii h has nc forestry schools.
On the Continent there are numerous
excellent and we'll established schools
0 that character, where everything
that appertaln> to trees is taught by
accomplished teachers.
The PARIS Figaro publishes a curious
calculation with regard to the work per.
formed by the chamber of deputies and
the amoun paid to the members.
There are 557 deputies. They sat last
year during 452 hours, making forty.
five days of ten hours each. For this
they received 3,342,, N9 francs, making
an average of l3U francs 81 cenrimes
each per day, or Il francs q centimes,
each per hour. Surprising the 557 dep
uties were to work during SOC days out
Of 3G5 at the same rate OF 1870 Traces odd
per day, the ntn wolil cost 2l7,-
6Sl 0W francs II confines per annum.
The great white Spanish jackass is, in
degree, as precious as a barb ofthe purest
blood. Negotiations almost diplomat
ic in their completely have to be gone
through before such u kiny-donkey can
be obtained. An Enslishman, it is said,
who thought he had CON pl 4ted the pur-
F., chase of such u jackass, was old by the
PROPRIETOR OF the arrogant animal that
yet annlIer tormailty had to be be lone
through with betor Don Monke could
oe shipned to England-nis would be-
owner had not made provisian for the
board and lodging, with six months sal
AIRY In advance, OF the jackass' compadre,
whose special function it was to play the
guitar to him when he was sad.
Some months ago the change was made
in many English journals, and copied in
some American papers, that the greater
portion of the church property in Lon
don was occupied by public-honses
where Intoxicating liquors were sold.
The select committee Of the ecclesiasti-
cal commission has since been liking
a careful examination of che statements,
II finds that they are false. In some
cases p~ubllc-ho.ses were found on prop.
erty which had once belonged to the
church, but which has changed hands.
Charleston, S. e., has a female Solo
man. The other day an cd colored mar
was brought before one of the inferior
courtso on the charge of desertin, his legal
spouse and living with a young woman.
A number of old "olored woman, men-
bers OF the caurch, were present in
cnur and evinced a great desire to get
the old man away from his sinful course.
The court heard the evidence, but was
at a loss to decide the case. Finally one
OF the church sisters. who had during
the hearing developed a rare %yolubility,
was placed in the judicial seat and told
by tile court to see if she could decide
1t. She readily took the char, called
up the erring brother. handed him the
Bible, and made him swear that if he
was released from Jail he would abandon
l,ls evil course and return to the bosom
OF his family. The old sinner greed
to this, but the tempory court made him
get down on his knees and mako the
pledge on the Bible. He acqniesed,
and the court, turning to the Justice,
said II tinG you can truss'em, Judge.
# he go back to dat gal I'll bring him
up again" The justice accepted the
bond and the defendant was discharged,
leaving the court surrounded by his
Whllom judge and the church sisters
His erring companion WAS discharged