The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-10-05
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saoa. Sept This is the only country in the
world xhere' war aiwsys prevaih.a Vfhe inhnsb-
laots, though they;Are not. Maeike In bearing,
nevor know q moment of zeal peace. The
siege is perpetual TIE perii- imminent and
constant. The bshsseds inhsrtins the savage
conflict from generstioas 70 generation, have
thrown up huge fortiicatioihss a thousand miles
long, and begirt tfsidssipess with fortresses
stronger than those yaiSh asak the Thames or
0ose which Protect the great harbors OF
France. An army of observation marches and
oountermarches, meyer reiaaaAg vigilance, while
the foe, DOW advancing and now resting, ever
years ago thA1ighty gaYj' it yaal cohsh hue, I'M
diminished fuferdefAv, 58o ysAesfs hsdee. The
Zoe is the sea; his allies, the rivers and the
lakes, The Hollander says in the intervals OF
this strange c~optlict: God made, the sea; we
made the landy".<He Sabpreciatei, as n,body
eias Gaps tAs{sct ,thst mature il, the constant
enemy Of man and that civilization is man
msnes-the res nit If claiming her fierce moods
snd!Eefning her euarse methods. HoAand was
originally n sort Of archipelago vast sea
made shallow by the alluviunl washed down
from Central Europe Though 'hs changing
channels of g~rsASa4ssarsa Thsssep was equal
to that of MassaeAssststh md ~C$n9ssalcut Here
and there the sand and mud washed level will
the surface of the water and on this trembling
raft the peopls' clustered, aud grew spreoarious
food, and sps~wpel,bro9ls Of SURPRISED chill
dren and fought ever for tirmer footing. Now
they drove backh tho otccaHni;; now Che OCEAN
drove them back and idrowned them out. For
many centuries they have slept on the battle
field with weapo.pin hapd and srmor q. neveF
relaxing effort aAdcnever FEELING for &.Anb sns
secure. The incessant combat has made them
robust, patient, vigorous and overcoming
peop.e. But the victories have not been all on
one side. Every ten years, or so, the savage
sea would storm the Notifications and drown
10000 or 10000 OF the farmers. Then,
whers tie sasa ptrds s,were 700 lpY fertdcfsnsa,t
thsybaiitaa fgttesst ssystem Of dtykss,s Reaching
far beneath the tides ard far below, the won
der of the word. Still the brigand Meuse
would steal through its walls, or the ryder Zee
would burst its prison, or the barbarian sea
would leap its barriers, aud there was q de-
e%tructive inundation aboutones iv~ sayensyears
for tEStuhys. S0pcg g7IOp spesploSS We're
drow$l. apAudsher AnAc f0SsOo6A sfsugh-
ter three tines as great us that at Waterloo.
More than once since that great battle was
fought 25, 900 Hollanders have been swept
away on a single overflow. Bu. the survivors
were obs'inates &alisy trovebaeh*ke sea and
rebuilt their villages. They strengthened the
defences along the coast, and erected wind
mills upon them which ihcessantly pumped
ont the water and poured it into the sea. Tuey
put the rampant rivers in strait-jackets of solid
masonry, divided them SO that they would be
harmless. and taught aStAeme dpeiiityg Chen
they constrrGSdMaiA afoandSahe 8rxAt lakos,
started winl- mills on them, and pumped the
water out and poured it into the sea. La this
way they have reclaimed more fertile land
than there is " the State Of. Rhode
1slaat. II vssflise aa~arataisg A.aks George.
An enterprise is now on foot TO
build a dyke across the great inland gulf, the
Znider Zee. pump the lower half dry and ex-
pose r TIE spuifa sagss area 6fsslabid lshpd 1t
would Be below the level Of the sea, of course,
but the Dutch farmers. are accustomed to pillow
below the level of the keels of the ocean
steamers OF tho coast Significant Tirdscd,
arc the arms of Hollands lion swimming in
the sea. G&adIS7
NOT VERY PICTURESQUE.
Erode 100 miits ACROSS tho country yester-
nay. It,s about as monotonous al the Jersey
fats. s1doptSseshsw on earth it is that Dutch
artists, old aud new, have succeeded in ex-
pressing 50 much beauty aud sentiment IN
pictures Of these level lands, which possess
intrinsical'y % little sentiment or beauty.
Most of our through the understand
which was onea the. bottom of the sea, No
fences anywhere. Along dis r. ilfbad, pu the
land side, was a broad, deep ditch.
and OF right .apgies with ! THE, other
bitches at Intervals OF ] Few irdodas, flowed
level full OF water and disappeared in the
g:asss srsinlsnhr Dn-the occsn hide Nof the
train q huge embankment rose, and sails were
Visible SSove II, ssa~feamy. waves s-aHpSsu up
here and there, a:d .peepeds over. jealousy at
the fertile acres hndsthe bsoadsbarked 'brindle
Cows grazing. On the embankment windmills,
with enormous wings, Ike the sails of a mer-
chantmau, worked their pumps in sluggish
contides oe OF victory. - Every fifty rods aseng
the bitches wooden gates rose, to cover email
bridges set there for, conyenience-about the
only object, except the'cows, to break the vision.
Attempts aFes bolag t9sdes T. g5om treessand,
at rather distant lnterva's. q littfe house Il set,
and the. OCCUPANT has carted on enough u5y
vegetable mould to make himself a garden.
SPECIMENS OF DUTCH. NEATSEss.--
All that l have ever heard about tho neat
He who reeessaIy sayls sssaG thsafnhabitants
swarming%Sltsg6ees, ySrn sd8with fieimple-
nents of renovation. Men arc onNtheir knees.
onsahssasidaSalks; swonlen &wah sefubbahgS
brushes cling tor,theS winadRsi ysstS violent
gestures; thosAndckersi shihe tlkefgdd. At
the o church door lies n mat Y6f sswed
atsHbds 4 man, his face furrowod
WIZ a ah"es, - .,e -sseinE
~ No onu'.eis 9 nsss.yi eu.'efal
expostu iatlon, and, pointing TO the mot. turns
me back to wipe my fest-on 1T There ia not
a speck OF mud ip the steatsk hut there is a
little d ust. s&dsthb care-worn Euardi,6 knows