The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-11-02
miscellaneous Matters.
Oakland, CAL, is to hayc cotton mills
backed by $4,000 capital.

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Oakland, CAL, is to havc cotton mills
backed by S6uO, 600 capital.
Probably the fastest train in America
is the afternoon express On the Canada
Atlantic railway, which leaves Coteau
station at 5,35 and reaches Ottawa, dis
tant 1874 miles, at 100, having made one
stop Of three minutes at Alexandria.
This is almost exactly fifty miles an
hour. The fastest train in the world is
probably the "Flying Dutchman," which
runs without stopping from London to
Bristol, q distance of lis IA miles, in
just two hours, q rate of fifty nine and
one-eighth miles An hour.
The steamship Ludwig, which sailed
from Antwerp, Belgium, for Montreal
two months ago, and has not since been
heard from, has been given up as lost.
There were seventy persons on board,
t~wenty-four Of whom were passengers.
Pullman, ILL.,, the mnnufacturin, SUI
burb Of Chicago, has successfully tried a
a novel system of sewerage. The town
is difficult to drain, lying on the prairie
without rise or fall and without streams.
But sewers were built, emptying into a
sunken tank, from which the sewerage
was pumped through a t~enty-inch
main to q farm three miles away. The
cost of the system was $50, 1000, and the
farm returns q profit of u, 500 a year, or
more than 5 per cent. on the invest
ment.
The Burmese would be known any,
where by their fruits. such is the strong
and peculiar odor of their favorite varie-
ties. The dorian is particularly bad for
the olfactory- nerves. Its rind has a
most Overpowering smell, and in the
special steamers which are sent to Man.
palace, the smell of the bad dorians is
enough to announce their presence all
up the river. Another fruit, called tam
ienthe, is very o%dorous, and is esteemed
highly by the Burmese as an excellent
digestive and tonic. From descriptions
of it's effects upon the person who has
been INDUCING in it, it is probably of
grealer strength than the combination of
rum and onions perceived at some dem
ocratic caucuses.
The increase of national wealth in
Britain since the time Of the Stuarts was
fully discussed at the recent meeting of
the British association. Public wealth
| las J4udII hpICu PlllCt Lllc udl6 u zig
battle of Waterloo, and has doubled since
the accession OF Queen Victoria. Where
as in 1S40 the total wealth was "a $780,
O0h 600 sterling. in 1882 it had increa sed
to 6 S,720,000, 900. Computed per inhabi-
tant. in 1872 it was El27, and in 1882
G249. The purchasing power of money
had alse increased, and also the compar-
alive number of well-to-do people. The
probate returns showed that II per cent.
OF the populstion was above want in 1910
and 81 per cent. in 1877.
The annual report of the Provost of
the University of Pennsylvania says: I'm
all college life athletics nave become a
very prominent feature. Recognizing
both the advantages and dangers of
gymnastic exercise, the Board Of Trus-
tees has resolved to establish a systema.
tic supervision of physical c ulture, and
has M fsr agreed with an athletic asso-
citation of alumni and undergraduates
that a goodly lot of ground, with suitable
buildings and appliances, will soon be
devoted to achletic sports under the
careful oversight of an experienced di-
rector"
Undertaking the bituminous coal and
shale beds of Western Pennsylvania
there is a porous rock which is charged
with petroleum gas. In certain local
tiles 1T is only necessary to tap this gas
reservoir by means of an artesian well
in order to ecure a supply of ready
made highly inflammable fuel. There is
for q monopoly of the privelage of dis
tributing this natural gas. through pipes
laid in the streets, to points where it
NAV he neaded for domestic or manu-