The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-09-21
Current Notes.

The Providence Journal is OF the
opinion that while the Concord School
of Philosophy has been subjected to a
good deal of ridicule from pure t1ippancy
and ignorance, the prevailing impress
sion has been that the chscurity of Ian
guage in the most of Concord pbilos-
ophers has not been SO much from the
profoundly of the subjects as the lack
of any clear ideas regarding them.
The grain exchange committee at San
Francisco has issued a statement show
ing that the wheat yield of the various
counties of California, the present year,
is So, 0000, 900 bushels, an increase Of a.
100000 over last year. The total yield
this year is Is, 1000 bushels, an in-
crease over last year of $500, 900.
The horse cars running through the
streets of Boston make a total of 5722
trips every hour in the twenty-four. III
addition to this multitude of convey
ances, there are the Hathorne coaches,
making 554 trips q day; the Peoples
and the private Herdics, fourteen in
number, making also q large number of
trips.
The st Louis Republican notices that
the assessment of taxable property in
Boston is over S., 900, 900 more than for
the whole state of Missouri, and more
than five times greater than the valua-
ton of Chicago, with its 100000 popula-
ton. 1t suggests that the assessors in
Boston are more inquisitive than those
in the west.
Cigar boxes are not, as many smokers
may suppose, all made out ofcedar. One
firm in Boston, which supplies much of
the New England Grade, makes 1900
made out of poplar. These are $3.50 per
the poplar comes from Kentucky and
costs Sl5 per 1000 feet, while the cedar
which comes from Cuba, costs from $50
to $40 per 1000. To give the appearance
OF cedar the poplar is stained, then run
through a machine to give the effect of
the grain, then favored by the cigar
makers TO give the cedar odor.
When the Union troops entered IS
land No. 10 after the rebel surrender
hey found a dilapidated old graveyard
with one newly-made grave. At. its
head was a pine board, on which was
rudcly cut with a jaCk-knife the follow
ing inscription:
Brave Southern friend, who fell
A ightin' at Island number ten,
9ourn were a g]orus end, ..F
Sweet sper't rest in Heven
There be no Yankees thar"
A wise and timely hint from the Wash
ington Post; '"There never was a bet
ter time for bank inspectors, bank d.
r~ectors, and heads of business houses TO
make q very thorough personal examin-
alton of their books and bank accounts.
for the recent stock fluctuations NAV
have enticed men into stock gambling
with their employers money. There is
no better time to overhaul the sail lock-
ers than while lying-to under short can
vas"
"The prospects for a new Ministry,n
says the Hawaiian Gazette of the LIST
inst, "seem most favorable. q gentle-
man, formerly q Minister, has been in
t~erviewed, so rumored, with the pur-
pose of inducing him to form 81 new Cab
met. The next IS hours will most prob
ably bring something forth"
There are at the presentfo,ur large and
about a dozen small companies in Cali
fornia engaged in the d%istillation OF bo-
rax, of which about 5000 tons are annu.
ally produced. The borax fields are
nearly 300 miles from railroad, and great
expectations are entertained of the yield
when the iron horse penetrates that sec
ton OF the country.
A ma by the name Of Chorman, liy-
ing at Niagara Falls, was 50 anxious to
git rid of a superfluous dog that he
dropped the unhappy beast into the rap.
ids from the Goat Island bridge a week
ago last Sunday morning. During the
afternoon a man walking across the new
suspension bridge deserted an animal
moving under the bank and informed
the gate-keeper on the American side,
who with a glass recognized the dog of
his friend Chorman. The creature had
actually gone over the cataract aud 20.
capped with sufficient vitality to, wag his
tail and frisk about with many demon
STATIONS of pleasure when his master
appeared upon the scene the following
morning. Glorified by his exploit the
dog that, q fortnight ago, was only good
enough to drown has become the nero
of the village and will be encouraged to.
pro!ong his life to the remotest possible