The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-29
Facts and Fancies.

Mt. Sorato in the Bolivian Andes is
24,SOO feet high. Sahrma stands next
with an altitude of $4,000 feet; Aeon
cagua next, 22,422 feet; Chimborazo
next 81, 424 feet. It was supposed at
n time that Mt. Hood, Ore, was the
highest summit in North America, but
later computations make it only II ,OOG
feet. Mt. Shasta, Cal, IA, 442 feet in
height, wore the crown until it was dis
covered that Mt. Whitney measured up
to 1887.
"Ouida" writes Of life in Italy:
"Here n wants SO little; the air and
the light, and a little red wine, and the
warmth of the wind, and a handful Of
maize or of grapes, and an old guitar.
and q niche to sleep in neal a fountain
that murmurs and sings to the MOSES
and marbles-these are enough in
Naly."
France used to take about SIS, 900 600
annually and Germany IS, 200, 900 worth
of ham, bacon, lard and other hog pro-
ducts of the United States. England
takes fifty per cent. of Americas ex-
ported pork: France and Germany used
to buy twenty-five per cent. of it, and
the remainder went to other European
STATES.
The Chinese have no medical science,
and superstitious rites are chiefly relied
on in the treatment of disease, All the
people are in need of medical, but the
woman are the neediest. A Chinese
woman would under no circumstances
go to q male physician for the treatment
OF any disease peculiar to her sex, She
would be prevented by her own woman
ly delicacy and by al the notions OF
modesty held by those around her.
She would suffer lifelong agony rather
than violate her sense of propriety.
Her father, her brother and her hus-
band would even die rather than allow
her to be treated by a male physician.
China, which has furnished to the
world a delightful beverage, now adds
to the obligation which other nations
are under to her by rendering to them
q new fruit, very toothsome and delici-
cious, with a rare ard peculiar flavor.
Siches they call it, and a London letter
describes it as follows: cit is sur
rounded by a thin dry shell. Within is
o sort of plum without skin, in consis-
tency like a jujube, in taste like some
rare. confection. There is very little Of
it, for the fruit surrounds q very hard
stone, but it is very sweet and pleasant.
At first found the rarity only ut
great dinners, and now it is getting into
the shops at all fruiterers, and it is
likely to become as common presently
as the pomegranate and the banana"
Quite recently beef tea has become a
popular drink in some cities. The idea
came from London, it is said. APhila-
delphia bartender says of the strength
ening beverage: 1T is mostly called
for in the morning by those who have
been off on an all nights spree. It is a
sort of settler to tone up their stomachs:
but we have frequent calls for it through
the day. We dispose of about 300 beef
teas a day; so that, you see, it is no
small thing. What is it? Why. moth
ing but what sick people drink when
they are not able to take any othe,
nourishment-the extract of beef, dilut-
ed with hot water and properly sea-
soned. Occasionally there is a dash Of
brandy put in, but not often"
Miss Phelps, in her recent work on
after life. says one of the ladies en-
ployed in Philadelphia library often
sees Benjamin Franklin sitting at the
table reading. On one occasion, she
said, he came in with his arms full OF
books. She moved to make room for
him, but, incumbered as she was, with
pals and brushes, she was not quick
enough, and he, in his ghostly near
sightedness or impotence, pushed
against her with u~ngIlostly violence and
nearly tumbled over, 50 she said. Her
shoulder ached from the blow for days
afterwards, and all her life through. in
damp weather, the pain would return
to the exact spot which had been struck.
For the truth Of this story SHE and her
mother solemnly answered.
Mrs. Henry Villard-who was Miss
Garrison, daughter of William Lloyd
Garrison-tells the friends of her circle
here, that early in the spring the fami-
~ will leave their city palace and repair
to her Dobbs's Ferry ION the Hudson)
residence, where she has lived in bright
er hours, and where she hopes to see
her husbands recovery from the v
prostration that has followed his e1-
treme exertions.