The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-15

often it is an act of deception az was
the kiss of Judas. Promiscous kiss
ing on the part. Of y person, that is
kissing everything and anything, has
no real meaning. 1t is not in fact
kissing. 1t is merely the formality
of sticking your puckered lips against
an object and making a smacking
noise. The purest, sweetest kiss, is
that given by a boy to his mother.
When you see a boy, no matter if he
is forty or n year old, proud of his
mother and not ashamed to kiss her,
and not afraid he will be considered
u sentimental fool by others for doing
it, you have found a man who has a
spark of true manhood in him, no
matter what OF. how bad his general
record may be. The boy who, when
he comes home will invariably kiss
his mother Is generally the boy to be
de pended upon, for there is no boy
or man with guilty conscience, who
can come up and look his mother in
the eye and hss her. No, the bow
who kisses his mother is every inch a
man. 1t is a p oud record for any
man to have, to have it said he al
ways kisses his n.other.-Peck's Sun.
If ever I 60 into a new locality
again ! will study up my geography
better than l did this time, for my
ignorance. got me into u most uncom-
Portable position. As the boat nearsd
Sanford l was standing with others
on the deck, when a very pretty
Young lady came up to me, and, with
a sweet smile on her face, looked up
into mine with a pair of lovely eyes
and asked: care you going t. kiss me,
sir?" If some one lad offered to
lend ME $40 l could not have been
more surprised, and in order to gain
a little tineI gasped out: "Pardon,
miss, what did you askP" /. felt that
she knew I heard her, but she said
sweetly, "Are you going to kiss me
ts-night?" There was no misundcr-
standing her this time. l heard her,
and so did others, and ( felt the blood
rushing into my face, and l STAN
mered out: ~ would to accommodate
you, miss, I would truly, but I have a
wife and thirteen small children on
board with me, and if my wife shonld
see me kissing you" "Kissing me,
you hateful old thing! WHO asked you
to kiss me?" "Iou did," I yelled;
"you asked me twice." "You old fool,
/ asked you if you were going to
Kissirne-Kissime City. tonight;
don't you knox anything" and off
she went, and if anybody felt meaner
than l did l would like to exchange
photographs with HIM.
A Iankton correspondent of the
Pioneer Press writes that paper an
interesting article on the wealth of
Dakota, giving a careful estimate Of
the population by counties, the in
crease over last year, the assessed
valuation of property etc, The popu-
lation is estimated to be all the way
from e5o,ooo to $50, 600, according to
individual enthusiasm. No anthem
aic figures have been made since 1880,
when there were in round numbers
i'll the whole territory $4,000 souls.
In July 1889 ar estimate of the pop
nlation was made, based on the best
data obtainable, Which gave the ter
ritory something over ell,ooo. Last
spring the immigration into Dakota,
as is well known, was simply aston
lshing. Careful estimates frequently
placed the numbers as high as 5000
per day. The total increase for last
year was probably $4,000 people.
The correspondent gives the eatima-
ted population of each county Tor
1882 and 1888. For the benefit of
our readers we give that of..Brule and
adjoining counties.