The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-10-17
Current Notes.

How ths hundredth part Of . second
is measured is told in the Washington
Post. 1t says, "The chronograph, as
it's name implies, Isl time-writer. With
out it the division of time into the hun
dredth part of a second-a division SO
small that the mind car hardly appre-
ciate it-would be impossible. 1t is q
revolving cylinder, bearing o fountain
pen ats ched to o magnet. As the pend-
ulum of the clock swings its seconds it
sends the electric currens to the Iaag-
net. The latter gives a click,
and the pep marks o small but distract
break on tho paper. These breaks DIS
tinguish the seconds, and the space be-
tween them is measured By fine dr.
visions on d slip of steel. A second in
time, measured by space, is about as
long as this:-"
London, with its population OFF,, 000,-
900, takes precedence of all other great
cities in its list OF periodical prblica-
tons, which number nearly 1000.
These have an annual circulation Of
about l ,017 900, 600 copies. Paris, with
a population less than 5000, 900, issues
1853 periodicals, and these have an IN
nual circulation OF about LOO, 900, 600
copies, so that in fact the citizens of Paris
are more literally supplied with daily
and weekly provender than their Bril-
ish neighbors. In fact, it is estimated
that the journalistic products of Paris
amount annually to almost one-tenth Of
the entire issue of the globe. New York
and Brooklyn, with a population nearly
locations, with an annual circulation Of
about SIG ,O00, 900; Berlin produces 536;
Vienna 1872; Madrid 253; Brussels, 233;
Rome 213, showing q gradual diminu-
ton until st. Petersburg is reached,
with q population of GIT 1868, and a
newspaper issue Of 1888; and Moscow,
with a population of COL 800, had only
81 periodicals.
The New York. San thinks we are
living in a go-ahead age. and instances
the changes in bar-room styles. Twelve
years ago the floor was sanded, pictures
OF Flora Temple, Peytona and Fashion
hung upon the walls, chairs and tables
were wooden and primitive, the ceiling
was dingy, chandeliers were rusty and
fy-tracked, chopped. pigs feet were
served IS lunch, and whisky and brandy
were poured from the bottle. Now all
is changed. The bar-rooms are hooks
of luxury. Turkish rugs cover the
floor, expensive paintings adorn the
walls, handicapped tables and richly
upholstered chairs await occupants,
ceilings are frescoed and exquisite
ly succeed, blue enameling retines
bronzed chandeliers. choice salmon is
the staple feature in free lunches, and
liquors are poured from delicate decan-
ters of cut glass.
An editor, desiring to be forcible in
speech without being profane, made
use of the expression OF mot caring q
tinker's maledlction." General Butler,
to whom the matter referred, pleasant
ly explains that there is no,prnfanity in
the original expression ofs'not caring q
tinkeris dana" He says I'm Ehe oldan
time, when travelling thinkers went
about the country mending holes in tin
kettles and pans, he frequently found
II that WIS ragged andlrusty, 81 that
the soldering-iron would not take, and
he was obliged to fill it up. with a mass
Of solder. To keep hat solder en-
masse over the hole wilhelm the melt
ed state, lie was accustomed to take
some crumbs OF bread and moisten
them and make a little ridge around
the hole with the moistened bread
to hold the solder in its place as he
melted it in. This was what was called
o 'tinker's dam which he brushed away
after he had finished, as it was utterly
useless. So that our Pilgrim fathers
used the words mot worth q tinker's
dam, never dreaming that. they were
profane."'