The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-01

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during Inc late great Java earthquake
it was discovered that it was utterly i'm
possible to use the telephone at Sinsa-
pore in consequences of the effect of the
phenomenon on the wires. The instru-
ments produced sounds like those of a
distant waterfall.
The New York Even ng Post proposes
a unique and very direct method of put
ting an end to polyaamy. 1t sagely re-
marks that no man can be q polygamist
without the aid OF at least two women
and, consequently, a sure way to stop
infringements of The law will be to pro.
hibit the importation OF into the
territory.
The Portland Oregonian warns immi-
grants against coming to Oregon during
the winter unless they are we'll pro-
vided for and can afford to reEain idle
until the spring, as the towns are now
thronged with men searching for work,
and in the country very little is being
done.
A letter from st. Adams to the Keene
On. II. } Sentinel says Vermont has a
peculiar way of arranging its property
for taxation. 1t makes up what is called
q grand list" which is 81 on every
hundred Of its actual valuation; SO that
a town that has a grand list of $4,000
has a valuation Of 81 .G01, 600. And on
this basis OF a grand list taxes are laid.
Many of the towns vote a tax of from so
to 90 cents on q dollar of the grand list,
while occasionally towns more expensive
or more in debt lay a tax larger than the
grand list itself.
Prospective bride smav be interested
to learn that there are thirty-two days in
the year on which it isunlucky to marry,
according to the authority of a manu-
script dated in the fifteenth century.
These days are January /, 2, 4, 5, Z lois;
February 6, 7, IS; March /, 6. 8; April s
IL; May 3, 8. 4; June Z, IS; July 5, 10;
August Is, 10; September G., Z; October6;
November Is, Is, and December 10, l6 II.
Consequently January is the worst
month and October the best month in
the year for marriage. But then some
thing may depend on the sort of man
married.
A st. Louis rabbi decides that the
American Jew can keep Christmas with
out violating his religious convictions.
He says that the 18th Of December was
celebrated by the pagan world as the
time when the longest night gives wav
to the l%engthening of the day, and that
the early Christian church,. which had
originally celebrated the natal day of
it's founder in the spring, accepted at
the end of the fifth century the pagan
Christs birth to December. Moreover
tho Maccabean priests instituted q fes.
tival on the 25th of Kisler, the cores.
ponding Jewish month, to take the
place of this pagan feast. when they had
by their victory over the Syrian King
driven out Greek idolatry.
The old customs of the Virginia Of the
cavalier period have not entirely disap-
peared, notwithstanding a general i'm
preston to the contrary. An English
traveller who has been present at a we'd
ding in Virginia describes festivities
worthy of the pen of a Thackeray. The
old wainscotted rooms rung with laugh
ter as the company performed the old
Virginia reel. The colored cook sup
piled the daintiest dishes, and after the
festivities at the paternal mansion the
bride and groom went away on a series
of visits to country houses, where q rep
etition Of the gaities owaited them.
At a little social gathering in Danbury,
Conn, two ofthe guests were old gem
tlemen, aged respectively eighty-one
and e~ighty-fve years. A little girl Of
eight noted for her intelligence was
called on to ''read something pleasant
for grandpa" She responded with
alacrity, went to the bookcase, took
down Bryant's Library Of Poetry and
Song hunted carefully, and at last an
appropriate. Just before she struck up
her mother looked over her shoulder,
and discovered with amused dismay
that the child was about to read the
cheerful poem, "What Can an Old Man
do But Die" Another selection was
hastily made.