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Agassiz Upon Life and Death.
From the PHILADELPHIA Ledger. "

from the Philadelphia Ledger. ~
An esteemed correspondent of the
Public Ledger .fayors us with the
following impressive extract from Pro
lessor Agassiz toa friend. Professor
Meek, who has been an inmate ofthe
smithsonian building fer nearly twenty
years, WA seized withyiolent hemorrhage
of the lungs. from which he did not re
cover. I urged him to make a will. but
she said it was no%tnecessary at present as
he would soon be we'll again; in this,
however, be was mistaken. He was 9
| remarkable man, with general powers
Of mind; he devoted himself for near,s
t%hirty-fye years exclusively to one study,
that Of the shells found in the geoloy-
lea formation of this country, as com
pared with the living shells in different
parts Of the world. In this study he
establishedia wide reputation, sincehis
iabors are. highly priced as determining
the relative ages Of the various geoglog-
ical formations of this country. Ea ~
Ellis sickness and his death have
deeply impressed me with the instability
and uncertainty of all worldly objects,
as well as with the wonderful phe-
nomena Of life and death. Although
these are constantly occurring around Vi
and must be exhibited in our own case
sooner or later, yet they are never fully
realized in all their magnitude. How
m%omentous the change! Now a living,
intelligent being, and in a minute, per.
haps, q mere mass of irert matter. We
awake to consciousness and find our
selves in a world of ever changing
scenes, which we call knowledge, amuse
ourselves with fleeing sh ,dows, and
then sink again into Inconsistencies, to
awake hereaiter-but when? or. wherei
or what?
"This is the great subject which ap.
parently should absorb all our attention,
and render everything else of no ac'
count; yet it is, perhaps, a wise dispen.
satlon That we cannot, realize its magni.
tude, and are left free to discharge the
duties of life. We are parts of an i'm.
mense system; a mighty maze, but no,
without q. plan and purpose, there is a
sufficient reason for iur existence, could
we find it, and since We are endowed
with the idea of good and evil, of love Of
justice and benevolence. we may, in
consideration OF these, conclude it III
duty, short as our lives may be, to en-.
deavor to improve ourselves and our fel-
low men, and leave the world wiser and
better for our having lived. By 80 do
ing we shall best advance our own hap.
piness, and the well being of our race.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-15
Two Beauties.
TIE FAT ONE,
This is the fate of a fat beauty:
At l2-Plump, fat and rudy. Weight,

v. .#
This is the fate of a fat beauty:
At Plump, fat and ruddy. Weight,
seventy pounds.
At 16-Plumper, fatter, exuberant and
a bursting bud. Weight, 100 pounds.
At ga blossom bloemed, volup-
tuous. exuberant. Weight 100 poun Dis.
AT 25-A full-blown Juno. Massive,
statuesqne. Approaching heroic size. I'm
posing. Begins to find car seats too small.
Wedges when she sits down. Very ex.
uoerant. w eight $50 pounds.
At 30-Matronly. Imposing still, but
the finer contour of form swallowed up
slightly in adipose, Magnificent but bar
rel like.
A. S5-Large. Too large. Compile xion
brick red. Double chin. Short of breath.
We ght, go pounds.
At 40-Gone. Remains ofa once mag
niicent woman. Vast remains. Impos-
ing ruins. More double chin. Walk a
waddle. Sad. Weight, 220 pounds
g raphic. y
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The Real American Bird.
From the New YORK Herald,

When plans for our national insignia
were under discussion. DR.. Franklin adj
vocated elevating the American tur-
key to the dignity which ives finally
ASSIGNED to the American eagle. In in
ternepiate generations there have been
those who thought that the honor
should be transferred t., the American
oyster or to the ca, vashack duck. II
We were to consult foreign opinion at
the present day. \, indica.ei in our
special cable dispatches to-day from
Paris and Berlin, Frenchmen aud Ger
mans would confer it upon the A.neri
can hog. He is noble emblem, &C.
cording to the Clarion and to the French
Academy OF Medicine and to Professor
Virchow, of cheap an. wholesome food
for the toiling millions of unhappy
Europe. And they ars right. gsrss
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Reclpes for "Home.,.

CooKIEs-Ono cup butter, one cup SUI
gar, two eggs, well beaten, one teaspoon
FIJI soda, and one tablespoonful ginger;
flour to make a soft dough; roll thin and
bake quickly.
Roll JELLY CAKE-Three eggs, well
beaten; one cup butter; cup sugar;
one cup flour; one t%easpoonfnl soda, and
nutmeg to suit your taste bake ten min
utes in long pan; spread with jelly and
roll; wrap in a cloth around it till cool.
: LAZY WoMAN's PIE.-Two e two
tablespoons sugar, two heaping table
spoons flour, two-thirds of a pint of
sweet milk; flavor same as custard pie,
and bake without crust in a bu.tered PEE
tin.
CURRANr PuDDING.-Two eggs, one
fourth cup sugar, two tablespoons butter,
two-thirds pint sour milk, and one-half
t%easpoonful soda; t1onr enough to make
a thick batter; then -four one teacupiul
OF English currants, stir them in, and
steam and one-half hours; to be
eaten with cream and sugar, or pudding
sauce.
To CAN FRuIT.-Put a t%eacupful of sugar
lOI cdSH S<l, III b"O quarts VI Walcl, DOil
and skim, then drop in fruit enough for
n can, .let it heat through, and can it.
By this process your fruit will be whole
and light colored.
LEMON JELLY Juice of one lemon,
one cup sugar, n egg, one tablespoon
full butter; boil till thick.
Ifyou wash lemon stains in soda
water before washing in other water,
it will restore its natural color. Wet
iron. rust or mildew in tar,aric acid
water and lay it IN the sun, and it will
take it, out; wash the clothes as soon
as the spots are zone or the acid will rot
| the clothes.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-15
Heavy Carcasses OF Fat Meat.

From the housekeepers' and the COM
mercial point Of view, as wonderful as
these mighty piles of meat were as ex-
amples of whit perfection the breeding
and feeding Of cattle have attained, it
was very plainly apparent that two or
three points have been carried too far.
The carcasses were too fat for profitable
consumption, and also for canning or
sailing and altogether too large for any
economical US. The buyer wants a
whole po%rterhouse or lion steak if any,
and at least a two rib roast ifa roa t at
ali: but how many a.c there who ask for
four OF five pounds of steak in a single
cut or a tw rib roast weig.in. % or 25
pounds! Then as to the fat compared
with the lean, 50 per cent. of the former
to 40 per cent of the latter would not
be an Unfair estimate, to say no hing of
the bone which With the fat must be
thrown out, making beef from very
heavy and fat carcasses very dear food
indeed.-Rursl New Yorker.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-15
Thisis the fate Of a thin beauty:

At l2-SickIy, pale and uninteresting.
Weight, forty pounds.
At lG- Delicate, slender, sprightly
and graceful Weight, eighty pounds.
At PA study for a painter. 1.-the,
sinuons. Grecian in face and mould.
Weight, 1D pounds
At 25-Queenly IN form and motion;
with apeachy complexion. small delicate
hands and wee little feet. Weight, 100
pounds. 5sta
AT 3o-Beginning to fade; veins show
on hands, cheek bones just indicated.
Weight, ln5 pounds.
At S5-Eyes r%etreating; fine lines on
forehead; cheeks concave; form wiry.
weight, ninety pounds .
AT 40-Face hatclet shaped; nose and
chin very sharp; two holes where the
cheeks were; hands like claws; form all
gone; a living skeleton. Weight seven
ty pounds. Ft~a
Moral-You buys your wedding ring
and takes your Observation-Disclosures
C5ll. .E trs. .=E-E. Lga.srEE
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-15
Kate Field at salt Lake,

Miss Kate Field repeated her lecture
on Evenings with ! ickens' in Salt
Lake City for the benefit ofthe Mormon
Hospital, She spoke in Social Hall" a
Mormon building. dedicated by Brigham
Young. and is probably the frst Gentle
who aver stood on its platform. Her
audience were almost exclu lively Nor
mon, attentive, but un~responsiye. just
before the lecture began Governor Muir
ray entered ,sand his entrance created
considerable remark, the lines are 80
and GentiIe. When questioned as to
Why he came, Governor Murray replied:
II wanted to show .ny respect for Miss
Field. and ! thought wherever she could
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-15
The Single woman.
the Southern Exchange.

ETV" VIZ poUOnotH 0AOaSdSes
There is n 10 sweeter and no more in
terestiDg character, whether in fiction
or in real life, than the spinster who has,
for some good reason, refused lovers
proposal. and being now past the hour
OF old maid. The ordeal through which
she has passed seems to have refined
her feelings. and of itself insrnsihly
drawn to her the regards of all who
know her history. Such q one is emf
nently lovenbie and sympathetic, forward
in all good works. the warm friend of
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-15

Eight professors and all the etuden,
in the st. Louis College of Physician
have Withdrawn from that institutio,
Politi.s has had a good deal tn do vii
it's management. and the salaries ha,
NOT been paiu. 2sl3s o8t@ HSf 54t taz
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-15
rorr;ed men and women, the coun.
t iia ~ many tender passtefssN

,,orr;ed men and women, the IA
dnnta nj many q tender paestefs0 age
daas mt wither the beauty OF hc3 dls-
uos lion She never SANDERS, never re-
tails III natured gossip; but on the oth-
er hand. though prompt to put IN q sea
sonaple word on q crisis, does not oeem
i her mission to set all the people
aronnd her right. She makes IN ADMIR-
ablea aunt, and is very necessary % !he
comfort of a large circle OF cousins.
Many q Young fellow on the threshold
Of life bears q kindly sremempranee ~
her for the good nature and tact win
which she helped him to steer clear OF
shoals where he might otherwise nave
been wrecked.
Contagious Diseases Among Cattic'
The reception ofthe COMMITTEES from
cattle VI at the Chicago convention
by the committees on agriculture otbotht
houses Of congress is gratifying 70 those
who hope something will come from all
this effort, The prevailing feeling Is ia
vorahln TO legislation. The danger 10
that too many plans will be presented
and insisted on by their or%iginators as
heing the best and only good one.
There is no doubt that bills will be in
troduced with the approval of the COM
mittees in congress and may ne paSse"
without serious objection. 1t will be
we'll. however, for the cattle interest to
inf .rm their representatives IN congress
of their wishes in this matter $50
Some are still so incredu'ous as to
think there is no no such thing as pleu-
70 pneumonia in tlls country, but IN
this they show only their Ignorance. @F
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-15

". w. Aston, the American Mihister
!. tome, lives a very secluded life, Only
giving an occasional dinner party to the
legation. The Rosulpliosi Palace, where
ne resl,,es, Is as closely shut upastbough
.here were no American Minister there.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-15

During the recent arrest ofvagrants !
Paris. nearly twenty M " nine
years of age were orraigned Several
those taken had not slept in a bed, e:
cept when in jail. for :hirty years.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-15

Sophie Croisette. the actress, and
Stern. an American banker in Paris,
were married in that city.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-15
Refreshments ror a 1htsie Party.

Refreshments Eur q Iitsie Party.
A correspondent asks for Information
III regard to the REFRESHMENTS she shall
serve at a little party of twelve or fifteen
persons. A few dishes, perfect of their
kind are much more satisHlc- DRY than o
great variety less daintly prepared.
Sandwiches made OF bread baked the
day before, and of nicely minced boiled
ham. seasoned with a little vinegar and
nu tard and a few drops Of oil, with
coffee for which genuine cream hasheen
provided. may we'll come first then
chicken salad with cuculnyer pickles
and elves; after whcill serve cream
with tAb or three kinds OF cake, and if
you choose, grapes and oranges. The
ranges should be partly pee ed and the
SKIN divided in eighths, and The points
turned over toward the orange itself. 1t
this is done an hour before thew are to
be served the peel will Reep its place.
Ii the refreshments are served at small
tables, at which two ladies and two gem
tlemen sit, two finger bowls are all that
need be placed there, Immediately after
they have indicated i'll some way that
they have finished supper. At whist
parties, where time is to he considered,
1t is pest to use the small tables, SO that
those who have an unfinished game on
their minds can complete it speedily,
while 1t is still possible to remember
thai he jack or ten spot are now high,
N v Poet taf "
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-15

fordat0go, Z eould. Moreoves,,lw wish
10 support everything in Utah that If
compatible with loyalty to the Govern.
smAntO rn .. :.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-15

A. Oakley Hall, formerly Mayor
New York, has Joined a London firm
solicitors.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-15

a specialist. 1t is not safe for a man to
attempt Z raise cattle, horses, hogs, and
sheep for breeding purposes, at the same
time keep a large number of COWS and
run in extensive dairy, or raise cane and
have a sugar mill, or go extensively into
grain and raise hogs for pork. This
would be spreading too wide, and many,
if not all OF the enterprises will suffer
neglect. Qne mars capacity is not suf.
iicient for all of these complicated
branches of industry. Better way is for
a man to make himself specialist-as sue
cess in one branch. Conqueri thorough
ly. Nearly all men who have made
themselves eminent in the world have
devoted their lives to the one branch o.
study and indus ny. There is scarcely a
branch of farm work but is full enough
for one mind, if fully mastered and
made a success. rAnds this is especially
the case with most of the new branches
Of farming which have been introduced
within the last fifty years. II you look
around it will be seen that previous to
that time it was not expected or required
that a farmer should'be a man OF hard
study az well as hard work. But the new
enterprises and plans OF farming require
the fullest exercise of both of tuese
powers of man to keep abreast OF the
push and energy of the agricultural and
commercial world, both of which are
now required to he mastered to insure
success.-Des Moines Register.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-15
Daughter slavery.

Frorh the Nsw York Letter.
Perhaps the most complete form of
slavery to be seer in New York is slav-
cry TO ones daughter. All literature
has puid homage to woman, but III our
age practical life does it.
The New York wealthy man has q
daughter or two. He pays but little at
tentlon to them while they are children,
hut it suddenly occurs to him that they
are growing beautiful. His wife is sure
of this fact and she begins to dress the
girls while they ara still children in all
the elegance of princessas. They are
sent to dancing-schools, to riding, schools,
and to the finest seminary and put in
the opera-bex, allowed to know what is
going on at all the theatres, aud carried
to the waterin..places, md
before they know ANYTHING of
their country they are sent to Europe,
where, lis my friend, the consul, who
has just arrived, says he has seen girls
not IL years OF aye provided with ward
robes OF 10 70 80 silk dresses. with hose
of ~variegated silk, diamonds in their
ears, and everything that life ought to
yield toward its termination they are
satlated with upon the very I'm csliold.
With fine food and wine treir complex
ions become elegant; they ure seldom
away from the dentists Il week having
their teeth fixed. The most cosmopoli-
tan soci 'ty is introduced to them, and
they look down With indifference upon
the bows of their own age; or, if they
marry by IN act of nature, soon upbraid
their husbands Tor moi kve ing up the
luxury thel: parents snoiled them with.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-15

He kept his word, and Gerald Langton
his secret.
When Maude, a few weeks later, be-
rib!e ordeal which he had spared her, or
the added disgrace that belonged to the
name she had given up.-Exchange.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-15

ally, but the love Of years, like that Of a
father and Child, had been 80 sadly
strained by my persistence in marrying
Alexander that even our correspon-
dence was lang lid and commonplace.
"lwould not, therefore, write to him
to ask 6 favor that / knew would not
have been necessary without criminal
recklessness Of expenditure, and such
refusals made my husband more furious.
Then came an overwhelming blow. AZ
exarder fOrgeda check and drew 1900
Of Uncle Richards money from
the bank. s don't think
my uncle would have prose-
cnted him had he guessed who was the
1orger but be handed the whole mat
ter over to the law as soon as IL was
discovered that the check was forred.
II was then traced to Alexander. ard
ct the same time it was fond that, he
had robbed in}tne samas way his former
employers. He had given up all work
ON hls marriage; brt when found him.
eelf without money his knowledge of
the business enabled him 10 sforps Che
name OF Derktss & Co. Even II Uncle
Richard bad spared him for my sske
the other forgery would Rave entitled
him 70 penal servitnde. He was seu-
fenced to seven years, and uncle took
me home. full Of heavenly pity and for
gtyeness for the child who had treated
him 90 unRratefuIly.n tgF
Then your husband is in prison?'
eaid Gerald. in . hard, strained voice.
"No, no, he is deadl He died within
the 6rst year. Uncle Richard saw the
death IN > paper, and sent the money
ior the burial. No, / AIN free: but, none
sshe less, I I'M the widow OF . convicted
felon.n
MBut, none the less,' quoted Gerald,
sthe woman I love and honor above ali
others. and hope still to make my wife,
y took however, more than one in.
+ sefyiew. full Of loves pleading, to win
Maude from her resolu ion. She so
honored her lover, and was 30 proud q
his good nsme and the position he had
attained BIZ his talent. that her sensitive
Huntsville gazette., 1884-03-29

decrease there is an increase OF illlt-
eracy, and naturally so.
Certainly the peace. well-being and
prosperity Of the country cry out for
a change of this state of affairs. The
children who are hereafter to take
part in shaping and controlling the
destinies Of the country must be ed
ucated and trained for the duties of
good citizenship.
Where is the remedy? At the
present, it is a fact, if an unwelcome
one, that alone to the National Gov
ernment can the country look fer
sufficient means to meet this situa-
ton. There is an overfowing treas
ury, and no better use can it be put
to than the education of the poor
children-especialIy of the South.
The bill should pass and every true
patriot should exert himself to this
end.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-03-29
Alabama State Teachers AssOcia.
tiOn.

This Association of teachers, State,
County and Township school officers
in the State of Alabama, will meet at
Tuskegee Wednesday April 9th, and
continue in session three days. The
members are at present mostly color
ed, but all interested in education
will be welcomed. Prof. B. T. Wash
ington, Of Tuskegee, will deliver an
address of welcome at the opening of
the session at u o'clock Wednesday
evening, which will be responded to
by the President Of the Association in
his Annual Address.
The Committee on ArIangem ents
make the announcement that center
tainment will be free Of charge The
L. & N. Road will return at one cent
per mile all who. .pay..tull fare. in 60
ing.
The following is the programme
for the two last days i:
THURSDAY, APRIL 10TH, 9 A. NJ.
Devotional Exercises.
Report of committee on Nomination, and
Election of Officers.
PAPER, The advantage of Continued Ser
vice in the Same School,
w. A. Caldwell, Mobile
Recess.
Model Glass Exercise. Reading. ..... Miss
.Adelia Hunt, Tuskegee
Intermission from IL to 2 o'clock.
The Work of Horace Mann in Relation to
the Public Schools. Rev. H. S. De-
.......... Forest, Talladega.
County Institutes E. J. Lewis, Montgomery
A Course of Study for Country Schools. -.
.....s Prof. w. B. Patterson. Marion.
Miscellany.
Music and Literary Exercises.
Lecture at o'clock.
FRIDAY MORNING.
Devotional Exercises at 8.
The Teachers Opportunity for Imparting
Moral Instruction. Rev. H. Woodsmall.
Advantages Of Studying Physiology. ....J.
H Echols, Selma
Recess.
Model Glass Exercise in: Language. ......
.......... 49,. Warren Logan, Tuskegee.
Intermission from IL to o'clock.
The Peculiar Fitness of Women for the
Teachers Work. Rev. E. NJ. Brawley,
The Physiological eMoral. and Financial
Effects of Alcohol and Tobacco. Prof.
E. c. Silsby, Selma.
Home made School Apparatus, fGeneral
Discussion Everybody.
Miscellany and Business.
Music and Literary Exercises.
Lecture at 8 o'clock.
Adjournment.
Huntsville gazette., 1884-03-29
National Aid to Free Schools.

Our readers know the provisions of
the Blair Educational bill which has
been reached and taken up in the
Senate. By the conditions Of this
bill ifit becomes law, Alabama will
get about 100000 this year, Geor-
gia 81. $50, 900, New York $500, 900,
Massachusetts 1926, 900, and SO on.
This is apportioning the fund among
the persons over ten years of age who
can not write, the last census making
the startling showing that there was
6,24O, 900 Of such persons, and one
half colored.
The bill therefore becomes a meas
ure of especial interest to every col
ored man. 1t will, if passed, secure
to him good schools for the next ten
years. The insufficient school funds
of the Southern States need this mon
cy to build up better and more ef-
6cient educational system. These
states have been struggling on since
the war with the greatest mass of il
iterats population and the least
means to properly equip schools.
Public schools Of only three or
four months duration in the year can
not possibly effect much good work.
This is all the excuse for schools that
the impoverished states have been
able to set up. What is the conse-
quence! Every year, instead Of an