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Express. daily, s---.------...--- 4;25 am
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cept Sunday. 1O45 ara
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T. ana
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Beware Of Cheap limitations.
Take no other than DR.. Wings Corn and Blu
Mon Remedy. It has no equal, Price. % cents.
Browning 6 Sloan, agents.
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press, r. ZOO pm
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daily, 400 am
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Express, C. 1O:1O am
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Arrive Louisville, Nav Orleans and st.
Louis Express, daily.----..-.--- $40 aRt
Wabash, Fit. Wayne and Mureie
Express am
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Express COZ pu
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Rye-No. 2. shade frmer; 49c bid; no sellers.
~Bran-Steady; 81. 90 bid track; held at $11.50
to arrive.
Hay-Prime Timothy, dull; held at $40. 90,
without buyers.
GRAIN IN sToRE
Dec. Is, 1884.
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means 2oo,ooo. Goo francs. lie i ane 81

means zoe, 600, 600 francs. He Is sae Of
the richest of the peers of England. but
there r many richer Than he.
The Duke of Westminster, for instance,
whose fortune. is something incredible.
The word noblemanein English is almost
synonymous with rich men. This is the
secret CT the prestige enjoyed by the
arlstocracy. The day on which the aris-
toc'acy have the right to dispose,
according to their pleasure, of the prop
.erty which now increases day BY day
on account of the law of primogen.
%iureslip, they will cease be to q
political power; they will become iust
what their French brethren area
group of preiudiced men. The English
parvenu IS still more Objectionable than
his like in France, because ne is not. ts
the latter has, a certain leaven of ADM.
ration and respect for knowledge anil.
talent. When he is in good society the
~Frenchman contents himself with ra.-
ting his guineas while the other will tell
you without hesitation that he might
have turned his hand to noetrv or paint.
ing, or easily learned Latin and Greek;
II he had set himself about it, but that.
like a good Briton, he preferred to be
useful to his country aud 90 in for busi-
ness. Barring this, the two types are
similar, always excepting this little dit-
ference-that the French specimen has
invariably arrived in Paris in wooden
shoes and with 40 sous in his pocket.
whereas this kind Of covering 70. the
feet is unknown IN England, and the
English parvenn always comes up to
LONDON with only halt a crown about
him
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She Could Keep q secret.

"We're bound to be equalto you men,"
said the Mason's wife; 1--WE formed a
secret society Of our own last night"
Indeed" said the w~orshipful master,
composedly; "then 1 hope, my dear,
your project will be successful. Is it a
benevolent society, or WHAT" "That's
none of your business. It's n secret So
ciety, and we've sworn by solemn oath
not to dlvuleo anything relating to it.'
very good, my dear" observed the
worshiplul master, returning to his
paper; GIN sure l do not wish you to
violate your OATH" "It wouldn't mat
ter it you did, / wouldn't. You keep
your secrets close enough-and to think
of that stupid Mrs. Furhelow! she could
recollect neither the grip nor the sign.
1t took US an hour 10 teach her. When l
gave her the sign, like this (suits the nc.
ticn to the wordl, she would make lin
this way, ha! ha! Her stupidity would
have been exasperating lift hadn't been
ridiculous, and IS for learning the grip.
why. sae would have it that it was this
way-give me your hand a minute
there, she would have it that way while
it was this way; and the pass word! she
couldn't keep it in her memory two
minutes. Over and over again j told
her it was BE lust aud fear not and
she would have it, Swear not at ALL or
DO unto others as you would be done
by, ha! lla! we almost despaired of get
ting it through her head. But we made
l.cr understand at last. Oh, yes! we are
going to have a furnishing society, and
We can be ms secret about it as you men
are abo1t yours"
Then the lady went off to attend to
her household duties, and the worship
iul master hid his face behind his paper
and smiled.-Somerville journal.
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An Immense i,leyard.
from tho San Francisco Call.

From the San Francisco Call.
In the immense vineyard of Governor
Stamford at Eina there are, at present,
10000 acres plantei In grapevines Of
different varieties, the prealer portionof
which are young, AMI as yet have
not been productive. The old Gerke
vineyard. which forms the nucleus,
covers q space of seventy.fve acres; to
this, 1000 acres Of young vines were
added in 1882, and 1900 acres in 1883.
They are all very thrifty, and form q
beautiful sight when viewed from any
direction. The irrigation of this vine.
yard is. perhaps, the mos. complete in
the world. At regular intervals through
the vineyard avenues are cuts which are
forty feet in width; through these ave-
mes are rus irrigating bitches.
with driveway on each
side. The blocks thus
formed by the irrigating bitches are
about fifty yards wide, but extend q
great length, and contain abont 100.
acres each. In tins way the system of
irrigation is made complete, and all the
land receives an eq al proportion OF
water. Every two Of these blocks are
planted 10 . difte rent variety Of grapes.
The main bitches run east and west
across the field, and where the field ID
unevon i%ntersectins bitches are made.
In some cases it has been necessary to
construct fumes to carry the water over
lower lands. A aume 1,80O feet long has
been built to carry water yer the alfalfa
fields. Besiaes the 10000 acres planted
in vines, the governor owns 10000 acres
more than he has ] ateiy acquired by
purchase. BE is contemplating, howev-
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THE IDEAL
What Induces Bravery on the Battle.
field.


field.
Well, what is the need of describing
the ideal colder, seeing that, because of
fallen human nature, he is all but an
impossibility? But as the marauding
"Yrnk" philosophically remarked to
Gen. Sherman.
"You can't expect all the cardinal yir.
tues, uncle, for Sl3 o month";"
No, but you can get q good many of
thu simpler martial virtues for less
money. There is not much subtlety
about the ordinary run of martial vir-
tues. My own belief, founded on some
experience of divers of all nationalitIes
in war time, is that most men are naiur-
ally towards. | have the fullest belief
in the force of the coloners retort on his
major;
ire,''you are afraid; | see you tremblel"
Eyes, sir" replied the colonel, "andif
you were as afraid as lam you would.
run awayW
/ do think three out of four men
would run away if they dared. There
are doubtless ONE men whom nature
has constituted SO obtuse as not to know
fer. and who, therefore, deserve no.
credit for their courage; and thsre5
are others with n SO strong as to
crush down the rising funk" The
madness Of blood does get into mems
heads, no doubt. / have the Grmest
conviction that in cold blood the mass
Of us would prefer the air quiet rather
than whistling with bullets. Most men
are like tue colonel of the dialogue
they display bravery because in the
presence of their comrades as.d ofthe
danger they are too great towards to
evince %rooltrooney. Thus the average
nan made a capital soldier in the old
kels. British jaii-birds, German han
licraftsmen, German bauers. French
peasants and Frencl, artisans, were all
pretty mucl, alike aud made creditable
'scannon-fodder." They would all march
into fire and thole its sting, each mans
right and left comrade reacting on
him and his rear file supporting at once
and blocking him. In the fire the ma
tional idiosyncrasies developed them
selves. Tns funk zone, 80 to speak
had been travecscd and the Briton
moved on steadfastly, the German adj
vanced with slower step, the Russian
stood still dodgedly, and the French
man spurtedintoa run with yell. When
the bt cd began to flow and the truck
men went down. the passion Of the bat
tie became the all absorbing question.
And 80, whether by greater or less stead
f~astness, or greater or less dash, the lat.
tie was o or lost. Till the calutuina-
ting point, no mar was ever thrown
wholly upon his own individuality or
ever lost the con s%ciousness OF public
opinion as represented by his comrades
Archibald Forbes in the Fortnightly
Review. @
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We | ..-.UsL Z.a. ST. |a
She had a long talk with Eben. and
for once he had nothing to say. There
was a look on her face that he dare not
question, such as the martyrs might
have OH the morning of their death.
She set her house IN order. Her eldest
girl although yeuny, but fourteen, was
capable, she was like her mother, they
must all help. There was a choke
in her voice when she bid
them good bye. and Eben car
ried herdown. Jane, you think you
are dom your duty; don't blame We,
but it's mighty tough now on u.s." and
he turned away with a snpicious mois.
ture in his eyes When Jane Gfath n
nounced her business and what the mat.
ter was with the man, there was a pause
at once. Mr.. Paine said he must be
moved at once. "Moyed?" answered
Jane Grath, as she came down from the
chamber of the Office, and her iaw set
and her voice rang, "It would Be GER
tain death; I will take charge oflim; he
will not he moved The boarders all
left. An Irish woman was found who
had had the disease L assist her. The
proprietor n his wife stayed out of
shame, and because Jane Grath de.
handed it. The house WAS Guaranteed,
the yellow flag flew above it, and then
began the fight with death. we say
this Is not a heroic age. Perhaps not,
but this woman in the bloom
! of w~omanhood, Notwithstanding all
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her hardships, approaching an easier
life, husband and children left behind,
was nursing an old lover she had not
seen for seventeen wears, when to nurse
him was to face death. She had let him
go rom her because duty demanded il,
although, it almost broke her heart; she
came to him now at q fearful sacrifice
because duty demanded it.
Those awful days and nights of pain,
that loathsome disease too horrible to
describe, deiirium that required all
their strength to control, fever that
burned and stung like scorpions, sink
ing spells that left but a breath in the
body. hour after hour,through the hot
August days death held high carnival
about that couch. Some times Eben or
the children would stand out on the
street and Jane would open the window
for a and talk with them. and
they would look at her as forever
separated fro her. and she in
another world. But this fight
cou q not last always. John Sinclair
had the best of nursing, but his hour
had come. The web of his life was soon.
to be finished. The day the foyer turned.
he became rational. He recognized
Jane. and called for q LAWYER. As for
tnn had it. Esquire Lane had had the
dis ase and came. John Sinclair was a
very rich mana mlilionaire-but it
would not save him now. He lele it all
to lane. She protested, but he insisted.
My dear, you have peri.ied your life;
Y Il have left yonr husband and children.
Seventeen years [ cnose between
money and love, you bet Seen love and
duty; you shall have your IT reward" But
she thought little OF money, inthat pres.
4 ,,t p,, - I 4. > xt. 80 -.la-
gateway between two worlds. He died
hard. It was terrible; a strong man re-
duced by disease aud with a strony hold
on life. All day and until midnight he
beat back the angel, ,l:ld then, with a
cry of eXultatlon, he was gone. Jane
Grath lay uncons lions for hours,
OBJ ivious 10 oil on ward things.
But she escaped the disease. Her fine
constitution and good sense in managing
the sick room was her salvation, and She
returned home at last, and they re-
ceived her rs from the dead. Eben
av rred, The Almighty saved her for us
poor critters, for what could VIC do with
ont her." But Ebenezer Grath's wife
was q rich womun-the rich woman of
the region. She had an ample income
and a good sense in administering it,
which she had learned in years of hard
ship. She did not lose her balance in
her great good fortune. She had the
culture and breeding of gentlewoman,
her children Were educated by their in
tercourse with her from day to day, and
when they all went abroad for some
years Of travel, she directed the tour.
and Ebenezer declared with good nature
that Jane was q crackin' smart woman;
he had no sort of show side of her, he'd
Allow
"Holly Cottage"
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The Story of o Leper. C4Irl,

Among the last to come on shore M,
a half-white girl, the child ola native
woman. whose father was q chief 81
Kaula, by the owner and master offs
Yankee whaling barque. When the,
whaling skipper, becoming rich, retired
from business and settled in the islands
at Hilo, he brought his native wife ia
the home he had made and ret to work
to make Christian Of her: you may
readily fancy that his methods were
crude. like his orthodoxy, and he in
duged in rum and spiritual lessons in
unequal proportions, p~unctuating hiiI
teachings in n and his Indulgence in
tho other with wife-beatings to such an.
extent that the simple-minded woman
thoughtit we'll to die. This she did, and
n Jury. who we're considering the
responsible share that the captain had
of her demise, found themselves de,
prived Of any painful duty by the suicide,
OF the captain by the sailor like method
of rope. The girl lived for d time Nul-
e the charge OF q Presbyterian smis-
!sionary, and became q teacher In tho
school. She was, and is yet, a beautifn.
creature, and q young English engineer
engaged on one OF the big g ptanEit
tons fell in love with her. He was 3
fine young fellow, and the match was
approved by all who. had the interests
of the two at heart, when one day there.
appeared on the face OF the Young gtrf i
blazing red spot, which spread from the
cheek to the ear, and then developed.
into tubercles over the neck-and they
said she was a leper.
This happened in June, The inex0rs
able law forced her away to Honolulu,
Meanwhile she declared she was not a.
hicted, and insisted upon having her
lover believe she was temporarily in
Honolulu visiting and mailing some pur.
chases. and 80 on. preparatory to the
q time when she could no longerd0-
ceive herself and NJ one would unde.
ceive him. One day he ames 70 Homo.
lulu or business. lt was the day APP
pointed for the sailing Of the lepers. and
her case rapidly advancing, she, with
the rest, vas being led to the steamer
when her lover saw her. One wild
scream from her, and he had dashed at
guards in q vain effort to rescue her. III
q few minutes hef ii dragged away ~ the
police, and she, ina fAinting condition,
is carried to tho vessel. AL night this
girl lay upon her breast sobbing and
now, looking as wild az night, she
springs ashore and casts 4 look around.
Then she lei the priest standing there.
and falling at his feet, clasps his kncei
and cries Tor help: s
HYou are good" she says ~ love
him o He lg in prison. i shan't see
him again. Let him come . me. He
will come. We love each other have
given him everything, but he does MOI
love me less because 4 am q hper.1
Butthe priest strove only to raise her.
Then she called out; ssOh, Gol!ifNthie
be indeed Thy priest. show Ine ttlat
EThon art kind and move his heart
turned away, but lsaw that the old
priests cheeks we're vet with tears and
that he held in his arms the fainting
form of one whose greatest grief was
not alone in her leprosy.-Honolulu let
Ter to Chicago News, 5
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SLEEP SONG.

Hush the homeless baty's crying,
Teader Sleep!
Every folded violet
May the outer storm forget;
Ihose wet lids with kisses drying,
Through them creepl
soothe the soul thatlies thought-weary,
Murmurous Sleep!
Like = hidden brooklet's song,
X piping gorgeous woods among,
I!nkiins down the mountains dreary,
Waite and steep.
Breathe thy balm upon the lonely,
r. Gentle s eept
As the twilight breezfs bless
With sweet scents the wilderness,
An, let warm white dove. wings only
Round them sweep!
Ger the aged pour thy blessing,
Eoly Sleei!
Like q soft aud ripaning rain
Failing on the yellow g ain,
For the glare of suns expressing,
Plying weei!
Der thy still sess met together
Charmed Sleep!
Hear them swell a drowsy hymnipg,
Swans to silverv music swimming,
Floaung with unruf fiji ed feather
Ger the deepl
Lucy Lareom.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-08
SOME COLD DAYH.
when Our Anccstors Probably I
Left.

Ae1G. 9SA
1t is q Bit OF coincidence that the com
ct upon which Napoleon's ~soldiersRaxcd
several years ago, when they were max.
ing that dreadful march from Moscow,
which resulted in the death from cold
and exposure of 10000 mon, should be.
accompanied on its reappearance,w with u
bitter cold spell Of weather. When IL
swept out Of sight the world witnessed
an unusually severe winter. The Incl
dent, as well as the present cold snap
recalls other severe winters. In Octo-
Der, 763, and February, 7G4, the deni.
zens of the cities Of mosque md NINA.
rets were astonished by . cold spell ol,
weather and the two seas at Constantin-
ople were frozen over for twenty days
in 1868 the Thames was frozen over for
fourteen weeks. In 14l7 the cold was
SO intense in England that all the small
BIRDS persisted. and in l433 the large
fowl of the air were driven by the
terrible cold into the cities of Germany.
In lI6s the winter was so severe In
Flanders that the wine distributed was
cut with hatchets.
The yea 1868 was noted for cold wealth.
er in England. Thousands of forest and
shade trees were split by frost, hares
and stock persisted, a lire of stages ran
on the Thames for severa! weeks and
shops were built on the ice in the middle
of the Thames.
In 1910 the wolves were driven by
the cold into Vienna, where they at.
lacked mel and cattle on the street.
In 1910 quicksilver froze in the Their.
monet ~ hIliha az Mcv,o,v 81 fTNnn oyAtu
most remarkable changes oftemperature
was wi messed at Hornesy and Ham.
nersmith, near London, in 1867. The
thermometer was three degrees below
zero on the 4th OF January md seventy
two hours later it had leapcd to ifty-
five degrees above zero.
With respect to America some of the
remarkable cold spells we're ~ follows:
In 1870, n again in 1921, New York
harbor was frozen over 30 that teams
were driven across the ice to Staten ID
'and. The neighboring State of Indiana
saw weather cold enush to CONCEAL the
mercury in 1855. The winter OF 1851
was madem memorable by cold weather.
On the 18th and 26th days of January
many deaths occurred from the intense
cold, and the residents OF Mobile saw
the thermometer sink to zero.
A record OF cold seiges would be ims
perfect without q mention of the terribly
sudden storm that swept over the coun-
try in 1863, which has gone into history
as the cold New Years. A drayman
was frozen to death in Cincinnati while
driving along the street; a man climbing
a fence in Minnesota froze to death and
toppled ove into the snow, while the
loss of and animal lives in all
parts of the country was immense
Cleveland Herald.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-08
ACROSS THE PLAINS.

L-LIHL
The plains were wide and vast aud drear
The mountain peaks seemed cool aad near
The sun hung low to ward the west, !
80 neai." We sighed, are We to rest.p
Bu. journeYing through the closing day,
Oar feet are weary OF the way;
Far, far before our aching sight
The plains lie in the waning light.
The mountain peaks that seemed so near
And hold II rest forever there.
Are far across the desert lands
We vatnly cry with lifted hands.
0 Stills, that stand against the sky,
We mEy not rea h you ere we die:
Our hearts are broken with the pain,
For lest and peace we may not gain.
Upon the plains we faint and fall,
Oar faces toward tue mouut.in tail:
Our palms are clssped, but not to pray;
So die we with the dying dav.
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The English and the French
Paryenu.

Give $4,000 francs to a Frenchman
and he will place them in the funds and
retire from active life. Give the same
sum to an Englishman and he will either
spend it in a month or go to the colonies
and turn farmer. 1t is all or nothing
with him. Fifty thousand francs! In
English money that makes but 10000.
What a meagre sum! How small it
sounds to the ear of anEnglishman! In
landed property alone the Duke of
D~envonshire has q fortune which
amounts to about eS. 900, 900. which
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-08

In India the remarkable sunsets OF
November created superstit;ons fear, and
numbers Of holy men went about preach.
ing iImneEding disaster.