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A Georgia Quilting.

A quilting was organized at the
house of a very bashful young man by
the young ladies of this settlement,
with a view of getting him INTO society.
The day being arranged and every
thing in readiness, the girls met and
commenced the fun. The young man
thought to evade the crowd he would
go to the back side of tho plantation
to work and he betook himself thither
and commenced operations in a seclu-
ded spot. He had not been there long
before he encountered a huge coach
whip snake who made fight. The
young man fought bravely, but his
%snakeship got the best of it, and the
young man had to hit the grit lively.
He started homeward and the snake
after him. AS he moved he looked
back over his shoulder occa-
sionally, but his %snakeship was there.
He opened his throttle and got up
railroad speed, but at last reached the
yard fence exhausted. He fell in the
yard, when one of the girls rescued
him and killed the snake. The snake
had struck at him and fastened its fangs
in his coat it could not get it loose un-
til he reach home. Moral Young
man, don't be bashful, not too much
so.--Jackson (Ga.) Argus.
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A Neglected Industry.

The chief reason why grape-growing
and w~ine-making have received SO lit
tie attention in this country may be
found in the circumstance that the
first settlers were chiefly English.
They we're wine-drinkers, but were un-
acquainted with the production of
grapes and the manufacture of wine.
The French, in several of the eastern
states, and the Spaniards, in Califor-
mia, planted vines and succeeded in
their cultivation, No territory in the
world possessed so many varieties of
excellent grapes as that embraced
within the boundaries of the United
States. They attracted the attention
of the early explorers, who predicted
that this would become the greatest
wine-producing country in the world.
Albert Gallatin, who improved an es-
tate on the Monongahela river, in
Pennsylvania, shortly after the Revolu-
ton, expressed the opinion that the
valley Of the Ohio would rival the
Rhine IN the production of wine as soon
as it was settled. These early predic-
tions about interpretation in this
country were very slow in being verdi
ed. But little was done in raising
large quantities of grapes and making
wine till within the past twenty-five
years. Since that time great progress
has been made in several parts of the
country, especially in California, Ohio,
and Missouri. In several other states
good vineyards have been planted and
excellent wine manufactured.
Still the business of ~wine-making is
in It's infancy. 1t is admitted that the
territory in the United States adapted
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-05-15
Chemistry as a Profession.

Chemists as a rule receive from one
thousand to twelve hundred dollars a
year. This seems small when we con
slider to what expense a young man
has been put to obtain the necessary
education. Sometimes, however, in a
manufacturing house where he has
made himself particularly useful. a
chemist may receive eighteen hundred
OF two thousand dollars, and as uper-
tendent of works, he might get five
thousand or ten thousand dollars; but
such ga -es are very exceptional. One
reason why salaries are smaller in our
large cities is said to be found in the
number Of competent chemists who
have come from Germany, and who are
willing to work for lower wages than
thier American brethren demand.
When a chemist has, after years of
study and long practice, thoroughly
qualified himself in his profession, he
can give what is called ..an expert
opinion This, as Sam Weller might
say, lis an opinion as is much more
vaiu'die than n opinion as is not
expert" In q lawsuit, for example,
chemists would be employed by both
sides, and an expert would receive
from fifty dollars a day to twenty-five
dollars an hour. II an expert exam
ined : mine, made q report on the
formation, and gave his views on the
likelihood of its paying the people who
intended to purchase it, he would be
paid perhaps five or six hundred dol
lars and all Expenses. But, remember,
there are very few stexDert.,i and that
those enjoy that reputation have paid
the price OF long-continued study, of
hard and enthusiastic labor, for the
reputation they have made.-George j.
Manson. in ~. Nicholas for April.
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The Greek Idea of Death.

A writer in Macnslnn's Magazine
says a Greek peasant looks upon death
quite differently from what a peasant
of the Western world is taught to be-
lieve. To him it is the end of all joy
and gladness; the songs W. his body
(myriologueso speak of the black
earth, the end of light and brilliancy.
A popular Klephtic song on the death
of Zedros. when read by the side of
Sophocles' description of the death of
Ajax. shows how curiously alike are
the ideas of death as painted in the
two poems. Charon is still believed
to be a white-haired old man with long
and fearful nails, and in myriologues
or lamentations, which are still of
everyday occurrence in the islands,
you actually hear of Charon's caique.
He is now spoken of rs Charos. In
some parts of Greece they still, it is
said, put money in the mouth of a de-
ceased person to pay the passage. Al
the funeral of a child in a mountain
village of Naxos a wax cross was put
in the child's mouth by the priest, and
on inquiry the writer was told that it
was the freight money, so completely
has the Eastern church incorporated
into itself the ancient idea.
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~
|ised. Queensland has between 500
and 600 yolunteers.stw o gunbOats and
: small torpedo boAt. Western Aus
trails has 5S5 volunteers and Tas-
mA1ia $40.
Now leland has 5,782 volunteers,
and an armed .constabulary OF 1,O60
mon. The total number CT men in the
Australian colonies. exclusive Of the
police. Is over $500. In South Africa
The Cape mounted rides number 986,
the Cape field artillery 81, and the
Cape infantry $40. Besides this there
10 . volunteer force Of: 5000. and
every able bodied man is liable for
military service. Natal has volunteer
mounted rifles, artillery and infantry
amounting in all to 435 men. besides
o mounted police force of $50 men,
and Ceyion has o volunteer force Of
eco. Thus the total strength OF all
the forces in the English colonies is
less than 10000, of which Canada con-
tributes nearly $4,000. In India the
native army numbers 10000 men,
besides which the armies OF the tribu-
tary princes reach the enormous mum.
Der Of 100000 men.-New York Sun.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-05-15
Hours for SIeep.

The latest authority on the vexed
question of sleep, DR.. Malins. says
that the proper amount of sleep to be
taken by a man, is eight hours. So
far as regards city life the estimate is
probably correct. Proverbial wisdom
does not apply to modern conditions
of social existence. Give (hours) for
a man, even for a woman, and nine
for q pig" says n proverb; and a
second quoted by Mr.. Hazlitt in his
English proverbs, declares that Ma
ture requires five; custom gives (P al
lows) seven ; laziness takes nine, and
wickedness eleven" These conclus-
ions were, however, drawn from OBJ
servation of country life. Physical
fatigue is more easily overcome than
intellectual. Men, however, who fol-
low any intellectual pursuit are ex-
c%eptionally fortunate if the processes
of restoration occupy less than seven
hours. More frequently they extend
to eight or nine hours. Kant, l see it
stated, took never less than seven
hours. Goethe owned to requiring
nine. Soldiers and sailors, on the
other hand, like laborers, do with a
much less quantity.-New York Com
mcrciM 1dUertissr.
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For Consumers Of French Wines.

Closely followino the abstract of this
paper in the journal Of the Cbemicaj
Society," is another from the french
..Journal of Pharmaceutical Chemist
ry." volume s. narcs 5S1 to 5sa 70
which / now refer. by the way. for the
instruction of claret-drinkers who
NAV not be aware If the tact that the
phylloxera DESTROYED all the claret
grapes in certain districts Of France
Without stopping the mannfacture or
diminishing the export of clarct itself,
In this paper. by j. Lefort. we are
told. as a matter Of conrse. that owing
to the rayages Of the pbylioxera among
the vines. Substitutes for grana-;uice
arc beingintroduced for the m%annfac.
ture Of wines. of these. the antho,
specially condemns the nsc of haet.
root sugar, since, during its fermenta.
lion. besides ethyl alcohol and aide.
hyde. II yielas nronvi, bntv, and owl
}oohn,m h;ot IT, 49,. tA ~, :
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cold iii the SOM.

On Sunday while John Capura was
eating dinner he proceeded to fill his
plate from a large tureen of broth and
stew. In dong SO he lifted out a
section Of steers jaw aud dropped to
his seat, p~aralyzing the rest Of the
boarders with the exclamatiou: nJe.
rusalem, boys, I've struck a bonanza
in the soup bowl!' He lifted out the
jaw, ana il was seen that the teeth
were apparently coated with gold,
some very thickly, others CARRYING
only q film. The balance of the jaw
was>aspeedily ished out and both
pieces are now on exhibition. The
animal contributing this curious freak
in dentistry was a four-year-old steer,
born and raised on the Lagomarslno
ranch, IN the Truckee river. 1t had
been fed and watered exclusively at
the ranch, at a pond twelve feet in
diameter, dug out of the hard, marty
cement, and in the summer at the
river bank. No traces of gold can be
Del around the locality and even
We're they plentiful the freak would
still be an anomaly Virginia Enter
r1,~;se
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-05-15
TeInnh0uic Profits.

One of the reasons advanced for the
failure to reduce telephone tolls is tho
lm%posibility of making a bare living.
In connection with this the following
from the Utica Heruid is full of in
terest: ''The American Bell tele-
phone company reports that for ten
months to January last its earnings
were S3,O67, 554 against 50, 295, SAC for
the preceding year. For the same
period its expenses were 1857, 37S
against $500, 1853. The company de-
clared dividends for ten months in
1884 of S1,440,3 against $1,05l,479
for the preceding year. In the former
year the dividends came very near to
90 per cent of the total earnings; in the
last ten months of 1884 the dividends
were nearly three-fourths of the earn
ings. For the capital actually paid in
the dividends are monstrous. The
users OF the telephones can reckon
that 10 per cent of all the moneys
which they pay to the parent company
are for dividends on inflated stock,
without any lust considerations
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-05-15
Decline Of vnakerism.

There is a plain little red church in
Albany at which the Quakers have
worshiped for more than half o cen
tury. Formerly the edifice was filled
every Sabbath by a prim, quiet coz
%gregation, who gathered from the sur.
rounding country. OF late years the
membership has gradually decayed,
until now there is no pastor, but at IL
O'Clock on Sundays the door is un-
locked and seven or eight persons en-.
ter and take seats. No word is spoken
usually. and after an hours quiet
meditation the Oldest one present will
arise and stretch out his hand to the
one sitting near him. Hands are
shaken all around and the congreya-
ton departs to repeat the same thing
the next Sunday. If the spirit moves
any one to pray or speak he does so.
Four times a year a general meeting
is held, and then twenty or twenty five
persons gather, and once or twice a
year a preacher attends. And this is
the life of the church. Quakerism does
not appeal to the sympathies of the
people OF the present day.-Boston
journal.
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A Manitoba Postmaster.

The population round us, writes 8
Winnipeg CORE .pondent to The Rhs1a-
dolphin Press, chiefly consist. of half
breeds and Indians, with a sprinkling
Of English settlers. They are most
hospitable, but extremely rough, dirty,
and uneivilized. Our postofice is
four miles away, and we can send of
and also fetch letters once q week.
Let me describe the interior of this
postoftice, one day when / had occa-
sion to call there. The postmaster is
q very rough Canadian; his wife is a
h%alf-breed a tall handsome woman.
When we drove up she was out of
doors in the snow chopping tirewood.
Her lord and master was sitting in
the only downstairs room, with his
feet on the stove and a pipe in his
mouth.
In the same room, which was bare
of carpet or curtain, and contained
the family bed, were three little
children. q boy, aged Z, swearing
Justify. a girl, about 5 sucking her
fingers, who began to howl as soon as
l spoke. and a baby Of 2 years, seated
In n frying pan on the floor, engaged
in carefully wrapping up his bare feet
In q dish cloth. Their mother follow
ed US into the house, aud promptly
selling the handle of the pan, proceed
ed TO eject the baby and to wipe out
the pan with the allowed mentioned
cloth. Next she broke about a dozen
eggs into the pan, fried them, and,
having made tea and produced her
solitary teaspoon, she invited my
husband and myself to partake, or. as
she phrased it. to .'sit in" with the
family, 1t is needless to add that,
after what l had just Witnessed, /
declined the hospitality as gracefully
as ! knew how. This is my nearest
female neighbor.
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The Ruby and the Diamond,

1t is perhaps not generally known
that a large ruby is of more value than
a large diamond. Mr.. Streeter, who
wrote a book about jewels, states that
''the ruby ranks for price and beauty
above all other stones. When a per-
feet ruby of five carats is brought into
the market a sum will be offered for it
ten times the price given for dia-
mond of the same weight; but should
it reach the weight OF ten carats it is
almost invaluable" With respect to
the romance of precious stones the
author just quoted tells curious story
about sapphires. A native of India
loaded 100 goats with these gems, and
reached Simla after a ten days jour
ney. Arriving at Simla he tried to
dispose of them. but the value not be-
ing recognized he could not ven oh
tain a rupee a tolla for them, which
he would gladly have taken, being in
a state Of semi-starvation. He then
proceeded to Delhi, where the jewel
ers, knowing them to be sapphlres,
gave him their full value.-New York
EUeninQ Post.
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labor Here and There.

The review of the consular reports
for 1854, made by the secretary OF
state toscongress. contains much valu.
able information, showing the differ.
enoe between the condition of labor
here and abroad. Dundee, Scotland,
furnishes a fair illustration. In that
city there r from $4,000 to go, OOC
womenand girls employed in the mills,
being linen and jute factories. The
time Of work is ifty-six hours per
week. Tie average wages are per
week from S1.45 for the lowest class
of female operatives to S4.06 fol-
d~oubleNoom weavers, piece work. OF
the 100000 inhabitants of Dundee 49,
600 live in one, two and three room.
houses;-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
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A Remarkable River.

Endeavors were recently made to
explore the remarkable River Reka.
which rises in the Austrian Province
of Carniola and disappears in a series
of caves known as the Karst Caverns.
At a spot some twenty miles distant a
stream called the Timavo pours out OF
a hillside, and there is reason to be-
lieve that this is identical with the
Reka, which thus flows twenty miles
underground. The party engaged in
the recent explorations followed the
subterranean course of the Reka about
one furlong, and passed six waterfalls,
until they reached a seventh fall,
which 1t was impossible to get over
without the construction of special APP
paratus, as the river has no bank at
that point. The explorers employed
the magnesium light to illuminate the
dark course of the stream. Ono of
the caverns through which it runs is
large enough and lofty enough to hold
st. Peters Cathedral, Mt Rome.-St.
Louis Globe Democrat.
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ADeaaAMn etnn y e. MI y
aAears4Sin r.
sHeW Ehe temperAnce drink and
l516a 80 arenArk addressed yestef-
SyNtos Boston psoneer In the busi.
w essrsply, ."it u Won
It'll; I can hardly account Tor It
That Mers tAe dikeront stops BY
Nhiot yoar Swn busiless grow 10 be 60
exteAsIye III n ifss
vel, ahout thros years ago. when
Wa1 quite ayOung man and was con-
jasf6eriiae different schemes for adding
g stfio limited number Of shekels chen
n my possession my attention was
called Sosthe feasibility Of hiring q
a SImasIl 1FUUnd-f80m ON Washington
etSses Ind putting In . small soda
EountSin ~ m experiment. MY trade
Mas very successful from the first,
- Mas encouraged to add attrac-
MONS In the shape OF coffee and choco-
llate md finally sandwiches, cakes,
iotc. ny soda fountain, which was at
lMrsts only s feet long, Is now the larg-
~, think, Ia the world; it has q
frontage of % feet.n
sstNhy Is Il that some Of these cheap
trostaurants which keep about the
sa.,ae things g you keep do NOT sue
My opinioni il that much depends on
keeping tho placs neat and bright. II
lall the Metal work on the counters and
other fixtures are brightly polished
Ind clean. clear mirrors are plenty, .
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A SEQ confederate note was passed on a
Chinese merchant in Por land, Oregon, last
week. 1t was difficult for the police jude 10
mako him understand that the note was not a
forgery. but simply worthless. He had neier
heard Of the sLost Cause.n
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-05-15

A colorcd man of Key West, Fla, went ia
the fish market the first part of the week,
bought a conct, and upon cracking the shell
Was surpr scd to find alilden treasure in tic
shape of a handsome pearl, the S re of an or.
binary bean. which he subsequently, sold fol
500,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-27
ucre. There. Ererrnhere.

Malaria Is found Even where the dis
case Is not prevalent-whcrc the general
OF the surrounding locality may
be favorable to health, isolated cases
may exist. Bad drainage, damp cellar,
the escape OF sewer gas, the existence OF
masked ccss-pools, proximity TO stagnlnt
waterfall these are frequent causes, and
what town or city Of any magnitude is
free from them. Hostctter's Stomach
Bitters, whether in town or country,
whether the germs of the disease develop
either the bilious remttent or the inter
mittent form, or that negative, sluggish,
but not less obstinate type called dumb
ague, is equally efficient, both as pre-
vcntiye and Il remedy. Bad digestion A.,
biliousness, constipation, a want of
vitality, are also remcdicd by it, aud the
happicst results may be surely anticipated
from its use, for the relief Of rheumatism,
kidney ana bladder complaints, and
nervousness, accompanied by lack OF
appetite and sound rcposc II is botanic
and agreeable.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-27
PROPOSALS FOR FORAGE.

HANOI iRrEEs DEP'T on ruE MISSOURI
bFrICE or THE CnIEr QuAHTERMASTER,{
Fort lENNENWOHTli, kAS, Aug. 81, lSSj.
AtEALED PROPOSALS, in triplcate subject
- to usual conditions, will be received at This
Office and at the Offices Of the quartcrmustcrs at
For, Riley, kansas, and Forts Reno and Sill
Indian Territory, until IL o'clock. noon, central
lSSi, at which time and places they viii he
opened In the presence oil attending bidders
Tor furnishing and delivery during the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1851. ul corn at Fort
Lcaycuworth and corn aud bran at Fort Riley,
Kansas. and Forts Reno and sill, Indian Ter
rltory; on board of cars ut Harold, Ten; al
Fort lcaNcnWOrth or Lcaycnworth; at Fort
Riley at points on Union Pacific railroad, Kan
sas division, between Junction City aud Hays
city, kansas; at points ON main line of Atchi.
son, Topeka Il santa Fe railroad between
Atchison and Great Bend, between Newton and
Caldwell, Kansas, and on line of southern
Kansas rallroad between Wellington and New
kloWa, Kansas,
The government reserves the right to reject
any ur all bids. Preference given 10 articles %!
domestic production and manufacture, Coudi
ton of price and quality being equal, and such
preference given 10 articles oi domestic prOduc.
ton and manufacture produced on The Pacific
coast 20 the extent vi the consumption re-
quirch by tue public service there,
Blank proposals and printed circulars giving
full information will he furnished on appnca
ton 10 this nilce, or TO the punrtcrnastcrs AT
Forts Riley, Reno and sill, regarding the sup.
plies required at these posts, respectively.
Envelopes containing proposals should be
marked Proposals for -------- at ------,"
and addressed 10 the undersigned or To the
respective post quarternastcrs named above.
JAMES GlLIGSS,
Major and Quartcrmaster, L. :. \.
Chief QuartPrmpstcr.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-27
se,,lement of The Rock springs AMIR.

RAwIINs, w r., sept. 26.--It is
learned from what is believed an official
source that there will beno strike on the
Union Pacific railway. The reason given
is that the knights of Labor, by organ
ling stike, would practically indorse
the killing of the Chinese at Rock Springs,
so they have determined to settle matters
there by the most suitable means. The
Chinese are all at work AZ the Rock
Springs mine, and considerable coal is be-
ing turned out. \ few miners have ac-
cepted passes to other points. Those re-
manning refuse to 20 TO work. The rail
way company has, II is said, made ar
TO import 200 Mormons from
Utah and Idaho TO take their places in
the mines. Winter quarters have been
for troops now here.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-27
A cnrtnIn,. rorlnnntc pi.co,cr,.

Capt. Coleman, schr Weymouth, ply
ing between Atlantic City aud y. y, had
been troubled with cough so that he
was unable 10 sleep, and was induced TO
try Dr. King, New Discovery for con-
sumption. II not only gave him instant
relief, but allaycd the extreme soreness
in his breast His children were similar
ly affected aud a single dose had the same
happy effect. Dr Kings New Discovery
Is nov the standard remedy in the Cole
man household aud ON board the
schooner. Free Trial Bottles OF this
Standard Remedy at II W Williams &
90 y DRUM Slnrn
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-27
cIyrL SERVICE.
Tho Administration wiz Defend the Com
additionally Of the Law.


Ngw YORK, Sept. 25.--The quo war
ranto proceedings Of James A. IIinckley
against Dorman b. Eaton, Leroy d.
1homan aud John Nj. Gronory, civil
service commissioners, came up t'fore
Judge Wallace in the United States cir
cult court this morning Hinckley asks
leave 70 begin action TO remove the COM
missioncrs and abolish the commission
on the ground Of unconstitutionality.
Tho courtroom was crowded with the
friends and enemies Of ciyil-service
reform. United States District Attorney
Dorsheimer and Dorman u. Eaton
appeared for the commissioners, while
Morris $. Miller represented Mr. Hinckly.
Mr.. Dorsheimer moved the court to
decide whether or not argument should
be confined only TO the constitutional
jurisdiction of the court. He said he was
instructed-to say that he and the attorney
general were prepared TO defend the con-
stitutionality Of the act creating the APP
pointing power of the commissioners.
Judge Wallace sustained the motion.