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been cross, impatient, and"
"Hold" cried a voice, eyou'rc talk
ing against my wifew and in a mo-
ment big John Peabody rushed
through the door, gmspcd the little wo-
man in his arms, and folded her to his
heart right before the old maid.
ooh" said Miss Simmons, sitting up
straight and setting her spectacles
mere firmly.
"And nov that you've learned all that
YOU can," said John, turning round
to her, still holding Betty, "why-you
may got" ~
"The chair was vacant. A diss0lv-
ing view through the door was all that
was to be seen of the gossip, who
started up the road hurriedly, leaving
peace behind.
Betty" said John, some half hopr
afterward, "what was the sigh for! |
don't care now, but i did think, dear,
and it cut me to the heart, how you
might have married richer | lOnged
to put ten times ten into your hand,
Betty, and it CALLED me because l
couldn't"
Betty smiled and twisted away from
his grasp. Running into the bedroom
she presently turned, still smiling,
with bundle rolled'up in clean tow
ell. This she put ON her husbands
knee, who stared at her wonderingly.
81 didn't mean," she said, unpin-
ing the bundle, "to let it out, now
but | shall have to. Why, John, day
after tomorrow is your birthday
80, 'tisp said John. "Gracious!
has it come round so soon"
"And, YOU dear boy" said Betty
shaking out before his eyes Il pretty
brown affair, all edged with silk of tho
bluest shade, that presently assumed
the proportions of dressing-gown
"this is to be your present. But you
. must be dreadfully surprised, John
when you get it, for oh, ! didn't want
| you to know"
8 John made the answer he though
best. When he spoke again, lie said
perplexedly, while small pucker o
bewilderment settled between hi
eyes,
"But l don't see, Betty, what thi
r thing" laying one finger on the dress
0 ing-gown, chad to do with the sigh?"
S "That," said Betty, and then SIN
broke into merry laugh that got St
e mixed up with the dimples and tn
/ dancing brown eyes that for momen
s she could not finish. "Oh, John,
was worrying so over those buttons
d They weren't good, but they were tn
h best could do then. And I'd onl
d bought them yesterday. Two Who'll
/ dozen. And when you put that tie
L. dollar bill in my hand | didn't hardl
$ know it, hut suppose | did give on
s. little bit of sigh, for was so provol
y ed that | hadn't waited buying thel
l. till to-day"
d John caught up the little woman
dressing-gown and all. | don't thin
st they have ever quarreled since.
Il least | have never heard of it.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-06-20

aas attained standard of excellence which
lAmits OF no superior.
1t contains overy Improvement that inventive
sonius, skill and money can produce.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-06-20
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should you ask us why this dunning?
Ayhy all these complaints and murmnrS?
hntihitslUud about delinWeuts.
Aylinhave foad the papers weekly,
lsead Nl,ffhpy have never paid for,
}sead wigh pleasure and with profit,
Read iIcharch afalrs and prospects
iIead ihtutws both home and foreign,
F'un 81 wisdom and instruction: "
Read the table Of the markets,
Carpfully corrected weekly
should yea ask why all this duppipg2
From the printer, from the mailer.
From the kind old papor'maker,
From the landlord, from the devil,
From the man who takes letters
With the stamp OF Uncle Samuel
Uncle santhe rowdics call him
From Them all there comes message,
Mcssagekindbut firmly spoken;
"Pleasc tOpaythe bill you owe me"
Sad 1t is TO hear The message,
'NiiSH 'llf llluuS hlc Nll tAnNuhNtut
When the last greenhack has left US,
when the nickels all hay6vanished;
Zone topay the toiling printer
Gone to pay the baper-maker,f
Gone to pay thelandlOrd's tribute
Gone to pny tho clerk and devil,
Gone to pay Uncle samuel
Uncle Sam the rowdies call him.
Gone to paS for beef and Bridget
Gone to pay the faithful parson.
Sad II Is to turn our ledger,
Turn the leaves of this old ledger,
Turn and see what sums are ducus
Due for volumes long since ended
nuc foryehrs Of pleasing reasitfy
Dne fof years of anxious labor, =,
Due despite of constant dunning,
nueip sums from one totwenty.
Wonld son Mt a burden from us2
W0ula You dtiveiitspectte from you?
Would you taste pleasant Slumber?
Mould you have quiet conscience?
Would youread a paper paid for?
bend us money! Send us money!
Send us money! Send us money!
send us money that you owe us.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1885-06-20
AnAwTal Mistake.

A man whose store house had burn
ed down stood sorrowfully looking at
the smoking ruins.
"a sad loss" the friend replied.
ait shows the results Of bad mem
ory."
"How SOP"
"Why, If | hadn't forgotten that the
insurance had expired | would not
have left a candle burning in--oh, well
it's too sad to talk about--its criminal
neglect" -
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-11-20
From Washington.

The resignation Of Hiram Van Artnan,
secretary OF Arizona, mas been accepted.
E p. H Harrison OF West Virginia has
been appointed as special agent OF the land
cfSee.
Land COMMISSIONS Sparks decides that
settlers can prove up without having raised
d crop ON their claims.
Mr.. Thompson. appointed appraiser at
San Francisco. Is g lawyer by profession,
and was at ona time county clerk atSauta
Rosa.
James a. Dawson, appointed surveyor
general oil Colorado, Is an e~r-newspafcr
man, who at one time edited the Evening
News in Louisville, which vas opposed TO
the courier-Journal.
John Hise, who has been appointed sur
veyor general OF Arizona. IS the Chicago
ma who used to be- IN the water depart
naent, and Was afterwards member OF the
legislature, although he halls from arizona
now.
The Capital says: Sam Jones, the eocen-
trie r~evivaiist of Georgia, is coming 10
Washington to hold a series OF meetings
during the session of congress, with q VIEW
oil saving the souls OF u~nregensrated states
men.
Nothing is known at the interior depart
ment il regard to the rDalored resignation
o ReEister Hartley, Of the Duluth land OF
ice. Ii be has resigned mis- letter has no,
reached Washington, and No appointment,
has been made to succeed him.
Indian Commissioner Atkins telerra phet
to the secretary Of The interior IRON Nus
kosee- /. T., that he has found large mum
Der of sGuatters in his progress through III.
territory whom ne believes to be boom
ers-" He expresses the opinion that Mill
tary ioree mast be employed toexpei them
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-11-20
They Died in their Boots.

From the Two Republics.
y wild story comes in from Periban,
Michoacan. Three well-mounted and
weil-armed men stopped at an inn to
pass the night. The woman who kept
the place advised the authorities that
three suspicious men had called at her
house. The President OF the City
Council and the Judge, with IL few citi-
zens, went to the house to see the sus-
plclons characters. But the threemen
locked themselves in their room and
refused to be interviewed. 4 crowd OF
citizens was collected, but when they
appeared they were greeted with avol-
ley from the three men. An assault
was then made on the room, and the
prisoners, breaking out of the door,
fought their way through the crowd.
using their revolvers and dageers.
Inc crowd followed closely after the
luSltIVes, aud many shots were ex-
changed.
Finally one OF the fellows dropped:
wen while dying he turned over and
iireu on his purSuers. \ second Tell Il
lev steps further on, fighting hard.
The third, shcltering himself behind %
rock, made 1t warm for his pursuers,
ana, though often wounded. fought on
with scarcely enough strength 30 draw
ms rltic to his shoulder. Called on to
surrender, he only replied with Il bull
rf' which relieved the President OF his
nat. The crowd closed i'll around HIM
as II death mist was passing over
ms eyes: Sull nc tried to pull thetrig-
ger OF his rifle FOR a parting shot, but
hie and strength failed him. The
corpSes were buried in Periban. They
ere supposed to be n part OF Marcial
oraVe,s bandit troop. During the
hgllt the citizens had fired 200 shots,
ana OF these nearly twenty had taken
etlect on the bandits, who we're torn
10 pieces by the storm OF lead, Sever
al OF the citizens We're wounded. The
bandits died like legendary heroes.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-11-20
THE NEWS SUMMARIZED.
Gen. sherla.n Appoint. aides.

Gen. Sheridan has appointed as aiiesds-
camp 70 replace Coionels Gregory and
Dayss.Capt- s C. kellogg, Of the Filth cav
aary, and Capt. Stanhope E Btun. cnd-
nance department. Capt kellogg served
during the entire war rs aide on the
staa OF several general officers. and
lately returned frcstzs Europa, wk4re ne sit
,sssssa the autumn naaaeuyers o. the French
army. Capt Blunt ms been serving -,
the last year on the staff OF the haltenaae
general as inspector OF rife practice Es
Is the author OF a manual on that sut5+c,
Low used by the army and before going 70
Washington was stationed at Fort Smell.
ING on the staff of Gen Terry, as che!
ordnance officer and inspector Of riie prac-
t3ce oi the Department of Dakota
Some weeks ago Gen Sheridan decided Il
appoint Maj Benssa and Capt Blunt,
and papers were made ont with ttsir names
10 the lucky blanks Gen. Sheridan recon
siaered his selection. however, On aecoun.
OF the question OF authority raised between
himself and Secretary Eaaicott. Havis:
come 10 the conclusion that it was better
to yield the point. be appointed Capt
kriiogr.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-11-20
Personal Mention.

DIR. Craser, the crack shot, operates a
lne farm near Bender, Kan.
ExCongressrnan jim Belford has signed
the total abstinence pledge.
Judge Eben Newton, the oldest member
Of the bar in Ohio. died at Garfield, aged
ninety-one years.
NJ MiIlaud. one OF the principal editors
OF the Paris Figaro. is n New York, about
10 travel through the United States.
Henry Miller Of Ohio oun Ind. decided
all ats property to his children and gave
Mias Ida Chanie So, 600 Tor marrying him.
He is sev~enty-seven.
II is said that Senator Evarts OF New
York viii entertain very lavishly this win
ter at the old Au,ick homestead. Eighteenth
and l streets. which he has rented.
Ex-Judse Vincent OF New Mexico is to be
married OF the / 7th inst, at Springfield.
IL, to Miss Mary Rideely, daughter OF
James RiageIyy and viii return to Washing
ton with his bride.
Lieut.. Greedy win lecture before the
Scotch Geographical society on the 18th
inst He viii return to the Ut tied States
about Christmas. In aninterview publish
ed, Lieut.. Greedy advises the English, if
they undertake another polar expedition, to
Sind it by way OF Franz JoseFs Land,
which route, he says, is the only one that
car be pursued with any reasonable rhanc-
Is of reaching higher lasitudes than those
already attained He expresses himself as
doubtful that the North Pole viii ever b.
reached by explorers, because the region
in which it is located is an iee-cappea land
covered with ice which Is 5000 feet thick
and WHICH is constantly changing in form.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-11-20
Acqui.t.l of Mrs. wsrkur

Empcria- Kansas. Special; The jury in
the case Of Mrs Waikup, ontrial for killing
her husband, returne q verdict OF nc:
guilty. The verdict, whias not giving univer-
sal satisfaction. was received with delight
by Mrs Walkup's friends When the iary
first e ont they were evenly divided,
and remained so Tor several hours, when
one changed for aequittal. They then
stood seven for acsnitSai against
five for conviction, when the Eve
sare war and a verdict Of not guilty WAS
rendered. When they informed Mrs. Wal
kup that the jury had returned E ver5ics
OF not guilty she exclaimed, "My God, Is
that sos and her eyes filed with tears;
but whea tbs sheriff told her she could az
fosd to brace Up, she wiped hs- tears away
and vent with him into the court room.
where she Was congratulated She says
she viii mot take any al her husband :
property The estate viii rot amount 20
more than $40. oeQ, aad Eer share OF il
VIII but slightly mere han par the ez-
psEsas OF the trial.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-11-20

st4
II Queen Victoria lives until the goth
day of next June, she viii then begin
the fftieth year of her reign. OF all
the long line OF English monarchs who
hare tried to begin the fitieth year OF
their reign, but three OF them succeed
ed-Hsnry III, Edward Ill, and
George III. The ability to perform
the feat appears to rest with the three
Ts and ii Victoria breaks the recordit
viii be SO much more credit to her.
But how about the Prince Of Wales.
heir apparentto the throne? 0fconrse,
like a dutiful son. he would prefer to
have his mother live forever. But ali
sons are not dutiful. and with a throne
in view, it may be presumed that the
Prince of Wales would be resigned to
Victorious departure tor a brighter
and better world, as it would put hin,
upon the throne.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-11-20

ag, s c. from La~tonsri3le, and Iof.ssa
III jal ior The marIer .. bis wifi, Garlo:ts
Wright.
Mary Eiea Williams Q; York oouat.- s.
C. was Sentenced to De banged Feb l2 for
killing Scr husband and lhsez ealirsa with
rat poison
Jasper Z Sweet The printer who killed
y. Ward IN Gilieaee charging him vita So
daeiHg bis wife, vas arrested az Leayen-
aorta. Ind.
y H. Bagmaa, e.-ei-y clerk OF Detroit,
N5cE-, ex-ius.iee Cd the geae@ and a large
rsai estate s~pecziatea-. has been arrest
Cd ior tergerr-
Mrs. Csrcsus o'Brien Of La Gros, lad,
a ws5ow, charges tAs paternity OF az III
born infant upon Hugh Benjamin, q well
ssieSa claAsa oi5taar place Mr- Benjamin
deaifs tie responsibility sa6 threatens pro
c~eeisnss Tor blacsllal.
George P. Lafhrap- q reilknown rnain-
her Of he P~rotnbition party ia the town OF
W1adhala, G1an-, and prominent resident,
when sun she alleged LAthrop took 20 IN
vest Tor her last spring ard has tailed 70
render an account os.
j. H. Ho-le, travelling salesman ot c. N.
Jackson Il Co, wholesale grocers @ Pitts
burg, Is under arrest in Chicago charged
By D. c. Sterling OF Hi-h Point. NJ. with
r~oofing him OF several hundred dollars on
q railroad train The ease agains. Eosie
Is said 20 be very weak
ES-Prohste Judge John G. Yates. who
attempted suicide IN a era yerar3 a. Peoria,
I'll, is stiii alive, bat his recover i doubt
tul- A ctrsory investigation Of ms affairs
reveals the s~quaadsrine Of nearly 500.
Coo obtained from the states ard revenues
entrusted 10 him by widows and orphans.
At Sali3a, Col, DR.. j. H Songnakera and
wife wers found dead in bei with balie,
holes through their temples. From a iette.
bv them to the editor OF q daily paper j,
seems that both had grown discouraged a,
their inability to gel friends TO endorse =
note for $500, and had agreed TO commit
suicide together.
Wesley B~urchari, cashier 81 the Farmers
bank at Grass Lake, Mich. IS missing, De
ing 3 a~e.aultat 10 the amount Of sls-oa0.
He wNs in the habit Of takiag $500 o.
$500 at q time. until tbs amount ,saSh-t
81 Q when ne would make g pronissor.
NOTE and sign Pratt & Bg-chard and theE
taisliy IL the statement.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-11-20

zEEE-SeHsEa $500
At various times during the last if
teen years the city ofEvansyiie, Ind,
issued bonds to aid in the building OF
railroads. rharres and other improve-
nients, and also redemption bonds,
the total amount of which is about
81 soc, 600. which, in addition to the
accrued interest, aow nount 10
$1,So0,0oO- The interest was paid
regularly for ten years, up TO 1888,
when further payment Was refused
and suit brought to enforce it. The
decision of the federal court IS, that
Evansville nus pay bothinterest and
principal. Reputation does not
meet with the least countenancei in the
federal courts.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-11-20

The death OF General Mcclellan
leaves no survivor among the officers
who at different times commanded
the Army Of the Potomac. Mcclellan
was first to serve. His immediate
successor in the field was Burnside,
who in turn gave way to Hooker; he
to Meade. and Meade to Grant.
Meade remained IN nominal command
Of the Army ofthe Potomac until the
close OF the war, but during the last
year he was under the immediate su-
peryision and command OF Grant.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-11-20
Foreign CossIp.

Lord saaftesbury is to have T. statue IL
Westminster abbey.
Henry N. STANLEY viii leave London 10,
tbs Congo early next year
Angel, the Vienna artist, has Just finished
a full length portrait Of Queen Victoria.
Lent Greedy advises England to send
future polar expeditions via Franz Josef's
Land.
Laadsdowns has refused 10 interfere in
the cases of the Northwest Indians, and
they will hang.
Mr. ParneIl estimates the election ex-
psnses in ireland at $50 coo. He has all
The money he wants.
French papers violently denounee Mon
trcal 5 mayor Tor his action during the cpl
deGnie, and more ,ictiag is feared.
Mr.. Saunders o!Quetec has brought an
action against the health authorities for
$500 damages, resulting TO him from
the smallpox.
There IS a movement al Ottawa 70 give
Sir Charles Upper the leadership o. the
Conservative party and Mr.. Chaplain csn-
plfte control OF the FrencA element.
Amonnment IS to be erected TO she mem
ory OF SIR Herbert Stewart. who command
ID the English army in It's brilliant and
p~e-lous march trom hhosti toward khar-
t5urn.
At the recent French elections Rochetort,
the irreeoncilable, came out al tln bottom
OF the list IL Paris, having had less votes
IN the two ballotinss than any other OF The
thirty-!our Of the Paris Republican group.
Messages Of congratalation from the
queen and from the governor general on the
completion OF the Canadian Pacific were re-
cesved by George Stephen, the president o!
that road It is understood that ne Is &c
be knight+d.
Adverse reports are current coacsr-in:
the health of Mr.. Gladstone. His fhssi
cianstorbid him 10 speak for more than III.
teen minutes at a time. This threatened
breakdown OF Mr.. Gladstone is 6ayressin.
the Liberals.
The United States consul az Palermo
Italy. reports 70 the department Of stat.
that there had been 1887 cases and 2,0a;
deaths from cholera IN nat city up Il
Oct. u. aud that from sixty to sey-nt,
Thousand people had fed from the city.
In anticipation of the recurrence OF trou
bic on the isthInus OF Panama which usual
" occurs about this season oil the year. Sec
rotary Whitney has instructed .Admira
Jouett, commander Of the North Atlanti
squadron, to proceed with the flagship
Tennessee, now al New York, and the Ga
lena. now On her way to Norfolk, to Aspin
wall and to cruise along South and Contra
Americaneoast for a few weeks and then +
return to Tampa, Fla.
Lord Lieut.. OF Ireland, C~arnavron. an
nounces that after the fullest inquiry int,
taedetails and circumstances respecting tn
eleven men charged with conspiracy t
murder William Z. Snyshe. the obnoxiou
landlord OF Barbayilla, he is unable to in
terfere with the sentences Of the prisoners
They were convicted after three trials,Jun
II, 1884. Five were sentenced to sevel
r years, aud the rest to six and tweIY
months imprisonment.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-11-20

An Iowa manufacturing company
gave the mercantile agency of r. G.
Dun T. Co. a statement other assets,
resources and liabilities, upon which
they were given a rating IN the agency,
on the strength of which they procur.
ed q credit with a st, Louis firm, and
afterwards made an assignment. The
st. Louis firm brought an action
against the Iowa company and set up
fraud and deceit on the part OF the
defendants. The defendants set up
that they had no knowledge when the
statement was made to Dun IL Co.
that it was to be given to plaintiffs,
and one of the defendants stated that
he had no knowledge OF the statement
but relied upon tie other for its cor
reefness whsn made. The court told
the jury that when a person makes a
statement OF his financial ondition he
does 50 for his benefit, and when
he makes such statement to a mercan-
tile agency, he does SO for the purpose
of gaining credit. The officers of a
corporation are presumed to have full
knowledge of the affairs OF a corpora
ton. and when they make a state
naellt thereof they are bound to make
acorrect one When third persons,
relying upon such statement, have
been deceived, and thereby suffered
loss and damage, such officers cannot
come into court and plead q want OF
knowledge OF the facts upon which
their statement was based The yer
dit was IN favor Of the plaintiffs for
IL M. amount Of their claim.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-11-20
DespeTaSo Wanted,

Des Moines Special: Acaseir which there
is 81 600 reward offered has been ~asitatins
police circles for the last few days. Oct. 80
a bold robbery vas committed al madison,
Wis. and one F. g.. Stewart was suspected
and cornered by the Madison police. Whea
an officer vent to arrest him he deied tbs
law and shot the officer down. Stewart IS
capped, but the popular Indignation was
intense, and in thirty minutes $1,000 had
been subscribed as a reward. $500 for
Stewart aud $500 for the recovery OF abour
$4,000 worth OF ieweiry which had been
stolen. There was a woman inthe case,
aud she was traced to Dies Moi1es- She
was found and finally induced 20 tell all
she knew, which was not OF much use in
solving the whereabouts Of Stewart, but
the sheriff thinks the woman traced here
NIL be Il good witness. and he has started
back with her 20 Madison.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-11-20
He stabs Wife and Mo,her-in-Lau.

William Wilbur graduated from the mi
~rersity al Syracuse, \. Y, on the 9th Of
last June. On the 2Gth Of the same month
Clara Green!y graduated al the high school.
They secretly married, but have not lived
together. When he had gore 70 the house u
ASK her 20 live with him lie has been denied
admission Recently Wilbur climbed upon
the roof. broke g window, and entered his
pife's bed room with TIE intention q
begging forgiveness. and asitns ne.
20 leave her mother and i've with him.
Cara was not in the room, and he went
down stairs and found mother aud daugh-
ter there. The mother ordered him out 81
house. Wilbur seized a pair OF shears and
STABBED them both, ba. not fatally. In
court be plead guilty to assault in the sec
ond degree, and was held tor the grand jury.
The girl is very pretty. Wilbur IS an insur-
ance agent, and has a brother in the insane
ward OF the county hous there. An action
for a divorce has been begun by the girl.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-11-20
Abbott, OF the state health

Ur. Abbott, OF the state health
board of Massachusetts, reports the
death rate from consumption in that
commonwealth as t%hirty-one in ten
thousand for the ten years ending
1888; and ne gives it as his opinion
that statistics win show it to be not
over twenty-ni,e for ten thousand for
1854. In the decade from 1857 to
1857 the death rate from this disease
was thirty-hve in every ten thousand.
There can be no question but that
consumption is growing less fatal in
its character and many medical men
now place it among the durable dis
eases The decrease is easily ac-
counted for 1t is owing in a great
measure to more comfortable living
and surroundings, and less exposure
to mclement weather.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-11-20
The rapid increase Of inventions AM

The rapidincreaseo OF inventions and
the limited accommodations OF the
Patent Office have made it necessary
to restrict the acceptance OF models,
and only those designs which cannot
be accurately represented by drawings
are accepted. The model room OF the
Patent Office is the most bewildering
place which the sight-seers visit In
Washington. Few OF the throng that
may daily be seen walking through it
carry away any other impression than
that of an immense aggregation Of
g-a#covered cases filed with toy ma
chimes.