The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-07-31
anywhere in the history of ambition
and intrigue, achievement and failure.

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There are three poets IN modern
times who tower above their fellows
like mountain peaks crowned with
everlasting fire. They are Shakespeare,
Goethe, and Hugo. No death shade
can ever eclipse their s%plendor.-
Brooklyn Eagle.
From America peculiarly the tribute
Is due to this man who believed IN the
Divine Right of the people. He did
not merely sing the brotherhood of
man, he preached 1t; he was not mere
ly its poet, but its apostle.
OILS NeUs.
He had all the vigor and power that
marked Carlyle in England, but was
a larger, broader man. He possessed
a strong will, was egotistic, and yet
he gave expression to thoughts which
proved that a deep religious undertone
controlled him.-Philadelphiu Gail.
He fed the birds in the parks DE.
cause they were ut his mercy. He
w~orshiped the truth because it was
so scarce and SO very friendless.-
Washington Critic.
He vas near to Natures heart"
but was wen nearer to the affection
ate esteem of the French middle and
lower class .NlWnukee Wis
consin.
E. de Amicis the Italian poet, wrote
in 1871 these glowing words of Hugo:
''Ihere Is a writer in France who has
attained such a degree of glory and
power that no literary ambition can
ever dream of surprising him. He
was celebrated with equal confidence
and warmth fifty years before by the
great Dumas.--Ulica Press.
His mind took in everything of in
ter of the world it occurred, and in
unison with his great mind pulsated q
heart whose warm sympathy knew nc
bounds except those limited by the
wide domain of human nature
Cleveland Herald and Leader.
He won the at first unwilling ap.
plause of men by tr~anscendent genius
and hard work. We may look the
planet over. but we shall find few who
can stand by his side as his equals
NeW York Herald.
He outlived four generations of wor-
shipers-admirers is too tame a word,
-NeW Orleans Picauune.
Great Gathering of Dunkards.
The national assemblage of that
popular sect known as Dunkards.
which opens on the 22d inst, on the
farm of NJ. r. Beashor, four miles east
of this place, and which, says a Mitfin-
town, Pa. telegram to The Philadelphia
Matt, continues one week. will be the
largest ecclesiastical meeting even
held in this tate. Extensive prepare
lions are making for this meeting, and
sheds, hotels. tents, and meeting
houses are being erected capable OF
accommodating 10000 persons. The
tabernacle or preaching-house will be
100 feet long, IS feet wide. and have q
capacity of seating 1000 persons. The
dining-hall will be 200 feet long and
20 feet wide. A restaurant building
) 100 feet long and 30 feet wide has also
baggage-room, Il commissary depart
ment. and a hospital.
Representatives will be present from
ali over the United States, but more
especially from Ohio, Pennsylvania
:. and Illinois. At q like gathering las
year in Ohio over 81, 900 persons wer'
s in attendance. All the means and de
tails for the erection of the building
= and for the boarding Of the multitud'
have been provided for by the brethrel
Of the conference of the Middle dis
trlct of PENNSYLVANIA. The meetin:
:, will be 4 national one, and l.5QO del
. egates will attend to represent tn
' Brethren church of the United State
of America. Twenty-Five steers
!, weighing about twelve hundre'
> pounds each, have been secured, an
are now in the course of fattening. l
l. addition to the beef the bill of fare 70
the meeting comprehends 800 weigh
. of ham, 1000 pounds of coffee, Z
- pounds of tea, 5000 pounds of sugar
600 pounds of bologna sausage, so
l. pounds of dried beef. $50 pounds {
II cheese, so barrels of crackers, 30
- dozen eggs, 10 barrels of pickles. IL
/ gallons of milk per day, and man
& other articles of food.
According to recent statistics, TIL
J. sect has over GOO churches, with NOR
I" than So 600 COMMITMENTS. The
church government is nearly the sam
n as other Baptists, except that ever
q brother is allowed to eXhort. Whe
10 they find a man who is apt to teacl
G. they choose him to be their minister
and ordain him by the laying on
,e hands, attended with fasting an
v prayer and giving the right hand
lie fellowship. They have also deacon
and d~eaconesses. From among tt
,e teachers who have been tried they al
is point bishops. Their usual meetin
in MAY is attended by the bishop
teachers. and other Representative
chosen by the congregations. lmpo
tant cases brought before these NEE
" ings are, in general, decided by
"a committee of five Of the oldest bishop
.d They use great %plainness of dres
~ language, and manners, and, Ill
- the Society of Friens, they neither tai
oaths nor fight. They will not go
at law, until lately the taking OF intere
c, money was not allowed among theI
ps They celebrate the Lords supper wi
re accompanying usages of love-feast al
III the washing of feet, the kiss OF Chart
and the right hand of FELLOWSHIP
x. They anoint the sick with oil for T
OF covery and baptize converts by layil
III on of hands and PRAYER. even VIII
the person baptised is in the waite
SO They also believe IN general REDEEM
- ton, though it is not with them
article of faith.
= A City Built on Gold.
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