The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-07-24
Current Matters.

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While England, with apopulationo
26, 0OO,O 600, has only S ,5OOstudents al
Oxford and Cambridge, Germany, with
population OF 45,25O,OOO, has 25,.
600 students attending her universe.
ties.
1t is predicted that theivory supply
of Central Africa will not last more
than ten or fifteen years longer. It's
exhaustion will be a good thing for
Africa, because thenatives will not de.
vote themselves to the Developments OF
the natural resources of the country
SO long as they can find tusks. The
sooner the ivory is gone, therefore, the
better for Africa and the Africans.
Mason and Dixon's line, which has
cut such figure in IL political his
tory, was originally 800 miles long,
and was marked by stone posts at in.
tervals of one mile. TWAS the bound.
airy line between the state of Pennsyl.
vania and the states of Maryland and
Virginia, and the name is derived from
its surveyors, Charles Mason and Jere-
miah Dixon. In 1920 the line was ex.
tended to the western boundary Of
Missouri. This is known as the Henry
Clay compromise.
Concerning the perfumery manufac
tories at Nice and Cannes it is reliably
stated that these establishments an.
nually crush and squeeze no less thar
$4,000 pounds OF orange blossoms,
1920 pounds Of acacia blossoms,
$4,000 pounds of roseleaves, 35, 200
pounds of jasmine blossoms, $4,000
pounds of violets, $500 pounds Of
tuberoses and a relatively large
amount OF Spanish lilacs, rosemary.
mint, lime and lemon blossoms, thyme
and numbers of otherplants andleaves
and flowers.
In anticipation Of a clean sweep, the
postmaster OF Golden, Col, has post.
ed up the following notice on the door
OF his office: 81 have to get out ofthis
shebang about LIST of August coming
and l want to close out all ofthi store
truck before that time, and if any O.
you have the welfare of a fe~llow-beins
at heart, and arefond OF smoke;
walk right up to the counter and droI
your shekels-you will neverget anoths
er such chance"
For the seventeen states of Europe
the total of the armies on a peacefoot.
ing is 2,529,532 men. Calculating
their wages at 80 cents per day, and
emitting the holidays, we have a sum
of SlS7.50 per annum for each man.
Multiplying this sum bye ,529, 522, the
total comes to $474, 1O2, 1915 per an
num-. Adding to this the total Of the
seventeen war budgets, which is $685.
363,91O, the total loss suffered by
Europe annually on account OF her
armies is 1882, 574,26O.
The transfer of West Virginia s cap
ital from Wheeling to Charleston, on
the Kanawha, ends q somewhat bitter
contest of factions. When West Vir-
ginia became a state, Wheeling was
made the capital; but after the war
Charleston became the seat Of govern
ment. In 1875 the legislature made
Wheeling again the capital, and the
citizens donated the state a building
for the capitol. In 1879 the legisla-
ture ordered a general vote on the cap
ital question, the decision to be q con
elusive n Clarksburg, Martinsburg
and Charleston were to be voted on,
and Charleston received the largest
number of votes. 1t is understood
that there will never be a change.
The New York Sun says %ofthebenct
show of dogs at the Madison Square
Garden: Ladies' pets were numer
Gus, and were almost without excep
ton the ugliest dogs in the show, Mrs
Frederic Nelson's bull terrier, which
took a first prize, being phenomenally
so. The mild faced collies, the mag,
nificent st. Demands, who may justly
be called the kings of the kennel, and
the soft-eyed, intelligent rcd settlers Of
Ireland are all passed unnoticed by the
fair sex, while fox hounds, poodlessf
bull terriers and Chinese m nstrosities
are taken to their hearts and laps.
i But fashion must necessarily govern
the tastes and direct the affections oil
society women in the choice OF o lag
dog, as well as in the capture Of an eli.
gibilo husband Or the selection OF q
hunter