The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-01-16
Personal Paragraphs.

AL AAiuSckuelou VI tue way III WHICH, .
town may be completely blotted out by
q change in the tide of traffic is shown
in the fate which has overtaken Lisbon,
Ca, which a few years ago was Mt the
head of navigation on the Savannah
river. 1t had 80 stores aud did a flour.
ishing business. Now there is not o
single house left to murk the spot where
the old town stood.
OF all European countries, Germany
is the country where suicide is most fire.
luent, and in Germany, again, saxony
akes the lead. In 1872 the num-
Der Of suicides in Saxony amount
I'd to 6S7 (266 to everv 1000, 000
inhabitants). Last year, 1904 persons
thus ended their lives. In England, in
1882, the suicides were LAS men and
only 519 females.
1t seems that the new anaesthetic,
"muriate of cocoaine" which was found
SO useful in delicate operations on the
aye was formerly used by specialists tt
olunt the s%ensibilities of the throat. L
consists of muriatic acid chemically
combined with the cocoa plant.
The strange spectacle of a country
road on fire can be witnessed in Upper
nry, Ireland. The entertainments are
made of peat, upon which have beer
planted fir trees. The peat having BY
some means become ignited, hundreds
OF trees have been destroyed. and Others
having their roots burned away have
fallen across the road. There are nc
flames but the smoke and burning smell
taints the atmosphere for miles around.
It is said that Louisiana has about
$4,000, 900, 900 feet Of pine in her foa
ests. AS the great lumber states Of
Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin
lave only 80, 900. 900, 900 it will be per.
celved that Louisiana is very rich in
timber esources. 1t has, in fact, more
than half MS much as the three othe,
states combined.
Earthquakes appear to have thei,
good qualities in the eyes of scientists.
Prof. Min, the celebrated seismolo-
gist, writes complainingly from Japan
to the British Association that the last
season was a comparatively poor one.
there being but 81 earthquake shocks
IS compared with 80 during the pre-
vious season.
There is a great rush of visitors to
see the Christie and Phillips oil wells,
the greatest oil wells ever struck in the
world, in Butler county, Pa, thirty
miles from Pittsburg. The cars are
crowded, and it is estimated that nc
less than 5000 persons went to seethe
great gushers in one week. The Chris
tie wells production of nearly 6,OOC
barrels of oil in tw~enty-four hours
gives it the first place in the history O..
petroleum as the greatest wonder of the
oil trade.
The present craze is for c%hrysanthe-
NUNS, a flower peculiar to the fall sea.
son, the latest bloom of the year. The
significance of the name is two Greek
words, meaning gold flower" indicat-
ing that the original crysanthemum
must have been one of the simple yell
low varieties. In its perfection, the
flower is now large and beautiful.
Toronto Globe: The streets of Win.
nipeg presents a great variety. Opera
glass exquisites are jostIed by half
breeds shod with moccasins; daintily
dressed ladies' of fashion are side by
side with the Indian mother whose in
FAINT rests in q braided pocket or cradle
with a wooden back, which is fastened
about the mothers neck by a sort OF
wooden yoke. The mounted police.
whose duties lie outside the city limits,
looking after the illicit introduction OF
liquor into the province and watching
over the Indians, make a bit of bright
color. Their scarlet coats and white
helmet hats can be seer and distin
guished a long distance away.
The Old South (Unitarian) Church in
Portsmouth, N. H, has had but eight
pastors in 1859 years, including the Rev.
Alfred Gooding, who was installed
over it on the 18th ult. The
Others were: John Emerson, who
otficiated from 1715 till his death
in 1882; William Shurtlef, from
1888 till his death in 1747 Job Strong,
from 1749 till his death in l751; Samu-
Ell Haven. from 1852 till his death in
1906; Nathan Parker, from 1908 till his
death in 1888; Andrew Preston Pea
body, from 1888 till his resignation in
1860, and James De Normandie, from
1862 till his resignation in 1883.
Mr.. Howells is discussed at length in
the Westminster Review, which says:
tMr. Howells's novels are finally adapt
ed for q lower order of readers thar
those who are capable of fully appre-
ciating a writer Of the first order" It
winds up as follows: "This gifted, SYM
pathetic, unphilosophical novelist, with
his acuteness and his blindness, his
felicities and his inefficiencies, may be q
link between o past school and a future
school; III intermediate type in the
evolution of tict;onal art; but remem-
boring the ate of intermediate types we
cannot promise him Immortality"