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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-12

this point IL virtually at q standstlll All
trains are running. The only men who
arc not AZ work are The boiler-makers aud
machinlsts, who have been out since the
lst inst. At noon to-day special
train with United States Marshal Jack
man and several deputies arrived here
from the east and at once proceeded TO
place under arrest two Of the yard force,
who It was claimed. were n little toe nc
tive IN holding tralns on the "a OF The
month. They, In company with others
from the east, we're taken TO VI Paso
tonight.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-06-04
The Prejudice Against Mothers
in-LaW q Relic of Earharism.

To support the idea that mothers.
in-law have never been favorably re-
garded, ethnologists tell us that a
singular custom, which enacts that a
man should never look upon the face
OF his mother-in-law after he is once
married, prevails amongst numerous
savage peoples apparently widely as
sunder by geographical distribution
n differences OF race. The custom
obtains among the Caffres OF South
America. among many Polynesians, a
tact which some people assume to
point to q common origin of these
races, but which Others lookupon as
a piece of wisdom Indigenous to each
OF these countries, and the di-
rect growth OF individual expert
ence. The custom being found
IN such widely separated CONT
nents as Africa and Australia, is con
sldered as proving that it must have
been suggested by some common ne
cesslty OF human nature, and reasons
are not wanting to show why savages
discovered it was better for man not
to look upon his mother-in-law. Pri-
marily, say the supporters OF this
theory, because his mother-in-lawwas
a picture OF anticipation of what his
wife was likely to be. Before marriage
a mans mind may not be open to the
cold processes OF comparison, but att
erwards he begins 10 consider what
sort OF a bargain he hasmade, and if
his mother-in-law has not improved
with age, the CHASTITY possibility OF his
wife becoming like her rises before
him. Hence these savage tribes pre-
scribed the rule that never after mar.
riage should a man see his mother-in.
law, II this in time became q socia!
law or custom.
1t has been more than once aippant.
~ suggested that this lesson OF a ven.
cradle experience might be accepted
and the custom adopted here, whilst
Others, equally regardless ofsocial and
other consequences, have advocated
the institution Of a kind or suffice az
rangement, which should bind the
British matron by social propriety to
close her mortal careerupon her daugh-
ter's marriage. Apart from the sug.
g%estion only being available in cases
where one daughter alone blessed a
marriage, there is the most important
consideration that to eliminate moth
e%rs-in-law altogetherfroms society, even
if it We're possible, would be most dis
astrous i'll its effects. Is her presence
really always so d~isagreeable,
so baneful to enjoyment? is her advice
never needed The world has always
sided against her; it does not stop to
consider the double characteristics of
legal maternity which are involved
when both sons and daughters marry;
it still persists j n viewing her only in
her character Of wife's mother, and re-
peats and revivities from time to time
all the malicious denunciations or
witty epigrams that have become as
ISOLATED with her name.
AS a matter OF fact, in spite OF all
that novolists and playwrights have
written, the mothers-in-law OF sons
generally get IN with them far better
than with their daughters-in-law.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-06-04
Remarkable Memories,

There was aCorsican boy who could
rehearse forty thousand words, wheth-
err II or nonsense, as they were die
tated, and then repeat them in the re-
versed order without making a single
mistake. A physician, about sixty
years ago, could repeat the whole OF
Paradise Lost" without a mistake,
although he had not read it for TWEEN
ty years. Euler, the great mathema-
tician, when he became blind, could
repeat the whole of Virgil's "Eneid,"
and could remember the first line and
the last line in every page Of the par
tlcular edition which he had been &C.
customed to read before he became
blind. One kind OF retentive memory
may be considered as the result Of
sheer work, a determination toward
one particular achievement, without
reference either to cultivation or to
memory on other subjects. This is
frequently shown by persons in hum
BILE life in regard to the Bible.
An old begger manin Stirling, known
acout fifty years ago as "Blind AlicS,';
afforded an instance OF this. He knew
the whole Bible by heart, andi if a SEN
tence was read to him he could name
both the chapter and verse; or, if only
the book, chapter and verse were
named, he could give the exact words.
a gentleman, to test him, repeated a
verse purposely making one verbatim
accuracy. Alick hesitated, named the
place where the passage was to be
found, but at the same time pointed
the verbal error. The same gentle
mar asked him to repeat theninetieth
verse OF the seventh chapter of the
Book OF Numbers. Alick almost in
stantly replied, There is no such
verse. That chapter has only eighty
nine verses" Gassendi had acquired
by heart six thousand Latin verses,
and in order to give his memory exer-
else he was in the habit daily OF recit-
ing six hundred verses from different
languages. Saunderson another mathe-
matician, could repeat all Horace's
odes, and a great part Of the other
Latin authors.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-06-04
Old-style Fireplaces and Hard
wood Finishing Again Coming
Into ITSn

From the New York Mail and Express.
Although the building trades are
harrassed by strikes and the agita,
ton OF the labor question generally
there are many fine editices in the
course OF erection, and the builders re-
port that work is lively. The greatest
activity is shown in the suburbs and
the upper end Of the island. The re
modelling OF old houses downtown,
which are hereafter to be devoted to
business, and the erection oil tenement
and fao houses on the East and West
Sides, however, justify the assertion
OF superintendent D'Oench, who claims
the movement is not confined to IL
particular section OF the city. The
noise OF the trOwel and hammer NAV
truthfully be said to be ever present
on almost any OF the thorouehfares OF
the city, but the work going on in
the region north OF Sixty-fifth street,
between Eighth avenue and the North
river, is enormous. Not only do the
figures OF the present year show a
great increase over those for a CORE
spending period OF last year, in point
Of numbers, but they show a hand
some increase in the estimated cost as
we'll. The favorite styleof architecture
for private dwellings seems to be the
Queen Anne, Gothic and M%oresque.
Stone is beginning to supercede brick,
and the once popular tile trimmings
are making way for the less expensive
and in many particulars more ornate
embellishments Of terra Gotta. Some
few OF the buildings now under way
will have entire fronts of terra Gotta.
Hard woods are again coming into
favor forinterior trimmings, cocobola
wood being extensively used. The old
style open tireplaces are also being
made a feature in the buildings in
tended for private residences, while in
the fiat and tenement houses a system
Of hot-air heating is to be introduced,
not only in the halls, but in the rooms.
From the plans now on file at the
Bureau of Buildings it is estimated
that the work done in 1885 will be
exceeded by that of the present year
by at least 10 per cent, and will keep
carpenters, masons, plumbers and
others in the building trades busy un-
t" long after Winter has set in.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-06-04
How French Girls are wooed.

l remember, just before the Franco.
Prussian war, a Mdlle. Palrien, q
very witty and intelligent girl of 1s,
attended the dav-school in which l
was teaching. She had passed her ex-
aminatlons at lHotel de Vile, but
"a so fond other school that she pro-
tested she would not leave it until it
was time for her to be married. She
was a privileged character among the
teachers and pupils-a sort of parlor
boarder. One day she came running
to us and said: mamma has serious
ly gone to work to find me a husband.
l saw o candidate last night at the
theater, but l don't like him. He
squints. L am going to see another at
the Opera Comique tonight" The
next morning our question was: GLOW
did you like him?" Cant like him;
papa heard that his property was en-
tailed, and that his father died OF
some hereditary disease" Thus,
every morning, to our amusement. she
would come with a new story, told in
her own sprightly way. Once she told
US that one OF her mothers horses
was famed; she supposed that he (the
horss) was heartily tired of running
after q husband for her. At last she
found the right one, or rather the
right one was found former. She then
at once stopped joking. and. with the
dignity she at once assumed as a
iiancee, she forbade us so to do. Her
husband is O rich manufacturer of
cloth at Elboeuf.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-06-04
Elephants at PLAY.

There would be the fine old patri-
arch with his harem, and the young
ones performing the most fantastic
aquatic gambols. The clumsy dis
portinss oi u baby elephant, at a loss
to know how to give full vent to the
exuberanee OF his spirits, is one OF the
most grotesqne sights Imaginable, and
one only to be witnessed under such
exceptional conditions as | have de.
scrlbed. Looking through u peephole
Ill the brushwood screen, one could
watch them at ones leisure. On one
occasion, on their return from the
water in which they had been pad
ding and splashing themselves to the
jungle the whole herd would have walk.
ed straight into the hole in which was
squatting had l not shown myself. l
had already marked the father OF the
flock as the n intended to kill and
he was not 10 spaces from me when
l fired. He stopped, while the herd
scattered. and, fearinghe would charge,
l gave him the second barrel, and he
sank ponderously to the earth. In
my excitement | did not stop to re-
load, but making sure he was dead
rushed out to secure my trophy. 1
had just got out my knife, and was
stretching out my hand to lay hold Of
his tail to cut 1t of, when to my dis
gust he slowly rose and walked off
after the ladies, leaving me amazed
and COMPOUNDED, and the subject of a
good deal of chat on the part OF my
companions. | was more lucky with
a wild boar an hour ortwo afterwards.
He, too, was approaching me in q di-
rect line coming from the jungle, when
l fired at him, upon which he made O.
rush straight at me. The impetus
was so great that, though he received
the second barrel full in the forehead,
he actually rolled dead into the hole.
-Blackwood's Magazine.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-06-04
Fighting an Alligator.

A Darien (Ga.) correspondent ofthe
Atlanta Constitution writes: Mr..
Henry Todd, one OF our oldest and
weaithiest citizens, tells the following
story:
at is now about fifty years since l
happened to make the acquaintance
OF a young English naval officer who
had come to visit some relatives on
this side OF the Atlantic. He was
fiery, ambitious and daringto such an
extent that to encourage him in scme
of his plans would have led to the
most Quixotic enterprises. Luckily,
his first visit was OF short duration,
and as he always looked to me for
cooperation in his wild schemes, a
feeling OF relief came over me when he
was ready to bid farewell.
"..Next year | return he said, as he
vigorously shook my hand, and we
will then have some glorious sport
thought that once in his native land
he would soon forget the promise, but
it proved otherwise. He returned a
year later as full OF life as ever. Day
after day passed, and startling pro
posals followed in quick succession.
10 kill rattlesnakes and moccasins
seemed to him n OF the charming oc-
equations OF life, and the greater the
danger that accompanied any OF his
plans the less he could resist it. One
day he came and proposed to 60 ALI
gator hunting, and. displaying gleam-
ing dagger, he SAID: i propose to fin
ish II with this to-day. He had two
white duck suits, and he donned one,
while he made me put the other on in
honor Of his anticipated victory. Ifelt
nervous as to the result OF his fool
hardy resolution to battle an alliga-
tor with such q weapon, but never
theless determined to humor him so
far as it was safe to do. High up on
a mud fiat a huge monster soon APP
peared basking himself in the sun.
The water being at allow stage we had
hard work getting our boat up to
where he was lying. He was fast
asleep, however, and we managed to
get within three or four feet OF him. l
touched him with the oar. Heseemed
dazed, and with his jaws wide open he
made for the bow Of the boat. 1 saw
the Englishman's dagger glitter III the
sun, but, experimenting danger,
showed the end of the oar into the
threatening gap. Resistance seemed
Of no avail, however. The brute APP
peared determined to get into the
boat. l saw the Englishman keel
over, and in a secondh he was complete
ly buried in the mud. Imade an at
tempt to pass the alligator, and go to
my friends rescue, but a violent
stroke from the monsters tail
landed me in the mud on the opposite
side of the boat. After a desperate
effort | managed to get hold OF the
boat, but a completely blinded
with the mud. Thinking OF my friend,
l sang out a faint halloo, and in re-
spouse came a despairing groaa. We
presented apitiful spectacle-a strange
contrast to the gay. duck-clothed gen
tlemen OF an hour ago. The English
man never proposed a hunt after this
experience.
"Many years after this, in glancine
through an English newspaper, giving
an account OF the social life OF the of
ticers OF a certain English squadron, ]
found that an alligator story of a
Captain had made him quite a name,
and in perusing this story l recognized
every little detail OF our adventure
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-06-04
Dodges of Confidence Thieves.

One OF the latest lodges of a conf
dence thief in New York is to call at a
house and say he has "come to fix the
piano" He says he was sent to clean
it and tune it. He is polite, pleasing
in conversation, and finds many
victims. He gains easy access to the
instrument, runs his fingers over the
keys with an easy air, removes the
front board, and takes from a satchel
he carries a little instrument. Then
he discovers that he must have a lit
tie flannel and hot water-always very
hot water. He is left alone usually
while these are being got, but there is
little interruption to his idle play on
the piano, and the mistress hears it
from the kitchen. When the articles
are brought he uses them surprisingly
little, puts everything to rights,
usually makes a light charge and goes
away. The stealings thus far report.
ed in his wake range from jewelry to
plethoric pocket-books. Inquiry at
the places the fellow refers to result in
learning that he is unknown.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-06-04
An American Princess.

Representative w. D. Kelley, Of
Pennsylvania, has gone to New York
stoyneet his daughter, who has been in
Germany about three years. Before
eOingsshe was simply Florence Kelley;
Shoretilrlls as Princess Neschnewetsky,
and society is eagerly awaiting to see
skilis real live Princess. Her husband
I sInt, IT is true, 9 scion OF any royal
family extant, but is a direct descend
sSAasit ct one Of the old kings of Poland.
s4t3iseven rumored that he can trace
shaeAsscent to John Sebroski, the IA
EMol5sP olish monarch, who drove the
a1Slxkshpm the gates Of Vienna and
saved Cbffstendom from Ottoman do.
nain. However that might be, Nesch-
sS4hs.AtskY bears the title OF Prince,
~ his wife can claim the name OF
Princess even il she is only q
HI einsAInerican girl whose father was
nESaa slourneymanjeweaar The rin-
s1se isSWell known here. Before she
SSNsat to Europe she was q regular at
NtAndAit at the sessions of Congress.
qHbe had the reputation Of being the
Nskb1egt politico-economist in the coun-
.stxg, and never let an opportunity
~ when she could add to her knowl-
aedge, ever il she had to listen to the
Congressional speeches. A long
Srlechson t6ri6 matters seemed to give
shseinfnits delight. especially if it
S4k0sc@hed On her fathers hobby-pig-
iRisnss Social problems was her chief
aiHtlt6 y aa order to investigate the So
6f1GC0ndftiOn of the German Empire
fsSsGSnES III Haidalhpru and ma n ra.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-06-04
KIM B A III

Is located on the Main Line OF
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul Railroad, 48 miles west OF
Mitchell and % miles east OF
Chamberlain. 1t has a fine pub.
lie school building, good church.
es, a frst-class postoffice, two
banks, two good hotels, one
large grain elevator and mate.
rial on the ground for another,
three lumber yards, all carrying
immense stocks; several black
smith shops, good livery stables,
and stores representing all
branches of trade. Still the
country demands more and to
live men great inducements are
offered to invest in this
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-06-04
Beautiful Town

The Brule County Agricul.
tural Fair Grounds ad.join the
townsite and is one Of the best
fair grounds in the Territory
with a good half-mile track.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-06-04
D. WARMER.

Proprietor Of the original town.
site, has plated and laid out
three additions, all adjoining,
with a continuation of streets
and alleys. Part Of which are
III acre lots, so as to enable all
classes to be suited in procuring
a residence lot. The most de-
sirable blocks on Main Street
are still for sale to those who
desire to engage in business, and
great Inducements are offered
to that class of men.
The climate in this part OF
Dakota is everything to be
desired and is fully as mild
rs that OF Ohio, Indiana and II.
linois, with, perhaps, a less nun.
Der Of cloudy days. The rain
fall is abundant and always
comes when most needed. The
water is free from any alkali
taste and as pure as any found
in any OF the Eastern States. In
short, the country, climate and
social advantages make this one
Of the best, it not the very best,
county in Dakota for the emi.
grant.
For further particulars, cali
OIL or address
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-06-04

Col. Mcclure makes $4,000 a year
out of the Philadelphia Times.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1886-09-24
The Biggest Clock.

Philadelphia is coming 10 time. and
vice versa. The clock that is to be put
into the tower Of the public building
at Philadelphia is to be grand affair.
The dial will be twenty i've feet in dia.
meter and the center of the dial will be
36 feet above the street. The dial
will be illuminated by electricity. and
1t is calculated that the time can be
seen at night from any point in the city,
and with field glass the position of
the hands can be distinguished at dis.
tance of fifteen miles. The minute
hand of the clock will he twelve feet
long and the hour hand will measure
nine feet in length. The size of the
Roman figures on the dial will be two
feet eight inches in length. a steam
engine will he placed in the tower to
wind the clock up every day. The
clockmakers who have been asked to
give their view concerning the building
Of the clock all say that nobody in this
country is able to build such an enor-
nous time-piece. II will take whole
year to place the clock machinery in
the tower after the building has been
completed. The bell for the clock is to
weigh between 10000 and $4,000 pounds,
and will be calculated to peal out so
loud that II can be heard in the distant
part of the city. There will be what
are known as Westminster chimes
and they will ring on the quarter, half
three quarters and hour. The bell will
he the next heaviest on the continent.
The heaviest is in the cathedral in Mon.
trcal and weighs 2sOO0 pounds.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1886-09-24
He Thought of Dem Hogs.

"Just previous TO the war" said a
Mississippi planter the other day, Il
was out in the Geld giving AN old and
favorite slave of mine some instruc-
tiuns about a change of fence, when /
heard the hiss of u snake and jumped
aside just IN time TO avoid the fanrs Of
n cotton mouth. l was for the time
badly ratified. while the old man seized
a club and killed the snake. Several
months passed. aud the incident had
been forgotten when got into trouble
and was challenged 10 fight duel.
accepted ond named the next morning
at o'clock. How the news got TO the
old slave never could understand and
he would never tell but in some way
he got an lnklng that | was 20 fight.
In the afternoon as sat alone on tine
veranda, lac come shuilling up.pulled of
his hat. aud when gave him nod Of
encouragement he approached andsaid
"'Mar's james, dey dun say you am
gwine to ight wild Mars s. tomor-
row.
"'Hushl What nonsenser
al amt gwine to say one word to
nobody. Mars James. but The old man
-
"WhatY | asked rs he hesitatod.
"'Member dat cotton mouf down by
de swamp, Mars Jamesp Member
how-how you dun turned pale and
trembledT
Perhaps / did
"Wall. Mars James. II you am gwin
to fout wild Mars -. jis' doan't fink
Of snakes tall when you am standin
up to shoot. Put yer mind right on
dem eighteen hogs which rooted under
de fence an got into the brush de oddel
day, an dc Lawd will helpye drap him.
"The duel came off. and Mars -
was drapped' with bullet In his
shoulder, and the old slave didn't quit
shouting and praying for n week."-De
troit Free Press.
The Black range. (Robinson, Socorro County, N.M.) 1882-1897, 1886-09-24
Corean Gold Fields.

An official report to the State De
partment from Geo. G. Foulke, United
States Charge d Affairs at Seoul, Corea,
offers, as plausible explanation of
the rivaly between China and Japaa
for the control of Corean affairs, be-
lief in the mineral wealth of that c0un.
try. 1t is reported that the Chinese
consul at Wonsan has visited the gold
mines In that district. and that Chinese
officials and merchants are interested
there. Ii is certain that Chinese and
Japarese are crowding into Corea.
that trade is increasing imports from
China and Japan considerable, exports
Of merchandise iuconsiderable; that
Corea has no coinage or currency ae-
ceptable abroad, and IL is believed that
there is already dow of crude pre-
cious metals out OF her ports. There
is but little room 10 doubt that the
country is rich in gold. 1t has been
mined for centuries. and the existence,
in large quantities, of gold is matter
of common repute in China and japan,
but exact information is lacking. The
government guards 1t jealously. aud
probably intends TO retain possession
OF them Attemps on the part of
foreigners to obtain CONCESSIONS for
GOLD mining have failed, except so far
as the Chinese have ATTAINED slight
footing. The only practical attempt
made by western foreigners was by the
firm Of Jardlne, Matheuson g. Co., 4
wealthy firm doing business in China
Ia 1881. They sent party to explore
the country between Seoul and Won
san, but nothing OF importance was nc
conpiished until a practical miner
lanes Graham. was sent ont. Ht
found some excellent prospects In dust
and nuggets by pan washing, and re