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OF all undesirable places the position

OF all undesirable places the position
of government clerk is one of the most
undesirable. For the satisfaction oi
the men who mourn because they can.
not get a federal appointment at
Washington these facts are cited by
the correspondent of the Philadelphia
Times, as the result OF recent investi.
CATION: A fair estimate OF the number
of clerks employed in the departments
is $4,000. The average salary paid
them is about 81, ,OOO-not more. I!
married they spend at least $4Oo
annually for rent; if single,
that SUM goes for furnished
rooms and in part defrays the ex.
pense OF meals purchased at restaur-
ants. Clothing is high in price, as are
also all the accessories OF the toilet,
and the rule Of extravaganza applies
to the common-p places as well as the
comparative luxuries OF life. The in.
fuences which most prevail are those
which make men thriftless, for tbs
money comes easy and goes still
easier. Ten men out of thousand
save enough perhaps to eventually
own their homes or to leave the capi-
tai and embark in business elsewhere
The rest never cease to regret the day
when they left "the smiling village oi
content" for the frowning city OF re,
pret.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-08-06
Another Terrific Hail Storm,

Hallock, Special.-The most destructive
hail storm which ever visited the valley
struck the vicinity OF Argyle, Marshall coun-
ty, Saturday, the oath. about s O'Clock.
1t came across the Red River at point
due east OF Stephen, and Travelled south.
enst, crossing the Manitoba track at Ar
gyle, and passed south over u tract of
good farming country east OF Warren. A
strip from three to six miles wide and fif-
teen to twenty miles long are laid waste as
to crops, and in Argyle scarcely pane OF
glass is left on the northeast side of build
ings. The wind having then shifted a little
to the wes t. siding was knocked off build
ings, shinglea off the roofs and pfckets
OH the fences. All the lights in
the east side OF the Stcne hotel were
knocked out but two. Hailstones were
found four and II half inches in diameter,
and one weighing four ounces was exhibit
ed on the train, thirty-s six hours az
ter the storm. The estones knocked down
horses in the street, killed n number of
pigs for farmer, hundreds OF chickens and
turkeys and not a live prairie chicken is
lett in the path OF the storm. Very few
fields will be worth harvesting, and plows
will be started at once. The bestinformed
estimate the loss at 100000 bushels OF
wheat tributary to Argyle and 100, 1000
tributary to Warren, together with as
much oats and barley.
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Russia's preparations and opera.
tions now in one quarter and one
way, and again, in another form, di.
plomatic or military, keep the Powers
in anxiety, not to say fear. Just now
Russia is trampling upon the treaty o.
Berlin, is massing troops upon her
southern frontier and insisting upon
the payment of the Turkish indem.
nifty. As to the treaty, all Europe
is interested; in regard to the
indemnity, it will not be actual.
sly pressed until Russia intends:
war. The upshot OF the business
ia that Europe is not sure Of peace for
q month, but is altogether certain
that q conflict between Russia and
any, even the weakest, OF the nations
might be tine signal for general mill.
stary movement on the continent.
just now the most conspicuous, wide
disturbance is that which calls from
the great Powers a protest as to the
declaration by the Car that Batoum
is no longer q free port. That OF it.
s4elf will not prec:ptate a war, but Wal
is considered inevitable at no distant
period, unless Russia changes her tao
ties which she is not likely to do.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-08-06
Saved.

No law is so powerful in its lasting
effects as the law of kindness in deal
ing with erring men. Mr. John Roach,
the famous shipbuildcr, believes this.
Out of the twenty-five thousand men
employed by him during his life, sew
enty were found guilty Of criminal con-
duct. He reformed sixty of these, We
give his story of the way he reformed
a confirmed drunkard, master work
man.
He had terrible sprces. and had them
quite often. He would come ravng in
to the shops, disgracing himself and
disgusting everybody. When sober,
he was pcnitent, and forgave him and
took him back again and again. One
morning he came in after one of his
sprees. and said, '.Mr Roach, | want
you TO discharge me. You can't make
anything of me. You took me up when
had nothing to do, and paid me good
wages, and have borne with my faults
till it amt human to ask you to bear
any Hioic.
Mike. says ], II won't discharge
YOU but I'll let you resign. I'll write
your resignation.' for an idea struck
me. went to my desk and wrote:
JOHN RoAcH-Sr You helped me when
] was penniless. You gave me work when
was idle. You taught me when l was ignor-
ant, You have always paid me we'll You
have borne with my inirmitcs over and over
But have lost my self-rcspect, and have not
enough regard for you, or love for my wife
and children, to behave like a man. and with
draw from your employment
gave 1T to him and said: 81 want
you to promise me one thing-that YOU
will always carry this with you. and
that, when about to take glass of
liquor, you will take this out, read it,
sign it. and mail it to me before you
drink. y He promised solemnly that
he would. He stayed in my employ for
years, and was never drunk again.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-08-06

The cabinet at the meeting decided to
Immediately place their designations in the
hands of the queen. The meeting was held
in Mr.. Gladstone's Office in Downing street.
The street was crowded with people. a
messenger to the queen conveying the for.
NAL designations Of the ministers has left
London for Osborne. After the cabinet
meeting Mr. Gladstone gave n reception to
a number OF his friends. Mr. Gladstone
referred to his staying powers, saying that
he would be unable to fight in the face OF an
cmbittercd parliament. He would do his
best but he urges his followers to rely up
on other leaders.
David Sinton OF Cincinnati is worth 81.
100000.
John Mclean, OF the Cincinnati ENQUIRER
bought an old graveyard at Washington
for $50, 600, three months ago, and has
been offered SIS, 900 for it.
Commodore d. b. Harmony has been
designated to act as secretary OF the navy
in the absence OF Secretary Whitney.
The Democrats OF the Second congressio,l-
nj district OF Iowa nominate Judge w. j
Hayes for congress.
The American Sunday School Union OF
fers a premium OF 81 900 for the best book
on the Christian obligations of property
nnd labor.
A Judge OF the court OF appeals will be the
inly state officer elected in New York state
.his fall.
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The chief Of the bu,eau Of statistics

The chief of the bureau OF statistics
reports that the total value OF sne ex.
ports OF beef and pork products from
the United States for eight months
ending June 80 for the years 1Ts5a
1886, we're, in comparison, asfollows:
Exports in 1865 amounted to S61,.
500, 752;; exports in 1865 were $780,.
845,23s. This is an immense falling
of in most important articles of ex-
port. There was also a decrease in
the exports of domestic cattle and
dairy products. Germany and France
shut out our pork products, while the
demand in Europe for our wheat and
flour is small and only at the lowest
prices. There is still a balance OF
trade in our favor, but not such call
Tor our agricultural products as is
satisfactory to the western farmer.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-08-06

The belief still prevails among many
people in New York that Convict Ward,
the New York ex-financier, has large
fortune hidden away somewhere. Col
onel Fred Grant estima tes the amount
oft at s3,OOo,OOO. Ward is quietly
serving out his ten-year sentence, which
may be considerably shortened by a
record OF good behavior. He never
has appeared to suffer greatly over
his Imprisonment, and his cheerful and
dapper manner go far to bear out the
theory that he has more than the or
dinary ex-convict's life to look for
ward to.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-08-06
The Graduating Season.

"Yes,' said Mrs. Richladie. 'my
daughter graduates next week"
81 understand she is at the head OF
her class?'
mo" she said with some sadness,
'she will not be the valetudinarian, but
she will taAas><slutAry, and that's
nearly as high"
1.-The commencement exercises are to
be very interesting"
"oh, yes; Rev DR., Grace will preach
the bacchanalian sermon. Rev. Mr..
Mortimer will deliver the dilcmmas, and
there will be other detractons too
numerous to mention. - Washington
Critic.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-08-06

The loss by fire in New Hampshire
in the year that has passed since a
law OF the state has practically de-
prived it ofproperty insurance against
fire, has dropped off about one-hali
The careless individual and the would
be incendiary in New Hampshire now
have a stronger incentive than hereto
fore to take good care OF their prop.
erty.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-08-06

II, in q total vote OF nearly 3,ooo,-
600, the majority for the so-called
unionist cause in the United Kingdom
is only O little over 10000, it can
hardly be said that the people OF the
country are overwhelmingly opposed
to Irish home rule.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-08-06

An eastern journal complains that
the base ball situation is becoming SO
4 demoralized that it is impossible to
tell when an honest game is played,
and it is broadly asserted that boat
races, and even agricultural hoss
trots,'' are often tainted with fraud.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-08-06

The San Francisco Bulletin, after
giving widely varying estimates OF the
bablewheatyield of that statesays:
"Weare disposed to believe in cropof
two million tons, but we can readily
find Others who are equally well post
ed who will raise that figure from fifty
to two hundred and fifty thousand
tons,''
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-08-06

The late Patti H. Hayne OF South
Carolina, . poet whose performances
ranked him with the masters OF song,
was nephew Of Robert Y. Hayne,
senator from South Carolina, who
met Webster in the great debate Of
fifty years ago.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-08-06
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS.
A Big Sea Serpent.
A dispatch from Watertown, Dako-

A dispatch from Watertown, Dako-
ta, gives the following snake story:
Some weeks since workmen who werc
building the steamer Belle OF Lake KAN
peska claimed to have seen an immense fish
Or animal of unusual size and appearance,
'se for few seconds near the boat The
story was regarded as Il hoax and no notice
was taken of it Yesterday Gen. H. X Pease.
l. +. West of tets city. L. b Spicer and Hon
II. NJ. Burchard of Marshall. Mimi. were on
The shore of the lake near Tic Johnson house.
when they saw an object moving on the
water abou. n mile from shore with greater
tapldity than the little steamer could travel
They describe it as about twenty feet long,
and say it seemed like an immense log in
motion. They watched its progress for
nearly two miles, when it disappeared.
Shortly 1t reappeared, and swan about in a
circle for short time, then sunk beneath
The water. These gentlemen vouch for the
accuracy of their statement Some think 1t
NAV be q sturgeon that has at some time
worked its way up from the Missouri, and
entering the lake become land locked and
attuined unusual size 1t is monster, what
ever it ia
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-08-06
chat.uqua ASS. nbly OF Mlnn e.ota.

The programme for the Summer Assem-.
bly, OF Chatauquans and others at White
Bear Lake, near st. Paul, 9th to 14th Au-
gust inclusive. is very attractive. Among
the speakers are Rev. John De Witt Miller
OF Philadelphia, r. Forbes d. D., Rev
Washington GLADDEN., Leon H. Vincent,
Rev. NJ. L. Davidson. etc There is a
great variety OF topics for lectures and dis
cussions. including afarmers' and gardner s
institute which will consider topics relating
to the agriculture and horticulture OF Min
nesota. The charges for board are very
light, and tents can easily be procured by
those who desire them. White Bear is a
most delightful lake, and teachers and
students end others cannot fail to enjoy
summer vacation at "Mahtomedi, (its
Indian name) ~herc the meetings will be
held.
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B. G. PlEmer, a prominent lumbermau
and mill owner OF Wausau Wis, commit
ted suicide by shooting himself through
the head. He lost by fire in MAY
about $50, 900 worth of lumber, which W as
uninsured and it is thought that the loss
preyed upon his mind and caused him to
commit the ACT
The widow of Mil,et, the great panter.
is said to be almost destitute, and Amer.
lean friends propose to buy her n cottage
at Barbizon, France.
Lord Harrington has sent a disnotcb to
the Unionists candidate ior the Shetlands,
in which he says: II am in favor OF local
government for the three kingdoms, not
necessarily Identical, but based on similar
principles.
Nelson White. n French snloonkee ner W. .
shot dead at the door OF Emma Ripelnw,s =
house OF ill.famc on South second St rect
La Crosse. under somewhat myster;nns
circumstances. It was disclosed Mt the in.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-08-06

the James River Valley line from La
Moure to Hudson, has been awarded
by Chief Engineer Anderson to Wins.
ton Brothers OF Minneapolis. The
contract covers fifteen miles of grad
ing, which is to be finished Oct J.. At
Hudson connection will be made with
the Northwestern extension from Co.
lumbia. This will give Southern Da,
kota direct connection with the cap
ital. The distance between Columbia
and Hudson is thirty-four miles.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-03-20
He Was not Prepared.

A few years ago the people Of u Ger.
tain township We're about to celebrate
the opening Of Q new bridge. and in.
vited q young lawyer to deliver the
Grafton. He had made no written pre.
paration, supposiag that ii lawyer ought
to DO capable of speaking without note
or notice any numuer of hours, gu any
subject. in q style OF thri!lin. elo.
quencc.
Therefore, le trlstu, 10 tue coca.
sion.
He stood out upon u platform erected
near the bridge and began amid tue
profound and attentive silence Of his
audience:
''Fellow-c!tizens: Five and forty
years ago this bridge. built by your
enterprise. was part and PARCEL OF ths
bowling wi!derness!"
He paused a moment. eyes, fellow.
citizens. only i've and forty years ago
this bridge. where we now stand, was
Il bowling wilderness!"
Again he paused.
(Cries of '.Good!" 600 on!'l
~ fee! it hardly accessory to repeat
chat this bridge, iellow-citizens. only
five and forty years ago. wYs part and
parcel Ut u bowling Wilderness, and /
viii conclude by saying that l wish
1 wish IL was part aud parcel of it
how!'-EM q N"cr Saturday.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-03-20
Cure for Piles.

Piles are frequently preceded by a
sense of weight in the back, loins and
lower part Of the abdomen, causing the
patient to suppose he has. some affection
Of the kidneys or neighboring organs.
AT times, symptoms Of indigestion are
present, fatulency, uneasiness Of the
stomach, etc. A moisture like ~perspira-
ton, p%roducinga very disagreeable itch
ing, after getting warm, is a common at
tendant: Blind, bleeding and itching
DR.. Bosanko's Pile Remedy, which acts
directly upon the parts Affected, absorb
ing the tumors, allaying the intense itch
Ing, and effecting a permanent cure,
Price 80 cents. Address The Dr.. Bosau-
ko Medicine Co., Piqua, o. Sold by
Bennett Bros. IS
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-03-20
Columbus an = envy to Mankind.

A p~oultry-rtiscr out on the country
edge OF tho Seventh ward is an egg
mlser. 10 cat IN egg IS, accord ny To
his way OF thinking, an u%nwarran,ed
extravaganza. ''Ihc philosophy OF
cgg-caling," he reasons. 'is the dc.
stIuclion Of the hen tribe. Eggs are
The only means OF p:opagaling the
tribe; is it not sailinacrous murder,
then, to destroy tllcmp' Somebody
was speaking to him about nris.opner
Columbus. Tho pollltoror took tue
direction Of iEn+ cuayursat!on in. his
own hands and inpatiently said:
IL don't put much, faith i'll the story
Of Co.umous aud .no egg,-you know
ho mado tho egg stand on end by
breaking it.-but ii the story is true.
then he WAS IN enemy to mankind.
Think Of the wanton destruction Of IN
ogy aud It's long line OF possible pro-
geny! l have been counting it up of
nights, and l find that if that egg was
Il iemale-and the chances are that it
was--lf Matched, and the chick cared
for, would have produced by this time
sixteen hundred trillion of chickens,
whose eggs would now bo retailing ut
IL Cents u dozen, while the chickens,
il dressed md marketed, would not 70
cents q pound-making q grand aggre.
gate OF capital that would pay of the
national debt. convert tho heather in
I'LL foreign lands and buy enough, votes
to elect Jenkins or amy other man gov
rrnor oil Onio. 1t WAS an awful. fear.
ful waste, that little trick Of Colum.
bus, "-lUUiaaQH Ne.OS.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-03-20
four Literary Marriages.

William d. Howeils. who wedae,
the sister Of Larkin G. Mead, the sculp
tor, divides his time between literature
and his family. He is so much il
love with his wife that some OF his
friends say that he sees in her all til,
tine varieties of her sex, and from he,
fashions his interesting heroinus. look.
Ing at her from different angles. Hc
does not need, like Goethe, Ralzac, and
SO many literary artists. to WOO women
to pluck out tho mystery of their heart:
for tho establishment of his fiction.
To him his wife is representative 81
whatever Is womanly III woman. This
Is the Hottest %idealization of mar.
riagc.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, the
novelist. differs from the most non.lit.
e:ary wives in tho circumstance tina,
She Is conspicuously-they might say
toolishly-in love with her lord. They
are IS Intimate in every respect rs they
a be; they have no thought OF fecl.
Ing that they do not share. They
might be termed a connubial pair Of
spoons. Tho late II. H., Mrs. Helen
Hunt. whose second husband was will.
lam s. Jackson. had many of tho traits
ascribed to genius, but indifference. to
her husband was not one of them.
Tnoy were very fond of one another,
and he always was her last court of M.
peal. The same might be said of Jul
ian Hawthorne, j. w. DeForest. Mark
Twain (ClemcnS), Charles Dudley
Warner. or almost any writer. If
there has ever been e time when ink
caused matrimonial discord it has
long gone BY, especially in this ooun.
try.
Edmund Clarence Stedman, who
made IL love-match when Il mere boy,
running away with tho pretty girl who
had fascinated him, has kept up the
romance w since; and ne is now, al.
though comparatively yotlny, Il grand
father. He docs not. after the manner
OF many singers. reveal all his poetry
to the outside world and preserve his
prose for indoors employment. What
over he writes his wife hears first, as
she is, he SAYS, his gcntlc=t and yet
most exacliny critic.
Harriet Prescott (SpoGr d) has writ
ten from her carly girihvod, change of
circumstances having thrown tho sup
port OF the family mainly upon her. A
poet a1id - GENTS, she miglt be thought
to be one OF the most .waywari, emo
tlonal, inconsistent creature who could
never possess permanent feeling and
who would be 'constitulionally incapa.
bic Of true wifehood. But tho fact is
that she is domestic to the core. She
and her husband. Richard S. SpoHord.
to school together, were in love
with n another:;.s girl and boy, and
are as much in love to-day rs when
they were in their teens. Her nature
u wholly monandrous. She thinks
there is but n man in the world-;n.
deed, there is but one for Acr-aud
man is her husband. She is never
quite content in his absence, and well
comes him on his return as she probs.
l0ly did-wl!eu 4s.Aad-trst declared his
love. And he. too, is literary, though
DO seldom writcs, having the duties Of
his profession to engross his time.
They are an idyllic couple in their ;.t-
dyed though they be in in k
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-03-20
Sparks and the Surveys.

WashtngtonC Correspondent Chicago Tribune.
Secretary Lamar has overruled one OF
Commissioner Sparks decisions in a
way to establish an important precedent
One George Howard, purchaser of a
grant in Arizona known as Tres.Alamos
grant, made in 1852 by the Governor OF
,onora, Mex, applied to the Surveyor.
General Of Arizona to have his land
surveyed by tho Government surveyors.
His application would have been grant
ed had not Commissioners Sparks, on
the merits of the case, directed the
surveyor general to suspend all sur.
veys and to execute no further con
tracts from special deposits for the pu,.
pose. Howard applied to Sparks for an
order directing the surveyor general
TO make the surveys upon his deposit.
ing the necessary cost of the work
This was denied him, and Howard APP.
pealed to Secretary Lamar. Mr.. Sparks
denied his right to appeal, holding his
application should first have been made
to the surveyor general, and on his
adverse decision appealed to the com.
missioner. On this ground Nj. Lamar
takes sharp issue with Mr.. Sparks, and
says: "When you decided the case on
its merits, holding that there is no law
Tor surveying unconfrmed private land
claims under the deposit system, such u
decision was so far a f~inality as to au.
thorize an appeal" The secretary de-
cides that the commissioner has author
ity to order the surveyor general to
survey a private land grant, and pei.
-mptorlly orders tho commissioner to
do so. The case is of great Importance
from its similarity in certain features 10
Mr.. Sparks recent suspension of surveys
IN North Dakota. 1t is possible that
the decision made today in the Howard
case will afford ground for a decision
covering the Dakota surveys.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-03-20
The Healdsburg lCaL.l Eyaa tells

The Healdsburg (Cal) Flag tells
the biggest story Of tue season. 1t is
to tne effect thai Il man named Bead,u-
who had Il magnificent crop vi corn vi
the commencement Ut the season.
started unf on Il hunt aud remained
away nearly two months. Returning
home a few days ago ne found n,s corn
an gathered and his hogs missing. A
searcn revealed tue hogs nioe.y penned
up III the oOA bacI Ut tho mouse aud
threc bears packing coru to them. Tue
bruin fanny were evidently preparing
tnc'r wIntcr boon. Beadie says that
TINS is lrut, auu tue coru-ileld is thsra
To II,
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-03-20
An End to Bone scraping.

Edward Shepard, Of Harrisburg, ILL.,.
says: "Having received so much bene-
eft from Electric Bitters, I feel it my
duty 10 let suffering humanity know it.
Have had a running sore on my leg for
eight years; my doctors told me / would
have to have the bone scruped or leg
..%nputated. | used, instead, three bot
ties of Electric Bitters and seven boxes
Bucklen's Arnica salve, and my leg is
now sound and WELL" Electric Bitters
are sold at fifty cents a bottle, and Buck
lens Arnica salve at twenty-five cents
per box by Bennett g. Horsman.