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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-12-17
The Children at Table.

Mrs. Ellis A. Mumma, in Good House
keeping: From the time child is old
enough to sit at the table, teach him the
proper use of the knife, fork and spoon.
Never allow child to lean upon the
table, habits such as that will accom-
psny him all through life. He should
be taught to wait patiently until his
elders are served. 1t is very important
to carefully observe these minor points.
BY proper training in the beginning
parents are saved annoyance and NOR
tiication in the future.
At this age children should be dieted
as carefully as when they were infants.
BY this it is not meant that their diets
should consist solely of milk; by nc
means, but do not fall into the error sc
widely prevalent, that children having
obtained their teeth are capable of di
gesting all manner of food. This i:
the chief cause of destruction of life in
children between three and six years O.
age. Their stomachs being totally un
| fitted for the rich food they are allowet
to eat. Potatoes, meat, rice, oatmeal
brown bread, ripe fruit and as mucl
/, milk as they can drink, is the prope
diet for children of that age.
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Philanthropy in California.

Before the Grand Army encampment
one of the gentlemen collecting for the
affair called upon a prominent capital
list, notorious for his parsimony, for his
subscription. AS the collector antici-
pated, the capitalist pleaded poverty,
protested that he was terribly short of
ready change, and after many similar
excuses dismissed his visitor without
putting his name down for dollar. A
few weeks later the same gentleman
found himself in the Office of the capi-
talist After he had transacted his busi-
ness he could not resi- st the impulse to
give the penurious capitalist q rap over
the knuckles.
II heard some men talking about you
the other day, Mr.. -" he said.
What did they have to- say about
,uep Nothing good, bet
"Well, no. They said that it was a
pity you were not dead, so that your
money might go to those who would
use it for some worthy purpose. They
said, in fact, that it could not be in
worse hands than in yours.
The capitalist grinned.
| 1ucy dOd huON tHS SOou w III
secret,r he said. James, come here. ~
calling his bookkeeper. james. how
long is it since Mrs. d. paid me any
rentp"
Two months, sir. J"
| ..And have put her out, Jamesp'
| "No, sir; she is in your house"
"How long is it since that b. family
gave you anything?"
They have not paid dollar for three
months. sir"
.And have disturbed them, James:
Are they not still in one of my houses9
Yes, sir. They are still your ten
ants.
.'Now. what do you think of thatP
said the capitalist, triumphantly. ''Anc
vet people think am not charitable
that don't do any good
II confess am surprised" said tn,
visitor. Il had quite different opinion
of your character. You have beer
, much lnHNepresented, sir. and l see nov
that you are a humane and large
hearted man."
..Of course, of course" said the cap
, itaiist, complacently. "But l dom
want you to run away with any wron!
! ideas about this matter. Sheriff's fee
: are high, very high. The reason, m
+ dear sir. l don't put them out is becaus
it is cheaper to keep them in, and tax
, the chances of their paying up whe
they get the money. Good day, sil
good day. You may tell your frien &
! now. thanks, the sort of philanttre
: pist am and, with grim smile, IL
. lover of humanity bowed the visite
= out.-Sa,a Francisco Post
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-12-17
Combinations in Church Choirs.

Some queer combinations are met with
in church choirs, but few can boast so
strange an arrangement as that sport
ed by choir in village church near
New Haven, Conn. The soprano is a
rather handsome woman of some thir-
ty summers, and is now welded to her
second husband The gentleman thus
honored plays the organ, while hus-
band Mol, who was divorced from the
soprano three years ago works the or
gan pump. With all this the musical
trio are good friends and praise the
Lord in harmony. Connecticut long
ago became renowned ''as the land OF
steady habits and its reputation ap-
pears to extend to its church choirs
| and divorce courts, Notwithstanding
the apparent incongruity involved. =
| NeaO HaUeH Journal.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-12-17
Would Stop.

An old man entered the office of a
justice of the peace and addressing the
magistrate, said:
81 want TO swear
"Do you wish to swear out war
rantp''
.No, want to swear of.
Swear OFF," the magistrate ex-
claimed.
Yes. You see have been studying
about it for some time and / have con-
cluded to stop drinking"
"How old are you?'
''Ninety-six.
.And you have concluded to stop?"
Yes you see thought this way
'Dobbs, said |. talking to myself, 'it's
time you were letting Ticker alone
You'll ruin your prospects and vii
/ never amount to any thing, old boy, ln
less you do hold up. 1t is a shame fol
a man to waste his energies as l am do
ing" the old man continued, ''sa Tn
going to stop before it is too late.
| -Arkansd,0 IraUeler.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-12-17
OCEAN STEAMERS.
Money Lost on Speedy Boats nnd
Earned on tho Slow-G Going Vessels.

Money Lost on Speedy Boats md
Earned on tho Slow-Going Vessels.
1t has been clearly demonstrated
that fast ships do not pay. and if one
line has fleet of greyhounds all lines
must follow suit. The vast cost repre-
sented by the efficiency in speed al
ready attained by the large vessels now
engaged in the transatlantic trade is
enormous. The original outlay of mon
ey in building these ships is counted as
nothing. 1t is the working expenses.
The coal consumed by the Cunard ships
alone is estimated at 500, 600 tons per
year. Comparing the performance of
a ship like the Etruria with the Britain
mic, it is apparent that the difference in
time is gained at too great cost. The
Britannia burns on an average 100 tons
of coal day. Her average time in max
ing trip is eight and half days. The
amount of coal thus necessary for the
voyage is $50 tons. The Etruria, on
the other hand, which occupies six and a
half days or two days less than the Bri-
tannic, consumes 320 tons of coal per
day, or over 1900 tons of coal on the voy-
age. To save two days requires an ex-
ira consumption to the amount of !, 200
tons and more. The enormous in
crease in horse power required to put a
knot or fraction of knot in speed
explains the difference in the coal con-
sumption of the two ships. The addi-
tional expenses does not end here. Not
only is it true that the Britannia can
make voyage with about one-third
/ ho- of IL Il, 60,
the Etruria, but she has much more
space available for carrying freight or
passengers. The room required for
the bunkers of ship that has to car
ry the amount of coal necessary to feed
boilers like those of the Etruria, is an
important item. Then again, engines
to indicate horse power necessary to
drive one of the big ships at rate per-
mitting her to make the trip in six days
and half cost infinitely more to build
than those that can be made to do their
work with the steam that hundred
tons of coal will generate. They also,
like the coal bunkers, encroach upor
the vessels space. As most of the
shippers and importers are engaged il
business that will not suffer in conse
quence of days delay, and as safet,
at sea is the first consideration in mat
ters of ocean travel it is conceded tina
vessels that can make the trip in eigh
days, or eight days and few hours
are the most profitable and therefor
the most disirable. Shippers will no
be forced to pay excessive freights t
{ make good the increased cost of spec
, and the decreased amount of the ca1
! rying capacity. Passengers will b
+ able to secure more commodious qual
J ters and at a less cost, apd the danger
8 of collision aud the fatal consequence
/ attending the same, will be diminished
, besides which, the steamship companie
$ can live and make money. AS an il
: stance of the undesirabiiity of the e,
> ceptionally fast steamers, the Atlanti
3 Express Service has been discontinue
1 by mutual consent. The service con
, prised the City of Rome and the Amer
4 lea, and has been under the flag of th
Anchor Line. .-NeW York Mail.
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About Letters of Introduction.

AUOuU 1ltUlCIS VI lliGIOuuCUlVNs
If letters of introduction are given
you to present yourself or family to the
notice of mutual acquaintances, send
them in an envelope with card and ad-
dress enclosed in it.
1t is much better to thus Introduce
yourself to their notice than to call in
person. for by so dong you may avoid
an unpleasant position. You are a per-
feet stranger to the lady, and although
your name is mentioned by your mutu-
al friend, yet it will take her few sec.
onds to read it, while you must stand
hat in hand, waiting reception which
may not always be q cordial one. For
in these days of agents of all kinds,
and in this tagging age, people of re-
spectacle appearance will force them
selves into your houses and insist up
on seeing some one OF its occupants.
solely for the purpose of obtaining
money for themselves or others, and
therefore strangers are looked upon
| with suspicion at their entrance into
the parlor, and while your letter is be-
ing read you must fall somewhat un.
der this suspicion.
| Yet if the mutual friend possessed
| ~ ,.l.k fLn mt
.ne rlgne to ihIrouuce you, nhonSns .ne nLosn
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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-12-17
What Kind of Water.

Man at the water cooler (pausing re-
flectively in the midst of drink)-
"Wha. kind of water is this?"
Native (reassuringly) y)-''That? That's
we'll water.
Man Mt the water cooler--"You are
too sanguine, my friend. This water
may be convalescent. but it is gross
satire to call it well. ~ Youngstown
(O.) Telegram.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-12-17
NOVEMBER

Grim undertaken Of the year,
From whom all song and Joy hdth fed
Who, kneeling on her cold, gray hills,
Weeps oe'r her loved and lovely dead;
Thou cometh with thy sulltn frown,
And mirth thy gloomy presence grleves,
To cover all earth's beautiful
With dark shroud of fallen leaves;
And bid the legion winds awake
Wild dlrges 'mong the gray old tree
Where late sue grand October waved
Her mott,ed banners to the breeze;
And drape our Indian summer skies *
With clouds so deep and dark of hue,
We scarce can see the hills that dreamed
Meath blue gold Iaists and golden blue.
Harriet Smead, IN the Current.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-12-17
The Macy Dance.
zen YOU do not dancePn

'Then you do not dancer
mo, l am a carpet manufacturer. and
it gals me to see my best work trod-
den under foot. =
"But the delights of the light fantas-
tic-surely you enjoy the may waltz?''
Il was engaged in maizey dance
yesterday.
sHow was thatP!
"a man trod on my pet corn. - chi
cago Ledger.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-12-17
TIE KIMBALL GRAPHIC.
Entered At the Poss-of1cs at Kimbau. Dakota
- second -class matter,
TERMS: ea PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE.

sa-Advsrtisins rerms of Advertising made
mown on application.
IAdysrtising not accompanied by instruo-
IONS vii! be inserted until ordered out and
charged for accordingly.
Regular Advertisements payable ct the
must be paid for in advance
EAll communications intended for the
lext issue must be in the hands Of the printer
.a early as Thursday morning to insure publ
cation.
A-Job work Of every description executed
b the best style on short notice and at raason-
Iblo rates.
A6Short communications on any subject OF
interest arc acceptable il accompanied by tho
lame Of the author.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1886-07-31
GIFTS

"oh, World God, give me wealth." the
Egyptian cried,
His prayer was granted. High as heaven.
behold
Palace and pyramid; the brimming tide
OF lavish lie washed all his land with gold
Armies of toiled out slaves rise at his feet
World-circling traffic roared through mart
and street.
His priests are gods, his spice-balmed kings
enshrined,
Set death at naught in rock-ribbed char
nels deep,
Seek Pharaoh's race to-day and we shall find
Rust and the moth, silence and dusty sleep.
"Oh, world-G God, give me beautyi" cried the
Greek.
His prayer was granted. Allthe earth be-
Plastic and vo:al to his sense; each peak.
Each grove, each stream, quick with Pro
methean flame,
Peoplcd the world with imaged grace and
light.
The Iyro was his, and his the breathing
might
OF the immortal marble, his the play
OF diamond-pointed thought and golden
tongue.
Go seek the sunshine race, we find to-day
A broken column and lutte unstrug.
"Oh, World-G God. give me powerln the Ro-
man cried,
His prayer was granted The vast world
was chained
A captive to the chariot of his pride,
The blood of myriad provinces was drained
To feed that fierce, Unsuitable red heart,
Invulnerably bulwarked every part
With serried legions and with close-meshed
code.
Within, the burrowing worm had gnawed
its home.
A rooless ruin stands where once abode
The imperial race of everlasting Rome.
'Oh, God-head, give me truthg' the Hebrew
cried.
His prayer was granted He becams the
slave
OF the iSea, pilgrim far and wide,
Curscs 1ed, s9urned, and scourged, with
nolcSlo save.
Pharaohs knew him, and when Greece
beheld
His wisdom wore the hoary crown of Ed.
Beauty he hath forsworn, and wealth and
power,
Seek him to-day, and find in every lani
No fire consumes him, neither floods devour,
Immortal through the lamp within his
hand
=, .;,oe when the Inrss1zarus
ward to 'he ' .=,a.anshSa =,aan TIA l9teres'
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recovering the missing part, we would,
on its presentation, pay you twenty-five
cents more. Suppose you brought us a
shred of note, with the edges singed,
and asserted that it was the remnant of a
500 bill which had accidentally been
destroyed by fire. We would request you
to make an affidavit in support of your
story. If you could still further sub
stantiate your statement by the affidavit,
of several reputable persons who had
witnessed the destruction of the bill, we
would then accept the shred and give
you 500. Of course, people frequently
try to impose upon us, but they invari
ably come to grief. A man once sent Us
lot of small pieces of various denomi-
nations which were very ragged looking.
He wrote that they were the remaining
portions of bills which had been carried
from his money drawer by mice and nib
bled into shreds. They were turned over
to some IS 'he female employees, women
HexPer.enced that, aiIiiv--sh they have
only tiny shred to go by, can tell posi-
lively from that shred TIE face value of
the note of which it was a portion, its
origin and the date of its issue, even
should there be not single letter or fig
ure upon it. 1t took these experts only
a trifiing space of time to discover that
the nibbled fragments had formerly be-
longed to counterfeits. However, as the
sender had made no affidavit in the mat
ter, he escaped punishment.
"Can you show me some curious speci-
mems of notes which have been re-
deemed?"
Certainly. Here is an odd Hooking
affair which is a 81 note. A man care
lessly left it in the pocket of white vest,
which garment was shortly after both
washed and ironed. You can imagine
the state of legal tender after undergo
ing such thrilling ordeal. Here is a
So note pierced with four holes 1t was
found carelessly folded in the pocket of
murdered man. He had been shot
several times, one Of the bullets tearing
its way through the folded note, which
was shortly afterward sent here for re-
dcmption by the dead mans relatives.
We did our hest to alleviate their griei
with brand now bill. Still another
specimen comes from the Chicago fire.
1t is simply quantity of ashes pasted on
a sheet of paper, and represents 81
note. Your inexperienced eye cannot
discern figure or letter upon it, but
our clerks displayed little embarrassment
in recognizing it as an old friend. We
received a vast amount of charred money
from the Chicago fire, and redeemed the
larger portion OF it.
Apropos of fires, recall an interesting
ease which occurred in 1870. In that
year a steamboat was burned on the Mis-
'issippi. Among other valuables which
vent to the bottom of the river was an
Ada@s ina. ExpresWS WeSai.fte Sate. eonttaiaing over
Wnm@Sny WinSoSn shops, Friday, hasy,st Ss' :.
Al who dY9 are aSorth Itlsnt State are respectfully
"a 70 citizens ss gs;sFRs %nssn g hold
! meeting. .ha colored citizens ,,a1v about Il
come out ana masses, ass' and learn. thRUNED. hUNE
indpsstTFl@Sl indhsT@ after after IT IS EANN--D
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A foreign scientific journal announces
the discovery of beetle, christened Ce-
tonia aurata, which is to render unneces.
sary al the Knowledge gained by Pas
teur concerning the treatment of rabies.
A Russian naturalist, Alexander Becker,
lis credited with having made known the
properties of this valuable bIg, and a
being the authority for the statement
that. in Southern Russia it is the com.
Amonly recognized and always efficient an
. idote for rabies. All that is necessary fol
:, person to do, after having been bitter
y mad dog, is to cat piece of bread
! which Cetonia aurata is enveloped.
s.hd he will be secured against hydlopho
kia. The insect is said to be of metal
slic green color, with some white linu
land spots upon it, and it is represented
2 hs common among the flowers, not only
7 of Southern Russia, but of nearly al
F. -, Is the centre On s-,.h and
~, ..rnrjses; ri noted for her vS;d weal'A street
ro,itnern europe:
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TRICKS IN BANK NOTES.
STORIES TOLD BY AN OFFICIAL IN
THE NATIONAL TREASURY.
Clever Counterfcits--Detcc Skill
of CIerks-Rcdccming Mutilated
RilIs-Stories of Crime.

Clever Counterfcits--Detc Skill
of CIerks-Rcdccmin Mutilated
BiIls-Stories of Crime.
A Washington letter to the New York
Mail and Express says: The isa white
haired, sharp-eyed little man in the
Treasury who has been one of the features
Of the place for years. Into this gentle
mans hands, speaking metaphorically, l
happened to fall, and it required no rar-
ticular effort to make the official talka-
tive. lie was inspecting at the moment
spurious 500 note, and this circum-
stance gave rise to his first anecdo;e.
II tell you," he said, ''there is appar-
emily MO limit to the cseyer tricks o.
It Geiters. Just lo9oy oycr '1u hundred nTss
people before it came into our hands. l
know for fact that it was accepted as
genuine by bank teller in high stand
ing, and yet the instant certain young
woman in one of our departments let her
experienced eye fall upon it, she detected
its worthless character. The neat work
manship on the bill reminds me of case
which came to our notice me time ago.
A counterfeiter had got up number of
800 notes on six separate banks The
copy used was on bank which made its
500 notes in this style. On ono end of
the paper was an engraving of ship,
the yardarm of which ran between two
delicate hourishcs underneath the word
'thc,' which was the first word of tho
name of the bank of issac; as, for in.
stance, The National Bank of the Re-
public, or The First National Bank.
The fraud would have been partittl-
larly neat one had the countcrfeiter made
his notes payable by the same bank from
which he obtained his original specimen.
Instead of being sufficiently shrewd,
however, to avail himself of that prccau.
ton, or perhaps through an excess of
caution, he made them payable by six
other banks. Each of these latter insti-
tutions had one distinctive feature on
their one hundred dollar notes. The
yard arm of the vessel inste,d CT running
between the two minute fiourishes barely
touched the outside of the flourish nearer
the top of the note, and approached
closer to the word the by the sixteenth
of an inch. OF course the counterfeit,
which was capital piece of workman
ship, with the one exception mentioned,
deceived merchants easily, and deceived
many bank tellers as we'll. The moment
the notes passed through the hands of a
lynx-cyed young lady at the Treasury,
she discovered their spurious quality in
'--
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-..N S.apc. TO Dc
s@'e "-ey planted literally of manv
lruits, not neglecting the orange. but The
vineyard was their first care, and il has
pTobcbly paid them better even than the
CITRUS fruits would have done. The Ana
neim OF to-day presents many CHARMING
MONIES which are revelation to Eastern
people of the rapid growth of fruit trees
= "a pale blue satin the shade otf f6s
$, and was covered with silver and
l embroidery inside and out, the col
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orG found at Sarasota
Y Professor Heilprin
hing the existence of
Florida at a very re-
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is cooling to the scalp
truptions.
ltermittent, break-bone.
re Ayers Ague Cure.
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VI tUUIMOUS
iamond pins fastened
"a and necklace were
slze and beauty. The
kid reaching TO the
lainted with the arms
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Proprietor Piso's Cure for Consumntion
and Pisos Remedy for Catarrb
We append recent letter, which camo ~
t Us entirely unsolicited, with permission to
DAYTON, Ohio, Jan. 10, 1886.
You may add my testimony as To tho
merits merits OF Piso's Cure for Consumption.
.ook a severe cold last February, which settled
on my lungs. They became liberated and
we're so painful that l had no rest for ro t,ro
DAYS and nights. | got bottle of Piso's Cnre
Tor Consump!ion. and was relieved by the
Iime had taken half of it. Since that time
nave Kept Piso's Cure in the house and nse
lt as a preventive, both for lung troubles and
Group, Tor which | can recommend il ms the
best medicine ever used; and that Is sayir@ |
great deal, for have used at least twenty
others, besides about as many physicians,
prescriptions. Piso's Cure for ConSnmntion
las never failed to give relief in my family
A. j. GRUBB,
"a Springfield st.
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Georgia landi III
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zone of the finest cotton