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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-11-26
A Base Plot.

Detroit Free Press.
The other day as two well known
citizens were standing together in the
corridor OF the postofiice one happen.
ed to notice that a postal card held
in the fingers OF the other was directed
to the holder.
'Why how does this Gomez" was
asked. 'rDo you write letters to your
self"
"In this case, yes,'' was the answer.
''fhat's funny"
''Well, not SO very See the other
side"
He held it up and the other read:
Brother Blank. There will be n meeting
OF the I. D. o. s. b., No. 3S7, at the hall
on the evening OF Oct. 10 to transact gem
eral business. Members not present will
be fined SIS.
J. CAREY, Secretary.
"1es but l don't exactly catch on, !"
protested the innocent
"Oh, you don't Well, / got the
cards printed myself The society is
all a myth. When | want to get out
OF an evening address one OF these
postals to my house. When l reach
home my wife hands it to me with u
sigh. | offer to stay at home and
stand the fine of SIS, but she won't
have it that way. That's all nv
friend--eScept that the same scheme
is worked by hundreds OF others, and
our poor, delnded wives haven't tum.
bled to the racket yet"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-11-26
Free Love Doings in Kansas.

Near Valley Falls, Kansas, is so.
ciety OF Liberals" which renounces
all religion and holds extreme views
on all subjects. Free love- is one OF
the cardinal principles and a few days
ago two members OF the liberal sect
decided to contract marriage with.
out assistance or permission from
| church or state. The bridegroom was
q Mr.. Walker, editor of the liberal or.
gan which bears the suggestive title OF
"Lucifer." The bride was Miss Lii
liam Harman, a sixteen-year-old-
daughter OF Moses Harman, proprie-
tor OF "Lucifer." The friends of the
happy pair being assembled, old Mr..
Harman arose and read a long dis.
sertation on the barbarity OF the
Christian religion and the laws OF the
land, winding up with an emphatic in
dorsement OF free love. The marriage
proceeded on this wise, the bridegroom
saying:
II cheerfully and distinctly recoe-
nize this woman's right to the control
OF her person. her right and duty to
retain her own name, her right to the
possession OF all property inherited,
earned or justly gained by her; her
equality withme in this scopartnership;
my responsibility to her as regards
the care OF offspring, il any, and her
paramount right to the custody there
of should any unfortunate fate dis.
solve this union. And now, friends,
few words especially to you. This
wholly private compact is hereby an
nounced, not because Recognize that
you or society at large or the state
has any right to inquire into or deter,
simply as a guarantee to Lillian OF
my good faith. And to this | pledge
my honor"
The girl then came forward and in a
modest way said; ~ do not care to
say much. Actions speak more clear
ly than words often. ] enterint this
union with Mr.. Walker OF my own free
will and choice, and | agree with tne
views OF my father and of Mr.. Walker
as just expressed. | make no prom
ises that it may become immoral or
impossible for ME to fulfil, but retain
the right to act always as my conscience
and best judgment shall dictate.
| retain also my full maiden name as
am sure it is my duty to do. With
this understanding give to him my
hand in token OF my trust in him, and
OF the fidelity to truth and honor OF
my intention toward him"
Having said this, the girl took a
seat beside her affinity, and Harman,
rising, said
~, =,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-11-26
What is this Charlotte? Do you
rafuse2n

what is this Charlotte? Do you
refuse?"
"Oh. no, no, father!"
$50 much the better, for 1 have
nothing to refuse to Monsieur Judge
Zacharias. Come here and thank
your benefactor."
Charlotte ran to the old man, who
kissed her with his eyes full OF tears
Then, alleging the petition OF Karl
lmant which he was in a hurry to
make, he set out for the city, taking
only crust of bread in his bag for
breakfast.
Five days afterward Karl Imant re.
celved the brevet of forester at Grind.
erwald, and eight days later married
Charlotte. Monsieur Seller could not
be at the wedding; he was indisposed
that day, greatly to the regret OF the
worthy forester and his family. Since
then the Judge rarely goes fishing, and
when he boes it is at Brunnen, on the
other side OF the mountain.-NIrs l..
A. McGaeiey, in Chicago Herald, from
-Chartrain.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-11-26
A Drunken Elephant,

The novel spectacle of an elephant
walking into a bar room and taking
his whisky straight was presented re-
Gently in Brooklyn. Charley Hazel.
ton, an old-time theatrical man, was
responsible for the strange visitation.
The beast was one used by the Kiral-
fys in their spectacle of "Around the
World IN Eighty Days" which is being
presented in the Brooklyn theater.
The elephant consumed all the free
lunch in the saloons visited, and in
each place q pail filled with whisky
and water was furnished him. After
making the rounds of all the bar
rooms in the vicinity. the animal was
started for home in a hilarious condi-
ton. just he passed the rear door
OF the postotlice the elephant grasped
Hazelton about the body and threw
him to the pavement. When some
friends picked him up he was insensi-
BILE, but is now doing well. The ele-
phant was undoubtedly intoxicated.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-11-26

The efficacy OF oil calming troubled
waters has again been proven in the
case of sailing vessel which arrived
in New York. From Sept. 90 until the
10th gales We're encountered, when on
the morning OF that day the wind in
creased to a hurricane. The sea
was tremendous, one breaking over
the bows and washing the fcrecastle
overheard, with all the mems effects,
and carrying away the bowsprit. At
about the same time the topmasts
came tumbiing down, and it WAS
hours before the wreck could be clear
ed away by the crew. During these
exciting events the expedient OF put
ting oil bags overheard was resorted
to during the gale and by this means
the vessel was made to lie-to easily, or
the vessel would undoubtedly never
more have been heard of.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-11-26

600 square miIesl with its rich natur-
al soil and beautiful climate, is poor
and depressed. The reason is obvi-
Gus. In the former country the IN
habitants own their lands, and then
welfare is wrapt up in the outstanding
of their resources, while in the latter
country, under the present system
the fields lie idle and the people have
lost their interest from oppressive
rentals and unequal ownership"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1886-11-26

The Northwestern Construction &
Improvement company, OF Minneapo.
lis, has contracted with the Ordway,
Bismarck l. Northwestern railroad
company for the construction OF its
line from Aberdeen to the coal fields
OF Mclean county, distance of 15G
miles.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-04-17
HOME AND FARM.

To tell good eggs, put them in wa- ter: if the large end turns up they are not fresh. This is an infallible rule to distinguish good egg from bad one. The Household.
 Where silesia is used for dress lin- ing an authority states that by placing the selvage at the neck, instead of for the front lap it will not stretch nearly so much as when used in the old way Boston Globe.
 To prevent blue calico from fading, pour one ounce of sugar of lead into pail of water, soak the material in the solution for two hours, and let dry be- fore being washed and ironed. This IS good for all shades of blue.-Bosto'' Globe.
 Brown Bread: Two cups of gra- ham flour, one cup of wheat flour, one pinch of salt, two cups of sour or butter milk. one and one-half teaspoonful ot soda or saleratus. Bake in moderate oven for half an hour. Sweeten with sugar or molasses, if liked.-The Caterer.
 The COW, when yielding milk, needs warmer stable than the OK. It we draw from her twenty pounds of milk daily that is at the temperature of one hundred degrees we must in some way furnish her with the means of restoring the caloric to the system. Tunes.
 Pie Crust: Two cups of lard, one cup of water, pinch of salt Mix the salt and lard in the flour; then add the water. Do not get it too thick with f1our. If that is not rich enough to suit you, mix three-fourths of a cup of water with the same amount of lard. -WeSterr1 Rural.
 The secret in mashing potatoes is to have all the utensils used as hot as pos sible, and to beat the mass till light in stead of pressing down smooth and solid adding cream, butter and salt at will. A desirable result is reached by rubbing the mashed potato through a hot colan- der and leaving it just as it falls into the dish. Chicago Tribune.
 Graham mullins made in this way are wholesome for breakfast: One quart of graham flour, one tablespoonful of baking powder and half teaspoonful ot salt sifted. To this add two eggs well beaten, two ounces of melted butter and enough milk to form thin batter, mix ing thoroughly. Bake in muffin rings or pans half filled with the batter in 8 brisk koven.-CleUeLand LeGder.
 Covered yards possess one advan- tage in regard to the smaller consump. ton of food by animals that are covered than by animals that are not. The cold wind. which causes loss of the heat of the body of an animal, necessitates that animal consuming more food to regain such heat; but the wet which falls upon any animal requires still much larger amount of heat in order to convert that moisture into vapor. Under covered yard an animal is protected not only from cold winds, but also from the rain, and an immense amount of food IS thus ved.-Al6Gpy Journal.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-04-17
LINGUISTIC STUDIES.
A Bishops Powerful and Clear Arguments
 in their Favor.

A Bishops Powerful and Clear Arguments
 in their Favor.
 The Bishop of Oxford in distributing the certificates and prizes awarded to the candidates in the Oxford local exam nations of 1885, delivered an extremely interesting defense of language as the most useful of all disciplinary studies. The bishop held that the number ofthose young people so constituted as to be ed- ucated successfully. either wholly or mainly, by the discipline of science is but small; and he held the discipline of language to be not only the most effect i've for those whom it suits, but, on mere utilitarian grounds, far the most useful. You can use a matchbox or pump to the best possible effect without really understand ing its operation at all. If you wanted to repair your pump, you would send to the plumber, even though you yourself understood fully what it needed. But you could not use the most useful of all tools, language, to the best purpose without really understanding its struc- ture; you could not get any one to mend effect1ally your broken sentences for you if you did not know how to mend them for yourself. Further, it would be impossible to master the facilities of any great language without attaining an insight into the secrets of the heart o1 even higher value than the mastery oi all tools itself. This seems to us a singularly just and weighty argument tor linguistic studies. Spectator.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-04-17
KIND NATURE.
How She Adopts the Celebration of Ani-
 maIs to Their Surroundings.

How She Adopts the Celebration of Ami
 mals to Their Surroundings.
 Correspondence in color with the general hue of the surrounding medium is especially common wherever single tone predominates largely in the wider aspect of nature Arctic animals, as everybody knows, are always white. Ptarmigan and Northern hareS put on a snowy coat among the snows of winter. The uncommercial stoat needlessly transforms himself on the approach of cold weather into the expensive and much persecuted ermine. Imagine for a moment the chances of life possessed by bright scarlet animal among the snowfelds of Greenland, and one can see at once the absolute necessity for this unvarying protective coloration. Even a royal Duke would scarcely ven- ture to approve of faring red uniforms under such conditions. All the conspicu- ous creatures get immediately weeded out by their carnivorous enemies, ow- ng to their too great obtrusivenes and loudness of dress; while those alone survive which exactly conform to the fashionable whitness of external nature. So, too, in the district every bird, lizard, grasshopper, butterfly and cricket is uniformly dressed in light sand color. The intrusive red or blue butterfly from neighboring flowery fields gets prompt ly eaten up by the local bird, whose plumage he can not distinguish from the sand around it. The intrusive scarlet or green bird from neighboring forests finds the bread taken out of his mouth by the too severe competition ot his desert brethren, who can steal upon the native grasshoppers unpercelved, while he himself acts upon them like a red danger signal, and is as sedulously avoided by the invisible insects as if he meant intentionally to advertise in fam ing posters his own hostile and destruc- tive purpose In short, sand-haunting creatures are and always must be nec- essarily sand-colored. A few tropical flat fish, however, living as they do among the brilliant corals, pink sea anemones, gorgeous holothurians and banded shells of the Southern seas, are beautifully and vividly spotted and colored with the liveliest patterns. In this case the necessity for protection compells the fish to adopt the exactly opposite statistics. All those young beginners who happen to show any tendency to plain brow coloring are sure to be recognized as fish, and get promptly eaten up among their bright surroundings only those which look more like the neighboring inedible and stinging nondescripts stand any chance of escaping with their precious lives. A Quaker garb which would easily pass unobserved in the murky English Channel would become at once con- spicuous by contrast among the brill iant orangisms of Amboyna or Tahiti. This beautifully proves the relativity of all things, as philosophers put. It. Ordinary people express the same idea iu simpler language by saying that circumstances alter cases. - Cor7'httl
 MaQGziY1e.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-04-17
A Stove-Pokers Terrible Deed.
Milwaukee Sun. l

Women are not all timid, especially in the presence of men. A woman may climb right up the side of a wall and hang on to the dado by her teeth at sight of poor little, hungry, inoffensive mouse, and a few minutes afterward knock man end over appetite for making an insulting re- mark in her presence. Down at Rochester, Ind, Mrs. Gilkinson keeps boarding house, and the other day a man named Stiles, while drunk, called upon her and demanded lodging. She mildly suggested that he pay for lodging that he previously had, when he gave her very insulting answer. She immediately smote him over the head with stove-poker which was concealed among the folds of her dress, and now Stiles is no more. The coroner's jury acquitted the woman, and now it Is safe to say that man will pause and res fleet for soma time before insulting her.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-04-17
INDIVlDUALITY.
The Subtle Personal Quality That Should
 Pervade Your Work.


 Pervade Your Work.
 Every man swork is marked by qual- ity ot its own. A similar work, both in kind and degree. may perhaps be done by others more swiftly, more efficiently, more systematically, than by the one to whom it is entrusted, yet that one per son's work will have subtle personal quality not to be exactly matched in the work of the others. The question, then, is not whether another could do the work which you are doing more quickly and more thoroughly than you are doing it, but whether any one can do your work with just exactly the quality which you personality gives to it. There is room in the world for all kinds of work, done in all kinds of ways, by all kinds of people. You and your work may be only single special note in the great orchestra of earth and sky; take care that that note be not lacking in the great harmony.-S s. Tunes.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-04-17
A WONDERFUL CLOCK.
A Strange Piece of Mechanism Which
 Will Run Ten Thoucand Years.

A Strange Piece of Mechanism Which
 Will Run Ten ThOucand Years.
 The famous clock of Strasburg is put completely into the shade by the great World clock, or the ten-thousand-year time indicator. It was constructed in Germany, during many years labor, by MT. Christian Martin, clockmaker. The clock marks the years and leap years, and will run for hundred centuries, when its mechanical works will have to be changed The face of the clock is about ten feet square, and has large number of dials and little niches where one hundred and twenty-two little fig ures have their abiding place. These lat ter allegorize the human life. Every minute a sorrowful-looking angel hits bell with sledge hammer. When he has done this fifteen times, another angel in a red robe strikes the first quarter. The genius, dressed in Louis XIV. costume, turns dial so that the figure is shown. At the same time the figure of child appears at the lower door. At the second quarter youth appears, at the third middle-aged man with spectacles and high hat, and at the fourth decrepit old wretch with a white wig. While all this is going on below, Death, in the shape of Co., manche Indian with wings, has been vainly endeavoring to hammer bell in an upper niche, but an angel has headed him of in every case, and protected the human family ''by raising the right hand in an allegorical relation,'' as per programe, until the fourth quar- fer. Then Death gets the better of the struggle, strikes the hour, and bundles the old man of Into eternity.
 The Twelve Apostles are trotted om each hour. Above them is figure of Christ, who blesses with both hands each Apostle in passing with mathmeti- cal exactness. At morning, noon and night a number of bell ringers ring their respective bells with vindictive energy and an old man drops upon his knees, as if some one had kicked his legs out from under him. All these andsnany other wonders exposing the family secrets of the Zodiac, the heather gods, the seasons, the moon and the globe, all run regularly. The whole structure is surmounted by a cock, which crows at six and twelve o'clock. --PdU MdU Gazette.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-04-17
CHARITY ABUSED.
A Corpse That Counted tho Money Con
 tributed to Bury It.
Baltimore (Md.) specIaLI


 Baltimore (Md.) special.]
 Several days ago a pretty little woman went to one of the Methodist churches in southwest Baltimore and asked for money to bury her dead husband. She gave her name as Hester Green and said she was ashamed to ask the city to bury him. Two worthy ladies were sent out to investigate the case. They went to house on Parkin street. There was crape on the door, all the blinds were closed, and the stiffness of death brooded over the place. They entered the house. In one corner of darkened room lay corpse; near it was the wife bowed down in grief. The ladies looked at the body, then comforted the bereaved woman.
 The pathetic story so touched the hearts of the brethren that seventeen dollars was raised to give him Christian burial. Next day one of the ladies who had investigat- ed the case went to the house and found the wife little more "resigned to the will of God," as she expressed it, and the corpse still there. The money was left and the lady departed with the consciousness of having done good deed. She found after walking few squares that she had left her umbrella. She returned to get it, opened the door, and there sat the corpse counting the money and clinking one dol- lar against another to see that it was no. counterfeit. The lady was thunderstruck, and, although she was sold, was deter mined not to be beaten out of seventeen dollars, so she compelled the corpse to re- turn the money that had been contributed for the purpose of burying him like . Christian.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-04-17
That Tired Feeling

No words of ours can tell the benefit to be derived from Hoods Sarsaparilla if you need good spring medicine It will strain all impurities from the blood rouse the torpid liver, invigorate the digestive organs and impart life to every function of the body We only ask you to try single bottle to prove the positive merits of Hoods Sarsapara as an honest and reliable medicine
 "I think Hoods Sarsaparilla is the best medicine for general debility there is and for the good 1t has done me cheerfully recommend it.' J. Sullivan S9 Brown St., Rochester, N. Y.
 "I have used Hoods Sarsaparilla for blood purifier in my family several years, and can not speak too highly of it." J. D. COLLINS, Piquar O.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-04-17
Both NIaidens and Angels.
Tampa (Fla.) Tribune.1

A friend sends us the following: "1 had B dream; silver wire stretched from Heaven to earth. A former earthly asso- ciate of mine communicated the following through the Heavenly telephone: St. Peter sat nodding beside the golden gates, when a maiden with timid knock sought ad- mission. What claim have you on Heaven?' asked the saint. Dropping her head until her bangs pointed earthward, she answered: I am from Florida, and just sweet sixteen.' 'Enter,' said the saint; 'enter,' and he threw wide open the gates, for when a girl in Florida is sixteen she is both girl and angel"
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-04-17
The Gifted Girl of GrantsvilIe.
Walker Lake (Nev.) BulIetin.I

A young lady in Grantsville is curiously and amusingly gifted. Her toes are 90 supple that she can snap the great and third toes of either foot with as sharp and clear report as the average man makes when he snaps his thumb and finger. She is diffident about exhibiting her peculiar accomplishment, but her intimate friends assert that she is quite an adept and can keep good time to lively jig.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-04-17

The mild weather. following our long and severe winter, has such a depressing effect upon the body that one feels all tired out almost completely pros trated the appetite is lost and there is ambition to do anything. The whole tendency of the system Is downward. Hoods Sarssparlla is just the medicine needed It puries the blood, sharpens the appetite overcomes the tired feeling, an invigorates every function of the body.
 Floods Sarsaparilla in four weeks made me new man. My head ceased to ache, and my whole system is built up anew. enjoying perfect health" l. BAR lrNeToN, 1S0 Bank St., N. '. City.
 i've all like Hoods Sarsaparila, 1t Is so strengthen RAr Auburn. R. 1.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-04-17
aNo Physic. Sir. in Nrine,'

A good story comes from boys board hg-school in "Jersey." The diet was mo- notonous and constipating, and the learned Principal decided to introduce some old style physic in the apple-sauce, and await the happy results One bright lad, the smartest in school, discovered the secret mine in his sauce, and pushing back his plate, shouted to the pedagogue, "No physic sir in mine. My dad told me to use nuthin' but Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purg- ative Pellets and they are a doing their duty like charml" They are anti-bilious, and purely vegetable.
The Arizona sentinel., 1886-04-17

"HELLo! P we heard one man say to anoth- CT the other day. q didn't know you at first, why you look ten years younger than you years younger" was the reply. "You know used to be under the weather all the time and gave up expecting to be any bet ter. The doctor said had consumption. l was terribly weak, had night-sweats, cough, no appetite, and lost flesh. l saw Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery adver- tised, and thought it would do no harm if it did no good It has cured me. am a new man because am a well one."