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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27

II have had two times in my life
when / wanted to kick myself real
hard" said a well-known local sport
ing mar whose word to n Lexington
Journal man is rs good as law, and who
tells this story only on rare occasions.
zone of them l maintain a religious
secret even to this day. Only my wife
and | know Of it. When she peaches on
me l will give it away"
What was the other?"
II was travelling the grand circuit in
1885, and one pleasant morning landed
In Hartford. That night Ihad a dream.
l saw II field of horses. There were
eight starters. A gray horse had the
pole. He was a trotting horse. His
action was like clock-work. ] shall
never forget how he tossed his head
and shook it. He had what seemed to
be a perfectly white name and tail,
and the nigh hind foot was also white.
| seemed to see the whole race in its
preliminarics-the gathering of horses
and the scoring, and to see them break
away at the word. kept the eye of
my dreams on the gray horse. but Il pc
culiar thing always happened. He
faded out of my sight as he turned the
quarter and reappeared only about 100
yards upon the homestrctch, aud al
ways we'll In advance of the field, from
there under the wire trotting like .
ghost without Il clink of metal on the
turf. Eve been to many a horse-race,
but never any hat cqualed that trot Of
my dream and the action of the gallant
gray. / saw the gray win three heats,
fast time in each, and when | awoke I
wanted to go right to sleep again, for |
had been finding money on the gray all
night.
II went to the track that afternoon
thinking little of the dream. A field
of horses was scoring for the word
when l got there. vas talking with
a friend when l casually asked: How
many startersF"
Eight said he.
"My heart jumped. twas the num-
Der Of the dream.
ga gray in the lot?' asked /, little
supposing the answer would be as it
was! .
Yes was the reply, and he's a
clinker. White name and tail and
white nigh hind foot. Funny-looking
beast
II turned TO the track. 1t was my
dream. ] never saw anything more
natural. The Hartford race : course
was familiar to me for years. but here
was n ce-cou born out of dream
land, every feature reproduced, with
a gray winner at the pole.
"Didn't yon back himP' What makes
you kick YOURSELF"
gentleman" said the talkcr, sol
EMMY, dreams are but vagaries.
backed that gray and ! walked home.
You know / said he flushed first in
my dream. Well, he did. He finished
first in two heats. but from the quarter
pole to the homestretch he ran every
inch of the way. and, if you will re
member, l didn't see a blamed portion
of that part of the G in my sleep
The sucker was set back in the frs
heat and Aistanced in the second fol
running, md, while he could trot lik'
a ghost, he'd rather run. The mex
time | back n dream-racc I'll see tn,
whole of the blamed thing or I'll bu,
the short end of the pools and rul
| amuck.n
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27
Tho mortgage.

hC w 49, r
We worked through the spring and winter,
through hummer and through rail-, =.
But the mortgage worked the hardest and
and the steadiest of them all;
1t worked on nights and Sundays, 1t worked
each holiday;
1t settled down among us and it never went
Whatever we kept from it seemed almost
as bad us theft;
1t watched us every minute, and it ruled
us right and left.
The rust and blight were with us some
times end sometimes not
The dark-browed, scowling mortgage was
forever on the spot.
The weevil and the cutworm, they went as
well us came;
The mortgage stayed forever, eating nearly
all the same.
1t nailed up every window. stood guard at
every door,
And happiness and sunshine made their
place with us no more.
Till with failing crops and sickness, we got
stalled upon the grade.
And there cane a dark day among us when
the interest wasn't paid.
And there came "a sharp foreclosure, and l
kind o. lost my hold,
And grew weary and discouraged, and the
farm was cheaply sold.
And the children left and scattered when
they scarcely yet We're grown;
My wife she pined and persisted, and
found myself alone.
What she died of was a mystery, md the
doctors never knew;
But / knew she died of mortgage-jus as
well us l wanted to.
If to trace a hidden sorrow were within
the doctors art,
They'd have found II mortgage lyingo on that
poor woman's broker heart.
Worm or beetle, drouth or tempest, on a
farmers lane may fail,
But for first-class% ruinRtioa, trust a mort
gage 'gainst them all.
Will Carleton.
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Ans STU 10 Us - aou aqSnoql 'eIqqna 10
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U!q as1nl TO- aAolp 'uoSEM mluJ gu!
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pelunom QUA 'urm plo aI1 ana pos
10 sHs!p sqa oSp SuoI ua,rJ pau Qo!qM
molJ s3InsV uMolq 'a1sq aql 9yolH
poIueI slsMoVuns uoaeIoYs pus '69neoq
psasulq n! SsauIqs III aql s.lnm
AIaunoo olulossp asoq, Suols :punos
did not stop at either general store, at
the tinshop, the saloon, or the drug
store. With an occasional nod to
familiar faces he steered his team
straight down the street, past the pre-
tentious hotel. the gaping livery barn,
the big. bleak undergrad. and drew
up beside the platform of the railroad
depot.
aWboa-ah, thar! Train most due,
TomP. Hope It's. Or sort of a
niece aboard-me cousin Moike's child.
Did We know that?"
The station agents assistant smiled
back at him. Did he know thatP Who
did not know that old Rafferty, had
some months ago sent money TO Ire
land to bring out a young relative OF
his. "A queer character, old Rafferty,.
Seventeen wears of his life had been
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27
A NEBRASKA IDYL.
Tho Story of n New Years Conspiracy Ii
The Town of Bubble.
By NJ. Clearv.

Bubble was booming and it was the
eve of the New Year in Bubble. The
certainty of the former a%ccentuated the
pleasure of the latter fact. Crops had
been good, and the past week Of fes-
tivities had demonstrated that it had
been a year of abundance and therefore
of comparative content. So the farm
ers who logged in on or jolted behind
their heavy-hoofed horses admitted the
leading statement with a Supremacy
satisfied conviction that other towns
We're not booming as was Bubble and
an absolute indifference to the proba-
bility Of its being New Years Eve else
whore. A delicious day it was, too,
although not the typical winter one
which imagination invariably asso-
ciates with New Years day. There
was no snow; the air was crisp, keen.
in its frosty sweetness exhflarating as
wine; by q sky of spbdued yet intense
blue was the billowing prairie domed
and bounded; against that serene and
perfect background fields of riied but
unriven corn flung out their tattered.
tawny banners; the winding, brownish
roads rang Ike steel to every passing
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27

Walla Walla (Wash.) Statesman, Nov. 8.
Nj. F.. j. Carlyle, one of the proprietors
If the Delmonico Hotel, has just received
sl5, 900 by express from New Orleans, be.
ng on~e-twentieth Of the capital prize of
1900, 900 in the drawing for October of the
Louisiana State Lottery. A few days be-
lore the drawing took place he triee to dis
pose Of his tickets, 63,s56 among them,
but without success. Something very
peculiar and interesting attended the sue
cess of Mr.. Carlyle. A short time ago he and
Mr.. Marshall, bookkeeper for Schwabachcr
Bros, entered into a compact that If one
was ever so lucky US to draw the capital
prize he would give the other 10 per cent.
Of his drawing. As soon as he received his
money, Mr.. Carlyle hunted up Mr.. Mar.
shall and counted out 81 ,5ttto the surprised
gentleman. He had forgotten about the
agreement but Mr.. Carlyle Ind not. The
Louisiana State Lottery is perfectly relia-
bic, and those with the most conscientious
seruples can invest in 1t. IL is merely ono
form of speculation. The Walla Wallans
are very much pleased with the honorable
way in which the company treated Their
fellow citizen.
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POPULARITY OF A
Pointers on q Game Which Bids Fail to
All kRn Ron0

<hAk ~ AsnkGs
Hearts," the little game that was in
troduced into high society a few years
ago, is likely to become as much the
rage, according to the New York Sun,
as progressive euchre has been for a sea-
son or two past. The game seems to BIO
all right, and fully as pleasant as the
older nj of euchre, not to speak OF its
being easier for a greenhorn to pick up.
There were always n or two at a pro-
gressive euchre party who did not know
the game, and hadn't more than begun
to learn it when the bell was rung for
the last round. This greatly inter
ferred with the celebrity of play
that was essential to make u progress
sive euchre party lively, and was a con
slant annoyance to good players.
There will be no such trouble with
hearts, for its rules are so simple that
any one with any knowledge at all
of cards can pick them up in a few
minutes, AT the same time there Is
room in the game for the exercise OF the
faculties of memory and Judgment
essential to a good whist player. The
more one knows about it the better n
plays, but to be able to play we'll
SiAOu6A W hScp up WIN viz
and avoid delaying the game it is not
essential to have expert knowledge.
There are four players in each game,
but no partners, a fact that simplities it
greatly. The full pack of tifty-two
cards mo joker) is dealt at once, aid
the cards rank from ace, high. to deuce,
low. The deal is determined by throw
ing a card to each player, the lowest
dealing. The player at the dealers
left leads, and the others play in rota-
ton, following suit If they can, throw
ing away if they havo none of the suit
led. The highest card Of the suit led
takes the trick, and the winner of one
trick leads for the next.
The object of each player is to avoid
taking any trick that has a heart in it,
and, Of course, to compel some one else
to take tricks into which hearts have
been thrown. The result is a sort OF
reversal of whist, with hearts perpetu-
ally trumps. OF course the highest
cards are the most dangerous, for they
are most likely to take tricks, and the
fewer tricks one takes the less chance
of hearts. Hearts, also. are things de-
spised, to be got rid of as rapidly rs
possible. 1t is a good thing in a gen
eral way to get rid of all cards of one
suit early in the play, because then one
can avoid having to follow suit, per.
haps, and have a chance to throw away
a heart, and in various other matters
the rules and customs that have become
instinct with whist players are reversed
in baartc
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27
How Monkeys Are Caught,

Almost all monkeys which one sees
in the United States come from Cor
gona, a little village which is situated
short distance from the Panama rail
road. The inhabitants OF this district
are mostly native negroes, for no white
man could bear the climate without
drinking plenty of whisky and almost
constantly swallowing quinine. The
whole region is marshy and covered
with extremely profuse tropical vegeta-
ton. At night there arises a thick
yapor, laden with fever, which hangs
owe the woods like a cloud.
This region Of wood is the paradise of
the monkeys, writes a correspondent.
They travel in troops around the woods,
people receive the information that the
village they repair to the woods in
crowds in chase of them. Their plan is
very simple. They cut a hole in the
c%ocoanut large enough for n monkeys
paw. The nut is then followed cut
and a piece of sugar is placed in it. a
piece of string is then fastened to it,
and it is placed in the road of the APP
preaching monkeys. 1t is known that
monkeys are very inquisitive animals.
Soon enough they see the lonesome
cocoanut in the grass and hurry to ex-
anime it thoroughly. 1T is a curious
sight to see how they climb from the
trees, chattering, to take a good view of
the concern.
1t does not take long to find out that
the inner part contains a piece of sugar.
One Of the boldest and g%reediest sticks
a paw into the nut TO get the sugar and
grasps it as tightly as he can. But his
fist is so large that he cannot draw it
out of the hole again with the sugar,
which he holds fast to, cost whatit may.
The negroes now pull the string until
nut and monkey arrive in the vicinity
Of their ambuscade. In the meantime
the other monkeys wonder what is the
matter with their comrade. They
hurry to see where he is being pulled to
with his paw in the c%ocoanut. They
crowd around him, chattering and
g~esticulating to their hearts content.
Now the great moment has coule
The negroes have a large net ready,
and they spread it out over the unsus-
pecting monkeys and before they know
it they are prisoners. They are sold to
the employees of the Panama railroad
and reach the North American markets
through commercial dealers.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27

"Ot, yes. h has, sad HNH.
but loving epistlc. When they had
finished they turned to Hanna. Both
were trembling with excitement-act-
ually s%peechless. But suddenly old
Rafferty, jumped up and went spinning
around the kitchen like one possessed.
II have it, he roarcd. 20, Ellen
Jane, o, | have it! we'll make him
marry Hanna-faith we wiil!n
The blood came back with q rush to
the girls face. She half rose.
20, no, sor; o, not
'.He must still keeping up his
frantic dance of delight. "Yc must
make him, Hanna. Yell have the
farm one of these days. mi yell live
here with the old woman an lie, an
we'll show the Sheehys they can't come
any of their TRICKS over the Raffertys
not by George Washington an the
banshee Of the O'Rourkes! We'll show
'em Hanna!
The day after New Years old Raj.
ferty told his son he must marry Han
ma. In vain the young fellow protest.
ed, %cntreated, refused. But his oppo,
sition ndded fuel TO the flame. If he
| nOulNJ U bG IbNSl SlsllNt, Nv NlSitlIitl1 IL
cd-and the farm was worth $1,000
But finally, the fathcr succeeded III
wringing from him IL most reluctant
consent. A blizzard blew up. Yhe
roads were blocked. almost impassa.
bic, but no excuse would avail old Raj
ferty. Go to Hebron they must. Ant
90 .ney unaliy ulu, porn slienr, potli
pale, both evidently in utter protest
against the world, the Ratfcrty's, and
each other. The sixteen miles between
Bubble and the county seat were
traverscd. They were married. They
drove home. AT the kitchen door they
were welcomed by bright lights, the
congratulations of invited neighbors,
the steam of roasting turkey, and odo O,
of pumpkin pies. More than all by old
Rafferty,. He was positively wild with
pleasure. He was capering around tho
room, laughing, shouting. explaining
now putting his head back to roar the
better; nov bending double to slap his
leg and writhe in ccstatic and speech
less contortions.
Now, William, now! Well let the
Sheehys see - now! Thinkin' they
| Nool>k hAu IL Sohs RhooS VI vi
Willum! Shake! Good girrul, Han
ma! Och, but the Sheellys can't come
any of their thricks over ould Rafferty,,
He's too smart for them. The fight is
still on. What'll they say? 0, Han
ma, this is a happy day! You aim
changed yer name though you are
married.
20, yes, she hast"
Willis voice had a peculiar ring. A
silence fell on the gay clamor. Blank
ly old Rafferty, regarded his son ant
heir. Was that the dismal and frown
ing young fellow who had driven of
this morning, that erect. laughing
glowing-cheeked young man? Ant
was that forlorn aud frightened ant
protesting HANNAH Thatlovely. smiling
crying, b~lushing, altogether happy ant
winsome little creature.
..Wh-a-ht do We mean, Willump"
20, jest that she did change he;
name-that's all! Sh was Sarah Shee
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27

'.Ethel," said the landlady to her
daughter, I'VE must make the Christ.
mas season a pleasant one for the
boarders. Suppose we ask them all to
hang up their stockings on Christmas
Eve. SC that we may put some little re.
membrance in cachP"
"That is a very good idea, mother.
We give MI. Mouldy a penknifc;
to MI. Palette, the artist, we can give
a box of paints; young Scribblcr would
be delighted to have Il patent iead-pen-
ell; and for Mr.. Slowboy VIC could get
a-well, let me see what would YOU
suggest for Nh. Slowboy's stocking,
mar
mir. s~lowboy's unreceipted bill will
do for Mr.. Slowboy," replied the old
lady. sternlY.-HarDey's Maoasinc.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27
She Was Right.

Philadelphia Press.
The daughter of a well known bank
president was recently. for reasons sat
!sfactory to him, put on a monthly al
.owance, which was to. be deposited by
him to her credit in his own bank. The
young lady was given a check book, of
course. The second week of the new
arrangement she went to the bank te
ret some money, and the teller gravely
informed her when She presented heI
.heck that her account was overdrawn.
'~Overdrawn!' exclaimed the pretty
maiden. "Well," with great severity,
will you please tell the president, with
NY compliments, that l hope he will
aot allow such q thing to occur again.
And the clerks had immediate engage
nents under their desk.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27
A Lottery Case.

Probably the courts do not afford a
more curious case than this: I'm 1859
Nine. Hardouin of Paris bought three
tickets in a lottery, the capital prize of
which was 100, 900 francs. By PRESENT.
ment she chose the number 40,634, put
ting the ticket away among her hus.
bands effects. He became bankrupt,and
NIL of his books were seized. The lottery
was drawn in 1861, and 0 1854 won the
prize. Since then Nine. Hardouin has
been accumulating evidence to show
that she was the person who bought
the ticket. and now expects judgment
In her favor cYcrY moment.
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- " w wv" oVs mo uCuJ :.
When they crossed a small bridge. and
turning to the right passed between
two looming haystacks into a great
shadowy farmyard, it was already
evening. A wind, the sudden chill.
sharp wind which follows sunset in
Nebraska, had sprung up. Fading into
fathomless grey was the one bar of
dull rose which streaked the western
sky. And overhead a silver moon
LAY c',t there like a sickle for His hand
Who cometh dow at last to reapthc world"
In the comfortable lirelit, lamplit
kitchen Mrs. Rafferty, awaited them.
She was an American, a little, thin.
white-faced old woman clad in the in
evitable print wrapper of the Western
housekeeper. A brisk, quick, weary,
good-hearted little soul, worn put Us
ere most American women by over.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27

"A maiden lady whu lives in New York
lately visited two sisters who live at Dan
bury, Conn, staying with each two days,
and assuring them that she had lost oil her
money. After she went back to New York
her maid returned and informed one of til.
sisters that her mistress had hidden $1,000
in nm empty butter jar in sister No. 2's eel
lar. Investigation showed her statement
to be correct, and the s., c0o was found, al
in 81 bills. -
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27
Couldn't Fool Her

Shoe and Leather Reporter
In a Chicago store there are for sale
,ome shoes marked on the sole ''Ganc
Rue Valois, Paris Numbers are put
IN from twenty to thirty-two, and in
other ways they are made to resemble
An imported shoe, and are sold as such
1t Sc q pair. A who had trav-
sled some, and was rather suspicious
xitl,al that the shoes were not as rep
;ented, looked inside of a pair and "a
'.Patented July, 1865" marked on the
stay. She said to the clerk: "You
SAINT pass these on me for French.
They don't make shoes in Paris in two
languages"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27
now she's Sarah Raffertyr
"Willum!"
-aNIIl- -

.'Willum!"
'.Whatw
But Will put his arm around his pref
ty wife and bravely stood his ground.
1--WE fell in love with each other
when l was on that trip to ireland. I
knew you wouldn't hear of my marry-
ing her, so VIC planned I'd get mother
to send home for Uncle Mikes Hanna,
aud she, who was a great friend Of Sa-
rah's, would let Sarah come in her
place. And we thought we'd whit till
YOU and mother had learned to love
her and then tell you the truth ana ask
you to bless Our marriage. But with
a burst of irrepressible laughter, you
wouldn't let us wait"
But, Willum,n family and bewil-
deredly broke in his mother, "you said
an she heard-an' she said-"
Ringingly he laughed again. "Of
course we did. That was the plan.
Father" He held out his hand.
"But-but," he faltered. ''she is Tim
Sheehy's choild, an Tim he went an
married Sarah Connolly"
We'll" cried sharply Mrs. Rafferty,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27
Three Dinerent Ewes a Day.

That man was not without personal
vanity who, obliged to wear an arti-
fetal eye. wore three different eyes
every day-an eye for morning, when
the pupil was not very large;% an eye for
afternoon. when the pupil was smaller;
and an eye for evening, when the pupil
aad expanded to its full size.
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Entitled to the Best.

All are entitled to tho best that their
money will buy, so every family should
have. at once. a bottle OF the b,st family
remedy. Syrup OF Figs, to cleanse the sys-
tom when costive or bilious. For sale in
Zoe and 81 bottles by all leading druggists.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27

In the ruins of the landslide at Mus
conetcon tunnel, which occur red over two
weeks ago, workmen found a brass clock
on Thursday last which had hung in the
engine house. The mud was shaken from
it, and being wound up the clock resumed
its old o~ccupation,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27

And what is the result? oh. gentle reader, can
yon nsk 1t?
A coterie of tipsy swclls, n sight to make one
gricve,
While many mansions but display q decorated
basket,
Betokening the tldings that the ladies don't
receive.
Oh, sigh Their for the good old days, tho good
old style of talling.
When hands met hands md hearts methearts
and friendship was sincere.
The grim display of baskets on tho doors is
quite appalling
And getting tipsy's not the way to herald the
new year.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27

Throat Diseases commence witt. n
Cough, Cold, or Sore Throat. browns
Bronchial Trochesa give immediate relief.
Sold only in boxes. Price 25 cents.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27

sLet observation, with extended view,
survey good things from China to Peru
md he will not find anything of such as
tonishing merit in killing all the pains that
flesh is heir to, as be will know is in Saliva
ton Oil, when he has given it a fair trial.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27

Prlssill a set the spinning wheel a-whirling and
a-whirling,
And sat beside IL as sweet and neat as any
maid might be,
The smoke from out the log fire would be cir
cling round aud curling
About q picture any young mans heart
might long to see.
The good folk came from miles around, though
snow were swiftly falling,
To grasp strong hands in welcome warm In
those old days of yore,
For then there was Significance in all the New
Years calling;
Priscilla never hung q basket on the cabin
door.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-12-27

London lawyers now employ shorthand
In their office work. The entries, drifts,
afidayits and the multitude of other docu-
ments they are called upon to prepare are
now taken down in shorthand at their die
tation and are copied from that.