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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-02-15
soar coon HORSE SENSE.
tracts From a sermon By Prof
wild swlng. OF Chicago.

tracts From n Sermon by Prof.
wild swing. OF Chicago.
pnld that more clergyman were en-
ID with the good, m ems
Used by that eminent Chicago di.
Prot. David Swing. A recent ser
preached BY him had for its title,
Empty Net" The discourse was
p:sd by the comment made by Ger
Slergymsn and others upon iaaugu-
ais and Sunday sewspapers. Prof.
u urged that the Christian church
Id turn every energy toward the
nss againiI the people. rather than
lfamusements. he said:
ster, We toilsd all night, and took nothing.
rs.
labor which weighs most heavily
ths shoulders is that which brings
ssuit. Those diciples who had
edthsir nets all night, and had
and again taken them up to find in
,nlY water and sea weeds have
tciling companions in all times and
Labor would be less painful if
ays reached the end it sought.
the wearing power of the toll
there is often added the mental
i~sgthrough solicitude. Dissapoint-
isa cloud that is never absent from
+ 1t is always above the horizon
Q one knows upon what person or
ctthe storm may tall. OF all fall
Tabor. those are most painful
are self.broughe.
. The Don Quixote, who had
VT Stisny years In his crusade against
nisssenshanters and shadowy knights
were %cantering here and there in
isld and mountain. SAW clearly when
wasdying that his battles had al,
against imaginary foes. but this
isbed was made by Cervantes and
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1889-02-15

II IL tstlnlateu thRt INC hvefaga length
of one waltz 10 half q mile. apolka three
quarters of a mile and the ordinary
square dance, one quarter of a mile.
The average distance traversed during an
evening of twenty-five dances is 1874
miles. After such ar evening it's no
wonder that a girl looks like November
corn. stalk. But, Lord bless 'em, how
they do enjoy II.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-06-14
An Unpleasant mbination

A west side citizen was thrown into rather
speculative mood one day recently while
walking ON Madison street, near Ashland av-
enue, by four meetings he had with three diff
ferent persons and a conveyance, whose occt-
pations are peculiarly linked together, and
his speculation was whether or not chance
bad arranged them in the proper order, or
whether they should be transposed 20 make
matters strictly right. The first meeting he
had was with Francis Chaffee, the under
taker, little further on he met an empty
hearse; next came Rev. Dr. Thomas, and
following him came physician, DR. Foster
The four were met at nearly equal intervals,
but yet had no connection with each other,
and the citizen began to ask himself: Snould
the doctor come first as causing the need Of
the others: should the hearse come first and
he followed by the undertaken and the 9TH
ers, or should the minister prece1e them all
1t is hardly possible that the citizen arrived
at any satisfactory solution Of the problem,
but at any rate be thought it odd he should
meet, one after the other, such quartet
Chicago Herald
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Between Greensboro and Salisbury the loco
motive broke down, and we hay for three
hours while repairs were being made There
WINS small lake near by, aud the colonel got
out his fishing tackle, hunted up a frog for
bait and tired his luck. He fished that pond
lengthways and sideways and up and down
and across for two hours and half, and he
was still at it when white man came through
the woods and stopped and inquired;
Had any hckf
mot bit
Fishing for fishf'
"Of course
Just to pass the timer
Yes
Then it's all right"
Suppose wasn't fishing just to pass the
timer
Then III feel it my duty to tell you that
this lake WAS drained off last week and every
blessed fish scooped out This ere water came
in from the last rain"
So many of the passengers insisted that the
colonel owed them one that the contents OF
his flask did not go half way round.-M.
Quad in Detroit Free Press.
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SOMETHING FOR fAE LITTLE
FOLKS.
FoK TuE BoIs-

Tina animal. can remember Is sho-n by
story 10 .-oar Dumb Animals taken from
the L0~eli Courier The story Is OF oeaa'i-
ful horse that Rad been taught man. things
bs hi. master Oge night the horse was
stolen and after sixteen years his master
Recognized him He was owned By man
sho had bought him several Years before
Tue rixhtfui osner gave his reasons for te-
ieying the horse 10 De bis and the two men
agreed TO te.t the same. The horse
vas taken TO his former home and let out
into the yard After looking
abou. for a moment a. if 10 insure himself.
he started for The river aud took his BATH,
hi, roll on the green then back II his stable
ant pulled out the ~ooisa pin that held the
door AID tipk his place in his stall as he had
been ~ont u do sixteen years before he
WAS left with his former master
II ,iamb animals can remember Kindness
can they not remember unaln.i treatment ~
veil: Let Us hope that all little boys who
read this viii never abuse the dunb animals
eltrusleJ to their care.
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BABflANO.

Heres q wonderful country ne all Of Us know
Where the ssranges things talk. and the aueeress
things grow
Where the FAIRIES and Bro~nies guard everything
nic~
And delight the srrail children with charming ad
yice
Where there's noooty nch. yet there's nobody
poor.
For ali are content light OF heart and secure.
And the name Of this country. where all theee
things De.
Is inno,ent Babyland land Of the wee
! lived In this Baoyiand long years ago
fWe all of US live there al some time, you know
But somebody kept me one morning from play
And took To school As they called it, that day
sang as went. for | guessed nothing then,
And thought myself wise with my BOOK and my
pen
Ant lirrls, knew as danced on in glee
That had left BabyIand land OF the wee
They taught me u read and they taught me 70
write,
They flied my head that it thought in the
night
WANTED to go back TO Rabyland then
And have more bother OF thinking again
But try as would to remember the way
Twas lost and forgotten forever that day,
For none may return ONE they leave il, and see
Their innocent Babyland. land of the wee
Oh little folks living tn Baby land now,
Sing with the birds they sing on the bough.
Dance with the blossoms that dance at your feet
Laugh with each other wherever you meet,
Sleep, and in dreaming know naught of the care
Kept far away from your Rabyand fair
Know that our happie,t hours must be
While you at play, In your land of the wee!
Maud wyman in Good Housekeeping.
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Dear Cousin Bess: | will tell you true
story abort snmp ltti- cools A bov who
lives "a tie near my home was walking alUGg
a rnaG thst runs b, tn foot Of high bull
He heard noise. almost like the new of
kitten but m "vhining 1t came from
the trunk Of a large tree. He went up 10 it
and l~tt ned a. d after while he looked in
to a hollow in one side and don't YOU think
he saw four little coons. fhey were all
alone and acted a. though they were hun
gry So be went home ani got basket AMI
went back to the tree and found them still
alone aud making a noise. No old coon
was anywhere near. He thought she had
been killed so he took the little ones in his
basket and brought them home. He
called at our house and showed them
to us Mamma put her hand
on them. but | afraid to touch
them. The boy handled them inst as he
would little kittens They wre buff,lo
brown ami hat little PAYS almost black
The, KEEP, all cutilei tog-'h-r II carried
them home and gave them some warm milk
for their supper Do you think he can tame
them or viii n y be wild when they grow up
a'd vii ttey 70 out and steal corn jhst as
old coo7s de-: Nv grandma told me story
once ali VI a uug bear that man brought
home AFT Kill iag tn" old h. ar. This Little
bear was taken in'o the house and
though b vas p.'tet AMI treated
very i'ii, he would som times gFo~i quite
'smsTtly Finally " h. n he got older he
became so much like Wild bears that the
man was Obliged to kill him For, said the
man II have no paiiet 10 tame him and
besides | on't know how" Grandma saw
him. She said he was quite cunning but he
would growl when he got sBgrs ! ht Sc are
both true stories. J an eleven years old. |
20 to :. ir.ol | think my tescher is very
pice size gives NE card wheu | get five
merits. | have great many cards Some
of them have pussy cats on n m while
others are all covered over with be auti III
loses. have few with winter scrn,s on
them-the housetops are all white wi h
snow. | am going to speak piece the lat
day of school but have not deci led what il
will be wish You would tell me
an your cousin. c. S W.
w bear LATHE Covsin-Your letter re-
minn' of beautiful bird thar CONES and
sits in tall tree and sings, oh, so sveetly,
but just as begin 10 wish he would always
s'sy-f t-hit-snd away he goes. but next
day he comes again. Now shall not the
brides coming remind me of another brig It,
social letter that will come very soon
| believe that coons are not very
vicious. and should not be ,u-prised if
the ones YOU speak of could be tam d so they
would ay about the house You know
Wild animals are ranled, even ..the panther
the tiger and tn lion 1t requires great pa
tlenee If course ant i. do e b. persons y hose
business is To tame them. Your it'll bear
stoiy is very good Tell your grandma that
thank her for the interest she has taken in
the Young folks column I am we'll pleased
With 1t and am sure ali the little readers will
be.
Have YOU ever spoken HI mn to the
Night II not perhaps you would like to try
it, sni imm+ distely after it, with only the
usual pause between verses (or just little
longer but in clear and cheerful tone Of
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-06-14

The great feature Of the exhibition Of plate
and jewels at the palace Schwarzenberg, in
Vienna, is the contribution Of the Duke Of
Cumberland, VITO has sent a large portion u
the celebrated silver treasure" Of the house
of Hanover. which includes the entire fur
niture Of a sal'-on in solid silver-chairs.
tables, cabinets and mirror frames There is.
besides, the dinner servire which belonged to
the bishops Of Hildesheim, and also an i'm
mense silver arbor, with hanging flowers and
punches OF grapes, all Of silver. This was
Manufactured at Augsburg in 1863 There is
huge cloth Of solid silver and number Of
vases ami tankards and the table ornaments
of pure gold The Duke Of Cumberland1,
family plata is said to weigh twelve tons al
together, and his hereditary jewels are valued
at ED0.0J0, besides those which were be
queathed to him by the Duke Of Brunswick
London World
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PROSE AND VERSE.
The Birthday Of 4 Town." Described
In GLOWING Words.
rhe Centennial Poem BY Prof r. L
Chapman-A Mastery Effort.

BxrsswIcK, June 10.
DR.. Mitchell, president Of the day, In his
.peeeh Of welcome at the commencement OF
the literary exercises at the church this NOR =
ing, said
P,Aop Tonnsm<a, Ladtes md Geatismsn
The custom Of ann ver,ary ceiebration has
long been regarded a. one of peculiar anh
delightful interest, not oaly does il serve TO
s.aksn the best feeling. and emotions Of
those rho live In the place OF such com
msroorstioa but IL also stirs the mot tender
and sacred sentiments Of affection 10 the
hsarts Of those ~ho have been long and far
ab.ent from the scenes and ASSOCIATIONS OF
youth and childhood.
It il not ny province q. the presiding
offcsr Of tbs assembly 10 even attempt u
pring before you in any clearer light than
you nov behold ami kno~ them.
The lorlines Of our outlying Islands and
heailands. the CLEAN Of our sanlit bay, tn
charm Of our winding AMI fsliiog river sith
a. fore., crowned hills and grassy 'ntsrYaIe',
our broad avenues With their leAfy 'erdlre
VII all appear before yon, clothed With oe~
vs.ures Of living light under the touch and
speech Of those who are about TO address
you.
Especially do ne congratulate Ourselves
n the ehoiee Of those who arr to address ~
The one. the .on Of former venerable ard
much honorsd citizen. q grsin IT. IF oar col
legr and after. ards associated IN its instrue
ton nov Harvard holds him 10 high repnte
and everywhere he Is known in the World OF
letters and among christian scholars as
leader in the hest fields of thought and cul
ture The other have surely only u
speak your own thoughts when allude tn
him as one hose warmth Of affection for
our to~ and Interest IN its welfare Is not
less than that " the nOblet ito the manner
born;" ui his long and loyal service to tbs
college We are all swift and ready witnesses
his faciie pan and graceful speech adorn all
that they handle or utter.
lt remain. for me before your eager eI
rectancy shall be satisfied by their words u
express our grateful appre citation Of the
compliment afforded Us 10 the Distinguished
presence Of the Governor OF our State and
the r. pre- sentstives TO the national Congress
and To assure them that our love and fralty
10 State and country is not less strong and
unsvervln1 than that We bear to our town
Next in order came The Grafton by Prof
G.. G.. Everett
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CENTENNIAL POEM
Ry Henry Leland Chapman.

In the sweet ones If music br, athes spell
nf W. ioid pow 10 touch the human heart,
spell t.at 80 Ie wea'es, no less than Art,
Here JiI . Iinrnt wherein doth dwell
The .lr.",iy uf unds that sink and swell
In ar ING chord now suited to impart
& idDc 10 litr, 10 now to soothe it, smart
A liarn,ny more r''i than speech can te |.
4 spell II tw . 'wer, that Leads the soul,
Ihrn p'ta dht iaet dies into the land
OF me i."iy. or vim no IS more fun md free
I Av"ils IA r, aim ~ hope, so is the Who'll
bf lite by -thi 40 ror,i sw-'tlY spanued.
III. Years ILat save been, and the years 10 be.
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voice, 90 On with Day break" another piece
from the same suthos-''Lonefello~. You
will see by reading it through once, Just how
it should be spoken You will be sure TO
give to the last two lines the expression sug-
zessed BY the language. l thank you for
your letier- l enjoy bright and cheerful
letters, and yours is trul, such
Yours sincerely. c B.
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CITY OF AUGUSTA.

The Committee on Accounts will be- In session u;
the Aidernen'- Room. at 30 o clock z. on the
Monday next proceeding the first "Wednesday Of
each month, for the purpose Of examining account.
and claims against the city. bs must be presented
/ 10 menibrr of the Committee At or previous 10
the of meeting. they will not be considered
reported 10 the City Council for payment urti
one month later. Al bills must b. approved by the
city officer or the committee of the department.
der whose authority the same accrued
b +. FOLSOM, ,.,,..
TREBY JOHNSON, ''""i'e'
A. ". BROOKS, on
D. l. HEssEY, ...
=. II. OWEN, He''us'
Augusta, March 81 isss. mar2ld3m
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orge IL. Coomer in The Argos,
THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS"


1t Is Declared That the Body OF the
Stories Is Moslem and Arabian.
1t seems clear that the body Of the stories
In their present form are Moslem and Ara
bian The language is pure Arabic; not,
indeed of the classic type, not that of the
Koran nor even of the great historians;
rather comparatively modern ana popular,
but still genuine Arabic. 1t contains num-
Der of Persian words, but not more than it
would naturally appropriate from its Persian
speaking neighbors, not more in number than
the French words which many an English
book of today contains. The style also is
Arabian, sharply contrasted for the most
part with the Persian; possibly somewhat
affected by Persian influence, vet far from
that deliberate and persistent system of bal-
anced short phrases which to the western
mind becomes sometimes positively irritating
The manners and customs Of the Nights
llay many of them be found in the Arabic
speaking world of today Lanes notes to his
translation are treasure of sociological
Information, and a large part OF his illustra-
tons are derived from his own observation
of life in Egypt. All domestic details, such
as the construction of houses, customs of eat
ing sleeping, education of children, mar
riages, social intercourse, methods of com
merce, tne forms OF SHOPS ana khais, INDUS
of commercial travel the organization of
bazars, modes of attracting customers, the
political organization, califs sultans kings,
wazirs, judges courts, officers of police,
prisoners, laws of debtors and cIeditors,
regulations of religion, mosques, imarns,
prayers, additions, Koran recitatiors, funer-
als-all these are Moslem and Arabian
There is an accurate knowledge of the topog
raphy and life of Bagdad, Damascus and
Cairo. When the scene is laid i'll Cairo one
may now trace the fortunes of the personages
story Even when the history deals with re-
mote lands, as China and India, the narrator
transfers thither his own Mosem customs.
For example, in the long and dramatic story
of "Kamar al -Zaman,n which moves almost
over the face of the globe, one is not conscious
of change of social and religious conditions,
and everywhere, unless, indeed, there be
specially introduced city of fire worshipers,
which the writer's historical sense forces him,
of course, to represent non Mpslem.
The attitude of the Nights toward the Per
sian Zoroastrianism, or fire worship, is
noteworthy The Magians are represented
fiends in human shape, mostly clever ad-
venturers adept in diabolical arts, and in
spired by fiendish hatred of Moslems-a
representation that we should refer more
naturally to Arabian Moslems than TO con
verted Persians, it points 10 the period when
the conflict between Islam and Zoroastrian-
ism was still raging, and religious differences
were magnifed and distorted by political
hate. H. Toy in Atlantic.
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Tn willing to
risky piece OF business

risky pisxe OF business, Tn Wiling 10
take the ehances"
We spoke To tine other tive inen-the two
who had been imrrsSssi respectively with
him and myself-s,.It they would not make
the venture How should we be able TO nnd
the boat in tbs dsrSnssst they asked. and
what were we 10 do foF provisions and water
in the event Of reaching hert
lat we believed the stake to be worth the
risk, and our resolution WAS fixed We were
only afraid that the ship would get a breeze
before dark
The b.at was about three-fourths OF a mile
off, and as twilight gathered we saw that she
RANGED exactly under a certain large star
which it wuuli be easy to distinguish from
ali others
As the evening advanced. light breeze be
gan to I'LL the sails till the ship gathered
steerageway. There Was now not a moment
TO lose, and dropping silently under tue
bow. We struck out for the boat have
since thought that this was prcdigious
thins to do, there in the midst of the Atlantic
oceani The picture We made as we dropped
from the bow If that big ship has often
REQUIRED to me
More and more the wind breeEed up, SC
that we were obliged to allow something for
the drift Of the boat, for We could not see her,
She must have moved little TO one side of
the star-and suppose We should miss her al
together, we thought
At length it s.enpl 20 Us that We must
have swum more than Il mile We were very
tired and began TO realize the fearful position
in which we had placed ourselves. Could We
have passed the object of our search! The
breeze Increased rapidly, and the water dash
ed in our faces. OF course the boat must
now be drifting very fast, and probably We
had not made allowance enough for the wind
Throwing ourselves upon our backs, We
rested awhile to gain strength for further
effort: but such effort must now he feeble AT
the best. The dash OF the waves CONFUSED
us; and as 10 the stars, We had by this time
got them sadly mixed
Suddenly Tom Topped over upon his breast
and uttered some kind OF an exclamation
what is iti' | asked DO you see herr
No; but see something else. Look look
there's a vessels tDpsallant sails against the
sky"
Sure enough it was as he said Close upon
lis rtsse the canvas of a square rlgger, tower
ins through the darkness like the form OF q
great tree
We shouted as loud us possible; and sool,
.'creak. crcak" went her mainyard as "
swung around till the sail was laid to the
mast
A boat was sent for u.s. and we were taken
nm almost spcechless What WAS my surprise
to recognize in the crew of the yawl the sec
ond mate and two of the hands of the brig
Amelia, the very craft from which | had
been impressed.
They took us on board the vessel, and had
We descended there from the sky her good
CnulI hardly have been
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The old three c9rnerrd hat
And the brooches and all that.

I for the bush-wigs and the cues and the shoe
buckles, and the powder with which the
women showed that they still held up theil
/ hea Is, In the social world. We are grateful
/ ,or all this. because it takes from the poverty
of our fathers the element of squslor. Ii
shows that they kept up good heart, that
they respected themselves as thew had a right
to do and that they expected the world to
respect them
/ The dark days passed. however. The town
stood the test of harish p ant suffering; and
the days of pesce ana prosperity were to
come The next great epoch IN its history
was the founding of Bowdoin college; the bill
establishing 1t having been passed in 1921
AMI tn college openi' with the class of
eight in ls0l 1t was ronderful change
which hal taken place when this re zion, so
little while b. fore the home of savage beasts
and hsr.iy less savage men there came The
fair humsnties when the grace of classic
thought AMI lore o. the best a. yes OF the pas
were united here with the promise of the
future.
After the founding of the college there
WAS one more step which the town was to
take 10 bring it into the circle of the worlds
activity. In 1909 was established factory
for the manufacture If rctton yarn This
was. however. Only the forerunner Of more
elaborate AID mare successful undertakings.
II showed tina; tne tn = hal come when the
town couli minister to the needs Of the world
in larger way than it had done before.
The pressure of immediate need had fairly
psss.d; aud il could select its own method
of giving ard receiving in the exchange that
bind. immunity together.
The anti-elimxx ~bich We have follow ed
the church, the college, the factory shows
we'll the temper of the times, first the needs
of spirit; then those, of the intellect, and at
last those of the out . ard life
Thus did the town fulfill the promise
which i. made when it asked for q relief
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For Sale.

Joh shop, with good run NJ busiu"--, been rstab
ii-hed i've years machinery for doing all ktnd- OF
job work, such splitting and ru ting ~ saw turn
Ing lathe, "dger, trnnnlng. boring aud mortisinl
machines, all In good running pfd'r r, good belts
counters, etc. Kent If shop AMI power reasonable
good chaue" 10 do cahiuet work or for getting
out hou-. hnisli, dtot and window frames, stab
novels, bnlus'rr' hfa, kct- uvdiilipn-. etc good
business has been done sVrrY GUNNER in screen
doors sud window screens \ hnc place Tor two
carpent.rs :" trkr Charge ~ out -tde work the
other charge ~ the >hnp Tho beet chance In tn.
city for small business The above property will
be sold at bargain " trad" Is un,ie before july
LIST. food reasons for wsniinE 10 sell. In the
meantime the business vim gu usual and any
one wanting m, thug In ny line will 10 we'll 10 give
ne call.
Allen Small building, up stairs, Bangor St
Augusta, Me. JAMES A JONES.
Mayidtf
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Who was Thems:
What can YOU tell about Z lymhiaf
To whom did Jupiter give box containing
all the evils aud m s,'ries of life; but with
hope at the bottom!