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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1890-08-29
JcwcIry,

Orchid jcwelry has not yet become
The Fashion, althoug hone secs at the OPP
era or at a great ball now and then a
gcntlcwomar whose corsagc is adorned
with Il single magnificent orchid of
gold and enamel. The one jewclcr in
town who has attempted the orchid
jewels has produced about 100 of them
in three years, and has sold only Il
small percentage of that number.
When an orchid is to be produced in
jcwelry n perfect specimen of the flow
er is obtained, and III exact model is
made in pure silver. This can be done
before any change has taken place in
the blossom, rs the metal is soft and
easily worked. The model preserves
impcrishablc material the form of one
variety Of orchid. AT the same time the
coloring of the blossom is reproduced
on paper by a skilled draughtsman.
From the silver model a copy of gold
is produced, and this forms tile ground
work of the jewel itself. Gold is chosen
because it is best suited for cnamcling.
The latter process is the most diificnlt
of ali,~sihcc it is necessary to initiate
not only the color but the textile of the
flower. The enamel is applied with IL
brush and hardened by exposure to II
high temperature in an oven. If the
jewel is to be enriched with dimonds, Il
d~imond-setter must have Il hand in the
work. Some of the most striking varie-
ties of the orchids have been thus repro
duced. and they make peculiarly mag
nilicent jewels. The lnrgcst are
from four to six inches in diameter,
and in some the coloring is of the most
brilliant sort. One outcome of the cX.
periments with cnamclcd orchids has
been the reproduction of small fruits
in gold and cnamel.-Ncw York Sun.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1890-08-29
.On what day Of tho month did you

.Dn what day of the month did you
say you saw him?" he asked.
'On the tenth of August" I replied.
just a year from the day he was
killed." he rctnarkud.
What does it mean?" asked. THE
man who awoke me and led me over
the mountain was rs much flesh, bone,
and blood as either you or |. and lie
said his name was Jack Long. He
was a short. sqIare-shouldered man,
and when speaking his voice was not
much stronger than u woman's.'
That was Jack. all over; but how
could i; be?n he added, in the same
breath. and l thought he looked at me
shspiciously.
My friend" said I, you can an
swer that question as well as I; but
there is this about it, / never saw
Jack Long nor heard of him until the
tenth of this month. | have been work
ing with the same engineer for the last
two years, and last summer we were
working in Missouri. and only came
out here in June. Now all YOU have
TO do to learn If am telling the truth
is TO go and question him. What oh.
ject could l have in showing you sill
Yer mine, when there are boys in our
own company who would have been
too glad to have bought au interest in
such q prospect? If you are afraid to
80 alone with me, take some one with
you. No. should not have come to
Laguna to give you n half interest in
the lind if I had not promised Jack
Long l would do SO. Now, if you
want to go and sec whether l can
prove my part of the story, we'll and
good; if not, say so, and I will take
some of my friends aud go. forI know
whore it is aud IN. going to claim that
NINE
1--WE will start tomorrow morning."
he replied, you and l. l have horses.
and everything we need. Come over
to my cabin and we will get ready for
the trip
We arrived ut the foot of the noun
tain about noon, and after eating our
dinner we started to make the ascent.
l felt nervous and excited, bnt was
confident | could go to the place. I
soon found the trail, and went to the
top. and down the other side to the
canon, then to the right, and there was
the bowlder. Beyond this, a few feet,
must be the ledge.
A cold sweat bathed every part of
my body. Suppose there should be no
mineral? | never halted until l reach
cd the same spot on which l stood with
Long. and where he had bid me good
night. looked on the, ground at my
feet; there was the mineral. l looked
10 my right, there WAS the ledge, With
the wire silver in sight. l turned to
my companion. saying:
Now, what do you think?"
He was as white rs chalk, and his
voice trembled as he uttered the one
worn:
''Ghoskm
We sold the property to a company
for enough TO make us both indepcn-
dent. Now who, or what was it that
took me to the ledgca'--W. W. Cart
ney,, in N. Y. Hiceklu.
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A Boys Strange Head.

lyon have heard the saying, In n
ear and out the other,m said a young
Boston specialist to a Herald man. OF
course, the adage was familiar, and
without waiting for a reply, the doctor
continued. '.l've seen many strange
things in my practice. but the most
startling was IA practical demonstration
of that ancient saw. l treat diseases
of the eye and ear, and although you
may know very little of physiology.
you probably do know that the ear
drum is the instrument of hearing.
There are strange peculiarities OF
that same eardrum. For instance, l
once had a mar come to me who could
hear very little and had a pain in his
head. He did not know what the
trouble was, and when, after an ex-
aminationi l told him that it would be
necessary to make an opening in his
eardrum. he said that he supposed
that he would never be able to hear
again. You see he held the popular
notion that when the drum head is
broken it gives no sound.
After some persuasion he consent
ed to the necessary operation, and,
cutting both n drums. | removed the
accumulation from behind them. The
effect was magical. rs he could then
hear perfectly. The organs grew over.
but the internal trouble continued, and
the operation was repeated several
times with equal success. Another pa
ticnt of mine suffered from a disease
of the ear which had almost entirely
destroyed the drum. Only the mcrcst
shred of the tissue remained on either
side. and yet his hearing was good.
"Ihese arc queer cases, and rather
undermine tho popular theory in re-
gard to the hearing, but the one l
started In to tell y IL was moro Won
dcrful. About two years ago u boy
came to me for treatment for n dis
ease of the head, with IL long name,
that l don't suppose you care for. All
the openings in his head were of un-
usual size. His mouth aud eyes were
large, he had a big nose, with wide
nostrlls, and his a Il were in proper
ton. l performed the necessary oper-
alton, and cleared out the cavity. With
a strong blast from my air pump
over there i blew II powder into his
left ear. He interrupted me in this by
saying that the medicine seemed to be
coming out on the other side. smiled
indulgcntiy at what | told him was his
Imagination, and at first paid no at
tention TO the matter. He persisted
i'll his assertion, however, and to salts
fy him that he was wrong l examined
his right ear. There was no doubt of
it; the powder was going clear through
his head. 1t was going in one ear and
out the other.
What is the explanations 1t is
simple enough. The large openings in
the boys head permitted the powder.
driven by the powerful blast, to trav-
ersc the channel from his left eur to
the upper part of his nose, through
his nose. and thence by the correspond
ing channel on the right side of his
ear. All the powder did not get
through, but a considerable portion of
it did,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1890-08-29
Pinch Bugs.

The milk train on the Central rail.
road of New Jersey was delayed at
White House station about half an
hour one night last week. The train
draws w passenger coaches behind
the milk cars. On this night there
were half a dozen passengers aboard.
1t was warn aud they had the windows
all raised. The train had been stand
ing ON the side track Il few minutes
when II swarm of large pinch bugs ut.
tracted by the lights in the cars, flew
through the windows. In five minutes
the seats were nearly covered with tho
bugs, and they had begun to crawl
around on the legs of the passengers
and to use their sharp pinchcrs. The
passengers tried to brush them off, hut
they stuck like leechcs. In five min
utcs more the bugs had possession OF
the two cars. The passengers fled.
As soon as the passengers got in the
dark the bugs that had clung to them
left them and flew back into the car.
How to get them out of the car before
the train got orders to 90 ahead WAS
a problem. Finally one of the passen-
gers suggested building a bonfire out
side as Il counter attraction. One of
the brakcmen went into the cars and
turned out all the lights, while the
other trainmcn aud the passengers
gathered brush wood for the bonfire.
They had enough to make II roaring
blaze in a few minutes. II was n sue
cess. The bugs deserted the car and
the passengers went back, shut down
the windows and sat in the darkness
until the train started.
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Lead wster-pipcs and cistcrns.

According othe Investigations made
by DIR. John Crowell the instances of
poisoning from the use of leadcn pipes
in the distribution of potable water are
very rarc-the practical fact which in
tcrests the users of water conducted
through lcadeh pipes being rather that
when mineral salts are present in the
water their action with the lead causes
an insoluble coa,ing upon the inner sur
face of the pipe, which forms n protec-
ton against all the harmful effects of
lead poisoning. 1t is we'll, however,
when lead is used for service pipes, to
open the faucet in the morning, allow
ing the accommodated water to run
OIL before drawing Il supply for family
use. Dir. Crowell asserts that, no
matter what may he the chemical con-
%stitncnts of the water, the contact with
the service lead pipes during q constant
flow is so slight that no harm can fol-
low their use. Lead %cisterns, however,
are not so safe, and. should any metal
be employed. iron is the best for such
purpose, but it should be protected by
Il coating OF asphalt paint OF BLACK
yarniSh,
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In his recently published Trials OF
of a County Parson," DR.. Jcssupp tells
some amusing anecdotes picked mp in
Already. AS thus: ut is very shock
ing to a sensitive person to hear the
way in which the old people speak OF
their, dead wives or husbands exactly
rs il they'd been horses or dogs. They
are always proud of having been mar
ried more than once. You didn'tthink.
miss. as I'd had five wives, now, did
youP All, but I have though--least-
ways l buried five on en- in the
churchyard, that / did-and three on
'em bewtiesr On another occasion ]
playfully suggested: Don't you mix
up your husbands now and then, Mrs.
Page. when you talk about themr
Well, to tell you the truth, sir, ]
really du! But my third husband, he
was a man! / don't mix him up. He
got killed tighting-you've heerd tell O.
that. l make no doubt? The others
warn't nothing to him. He'd ha' mixed
them up quick enough if they'd inter-
fered wi him. Lawk ha! He'd made
nothing Of ~them!"-Sk. James's Gazette.
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The Modern Need for Sleep.

There is not one man or oma in
ten thousand who can afford TO do
without seven or eight hours sleep.
All those stories written about great
men and women who slept only three
or four hours a night make very inter-
esting reading; but ] tell you, my read.
ers, no man or ever yet kept
healthy in body and mind for II num-
Der of years with less than seven hours
sleep. Americans need more slecu
than they are getting. This lack makes
them so ervou and the insane asy.
lums so populous. If you can get to
bed early, then rise early. II you can.
not get to bed till late, then rise late
1t may be as Christian for one man to
rise ut eight rs it is for another to rise
ut five. counsel my readers to get
up when they are rested. But let the
rousing-bell he rung at least thirty
minutes before your public appear
ance. Physicians say that a sudden
jump out of bed gives irregular mo.
ton to the pulse. 1t takes hours to
get over a too sudden rising. Give
us time, after you call us. to roll over.
gaze at the world full in the face, and
look before we lcap.-T De Wiz Tut
mage, in Ladles' Home journal.
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On tie ane721
the consumptive who's not be-
reft of judgment and good sense.
He's taking DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. If taken in
time and given a fair trial, it will
effect a cure. Consumption is
Lung-scrofula. For Scrofula, in its
myriad forms, and for all Liver,
Blood and Lung diseases, the "Dis-
covery" is an uncqualied remedy.
It's the only guaranteed one. If
it doesn't benefit or cure, you get
your money back. You only pay
for the good you get.
discovery" strengthens Weak
Lungs, and cures Splitting of Blood,
Shortness of Breath, Bronchitis,
Severe Coughs, and kindred affec-
tons. Don't be fooled into taking
something else, said to be "just as
good" that the dealer may make a
larger profit. There's nothing at
all like the Discovery" 1t con-
tains no alcohol to inabriate j; no
syrup or sugar to derange di-
gestion. As peculiar in its cura-
tive effects as in its composition.
Equally good for adults or children.
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Our Domestic Dog.

The varieties of the domestic dog
have lately been discussed by French
and English naturalis,s. Nj. G. de
Mortillet, in Il paper read before the
Archaeological Society of Paris, AS
suming from negative evidence the
non-eXistence of the dog in the earlier
Quaternary epoch traces his presence
onward from the shell heaps in Den
mark, in which his remains commonly
occur. Passing from the prehistoric
ages in Europe, he considers at length
the evidence that can be advanced of
the existence of several varieties of the
dog among the Egyptians, and later on
among the ancient Greeks and Romans,
and i'll the fact that the innumerable
varieties of CAMS domcsticus, the author
believes we have II of the most con
elusive proofs of evolution. MessrS.
Winder and Humphreys have also
read a paper before the Geological
Society of London on some c"ranial
and dental characters of the domestic
dog, based on the results of the meas
urements of Il large number of dogs
skulls of various breeds. Its object
was to ascertain whether cranial and
dental characteristics afforded sutli-
Gent information to permit of a scion
tilic classification of the breeds, or
would throw any light upon their
origin. THE conclusion so far arrived
at was that intcr-brceding had been SO
extensive and complicated as to make
it impossible to distinguish the various
forms scientifically from the characters
pNnI,ipal W An IS,t1ntt tl,n ..ni
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1890-08-29
TWENTY DuNkARDs WITH AN r.
/. Photographers Blunder That startled Il

A Photographers Blunder That startled n
station Agent.
Last year n party Of twenty-five Dunk
ards was Ell route to the general confer
ence, via st. Louis. No agent accom-
panied them. and II telegram was sent
to Union Depot Passenger Agent Bon.
ner to ''mcet twenty Dunkards," says
the Jacksonville American.
The religious education OF tho tcle-
graph operator who received the mes
sage had been neglected, and. supposing
Il mistake had been made. he Just in
serted the letter ''r,' and when Bonner
received the message it read. Meet No.
4. Twenty d%runkards aboard. Look
after them"
Bonner was somewhat taken aback.
He did not know but that an inebriate
asylum had broken loose, but any way
prompt action was necessary. The
twenty ~drunkards must be desperate
men or the dispatch would not have
been sent, and murder might have been
committed on the road.
Bonner posted off to police headquar-
tiers, and his story did not lose in the
telling. The chief of police, alive to
the eXigence of the situation, made Il
special detail of ten policemen and a
patrol wagon,
The policemen were drawn up in a
line at the depot, and intense excite
ment prevailed among the numerous
depot loungcrs, q rumor having gained
currency that a desperate band of train
robbers was on the incoming tram.
In due time the train arrived, but no
party of registering drunkards alightcd.
The party on the tram was composed of
several pious looking gentlemen with
broad brimmed hats, who stood around
as though expecting some one.
bonner approached II of them, and
said interrogatively
Had you any trouble on the road?'
mo, brother said the gentleman.
none that ] know of. And now III ask
you a question: DO you know a gentle
man named Bonner?"
Eyes; ] am Mr.. Homer was the
answer.
We'll, these brethren and myself are
~Dunkards, and you were to meet us and
put us on the right train. Didn't you
get a telcgram?"
Bonner was completely done for. lie
excused himself, and calling the ser
geant OF police aside he told him thai
1t was all a mistake and he and his men
could go back to headquarters. Then
he disposed of his religious friends,
went around and cussed out the tcle-
graph operator. alter which he had to
''set 'em up" for the whole police force
| on the promise to keep mum.
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Automatic Fire.Isniter.

Charles P. Ortiz, a bright young me.
chanical genius living ut No. 1888 st.
Clair street. has perfected a device for
the automatical ignition of fires which
Is different and quite superior to any.
thing SO far invented. Some months
ago Charlie was eemployed at the
Morgan Autograph works, at the cor
ner of st. Clair and Wood streets, and
he occupied a position which n~eccssi-
lated him arising at 4 O'Clock in the
morning to start the fires. Although
a good hard worker he, like everybody
else, did not relish the idea of getting
up so carly, and he began to figure out
a scheme which would make 1t un.
necessary. After many sleepless nights
and a great deal of labor the thing was
completed, and o he is exhibiting it
to his friends and to all others who
may be interested in it with much sat
%isfaction. The arrangement is at once
simple and plain and has the advantage
OF costing but little money. Electricity
and clock work are the means used. A
clock costing not more than Is cents
is connected with u battery. The
wires are IL from the clock to the
simple little device placed under the
CRATE of the stove. There arc several
little ingenious appliances fixed to the
clock. Should a person want n fire
started in his cook stove at 6 o'clock
he would proceed in this wise:
He would place a small amount of
paper, a piece of which should be
dipped in kerosene, in the CRATE with
kindling wood and coal enough to burn
half an hour, on top. Then he would
fill his tea kettle with water and place
it on the stove where it would boil
readily when the fire got to going. He
would next take down the electrical
device from a hook behind the stove
and at1iX it to the CRATE. LASTLY he
would set" his clock at the hour of
six and could then so to bed and know
that when he would arise in the norm
ing he would find q warm, cosy kitch-
EN- and a boiling tea kettle.
The hour-hand of the clock serves to
open the current of electricity. When
il arrives at the figure six it touches n
piece of brass. The electricity passes
through it around the rim of the clock
and upon a wire to the stove. Here a
tiny piece of platinum wire is heated
to Il white heat by the current. and
this ignilcs a match resting against it.
The paper saturated with kerosene i'm
mediately blazes up and there you
have Il fire. A quarter of an hour
later another current is opened by the
,lockwork and the electricity rings a
bell in the bedroom, awakening the
sleeper.
All this is not in the least compli-
Gated and is made with little cost.
Young Ortiz has successfully operated
he thing in his workshop for the last
Jew weeks, and it is pronounced by all
who have seen ii to be the best device
Tor the purpose yet made Cleveland
SUN.
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Edwin ArnoId's New Poem.

Sir Edwin Arnold recently read to a
visitor at Toxic the open chapters of
.his new poem, Tie Light of the
World," which treats of the character,
career, and history of Christ. The
scene opens in Nazareth, and the time
is five years subsequent to the cruci-
fiction. Pontius Plate returns to
Julca, and the only house in the vii
lngc suitable for his reception is that of
Mary Magdalcue. PLATE and Mary
meet during the evening. aud Plate
asks her:
"Knowest thou who am?n
IL know thee; | forgive thee" is
Mary's answer.
With this beginning the character
of Christ is discussed, and the subse-
q,tcnt chapters of the hook will follow
on these lines. Christ. according to
Arnold's embodiment. was not God.
but n perfect man-a link between God
aud man.
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AS You Go Through Life.

Don't look for the flaws as you go through
life;
And even when You find them,
1t is wise and kind to be somewhat blind
And look for the virtue behind them.
For the cloudiest night has u hint of light
Somewhere in its shadow hiding;
1t is better by fur to huh for n star,
Than the srots on the sun abiding.
The current life runs ever away
To the bosom of Gods great ocean.
Dom set your force 'gni, st the rivers
cours
And think to alter its notion;
DOME waste n curse on the universe
Remember, it lived before you.
Don't butt ut the storm with your pupy
form
But bend and let it 90 DER you.
The world will never adjust itself
To suit your whims to the letter.
Some things must go wrong your whole life
long,
And the sooner you know 1t this better.
1t is folly to fight with the Infinite,
And go under ut last in the wrestle.
The, wiser man shapes into Gods plan
AS the water shapes into n vessel.
ELLA Wheeler Wilcox.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1890-08-29
why She Occupied Two Seats.

A woman, who may have come from
Perrysbnrg or somewhere, got on n
street car yesterday at my corner. The
car was full of passengers of her
sex, but there would have been Il seat
for her but for one woman. who per-
sisted in sitting sideways and ignoring
the presence of the passenger who
was hanging on the strap. The new
conner looked long and earnestly at
the one who was sitting sideways,
then, STOPPING Il little, said sympatilet-
ically:
Got a boil, l rcckonp
Although there were not many men
present to smoker, the bell rang in
stanter, and n enraged feminine left
the car.-Io!edo blade.
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Japanese Fishing Tackle.

In the window of n iishing-tackle
store in Fulton street. New York. is
displayed a ily-rod three feet long and
tapering from the thickness of a lady's
pencil at the butt to the size of a pin at
the tip. 1t is made of japanese BAN
boo with a tip of whalebone. There
are three joints in the rod. The line,
of the length of the rod. is of fine gut.
AT the end of it bangles tiny yellow
fly, %concealing Il barbless hook. The
rod was made in Japan and is a speci-
men of those in use there in the cap
ture Of minnows. which are regarded
as a delfeacy by the natives.
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A Business in Babylon.

A collection of very valuable tablets
from ancient Babylon has been re-
ceived in London. One pair, dating
about 1900 b. C., reveals the curious
fact that there were in Babylon at that
time a class of men employed MS agents
to obtain children to be adopted by
wealthy citizens who had no family.
These men received a regular COM
mission, both from the parents and
from those who adopt the infant.