The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1891-01-30
INTERESTING ITEMS.

Yield 500 worth OF nuts. which Is far
better than ran be done in Engiand.
An indianapolis man has constructs.
ed a bicycle OK steel tubing and alumi-
mum. which though exceptionally light,
is claimed to be practically unbreak-
able.
Bodamsnche and john Davenport.
two Indians of the CGnr d'Alene.
Washington, reservation, last season
raised and sold for cash 5000 bushels
Of oats.
Fireworks were not known to an
tiquity. They are a modern invention.
II fever the ancients employed fires at
their festivals it was only for religious
purposes.
The monkey-wrench is not called so
on account of its fancfed or actual re-
semblance to a monkey. or because it
is u handy tool to monkey with, but
simply because it is the invention OF
Charles Monckay, OF Kings County,
N. Y.
The question of what shows the real
gentleman is under discussion in the
society journals. But the old. terse
definition of the Kcntuckian still abides,
viz: "A gentleman is the man who
turns his back while his guest pours
out the whisky"
The story from a Southern town that
the Indian chief Red Cloud is really n
white man is very vigorously denied
by people who know the savage. He
is II magnificent specimen of the Sioux
warrior, aud there Is no cloud on his
{ title to the reddest OF red Indian blood.
victorien Sardou. the French play
wright, is entering his Goth year in ro-
bust and vigorous health. He has new
er been i'll. and attributes his inn
munity from disease to the fact that lie
takes eight hours sleep every night
and is never bothered by his digestion.
G. E. Ryckman of Brockton, N. Y.
has beat the record in grape culture,
last year. and it wasn't n good year for
grapes either. From half an acre of
ground he has picked IL, Sos pounds Of
Niagnras, which he sold for 81, 266. so.
OF this sum-, probably 81, 900 was clear
profit.
Can we look forward to a time when
The chemist will manufacture our SUI
gar, when the sugar cane and the beet
rootswill cease to be planted because
their products can be more chenply
manufactured from coal or wood? Re.
suits apparently as improbable have
happened.
Among historic rings is one said ia
be Shakspeare's signet. Upon the
seal, entwined with a true lovers knot,
are the initials W.. S. 1t was lost be.
fore his death and found many years
after by a laborer's wife, near STRAIT,
ford Churchyard. This is the only an.
thentic piece Of his personal property
known to be in existence.
Frank De Witt Talmage, son of the
famous Brooklyn preacher, is lecturins
In Western cities. He is n young mar
of "a. Of dark complexion and some
what resembles his father in facial ex
preston. He shows evidence of hav
Ing been carefully trained in oratory
but his delivery is crude and hi.
gestures are o spontaneous.
A rich man in St. Petersburg died
leaving orders that his sealed vii
should be opened twelve months aftei
his death. When opened it contained
another eealed packet, with instruc
tions that it must not be opened for
year. The will had seven seals tn,
last Of which has gully just been brok
en-, although the testator died six year
ago.
A nine-year-old lad at Jubbulpore
India. is under arrest for havin.
buried alive his younger brother, aget
states that he and his brother were or
phans. He had to beg for a living.an'
as he could not take the youngste
about with him he thought muci
trouble would be saved by buryin!
him.
IN his long life Of eighty years P. T
Barnum has had n most versatile ca
reor. Before becoming a ~trnvelin!
Snowman he had been successfully TIL
proprietor of an oyster saloon, an ed
itor, "a bartender. a negro minstrel,
clearinghouse keeper, dramatic critic
preacher. bank president, author. ant
partner in u clock factory. He finall,
found his true vocation.
Sir Charles Dixie has accepted an in
vitation from the Society attitudes Sc
ciales ct Politiques to lecture in Brus
n ooA 1u tuC HIChSA tSiBuo VII Vic pOol
tion OF the working masses in the Brit
ish colonies. No doubt but they viii
get o good address. He is under acloud
butShe is an able man, and at this tim
the liberals have sorely felt the need {
him.
The department OF justice of Canad
hos doc;dad - nurnboca , rap1 M,
ented Photographic apparatus Of grea
value in detecting crimo, The inver
tion will enable a copy to be taken
the image, In the retina Of the eye of
dead person.. This is regarded as yer
important, especially where there is n
other clue to the perpetratoro OF the mu;
der.
Spiders differ from insects in five m
mute particulars; their eyes are simpl
instead of compound, they have eigi
legs instead Of six, they dc not pa
through the metamorphoses which al
characteristic of insects, they have I
autenna, and their breathing is accon
plished by of organs which cor
DING tle luHctlOnS VI lungs duu SlllS 1
stead Of by tubes %peryading the
bodies.
Scientists have by no means aba
doned the attempt to reach the nor
pole. The prospects are fair tn
another year will see an expedition
tho antarctic regions for purposes of Q
ploration and discovery. 1t is qui
probable also that our government vii
during the coming year, send out an e
petition which shall penetrate into Il
yet unknown interior OF our w tie
ritory OF Alaska.
A Bleak Prospect.
Now York Weekly.
Husband-.'My dear, w will have
begin TO economic right off,
Wife--"Dear me! What has ha
pened?'
Husband-"Cigars have gone up"
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