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Newspaper Critics.

1t is strange that the fellows who
"know it all" about the newspaper bust
ness are engaged in some other business.
1t would seem that it is human nature
for the average man to think that every
body else has an easier job than he has.
and that he could do the "other fellows"
work much better than he does. This
weakness is evidenced more in regard to
the newspaper business than any other
business. Some men are SO elobuent and
such bright, able and versatile writer's in
their own estimation that they never find
a paper outside of the cities that is edited
and conducted in a manner that meets
their approval, and are always ready to
express an opinion as to what a newspa-
per ought to be, with the gentle insinua-
tion that they could make it an ideal
newspaper, when it is usually the case
that they are either densely ignorant Of
the business OF have only the knowledge
of it that they have gained through con-
tributions to the press which have either
been rejected or are noted chiefly for
their absurdly impractical character.
Practical newspaper men are the fairest
critics that a newspaper man meets
Dell Rapids. Times.
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sheep Suggestions.


No n would think Of engaging in a
business off the farm requiring special
knowledge, and certainly count upon sue
cess, ii he did not possess that knowledge.
Yet we have known men who knew moth
ing at oil about sheep, get q big flock to
start with. IL is not safe.
Once in a while, or oftener, some one
AYERS that sheep will get along very we'll
without water. Yes, they will get along
with very little water if they have succu-
lent food or snow to eat, but it is a poor
get along" and no sheep that is deprived
Of water will grow a perfect fleece.
Costiyeness in sheep is prettp liable
in winter when no roots OF ensilage are
fed. In such case the value Of oil meal
can scarcely be overestimated. II the
fockmaster has no green food we believe
that it will pay him to buy some oil meal
at any price N would likely have to
pay.--Western Rural.
An exchange tell Of a farmer who had
kept a flock Of sheep for fourteen years
aud has not had them attacked by dogs
even once. though fiocks on adjoining
farms have been ruined. The flock al
ways wears between five to eight bells OF
different sizes and tones. and there is not
a dog in the world with sufficient cour-
age to attack a flock Of sheep well sup
piled with bells.
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The 1rapnfc suite r,nem.

Recentlya an outside concern with whom
we have had an advertising contract for
several years wrote. upon the completion
of last years contract, for a slight reduc-
ton in price for the coming year. Among
other things they wrote:
I'VE note a larger proportion of papers
slspending than in many years, and the
circulation Of Others decreasing"
We informed them as politely as pos
sihle that the GRAPHIC had no idea of
suspeEding; that it's circulation had
more than held its own and that we
would have to respectfully decline their
proposition. Here Is the answer we re-
ceiYed:
"We regret that you could not see your
way clear to give the reduction asked.
The fact that our business is yearly and
continuous and payment assured should
be taken into consideration. However,
We dislike to drop a paper with which
we have had satisfactory dealings from
our list, and we herewith enclose new
contract, which please sign and return
at your earliest convenience.
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AColn,, on MISTAKE.

Keokuk (Iowa) Gate City:--Seyeral of
our exchanges have the idea that news
papers determine how people vote. IL one
thing is truer than another it is that
newspapers do nothing of the sort. All
the great Republican papers. east and
west, opposed Grant for reelection in
1872, and no candidate for president ever
got SUCH a majority as he did. Papers
have. their field and their work, but they
don't elect OF beat anybody, unless the
people happen to be going that way,
When you hear a man say he can control
voters and make elections go his way, he
is mistaken. When a paper says it, it is
mistaken.
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we are the People.

Patent Flour sells at % cts. per sack
less in Kimball than in any town from
the Missouri to the Mississippi. This is
not CUFF, it's fact. Other brands sell the
same. This means we ought to have
your trade. 1t means that every family
in Kimball ought to leave their orders
for -four at the Mill. We gladly deliver
orders at any time. We keep the best
full ton of clear grouad corn for only $1S.
Coal? Well, yes; we are selling coal. No
dirt or slack. Nothing hut clear lump.
The best Illinois SO per ton.
Kimball Milling Co.
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row over s,ray cattle.

Wednesday night n of j.. Fl. VOLTS
steers strayed on to the domain of Owen
Smith. Both farms lie about six miles
west. The next morning Irving Coons,
Mr.. VOLTS ma n in charge at the farm
rode over to the Smith farm to look for
the missing c%ritter. Smith was repair
ing a wire fence. After an exchange Of
a few words the men got into a fight.
Smith cameto town and swore out a var
rant for Coons' arrest. The case came be-
fore Justice Savage Wednesday. Smith
swore that Coons struck him first and then
took the hammer away from him and
pounded him over the head. Coons testi-
fed that Smith first struck him with the
hammer, which he secured later after it
had fallen from Smiths hand, and he
then used the hammer to defend himself
after Smith had renewed the attack with
n stone. Smith afterward ran him off
the place without Coon's being able to
mount his pony, which he left. Justice
Savage dismissed the case.
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Pertinent to the Tunes.

Pertinent to HE Times.
Australia has in her vast pastoral areas
sources of wea It'll as great and more per-
manent than those of her mines. Al
ready she has nearly n hundred mil
lions of sheep, which in the mild climate
and under the sunny sky Of the country
require no shelter throughout the year
and no feed beyond what they get on the
open plains. 1t is true that the sunny
sky may change to a sky of brass, and
that drought is the dread of the Austral-
ian shepherd, herdsman, and farmer.
Occasionally there is a succession OF dry
seasons and then sheep have persisted by
millions and cattle by thousands on the
more remote stations, To master recur-
ring droughts is the great problem of
Australia's inland future. Here, as else
where. nature challenges mans free adj
vance, and places some special obstacle
in his way. Australians are facing their
task with energy, confidence and promise
Of much success. They have learned the
art Of drawing wealth even from scrub
land of which a single sheep requires
several acres for its support. Irrigation
works on a large scale have been begun
in Victoria and South Australia. The
storage Of water in reservoirs is being
carried on in a large way by municipali-
ties and private companies. Throughout
New South Wales and Queensland the
boring of artesian wells has met with
satisfactory success. Once given the GER
tain means Of carrying the flock and the
herds through the occasional periods of
drouth, there seems to be no limit to the
pastoral capacity Of such immense prov
inces as New South Wales and Queens
land. With completed systems of irriga-
ton Australia promises to become one of
the greatest fruit and grape growing
countries in the world. The many diff
culties with which men are confronted
on this great continent are more than
matched by its wonderful possibilities.
-GeOrge r. ParEin, in February Century.
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of winter.

The mercury fell to Is below Sunday
night and repeated the performance Mon
day night. After u mild December and
January in which the mercury hardly
touched zero it seemed pretty rough.
Tuesday the weather moderated and at
this writing-Wednesday-the light fall
Of snow which fell during the cold wave
is fast disappearing under the warm
rays of the sun.
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card

Flandreau Herald:-A card for surviv-
ing relatives thanking tho undertaken for
his artistic work in embalming the body
Of a deceased member Of the family, pub
lished in a Webster City newspaper, car
ries the vulgar system of obituary
acknowledgment to the grotesquely alb
surd limit.
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Groui,d.Hor nax,


Feb. 2, under the name Of Candlemas
day, was a favorite holiday in European
countries some centuries Ago.. 1t is still
q holiday, observed by the closing Of Of
fees. ETC., but the professions and cere-
monies which marked it in MEDIEVAL
times have long since been given up.
The day is known in the church calendar
as the Feast Of the Publication OF the
Virgin, and it was FIRST instituted by Pope
Sergins, about the yoar 684-some time
before any Of the GRAPHIc's readers were
born-to commemorate the ceremony of
publication. which, according to the
Jewish law, we are toldthe virgin mother
observed 40 days after the birth of Christ.
The popular name Of the day is derived
from the custom Of lighting up the
churches with candles and carrying them
ip procession.
As for the weather superstition which
gives to Candlemas the name of ground
hog day., that is not so easy of explana-
nation. Apopular belief, to tho origin
Of which the memory OF man cannot
reach, objects to sunshine on that day.
The Scotchman says:
.If Candlemas is fair and clear,
There'll be twa winters in the year"
The French have a rhyme of similar
import and so have the Germans, and no
doubt the people Of other European
countries. 1t is quite impossible to say
in how many countries u old acquaint-
ance, the grounding or some of his kind
perform on this day. We all know his
program, how he wakes up and comes
out of his winter bed to look around the
world again. Ii he cannot see his shadow
he plays about, knowing that his winter
sleep is done, for spring is near at hand.
II, GA the contrary, his shadow is visible,
he crawls into his hole and covers him
sslf for another six weeks nap. In Ger
many it is the badger who goes through
the gymnastics; in France and Switzer-
land it is the marmot; in England the
hedgehog, in Dakotas, perhaps, the coyote.
There are no persons who believe in the
grounding superstition more firmly than
the negroes OF the southern states. The
only real foundation for this popular be-
lief seems to be the general truth that
pleasant weather in February in temper
ate ATTITUDES is apt to be followed by a
change and a chilly spring. Such an oc-
curence rouses even the canny Scotch
man to make some not over pious utter
ances, for he says:
a months in the year,
Curse a fair Februeer."
In this locality the nimble coyote
crawled out Of his hole early last Monday
morning, and rubbing his eyes looked
earnestly around. To his u~nspeaka5le
disgust, probably. he froze both ears and
crawled back to wait for weather more
suitable to his temperament. A little
later in the day the sun shown heanti-
fully with the mercury 10 below in the
shade.
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ayers Cherry Pectoral has given me
great relief in bronchitis. Within a
month l have sent some of this prepara-
ton 10 a friend suffering ffom% bronchitis
and asthma. 1t has done him so much
good that he writes for more."-Charles
f. Dumterville, Plymouth England.
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The Pas. ouea,ion,

Fremont (Neb.) Tribune:-And now
comes the first granger legislature Ne
braska ever had and votes down a resolu-
tion against railroad passes and a recon-
mendation against the use Of those which
have been placed in the hands of the mem
bers. Well, we'll! What is this world
coming to, anyway?
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Pretty GOOD ADVICE, 1000.

PlankintOn Mail:-WOuldit not be bet
ter for the county to bond for a certain
number Of artesian wells instead of buy
ing7the machinery? Get the wells and
pay for them and let the machinery go
would be our adyice-if asked to give
advice on the matter.
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Posi- once Hours.

Eastern Mail closes at 8 :aoA. NJ, and 200 r. N.
Western. " /" 1000 a. A., and 5:O0 r. 4.
Northern /" "7:sO a. NJ. Cue, Thu, Sat.
noathern y ESQ +" Mon, Wed, Fri.
ofFlce HOURS.
From this date until further notice the hours
Of the Kimball r. o. will bs Is follows:
Open on week days at TO A. Close prompt
alarm,
Tn otice will be opened on Sunday. from .
MI 10 II A. n.
Register and Money Order business open from
a, M.05p.M.
J.. d. LONG. Postmaster.
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Heap Zig

Monday morning about "a dozen Sioux
chiefs passed thro ugh enroute to Wash
ington to see the "Great Father" White
Ghost was among them. They were in
charge of Alex Recounter and Rev. Luke
Walker of Lower Brule.
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Highest OF ali in Leavenng Power.-.u. S. Cove Report, Aug. Il, 1889

Shakespeare will please excuse us il
we modify him thus: Thrice Is he clad
who hath his system strengthened with
Ayers Sarsaparilla, and he but naked,
though arrayed in furs, whose blood is
poor or with disease corrupted. An in
comparable medicine!
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to

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been
fifty years with perfect success. 1t relieves the
little sufferer ut once, produces %narural, quiet
sleep by freeing the child from pain aud the
is very pleasant 10 taste, soothes tie child,
~softens the gums, allays pain. regulates tho
bowels and is tho best known remedy for diar-
rhoea, whether arising from teethiEg or other
causes. TwentY-iiye cents a bottle. (45U.A
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Sioux Falls Argus:-The time is coming
within five years when the present season
of drought will be looked back upon as a
blessing, since it will have been the occa-
sion Of introducing artesian irrigation.
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You're Another.

EIkton Record:-The artesian well
water is growing softer every day, asserts
the Kimhafl GRAPHIC. The lye that col
lects in Bro. Tinan's form would soften
most anything in that section.
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Miss Annie Zika
Mrs. Susanah Zika.

,ttcrs will please Bag advertised. After so days
viii be sent to tho dead letter otiicc.
q. LoHa, p, n.
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several rainy seasons in succession, be-
ginning with 1891. He thinks this dry
weather is sure to be followed by a wet
summer"

There lives in New Castle, Pa.,a watch
maker who has completed a set of three
gold shirt studs, in one of which is a
watch that keeps excellent time, the dial
being only three-sixteenths of an inch in
diameter. The three studs are connected
by a strip Of silver in side the shirt bosom.
The watch contained in the middle one
is wound up by turning the stud above,
and the hands are set by turning the enc
below.
DR.. Hollinger, who has been a prolni-
nent physician of this county for eight
years past, has a lucrative field open to
him in northwestern Alabama and he
has decided to accept it. DR.. Hollinger
is a good physician and an expert sur
geon and his wife a most estimable lady.
The doctor leaves to-day and the GRAPHIC
trusts that he and Mrs. Hollinger will
like the South and that the South will
like them.
A special election is to be held in
aurora county Feb. 10th on buying arte-
sian well outfits. The petition for the
election call is in partas follows:
The county commissioners of Aurora
county shall buy two artesian we'll out
fits and furnish the same with an expert
to run or work them free of expense to
the townships Of said county. And each
township desiring a we'll or wells shall
furnish its own help, tubing and fuel,
Each township shall locate its own
wells and waterways by a majority vote.
The township supervisors shall have
charge Of the construction OF the wells
and waterways on the part of the town
ships. Each township shall have the use
Of the machine in order Of application to
the county commissioners, and if any two
applications come in at the same time
they shall be decided by lot. No town
ship shall have two wells until all of the
townships have one that wish one. The
drills shall begin one in the East and one
III the West tier of townships.
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The Western Rural and American
Stockman is the name Of one of the old
est farm journals published in this coun-
try, and none is more fully identified with
the best interests Of the agricultural
classes. 1t deals not only with the farm
but with the farmer. Its columns are
devoted to subjects involving literature
and science and its aims are for the pro-
motion and elevation of the social and
economic condition Of the farmer. The
Rural advocates physical culture and man
ual training as well as intellectual en-
dowment. 1t believes that the state owes
to the citizen the right to such an educa-
ton as shall fit him for a self-reliant cit
izenship. In short, the Rural is a Fire
side Companion as we'll as a helper in
the affairs of farm life. Subscription
price $1.50 per year. For free sample
copies address, Milton George. 1853 Clark
St, Chicago.
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APPLES are rolling out fast at Bar
din's. Get your barrel before it is too
late.
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Kerrect Arc Won.

Alexandria Herald:-The political par
ties Of to-day are all alike. When they
have the power they hog everything in
sight.
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Literary Notes.

Lieut.. Casey's Last Scout, illustrated by
Frederic Remington, in the last Harper's
Weekly, is a story OF thrilling interest.
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Happy and content is a bride with''The Re-
CHESTER" she lives in the lighto of the morning.
7oAsa>n more. sv,il< Eoehesse- Len.t Co. Gs.o Yo,S.
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On opening the pages of the North
American Review for February n is al
most at a loss to determine where to turn
first. A feast Of uncommo richness is
spread before the reader. At the outset
we have u most interesting group Of rem
iniscences Of Gettysburg Thirty Years
After. called forth by the visit to that
historic ground last October Of the Count
of Paris and OF the living command
ers who took important parts in the fa-
nous battle. The contributors to this
symposium are the Count Of Paris, Gen
eral O. 0. Howard, General Eenry Slocum,
and General Abner Doubleday; and there
is the promise that in the next number
contributions will appear from the pens
of Generals Sickles, Butterfield, Newton
and Gregg. Under the title "a Deliber-
ate Body" Speaker Reed offers an in
structiye and timely paper in reference
to debate and obstruction in the House of
Representatives. The famous writer,
Onida has a very interesting article in
this number.
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You bGt!
Sioux City Journal:--South Dakota il
all right. Stay by South Dakota.
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Lingering Letters.

Last Of letters .emain ing an the P U. at Kim
ball for the week ending Jan 10 1891.
Parties calling for any OF the shove described
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This Il nmcla1
Ret

Mitchell Mail:-Old maidhood begins
after the 25th year.
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). II. & ST. Paul Time Table

Passenger. going east. 1907 4. n. except Eat.
Passenger, going west. =. sas7 r. NJ, Mon.
Freight, going west -. 1923 \. A.e1 cept Sun.
k,eixh,, going east ...... s:2O 2. Il.
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HARD WATER. You can have il soft
encd with very little expense. You can
get the stuff at Bardin's.
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HARD TIMES. Yes, that ia Just why
you should go to Bardin's to buy.
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FEBRUARY CHIMES.

The jacobson Sisters will close ont
their stock at cost.
An infant child of DR.. Milliron's has
been very i'll this week.
heladies' club met with Mrs. W. b.
Askew Wednesday afternoon.
An infant son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Lewis
WalkerAied on Sunday. The funeral
took place Tuesday.
DIR. Miliiron leaves this week for a trim
70 Iowa. He says he doesn't know how
long he will be absent.
Men may come and men may 90, but
kimball Will go on forever. Put that in
your pipe and smoke it.
W. II. Wyant will have charge of the
tTTmers and Traders bank building and
will have his Office there.
Armour chronicle:-D. E. Robinson has
been selling out his stock of clothing in
the Weyh building the past week.
subscriber who hasn't paid his sub
scription FOR four years may not be a
pioneer but he is a very old settler.
An organization known as the Sheep
Breeders and Wool Growers Association
was formed in Plankinton Monday.
D. w. Butler ran across Attorney Camp
bell, who once lived here, and the two
have formed a law partnership in Denver.
Harry Farmer, brother of W. s., left
this week for Wisconsin for a brief visit
before returning to his home in New
York.
You occasionally meet a rich man who
says the greatest heppin ess is found in
poyerty-and you occasionally meet a liar,
too.
Taft's new hotel i'll Chamberlain will
be formally opened this-Thursday-
evening. The hotel is to be called "The
Taft"
The artesian we'll Out6ts for the comfy