The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-08-13

oNSHiuS U3lnS0fC puOl1cattOn,
Tho Friends school, Of Providence
r. l.. is now over century old, and
among the $4,000 names enrolled on
tho register may be found those o.
many distinguished people
4 The total colorcd population 40 70.
turned under the census OF 1890 il
763s,a6o. OF this number 2, ,47o, o4o ars
persons of African descent. 1oy, 47s are
Chinese, 2,o39 nre Japanese and 57,s0e
are civilized Indians.
An Austrian provincial paper lately
contained the following advertise.
ment: IA widow. who still possesse,
the entire wardrobe OF her deceased
husband. is disposed to enter into cor.
sespondence with suitable gentle.
man, II such can be found, with view
to matrimony."
/, At Gilbreath, N. c., the other day,
snys the Durham Globe, q 15-year-old
lad named Fletcher wns standing
under tree which the lightning
struck. 1t entered the lads coat al
the neck and went down his spine,
making blister oil the WY. Yet II
Is thought he will recover.
An East Boothbay. Me-, man is en-.
gagged in supplying New York and
New Jersey summer resorts with seals,
which are very plentiful along tho
Maine coast These scals do very we'll
for seashore attractions, being objects
of unfailing interest to the summer
visitors.
Houseleepers know "boneless cod
fish, "and now member of the United
States fish commission announces that
the boneless sknd is in process of evo-
luton and we'll advanced toward COM
pletion. Ho does not lose his bones in
the some way as the cod, to-wit. after
death, but by careful breeding and
crossing
Jessie Burt, who recently completed a
Shorthand Course ut Elliott's business
College, burlington, Ia, has secured an
excellent position in Burlington,
Native Christians nre increasing in
India. ut least in tho northwest pro-
vince of Dude. for which wo have sta
tistics There nre 22,G65 this year,
against 13, 264 Mt the last census. More
than holt belong to the Methodist
Episcopal church. The Church OF Eng.
land hns only 5.ol3 and the Roman
Catholics 1,9lG
A dead gypsy was buried recently in
Weissensee, near Berlin. The hearse
was followed by gypsies playing I'D
dies or clnshing cymbals, tho six old
est members OF the clan beating tam
bourincs. Tho burial was perfo med
with the ordinary Catholic rites, but
nfterward the gypsies sacrificed dog
"to the moon"
A new instrument that possesses
vplue and novelty is a specimen for
examining horses mouths. 1t is the
invention of IN Illinois man, and con-
sists of q bit broad enough to keep the
the horse's mouth open and an ar
rnngement of reflections to determine
easily the condition of the throat and
mouth.
A French technical journal recon.
mends the uso of Goa, tar for water.
proofing masonry A small amount oi
india rubber dissolved by benzine will
increase its durability. 1t should be
applied boiling hot. nnl IL tho color
should be objectionable it can be
busted with plaster of paris before
drying,
Professor Skenl, who maintoins til
orthodox bolief that the study of Latin
and Greek is serviceable for Improving
a students style in English compost
tion, thinks also there is something to
he said on the other side. Whatever
the study of Latin aud Greek might dc
toward improving the students style,
the study of languages and English
literature would do moro.
! Punctuation points are comparative
ly modern. Only the pc. cd is more
than 500 years old. Tho colon Is re-
puted to date from 1888, the comma
about 1920, the Gcmicolon about 1870
and others have been gradually added.
1t is obvious then, that writing, print
ing and other orthogrnphia arts might
dispense in our day with many o,
their marks of punctuation and lose
nothing OF the sense.
A patent has recently been issued 10.
new style Of shoe. The foot and
rear portion OF the shoe arc connected
by hinge plates. an insole attached to
the front piece curving over the joint.
Two tongues of leather are adapted to
through loop, the lace securing these
in place around the foot The inventor
claims that the combination secures
greater comfort than with tho ordi-
nary form of shoe.
Tho Gatlin, gun is now worked by
IN electric motor in the American
navy. The motor is attnchcd to the
brooch of tho gun Hitherto q couple
OF men were required toserve the gun
one to train the piece ana drop the