The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1892-09-24

women IS thnt women today arc two
inches taller, on an average, than they
were twenty-five years ago The
The cause is found in the exchange of
the embroidery needle for the tennis.
racket. oar and the gymnastic appar.
atus OF the school and college.
An Abilene. Kan, man recently ad-
vertiscd that he would like to buy
second hand lawn mower, and to nd
dress "N l." postofficc. He received
one answer that struck him favorab!y
and, after corresponding some time
hunted the party up and found it to be
his wife. who was trying TO sell him
their old one.
Both tho Kurds and tho Cossacks
believe that Ararat is guarded by an
unearthly being and that no man can
ascend the peak md live. They have
q somewhat contrary opinion, how
ever, as to what kind of spirits are on
guard, the former claiming that the
devil is guard supreme, the latter that
angels arc on watch
cat which patronizes the soda wa
ter fountain is nm attraction of drug
store in Sixth avenue. New York.
Long ago it discovered that the
cream" of the fountain suited its
tastes and it has habit of going up to
the counter and whiting until it is
served with light refreshments in It's
DyvD in,.
The famous handwriting expert,
David n. Carvall,o. asserts that mo
man docs or can write his signature
twice alike" lie therefore advances
the startling proposition that when
two signatures purporting to have
been written by the same person are
precisely alike, 1t is safe to conclude
that one of them is forgery
wine merchant in Cadiz, whose
reputntiSa is unimpeachable, makes
the astounding disclosure that an imi-
tation brand of cherry is furnished in
Immense quantities to 'one of the
largest mail steamship companies in
the world ut tho low price of "a
ponce per bottle This beverage, which
is unit to drink, is sold TO passengers
at twelve times its cost
A statistician of The German govern
ment has CONC to the rescue OF those
persons who do rot share the wide.
spread superstition that Friday is the
most unluclly day of tho weele A
short tilnc ago he determined to make
scientific investigation OF this ques-
ton. The most fatal or unfortunate
week day. according to the inyestign-
tor, is not Friday, but Monday.
The present stylo of nlarm clocl1
will soon 60 into disguise if there is
my truth in the story that swiss
clock malscr has invented an alarm
clock with II phono graphic attachment.
In place of the unmcnning clatter of
the present clock, q man can have him.
self walked up by the repetition of one
OF his favorite poems or by strains of
dulcet music. In fact possibilities of
the thing are unbounded.
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It has been found that horseflies,
bees, buInblebees and other insects OF
that like can be hold by the legs and
made to produce the humming or buzz
ing noises so characteristic of the two
winged insect family, even though
their wings be entirely removed; and
that q partial (sny the clipping of
half or two-thirds of each wlng) re-
moval of the organs of flight only,
serves to increase tho shrillness OF the
noise.
In this country tho fall of rain
ranges from Three inches to 1875 inches
in single year, the maximum being
reached in the state OF Washington,
while in one part OF India there is said
to be an annual rainfall Of $40 inches
II is not, however, this unequal dis
tribution which produces foods but
the concentration of rain in brief in
tervnls OF time In France thirty-one
inches of rain have been observed to
fall within twenty-four hours.
The loftiest point SO far as yet
known to have been attained by a
mountain climber is 23,7oo feet. which
was accomplished few years ago by
. Mr. Graham in the Himalnyns. He
states that in spite of the great alti-
tnde he did not fini my difficulty in
Z breathing, nor did he experience nau-
sea, bleeding at the nose or temporary
loss of sight or hearing. The motion
Of his heart was, however, perceptlbly
affected, as its beating becnme audible
and its ratio wns decidedly increased.
A stitch is sharp spasmodic pain