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BRIGHTEN WASH DAY.
M.splREcreo EFFORTS OF INVENT.
oRs TOWARD THAT END.
Machines Mad. in the Fond Hop. OF
Re.eu,nr Monday from h Gloom
that H.ngs Over I. Not Successful.

The tendency Of man in this age is
80 invent. Whether it is from a wish
to perform labor with more ease and
expediency Or to turn a stream OF
golden sheckels into his Golfers the end
is just the same, and as q result every
thing from a simple needle-threader to
the most complicated machine haa
found its way into the market with the
patent stamp upon it.
Sometimes there is a just cause for
suspicion that selfish motives control
these men Of genius, ut least so far us
choosing the object for improvement
IS concerned, and this seems especially
clear when it applies to the washing
machines.
Wash day-good old fashioned tub
and-washboard wash days the bane
of domestic happiness. What man will
not make frantic cndeuvors to lose HIM
self downtown or find that he is SO
busy that it is absolutely impossible to
get home to lunch on the day that the
soiled garments of the last week are to
be renovated? He is awakened in the
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-12-30
eIccs DID MAKE A MASH.
But It Was Not at All the Kind He Was
Counting Upon.

"Yes, this is q new hat" said little
Bigggs last evening at the Platypus
clob. in the hearing of a Washington
St.r reporter. at is the second Que l
have bought already this fall and there.
by hangs a tale.
1t Glanced that l dropped in ut the
theater II night last week. AS l sat
down in the fifth row OF the orchestra,
l noticed that directly behind mo was
an awfully pretty girl. whom l had
never seen before. 1t was about the
middle of the second act, l think. when
CHANGED to put my legs under my
chair. and l touched what was evident
ly her foot. Presently the same thing
occurred again. noticed that she did
not withdraw her foot, and finding the
sensation agreeable repeated it. To
my qualification ! observed u gentle
resistance On her part, which showed
that she did not object to the contact.
1 glanced around and thought that she
smiled slightly.
"As have said. she WAS deucedly
pretty, and l said to myself: 'Biggs,
old boy, you have made u SQUASH OF
course was bound to follow it up.
Renewing the contact as before l ex-
perienced the same result. l exerted
d harder pressure, which was received
with the same gentle resistance. l
looked around once more and again l
thought that she smiled slightly,
though | could not be sure. tried
with the other foot; it was quite de-
lightful. forgot all about the play
in tho excitement of the sport. Various
plans | revolved in my brain for
establishing some better mode of com.
munication with the fair damsel, in
order that I might lind out who she
was. with a view of establishing the
Irritation on Il more satisfactory basis
in the future. thought of writing
a small note in the shape of q cooked
hat and sticking it in The black of nv
collar, from which it would DO easy
enough for her to abstract it, but | was
afraid that somebody else would oh.
serve it-particularly an old lady who
was her companion and evidently her
chaperon.
-on reelection l decided to try to
communicate with her in some way rs
we were leaving the theater. So l
waited patiently, still renewing the
contact occasionally as before. was
perfectly satisfied that l had made "a
mash OF the largest size. In fact,I was
not in the least mistaken, for when the
curtain went down ut the end of tho
play | looked for my new silk hat. and
found it under my seat crushed into a
%shapeless mass. 1t was that which l
had been kicking all the evening in
stead of the young lady's foot. and l
had demolished it so completely that it
was utterly beyond repair. purchased
this Que the next day"
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"You-you couldn't tide n fellow
over this little Hurry in the money
market. could you?" he asked at mid
night the other night, as he stepped
out Of a doorway on Woodward ave-
nue. and confronted II Detroit Free
Press reporter.
"What has this furry got to do with
you?" demanded the belated rs he
came to 4 sudden halt.
why, it's smashed morc'n o dozen
brilliant enterprises for ma. If it
hadn't have been for this furry l
should be handling my tens of thou
sands tonight. 1t isn't a real panic.
you know, but simply II want of conf
dence on the part OF the public. l
think we've reached hard-pan. and ii
you a tide me oyer for the next few
days Ill be all right"
"Ive no money to spare"
@Ihere she goes you see. That's
the want of confidence / spoke of, and
that's what led to this furry. We
nigh, as well begin right here. You
have confidence in me, and | will in
you, and she'll gradually spread over
the whole country"
Dufn your condolences! Look Mt the
check Of stopping a man on the street
at midnight! How do l know YOU are
deserving Of charily?"
aThere she goes again! During the
furry capital is timid and won't take
no chances. That's %whntkeeps up the
stringency.. You might MS well begin
right here to take chances"
What do you wantP" growlcd tho
pedestrian.
First. have confidence in the abili-
~ Of this glorious old country. Sec
ondly, get over being timiu and in
vest a dollar in something. Thirdly.
II you can rake me II II dime to Il
for u bed I'll be yours truly for q year
to come. Thanks. I've rot "A pnrd in
on the stairs, and I'll divide with him,
and we'll put this money into circula-
ton around the corner. and yaa,ll
wake up tomorrow morning to lind tho
times improved and tile strin.ency re.
lieved. By-by! Confidence is the
main thing. Can't be q run on the
banks here whom an old cit. displays
the confidence you laysis
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-12-30

right shaft with three or more project
ing arms. 1t was set in a tub and
turned either by a simple spur or q
cross-gear, the arms catching the clothes
and swishing them through the suds
until cleaned.
The first patent taken out in the
United States for a washing machine
was in 1907, and since that time more
than 1880 men have tried to rob Mon
day of its terrors by inventine a ma
chine which would transplant the
poetry of motion over a washtub.
Some of these give evidence of much
thought and careful observation, Others
are constructed in n sort of hit or miss
way, and many look as if the inventor
had grown desperate and combined .
dozen ideas in the hope of hitting some
thing which might prove fatal to wash
day.
Oct. 10, 1920, G. B. Gibbs of Pennsyl-
vania, in defiance of the fact that
:hurning and wash day never were
known to come together, invented a
combination churn and washing ma
chine and triumphantly carried it
through the patent office. This utter
disregard for the propriety of things
brought its WI reward, and Mr.. Gibbs
never experienced any difficulty in
keeping the three or four sam 3les
which he had manufactured to boom
his invention. Several other inventors
followed in the path broken by G.. Il.
Gibbs, but they might just as we'll have
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A New Years Gift Heralded.

The measureless popularity of Hostel
ter's Stomach Bittcrs has been the growth
OF more than Q third of a century. As In
the past, the coming new year will be
nshered in by the appearance of II fresh
Almanac, clearly setting forth the nature,
uses and operation OF this medicine OF
world wide fame. 1t is we'll worth peru
sal. Absolute accuracy in the astronom-
ical calculations will, as before, be yalua-
BILE characteristics, while the reading
matter will include statistics, humor and
general information, accompanied by ad-
mirably executed illustrations. The Alma
mao Is issued from the publishing
department OF The Hostetter Company
at Pittsburgh, and will be printed on their
presses In English, German, French,
Welsh, Norwegian, Swedish, Holland,
Bohemian and Spanish. All druggists
and country dealers furnish 1t without
cost
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-12-30

100000 Tobacco Bill Saved.
CHICAGO, Dec. 90 [Speciall.-The
Chicago Inter Oceans Illustrated Sup
plement, describing tho great success
and merit of NO-TO-BAC, has made it
famous ina day.
Mr.. H. L. Kramer, the active man,
was seer todav ut his office, As Ran
dolph street, and in talking Of MOTTO
BAGS growth, said that it was hard
work to keep up with the rapidly in
creasing demand, az every box sold adj
vertised NO-TO-BAC'S merit.
He said, ''NC-TO-BAC is not sold on
the strength Of the thousands and tens
Of thousands of testimonial statements,
but under an absolute guarantee to
cure, or money refunded" That made
a long story about merit very short, as
It absolutely protects the user from
physical injury or financial loss.
Why" said he, "NO-To-BAC will
make 100, 900 cures this year, and the
saving will average $50 Tor every
one cured. or a grand total of S 5000. 900
saved from going up in smoke and cut
in spit" NO-TO-BAC is indeed Il god
send to the poor mar these hard times
According to the Testimonials, how,
ever, the money saving is the least con
%sideration, for almost every a reports
nm improvement of the nervous system,
increase in weight. and q revival OF
physical and mental powers that is in
deed miraculous.
Prominent physicians look upon NO
TO-BAC as q great success, aud are
very free to prescribe it.
Every wholesale drug house in this
country and Canada sells NO-TO-BAC,
and the retail druggists are pushed to
supply custHmers, and the direct mail
demand is immense.
The cost of NO-TO-BAC compared
with results is a small matter, as the
saving in q week pays the cost of a cure
for a lifetime. NO-TO-BAC is sold for
$1.00 a box, or three boxes for So. so,
with a guarantee to cure, or money re-
funded. q
A few extra copies CT the Inter Ocean
Supplement Is pages), illustrated in five
%colors, have been secured and will be
mailed for the asking. by addressing
The Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago
office, 45 Randolph St. New York
office, 10 Spruce St, Laboratory Indi-
ana Mineral Springs, Ind.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-12-30
TRICKS Of The CAMERA
FUNNY THINGS HAPPEN If A MEGA.
TIVE GETS TWO EXPOSURES.
%compos'.e Photograph. That Are Ike
Nothing In the Air Above. tile Earth
Bslow,or tho Water. Under the Earth.

In sitting for your picture remember
that artistically groomed hair, plenty
Of jeyrelry, and n far-away look are
not the only elements of success at
tending the operation. Beware of tho
deadly camera. Before the artist
squeezes the little bulb make him see
to it that his snapshot machine is not
loaded. Many u confiding subject has
neglected this important matter:
Subjects often overlook this in the
effort to look prettier than they really
are, and deep and lasting emorse in
variably follows. In some cases the
victims have sorght surcease from sor,
row in the cold and silent tomb. Hap.
PLY. however, instances OF suicide art
extremely rare. The sufferers gener
ally swear off from the photograph
habit or try some other studio wher.
they profit by past experiences.
Freak photos resulting from slips OF
the camera or the fault of the sitter
are OF common occurrence, says the
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tried to invent a patcntiron that would
sweep for all the success that ever
crowned their efforts.
When John A. Bills soldered the
head in a lard can and fitted it with a
crank and dasher in 1855 he nnrsed the
fond hope that he had a model that
would make washing a sort Of Delsar.
team exercise. The clothes were placed
in the cylinder. hot suds poured over
them. the slide closed down, and by
simply turning the crank the work
was accomplished. It didn't work,
though, and Mr.. Bills little patent
took its place in the line Of failures
right in front of Alex. Warmers wash
ing knuckle. Mr.. Warner didn't be-
lieve in doing away entirely with the
heavy tabs and butler. He probably
had to help put the clothes through
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-12-30
Brains az Capital.

In all discussions of the relative
fights of labor and capital there is a
tendency to talk of the two things as
though they were the only factors in
volved in the creation of wealth.
The labor leader maintains that to
the toll OF the worker class alonei is due
the production Of the material wealth
of the country; the capitalist is inclined
to lay too much weight on the mere
investment Of money. Both are apt to
slight the vast Influence of directing
intelligence.
A recent writer furnishes some flo.
ures which throw into strong relief the
immense value of wise direction, in-
vention, safe managcment-in short,
brains.
Comparing the total product OF
labor in this country now with that in
1910 and making allowance for the
population at the two periods he finds
that the same number of men who in
1910 produced wealth to the amount OF
. thousand million dollars now produce
more than two thousand million dol.
lars yearly.
Similarly, comparing the facts in
Great Britain now and at the beginning
of the century, it appears that the
labor OF a quarter of a million of men
then resulted in d total annual produc-
ton of the value of six hundred million
dollars, while now the same number OF
laborers turn out every year sixteen
hundred million Of dollars worth OF
product.
This surprising increase in efficiency
clearly results, not from a gain in the
strength or skill of the individual
laborer, but from modern industrial
progress, from improved methods. la
bor-saving inventions, greater ability
in applying labor and capital to their
work-again, in brief, from brains.
The example OF the artist who said
that he mixed his paints with braina
must be followed by all who hope to
succeed in the great struggle of COM
MERGE Youths Companion.
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the'needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxntive principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax.
alive; eFectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid.
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance,
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug.
gists in Soc and 81 bottles, but it is nan
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printedo on every
package, also the name, Syrup Of Figs,
and being we'll informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-12-30

MPOB OF DUDE AND AMAZON
consciously crossed the bows Of a wild
Arizona cowboy. The result was hor-
rifying in the extreme, and the charm
ing young woman is still suffering from
the shock. She wanted Il nice picture
of herself to send back east, but had
the misfortune TO enter the studio
shortly after the cowboy had left. The
camera was loaded, but neither the
lady nor the artist knew it.
The negative was one of those double
affairs and the photographer used the
same end for both subjects, neither Of
whom would accept the picture, though
they were both represented with start
ling fidelity to nature. What the lady
objected to was a corduroy coat and
vest, and the cowboy said he never did
like lace collars. Another point raised
by the lady was that n tuft of hair at
one side Of her mouth and a cigar
stump in the other were not ut all be-
coming. No more did she fancy a
huge sombrero hat which lowered in
the background like n halo, and the
rings while sitting for his picture.
The photo had but one eye and there
was entirely too much nose for beauty.
1t was such a d;sreputable.looking
creature That the lady swooned the
momen. she saw it. The cowboy
threatened to clean out the place, but
wa p%aciied with a nice tintype of him.
self standing up.
Another amusing experience befell
a young couple who wanted a photo
graph of their first born. The first
born took nc interest in the proceed
inr and refused to sit, still TIL fhe
artists assistant brought out a beauti.
full blue monkey on a red horse dang
ling at the end of a string. This spir-
tied combination fascinated the baby,
but unfortunately the assistant dropped
the monkey just as the operator pulled
the slide.
OF curse the baby went to pieces
and the exposure resulted in a picture
that bore a striking resemblance to q
human windmill. The father looked
Mt the picture and said he guessed he
wouldn't take it. lie was afraid people
might think he was trying to raise Q
centipede.
But the most ridiculous composite
be kept wet continually with water as
hot IS a be borne for two or three
hours.
The foot should be dried thoroughly
and the joint rubbedsbriskly with lin
seed oil, or vaseline, to lubricute it,; and.
at the same titne,a firm hold of the end
of the toe affected should be taken and
the joint worked up and down, If
pulled straight the dislocated Joint will
easily work back into its socket. This
should be repeated every day until the
soreness disappears.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-12-30
coNNEMARA WASHING MACHINE.

The bottom of the tub was corrugated.
80 was the disk which fitted into it.
Clothes were placed in the tub, water
poured over them, and then the disk
closed down on them and moved about
by either u rocking or up and down
motion. Mr.. Tyler's machine never
made its appearance on the market, and
must be numbered with others of those
two or three thousand which proved
failures.
In 1872 j.. +. Holmes patented q more
elaborate arrangement, consisting Of a
cylinder which held the clothes and a
series of small troughs which carried
the water to the top and turning emp
tied their contents owe the articles to
be washed. There is little doubt but
that thu method was effective, but it
was too slow, and time is OF conse-
quence on Monday morning when each
woman IN the neighborhood vies with
the other in getting her clothes on the
line first.
In the last few years there have been
several machines put on the market
which combine many of the ideas
worked on by early inventors and
which. in n measure, overcome the OBJ
stacles then met with. But even these
are not popular and by far the largest
portion of the linen which does not go
to the steam laundry is done on the old
corrugated board. No machine has
ever been invented and perhaps never
will be which will replace entirely this
method OF cleaning clothes whether it
is because women are conventional or
because they fear the fine table linen
may come out of the machine in much
the same condition that clothes are
sometimes returned from "hands
~undrio
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A scientific man says that he has
made a discovery. 1t is that the worst
aiT is found in two strata, one near the
gronnd-everybody knows that-and
the other at a height of abou. ninety
feet. This height represents the aver
age altitude OF the discharge of gas,
smoke and offensive fumes given off by
the factories and other industrial APP
purtenances of a city. 1t has also been
found within a few years that one is
just as apt to get malaria if he lives
on a dry, we'll drained slope above a
marsh or stagnant water as if he lived
in the marsh,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-12-30
A Timely Bit of Advice.

In these times of grip and pneumonia 1T
is of great Importance that we should
know where to look for n safe md sure
remedy. A slight cold may become a
serious one. the scarcely noticeable pain
in the chest is too often the ]orerunner of
pneumonia. The first cough may lead to
consumption, Il cough is always dam
gerous. Never neglect a cold or cough
for even n day. but get at once, as u
safe and sure remedy, Kemp's Balsam,
the best cough cure, which is
ded on all sides. 1t should be kept in the
house regularly to avoid delay when
needed. 1t is sold ut all the drug stores.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-12-30
German
Syrup

Ny niece, Emeline Hawley, was,'
taken with splitting blood, and she
became very much alarmed, fearing
that dreaded disease, Consumption.
She tried nearly all kinds Of medi-
cinebu nothing did her any good:
Finally she took German Syrup and
she told me it did her more good
than anything she ever tried. u
stopped the blood, gave her strength
and ease, and a good appetite. I
had it from her own lips. Mrs.
Mary A. Stacey, Trumbull, Conn.
Honor to German Syrup. o
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-12-30

Overgrown Colored Boy-Say, boss,
don't youth wanter boy fer to learn to
be a jock.
Horse owner-By the time you've
learned to ride you'll be too heavy.
Boy-Den you kin bet on de oddcr
hoss, an you'll have a shuah thing,
boss.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-12-30

Ladies', use DR.. Latuc'. "PeriodIcal" Pills. from
Paris. Franco. Established In Europe, 1899; United
States, 1881. Cures all suppresaions. irregularitirs
and monthly arrangements. Safe, harmless, reliable
They positively must not be taken during pregnancy
Many Of the I'LL. to which ladics arc subject arc t6e
direct results OF Irregular lnenstruation. Continued
qnic> consumption. q . package or 5 for Is, per mai;
ia plain sealed envelope, on receipt Of price. The In
.sns hemica! Co. proprietors. Tho genuine pill 90 j
by s.hSxiek = Grady. siou1 City. Ia. Wholesale and
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900 Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
cisease that science has been able to sure
IN All Its stages and that is catarrh.
Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive
cure how known to the medical fraternity.
Catarrh being a constitutional disease,
requires q constitutional treatment. Halrs
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon The blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system, thereby destroying
the foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in doing
Its work. The %proprietors ave so much
faith In Its curative powers that they
ofier One Hundred Dollars for any case
that 1t falls to cure. Send for list OF tes-
,imonials.
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Commercial Statistics.

A Texas merchant. as a personal IA
sor, took the son of a wealthy gentle
Qlan into his Office to learn the BUSH
aess, giving him the cash-book to keep.
Does the cash account BALANCED"
ssked the merchnn. at the end of the
list day.
ooh, yes. splendidly. There are
wen 30 or $50 too much."-1sras
Siflia0s,
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10 labor unduly. Sufferers from such Nerv-
ous Affections often imagine themselves the
victims of organic heart disease.
ALL NERVOUS DISEASES, as Pa
ralysis, Locomotor Ataxia, Epilepsy, or
Fits, st. vitus's Dance, Sleeplessness, Nerv-
Gus Prostration, Nervous Debility, Neural
gia, Melancholia and Kindred Ailments, are
treated as a speciality, with great success,
by the Staff Of the Invalids' Hotel. For
sio .p 10 Cents t'i in saal for for postage. -
Address, WORLDS DlspENsARY MEDICAL
ASSOCIATION, Buffalo, N. Y.
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allows himself to drift into a condition ia
vorable to the development OF some latent
disease, which thereafter takes full pos
session of the system. Better cure FOUR
cold at once with DR.. D.. Jayne's Expec-
torant II good remedy for Throat-ails ind
Lung affections.