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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30

SECOND sTAGE-HER IDEA OF A REMEDY.
tircly lacking in humor. She goes to
bright little dinners in curious little
restaurants, and her gloom only deep
ems. Some evening as she stands on
III elevated platform and watches II
train bearing down uponi her she
%spcculntes idly on the possibility OF
throwing herself before il. She has no
desire to commit suicide, but the
thought has occurred to her. 1t prompt
ly fills her with horror when she recalls
1t, and then she decides that "her
nerves are in q bad way and that she
must look out for herself"
She promptly cancels oil engage
ments and decides that what her ease
needs is a little determination and a
great deal Of fresh air and exercise.
She reasons that after a winter of work
or excitement the system needs toning
up, and she proceeds to tone it with
Indian clubs and walks. While the
day is yet young she tranps up to the
park, through it and home again.
Gloom of the profoundest sort seizes
her after this effort. If she reads in
the newspaper Of a suicide she is sure
that she will take her own life. If she
reads of u murder she knows that dur
ing the small hours of the night she
will arise and STAY her sleeping family.
In the light footed maid who brings
her letters to her she hears the step OF
on assassin who turks about that he
may Kill her. The harmless old gentle
man who reads his newspaper in the
car beside her becomes a lunatic who
will choke her before they reach their
destination. And all the time she is
keenly conscious of the idiotic nature
of her fears. Even while she is revolv-
ing in her mind the pleasing possibility
of going crazy and numbering her
mother, she is calling herself imbccile
and idiot.
The violent physical exercise and
fresh-air style of trcatmcntarc kept up
Tor several weeks, during which the
fear of the Insane asylum or eve the
electric chair grows stronger and
stronger. Half her time the patient
spends telling herself that the decisions
and imnginings of the other huff are
not true. She dislikes intensely to be
left alone, for 1t is 10 solitude that her
fancy takes It's widest flights. At the
same time she takes no real pleasure
or interest in society. Her converse
ton Is wandering, and 1t is only when
she listens to some one else ~recountiug
symptoms Of "dreadful depression
that she is really aroused. She always
promptly appropriatcs to herself any
symptom from the other woman's case
which has so far been lacking IN her
own. She welcomes any physical pains
as u heaven sent diversion from the
mental gloom.
There is q story on record of n of
this springs victims who found q fc]or
a source of distraction, aud who actual
ly cherished the pain that made her
Fslk tho aoor Iat night because it CAV
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30

The soulful young %southcrner, with
his passionate nature, had gone to a
New England town to spend a few
weeks with II college friend who had
married and settled there and he soon
found that he was about the only mar
riagcable man in the place. 1t was q
delightful experience and in a very
short time he was deesly in love with
the village belle, if u girl may be a belle
where there are no beaux TO speak of.
Anyhow the Young man was in love
and at the end of the week he began to
hedge for a proposal.
Miss Priscilla" he said one evening,
u have something to say to you"
Very WE'LL" she replied, you must
say it, | presume"
q have only known you a week" he
went on, but in that time l have been
drawn very near to you. IL"
Here he flung himself ut her feet and
grasped her hands in the most intense
fashion. 81 love you, Priscilla, and
want you TO be my wife"
The young ona was startled.
"Why. Nj. Bluegrass, she twittered;
show strangely you act! Get up. Don't
you know you can get IL girl TO marry
you in this part of the country ever SO
much easier than the way y5u go about
it?"
And she embraced ser opportunity.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30

ed by this regimen the tonic is admin
istered. Soon she is about again, with
scarcely Al remembrance of the hideous
i~maginntious and the horrible depres-
sions that have bcset her. Only when
she is enjoying the felicity of telling IL
womnn who is still in the overwrought,
morbid state hat there is really moth
ing much the matter with her, that
She herself had suffered much worse
things and recovered. does she recall
the days OF gloom and nights of horror.
During the convalescent period her
lot is not really an unhappy one.
Turkish baths are part of her treat
mcnt, and she usually ana to
gather together enough other women
in the same state to make u pleasant
party. There they sit, wrapped in
sheets in the hot room, and lean back
and tell II another just what their
latest symptoms are. A ghost-story
party conld not be more entertaining.
Then there are little dinners, strictly
hygienic as to the menu and very early
as to the hour, at which the invalids
discuss the effects of their various
treatments. Altogether the dread
malady, though counting its victims by
the hundreds, gives them many com
~penSatippS
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30

1t is a widespread malady this spring,
MS any physician who treats nervous
patients will testify. 1t embraces the
women of two ~clusses-those who work
hard and those who pursue pleasure
diligently. AS these two classes in
clude most women it is easy to see that
the disease is very prevalent. But it. is
n delusion of each patient that she
alone knows it's ravuges. A certain
doctor, who has a large practice among
women, says that each patient details
her symptoms almost in IL whisper, APP
pearing to think that she is revealing
something hitherto unknown to med
Teal science and that she invariably
ends with, "Did you ever have such a
case beforc?"
OF course there is nothing amusing
about nervous prostration itself, but
there is something funny about these
patients who think they are on the
brink of it. In the first place the idea
h a b is about to have II nervous col
lapse strikes Il woman suddenly. She
is feeling a bit depressed, and not even
anticipation OF the success of her
garden party the next day or her con-
fdent expectation of her publishers
delight In her new book arouses her.
Garden parties and books alike seem u
WEAKNESS to her, and she wonders why
she concerns herself about such vani-
ties. Then it occurs to her that this is
not n healthy frame of mind. And if
1t Is not there must be something the
matter with her. Evidently she needs
enlivening. Thereupon She rushes
madly into a whirl of such gayeties as
she is able to command. She goes to
the thentcr and finds funny plays en-
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30
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Rsz:SKXsdsE:- :'t;
Price socENIs, ALL DRUGGISTS 10
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
thc'needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to tho taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of a perfect lax
alive; cAectualIy 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 tho Kid
ieys, Liver and Bowels without weak
cning 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 man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed 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, 1894-06-30
an opportunity to forget how sny
was going to go crazy suddenly and kill

an opportunity to forget how sny
was going to go crazy suddenly and kill
her family.
When she has taken enough fresh air
and exercise to weaken her system
thoroughly and is still no better 1t oc-
ours to the patient that she is really
M. She can't sleep and she can't eat.
She goes reluctantly to q physician,
convinced hat she is going to make q
revelation which will astound him.
With prefaccs and i~ntroiuctions and
with bitter tears she legins. She
waits expectantly for the ooh of sur
prise, the keen scientific interest which
is to overspead the physicians face.
1t doesn't appear. Is it possible that
he has had other such cases? She asks
him tremblingly if any other woman
has ever had symptoms like hers. And
when she hears that half the women in
town are her companions on the brink
OF nervous prostration she would feel
disguised il she did not feel such in.
finite relief.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30
Awake to His Peril.

81 tell you, William" said IL Column
bia county sheriff to n farmer whom he
was endeavoring to have meet a cut
throat note, you'll have to hustle and
pay up or we will put you in limbo"
The old farmer, after his departure,
was puzzled to know what limbo meant.
and sought the country squire. 1t waa
very dark for the justice, but after dill
gently searching Purden's Digest for
half an hour, he exclaimed: I've got
it, Bill! Limbo means the outskirts of
hell"
Gee whiz!" snorted the old man.
looking frightened to death. Gan Il
be possibls that a measly Columbia
county deputy sheriff has the power to
put a fellow in d place like thatp l
guess I'd better settle up."-Wikes-
Barre Mews-Dealer.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30
A TOBACCO HEART.

thousands @, Americans Can't Get In
suranco Bw,ause Tobacco Has Destroyed
the Heart Action and Wrecked tho
Nervous system-No-To isac Works Many
Miraculous Cures.
DELANsoN, N. Y.-Engineer o. N.
Bates stepped of Engine no. Al with o
long oiler in n hand and a bunch of
liue waste in the other. Not a by
sttnder there could helpremarking his
youtniul, healthy look aad active,
Vigil movements, and contrasting
his appearance with his condition of
two months ago.
Say, Colonel, how we'll you look"
"Ie, ! am vel; better than | have
been for years"
What rave you been DOING"
oh, not much. No-to-Eac cured
me OF the tobacco habit and braced mo
mentally and physically. In fact, made
me anew man in more ways than o Ie.
had no appetite; colldn t sleep: now
l sleep like a baby and cat three times
in years. My heart action is regular
insurance. You know Throttle pulling
fSsoJ ''oaHy aSi'St oho ny
nerve5 are O. X. Low. Ono box and
u quarter of No-to-bac cured
me completely in ton days, after
using tobacco forty years. No-to-bao
Is cd by all druggists and made by
the Sterling Remedy Company of New
York and Chicago. You ought to get
n OF their lit G books cail.d Don't
Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life
Away and post yourself. They send
them free to any one that writes. 1t
cost me $3.50 to get erred, and ] spent
three OF -four dollars u week for to-
bacco. If | had failed to get cured l
would have gotten my money back, as
The makers guarantee three boxes to
GUS any case. l have recommended
the use Of MOTTO bac to fifteen OF the
Buys on the line, aud every one of
them, so far Us | know, has been cured"
The cab bell rang, the engineer
climbed up quickly on the footboard,
and tho big train rollod away.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30
LANDLORDS AND transformers.
A Western Manager Who Carried Sorrow
TO Ectcls.

TO GGtcls.
A Western manager had been many
years carrying a sorrowful little com
tani. about the country. Besides tin,
little band of actors he also transported
with him his entire family consisting
of his wife, and children of all sizes.
The Inter subsisted mainly on fruits
and berries which they could gather
from the wayside in simmer. Some
of the children were of the height to
pick on Strawberries, the next older
ones could reach the blackberrics, next
in order could reach the pawpaws, and
the oldest could even feed from the per.
simmon trees along the roads.
Their sorest grievance befell this
poor manager whenever it came time
to get out of town, for he couldn't
escape the board bills without the
greatest maneuvering. He had tried
every different style of escape, the
bluff system, the soft soap system, and
the pitiful tale system. Many u time
had each variety been called into ser.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30
TALE OF A

A correspondent of the Chicago
Record sends the following:
A number of years ago ! was selling
sindmills in southern Illinois. One
lay I struck Il county where people
lespised w%indmills, and did not sell
. mill a week. got mad Mt last and
concluded to try il "bluif game in
iuired for the meanest man in the
county.
My informant grinned, and, point
ing to a distant house, said: oval,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30

II understand that your daughter
plays the mandolin, but l cannot per.
suade her to play for me-"
"Oh, that's all right. She has to DO
coaxed to get her started, but when she
begins to plny 1t is impossible to got her
to stop."-Detroa Free Press.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30

1t Is sa,d by experts that practical,
evcn-tempercd men usually write a
plain, round hand, in which every letter
is legibie, and that more ambitious men
write hastily and carelessly.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30
No Longer Owls.

Jcss-Thcy had been married q
month before her father suspected it.
Bess-What aroused his s%uspicionsp
Jess-A big jump in the gas bill.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30

Washington Star: 81 never saw such
fellow az BANK" remarked n man about
town. He is always challenging some
one to play poker"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30

What thena" she asks me with n laugh
Why, then, with all heavens luster
glowing,
1t would not gild her path with half
The light her love or mine is throwingl
w. NJ. Prued.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30

An elephant 10 SO to 60 years in attain
ing maturity, and will live a century ind
n hnif.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30

Shiloh's Consumption Cure is sold on q
1t cures Incipient Consump-
ton. 1t Ia the best Cough Cure. 20 cents,
80 cents and 81, 90.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30

Il don't sec why 1t Is that men are al
ways so willing to give their friends tips
on the races.
band sadly, that misery loves company.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30

IA silk dress is like u scandal" says
the Maynnunk philosopher, because the
chances are ten to ono there Is q woman
in ~ -
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30
So short That II wasn,t sweet.

Gayson-She answered me rather
shortly when | asked her to be mine.
Townson-Indeed! Howp
Gayson-She said "-es.'"-Iruh.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30

"And his ~suspenders wound around
his neck, and his knees dislocatcd, aud
his scalp hanging down to the small of
his back. Is that the sort Of a fellow
you're looking for?"
ayes"
81 haven't seen him; but there's go.
Ing to be a jam of drays and street cars
at this corner, and If you wait a min
ute he's likely to come ont of IT.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30

Frcckles, tan and NIL beauty-marring
blcmishes vanish from the face when
Glenn's Sulphur Soap is used.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30
Highest of all in Leayening Pcwcr-Latest I. IS. Govt Report
Re-! Bsk iRs
ABSOLUTELY PURE
with n Small Candlcstick.

II wandering in a wizards cur
Through You blue ether. l were able
To fashion of 1t little star
a taper for my lIelen's table
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30

Il suppose Henpeck left u will when
ne died" Yep; his wiie's."-Bu0alo
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30
He WAS Expected.

Excited Countryman -"EIave you
seen Il boy of IS with his hat off"
Policcman-"And his nose bleed.
ing?"
"Ycs, and his coat covered with mud
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30

A visitor was shown the pay roll O.,
n of the Mt. Carmel, Pa, colleries
the other day. He discovered that tho
superintendent was an American. the
bookkeeper a Canadian. one Of the as
sistant b~ookkeepers u Fronchman, the
outside foreman IN Englishman.. the
breaker boss n Dutchmnn and the ship.
per q Welshman. Tho miners were
Irish, English. Dutch, Polish, Hungn,
riap, Italian, French, African. Russian
swedish, Norwegian and Austrian.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30

In tho harness Of every day business
,urelv. For some of us 1t is not easy, for
others, again, 1t is impossible to gctout of
harness. 1t is the intlcxible yoke. the
strongly forged unbeatable shacklc of
Scrvitude needful to ourselves
and those most dear to us. The weight of
it often bows many OF us into the grave
before our time. but it is undoubtedly true
that there is Il mean of rendering the
burthcn less onerous, and of mitigating
The ailments that u%nrcritting toil-cs-
~peciallv of II scdcntary kind-hns IL
tendency to produce. Ovcrworkcd clerks
in counting houses, mill operatives, book
Keepers, ~typewritcrs and others testify to
the reviving, restorative effects of Hos
letters stomach Bittcrs and its power of
renewing physical and mental energy
pepsin, falling vigor, rheumatic, bowel
md kidney complaints yield to this
bencficent medicine, which is n preventn-
tive of malaria and counteracts the cf-
tccts of exposure in inclement weather..
Farmer Waybacll-I promised my
boys I'd buy EN- n few bicycles CT they
don't cost too much.
Dealer-Wcll, hero is a fine one ut
sos.
Wha-?
The one next to 1t is $50, next to that
s75, and so on. The farther we go
along the row the cheaper they get.
Say, mister, how long is the row?
The length of the store.
Wall, eff your store is bout half n
mile long, FL walk on with yeh.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30

Hairs Catarrh euro
Is q constitutional euro Price rs cents
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30

Little Girl-Yes'm. Mrs. Highupp
has a baby. and it's n awful squally,
red faced little brat; but Wen ! mst
Mrs. llighup yesterday | told her she
had the sweetest, prettiest baby l ever
Suy ~
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30
BYRON N WOMEN.

The Great Poet Had n, Regard AR this
Gcntier Sex.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30

"And his arm brollcn?"
"Exactly, and several teeth missing
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30

-Philadelphia Record: No, Maud. dear,
the taxidermIst is not u collector Of taxes,
although he does work . skin game.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30
finite relief
TnIno srAaE--cor.LApsg.

She is told to stop her self-prcscr,bed
remedies. Instead of long walks, eS-
ercisc, and tones she is hidden to lie
hbed and to take sleeping draughts.
Instead of being enlivened by friends,
she is commanded to eschew society,
and seek only sleep. Instead of brac-
ing her nerves up with tea or coffee
she is told to relax them with slumber-
inducing bromides and ever choral.
She goes home, dons IL negligee instead
of IL gymnasium suit, and lies down on
pillows. She takes her soothing
draughts, pays attention to her diet,
drinks %copiously of laxative and cleans
ing waters, and by and by, when her
system is cleared and her nerves quiet.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30

And she embraced ser opportunity.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30

s. 8. Tencher-Have you made any
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-06-30
HeLP TO THE VOCALIST.
The Knowing Eye, the Glad Smile, and the
Innocent Hand-What These Moan.

1t has been observed that all the pu-
pills of a certain singing teacher in New
York, saws the Sun, have. when sing
ing, a bright, happy expression of coun-
tcnancc, as though the art of vocaliz-
Ing was productive of the greatest de-
lirht
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-08

Folsom Simpson made bound from
his chair, snatched up his hat, jerked it
down on the back of his head, hurriedly
shook hands with his friend and skurried
down stairs and out into the night. He
hoff and assumed wan, lugubrious ex-
preston as he walked slowly to the side
porch and rang the bell.
The pale faced INDEPENDENTLY the wife
of the doctor-who answered the sum-
mons said he was absent on professional
duty, but would probably soon return.
Would the gentleman call again or wait?
THANK you, will wait awhile" re-
piled the visitor in faint voice II feel
the need of rest"
Fortune seemed to be with the rotund
conducted to the waiting room, but in
stead of that the lady led the way to tho
doctors Office, turned up the dim lamp
so that it burned brightly and then left
the patient to himself.
The moment he was certain he was
alone Simpson threw off his pretended
illness, Strengthened up and glanced
keenly about the little room in which
Manson had held his interview with the
owner less than two hours before.
II have feeling" he muttered, that
somewhere in this Office is hidden most
important evidence concerning the ra-
jah's ruby, and if l am not disturbed for
10 minutes I'll find it,
Twice 10 minutes passed, and he was
not disturbed.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-02-08
Petticoats and Nightgowns.

Some of the new silk understands have
broad lace insertion let in in horizontal
bands above the lace frilling, and the
nightgowns show yokes of lace, pretty
epaulets to correspond and capes of suf-
fcient Importance to have formed an
outdoor garment in days of yore. A
pretty new sleeve has been introduced
Into nightgowns, a slender puff coming
from the epaulet which reaches to the
elbow and is met by close fitting arm
piece set into pointed cuff of lace fall
Ing over the hand. In place of flannel
skirts there are light silk wadded under
petticoats, with lace founcings, which
are very pretty.