The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-10-27

being that the writers should intro
duce, Tin The most delicate manner
possible . the essential merits of thd
German perfumes. Over u thousand
manuscripts have been sent in, and
solne OF them are reported to be from
the pens of we'll known literary men,
such as Signor Mantegazza.
Tank steamers have for some time
been used for carrying petroleum and
molasses, but it has remained for q
Louisiana Ia to bring the tank into
use for molasses on shore. He intends
to handle the sweet, sticky stuff III
much the same way that crude oil is
treated, storing it in big tanks in his
yards until it is needed for %shipmen,
whom it may be pumped into barrels by
. high pressure pump. The molasses
Is TO DO gathered from the various SUI
gar plantations and transported in
tank cars. Whether the new tariff law
will upset his plans remains to be seen.
1t 10 interesting to note how the maps
issued by the great railroad lines per-
vert the truth of geography for the
companies own ends. A map Of the
United States made up of railway mnps
p,eced together would be a geographi.
cal crazy quilt that would present a
grotesque caricature of this great coun,
try and represent it us q tract for
which no fitting place could be found
upon the face of the globe. At the
same time there are parts of the coun.
try that have never been infinitely laid
down on my widely circulated map
save those issued by railway companies.
A traveller who was passing through
China states that, while ascending a
small river, he came across a large
boat, the thwarts of which were lined
with cormorants. They each had a
lanyard attached to one leg, and gazed
constantly and ~intently into the water.
They would dive overheard, sometimes
singly, and again three and four at q
time, and return almost invariably
with fish in their bills. When any one
Seturned without a fish he was beaten
by the Chinamnn who sat in the boat.
or II he ate tho fish he was beaten.
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Recently the Austrian minister of
public instruction offered a prize for
the best work OF fiction in prose or
verse written in any Of the nineteen
language. of the empire. Competitors
appeared from all nationalities but tho
Italians, and on inquiry for the reason
the answer given was that the educated
classes in Trieste, Tyrol and Dalmatia
are Irredentists, who would gladly en-
ter a competition started by Italy, but
could not accept an offer from Austria.
There are enormous profits on type
writing machines. 1t costs about SIS
to manufacture most machines that
sell for 800. Now that all Ethe essen
tial patents have expired on the stand
ard machines and anyone can manu-
facture writing machine THERE is a
fortune awaiting the man who will put
on the market u good typewriter to be
sold at $50.
Disciples of Henry George have we'll
under way a plan to establish a single
tax colony in Alnbama. For the pres
ent the occupations of the ~colonists
will include truck farming, fruit grow
ing, canning and pail and tub manu-
facture. In order that these things
may be done in an intellectual manner
. high grade school will be built at
once
The largest baby at time of birth Of
which the medicos of the world have
any record first saw the light of day
at Macon, Ga, during the summer OF
1890. The child was tho offspring OF
the Lemons, its father, Will Lennon,
being . we'll known painter Of that
burg. When the child was "a hours
old it weighed but one md one half
ounces less than forty pounds.
A bust of Herod tbs Great, believed
to be authentic, was recently discov-
cred at Jerusalem. 1t was bought by
the Russian government for the Her
mitage museum at ST. Petersburg.
With every year that posses Amer
lean men read less of what is called
.~.literature," while American women
read more. Already the success or fail
ure Of . novel depends upon the women
and they make or mar it in absolute
dtsrcgard of h opinions of the critics.
What promises to be an exceedingly
rich gold bearing reef has been discov-
cred at Sudest. British New Guinea.
Coal deposits have also been recently
found. and the island promises to de.
vsiop.great wealth.
Probably the meanest thief ever
caught is Louis Bonrgard of Paris, who
recently. while riding in a cab, ripped
open the cushions, tied the horsehai,
into . parcel, sold it while the cab
waited for him and with the money
procured from selling his .%.plunderh
paid the cabman his fare.
The most costly. OF all metals, save
only gallium, which is worth SO. DOC nm
ounce. is gcrmamium, which is quoted
ct Sl,l25 an Rhodium is worth
sl12.5o an ounce; r%uthen1um, 500 an
ounce; iridium, $3.50 an ounce; osmi.
SeB m ounce, and palladium s25 an
oapcs. Theiast is about equal iu value
20 gold. 81
Rahanzin'a GROWN, from Dahomev,
hhs just been placed in the anthropo-
sdgfcal collection in the Louvre. 1t ia
Furnished copper, gaarnished with
pssstona stones, and is Of colossal size.