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LIZARDS, NOT cHAmELeoNs.
Tho Small Animals That Are So Popular
at Present.

In the show-windows of many of the
gentleman's furnishing-goods stores of
this city may be seen displayed a
variety of small lizards, says the N. Y.
Herald. The little creatures are adver-
tised upon snowy cardboards as Bra
lillian chameleons. They are not
chameleons, nor do they come from
Brazil. The gulf states of this country
teen with this four-footed reptile, and
they may be seen in all sizes and ali
colors in all the cemeteries in the
southsrnmost portions of Texas, Louisi-
ana. Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and
Florida. The species exhibited here in
he's how-windows attached to little gold
chains fastened to Il pin and offered for
sale as a novelty in scarfpins are natives
OF Florida. and were brought originally
from there by u shrewd New England
jeweler.
The chameleon is said to live on air,
and it is supposed that the live lizard
pins will last during the natural life
time of the little creature without ever
feeding it. This is all buncombe. The
chameleon lives on the kind of food
which nature has intended for him, which
he finds in his native woods. 1t is u
species of lizard, and has a tin-like ridge
along the back and down to the tip end
OF the tail. Any encyclopedia will fully
describe this species. 1t shades in diff
ferent colors, according to its movement
and according to how the light strikes
its minute scales.
The scarfpin lizard is entirely ALI
other thing, but like the chameleon, it
has to have food TO live. OF course it
can go a long time without visible food,
living off the notes floating in the at
mosphere, but it grows thin and finally
starves to death on that kind of diet.
In its wild state it lives off small gnats,
plant lice. flies and tender plants. When
well fed they glisten like different shades
OF gold. In a foul atmosphere full OF
floating germs and living animalculae
the lizards and chumeleons may exist a
long time. but just as soon as they are
brought into q pure atmosphere they
starve and die, and starvation and the
blight of the chilly air is the death doom
of every one Of the lizards now on sale
fos scarf pins. They cannot stand the
frosty air of the north.
When these little insects were first
put upon the market the price asked
for them was 81 each now they are Of
fered at 4S cents apiece and before long
they will be sold at d quarter. After
that they will have to be thrown away.
They are perfectly harmless, and in
the cemeteries of the extreme south
children catch them and play with
them, much as the children of the north
chase and catch butterflies in summer.
1t is downright cruelty to keep the
little things chained up as they are in
the show windows, because they love to
run and gambol about. One Of these
lizards, if free. could run across a show
window in a second. They sometimes
fly across a smooth surface like Il streak
of lightning and they can jump like a
frog. One will sometimes jump a yard
and grab a fly on the wing.
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(XT IlKTD
|~% I'M
sKELEroN OF A pAr1porrua
days.

1t may be added that while the esti.
mated time since these periods varies i,
is evident that the first mentioned was
not less than loo, 900 years ago and
the second at least half az much. Iuto
this region a party of fossil hunters
penetrated Il year ago to collect speci.
mems for the Museum of Natural His.
tory of New York and camped on this
region six months. Their search was
rewarded with finds of some remark.
able creatures hitherto almost wholly
unknown to the science of p%aleontolo.
gy.
Most notable among these specimens
Is that of an animal never vet found
outside of America-a huge mammal
that represents a compromise between
the elephant and the r%hinoceros and
which, singularly enough, was equipped
with three sets of horns. Two pointed,
upright horns projected from the tor
of the head, two forward from the enc
OF the nose or snout downward, and
two inclining with q slight curve back
ward, midway on the snont The ami.
NAL was a swamp and lagoon denizen
and the equipment denotes an aquatic,
root digger.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-05-12

comes the following greeting to DR.. r. Y.
Pierce, Chief Consulting Physician to the
m r, q \ Hotel and Nd Surgical institute, at
Hartney, selkir2. Co, Manitoba, whose
portrait, with that Of her little boy,
heads this article, writes as follows:
"1take great pleasure in recommending DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription for falling of
the womb 1 was troubled with bearing
down pains and pains in my back whenever
l would be on my feet any length of time. /
wasrecommended to try DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription, which l did with happy results.
l feel like a new person after taking three
bottles OF it,"
AS we have just heard from the frigid
North, We will now introduce n letter
received from the Sunny South. The follow
ing is from Mrs. ). 7. Smith, of Oakfuskee,
Cleburne Co., Ala. She writes 81 was
afflicted and suffered untold pains and
misery, such as no pen eau describe, for six
years. l was confined to bed most of the
every day. l was afflicted with leucorrhea-
with excessive flowing-falling of the womb
bearing down sensation-pain in the small
of my back-my bowels costive-smarting,
itching and burning in the vagina, also pal
pitation Of the heart. When l began taking
your medicine l could not sit up, only q few
minutes at a time, I was SO weak. l took
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription three
times perday, l also took his Golden Medical
Discovery three times per day and one of
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets every night. I
have taken seven bottles Of tho Discovery
seven bottles of the Prescription and five
bottles of the Pellets l took these medi-
cines seven months, regularly, never missed
a day. These medicines cured me. I feel as
well as l ever did in my life. Four of the
best doctors in the landtreated my case four
years. They oil gave me up as hopeless
they said l could not be cured, and could not
live. Through the will of God, and your
medicines, l have been restored to the best
of health" Yours truly,
Mn8 4a A<1X
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E1lA wnEElEn w1Icoy

other peoples verses. The sensitive
Young writer at once stopped work on
her story, convinced that real novelists
were not all her fancy had painted
them. For six years from that time
her celebrity was confined to the fam
lily circle. Then some of her worl, was
printed, and from that time to this she
has oeen II writer. She is a lively little
woman and declares that she can work
in the noise and rattle and hustle of a
city far better than in Il place where
all nature is indolent about her and
where she grows indolant too. She is
a sort OF seventh wave she say borne
up by the six which preceded, and the
better social time she has, the more
parties She attends, the more she
writes. while, when by the seashore she
finds time and inclination to be idle.
Generally, though, she is Il busy little
soul who enjoys her profession and her
life
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Genial and Cordial.

Whenever Il genial cuss M aroun
our establishment, who sleeps with hi
windows open and his mouth closed, W
tender him The best in our shop. A
We have only one chair we stand befor
him like Il dead burdock in the field q
an honest farmer while the south win,
and sage hen are singing and the mort,
wind whistles through our whiskers
OF course IL print shop is not in
hay-loft now, as it used to be but, w
mention the wind business Just as
matter of illustration. -1rkansaU Ihon
Is cat.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-05-12
IN P%RE-GLACIAL DAYS.
REMAINS OF TNE EARLY SETTLERS
OF THE NEW STATE OF WYOMING,
Evidences of Singular Creatures of the
Eocene and Miocene Periods Found in
the Bad Lands.

The immense county of Uintah, ea,
GLIDING from the north end of what
constitutes Yellowstone park, marks
the western boundary of the state of
Wyoming and makes the south western
corner OF that recently admitted state.
This corner has some of that peculiar
western formation known as the bad
lands, and this spot covers an area of
about 5000 square miles and Is pur-
ticularly rich in fossils of pre-glacial
animals.
These bad lands, according to oficial
geology, We're once lakes back in what
are known as the eocene and miocenc
periods of tertiary time, which means
TIE first two of the three principal di-
Visions during which were laid down
the groups of rocks.
1t is averred by these scientists that
the rivers discharging into these lakes
SO wrought on the surrounding soil
that 6he lake basins became filled with
allnvfal material, and in these old beds
and in the cliffs surrounding them are
found the fossil skeletons of the peculiar
fauna that Illustrated life in those curly
days.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-05-12
Electric Wires.

Some writer very aptly likens the
nerves to electric wires. and the gen,
eral working Of their system to that OF
electric cars. A man who ''slips hi,
trolley like Mr.. jeremiah Eney. ISL;
w. Lombard street, Baltimore, Nd,
will need something better than even .
galvanic battery to set him all right
Mr.. Eney found that something in thu
following way. 81 suffered" lie saws
"a long time with neuralgia in til,
head. gave st. Jacobs Oil n fair trial
and am entirely cured" In this war
the great remedy acts as u motormau
to restore broken wires, and set the
system to perfect action.
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ANSohNhSi ioSilioN FOX a GIRL.
held erect, with the shoulders square] Y
to the front and thrown bnck, head up.
chin held back. arms hanging straight
to the elbows, hands low and close to-
gcther, the right knee im%movable. as
from there she must rise" 1t is wrong
to allow a child to wear an ill-tittinr
habit, as it makes her appear at a dis
advantage and handicaps her in riding.
A spur is not Il sensible addition to a
woman's outfit, and it is much better
for her to ride without one. as the skirt
is sure to intercept the proper use of it.,
and, besides, Il horse hat is fl for a
woman to ride does need spurs.
The saddle should be plain, have level
seat and pommels that fit the knees per-
fectly SO as not to impede the circula-
ton aud render the muscles powerless
to hold a firm grip.
The majority of American women
make no attempt to attain any protici-
ency in riding across country, leaping
fcnces and hunting with the men, so
her equestrian education cannot be con
sidered quite complete until she follows
her English sisters and perfccts herself
in the more active principles Of expert
riding.
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Drunk and DisorderIY Was Jocko.

Two policemen conducting adrunken
monkey to Jail was one of the unusual
sights seen on Sunday. The monkey is
a member of BIS circus bet has been
occupying winter quarters as n side at
traction ut Elslon's saloon and was left
chained during the temporary absence
OF the proprietor.
He managed, however. to free him
self and walked over behind the bar.
he glanced in the big looking-glass
back Of the row of colored bottles aud
seeing another fellow of his own size
picked up Il dccantcr and let ii 20 with
his right and Mr.. Elston's 5000 glass
was II wreck. His opponent having
been got rid of the monkey proceeded
to test the various liquid refreshments
on hand. He turned on the beer and
took n long, deep draught. Then he
sampled the whisky, gin, Wine and va
rious kinds of bitters. 1t wasn't long
until ne was roaring drunk, Then lie
tackled the cigar case and demolished
that, throwing the cigars about the
room in handfuls.
The monkeys screams and the noise
OF shattered glass attracted a crowd
about the front u the saloon but the
door was locked and there was no way
TO get in. Finally two policemen came
and boosted 4 bold young fellow
through the transom. After a lively
tussle he managed to get a ropX around
the drunken monkey and he was hoisted
through the window and escorted by
the policemen, one on each side, to Jail
and lodged i'll a cell. The next morn
ing the prisoner was very sick and held
his head between his paws. Although
it was his second otfense the recorder
suspended sentence and he was led back
to the saloon and chained up. The
next time he gets drunk the owner will
send him to. the Kelley cure at Bing-
hamton.-Emnru 7cleqram.
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Human Resemblance to Animal.

There is q very curious point connect.
ed with the more pronounced animal
faces : namely, those in charge OF
animals grow to be like them. Thus. a
host!er in charge of tramway horses
has himself Il fine Roman-nosed horse
type of head, growing day by day more
like his horses. Men i'll charge of cattle
on the farm become essentially bovine,
and in Shropshire it has often been re-
marked that the sheep-brceders resemble
tneir w ans. | cannot explain these
singularities. which. however, are who'll
ly or partly true. The sheep type OF
man is not indicative Of great intel
ligcnce and it is usually found in re-
mote agricultural districts. The bull
dog characters in man denote courage
without refinement, but in the case OF a
lady-like her fayorite pug dog-with
nez retroussc. the refinement was not
wanting. The Eskimos or Lapps in
the water are SO like seals that a man
has been shot in error, the wistfnl *.
preston OF countenance being common
in both, as the head only appears at tho
surface of the water. | have seen a
comfortable-looking bear man in tho
train aud IL wizenei, but-faced old
woman once in Brittany.-PaH Mds
Gdzette.
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The World Is Slowly washing Away

An interesting calculation has recent
" been made lul!;s. through one OF the
many publications of the French Acad.
envy of Sciences. 1t is to the effect
that, taking into consideration the wea,
md tear on the solid land by ocean
washing, river erosion and wind and
weather, to say nothing of probable vol.
canic action, the world will, by the end OF
the year 4, 500, 600, be completely washed
away. and the ocean will roll over the
present foundations of our continents,
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me&S 81 Aum@

The Persians resort 70 curious rites
for the purpose of avcrting the attacks
of the cholera. One of the most widely
practiced of these is that of passing un-
der the koran. Two elders stand OPP
posite each other, holding between
them n scroll of the koran, wrapped in
a silten scarf. Under this swinging
talisman the peasants pass one by one,
and then go home. convinced that the
cholera will not be able to touch them.
The Persians stick to these ancient Ger
emonials in spite of the fact that the
epidemic is working sad havoc among
them.
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OF their opportunities in this direction
affords constant evidence of beneficial
results. Judicious care is necessary in
determining the age Mt which children
may safely be allowed t. indulge in thu
sport, proper trimming in the funda-
mental principles of correct riding
being essential. "How Women Should
Ride" is the title of Il recently published
book which embodics some good advice
to parents, with simple and extended
instruction on how t o ride with safety.
grace and skill from the time of begin
ming to the time of attaining a perfect
equestrian education. The authors
experience has led him to the c%onclu-
sion that girls under Ii should not be
allowed to incur the risks attendant
upon riding. Before that e they are
less amenable to reason, have not srf-
fcient strength to manage IL horse, and
their judgment cannot be depended on
in case of accidents. Another reason
for not allowing them to take such
violent exercise, says the N. Y. Sun, is
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left-hand side the outer two perform
tions come right up to the edge, and
provide a small tab or slip that can
easily be graspad between the thumb
and finger. To open the wrapper it is
held in the manner shown and the tab
firmly pulled, when at once a thin slip
is torn out of the wrapper throughout
its length, the slip being strictly
limited to the width of the perforations
and thus preventing any damage
either to the papers within or t. any
advertisements that may, as is some
times the case, be printed inside tho
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-05-12

WORLDS COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION
Will be of value 20 the world by illustrat-
Ing the improvements i'll the mechanical
arts and eminent phvsicinns will tell you
TINT the progress in medicinal agents, has
been of equal Importance, and MS r
strengthening laxative that Syrup of Figs
is tar in advance of all others.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-05-12

Tie increased cultivation ofthe poppy
in various parts of Europe has,it is said,
led to a marked growth :n the percent
age of opium contained in honey, the
properties of which are much influenced
by the flowers from which the bees
gather it
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-05-12
WOMEN IN THE SADDLE.
THE PROPER SEAT AND POSITION
OF THE HANDS AND LEGS.
Eints to Those DESTROYS of INDUCING In
theH ealth-Giving and Enjoyable Pas
time of Horseback Riding.

Untold pleasure and benefit may be
gained by wonen from indulgence in
the healthful exercise of horseback
riding, and this fact is becoming more
generally appreciated every year. A
morning or afternoon spin on 4 lively
horse is equally enjoyable to young
and old, and the increasing number of
hose who habitually take advantage
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PATENT POSTAL WRAPPERS.

1t Does Away with the Trouble Usual,
Encountered IN Opening Pn,ers.
The patent postal wrapper shown be-
low is designed to do away with the
trouble usnsally experienced in OPEN
ing a tightly rolled parcel. 1t is an
English idea and is described as fol-
lows: Running from end to end of the
wrapper are w series of perforations,
half an inch or 50 apart, and inclining
toward each other, in the manner
shown in our illustration. while at the
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HANDS IN GOOD FORM.

his shoulder, and at a signal springing
from the right foot and Strengthening
the left leg" Directly on touching the
saddle the right knee must be placed
over the ponmel and the reins trans
ferred to the left hand. The habit of
adjusting the skirt, having the girths
frightened, and putting on gloves before
taking the reins and putting the knee
in place is dangerous as we'll as incor-
rect. The advantage of the right posi-
ton over the wrong one is soon realized.
as it changes the grip and gives so much
more purchase.
The first point in a good position ais
to sit we'll back in the saddle with the
shoulders square to the front and press
down from the hip to the knee close to
the saddle; when sure that it is down
grasp the pom aiel, as it is from this
knee II must rise. The leg hangs
straight and close to the horse, with
the toe depressed to avoid breaking the
line of the skirt" The arms should
fall naturally at the sides, bending in
at the elbow without any awkward
lines. The muscles above the waist
should be relaxed to avoid stiffness,
while the lowe: ones should be firm.
AS a woman becomes accustomed to her
position she loses her self-consciousncss
and sits naturally and gracefully, bat
she must never allow herself to become
limp.
"The hands should be held abouttwo.
thirds of the way back between the
righ11 :nnce and the hip, and as low as
possible. The wrists should be bent so
that the knucklcs point straight ahead
with the thumbs up, SO that the play
will be entirely from the wrist, while
the reins will be held in the left hand
with the right on them, SO to be ready
in ease of need. 1t is quite proper to
hold the reins in both hands, but quite
close together"
riding liapits should be very simple,
with a skirt of heavy cloth that will
keep its place without straps to hold it
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';Joiln,an used to nc a smart and
rather airy bachelor, but l think he
must have married since / saw him last
year" why do you think SOP" II no.
ticed today there were two or three but
tons off his coal."-Spa7e Moments.
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the danger of injuring the spine, either
from the unequal strain on it or from
constant conclusion. a reversible side
saddle will obviate some of this difficult
ty and at least help to develop both
sides evenly. Still another evil result
of riding too young is the chance that
if she escape accidents she will get so
much praise by the time she is l6 that
stimulated confidence in her own abil-
ity will lead her to think that there is
no room for improvement and bad
habits and carelessness will result.
In beginning to ride it is advisable to
learn to noun from the ground as
well as from u block, and this is done
by "placing the right hand containing
whip and reins on the upper pommei,
the left foot, with the knee bent,in the
hand of the attendant, the left hand on
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FOND OF NOISE ANp sus1Ls.

ella Wheeler Wilcox Can Write Moro
Easily in Town Than in tho Country.
At the tender age of s she began to
write Il novel, using scraps of pspe
Ind the backs of envelopes. She Start
ed out with the determination to have
mn original verse Mt the beginning of
each chapter, but Il friend told her that
hovelists never did TINT; they borrowed
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-05-12

Some ~cigarmakers moisten the ends
of cigars with saliva. TO make the wrappe
adhere. tits asserted that disease is thus
spread, especially the germ of consump-
ton.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-05-12

"A big hustle, worn by n woman at Port
Townsend, Washington, aroused the sus-
picions of a customs officer, and she was
arrested. The hustle was stuffed with
smuggied goods.
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-Wifc-My milliner was here today to
see you. and l told her you we're out.
Hnsband-What did she say Wife-Shc
said that when she had seen you you
would be out still more.
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Ethel I~nox-George asked me your
age last night Miss Scnrs-Well2 Ethel
KNOX, didn't know exceptthat you were
g2 on your both birthday.
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c1-.., 60 IS--H;, 80 ---- -S~.-
u had been suffering from wombt trouble for
eigh. 7sers having doctored with the most
sldllful physicians, but finding only tempo-
rary relief from medicines prescribed by
them. I was advised by a friend to take
did, and found, in taking six bottles of tho
: Prescription and two Of the Golden
Medical Discovery that it has effected q
positive cure, for which words cannot az
press my gratitude for the relief from tho
great suffering that I 80 long endured"
vo,,o, %r.1-
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-~Alexandria. Va, has been taking cen,
sus OF the ghosts that oecnsionly show
themselves in that town. The lust on,
seen was arrnyed in + perfectly white
s~Wa!loTtailed coat
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-05-12

In 1850 Browns Bronchial Troches"
were introduced. and their success as q
cure for Colds, Coughs. Asthma, and Bron-
chitis has been unparalleled.