The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-10-19

and now accompanies her husband on
his geological expeditions. On one oc-
casIon they made the trip from New
Orleans ito Kentucky IN horseback.
The writings Of this clever woman are
numerous, and display profound
thought n careful research.
A messenger boy in Washington city
works a little business on the side which
he expects to make pay for the bicycle
which he rides. Being frequently asked
by belated pedestrians where they
could obtain a drink, it occurred to him
that he could turn an honest penny by
carrying a bottle of sour mash in his
customers that he has realized quite a
nice little sum out of the scheme. He
will run two pockets instead of one as
o as congress
A dispatch from Corning, N. Y, to
Che Rochester Democrat says: Miss
Emma lHaischer died tonight at IL
O'Clock from a lingering bronchial
trouble. A clock which had been pur-
chased as a present by the young man
to whom she was engaged to be mar
ried vas In the room neal the bed.
and had been running regularly until
the moment the young lady died, when
the clock stopped at the minute she
drew her last breath.
It is said that the wife of Secretary
Lamont has become quite an expert in
amateur photography. and with her
daughters. the Misses Julia, Bessie and
Frances, h greatly enjoys his pas
time. In the course of the western tour
Of the family this summer Mrs. Lamont
and her daughters made a number of
photographs OF the beautiful and ro-
mantle places which they visited.
NJ. De Parvllle asks for the suppress
sion Of bird markets. He counted in one
Paris bird market last May 200 nightin.
gales. hundreds of pinsons, charming
little songsters peculiar to French
woods n fields, and 1000 fnches.
Shiploads Of quails are sent from North
Africa to France for the food markets
There are only three portraits Of
Robert Louis Stevenson In existence.
One of these was never finished. 1t is
owned by the artist, w. b.. Richmond,
4. a., who could not Induce the great
novelist to give him a third sitting. An
other Is by Nerli, an Italian artist. This
lis h most recent.
Kate Field, who recently visited Col.
orado, recalls the time when she carried
an English bath tub all the way to Den.
yer only to find that the hotel at which
she stopped was equipped with porce.
lain bath tubs and supplied with hot
and cold water.
It is rather shocking to learn that
John Burroughs, the naturalist, who
Is a great lover of birds, hnds himself
compelled to shoot orioles that invade
his vineyard near Kingston-on-the-
Hudson. A small crop of orioles, he
says, will destroy a ton of grapes.
Russia proposes to celebrate Jenrler's
discovery of vaccination, the Tooth an
niversary of which occurs next year,
by offering prizes for works on vaccine
ton, n by publishing histories Of
vaccination In Russia and western Eu-
rope.
Two human legs were found in tbs
belly of a shark which was caught re-
Gently Off the coast of Cuba, near Ha-
wanna. If this story had been published
in the bible instead of the newspapers,
nobody would have believed it.
The motherinlaw of Princess Beatrice,
h youngest daughter of Queen Vic.
toria, is dead. Blu. the motherinlaw of
her husband Is very much alive.
Charles Ayres Whipple Of New York
city has recently finished an excellent
portrait of General Nelson A. Miles.
The picture of the general is life size,
and represents him in full dress uni.
form. He wears the sword presented to
him by the people of Arizona for his
success in quelling Indian outbreaks
while the medal on his breast was be.
slowed by congress in recognition OF
distinguished gallantry at Chancellors.
vile.
Or. Forester of Aix-les-Bains, is OF
opinion hat the method of treatment
now known as massage was first in.
troduced into Europe by some of the
returning members of Bonaparte's
Egyptian expedition of 1890.
Upon the spot in the market place In
Altorf upon which, according to the
legend, Tell shot at the apple on his
sons head there now stands a superb
bronze statue of Switzerland's hero, the
work Of Richard kissing.
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The Philadelphia mint is preparing t.
send forth a flight of those golden bird.
known as double eagles. When the min
is running at Its full capacity, it car
mint $4,000 double eagles a day.
Among the German singers engaged
for the coming opera season in Mllar
are Lola Beeth, the Viennese print
donna. and the famous baritone
Kaschmann.
Among the eminent musicians who
are to assist at the Nikisch concerts In
Berlin mex season are Paderewski
Brahms. D'Albert, Josef Hoffman,, &c.
rardy, Sarcastic, Auer and Lamont.
At present England, Holland ant
Belgium all use Greenwich time. Thu