The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-06-27
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the chip Wanderer landed q cargo Of
African negroes on the Georgia coast.
and an attempt was made 20 smugg.c
them into the interior and sell them as
slaves. McRae aeized thirty-six CT them
and kept them at his own expense for
fourteen days, while their final dispose.
tion WIS under Amusement. Probably
to the confusion caused by the
war his claim was never presented to
the treasury for payment, but 1t arises
now like q ghost from the grave of the
dead past to recall to the memory or the
American people the fact that the Afr
can slave trade was once a form of
smuggling on our shores.
This country to people who have not
looked into the matter. does not figure
as a large owner of floating property
outside of wal vessels and those at
itached to the revenue and lighthouse
service, but a recent careful estimate
shows that IN one part of the MISSISSIPPI
pi river the nation owns oyer 1000 craft
OF different kinds. This Is the stretch
between New Orleans M Cairo. and
the value of the vessels and their out
fit for riprap revetment and levee work
does not fall much below $4,000. 900.
When work is rushing there are at times
10000 men employed on the vessels and
in connection with the tasks assigned
them.
Insurance rates in New York have not
risen because of recent exposures of In
cendiarylsm. The insurance experts
had long known that i~ncendiarism was
ID common in New York. as elsewhere.
In. fact 20 per cent of all fires in the
Tyrlfol CfaSop va cot. law, u.s. tp,o,-
diary. These figures are not quite as
bad as they sound. for under the head
OF .'incendiary'' In the statistics Of the
insurance companies are included not
only fires started by owners of property
tor the a X of obtaining the insurance,
and fires started by the enemies of prop
erty owners, but unexplained fires of
a strongly suspicious nature
Nowhere In England is there to be
found q library where political science
Is accorded a proper recognition or
where the serious student of adminis-
trattive or constitutional problems can
ind the material for his work. If such
. student desires to frequent an eff
client library he. must betake himself to
Baltimore, where he can get what he
wants at the John Hopkins university.
An endeavor Is at last to be made to
remedy this under the direction Of the
London School Of Economics, and 1t Is
contemplated that a fund OF $50, 900 Will
serve to Initiate the scheme.
"A singular mishap befell L. I. Bidwell
Of Tecumseh. Mich. last week. He
found three fine Jerseys dead In the pas
tuTe, and, not knowing the cause, sum-
ynNnoA a ,ynfap>fp q wv SI,rrany, x,,h1 ,oo1oA
q post mortem examination. He found
traces of lead paint, n on investiga-
ting observed q number of old paint
cans along the river, they having been
thrown In at. that point. The cows
drank water out of the cans and died
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"a curious petition was presented to
h house Of commons the other day. 1t
is from al Indian. who describes him
self as zone of the most miserable of her
majesty%s subjects" The petitioner
does not want in any way to interfere
with the legislation of parliament. All
he prays for is that her majesty's duti-
full shall be pleased to sub
scribe l shilling each. which may be
handed over to your humble petitioner"
Miss Martha Hichborn, daughter of
WHO AdSlSl Z al
born, has recently come into possession
Of an interesting colonial specimen. 1t
is a desk that was in the possession OF
h Hichborn family at the time of the
Boston tea party. Many years ago it
was taken to Sandy Point, Me-, by an
ancestor, and has only lately been
shipped to Miss Hichborn's home In
Washington.
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The w. G. T. u. lunch stand within
the Enclosure of the Union Steel works
at Alexandria, Ind, established to head
OF the appetite for the saloon among
the employees. Is meeting with u%nquall-
fled success. The ladies' first began
] serving tea, coffee and lemonade, but
q regular bill of fare has since been
added, n the lunch stand is abund-
antly pa%troniEed and very much liked.
There is a movement on foot in Lon
don among a number of young men,
who find 1t very hard to get to business
an time. to start a lazy club" Their
idea is ito establish dressing rooms In
q caravan which goes round to each
members house. thus enabling him to
finish his toilet In the van on his way to
business It Is further hoped to attach
~ kuGEtdlA SClItS Qdy. A
Berlin is excited over a Swedish
c~hansonette singer named Sven Scho-
lander, who sings Swedish, French,
Norwegian and Spanish songs as
though he improvised them, to the
accompaniment Of the lutte. He is a lit
Tile man with an expressive face, en-
abling people to understand his mean
ing, though they cannot make out his
words.
One OF the greatest inventions ever
ADDED to the granite business is being
given a test at Montpelier, VT. The ma
chine is for saving granite, and II 1t
proves satisfactory 1t will go down in
history with the cotton gin. The ma
chine contains $4,000 worth OF diamonds,
and the total construction costs In the
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Narchese imperial DI Frankavalra,
secretary OF the Italian legation of
Brussels. who was attached to the le-
cation at Washington a few years ago.
has Just married the Princess Giovanni
Colonna Paliano Di Summonte of the
other branch OF the family into which
Mrs. Mackey's daughter married.