The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-09-05
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Thirty-stx peasants belonging to the
village of Stengevic in Croatia have just
been convicted OF a series of murders
and robberies extending over several
fears by the high court OF Agram. They
selected their husbands. fathers and
brothers as victims. One man who had
shared II robberies accompanied by
murder was condemned to be hanged;
,ourteen others, including three women,
we're sentenced to death, while the rest
got from ten to twenty years at hard H.
oor.
Nearly $500, coo, 900 is the total of Brit
lsh capital which was invested in vari-
ous@ enterprises floated on the London
stock market during the first six
months of 1896, according to the London
Economist, the actual figures being f79,-
g34, 900. OF this sum Eli 900, 900 was in
vested in loans of foreign governments,
and about an equal sum, 1T is amusing
20 note, in companies formed to manu-
faeture cycles and cycling appliances.
BY the building of the last stretch OF
railroad between Naples and Reggie the
line along the west coast of Italy a
been completed. The construction las
been very costly, there being 100 bridges
of som length and eighty-two tunnels.
two of them three miles long. two two
miles and fifteen more of over half a
mile. Just below Scylla the cars are
farried across the Faro to Messina,
where they connect with the Sicllian
Dads.
1t seems probable that tin will be add
I'd to the list of the mineral products of
south Africa, though very little has so
far been said about it. Tin ore was dis
covered in Swaziland three years ago,
md the production is gradually increas-
ing. According to the report of the min
lster of mines of the South African re-
public. there were thirty o taken out
in 1893. The quantity increased to 141
tons in 1894, and 246 tons In 1895.
In Paris recently a man whose rooms
were crowded from morning till night
with patients was threatened with pros
ecution for practicing the profession
without a diploma. Being thus brought
to bay he displayed to the officials the
necessary papers, but implored them to
keep the diploma secret, explaining that
If his patients had an ink]ing hat he
was a veritable physician his gains
would diminish.
The question of the stopping" capa-
sity OF a bullet, fired from the rifle which
Is now the standard arm of British in
tantry, has reached a somewhat acute
stage. Wherever the rifle has beer used
against a savage foe, 1t has proved COM
%paratively ineffective. Unless the bullet
strikes a vital organ, 1t no more stops a
wounded mans charge than would q
popgun.
Paris seems to be turning the I-ux-m-
burg garden into a sort Of French West
minister Abbey. The latest bust 1t Is
proposed to set up there is that of Sainte
Beuve, the critic. Fortunately in the
mile or more of avenue between the pal
ace and the observatory there is room
FOR all of Frances great men If they
are only set close enough to each other.
The Royal Academy of Music, Lon
don, has both indoor and out dnor I
tents. The indoor pay so guineas a year
and 10 guineas entrance Zee, and the out
aooor 80 guineas a yea and 5 guinaas
entrance fee. Some previous knowledge
is required, and the students must pro-
vide themselves with the instruments
they propose or appointed to learn.
Archbishop Benson made a tactless
selection as a text for his address at
Princess Maud's wedding. He took I
Corinthians, l., 26: For behold your
calling brethren, how hat not many
wise men after the flesh. not nan
mighty, not many noble, are called"
Englishmen think that ne saved himself
by leaving out the two last clauses.
Balloons in France cost from $500 to
5000 for those holding 500 cubic meters of
gas and from $1,000 to $1,000 for those
containing 1900 cubic metres, the larg-
est size usually made. They are let at
the rate of $40 to $40 a day in addition to
the cost OF the gas, which is about 4
cents a cubic metre, so that a balloon
excursion costs from $50 to 500.
Pavements made of graduated oak
mixed with asphalt have proved sue
cessful after two years trial in London
and Vienna. They are never slippery,
are odorless and do not absorb moisture,
besides being clean, elastic and lasting.
Near the Great Eastern station in Lon
don, the wear in two years amounts to
about one-eighth of an inch.
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Almost the most difficult part of the
51it,nt ~, rnrlyeNf =, al,tpr n Y,a ~ ,,,o3al oP
o life sized figure is that of placing the
hair in the head. To make this natural
only one or two hairs can be stuck in
tnerwax at once, and the process is a
secret known only to a few persons. In
deed, it is said mot to be known at all
outside the Tussaud family.
The Buda-Pesth International con-
gress for the, prevention Of cruelty / o
animels resolved to take all possible
steps for the legal prohibition CO yivi-
section, and t~o.establish in all countries
represented at the congress children's
societies for the protection OF birds. now
slaughtered in vast numbers fos wo-
mems hats and gowns.
Among the big wholesale houses in
the city Of London athletics are carefully
fostered by a! system of clubs. which IN
joy the patronage and support of the
heads OF the various firms. 1t would
surprise most people to learn how many
really brilliant athletes are to be found
tmong the ranks CT dry goods clerks in
the metropolis.
1t is a strange act that the right
hand, which is more sensitive to the
touch than the left. is less sensitive than