The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-03-07


q. 3 T1NAN. PUBLISHER.
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KIMBhLL., SOUTH DAKOTA
One Of the most Interesting of Amer
lean fishes has been found BY Ichthyolo-
gist William f.. Otis In the candletish Of
Alaska. Declares he: For the variety
OF It's use there's no fish like 1T. Ii is
about the size of the common stnelt.
and averages ten inches in length. 1T
uns in vast schools along the coast of
Alaska. There is nc better panf1sh, and
1t is as fat as possible. In fact, they are
sc fat that the natives use them dried
for candles, fixing them In forked sticks
and lighting one end. Their fat the Es-
quimo also fry out for butter, and as a
substitute It Is not SO bad as you might
suppose. Prepared in the shape of oil
1t serves as a substitute for that OBJ
FAMED from cod livers. and great guam
titles OF 1t are sold by apothecaries now
in this form"
1t seems that Olive Schreiner, the gift
ed author Of THE Story OF an African
Farm" is among the most intense and
u~nrelenting OF Cecil Rhodes enemies.
Mrs. Observation-Disclosures, as she is
called since her marriage, is passionate
ly devoted to her native country, and
her feeling against Rhodes, who has
been at the bottom of the vast mining
scheme, which to her mind, have unset
tied the population of the Transvaal and
fnterfered with the healthy development
of business. Is naturally bitter. Her
husband, Mr.. Kronwright, shares her
feeling. and between them they have
done more to undermine Rhodes career
than anyone else. Nevertheless they
have not wholly succeeded, and 1t re-
mains t6 be seen whether they will or
not.
Or the files of the postofice depart
ment IN Washington there is a letter
from a man named Hill ties .:fying to the
ability, industry and good character OF a
Mrs. Brown, who turns IL to be his
own mother, n stating that her ap-
pointment to a clarkship would be a
great qualification to n large circle oil
lnI1uentlal political friends. He writes
that n belongs to an excellent family
n occupies a high social position; that
he a known her intimately for several
years, is familiar with her qualifications
and can recommend her without re-
serve. 1t WIS only by accident that the
relationship was discovered, as the
writer was the son of her first husband,
after whose death she married again.
A Charlottesville, Va, ~corresnonden
writes: Captain J. Kllebrew has lust
visited Albemarle county to see about
the apples h queen of England eats.
which are not to be obtained anywhere
except in Albemarle and Nelson coun-
ties. Fifteen years ago an English
gentleman travelling in Virginia had his
attention directed to the Albemarle pip
PIN and was so pleased that he sent a
barrel OF them to Queen Victoria.
Every year since an order for six bar
fels comes to a grower, who has his or
chards between Charlottesville and
Alton, on top or the Blue Ridge noun.
rains. The apples for the queen are
specially packed in polished barrels
with q small United States flag and an
English jack on the top.
IL Greenwood the sightseer can find
the grave OF Lola Montez, whose beauty
Fascinated kings. 1t is on a knoll, not
t1ar removed from the plot tina holds
the remain of Laura Keene. the actress
who was on the stage when John Wilkes
Booth fired the fatal sho that robbed
the nation of the great emancipation. On
several occasions during the past few
weeks fresh flowers have been placed
on the grave OF Lola Montez. The hand
that laid them there is Sarah Bern
Every time this gifted artist
VISITS the metropolis h goes to Green
wood and places flowers on the grave
or the woman who, although an actress,
won fame solely because she was beau
tiful, witty n the pet of royalty.
The following state flowers, have
been adopted by the votes of he public
school scholars OF the respective states
Alabama, Nebraska and Oregon, the
golden rod; Colorado. the columbine
delaware, the peach blossom; Idaho, the
Syringia; Iowa and New York, the rose
Maine, the pine cone and tassel; Mime.
sofa, the cypripodium or moccasin low.
er; Montana, the bitter root; North Da.
kota. the wild rose; Oklahoma TERRITORY
the mistletoe; Utah. the lego lily ant
Vermont, the red clover. In addition
Rhode Island and Wisconsin have
adopted q state tree, the maple being Sc.
lected by both.
A bright and patriotic American cir
who was recently in Oxford, England
attended an afternoon tea there, ant
soon found herself. her country and it,
Institutions and customs objects o
great interest. The conversation wa!
animated and prolonged late into thu
evening, and the young American tool
a conspicuous part therein. PHYSICAL,
a~1. rVcSa1L 1yVNI t---y
for her customary devotions at her bed
side that night in q mood somewhat
less attentive than usual, so that, a.
she confessed con1dentially to he
friends, she discovered herself saying
Thy Will be done, on earth as 1t is IL
America"
The smoking of tea cigarettes, a fash
fonable fad which seems to be carried
TO great excess by many English ladies
Is condemned as a dangerous practic.
by medical authorities. Extreme mel,
Tousness and insomnia are among tn,
effects. One physician reports amonf
his patients a well known authoress
whose nan are widely read, ane
who smokes from twenty to thirt,
green tea cigarettes daily at work
while the craving of another woman Il
satisfied only at a cost of SO per week
% ----~s~ $500
Blondin, the famous tight rope wake,
of more than a generation ago, has, a
the g of IS. married an English bar
maid OF Is, Who nursed him while he wa.
suffering from a sprain due to his pro
fession last September.
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The design selected for the Theodor,
Thomas testimonial is a cr~own-shapet
table with a centerpiece of sterling sill
yer, thirty inches in diameter, the side.
bearing ornamental handles represent
ing the handles Of the violln-the favor
lite instrument OF Nj. Thomas-whil,
the ends are embellished with two beau
tiful ornate swans, emblematic Of Lob
engrIn, surrounded by diminuttve Gu
pids bearing trumpets. The sides bea1
medallions with portraits of Bach, Bee
thoven, Wagner, Brahms, Rubinstein
Mendelssohn, Berlioz and Theodor.
Thomas.
The American girl Is again coinpli
mented; this time by Novelist Hal
Game. who has found her ..prettier