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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-10-09
"He has Just devoured a rackfulw whis-
pered Nine. Debrisny; zone round more ia

as mich rs lie ought to have"
Mona waited down stairs till the toast
was ready, considering what answer she
should make to her uncle's request, though
she well knew that she would end by nc.
%companying him. How could she refuse
the poor old man, who seemed to look to
her for help and comfort? Yet how much
pleasanter it would be to stny and work,
and be free with Nine. Dcbrisay!
When she carried back the toast, and
Uncle Sandy had finished it, he said no
could have a little sleep IL he were left
quiet.
The next day Uncle Sandy had hrisked
up again. He begged Mona to come TO him
rs soon MS She returned from her work,
which happened TO terminate earlier on
that day than on any other.
She guessed what that Invitation meant,
and only hoped that no allusion to Ken.
meth would add to her difficulties. Yet
she felt extremely reluctant to give up the
increasing Independence of her present
position-to be the nurse and companion
to SO uncertain a person rs her uncle.
However, the old man sorely needed hel
help, and she would not refuse 1t.
AS soon as she had changed her dress.
for the day was wet and stormy, she went
up stairs, and found her uncle seated neal
the fire, the table drawn up beside hi.
chair, and on it a map, a g%uide-book, 8
continental Bradshaw" and several
scraps of ruled paper covered VIII. figures
Come avail come await" he cried, hi.
brow clearing; "I'm wearyin' to talk te
you. My puir head is just dazod with try
ing to understand whnur Pm going, and
what 1t will cost me!n
to where you are going, uncle, Imay
help you to find out; but as to the cost, yo,
must ask Nine. Dsbrisay; she knows al
about French railways
"And wi q will she be intn
mot till IL, or half past"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-10-09
jim anl John.

Jim and John were townsmcn nnn
1t vas n red-hot afternoon. and The
blcacherS We're like frying pans nj
breakfast time. Jim had II hulh head
and John had Il crick In the back. they
sat for an UNDERGONE roast and laugueh
ut everything. inns bnld spot vas IL
shining mark. like Il i,rass dour-piale.
4 stray bail. fierce aud sharp, frem n
false bat struck the spot and plonsi,ed
a furrow. 1t daZed him. Jim's eyes
and face looked like Il sick owls. and
John laughed. lie laughed an lfu,i,
straight along. The game ran late into
twilight. Meanwhile. John had shed
his coat, and n cool. damp draft gol in
Its work on his back. The time came
TO leave, but John couldn't. He couldn't
bend or get up. Lumbago had set in
In its worst form. lie laughs best who
laughs last, and Jim had revenge. Eut
they got down town to .Jim's room.
when he said: Here's something all
those athletes use for hurts and all
Ments, and it's the best known cure for
lame back" He rubbed it on Johns
back and some OH his own head. They
were both feeling cured and comforta.
Die from the use OF st. Jacobs OIL.
which Jim always kept In a handy
place. He was Il sport himself and
knew what was best. they went to
bed. John laughed in his sleep. Both
lose In the morning fresh as daisies.
1len Jim laughed at John.
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Drop n Penny and Initiate Your Tire
New York Evening journal: A lorg-felt
want has been filed by NJ. d. Compton.
inventor. The casual b.oyclist will bless
him. A penny-ir-the-siot machine to in
Aate faabby tires has been invented.
The machine consists Of a large reser-
voir of compressed air, which may be sta
toned In a bicycle store or OH a street COR
ner. A pipe cad from this through q
Earies of valves for reducing the pressure
and through a mechanism that requires
a penny dropped in the slot to operate.
Drop a copper cent in the slot and the
check Is thrown off. Then oonnect the
dangling hose to the valve of your tire,
press II button and the air Will struggle in
to the tire. When 1t is hard enough AXE
your finger off the button. d%!sconnect your
hose pipe. noun and ride way on hard
tires, all for u cent.
the valves regulate the pressure so
there is no danger of bursting your tires
whatever by the air pressure In the cyiin-
6ar
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-10-09
IcoNNocLAsT BRANN KIDNAPPED
Captured by students and Made to
lsetract Statements He
Had Made,

Dallas, Tex, Oct. 5.-W. c. Brann,
editor and publisher of Brann's Icono-
clast, was kidnapped in his office at
Waco, Tex. about 6 o'clock Saturday
evening by Il band of students from
the Baylor university. the state Bap-
fist co-educationnl institution. The in
vaders presented pistols at Brnnn's
head, taking him totally unawarGs.
They demanded hat he proceed with
them to the college campus, which he
did, being driven there in a carriage.
There a paper was read to him, en-
bodying u %retraction of the muny Sc
we're criticisms he has printed on the
institution, members Of its faculty
and promoters. The alternative of re-
fusal to sign the paper was to be a
coat OF tar and feathers and perhaps
death. A rope was ready for him in
the party. Under this extreme press
ure Brann signed the paper, when he
was set at liberty and given twenty
four hours to leave Waco and never re-
turn. just then the sheriff of Nc
Lehman county and a posse of deputies
appeared on the scene and the students
and Il large mob of their friends soon
dispersed. Brann Immediately re-
turned to the Office of the %1conoclast,
II was o o surrounded by n lnrg
crowd of friends, who declared thei.
willingness to stand by him. He made
a speech, in which he used more severe
terms against Baylor university and its
general personnel, male and femtS.,
than anything he has printed concern
ing the institution, and declared he
was prepared for the kidnapers and
all his other enemies, and that he will
o lcauve Waco; that the paper he
signed at the campus, in which he &C.
knowledged himself a liar, a slanderer
and other bad things, was signed un-
der duress to save his life, and he now
repudiates this act. The town is wild
with excitement and worse trouble is
anticipated.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-10-09
LuETGERT TRIAL TESTS EXPERTS
Those Following Allpost Are Very
Cautious and Make No Rash
Statements.

Chicago, Oct. 2.-The first witness
in the Luetgert trial this morning wa.
)r. V. A. Merillat, a veterinary expert
who was called to identify some of the
bones heretofore submitted in the
case. He proved a cautious witness,
declining positively to identify a nun
Der of bones submitted. lie said thu,
while he telt sure in his own mind as
to the identity OF the bones, he did not
propose i'll 4 ct:se involving so much tc
make positive statements regarding
them without having first made a thor.
ough investigation.
On cross examination DIR. Merillat
radically disagreed with DR.. Airport.
who yesterday identified the bone as
the upper part of the femur of a hog
DR.. Merillat said positively it was q
lower part. DR.. j. Hughes, another
veterinarian, testified as to the bones,
but did not differ materially from the
evidence given by other experts. He
was followed over the same ground by
Prof. Eckley of the College of Physi.
clans and Surgeons.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-10-09
Tho Premature Prodignl.

1t wa. two days before Christmas. and
the old couple were sitting in front OF
the cheerful open fire in the great
square kitchen Of their homo. The
snow was falling. but the cattle were
warm aud comfortable in the barn.
"Day after tomorrow will be Christ
mas" said the Old man. slowly. you
have not forgotten it, have you, moth
er?"
"No, father" she eaid. "IIow could
IP Have | not said all along that he
would come home Christmas ever"
"Ay, SO you have. Let us hopc-let
us hope. 1t is four long years now
since our only boy left us. Yes, he will
come Christmas ever"
Il know it, father, said the woman.
Il have read SO often of it happening
60. We will wait for him here in 'front.'
of the fire."
LAY, ny, here. With his empty chair
drawn Up between us, So" and the old
man pulled a chair q little nearer TO the
fire, and patted its arm as if it were the
arm OF his absent son.
YES, father, that is right. And the
door must not be locked. And before
you come in you must give the cows
and the horses and the sheep and the
pigs and the chickens extra portions
Of feed, and see that all is snug and
warm"
THAT l will. mother. you may DO
surc-that ! will" His hands hung by
his side, and he gazcd again into the
lire. Then he raised his eyes suddenly.
"And we must place the lamp in tho
window. You forget about that"
Eyes, yes; so l do. The lamp must
be in the window. I'll get it ready.
Our boy must sec the lamp burning in
the window for him when he returns"
She rose and brought the can of oil.
Her hands trcmbled. but Mt last the
lamp was filled and trimmed ready for
its place in the window on the coming
eve. She sank again into her chair,
and rested the tips of her fingers on the
arm of the empty chair beside her, while
her husbands hand lay heavily on the
other arm. For a long time neither
spoke, but gazcd into the fire and lis
tened to the storm without. At last the
old man said, as u tear %glistened in
either eye:
-Four weary years since Willie
ran away to sea. But tomorrow he
must"
There was a rap at the door.
"Come in" cried the mar. Tho
couple rose and stood with their backs
to the fire.
Tho door opened slowly and standing
before them with his hand on the latch
was their hayward on.
IL" the boy faltered.
"Bill," said the old gentleman, coldly.
you're twenty-four hours ahead Of
time. We don't want you to night.
'Tain't regular"
mo, faint" echoed the
"That there lamp will be in the winder
for you tomorrow night, and not be.
fore"
The boy turned and went out iuto the
storm.
Gosh all Cesar! you can't put no de.
pendence on what you read no more"
said the old man. He took a long drink
from a pitcher OF cider and disappeared
in the beuroam.-Aa,per's Magazine
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-10-09
An Eastern Woman.

All that you might but live and feel
one moment of the true and real:
Might know the joy, the life. the bound,
The freedom of the primal ground;
Might see Gods glorious garden spread
Sea-wide. in gold and green and red;
Might hear our lark's. our robins song.
Sing hope. sing cheer, sing courage
strong:
Might riot in our blessed wealth
OF grace and beauty-hlilding health,
And freed from artificial test
Might live ard love with native zest-
All eastern sister; work of art
Rewarding fair the natural part.
Which falls as blest as April rains
On woman of Dakota's plains.
And sister let no fancies fed
AT feasts with mental sweetmeats spread
Despise the trees whose sturdy roots
Distill the blood of healthy fruits;
Let not your hypercritic ear
Deceitful. wheedle you to hear
From out the rage of squawking se:se
The silver throated notes of Peace
-Doane Robinson,
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"Aweel, I have something quits privnts
to say to your own self, and I'd best tackle
that first.n
He stopped abruptly, and began to gath.
er up the papers and books somewhat nerv.
ously.
~ am all attention, uncle"
tits delicate matter to speak ABBOTT,
but feel bound to do it, for your ain good,
and-and benefit; and SO FL Just speak NY
mind"
This with some hesitation, ending w.ih
a sudden assumption of resolution, steadily
avoiding his niece's eyes Mt the same time.
"Certainly. Uncle Sandy"
There's that lad Kenneth, y he went on,
In his thin, high-pitchcl. quernlous voice;
"a line young man, steady and weel-dls-
posed; what for Gamma you max up your
and ye s,cm good friends together. Why
Gamma you make it up3"
II thought" returned Mona, gravely and
calmly, though she felt that the tug OF var
had come, 81 thought | told Kenneth that
though liked and valued him, l feared l
could not give him wifcly affection. He
ought to have been satisfied"
And wha wad TAX Il ~lassie's first 'no'?"
A'b - $500 ~ hNeh A>A
would be the same"
"Dinna Say it, cried Uncle Sandy, earn
estly. ~ an just in a difficulty. Ye sec.
| always promised to look after Kenneth
before knew l should ever see my poor
brothers. grille. Aweel, I'd like 10 leave
my bit o. money to both of you, and We see,
If you were wed, it would be kcepit to-
scther."
Dear uncle" said Mona, smiling, "do
not let thattrouble you. Leave everything
you like to Kenneth; men want money
much more than women, and l mn young.
I think l can earn my own bread with
Madame Debrisay's help; SO do not let any
thought of me interfere with Kenneth. 1
have made up my mind to be your escort
to Contrexeville, and [ hop, you will return
TO well las he qnite independents OF us all. >
Continued next week.)
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-10-09
FIERCE FIRE TANNED BY A GALE
large Area of Country Swept by
by Firc---Several Fatalities
Reported.

Winnipeg, Man, Oct. 5.--Thc prairie
1re, which ragged all over the country yes
:erday, being famed and driven by a gallo
Of wind, died out duriug the night, and
;his morning da%ned upon a terrible scene
If death and devastation-farm houses.
implements. crops and live stock were
very where consumed and many farmers
.ost their all.
A most lamentable story comes from
Beausejour, forty miles east of this city,
where two women and five children named
Mereski. were burned to death. Fire came
upon their house, which was in the woods,
from two directions simultaneously, and
shut off all means of escape. Only n few
:harred remains were found in the morn
ing
There were many narrow escapes. Car
easses of horses, cattle and sheep are
lying all over the district. and a number
of families of foreigners are homeless and
utterly destitute.
At Bagot, seventy miles west, the Ca
madam Pacific railroad station and seven
cars: the Dominion Grain tompany's ele-
vator. with 20,00D bushels of wheat; Law
rles' store. Higginbothum's, Links n
~Buchanan's stables. u cold storage ware
house and Farmer Waldon's farm build
ings and crops were totally destroyed.
The little town was practically wiped cut
of existence.
AT Stony mountain the fire ran up the
Canadian Pacific railroad platform. where
by desperate efforts its progress was
stayed. Much hay and grain was con-
sumed in this district.
In the Lake Francis district, northwest
of the city. there was also extensive de-
struction of crops . a young farmer
named Markham was terribly burned
while trying to save his property. AT
Oakland, on the Portage branch of the
Northern Pacific railroad, several hundred
cords of wood and thousands of tons of
hay were licked up. Just southwest OF
this city there is a large hay marsh and
fire was driven over this, consuming ev-
crything in its course.
Nearly every farmer lost his hay and
many also lost their grain and imple-
ments. There were large bands OF horses
and cattle pastured on the marsh mad to-
day the charrod carcasses of the animals
dot the ground every few PAGES.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-10-09
A Mill that Gr.nas Slowly arc Small

"Thcse things make nc sick" she
said. jerking the typewriter copy from
the machine.
1t was an application for oaice-no,
much OF an Office, but still an office.
She could not be sincerely and truthful
ly called apretty typewriter, but in her
cultured face was that gentle Southern
expression SO difficult to a~naylyzc.
You needn't laugh" she continued,
inconsistenlly joining in my amuse-
mcnt. Il have been through all of il
myself, and if anybody evcr did know
the sham and hollowness of it | certain.
ly do!'
l looked serious and inauiringiy.
Yes; | was i'll the Census Office first
they usually start in there, you know
and then got into the Pension Office
for a'year or two; then l was dropped
the second time. AfterI was ont about
six months l got into the Post Office De-
partmcnt, and fell again. by reason OF
want of an appropriation, in the course
of eighteen months. Every time | got
ont had TO 70 through the application
mill and the influence mill and the
waiting patiently mill and the
again mill aud the no-vacancy mill, aud
all that sort of thing, till l was fnirly
wild! l haven't q relative in the world
to depend on for n living or for coun-
sci; SO l camc here alone and have
made the figkaalone for several years,
and with dsse unsatisfactory results
named. Good friends have been raised
up to me. though without as much pol
itlcal Influence as appears to he ncces.
sary to keep me in even u small Office,
SO I've set up for myself.
Il tell you, these things harrow up
my soul! Do you see anywhite l.h.a
there?" rustling up the wealth of soft
brown hair. at ought to be white.
For when l look back over n fcw years.
experience in Washington l feel as
thought had lived for fifty instead Of
twenty-five years! Oh. the watching
and humiliation Of it!"-fllsburg Dis.
DQkch.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-10-09
UNCLE SANS BOYS TO THE FROM
Federal Troops Will Seek to As.
suage the Anger of the War
ring ChOCtrw Braves.

ST. Louis, Oct. 5.-A special from
chanan, department commanding Off.
Ger at Fort Logan, Ia just received q
telegram from the department com.
mander at Chicago ordering him to dis.
patch a detachment Of twenty men al
once to T~ushahomma, I. r., the scene
Of the trouble between the treaty and
anti-treaty forces over the organization
of the Choctaw council The men. un.
der the command OF Lieutenant David.
son, left on a SPECIAL train this morning
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-10-09
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot-Ease. n powder for the
feet. 1t cures painful, swollen, smart.
ing feet, and instantly takes the stils
out Of corns and bunions. Its the
greatest comfort discovery OF the ase.
Aliens Foot-Ease makes tight-nttilg
or new shoes feel easy. 1t is a certain
cure for sweating, callous and hot.
tired, aching feet. Try it to-day. Sold
by all druggists and shoe stores. by
mail for 20 cents, in stamps. Trial
package FREE. Address, Allen S.
Olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-10-09
THE sCoRcHERs MADE HIM MAD
Emperor William Says They Beat
His Horses and We're
DisresueCtsuL.

Berlin, Oct. 5.-The emperor is hav.
ing poor sport at Rominton, from
which place he has sent 1000 marks to
the poor of Budapest. His majesty has
prohibited bicyclists having access to
the whole Of Rominton district and
forests, the reason being that on the
day of his majesty's arrival hordes OF
bicyclists We're "impudent enough to
race along the road both in front and
behintl his carriage soaring the horses
and outspeeding them" Emperor Will
liam was so annoyed at this disrespcct.
full behavior upon the part of the BIZ
cyclists hat he summoned the first
policeman he met and ordered the of.
ficer to arrest the worst offender.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-10-09
NO PRIZE FIGHTING Ar ST. LOUIS
An Attempted Mill Is Stopped b,
the Police, and Puss
Arc Gkuro

st. Louis, Oct. 5.-An attempt wal
made last evening to bring off a pugll.
istic encounter on the river between
Billy Mahan of San Francisco and
Brown Low Sexton Of his city. The
pugilists left Saturday night for the
battle ground. hoping to avoid the po.
lice. When the boat that was to take
the sports to the ground attempted to
leave the dock twenty policemen went
aboard and ordered the sports back on
snore, threatening them with arrest.
This will put an end to fights in and
about tnts city. The sports hoped on re-
cent decisions in courts here to be able
to pull off a fight once in a while.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-10-09
The BIuca.

This Is a synonym for that gloomy. har-
raised condition of the mind which has its
origin in dyspepsia. All the ugly spirits
that, under the name of the 'blues,"
'blue devils.' 'mergrims'' and null
igrubs" torments the dyspeptic almost
eeaselessly, vanish, when attacked with
over. annihilates biliousness. constipation.
chills and fever, kidney complaints and
nervousness.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-10-09
bounty on Indfnn sculns.

Bigelow, Mimi, Signal: 1t is not gem
orally known that in the early history
of Minnesota the state treasurer once
paid out cash as bounties for Sioux In
dian scalps. State treasurer Koerner,
in looking over the 1863 report of State
Treasurer Charles Schaff recently, dis
covered the following item among the
disbursements of that year: ~. C. Da-
Wis. Sioux Indian scalp, s25.' The item
perhaps read that way. but the s25 may
have landed in the campaign fund. who
Gpnu,co l
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-10-09
MANAGED TO SAVE THEMSELVES
Two Young Men Cause Ii Drown.
ing of Four Young Women
..OhlkuoI IN InovN =

Hamilton, Ala, Oct. 4.-Late last
tight six people in a boa, were thrown
INTO the Buttahatchie river and four
drowned. They were Misses Lizzie
Smith, Belle Key, Mary Sw%enringon
and Ella Phillips. Their escorts were
Robert and John Wright, who caused
the boat to capsize by rocking it, and
saved their own lives. The feeling ID
20 bitter against them they have left
town.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-10-09
Mid sen,em,er.

All. the songs OF long ago:
How their tenderness enihra'ls us!
How their rhythm, sweetly slow,
Back to other days recalls us.
Let us hear that soft refrain
Which so fondly We remember,
Set 1t echoing once ngair-
1T was in the mild September"
Pause not. though the ia IS oppose.
Boldly lift your vol e and try, since
No one asks the truth from those
Who cur poetic license.
Though each brick out in the street
Seems to be Il glowing ember;
Though men perish wi, h the heat.
Marble on of mild September
Washington Stcr.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-10-09
HAmlO WANTS TO JOIN THEM
Tho Sultan Asks to BE Allowed
to Join tho Drei-

Berlin, Oct. 5.-Thc reports in the
Turkish newspapers to the effect that
Turkey is negotiating with Germany
for q special defensive alliance and
that Turkey is on the point of joining
the dreibund are denied emphaticalIy
at fhe German foreign Office. APP
proachcs to that effect, however, have
repeatedly been made by Turkey dur
ing the past three months and there
is a variance of opinion on the subject
between Emperor William and Baron
Won Bulow on the one side and Prince
Hohenlohe, the imperial chancellor, on
the other, the latter distinctly reject
ing all such o%vertures.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-10-09
a Dnkntn Wn,man.

Her ears mad never pulsed to Eotes
Poured from The silver thrilling Threats
OF nightingales; nor had she heard
The singing of a mocking bird;
THE tended thrill. the caoing all
OF Westward doves at vesper fall
Were never known TO her whose life
Had been n long ana ceaselcss strife
With toll and trouble, tears and pain
This woman of Dakota's plains.
And yet she loved the far-off strains
The tremolos of cloud-ringed cranes;
The racous medley of the geese
To her ears were Il psalm of peace;
What clouds to us would seem as night
In her starved life were ever bright:
For she bound in by walls of sod
Upon a prairie wide as God.
Found music in the harshest note,
And COUNTED 1t a silver throat.
John Northern Hilliard, in September
Ladies' Home Journal.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-10-09
MIDDLE Of THE RoADERs MEET
Their State Convention Is Not Liabl.
to BE Largely Attended

Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 5.-Thcre arc few
outward manifestations this morning
of the political state convention. The
surface indications of the mcetit.g thi,
afternoon are that the middle of the
road populist convention will be light
ly attended. The question of regular.
ity of the cali and tie short time given
for the convention contributes to this
result.