The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1897-08-14

can get indemnity to the extent
VI $40 from the government, If his letter
should be lost. Heretofore the sender
ook all the responsibility.
A. G. Case and his bride are spending
he summer in Paris with a daughter
Mr.. Case, who is studing art with her
husband. Mr.. and Mr.. Case expect to
do" Switzerland, Germany, Holland and
Belgium on their wheels and winter in
Italy, Egypt, Palestine and Greece.
The Ochsner Hardware company have
laid a new sidewalk in front of their
hardware stOre-a needed improvement
and II that other property holders
we'll duplicate. KimbalI once
had the best walks Of any town on the
road, but of late years they have become
badly out Of repair.
We printed a law brief for an attorney
last week. He writes us ut is a model;
no n could have done better" w. A..
Porter, when he was practicing law in
this county, gave the GRAPHIC office
credit for getting out the handsomest
and most perfect briefs of any office of
which he had knowledge.
The editor of this paper has a splendid
breeding pen Of Brown Leghorn hens
tnat will be sold very cheap. Anyone
wanting them a have the same this
fall dirt cheap. There about a dozen
selected hens and inside of six months
will pay for themselves in eggs alone,
besides raising a hundred chicks next
year,
Saturday and Sunday were two OF the
hottest days Of the summer so far as
bodily comfort went. The mercury did
not rise above the 80 mark, but the air
was heavily charged with moisture and
not a breath of air string. Sunday
evening the spell was broken by another
rain, accompanied by considerable wind,
j. d. Farrell, Of Chamberlain, Is get
ting a new map of the county made in
Chicago, a proof Of which has been sent
the GRAPHIC, that is way ahead of any
OF the many good maps Of the county
made heretofore. The new map shows
all tho school houses, arteslan wells and
the water courses therefrom and the ir-
rigated land.
Ed Ten Eyck, the young American
who wen the diamond souls prize al
Henley, England, is a member OF a boat
Climb of Worcester, Mass, and Mrs. l.. C
Scott remembers the GRAPHIC with the
Worcester dailies containing an ac-
count OF the wonderful reception OF the
young champion upon his arrival home
Here are two items that go we'll to.
gcther, the first from the Volga Tribune
and the other from the Mitchell Gazette
One of the hardest blows a farmer
can receive is 10 have his field OF
grain cut down by hall before his
eyes-the work and care of & yeaI gone
in a moment. It's enough to drive 4
man to drink.
The hail storms of the past few days
furnish an additional lesson for Soutl
Dakota wheat r%aisers, Hail and winf
don't often ruin the result OF a year,
energy exerted in raising cattle anG
making butter. See the point?
Leo. Stevens, Jr., an %aeronaut. O
Cleveland, Ohio, is in New York engaged
in the completion Of the largest balloon
ever constructed. 1t is lis feet high
and Is intended to be used in the trans
portation of passengers and freight oyeI
the mountains from Tliko pass or Doug
las City, Alaska, to the Klondike golt
fields. The company which has the pro.
ject in hand is known as the Jacobs
Transportation company, and is backed
by a big beef contractor OF Kansas City
and a Mr.. Low, q banker OF Millersburg
Ohio. Those contemplating going to
KlOndike should wait for the balloon.
The editor of the ManitOw0c Owls,
Pilot, calls attention to a bad and grow
ing practice among Americans that
should have been squelched long ago
He says: There should be some form oil
crusade instituted against the use Of
foul language which is becoming SO
common among young men. Epethets
which would be followed by a blow are
now used as ordinary expletives, indeed
almost as expressions of endearment
There is nothing forcible in the uso OF
foul language and it Is an evidence Of
vulgarity. 1t grows by indulgence ant
becomes a hob which it is difficult tc
shake off though never contributing
pleasure. 1t is filth which it is wise fol
a young mar to avoid.
When the South Dakota Grand Army
boys march in the streets of Buffalo
during the national encampment they
will attrac. no little attention from the
arms which they will carry on The 0c.
%casioD. 1t consists Of a spear sur.
mounted with a a of corn and a min
iature sheaf OF wheat and a small
streamer with South Dakota" printed
on 1t 10 "shOW whero W. come from
@ .#
This idea originated with Capt. j, II
Hauscr, OF Aberdeen, who last year
made 800 OF them and presented them
to The state department. They wert
carried in the procession at st. Pau
and there was nothing which so at,
tracted and held the attention of the
people as did this spear. While there
is nothing particularly handsome about
the spear, yet when an immense nnM-
Der are put together in n parade they
attract a great deal OF attention. 1t
can safely be counted upon that South
+, Dakota will be o well advertised state al
the national Observation-Disclosures Re.
publican.
."Tiey don't make much enzs about it,
We are SIRE speaking of DsEitt's Little
Early Risers, the famous little bills for
constipation, b,iionsness and all stomach
fFOilhlp9. 1'hnv never iyrInn X 4. Mil