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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24

frinds what time Nv night 1t was nm thin
say, Dear me, ] ought to get a watch IL I
cud afford it. I used to tout people down.
to the joolers' shop an stand be the win
dow with a hungry look in the eyes iv me.
as much as to say, If I don't get. a watch
III perish i talked watches. and thought,
watches. and dreamed watches. Father
Kelly r%aybuked, me FIR bein' late f'r mass.
How can l get there befnre TIL gospils
whin I don know what time It is p says L.
why don't you LUX at ye'er watch?' he
says. Il haven't none, says ]. Did he give
me u watch? Faith, he did not. He siat
me a box Nv soap that made me smell like
u coon goin' to a ball in a State shtreet
ca-ar. I got a necktie firm one man, an'fff
I'd wore 1t to a meetin' Nv tn Young He
brews' Charitable society 5~they'd've thruni
me out. That man wanted me to be kilt.
Another la-ad sint me a silk handkerchief
that broke IN me poor nose. Th, nearest
n got to q watch was Il hair chain that n-
raveled an made me look ASH I'd been
curryin' a Shetland pony. I nivir. got what
Il wanted, an I niveri expect to. No wan
does"
Hennessy, IF yen tell me what 1t is anti
don't cost too much
VIII yer said Mr., Dooley eagerly.
II wilt" said Mr.. Hennessy, III It's
within me means.
"Ye'er jokin'. said Mr.. Dooley.
I'm not. name It."
DO we, honcst?"
II do SO"
Thin" said Mr.. DooIey, .'get me til,
audjlotoroom. v wanted thai to. play
with fr nanny years"
And Mr.. Hennessy went away with the
rocking chair under his. arm, the doll in
his pocket and dumb anger in his heart.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24
cAHAolAN.AmERIcAN TREATY.
Joint High Commissions Labor
Nearly Ended.

#.lEEQe-B Fty NC8E1y ntNAGNs =s @
Washington. Dec. 20.-The' meeting
of the Canadian joint highcommissior
today will be the last before January
S, when the commissioners will reas,
semble in Washington to conclude
whatever treaty they are able to agree
upon for presentation to their respec
tive governments.
1t may be definitely stated that o
treaty covering practically all the
points under consideration except that
Of reciprocity will be signed. It is nj.
mostequally sure that some matters OF
reciprocal trade relations will be adj
justed and that these will be fewer in
number than the Canadian commits
sioners had hoped in opening negotia,
tions. Any more definite statement
than this, it is said upon authority,
would be speculation upon very INSULT,
Gent basis.
Lumber and agricultural products
are two stumbling blocks to full reci-
procity.
The Canadian commission urged
that last year Canada gave the United
States a $4,000, 900 free list, and in
view Of this fnct some essential concesi
sions must be made Canadian farmers
ii being represented that agrarian sen
timcnt is fully as important TO tlt
dominion government ms it is TO tho
limited States.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24
Worked Together Thirty Years In
ESlanca

Cincinnati Enquirer: Four miles west OF
Bridgeport. lives q family OF two brothers
and their aged mother. The brothers are
now nearly thirty years since either adj
dressed a word to theaother. Both are
blaeksmiths. work In the same shop. eat
at the same table three times 4 day, and,
time. 38ETs
It Is not known exactly what caused the
enhancement but 1t Is said to have been
the result OF a love affair when the two
were young, and this would account for
neither of them ever marrying.
Naturally ofsa genial. light-hearted tenn
permanent. the. fend has made each gloomy
and morose. and they haye hardened their
hearts against every friendly attempt at
reconciliation. even The pleadinxs OF the
aged mother now nearly through with
,this Hfe.. and to whom they both ciinE
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24
In Anra Glen.

In yon valley I had friends once.
There / rave friends no more,
For lowly lies the rafter
And the Intel of the door.
The friends are all departed,
The hearthstone's black and cold
And sturdy grows the nettle.
On the place I loved of old.
Or the windows blank and dim.
And the song was scarce concluded,
Or the garden out of trim.
When up comes good Sir Nettle
(True friend to me this day!)
And the signs of mans futility
He hid them all away.
oh! black might be that ruin
Where my fathers dwelt SO long,
And nothing hide the shame of 1t. (
The ugltness and wrong;
The cabar and the corner stone
Might bleach in winds and rains,
But for the friendly nettle
That took such ~a.courtter's pains.
Here's one who has no quarrel
With the nettle thick and tall,
That wraps the cherries hearthstons
And screens the humbled wall,
That clusters on the footpath
And guards a households sepulchre
From all who come the way.
There's deer upon the mountain,
There's sheep along the glen.
The forests hum with feather. as
But where are now the men? 2g
Here's but the lowly laroch,s %
Where soft the footsteps fall,
My folk are quite forgotten
And the ettle's over all.
.Laroch Gaelic; site of a ruined house
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24
Dooicy on t,hristnns GIFTS.

Chicago Post: The approach of
Christmas is heralded in Arcbey road
by many OF the signs that are known
to the less civilized and more prosper
Gus parts Of the city. The people look
poorer, colder and more hopeful than
at other times. The bake shops as
sumo an old country appearance of gay
ETY.. The saloons are well attended.
Also II you have your eyes about you
you may catch a glimpse now and then
through a frosted window pane of a
tstunted Christmas tree laden slenderiy
with glass balls and ropes of red pop
corn. the work Of painful hands after
the children r abed. Mr.. Dooley
knew Christmas "a coming by the
calendar, thesexpiration of his quarter
ily license and Mr.. Henuessy coming in
with a doll in his pocket and n rocking
chair under his arm.
"Prisints?" said the philosopher.
.tYis," said Mr.. Hennessy. Il had to
do it. / made up N mind this year
that i wudden't buy amy Christmas
prisints or. take amy. can't afford
it. Times has been fearful hazard, an
"a look " pain comes over tn oil wom-
ans face whin I hold out so cints firm
me salary on aturdah night. / give
it out TINT I didn't want anything,
but theyssc so much s~curryin' nr-round
an hiding things whin | go in that l
know they've got something FIR me. |
couldn't stand it noSlonger, so l whit
down town tonight, down be Shekel
and Whooper's place, an boughtt these
things. This is q fine doll fir tn mon
ey.H
1t is" said Mr.. Dooley, taking the
efigy and examining IL with the eye of
an art critic. ut closes Its eyes; Wis,
an, bedad, it cries II We punch it.
They're maxim these things like hui
mar bein's iv'ry year. An does it say
pap--pah and mammah.@I dinnav??
NO. said Mr.. Hennessy, CHI mp-
Pah an mnill-nlah dis costs too
much
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24
Two Yenrs Behind.

washington Star: May I engage you IN
your advantage and enlightenment.s"t1
The speaker was a man about 65 years
Of age. well but cheaply clad. with d fur.
tive glance and q face that bespoke care
and privatfon. He was standing In the
model room at the patent office and was
addressing q stranger. Under his left arm
he carried a. bundle from b eIsds OF
which sprotruded5 cog wheels and. 9shaft-
He was an inventor-that waa plain;
disappointed one-that wal Avldsnt.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24

"A year ago last August Mrs. Louise
d. Mcyay determined to go to Alaska.
Not having enough money she slowed
herself away on Il steamer sailing from.
Seattle to st. Michael's. She passed,
the winter cooking for a lot of miners
located n claim on Bonanza creek and
is now worth 100000. Mrs. McVay is
young, good looking and n widow.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24

a Chicago reporter says that tbs
president, in shaking haAas, standxi
sgnarely OF. his fest throws his head.
forward, grips and lets go. All Of that
jsspracticable and sensible. 1t is much
better than II the president stood on
his hands, dncked his head backward
and held on to peoples hands. COM
polling them to shake themselves.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24

Prof. Agar Beet, a distinguished
theologian Of the English Wesleyan
Methodist church, recently wrote a
book in which it was asserted that
the souls Of the wicked are annihilated
IN death. His church has made him
promise not to preach or teach the doc
trine.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24

Well" continued Mr.. D4o'ey, .sws
can't have Everything fe want IN this
wurruld. If i had me way I'd buy
goold watches an chains FIR Everybody
inn TIL r-road, an a few iv thu good
Germans. l feel that winrous. But
It's no use. Ye can't give what We
want. livery. little boy iXpicts a pony
at Christmas, an ivirp little girl a
chatn an locket, an livery man thi ks
he's sure goin' to getsth' goold; henael
cane he's lo,ngcd III since he cine
over. But they all in'llv land on rock.
n,horses an dolls and s%uspinders that
run pink flowers into their shirts nm
tattoo thimsin summer. An they com
eeal their grief Christmas mornin' an
thry to look pleasant with mnrdher in
their hearts.
Some wan always has give ne a
Christmas prisints, though no wan has
amy fright to. But no wan liver give
me anything / cud IN or ate or
drink or smoke or curl INC hair wild.
I've had TASKS w whisY give meme
that have lashins If whisky at me e :
how day an night--an' whin l OPT ed,
thin blue an yellow flames come out
an some With stuff run over ON TIL
f1urc an set fire to TIL buildin,'. !
smoke tn. best 5-cint ses-gur that
money a buy, yet wlin u good
friend iy mine wants to make me a
iprisint fl Christmas he goes to a hor-
ness shop an buys a box " see g rs
With excelsior illin's an burlap wrap.
pers, an if | smoked wan mn livedsI'd
be arristed f'r arson. ! got n pairFiv
suspinders Wanat firm a lady-niyer
mind her name--an' 1 wurrnked hard
that day an the decorations mayed
back into me an 4 had to take Tim
o,it with pumice stone. T didn't lose
TIL taste " the paint FIR weeks an,
weeks.
year I wanted a watch more thin
anything in tn ;worruld. Italked watch
es TO ivry man that I thought had day
signs On ms. I made It q pint 10 ask me
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24

Mr.. Curzon's Irish peerage is the
twenty-fourth Irish peerage created
since the union. OF the twenty-thret
previous post-nnion Irish peerage,
only two have been conferred on Eng.
lishmen.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24
q Growlng Barn.

st. Lolis Globe Democrat: It is not
often that a man builds a one-story
structure and has it transformed into
n OF Two stories almost without eff
fort on his part. This. however, Is the
experience of !. ". sFesler, who lives
north OF Morgantown. a village q few
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24

Howard Conkling, q nephew of Ros,
zoe, was a candidate for congress III.
the Twelfth New York district. He
ran against Colonel George Il. McClel.
ian.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24

The Theosophist missionary, Bra
macharin Bodhabhikshu, j. C. Chat.
terri, who has arrived in San Francisco
has Abandoned his eastern costume fol
one OF American make.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24

The inmates Of the Ohio penitentiary
have brought out a volume of poems
This reckless behavior indicates that
they have no hope Of being pardone6
before their terms expire.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24

The largest painting in the world
exclusive Of panoramas and cyclic
ramas is in the grand salon of the
Doge's palace at Venice. 1t is S4 feet
wide md "a feet high.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24

A Brooklyn Judge has rendered .
decision to the effect that a transfer
from one cur line to another is good
until the holder can get n seat, even
sify'he waits all day. OF course, you
eve have TO wait quite SO long MS n
.cJn,, go go
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24

The duchess of Sutherland was re-
Gently robbed on a railway train i'll
France of a sachel containing jewel.
valued at $15O,00O. That is what most
women would Gull real trouble.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24

After waiting for what he consid-
cred Q reasonable time for death, Sam
,iel Phillips, Of jefferson county, Ten
nessee, committed suicide at the age
of 1O4 years.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24

That practical Christian institution,
the Salvation army, has opened a no
tel In Chicago, where working women
may have an opportunity to lodge with
n maximum Of comfort and respect
ability and at a minimum cost.
II: is computed the death rate of the
world is sixty-seyen and the birth rate
seventy n minute, and this seeming
light percentage OF gain is sufficient
to give q net increase in population
zach year of 100000 souls.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24

1t. is claimed that in certain sections
of North Carolina one can locate the
Did field school teacher by the crippled
graduates scattered over The neighbors
hood.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24
the war originated fully forty ven

the war originated fully forty year.
ago.
II is well known, they shy, that the
war wal used by interested lumber
men, disappointed applicants for log.
ging permits and half breed disturb
ers to befog the situation and say the
real trouble was nnfulflled promises
violated treaties and acknowledgement
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24

One hundred and nine thousand 10.
cOmotiyes are ut present running In
yasicns countries. Europe has $4,000
America 10000, Asia $500, Australia
e 900 and Africa 700
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24

Tea cigarettes have been invented
They nre for women who wish to fee
MS wicked as crime without being
wicked.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24

The number of skin grating stories
may. be diminished in the future by
the experience of a Toledo man, who
is dangerously i'll as the result of Civ.
ing three large patches of his cuticle
to another fellow.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24

Leather made from$the hide OF the
porpoise is absolutely impervious TO
the water. II this we're not true por.
Foises would get very wet inside.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24
BLAME FOR INDIAN wan.

Government Agents Deny Lumber
Differences Caused Uprising.
Washington, Dec. 20. Special
Agents Farke and Schwartze, Of the
general land Office, who have been In
vestigating the logging Of the dead
and down timber on the ceded lands
of the Chippewa reservation in Mime
sotn, have made their report to Com
missioner Hermann. They say the
charge that the logging operations on
the Leech Lake reservation were large
~ the cause Of the Indian war fails
Of confirmation, and that the cause Of
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24
DEATH OF 4 R%oTHscHIID.

Baron Ferdinand james, or London,
Passcs Away.
london, Dec. 17.-lsnron Ferdinand
James dc isothschill is dead. He was
the second son Of the late Baron Al
rtonso dc Isotliscliild. lie married His
cousin, i!vcllna. sistc. Of the first Lori
lscti:rchila. 1Is waa = member Of par
lament aud Mtss |: junior incnnbsr Of
the K~othschiils. OF london and Paris.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24

Young Letter announces that he will
try his luck in Wall street. Napoleon
Joseph should remember that wheat
Heal where he had a little more than
he could bear.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24

\ woman is pretty certain to give
her dressmaker fits when the dress
maker fails to give her fits.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24

German postotice employees are not.
permitted to marry without the spc.
rial permission of the government.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24

AT Sycamore, Ill, General Shaftert
kissed a girl who presented him with
100 roses. It is believed by persons
who know him well that the general
can never become too fat or too old.
to be gallant to the ladies'.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24

The Chicago millionaire who paid q
widow $105,000 for the return of his
love letters is in position to appreciate
the wisdom of Dion Boucicault's eau.
ton: Never kiss q lady through an
ink bottle"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24

Thomas Hardy, who is to essay the
role OF q poet, must endeayors to make
his verses more cheerful than his move
els. gs
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24

S We would All bs xuscr Of i.e..Ne,lSits NJ
could be bolf, DID men and w.,;nch and
then grow Backward. 84
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24

An Egyptian mummy, supposed to
be that Of Queen Anne, wife OF Ra-
meses H., was offered for sale in a
London auction room and bought for
$50. There are men who would give a
great deal more for a mummy than
that If they could select the raw ma
torso lS -
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24

Tie young wife Of a MexicanSvet.
Gran. who is592 years old, became !,
mother al Louisville. KY, the other
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24

The liberal convention of the Aus
%traliasian colonies, has adopted a
clause embodying a recognition OF God
in the preamble of the constitution,
which is preparing for submission to
the several colonies on their bond OF
union.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24

a husband ceases 70 be.the iigit az MD
Eife's life shan he stays out too long. -
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24
Gen. sherid.n,s appointment,

Washington, Dec. 17.-By direction
Of the president General NJ. Y. Sheri:
dan has been assigned to the tempo.
rary command Of the department OF.
the hikes, with headquarters ut Chi.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24

sLaroch Gaelic. site Of a ruined house.
Neil Munro, In The Sketch.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24

The Alnericandolla always goes for all.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-12-24

Wan year 1 wanted a watch more thin
anything in TIL worruld. talked watch
es I ivry man that I thought had day
signs On ms. made It q pint 10 ask me
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-02-17
Costly Keys.

One thousand seven hundred
pounds was the sum given by Count
Adolphe de Rothschild for what
may be said to be the most valuable
key in the world. 1t is marked with
the arms of the Strozzi family, and
is believed to be the work of the
great Italian artist Benvenuto Gel
lini, who fourished in the sixteenth
century. The key is chiseled out
of a block of steel, presenting two
grotesque female figures and orna-
mented with various masks and
scrolls. Another costly key, which
formerly belonged to the Medici
family, is in the South Kensington
museum. The upper part of the
bow rests upon square temple, i'll
closing a standing figure, exquisite
ly chiseled, holding a shield. The
pipe consists of column with a
Corinthian capital. - Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-02-17
All Sorts of Tricks.

"Oh, guess we have our expe-
riences," laughed the fire insurance
agent. 1--WE are just like others who
have to deal with all kinds of peo-
pie.
Take the smart Alexis, for in
stance. They give us whirl once
in awhile, but we generally manage
to get as good as a draw with them.
Zone shrewd old chap had grown
rich out OF our company, and when
he had built an elegant new store
and stocked it with goods he came
to us again for insurance. I refused
him, but he was persistent, and l
finally assented on condition that he
hang gross of hand grenades in
the place. After I had seen them
properly distributed I sent an old
chum of his up to get the real lay
of the land, for l was still suspi-
cious. This is what the cronies said
to each other:
" What is them things, Ikei'
Il" Hand grenades.
What's hand grenadess'
81 don't know what was in 'em
at first, but they're full of kerosene
oil now
1--WE Cancelled the policy. DE
troit Free Press.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-02-17
Double Rhyues.

l have a theory about double
rhymes for which shall be attack.
ed by the critics, but which could
justify perhaps on high authority,
or, at least, analogy. These volumes
OF mine have more double rhymes
than any two books of English
poems that ever to my knowledge
were printed mean of English
poems, not comic. Now of double
rhymes in use, which are perfect
rhymes, you are aware how few
there are, and yet you are also
aware of what an admirable effect
in making a rhythm various and
vigorous double rhyming is in Eng.
fish poetry. Therefore, have used
a certain license and after much
thoughtful study of the Elizabethau
writer's have ventured it with the
public.
And do you tell me-you who
object to the use of different vowel
in a double rhyme-why you rhyme
Gas everybody does without blame
from everybody given to heaven
when you object to my ihyming
remember to chamber The an.
alogy is all on my side and believe
that the spirit of the English Ian.
guage is also. Letters of Elizabeth
Barrett Browning"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-02-17
Pride and Poverty In the Transyaal.

The Beers daughter must not be-.
come domestic servant except on
condition of having her meals with
the family. If my child is not good
enough for your table, she shall not
live in your house," said father.
A poor woman withdrew her son
from an Office because he was learn.
ing some duty which she deemed
mental, and, "Thank God," said she,
my family never yet did any slav.
cry of that kindv' A gentleman
whom ! know secured employment
on the railway for young fellow az
porter. On the very first request OF
passenger to lend hand with lug.
gage he replied Indignantly: "What
do you take me fori Do you think
/ am Kaffiri" These poor folks
cannot forget that they once had
farms and were Independent. For
two centuries they compelled the
service of a lower race, and now
they would rather starve than work
like Kaffir." For various reasons
they have lost their lands, and it is
a bitter cry that is being raised
throughout South Africa that these
lands are passing into the hands OF
strangers, and the erstwhile landed
gentry of the country are face tc
face with the dread alternative
work or starve. ''-Johannesbure
Letter to London Telegraph.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1898-02-17

The Countess of Warwick is a
noted dog fancier-indeed her dogs
are said to be better known in some
circles than she is herself. She has
the finest japanese spaniels in Eu-
rope, and they accompany her when
ever she goes from one of her
houses to the other. They occupy
six baskets and monopolize six
shawls in their mistress dressing
room, and they are each and all as
devoted to their beautiful mistress
as she is to them.