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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

Duluth, May 23.-Close: Wheat-Cash,
No.. 1 hard, sl.59; No. 1 northern, sl.59: No.
2 northern, $1.i6.
Wheat to Arrivc-Mny, No. 1 hard, $1.5s;
No. ! northern. S.5s: to arrive, regular.
$1.54: May, No. / hard. s1.59 No. / north.
ern, sl.59; July. No. i hard, 81. 551s; Sep.
TENDER, No. l hard, 93c; No. l northern
92c.
Oats-S1dS0c
RyeTo arrive, &c.
Barley-To arrive, 42c.
Flax-Cash, $l.3l: September, $1.I7h.
Corn-To arrive, 33c.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28
Wheat NiOvcmcut.
Minneapolis.

Minneapolis. May 24.-Close: Wheat III
Store-No. ! northern, May, $1.5G; July,
$l.54h; September. #MM9lc; December,
82Ac.
Wheat on Traek-No. / hard, s1.5cA; No.
2 northern, $1.41A.
Flax-$1. 2Sha.
Oats-No. 3 white, Zoe.
Corn-No. 3 yellow, 34c.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

Kansas City, May Observation-Disclosures,
$500. Market for light beeves steady: 9TH
$500: Texas steers. s.. 25a4. so; stockers
and feeders. 81. 25Q5. 40.
Hogs-Market strong to &c higher clos
Ing weak. Heavies 81. 1904 40; packers,
s4.OOG4. 40; lights, So. 6514. 10.
Sheep-Rcceipts. 5000. Market firm.
lambs, 81. 50l5 GO; muttons. s.. UOn4. rs.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28
THE MARKETS.
sioux City Live Stock.

Sioux City. May 2A-sioux City Stock
Iards.-Hogs-Mixed and light. 81. 10a4 %;
heavy, s. .25G4. 80.
Cattle-Cows n heifers, 81. 25Gl .25; OK
en-, $2.00l3.2 rs: stockers and feeders, 50. 500
AGO; butcher steers, 50. O0@4. 75?? calves and
y%earlingS. 81. 65M5 10.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

Washington May e5.-Secretary of
War Alger has sent in a bill for a grad.
ual increase 10 the number of officers
of the corps OF engineers. 1t was re.
ferred to the military affairs commit
tee. The war venue measure was
taken up.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

Welshmnn who was in London
when extensive sewering operations
were In progress, lost his watch. He
reported the. matter to the Scotland
Yard and the officials said they would
leave no stone unturned to find the
missing timekeeper. Shortly after
ward Taffy ngain visited the metrop-
oils and saw street after street turned
mp. He was told in all thirty-six miles
of rond were in the same condition. He
rushed down to Scotland Yard aud en-
claimed to the wondering inspector:
II didn't think ] was giving you all
that trouble. II you don't find the
watch by Sunday l wouldn't break up
any more streets"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28
BIG PRoIEcTILEs SHIPPED.
War Materinl for SIMPSONS Thir.
teen.lnch Gun OF the

Reading, Pa, May 25.-On a telegram
from Washington the Carpenter Steel
works late last night shipped $50 thir-
teen-inch projectiles destined fer
SIMPSONS feet.
These weigh 1900 pounds each and
will go through anything Spanish
afloat.
Over 500 projectiles OF somewhat
smaller size are on hand and they &c
to San Francisco for Dewey at Manila.
The t~hirteen-inch projectiles are pop
ularly known here us mckinley peace
makers"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

Electricity is used to operate a new
" invented typewriter, in which the
keyboard may be separated from the
machine and used to operate several
machines, the keys closing circuits
connected to magnets which operate
the tyne levers.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28
DIVERS GO TO KEY WEST,

Say They Arc Ordered There to
Cican the Bottom of tlle
Vessels.
Savannah, Ga, May 25.-sixteen sub
marine divers arrived here this morn.
ing enroute for Key West. They say
they have been ordered there to clean
the bottoms of SIMPSONS and schley's
fleets.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

senator l'ornkcr's Father Dead.
Hillsboro, o., May 23.-Iienry S. For.
aker, Gather of Senator j. b. Foraker,
lied today, aged SO.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28
Dmbuque CITIZEN Dies

Dubuque, Ia, May ss.-Paul Traut.
n of the most prominent residents OF
Dubuque and president of the German
Irust and Savings bank. disd at noon
today utter a brief Illness.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

Helen Gould's avoidance Of fashion.
able society is explained On the theory
that she is saylngIup her money to take
care of the Castellanes after they run
out of means.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

Charles Lamb once said that a car
penter's hnmme.- OF a warm summer
morn would fret him more than mid
sumlne madness.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28
A FRANco-sPANlsA ALLIANCE.
Advance News of u Forthcoming
Announcement Bolster Span
T4tF {sI, -VI,,,ra -tg-E

London, May 25.-The st. James Ga
zette says: In the foreign market the
leading dealers are said to be in pos.
session of advance news of a forth
coming announcement of q Franco
Spanish alliance, hence there is n rise
in Spanish tours. In connection with
the above it is currently reported that
the recent speeches of Salisbury and
Chamberlain, suggesting an Anglo
American alliance, had this fact in
view, and were intended us a counter
blasts
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

The rnnF4itAies of bicycle tire COM
panies, which are dealt in 6n-tAeLon.
don exchange. having o par value 9
100000, 900 and a market value of $41,s
$4,000 u year ago, IRE now quoted at
$15.275, 900,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28
Du,y IS,..c.

Havana, May as.-The colonial gov
ernmcnt has decreed in favor of impor-
tation Of food into I'LL parts of Cuba
duty free.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

A Richmond newspaper says that the
bombardment of Manila looks all
right on paper. But what's the mat
ter with the way it .looks on water?
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

In speaking of the death of a prom
inent citizen paper in western Kan
says says that she was n lawyer by
profession, but never have we heard a
person say that he had wronged them
in the least PARTICULAR
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

The yield of wheat during the past
year in Victoria, Australia, amounted
to 10,4O0,0OO bushels, being NJ increase
of 100000 bushels over the previous
yoor SslfI--.. 2l.H. fg -E.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28
lI,rna md Shnlts.

Minneapolis. May 23.-Rran and shorts
quotations are as follows:
Bran in bulk SIC. Ooa1o. q
Bran In sacks, 200 pounds ........ II .0Odl11. 25
Bran in sacks. 100 pounds ...... IL .25l11.5 81
Shorts In bulk ACCOMPLISHMENTS. IL. 00410. q;
Shorts in sacks. 20 pounds......1l II. 2an1l.5t
Shorts in sacks. 100 pounds...... l1.i5G12.G
Middlings flour. bulk ............ 13. 50D1A.W
Middllngs. 200 pound sacks -. 14.50d15.G
Middlings. 100 pound sacks -. 15.0o11b.a
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

Medical science has made little prog
ress in Turkey. Missionaries have fire.
quently found other people i'll from
smallpox neglected, III order that the
divine will should. have it's own why.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28
Th,r,v noIie. u.,,v,..n

Dortmund, Prussia, May 23.-This
morning thirty bodies have been rccov-
cred from the Zollein mine, where the
fire broke out yesterday. 1t is believed
that at least forty-fyc persisted.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

Over. 900 girls employed in a chewing
gum factory in New York have struck.
This is bound to cause q great deal OF
suffering, coming as it does just at
the beginning of the regular bicycle
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

A Boston paper that says that the
growing suicide habit cannot be too
strongly condemned" is right. Anyone
who contracts the terrible suicide
habit rarely amounts to much after
ward,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

The cultivation of fax in the state Of
Morelos, Mexico, is said to have passed
the experimental stage and to prom
Use substantial results in a commercial
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

The Russian army has been almost
doubled since the last Turkish war,
while the general staff has been in.
creased by more than two-thirds.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

Now that war Is on, many young
women will perhaps consider them.
selves excusnble In laying in large,
supplies OF powder.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

The cost to Spain of the Cuban war
from February, 1895, to the end of 1897
is officially estimated at s24o,oo o 900,
besides the arrears due from the Gu
ban treasury, which amount to $4o,-
100000.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

OF the forty-two largest cities in
Japan, ranging in population from
1,3sO,O00 down to 10000, t~wcnty-four
have electric lighting systems.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

Scurvy is now easily held under con-
troll, but in Anson's famous expedition,
some thirty years previous to that Of
Captain Cook, out of n total of 900
hands 600 died before the expedition
returned and chiefly from scurvy.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

The billy goat TINT is the pet and
mascot of the crew of the battleship
Texas ate all the artificial flowers off
the Easter hat OF the surgeons wife.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28
N REACHES LONDON.

P%ersistently Held There That tho
Cape Verde Fleet Has Bccu
Destroyed.
London. May s5.-There are persist
ent rumors here that the American
y%squadrons have destroyed the Spanish,
Cane Verde feet.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

April 90. the day on which hostilities
began between this country and Spain,
was the anniversary Of the death of
the immortal Miguel Ceramics de,
Suayedra, nnthor of Don QuiXote."
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

One of the most difficult tasks that
confronts the American soldiers in Gu.
bn is the pronunciation Of the Spanish.
4 mr. mac go I2Es tEEl se55 Sc sa
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

As the word will occur in conversa-
ton frequently now, it is useful to re-
call that Byron makes 'Cadiz" rhyme
with ladies"
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

The spot on the sun that is 10000
miles In diameter must have been
caused BY something else besides Kan.
snn City root,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28
JiyernOni.

bJVcCNODl.
Liverpool, May 2a.-Close: wheat-May,
nominal; July, los sd; September. is 9Ad;
December. Is 1ssd.
Corn-May, nominal; July, 3s Sd; Sep
tembpr AZ SSkd oil
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

The milk Of the native cow of India
is so thin and blue that It makes blue
butter.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

Had it not been for an American fire
engine the entire city Of Manila, in the
Philippine islands, would have been
burned last month. AS it was, the loss,
as reported by Consul Williams to the
state department, was over $1,o00,0O
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

Chicago, May 24.-Hogs-Receipts,
$4,000; markets about steady. Quota
lions: Heavy, $4.45@4.65; mixed, $500
M4.55; light, $3.9O@4.30; rough heavy,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

1t has been discovered that the ma
tive African chiefs in the diamond re-
gions have great quantities of valuable
diamonds, which were accumulated
years ago. They treasure them as
charms and are unwilling to sell them.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

The ruin of the Sturgeon tabernacl,
In London was almost as complete ~
IL the building had been fire proof.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28
Vessel Released.

Key West, May 23.-The steamer
Ardnampor was released this afternoon
by order of Commodore Remev.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

The expense of the French colonies
to the mother country has more than
doubled within the past twelve years.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

Eight United States towns bear tho
name Of Madrid, but not one of their
p~estlnasters has resigned on that nc,
count.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

An antiquated case in a st. Louis
court was dismissed because everybody
that was ever connected with it is dead
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28
GENERAL HENRY R. JACKSON.

Veteran of tho Mexican aud Civil
Wars Died at Havana
Today.
Savannah, Ga, May 25.-Genernl
Henry r. Jackson died here this norm
ing. He was a colonel in the Mexican
war, a general in the confederate army;
minister to Austria under Buchanan
and to Mexico under Cleveland.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

Samuel Hoffer was yesterday appointed
postmaster at Wayland. Polk county, Ne
braska, vice Frank B. Newcomer, re.
signed.
Hon. J. D. Barlow OF Plankinton. s.. D..
Is in Washington for a few days.
The contract to furnish steam heat for
the public building at Ottumwa, Ia, for
che next fiscal year was yesterday award
ed to the Ottumwa Electric Railway COM
pany at $500.
Comptroller Of the Currency Dawes yes
terday declared a fourth dividend of 10 per
kota National bank of Sioux Falls, s. D..
making In all 80 per cent on claims proved,
amounting TO SITE. G25.
A postoftice has been established at
Berks. Lancaster county, Nebraska, with
John w. Keenan, us postmaster.
The postoffcc at Fort Sully. Sully coun-
~, South Dakota. has been discontinued.
Mail will go to Fielder. -N
Harry NJ. Toller of Council Bluffs has
been appointed a railway mail clerk.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28
Enphaticn,iy Denied.

IJN1VT1uItCNJIy DcnteU.
Washington, May 23.-The state de-
partment emphutically denies that
Italy or any other nation has protested
against the blockade in Cubn.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28
RUNNING OUT OF COAL.

Unless Cervera Gets Coal at Sen
He Will Soon BE
Shot1.
Washington, May 25.-The naval ex-
perts believe Cervera's squadron ia
rapidly exhausting its coal supply, and
As many ports are closed against it, the
squadron will not be able long to elude
bur fleets unless it gets coal at sea.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28
OREGON is At KEY WEST,
Tier Voyage Without n Misbap 4.
tile Mnrycl of Naval

E.3,erts.
New York, May 25.-A Washington
to the Journal says:
The b%attleship Oregon arrived al
Key West yesterday. Her 10000 mile
voyage around Cape Horn in the face
Of an enemy is regarded as the most
in naval history.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

A game of parlor golf has been de-
yised for children which is played
without caddies or Scotch high balls.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28
MINISTER ANGEL PROTESTS,
Turkish Authorities Refuse Pass.
port to Americans aud
Isurliah.

Constantinople, May 21.-United
States Minister Angel has entered a
protest with the Turkish government
against the action Of the authorities in
refusing to grant passports to Amer
leans to travel in the interior; The re-
fusal, Minister Angel holds, Is in CON
Prevention of existing treaties. These
passport are withheld only from
American citizens and British subjects.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

A wisconsin city became SO deeply
Interested in tic international! crisil
that 9 special clsctlsn was overlooked,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28
PENSIONS FOR VETERANS,
Old Soldiers of Three States Are
Remembered by the Gov

Washington, May 2a.-Yesterday the fol-
lowing pensions were granted:
Iowa-Original: solomon r. Ward,
Storm Lake, s.; Rufus r. Stoneman, Win
throp. Sc: Daniel 8. Wendell, Otto. s.; Chus.
Kaufman, Magnolia. Sc; George Lutz.
Dublin. IS; Elias Skinner, Waterloo, $40 to
$50: Solomon w. Reed. Washington. sl4 I'd
81: John w. Oats. Columbus Junction. 81;
to ia.
South Observation-Disclosures: Melissa Cook,
Westport, 3l2.
Nebraska-Original: William H.. George
South Sioux City. Sc: Peter Hartman
Hamilton. Sc: Daniel c. Mills. Angus, SO
8. Phefferman, Beatrice. $40. Additional
Increase: William NJ. Frenr. Bassett, 81
to SO; Edwin J. Gordinicr. Fairfield. IS tc
$l2: Hamilton Nabb. Sewaid. SC to IS. Re-
issue: Wilson Long, Maxwell. So.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28
Du Bose is IN CHARGE,
Will Settle Down ut Quebec for
M Indefinite
.rrH 4-ssE t1 Dnofo,tu 81 rEG-r ~ l. tS

New York, May 24.-World's Mcn>
treal special: Juan du Bose. having
said adieu to Polo y Bcrnabe at Quebec,
has returned to Montreal for n brief
stay preparatory to settling down in
Quebec for an indefinite period to con-
Linue his operations in the interest of
the Spanish government. In this work
he will be assisted by the former Span
tsh consul at Tampa, Fla.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28
CAUGHT BY A FALLING FLOOR.
Three Toledo Fircmen III tho DebrE.
but One Of Them Has Been
IseScue1

Toledo, May 24.-Thrcc fremen wer /,
caught by n collapse of Il floor at a fir.
this morning. Herman Bishop wal
rescued badly bruised. Kaiser TripiE.
iski and O. S. Will nre still in the ruins
One of them is alive as calls for hclI
can be heard.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28
Kansas CITY,

strong.
strong,
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

The foregoing rule is a guide for all
naval officers. Practically the same
rule is applied to the use of an enemy's
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

Cattle q Receipts, $500; marke
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1898-05-28

,neapolis, May 2s.-Flour quotations
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-11-18
ROBERTS BENDANDKNUB CREEK.

KNOB CREEK, Nov. l4.-Quite awhile
has elapsed since | last wrote to the
HERALD. Sickness has been the cause
of my delay.
On account of rain, there were only
few out to church Yesterday morning.
"They say" we missed a good sermon.
Bro. Eubank, we are glad to know, Is
our minister again this year. The pray
ers OF the chris tlams should be for MN,
to help "hOid up his hand Services at
GodW III h9pel every 2nd and 4th sun
day :, at 1870 O'Clock.
Miss Eve HARRISON had the misfOr-
tune of getting her arm broken Sdtur-
day evening. Hope she Will sOOn re-
cover Mr.. Tom HARRISON is on the sick
list Esq. Page is having chills.-Llttie
Edgar Page is recovering from severe
attack of tOnsilitis and la grippe.-Mrs.
G. p Roberts has been having chllls
again.-Mrs. WnIie summons, of Car.
ter's Creek, ana Mrs. Benson Evins, OF
Culleoka, visited "CnlOe" and RO"erts'
Bend relatives last week, Mrs. simmons
returning home last Friday morning,
Mrs. Evins, accompanied 10y her little
niece, Aline Page, returned to her home
last Saturday morning.
DR.. Page went to Nashville Sunday
morning to attend the burial OF his
cousin, Mr.. Robert Page.
Messrs. Charley, Pitts ana Marvin
Roberts are now commission mer-
chants in Columbia.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. =. Roberts, expect to
90 To Tampa, Florida, shortly to spend
the winter. Miss Winfrie Roberts eX-
poets to join them there the first OF
January.
"Chloe" and little infant, "rhelma
Henrietta" anticipate visit to home
folks in Roberts Bend this week.
Miss Kinzer, OF Water Valley, is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Yves Roberts, this
week.
Hope the kind readers of the HER
AID will excuse "Chloe" COR just writ
ing "tamily news" this week, AS
haven't been out to gather much news
Hoping to have the pleasure of writ
ing Oftener, | remain, CHLOE,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-11-18
7. n. FIGCERS.

face often makes its way into the water.
This can be accomplished by having an
imperviOus curbing or closely built
stone wall for several feet below the
ground extending few feet above, and
by Il judicionsly located ditch, kept con-
SANITY open by being frequently and
thoroughly cleansed out.
"Where this is carried out completely
and without defect, it will cover null
titude of other hygienic sins. One of
these dug wells, with wood or the usual
stone curbing, can not be kept in sat
isfactory condition from sanitary
point of view, and is a profile source of
typhoid fever and is an all round and
one, be filled up with earth or sand and
then, if much needed, be bored out and
an iron pipe put in. Where the source
of water supply is in proximity to the
dwelling mot a fatal objection under
proper managemeut) these basins
should be kept for all slop water, so
that it will not be thrown out upon the
ground, to find its way into the drink
ing water.
Further, the spring, we'll or cistern
should be cleaned out frequently and
thoroughly. No animal matter, such as
dead insects, worms, etc, or vegetab
matter, should be allowed to lie and de-
cay in the water. The means of GU
flow should be kept we'll opened, so that
the water may flow away without OBJ
struction. Unless titering material
for cisterns receives careful attention
and is frequently changed, it would he
better to have no filter at all and, it goes
without saying, the roof should he clean
before the water is allowed to run into
the cistern.
sour creeks, as you all know, are gen.
orally pollutel with human stDOls, d d
animals, etc, and any overflow water
from them into the sprinl, is a source
Of danger. An imme diat e and thorough
C Gaming out, after every fresheG
should be given all springs so 10 'at9d.
water has tendency to purify it.
self. Every particle of sediment as it
goes to the bottom, takes with it clus-
ter of bactina, which have attached
themselves to it, the typhoid bacillus
gradually sinking in the water anyway.
Many epidemics of typhoid fever have
been caused by dredging in streams
from which the water was obtained
Besides it is well known fact that
typhoid fever is an autumnal fever
coming on when the water is low, and
the sediment necessarily stirred up in
dipping out the water. Hence, all sedi-
ment should be avoided. At the same
time, you must not jump to the cOnclu'
sion, that clear water is necessarily pure
water. Water may be as clear as crystal
and as cold as ice, and yet be teeming
with typhoid bacilli.
"NOw, as to artificial publication
where naturally pure water sup Jly is
not accessible, referring of course t.
such as the individual may employ, q
simple and entirely effective plan is
boiling. But boiling necessitates the
use of ice and besides, spoils in great
degree the palatability. This can be
remedied to a certain extent by pouring
from one vessel to another, thereby re
placing that small per cent. Of air which