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IN A TELEPHONE EXCHANGE.

strain Given the Nerves OF New
Operators by Thunder storms.
Philadelphia Inquirer: although
you may never have thought of it" re-
marked an old telephone man during
the progress OF the thunder storm,
zone of the most severe tests to which
a girl aspirant to employment in a
telephone exchange is ever put TO is
her ability to retain her courage and
self-possession while the lightning is
playing just such pranks as it is play
ing now.
Ever been in a big telephone Office
when a severe electrical disturbance
was taking plnce in the atmosphere
outside? No? Well, it is just the sort
of a place to make one lacking in
steady nerves feel kind o. squeamish.'
as the fellow Said when he was getting
ready to have the critical interview
with his sweathcants father. The
lightning seems TO prefer telephone
wires to any other kind as a field for
its gyrations. and the way it makes
things hum and crack among the in
struments is a caution. Some day, it
you want to get an idea of what /
mean, just put your car to the receiver
while a big storm is in progress. Don't
hold it there too long, though, OF you
may get a shock that will interfere
with your hearing. if it doesn't do even
worse. Having tried your experiment,
just multiply it by a few hundred OF
a few thousand to correspond with the
number of receivers in a telephone
Office. and you will understand what
the green telephone-girl is up against
in her first storm.
"Of course all sorts of precautions
are taken to prevent accident, and
there is really not the slightest dan
ger. But the strain on the nerves is a
sumner at that, and the young woman
who wcathers it the first time usually
turns out to be all right as an oper.
ntor.n
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Tho Parsons limit.

" AtIS uEsbtl n hlblllll.
He'd been preaching nj exhorting
for u score of years or so
In a portion Of the Vineyard
Where h harvesting was slow;
Where the temporal inducement
For his ceaseless diligence
Was a promise OF four hundred
For his yearly recompense.
U~nrelenting was the urdor
He devoted to the cause
And though slowly carne the dollars
Still he lahored without pause,
Till ono day they came and told him.
AS he Kicked against the prlcks,
That they'd raised their offered stipend
From four hundred up to six.
Then the goodman sank exhausted
As he feebiy made reply:
Don't, 1 pray you, men and brethren,
Thus my patience overtry;
For to CLEAN the four you've promised
Hath SO warped my vital store
That 'twould kill me If you taxed me
To collect two hundred more.
Courier.
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VALUE OF a BLUFF.
How IL Brought About the Reeov.
cry Of IL Fine Diamond.

How IL Brought About the Reeov-
cry of u Fine Diamond.
Washington Star: "Any man who,
tries to persuade me that q bluff isn't
a good thing now and then will find
that | am not with him." said q mar
prominent in the war department. st
was a bluff that saved me q. 5000 dia-
mond the other day, and if a thing
like TINT isn't calculated to give q man
a high estimate of bluffs, / don't know
what is.
Some time ago / was ordered to go
to Cuba on government business. As |
was to be gone six weeks, / packed
everything in my rooms which hap
pened to be lying around in the bureau
drawers. When l came back and when
through the drawers again ! found to
my dismay that my diamond stud was
not in the case where l had left it. |
distinctly remembered having put it
there, hiding the case beneath some
old socks. l went to my niece and in
a voice fearfully calm ! told her Of the
theft.
.she was, of course, greatly,
shocked, but she began to question me
about it. She suggested that perhaps
l had not put it in the case at all and
that it was probably lying somewhere
In the drawers. made some crushing,
reply, intimating that I was not in the
habit of strewing 5000 diamonds all
over the carpet. l reported the matter
20 the police the next day. The SER
sunts were under suspicion, but noth-
ing was brought to light, and l de-
SPARED of ever recovering it again.
"a couple of days ago, while l was
IN the Chinese laundry paying my bill,
a bright idea came to me.
John i said. Il left u diamond
stud in the bosom of M of the shirts
| sent over here. You found it, of
course. 1t went in like this l eS-
planned, putting IN imaginary stud in
The front of my shirt.
"The celestial seemed not to under
stand, us his face did not change e
preston, and he went on counting,
without n word.
SIT was just IN ordinary screw-back
stud that went in so,' l said, again
going through the motions.
He shuffled around behind the coun.
ter for a time, moving the laundry
packages on the shelves. Finally he
turned to the cash drawer, and from
It tossed out a little bundle of tissue
paper.
".Yat him?' he asked.
"And II new flyer answered Yes"
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QUALITY AND NEWS.
FAME AND EXCELLENCE ARE De.
TERMlNiNG FACTORS IN SUC-
CESSFUL DEVELOPMENT.
One of the Important Functions o.
High Glass Newspapers.

In presenting interesting phases OF Sci
pntitic aud economic problems, higl-class
newspapers frequently give Information
of as great value in their advertising col
rr,ns as in those devoted to the publica-
ton Of the principal events OF the day;
and when the fame of a product is OK
tcudcl beyond its natural limits into for
eign lands, and a large demand created
throughout Great Britain and her colo
: mics and the principal seaports and cities
OF Europe, Asia and Africa, it becomes
a pleasant duty to note the fact and to
tell of the points of excellence OH which
SO great n success is based. We refer to
the now world=fnmed laxative remedy,
Syrup OF Figs, the product of the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Company. The merits
OF this wcll-known excellent laxative
were first made known to the world
through the medical journals and news
papers of the United States; and is one
OF the distinct achievements of the press.
1t is now well known that Syrup Of Figs
is an ethical proprietary remedy. APPROX
ed by the most eminent physicians every
where, because it is simple aud effective,
yet pleasant TO the taste and acceptable
to the system, and not Only prompt in its
beneficial effects, but also wholly free
from any unpleasant after-cffccts. It-is
frequently referred to rs the remedy or
the healthy. because it is used by pcop,e
who enjoy good health and who live well
aud feel well and arc well informed o..
NJ! subjects generally, including laxatives.
In order 10 get lis beneficial effects, II is
necessary to get the genuine Syrup OF
Figs, which is manufactured by the Cali
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The Dreyrus childrcn Know.

HH ASANy . W. ~ 81
London Truth: Nine. Drcyfus, a
short time ago, remarked with. terror
that her children seemed to suspect
the fate of their father. She had
brought them up entirely under her
OWL eye. She was their governess,
went out withthem in their walks, and
kept them out Of the way of ncwspa-
who is in his 9th year, sec u ncws-
paper. The servants were as careful
per hawkers. She never let the boy,
as she was to keep them in happy ig-
norancc. But they found ont the truth
ut the seaside from reading paper bags
made with our journals. These bags
wre furnished at the grocer's where
they bought sweets. The boy also
found on the cliff n torn kite made
with newspapers. 1t gave a short his
tory of the Dreyfus affair. lie re-
marked to the bonnie the name. She
said there were many Dre.fuses in
Paris. "Iut are there many Captain
Alfred Dreyfuses whose wives are
Lucies? l know why mamma is 81
sad, and why papa remains SO long
away" The bonne asked him how he
knew, and he showed the kite, and told
her what he and his sister had read on
the paper bags. She warned them
never to reveal their knowledge to any
III 1t would kill their mother if
she thought they had found out what
had made her so sorrowful.
s One who has a mind to think will
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in her counsel practical assistance.
Mrs. P%inkha,n's address is. Lynn.
Mass.
Mrs. MABEL COOP, Corrcctionville.
Ia, tells how Mrs. Pinkham saved
her life. She says:
cannot thank you enough for
what your medicine has done for me.
I can recommend it as one of the best
medicines on earth for all women's
ills. suffered for two years with
last became belfast. Three of our
good so l concluded to try Lydia
COMPOUND. After taking. @ feW.bottl
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800. ........... ....
NATION ARMY Ill.
QUARTERS.
WELCOME.

Now / wish to say that ] am a scep-
teal kind of q fellow, and something
of a scoffer to boot. This is character
istic, | think, of the new man in
America. as well rs in Africa. So l
confess that my opinion OF the army
was not a very exalted one. But '.all
the worlds n stage, and the men and
women merely Players So i suppose
the scoffer is n player, like the rest of
MS, and strange as it may seem to
some people, he goes up and down the
world doing good.
ConcludedsNext Week.
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London Globe: Mathematicians con-
cerned with the calculation of chances,
and poker players who are still dreaming
of the advent of n royal flush, will learn
with interest of a hand played the other
atsht at Simla. The pack had h small
hands were dealt four out of five play
ers Stood The game proceeded In the
Usual way, and when the four hands were
exposed they were found to be u royal
flush to the king, q royal flush to the
queen, four aces and q king full.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-10-28
Childhood.

Dc Sorrow I shall meet again.
And Joy, rerchancc-but never, never.
Happy Childhood. shall we twain
Sec each others face forever!
And yet ! would not call thee back,
Dear Childhood. lest the sight or me.
Thine old companion, on the rack
OF Age, should sadden even thee.
John B. Tabb.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-10-28
Halls Cntarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price IS cents

The Daughters of the American Rev
olliion are to erect in Tacoma, WASH,
d bronze drinking fountain as n me-
mortal of Narcissa Prentice Whitman,
n pioneer teacher who was murdered
by the Indians at Waiiapu, Wash, No.
vember 90, 1917.
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London Telegraph: In the recently
published report of the committee Of
public accounts appears the following
note on the grant of an excess retired
allowance throughta printers error in.
the royal warrant:
IN the royal warrant for 1897, is
sued on April 26, 1897, certain words
%cmbodying improved terms of retire
ment for officers promoted from the
ranks, and who are retired under ar
ticle 47o, we're so printed as to appear
to apply to all classes of officers. In
the month of November of the same
year a surgeon major, who had not
risen from the ranks. was retired I'M
der article 470. He was awarded re-
tired pay under the misprinted words
before the error was discovered. The
treasury gave its assent, under the cir.
c,lnstanccs, to the highest rate"
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rronble 81 the Border,

Tronblc on the Border.
Chicago Tribune: Census Supervisor.
-Yo must have taken the enunera-
ation Of the people In that Indian set
Element very carelessly. There are GER
tainly many more OF them than you
have 8returned.s
Census T~aker-Sure, 1 counted two
half-breeds as only one Injun."
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Ono Of JOYS Comror.crs

Now York Tribune: Some pers4bs have
peculiar ideas of how to cheer one Up. A
fond Brooklyn mother was cndeavoring
the other day at the breakfast tabl to
comfort her daughter. WHO had not re-
ceived n letter for several days from her
tinnce.
Il am sure he is forgetting me- walled
G%eorgiana, refusing to cat her toast.
ooh, don't think SO, dear" said the
fond mother. He always used to say he
couldn't possibly do tt
"Eu l never believed him." exclaimed
Georgiuna, shaking her head defiantly.
'He's so taken up with the fall shooting
Mamma tried once more. perhaps his
gun exploded aud he has been so injured
that he couldn't write" she said sooth-
ingiy.
and the good old mother was keenly dis
appointed that her effort to comfort the
girl had so slgnally failed.
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THINGS THAT DRAW CROWDS.

FErN'Nt[ rAAFEE7EA1IF
Results OF Keen Observations Of
II pcripatetic Philosophers.
Philadelphia Record peripntetic
philosopher started out yesterday to
investigate the cnuses that draw a
crowd. He found out that Of fifty gath
crings Of people, mainly on busy
thoroughfares, forty-one seemingly
grew from mere motives of curiosity,
and that of this number thirty-siS
were gazing at mere notbings in the
way of sights. Among the u he
noted the following:
Two small boys pitching pennies.
Man selling Dewey buttons.
Organ grinder with a tircd-out
simian on a string.
Gang of men engaged in tearing up
car rails.
Old man knitting some fancy work
for public sale.
Three men lifting safe into second
story of n business house.
Policeman showing old gentleman
the way to reach a certain destina-
ton.
Three Italian bootblacks in a squab-
bic.
Painter regilding a store sign.
Men engaged in digging up a small
street.
Motorman fixing the fender of his
car, which had come loose.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-10-28
swANsoN's "5 DROPS" is the ST

SWASSON'S "5 DROPS" is the sun
Of the sick room. 1t has suved the pub
lie, in less than five years, moSe money
than the national debt of this country.
when you measure, the value Of health re-
stored, suffering humanity relieved of its
agonles and diseases. Money which oth-
crwise would have been expended in fun
erals, doctors and drug bills, loss of labor.
etc.
sWANsoN's 50 DROPS" never fails
to cure. 1t has cured and is curing mill
ions OF people afflicted With ACUTE and
CHRONIC RHEUMATISM. SCiAT-
ICA, NEURALGIA, ASTHMA, Ia
GRIPPE and CATARRH of all kinds.
40 DROPS has never failed to cure
these diseases, when used as directed. IT
will cure you. Try it. Price of large
sized bottle S1.O0, sent on receipt of price,
charges prepaid; 25-ccnt sample bottle
sent free, on receipt of 10 cents to pay
for mailing. Agents wanted. SWAN
SONS RHEUMATIC CURE CON
PANY, No. 1G4 Lake street, Chicago, Ill
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John c. Milton, q resident Of the
Puget sound region, has named his in.
FAINT son Ten and refers to the baby
as lis millionheir.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-10-28

Miss Caroline Hazard, of Rhode Isl.
and, who has just been i%naugurated
as president of Wellesley college, is
not a college graduate.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-10-28

Mr.. Millerand, the French socialist
minister, of commerce. is one OF the
best informed men in Europe with re-
gard to American affairs.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-10-28

EITC Permanently Cured. no nts or nervousness after
5ESiC first days use OF d.. klinehs Great Nerve Re-
ltorcr. Send for FREE t2.nnt trial bottle and trcatisc.
Du. R. n KLINE, Ltd. W. Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-10-28

Mrs. BERTHE Smith, postmistress at
Circle City, Alaska, is the only woman
occupying such a position in the terri
tory.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-10-28

A Washington friend of Admiral
Dewey's says. the great sailor is n
splendidtwit and story teller. He can
spin a yarn2of his own experiences
which would rival the widest fiction.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-10-28

Addison Cammack, the WALL street
bear, knows the highest and lowest
prices every listed stock has reached
in every month for ten yearsipast.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-10-28
Want your moustAcho or beard . beautiful
l brown or rich black 2 Then use
! BUCKINGHAM'S DYE t%SF ses
Passing orthe Horse

So soon as nature sees an improve:
ment there is a change. The candle
gave way to electricity and the horse
to the automobile. The fact that Hos
letters Stomach Bitters has been sold
for over half q century, proves its
value. There is nothing to equalit for
stomach or liver trouble.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-10-28

TVHE ills of women overshadow their whole lives.
Some women are constantly getting medical treat
"a ment and are never well. "a woman best understands
womcn's ills and the women who consult Mrs. Pinkham find
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-10-28
The Tides THAT. Fell.

Julius Hare: A weak mind sinks nn-
der prosperity as well as under adversely.
A strong and deep mind has two high
est ~tides-when the moon is at the full.
and when there Is no moon.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-10-28

Mrs. winsiow.s boornna Srnrr for ehndree
settling. s7ftens tho gums, reduces
s:iays pain. cures viAd collie. 2an ; bottle.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-10-28

To cure q Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AL
druggists refund the money If it fails to cure
25c. i. w. Groves signature is on each box
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-10-28

Twenty changes have been made in
the faculty of the Massachusetts Insti-
tute of Technology.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-10-28

Pisos Cure for Consumption is our
only medicines for coughs and colds
Mrs. C. I'eltz, 439 Eighth avenue, Dem
yer, Colo, November $, 1895.
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The l,iaht sn,rtt.

The Right spirit.
Life: The Father-When1 was your
nge, sir, I didn't have time to spend
my night running after the girls.
Well, dnd, l shall be only too glad
II 4 car be Of any service to you nov.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-10-28

The microbes that cause chills and
fever and malaria enter the system
through mucous membranes made
porous by cntarrh. Pc-ru-na heals the
mucous membranes and prevents the
entrance Of mnlarial germs, thus pre-
venting and curing these affections.
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SIOUX CITY P'TG CO., 7oe-4s, 1890
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-10-28

Which were the robier goal
To snatch at tho moments bliss.
Or to swear ] will keep my soul
Clean for her kss?
Edward Rowland Sill.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-10-28

One who has a mind TO think vii
oon have a thinking mind.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-10-28

That the empty barrels give fortl,
the loudest noise Is certainly not true
in politics.
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PRACTICAL
HEzP FOR
SUFFERING
EYDEHEW

female weakness and at
best doctors did me no
E. Pinkl,a1n's Vegetable
IS of Your medicine. was
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-10-28

E. Pinkham's Vegetable
les of your medicine, l was
able to do all my houses
work. l know that your
medicine raised me from
a bed of sickness and
| perhaps death, and ain
very thenkful for what it
has done for me. Hope
that every suffering
may be per-
ded to try your medicine"
let Mrs. Pinkham's advice
soon as you begin to be
The sick headaches
dragging sensation come
a durable cause. Write
help as soon as they ap.
3Pear.
! MRS. DOLE STANLEY.
aC a IN p e llsburg, Ind.
i writes: DEAR Mrs.
3PINKHAM-I was troubled
with sick headache and
twas so weak and nervous,
II could hardly go. A
friend called upon me one
L. Pinkhan,,s Ncnetah1a
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-10-28

"Shall n man betray the Past
For all Earth gives?
But the Past is dead?' At last,
1t is all that lives.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-10-28

Then it was the Indian Eye again,
with nothing but its cold stony stare.
The little blue flames had burned
themselves out and ! saw the old
grandmother over in the corner
sqnirming and wriggling like one in
| :, cl - - No. eEs -
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"As for myself | was wet with per-
spiration and trembling from head to
foot. arose and rushed out into the
open air. / found little Pintn sitting
in the sunshine, busy at her basket
work, deXterously twining and twist
ing the bamboo shavings as If nothing
in the world had happened to make
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1899-10-28
a Remarkab,c Poker "Hnnd."

"And u new flyer answered Yes
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-10
JUDICIAL EXPENSES

AS appears from the controllers
figures. this account amounts for the
wear ending September 80, 1898, to $372,-
1922. AZ. The comparative statement from
official figures for the year 1896 of the
judicial expenses of the states enumer-
ated below, gives the per capita eX
nense in each as follows:
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-02-10

deficit in earnings at the prison, and in
asmuch as there is large income an
nually derived from convict labor and
from other sources, 1t would be good
business policy to require the warden
of the prison to file with the comptroller
state quarterly, showing its receipts
and expenditures, so that disbursements
may be made by the state to this in
stitution in an intelligent and proper
manner.
The populations of a former official
Of the prison emphasize, in no uncer-
tain way, the need Of great care and
watchfulness on the part of the direc-
tors and warden in the management of
its financial affairs. These things
should not have escaped the notice Of
the state auditors.
We believe that the present method of
appointing the officials is unwise, and
we recommend that the appointing
power be taken from legislative COM
mittee COMMITTEE on finance), and
that it be vested in the governor; that
there be one auditor of public accounts
instead of two; that he be paid a sal
airy and allowed a reasonable sum for
expenses.
OF the Connecticut School for Boys,
the committee thinks that the printing
department should be discontinued, that
the department of biography is an un-
warranted expense; that the pay roll
can be reduced $3.50 per month and that
the best interests of this institution de-
mand that the board of trustees shall