The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-05-06

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iured, on the River lamont, and sent
by train, each in a roomy box. Both
died almost Immediately after their ar
rival at their destination. A female
elephant at the London Zoo died from
the effects of a thunderstorm. Some
Of the larger apes are said to be SO
affected by capture that they always
die within a few days, their system
being so upset that they cannot eat.
That is why we only see young speci-
mems brought to Europe.
Believing that disease germs Turk in
telephone mouth pieces. health officer
Raglan, of San Francisco. directed in
specting physician Z. r. Tillman to
Sswab ont mouth pieces of public tele-
phones and give them to the city
chemist for the purpos of making cul-
lures Of bacteria, to determine the dam
Nger Of c%ontagion. Orders We're issued
all lung testers in public places
smuss be removed for the same reason.
Ut was also recommended that janitors
sweep public schools in the afternoon
instead of in the morning, and that
they wipe down the baseboards once
81 week or oftener.
II The rifle of the Japanese is similar to
$that of the Russians in weight, in the
2use of smokeless powder, n in carry
Ing 4 cartridges which are fired with
the same rapidity. 1t is superior to that
of Russians in that it's maximum
danger zone is 500 meters, against 500
meters for the Russian, and. it's car
Stridges having but two-thirds the
weight. a soldier can carry twenty
more of them. The Janapese gun is in
ferior for s-harpshooting. because it has
q bullet weighing 154 grains, while the
Russian uses n weighing ZIG grains.
An apparatus which makes it possible
draw in perspective mechanically.
without previous training, is the inven-
! of a Swiss, who names it the per-
spectartigraph. A telescope with hair
lines to show its center and a crayon
pencil are hung with a universal joint
so that they move together. The
craftsman holds the pencil in his hand
n moves it over the paper in such a
way as to make the intersection of the
a line in the telescope follow the
outline OF the object to be copied.
The London Lancet reports a discus
sion OF the Academy of Medicine, Paris.
IN which NJ. Lucas Championnere said
sthas every day more confirmation was
Forthcoming Of the idea that it was the
abuse of a meat diet. which was the
principal of appendicitis. In those
countries where the natives eat very
little meat, as in Brittany, appendicitis
rs very rare. In England n the
United States, where a great deal Of
meat is eaten, appendicitis is four times
than in France.
sanitary inspector has been ap-
pointed by the Women's Educational
and Industrial Union Of Boston to see
that the fare turned out by it's food de-
partment is made under h%ealthful con-
ditions. The department has $50 con-
signOrs in and about Boston, and the
inspector will investigate the surrounds
Stngs where they work, giving special
attention to plumbing, light, air and
cleanliness.
In h large German cities there are
many children who must attend school,
beginning at 5 o'clock in winter, and I
In summer, who do not get enough
to eat for breakfast. Consequently ar
rangements have been made in q num-
Der Of places for providing the neces-
sary food for those in need. During the
winter of 1923 in the ten largest cities
$4,000 were fed daily.
DR.. Wamsley, an Englishman, who
recently investigated our technical
schools, reports that he found in sixteen
of u prominent institutions 1871
students in engineering courses who
had been more than three years in at
tendance. while the latest available re-
port in Great Britain showed but fifty
six students in the corresponding class.
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h French government in Algeria,
proposes to establish a woman doctor
In every village where the native pop
ulation is large enough, the native
Women being prevented by their social
customs from consulting men physi-
clans. In Algiers a dispensary has al
ready been opened for
In the last twenty years, according
to the figures of the labor bureau at
Washington, there ave been more
h $4,000 strikes, involving a loss TO
100000. The loss to the workmen
themselves has been more than twice
that of their employers.
"A lineal descendant of Mohammed
Cairo, Egypt. The famous ancestry of
the tradesman is familiar throughout
the city and insures good trade, es-
apecially among the tourists. The shop
Is a very modest affair and the stock in
trade is not large.
DIR. James Bertillon, the famous
chief of the statistical bureau OF Paris,
has written a volume entitled AL
coholism and the Way to Fight It."
Drink, he declares, is likely to prove
the ruin Of the French race, unless
something is lone to overcome the
habit.
Belgium exports annually $4,000, 900
worth Of eggs. The shipments are al
most entirely to England. where the
demand is for ggs which run IA to
the pound. The Mediterranean breeds
-Leghorns. Spanish Minorcas and
Andalusians-are the most popular.
Idaho's exhibit in the palace OF agri-
culture at the worlds fair. because of
the taste displayed in it's arrangement
has attracted great attention. The
grains n grasses possess rare colors
n they blend tremendously in the
wheat design of the Idaho pavilion.
The average Korean lives in a thatch-
ed cottage having three rooms in a row.
The kitchen fire is at one end and its
chimney at the other, the flue passing
Nder the rooms warns them.
Students from the Worcester Poly
Vechnic Institute will have charge this
summer Of a model foundry t. be OPEN
ID In connection with the st. Louis fair.