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The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-11-11

The French government has decided
TO erect an electric telegraph line
acros the Great Sahara, from South
Algeria to the west coast. 1t is to be
laid from In-Sa1ah. via Tidekait and
Tareneut to Timbuctoo. a distance OF
about $40 miles. The work is to be
completed in about twelve months.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-11-11

A French lawyer, Leon Clery, left in
his will the sum of $4,000 francs, the
interest on which is to be given every
year to whatever school teacher may
intoxicating pity for animals among the
nunila.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-11-11

It costs SIPS to telephone from Berlin
to Paris. 1t would cost nearly 50 to
us the wire for a few minutes be-
tween Berlin and st. Petersburg, and
this is given as the reason why the line
projected five years ago was never
built.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-11-11
TWO BuaN TO DEATH.
GRANDMOTHER and Grandchild Lose
Their Lives in a Burning
House.

Chicago, Nov. 9.-Mrs. Julia Reano
and her grandson, George Kirk. aged 4.
were burned to death today in their
home. The grandmother rushed into
the burning house in an attempt to
save the child.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-11-11

A nature study museum esta blished
in a disused mortuary in st. Georges
sln-the-east. London, contains a comb
with twenty pounds of honey, collected
mainly from the sugar cargoes in the
docks by a colony of 1000 bees.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-11-11

Opium smoking in French ports on
the Mediterranean assumed such large
proportions OF late that a law has been
passed prohibiting the smoking of OPT
nm in all public places in Marseilles,
Toulon and other cities.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-11-11

The Japanese language contains no
fewer than eighteen synonyms for the
personal pronoun IT. one for each
class of people; and etiquette makes it
unlawful for a person belonging to one
rank in society to MAKE use of the
pronoun pertaining to another.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-11-11

The Rev. Robert j. Burdette's con-
gregation at Los Angeles, Cal. has
rented the Hazard pavilion in that city
for a year. II is the largest hall in Los
Angeles and has heretofore been used
Tor prize fights.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-11-11

state Of things that is not peculiar to
South Africa. 1t says that Midas rules
in that colony and that those who run
their heads against hat fact may ex-
Oect their to be broken.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-11-11

a French dramatizatior Of Dickens
A'Cricket on the Hearth" f"Le Gr1lion
Au Foyer'J was produced at the Odeon.
Paris. October /, and proved q success.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-17

"A friend hat BY a newspaper, der
musics und comedian editor. day a go
lasd week he vos run down by n hauty-
mobile. Der doctor says hat dot tired
feeling ware der Wheel struck him und
must take to his bed never der least.
Der editor wrote me a commissioning
skiing would I report concert ad Gees
edown, Connecticut. Dis is der report
make to his newspaper which appear
anced der next morning:
"Geesedown To-day-A concert El last
night gifen to der benefit uf der Geese
down Fire Brigade to raise funds NIT
which to purchase a punch bowl. took
Oatmeal Male Quartette opened der pro-
der Village Green which profcd to be
more atholetic than artistic. At der end
uf dersnumber a man in der gallery sud-
denly had an attack uf der animals und
fell Ito der floor Der uuartette mlstook-
ing der noise for encore. sang, "Farder.
Dear Farder, Como Home Nit Me Now
/ dit not wonder after hearing dis dot
der farder preferationed to stay ware no
vos. Der next nppearancer Yos barber
nit janjo What strummed ouid Der
Cows vos to der Corn. Dis brought him
vigorous applause, also an egg chust as
vigorous.
"Der soprano singer What receives 50
year und Christmas card from der
village church. vos der next to appear
ance She sang Birds. Sweet Birds In
der Morning. Her Interpretation uf der
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-17

song, however, made it appearance dot
efery bird she vos singing about hat &C
cidently got Something's wrong NIT dare
digestions, which dey couldn't remove one
way or anudder. When she attemptation-
ed to sing der high C, she sprained her
voice right ofer der CLOTHS. Alder dis
she vent home In a hack.
,.Der next offence made an assignment.
It vos a trombone and accordion Duet.
Der tromboneist In der midst ut q
difficult cadenza snapped his suspenders
likt a tvg. Der manager hat presence
ur mind to ring down the curtain.
Next vos a musical phenomena, BARI
tone vocalist. What hat appeared largely
in efery court In Europe, und before
most uf der Judges uf dis country. At
der climax OF a sea song, where der waves
roar und der Winds sbeak, efery body
nervoused demselves. Brafe men tainted
While women dey rushed for der doors
Piano stools, chair legs und languages vos
hurled ad der singer, bud no would not
retreat When some one yelled for police.
Gey rushed demselyes In und rushed him
quick ouid.
der conclusion yos n fire drill by der
brigade. An imitation fire yos I'm hem
house chust back on der stage. Der fire
yos suppstioncd to be set a police
rl,shes in, arrests q setting hen una car
ries Id home. Ighd fremen hllrrles nit
g. step ladder unti rescues der vedder
vane, while six udders bring IN an ato-
MIXER und sprinkles derSvaK.
"a fireman rcscues a window Sill Vhlch
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-17
|GOOZENHEIMER REPORTS CONCERT

/, he yanks nit a pick. Annuder saves an
armful UT hay ind nest egg. Still an
nuder rushes oud uf der door nit a
roost on his shoulder. Der roost meets
der forehead uf a man going in und den
dcy use language dat would get dem ar
rested
Suddenly der foreman calls all men
to der roof. Dcy makes dents in der
ridge pole, loosen shingles. unfasten bay
windows, While a couble uf bricks Is
torn from der f1ue. Suddenly der roof
caves in nit deafening crash und der
brigade falls all ofer each udder to der
cellar below. Der language What comes
from der cellar makes der curtain ring
down. Adj dis point der janltor rushes
in ,lnd fires der brigade und der henhouse
into der street. II
Dor next morning ad der hotel while
up from below. Looking me ouid to
mine establishment dare vos der fire bri-
gade vos beating der doors.
.'F'leo for your life." der proprietor
cried as he tore to mein room, they'll
eat you alive"
why ISIS i'd" I set, all nervous be-
decked.
"Quick nit you yet. dave seen your
report dot you sent to der press und dare
madder dan vasps." y
Twas FL narrow escape I made on der
train nit a shower vi bricks intentloned
for me. No man Is q licensed to critics
too much, for some day he Will find dot
his family Is busy NIT flowers to put on
his mound.-Boston Globe.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-17
GHOsTLY ARMIES.
Phantom Legions Which Visit
the Scene Of Great Battles.

II n 7 vi : . +
4 The story Of phantom armies Is an old
one and has existed In some form N az
ages and In all climcs. There arc many
places besides tho Afghan mountain val
ley where phantom warriors fight again
their battles on the anniversary OF the
combat In which they fell. Most famous
OF all ghoslS battles is that which Is
fought every year high in the mir above
the plains of Chalons on tt,e anniversary
OF that great battle in which Attila and
his Huns were defeated ,4b3 years ago BY
! the Romans and their Frankish and
Saxon allies,
In that battle tho loss of life was great
I or than in any other fight recorded IN
history, Some authorities place the num-
Der of the dead at 100000, while other
historians estimate it Mt 100000, Now on
the anniversary Of the battle, Inc peas
ants living on the plains which surround
Chalons declare that they see above them
cloudy egions charging and counter
chargingr-Attila and Aetius Struggling
once more for tho dominion OF the world.
In Rajputana, India, near the town or
Amir, there is a plain OH which opens =
mountain delie The natives declare mat
often on a misty night mere VII issue
from The mountain pass pouS u 4V' OF
900 warriors mounted on Ara p steehs anu
clad In the sacred green when can De
worn by the descendants OF he prophet
alone
The troops ride with no sound OF spur
iinglng Crusader clashng. me feet or
the horses make no sound, and though
they ride hard as IL charging IN pat'le'
there is Stiffness over the pam, some
times for hours at time the spectral
squadrons will wheel and charge about
and then. squirting to the entrance OF
the mountain deiile, will VANISH.
The shadowy Sriders OF the n'ght are
ssy the Mussn,n,ans of the Rajputana,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-17
gularly to the senior member Of thl

gularly to the senior member Of tia
firm II
'Rigbys got the trade in Pennsylvania
by tho boot straps and pulling on It TO
beat tho band" observed Johnson to his
partner ono fay--in the presence OF the
tbrown-eyed stenograplcr HE Is surely
trying to- make n record,
And the little stenographer. under cover
Of her typewriter desk gave loving pnt
to Il fat order Rigby had just sent IN.
1t. was summer before Rigby put the
question again, and fall before the we'd
llnE day was set. Rlgby protested, but
she was firm.
II want you to make one more trip,
she said slyly 81 want to write you
every day--for myself AL our cores
pondence heretofore has necn purely 4
matter OF business" He looked ut hel
reproachfully.
"Yes,'' she aided smiling tenderly, u
could read between the lines of each
letter to Mr.. johnson. I'm doing this FOR
You, dear, for your But ] want some
letters of my very own. Well make
| 1t Just year from the day Mr., Johnson
told you to 80 wlfe-hunting'
}igby sighed reslgnedly
"All right, hut tell me just one thing,
Belle. dear Why did you watch me so
closely the day johnson asked me If
there WASH, some girl could marry
In hurry
] because because" and The 6rown
| eyes We're covered with the swoping
| ashes now, IL was $3.50 afraid there
| might be-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-17
MERELY A MATTER OR BUSINESS.
BY AVA WILLIAMS.

/ on her father-but she was not just the
sort.
He drank two cocktails, only to be
more deeply plunged into despair. And
matririlony was gamble, a lottery, af-
ter all. 1t was just the same whether
you know a girl day or year. You
never really knew her until you married
her. Lots of tho married men had told
| him so.
Then all OF a sudden he remembered
| the brown eyes that had watched him
during Johnson's merciless catechism.
Mortified, the bookkeeper. sauntered
! in for lunch, and Righy welcomed him
! joyously After a few desultory remarks
| he inquired about the owner Of the brown
| eyes.
You remember Darnton, who was kill
ed IN the Somervile collision last sum
mer? Well she's his daughter, Belle
Darnton, ! think her mothers folks have
money. but she was too proud to ask help,
and she lives with her fathers maiden
sister. | guess all they have is her little
salary
Rigby trampcd 10 miles through the
park that afternoon. and reached de-
cision. 1t was a coincidence that both
should be very nearly alone In the world,
And then her eyes were appealing. Ana
he really knew her, for often when Mr.,
johnson had been away she had writ
ten him little notes on the road.
That night he walked homo with Miss
BroWn-eyes. The next night he called,
the third night he took her to the thea
tre-but all the while the brown eyes
nover'met his.
f,,Il
he asked her to marry him. There were
four days Of grace.
You know. ! won't bother you very
much" he explained awkwardiy. wish
ing that the eyes were not looking
straight into his. 'lll--Ill be on the
road most of the time, and your aunt
| could stay with you,-only In q much
| better house--and really. I'd do my best
| to make you happy"
The brown eyes were shooting sparks
now. -
I'm glad you didn't have the impe''
| Thence to tell me you loved me, any
how. There is that much to your cred
Iit" she was saying scornfully, "Hu
you couldn't make me happy. | hate
YOU"
She said more, but Rigby. stumbling
to his apartments through the snow
could not exactly recall 1t, Perhaps II,
didn't want 10 recall 1t. II hate you'll.
| That was quite enough,
And all of a sudden he realized that
above all things. he did not wish this
girl to hate him. IIe wanted her t
love him, wanted It more than anything
else In the world--even the position,
Three days later Mr.. Johnson opened {
| letter from Rigby, dated In small Penn
| syvania town.
II have changed my mind. | dom
want the New York Job until I've earned
my wife"
| Then he wrote Of sales and customers
johnson dictated an answer 10 the busl
ness part OF the letter and ignored th'
! reference 10 a. future marriage.
He gave Rigby's letter to the brown
eyed stenographer 10 file with the res
| Of his days correspondence, and sh'
read the all-important paragraph NOR
] than once.
/ And all that long, bitter winter Rigb.
| stayed on the road. lie summed TN
theatre and closed his eyes TO the raclne
news. But he sold goods and wrote re-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-17

IT don't deny any of your claims, Rig
by. but 1t has been one OF our rules to
give such post as this only to married
men. believe there comes to a mar
ried man certain sense of responsibility
which makes him more valuable to us
and more safe In the position"
'.But, Nlr. Johnson" protested younG
ing force who has done better for you.
considering the bad territory you gave
me- If you'd give me chance at New
York state. I'd break. the record
u perhaps, but you'll have to get mar
ried first No, don't argue reiterated
Mr.. Johnson as RiEby tried to interrupt.
well hold the PLACE open for two
weeks If at the end OF that time you
can show me a marriage certificate We'll
talk business,
.'You belong to- club here in town,
have apartments waiting for you when
you come in from your trips, so to tile
theatre some, play the races bit eh:',
Rigby nodded his head.
"Cut /, out and get wife"
''But don't know any girl who ID"
WHAT almost shouted Mr.. Johnson.
=
pumping around the country you've never
met a girl you would seriously consider
marrying?"
Rigbys mind travelled rapidly over his
list OF acGuaintanccs. He raised his head.
and caught a pair Of brown eyes watch
ing him from the desk IN the far corner
OF Mr.. Johnson's office. The eyes be-
lpnged to Johnson's private stenogrnplier.
I, mo. ] don't know girl I'd care to
& marry. nor girl who'd care to marry
me-
"yyel, III be hanged" calculated MI.
johnson.
Rigby was standing up lie had for
gotten the brown eyes by this time. He
usually forgot girls just this easily
Ia "But III tell you this much. Mr., John
son. don't propose to let little thing
like not having a wife stand between
me and that job. I'm going to get both
inside Of the two weeks
Mr., Johnson, senior member OF the
johnson Mfg. Co., chuckled. He had liked
I2igby from the hour the lad had started
out in the Pennsylvania coal territory &c
sell johnson shoes. but he would not vary
his long-standing rule--the best jobs tc
the married men.
SYillimet, who had long held tho Ne"
York territory, was going into business
for himself, and his position was the
ono for which Rigby was asking,
Charley Righy crossed the square, his
hands thrust deeply into his pockets. his
hat pulled over his eyes, He was think-
q Ing about girls,
When his fathers money had been
swept away by ill-adyised investments he
had cut loose from his mothers people.
who had always resented her marriage
with the visionary. easy-going Rigby.
Now he wished that he had kept In touch
with them and their social lie.
Naturally OF gentle breeding and In
st1ncts, he had not cared for The class OF
girls he met In his life as commercial
traveller, and he had bit Of his father )
dreamy nature which carried him 10 the
theatre and made him happy In good
books.
There was the nurse who had tlded him
4 over the malaral fever. but She had toc
him the Rrst day Of his convalesceTce
that she NAE engaged The daughter Of
y the biggest shoe dealer In Scranton hat
4 invited him 10 dinner every time he calico
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-17

lace. a mildly cxpectant expression on
her thin face.
Mother"
Harry. my dear boy. I am SO glad
you have come! Here's letter from
a lawyer. 1t has been worrying me all
day
Young Grant took the letter mechani-
cally and his mother prattled on.
You know, dear I am SO afraid OF
the law. II beggnred your father, and
drove aunt Maria into an asylum.
wish you would not go to law. Is It
anything important, Harry"
Harry Grant crushed the letter in his
hand. He wanted to say things.
Just a note from tho lawyer who
Strengthened up that little affair OF yours
with the Dobblns brothers. After paid
his bill sent him u case OF wine. He
had been particularly decent about ths
whole thing. This is note OF thanks
for the wine, that's ALL
Then there came back to him the
memory OF the rose-lit table. tho gra-
cious hospitality and the girl on his
left.
"Why, in time-"he burst out. Then
no caught tho happy. ohild-like relief
in his mothers face-and he laughed.
He kissed her, and they spent the rest
OF the evening together. and she told
him for the goth time the story OF how
the law had beggared his father.
/. ss s-ss -
ts''And Grant laughed He said, to save
his soul, he couldn't help It. It was all
so absurd. the nasty half-hour he had
had In that cab all for nothing, and the
placid way indwhich his mother took
away from one Of the Harrison dinners,
and laughing about It. It's funny what
n fuss women make over nothing. Now
tho old lady might have known that
business letter sent to q chaps mousse
is not important. But they must DO 80
much stewing It's wonder ne alah,
swear instead OF Taught"
1t was Jack Follensbee who spoke. and
Ethel Merrifield smiled at him across the
tea table.
cumstances?'
well, rather" said Follensbee, care
lessly, Then he added over his shoul.
der, as he moved away know :
| The crowd had thinned somewhat when
Harry Grant arrived and claimed his tea
from tho fnir server. They carried thelr
cups to n corner among the palms, but
tho tea turned cold,
N am afraid spoiled things bit the
other night at Harrison's," he was say
Ing. II was awfully cut up, somehow,
and I have an iden that ruined your
gown whom ] stumbled away from the
table,
.'"What makes you think so?' she In
quired gently.
20. yo,, looked bit anxious, and !
thought III put my foot IN It literally"
The girls hand trembled, sne was
rich and proud, Young Grant was rich
in family connections only, and he, too,
was proud, Her voice was low and ten
der. t ~
Eyes, WAS anxlous-for you,"
u Grant looked straight Into her eyes.
Then he took away her cup and set It
beside his own ON the tahorretta
I'll hardly dared to think you cared"
~ wasn't quite sure myself-rbut that
laugh decided IT,
And though she tried to explain. Har-
ry could not understand. Perhaps that
was because no was too happy to be
logical.
Perhaps It was Just because men DO
not understand how light al feather will
turn the scales OF woman's love, yes.
even so light a thing as laush--at the
right moment
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-17

the ghosts of Hosein and his followers,
who we're slaughtered upon the plain OF
Kcrbcla, as the grandson OF Mahomct
was journcying to Bagdad in rt<ponse
to an invitation to be king OF Persia,
Why lIosein and his warriors should
make their ghostly charges over the
plains OF Raiputana, when their slaugh-
ter took place hundreds OF miles away
on the plain Of Bagdad. 1t Is difficult 10
explain; but ghosts are sometimes er-
ratio.
Another place where phantom war
riors fight in the moonlight, according
to the tales of the pcnsantry, Is the pass
of Roncesvalles, In the Pyrenees, where
the rear guard OF the army OF Charlie
mango was overcome BY the Moors in
RS. 1t was there that Roland and Oliver
fought and died with the peers Of France.
Now, at night, the Paynim host and the
Paladins and peers fight again In the
dark valley, and the mountnineer, turn-
Ing In his bed. hears from tho defile he
winding OF he horn OF Ollphant calling
back King Charles.
In l7it considerable stir was made in
England by the appearance of phan-
tom army on the side of southfell moun-
tain, between Penrith and Keswick. a
number OF people saw the apparitlon AMI
made affidavit ia It,. small army OF
,horsemen suddenly appeared moving along
the mountain side, where mortal horse
men neer might ride" They were dis
tinct, but rather diaphanous beings, and
made no sound as they galloped along
TIL they disappeared over the crest Of tho
mountain. 1.-THE ghosts of warriors slain
in some forgotten battle" said the peas
ants, and many more besides; but the
scientific men said. only mirage" -
Nau Vnrly S,,,, s q + 5,f
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-17
No Divorce Likely,

Gracious! What's the matter2' asked
the Chicago bridegroom, finding his bride
In tears.
or she sobbed. II just tripped and
fell coming up the stairs
But you didn't hurt yourself, did
ypu?'
Hurt myself7 Don't you know that's
sign I won't get married this year.
Philadelphia Press.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-04-17
In Leap Year? Never.

Ma-Did you hear that awful racket In
the parlor Just then"
Pav-Yes, ! wonder wlat 1t was?
Mail don't know, but ! hope it wasn't
Clara breaking off her engagement with
young Gotrox-Chicago Daily News.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1904-01-14
Week of Prayer.

The churches of Henderson united
as usual this year in observing the
week of prayer, choosing the Second
week in January as more convenient
than the first, the time set by the
Evangelical Alliance The SEIZED
ule of themes for special prayer and
study arranged by the alliance was
followed in the main, as appended
below. Notwithstanding the inclem
ency of the weather the attendance
has been very good, though the rain
and sleet and mud seriously interfered
on one or two nights.
The meetings have been interest
Ing and helpful, the services being
mostly in the nature of prayer and
praise, so that it has not been a week
OF mere talking. The interest all
through has been sincere and genuine
and no doubt the services will be OF
great help to the religious life of the
town. 1t is certainly good way to
begin the year.
A most pleasant feature of these
meetings has been the opportunity
afforded the people to make the bet
ter acquaintance of the numerous
new pastors who have come to live
and labor with us: Dr. Nash, Mr.
Larkins, Mr. Dixon; and Mr.. Loftin
and Mr.. Daniel of the mission churches
A SPLENDID set of men they appear;
interesting, clear, forcible speakers,
and most genial and pleasant social
~. The prospects of a good and sue
cessful year in the churches and the
religious life of the town in general
are uncommonly bright with these
strong accessions to our ranks. The
year should be marked by a decided
advance in all things.
The following is the program OF
services:-
Monday p. m, January, 18th, 1904
In the NJ. E. Church South-Subject:
The Kingdom of God and the conditions
of it's triumphant advance" Rev. Mr..
Henderlite.
Tuesday p. m, 12th.-In NJ. P. Church
Subject: 1.-The warrant. the privilege.
the power of prayer Rev Mr.. Larkins.
Wednesday p. M, 13th-ln Presbyte-
rian Church-Subiect: The Church OF
Christ the one body of believers called OF
God to win the world for Christ Rev.
Mr. Nash
Thursday p m, 14th.-In Baptist
Church-Subject: Missions, Home and
Foreign" Rev Mr. Dixon.
Friday D. m, 15th.-In NJ. E. Church,
South-Subject: Family and School. >
]. 7. Alderman.