The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-11-02
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The German Emperor asst nlshes ey-
srybody by his vitality. He is nearly
eighty.seyen years old, thirteen years
older than his great ancestor, "Oid
Fritz" when tha5 monarch broke down,
and his life has been one of great actiy-
ity.
Governor Crosby of Montana, says
that enc day, when tho presidential
party were crossing a drygulch in North
ern Wyoming. they saw written in char.
coal over the door of a vacant cabin the
following. .'Only nine miles to water
and twenty miles from wood. No grub
in the house. God bless our home"
Mr.. w. d. Howells, while visiting Bal
timore lately, was met by q reporter
who interpreted his views regarding
English and American literature as fol-
lows: I'm many respects we excel the
English in periodical literature. Our il
The short stories, which are features of
orr monthly publications, have few
counterparts in England. l think that
English customs and English disposi-
ton tend more strongly to the pub
LEGATION of books than of magazines"
How some men do magnify their vo-
cations. A correspondent of Vermont
paper who has been sending that paper
weekly a patch of items about who has
had his barn shingled and who has gone
q visiting has severed his connection"
as they cali it, with the paper, or had it
severed for him, and writes a thrilling
valedictory, half a column long, which
ends Us follows: "Kindrel spirits are
thrown together for pleasure and labor,
the tide lirks our feet, and, with the
web of HE all unwoven, the delicate
silken threads are snapped assunder.
We exchange fareweils and pass out on
the tide. Readers of the Vermont
Tribune, we have sailed u heaven
bound crafts a few days together. We
are in sound of the breakers! Give me
your hand-farewell!"
Chief Justice Beglie, of British Column
bia, recently said to a jury which had
failed to find a murderer guilty: ION
your conscience will rest the stigma of
returning such q disyraceful verdict, and
one at variance With the evidence on
which you have sworn to find the guilt
or innocence OF the prisoner. Many
repetitions of such conduct as yours will
make trial by jury q horrible farce, and
the city of Wet ria, which you inhabit,
a nest of immortality and crime, encour.
aged by the immunity from the law
which criminals will receive from the
announcement of such a verdict as yours
Go; l lave nothing more to say to YOU
To the prisoner, who committed the
murder with a sand-bag, he then said;
| tINo,, nro I;oolo rr,J ~ orJ ,,,a 10,
some of these jurymen; they deserve
it,"
There are some very curious laws in
saxony regarding servants, girls more
especially. The mistress is obliged by
law to allow the servant one pound O.
butter and one of coffee per month, o,
the equivalent in money. If the girl
furnishes her w bidding she secure
/ l.2 cents per night for so doing. Sew.
ehty cents a month is allowed for hel
washing, and she receives five per cent
upon all purchases she makes. She il
required to give n months notice be
quires that each servant keep q book fol
recommendations, in which, upon hel
leaving her place, her mistress is com
PEELED to state the cause and the girl
character.
The question OF what becomes of pin!
has often been mooted but never an
swered. Yet it is certainly peculiar
that an article of everyday use which il
manufactured in numerous quantitie.
should disappear in equal proportion
1t is estimated that no less than $1,000,
900 pins are daily manufactured in Eng
land and Dublin, and that out of thil
number 81, 900 600 are produced in Biz
mingham alone, thus leaving IL, WnO,0 U
for the production of Dublin, Stroud anc
London. The weight OF wire, both iror
and brass, consumed for this purpose
is 1.275l-2 tons every year.
Chicago divorces have been universal
ly considered easy of attainment, but i
appe ars that in Switzerland, among tn,
lower classes, a custom prevails tina
throws Chicago into the shade. Their,
young people marry with the distinc
understanding that if they do not iik,
each other they will separate. If, a,
the end of the year, they shall mutual,
declare before a court that they do no
wish to remain married any longer, be
cause of imcompatibility Of tempera
ment, they get a divorce. Hymen'!
chains are loosely worn in Switzerland