The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-03-21
PERSONAL Matters.

Personal Matters.
The only misgiving I had when /
left the cutter, !" says Lieutenant Rhodes,
The Gay Head hero, was about my ba-
by. You didn't know that I had one
did you? He is Q bright little boy about
two years old. His mother died some
time ago, and Us / left In the boat ]
called out to the captain to look out for
him if anything happened to me"
Mr.. ~Bradlsugh's brother is as pious
Christian as he is the reverse. He
began mission ct Exeter the other day,
and in the course ofhis opening address
said he had complete faith in the ulti-
mate conversion Of his brother, and
would not be surprised to receive at any
moment intelligence that the great inf
del had come over to the Lord.
Queen Victoria, it is said by German
papers, will leave England in the begin
ming Of March in her yacht Osborn,
for Flushing. After remaining in her
villa les Baden Baden until April, she
will go to Darmstadt to be present at
the marriage Of her granddaughter Prin-
cess Victoria, to Prince Louis Won Bat
tenbert- The Queen will return to
England at the end Of April, after a
visit to the Biviers.
Sir Stafford Northcote has been
amusing q literary society by lecturing
upon the subject of Nothing though
he reminded them that he was not the
first person who had attempted to dis
cuss that theme. Lord Rochester, the
friend of Charles II, addressed 9 very
clever poem to "Nothing;n . French
writer, quoted by DR.. johnson, wrote a
Latin poem to show that Nothing is
purer than water, Nothing is richer than
gold, Nothing is higher than the heay-
ems, and SO on. The speaker defined
mastery inactivity as the art of sitting
still and not committing yourself in any
action alta tins when it Is not convenient
you should do 50.
A few months since the wife of Rev.
Adirondack w. H. Il. Murray, for
merly of Boston, received the degree Of
N. D. from the University of Vienna af-
ter passing q very creditable examina-
ton. Mrs. Murray has taken q house
in New Haven and intends to practice
her profession.
Music Hitod, Emperor Of Japan, who
is o 80 years old, is the 1881 sover-
eign of that country. He has reigned
since the death of his father, in 1867.
His is the only dynasty that has ruled
in Japan, and began $50 B. c.. There
is no other monarch in the world who
can boast so unhrolien . descentfrom 40
ancient asstock.
The most exciting leap-year incident
so far reported is that which comes from
st. Elmo, I'll. It appears that while the
Rev Mr.. PIERCE a young divine, was
occupying his pulpit in st. Elmo, Mrs.
Mary Smith, o dashing young widow.
left her seat in the body of church and
went up and stood beside him. To the
establishment of the congregation she
announced that she was aboutto become
Mrs. Pierce. She had, it isrumored, be-
como infatuated with the young divine,
and to this and the excitiment Of a
religious revival, at which she was DON
verified, her temporary insanity is at
tributed.
MIR. A. NJ. Broadley, the legal defen-
der of Arab Pasha, has rooms in the
Temple, London, furnished in strange
contrast to the remainder Of that som
bre, dingy, and prosaio precinct. Their
entrance is q S%sracenic archway, hung
with a Tunisian portiere; and within are
Shiraz carpets, divans, colored lamps,
velvet wall-hangings. blazoned with
Koran texts-once pals covering the
catafalque over the grave of the Sid
Ben Awib, who was buried. in Kairwan
nearly 1900 years ago-and a host of
brilliant. quaint, and curious tokens of
North Africa and the Orient.
Earl Grosvenor, the eldest son Of the
Duke of Westminster, who has Just
died, was chiefly remarkable for his
greatness, for his age, immense size
his habit, which probably accustomed
this size, OF staying in bed until three
IN the afternoon, and his passion for en-
CINE driving. He had been subject
from one-and-twenty years and upward
to epileptic attacks, but when on the
engine wild freshman" was always ac-
companied by the usual driver and stok-
en-, 80 that the public suffered no risk.
His young widow is one of the beauti-
full daughters of Lord Scarborough,
and their little boy, Lord Belgrave, who
is destined to inherit the vast estates, is
a fine little fellow, called in the family
eBen Dor" after his grandfatheris
Derby winner.