The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-01-11
Personalities.

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Mr.. Paul Bert, the thorough radical,
whose appointment TO the smin,strySof Wort
ship and public instruction has raised suoh
q storm in France, might be easily mistaken
fora Protestant divine. His clean shhveil
fave, long black hair, and the. apstere sian,
plicity of his attire would almost warrant
the delpsion. As, q. nun of science MIR.
PAM Bert's versatility is tr1aly remarkable.
Law, medicine, physiology, n eand the
sciences generally are open books to the
new minister, who, during the Whole of his
career, has exhibited, u.z,al and psrssver.r
ance in the pursuit and promotion of
knowledge rarely found ih' the most hard
iworkingprofessoY. The. reward of his no.
tive life reaches him at the age of forty
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On her death bed at sant4 Barbara, Call,
twenty, years ago. MIS- Blahco give $50
900 in trust to her most intimate friend,
Mrs. Del Vale. charging her solennly 10,
keep its possession . secret until Aarie
Blanco, then q baby, became twenty!one.!
Mrs. Blanco had no faith in banks or wills,
and died satisfied that her danghters would
receive the treasure, which, was in the form
,of diamonds. Miss ,Blanco was recently
married on -hefatWehtyS- first Birthday, and
among the wedding presents were, the jews.
Mrs.Dsl Vale hdd'Ikspt the secret From
even her husband.., .atr.Y, vt5ssG
' The law Office Of Judah P, Benjamin, III
London, is a shabby back room, furnished
with two chairs. % table, afaw musty law.
books and an army of ink bottles, His
nlerk'siroom adjoining, though plain, is
furnished with. ,princely splendor n.eoans
rarlsop with the-den of the great barrister,
.flueen's counsel, and one!of the wealthiest
practitioners in England. He gives away
great sums in charity, while his personal
expenses are almost nothing. st,i .6tta
Mrs. George Evans, widow of the. late.
Hon. George Evans, once a famous United
States senator from Maine, resides in Au-
gusta. Among the valuable mementoes of
the pnst which she has in her house is an
autograph album, which was filled when
Mrs. Evans resided in Washington, cpn-
tanning the names OF distinguished eentle-
men WHO We're assOciited with her husband
in the councils of the nation and others. In
it are to be found the autcgtaphs'o Of John
Quincy Adams, Washington Irving, Willism
prescott, Martin Van Buren,, Daniel Web
ster, John c.. Calhoun, David Crockett,
Charles Dickens aud others. Nearly all
have written a sentiment or an expression
of thought. The pnge written by ,Davy
Crockett contains several misspelled words.
Tho Malley boys life in the New Haven
Jail is not as prosaic as. that of persons
awaiting trial for murder. They occupy
two cells in common, one as a sleeping
apartment and the other as n sitting room.
Both rooms have been handsomely and
tastefully lifted up and adorned. They are
carpeted in rich colors, and in their sitting
room cell, besides low camp stools, there
are two small stands on which are trinke,s.
ornaments. sand toilet Articles On the wall
hangs n water color sketch, of the Sayen
Rock inlet, where Jennie Cramers body
was found III fts- nis.tY a tt'sls 3.l"fa
Mr.. Webb the English cutler, has Just
died leaving d fortune nearly of 81, 0QO, OGC,
and it is believed that q large part of itht
would never have accumulated but for the
novel plan he hit upon for advertising. 1t
was dne to his own personalsug8estion that
the firm of which, be was q, member en-
barked upon a continuous and morn
advertising systemlntths dhys when ihan-
som cabs first came into use. He .bopgl I
for q littlo money the'right I'd display his
Advertisements on the splash boards of the
cabs, and the name of Mappin Il Webb for
"a long period was as familiar to the eyes of
,Londoners as the two-wheelers themselyss.
-Four or five hundred Of. these cabs. with
the firm name upon them In fadsa %tettoie,
are still running iHf3 ~ o. ~ b'H1 ~
Mrs. Manzal, an English woman, hds
lived four years in Portland. rOrs.5,. and IL.
that time has managed to acquire o grsu ut
deal Of knowledge about the private lives If
iPortlard people. .Latelya Fortune teliehr,,
calling herself Nine. Iournlando, put bul
a sisniakhe city, and was soon doing nm
enormous business, because, though Ints1.
fessedly q istranger, she was able to sur !
prise her Mllers With remarks about, their
private affairs. This went on until some
body discovered that she was none other
than Mrs. Manual, transformed into an old
French ,hagtby means; oil Al iMg, painted.
wrinkles. the removal of false teeth, and a
foreign accent. - ~" Sl'% N"1"9F'
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