The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-07-18
Personal Gossip

comparable learning that they founded
the first two universities in the world
those of Paris and Pavia. In the ninth
century, no fewer than seven thousand
students visited the schools in Ireland.
Camden says, "the Anglo Saxons Dor
rowed their letters from the Irish"
It is stated that John Porter, an en-
gineer on the Michigan Central road
has been offered SAT, 900 for his patent
on an attachment to a steam cylinder
which condenses the waste from the
steam cock On starting the engine, there
by averting that kissing noise which is
so disagreeable to the ear and such o
terror to horses.
Benjamin Wisner Bacon, a recent
graduate at Yale Theological School,
has been ordained and installed at the
First Congregational Church in Lyme,
Ct. He is the second son of Rev. ID.
Leonard w. Bacon, and was recently
married to the daughter Of General A.
Aiken, of Norwich.
London Truth says of General Chi
HeSe 'oi'loH. aS 10 ieliSloH, IHe
Christian hero never pretended to be a
Christian. To judge by his own utter
ances he seems to be a sort of q Deist,
regarding his own will as that of the
Deity"
MI. Edward Lawrence Godkin, edi-
tor of the Nation, was married recently,
at the church of the Holy Communion,
in New York, to Miss Katherine Sands,
daughter of the late Abraham Sands.
The wedding was a quiet one. The
ceremony was performed by Rev, DR..
Henry Mettot, rector of the church.
The couple left the city for a two weeks
trip.
1t is remarkable that Colonel Burn
side, the late disbursing officer of the
Post Office Department at Washington,
was not detected before. He paid 1925
a month for the care of his horses and
carriages, and $75 a month rent for
his house. These two items exceeded
his salary at the rate of $25 per month.
In addition to this his style of living
wonld have required an income of $10,-
coo n year.
Colonel Dan Rice, the famous ex-
Snowman, who has achieved renown Of
late years MS a temperance advocate and
religious exhorter, was billed to lecture
recently at Chattanooga, Tenn, under
the auspices Of the Young Mems Chris.
tian Association. But, alas for weak
humanity! the ex-clown met a few of
his old c%ronies, the 'spotted-horse,"
the "white-elephant "the "gyastacut,ls"
and the camelopard," and they took a
drink for auld lang syne, and then an
other drink, and still another for good
fellowship, and the consequence was
that the genial Colonel" got as drunk
as a Lord, and imagined that he once
again owned a whole circus. The lee
ture engagement was suddenly cancelled
and Dan has now leisure to get another
divorce.
Irving Hale, the West Point prodigy,
divided the honors with the president
during commencement week. Every
one wanted to see the remarkable
scholar from Colorado. Whoever saw
him was disappointed, writes acorres-
pendent. He marched by himself at
the head of a company line, wearing a
red sash and a dainty lustrous sword.
He has slightly curly tow-hair, a baby
face the shape of a full moon, with a
singular little pink nose, turned up and
ending in a bulb. He is very short and
very round and chubby. Yet at the
second glance he is interesting. Good
health, good humor and high spirits
shine III his round, twinkling eyes and
strength and grace are in his move
ments. Some of the elderly ladies re-
marked to their daughters that they
would like TO kiss him. The young
ladies cast their eyes over the entire
corps and refrained from replying.
A curious result Of q recent earth
quake shock in Essex, England, was
that the wells around Colchester exhib-
tied a rise in their water level Of about
five feet. This gradually increased for
five days after the phenomenon, until n
height of eight feet was attained. The
wells at last accounts had apparently
permanently rested at the height of
feet above their old water mark.
A new Russian clock has set the Yam
kee clockmaker to thinking. It is
about eight inches high, On a base five
inches in diameter, and covered with a
glass globe. All the works are plainly
exposed, and the pendulum is a solid
brass wheel supported at the centre, or
hub, by a slender wire. 1t does not
swing. but revolves from left to right
and right to left. Being a 400 day
clock, the winding of it is q small mat
ter. No temperature effects it. and it
will not vary i've minutes in running
400 days.
When the 'John Butt newspaper was
commenced in London the editor was
very free in his remarks concerning
some of the mobiles. A gallant colonel
of the army, q lear relation of an illus
trous family, taking amiss some freedom
OF the editor, determined to use the
horsewhip, and went to the printing
office whip in hand, and demanded to
see the editor. He was politely shown
into a room and was informed the editor
would directly wait on him. The colon
ell, like a chafed lion. walked up and
down the room, fourishing his weapon
OF revenge, when a very powerful man
with a heavy club walked in, being
clothed in a thick coat buttoned to the
chin, end politely inquired what was
wanted? II wish to see the editor II
am the editor at your service" en-
deed" calculated the colonel then
there is some mistake, You are not the
person l expected to see. Twill call at
another time" Thus they separated.
In the tropical valleys of the Andes
there is a loathsome disease called eIe-