The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-01-25
Personal ToDics.


ant Of the Tichborne estates, now serv-
ing G l4-years imprisonment, is about to
be released, and many OF his faithful fol-
lowera, whose STUPID faith in his cause
makes curious chapter in the history
OF iGpositlons, propose to buy a public
inn and set him to earning living.
The denial of Miss Jennie Flood. the
daughter of the California millionaire,
that she is engaged to marry an English
peer. recalls the fact that she once re-
fused New Yorker because, as she con-
tempuously told him. he had not energy
enough to spatter the mud on his trous-
ers in rainy weather.
List is now seventy-twe and vi
vacious as he was at forty. He seldom
touches the piano, but at unexpected
moments, in the presence of some timid
young girl overpowered with the hon
or Of an introduction, or alone with
friend when old days are spoken of, he
will sit down for few minutes and
recall a phrase of Chopin, or quaint
getting himself, will wander On until
flash of the old fire comes back to his
eyes"
Queen Victoria and other members of
the royal family have been greatly an
noyed of late by the persistent efforts of
"cranks" to get an audience with them
in order to secure their approval their
new inventions. A madman, who said
he had come from America, and had
wonderful invention for allaying storms,
tried to get into Windsor Castle the 9TH
er day and was only ousted after consid-
cradle talking between himself and the
guard.
Matthew Arnold" says reviewer in
the English illustrated magazine, +" as
poet, is rather singular; he takes his
place among the most fortunate writer's
of our day who have expressed them
selves in verse, but his place is some-
what apart. He has an imagination of
his own, but he is less complete, less in
evitable, as he says in his essay on
Wordsworth that that poet said of Goe-
the, than the others. His form at mo-
ments is less rich than it might be. and
haps be accused here and there of hav-
ing sterilized him."
| A fortnight ago man walked into q
German jewellers shop in London
| whose wife only was at the counter, and
pocketed (as he thought unseen by herr
| a couple of watches. Presently her hus-
band entered and while the thief stood
unconsciously at the counter, thinking
of what he should steal next, she gave in
| German description o! what had hap
! pened to her spouse. Whereupon, with
| out the least fuss, or 20 muck as AN un-
pleasant word he beckoned police
man, and gave the one-languaged indi-
viduai into custody.
| Albert Z. Kent, the San Francisco
millionaire, has added S25, 200 to his re-
cent gift of $50, 900 to Yale College for
the purpose of erecting..a chemical labor
atory for the academical department.
| Mr.. Kent was member of the class of
'53.
| L. G. Stedman, the poet, who became
| financially embarrassed some months
ugo, has again returned to Wall Street.
| Gen. T. B. Bunting, who recently re.
signed from the Guatemalan army, is
now in Chicago. He denies that Presi-
dent Barrios rules the people with a
rod of iron," as has been printed, but
says that in that country man must
either ride or be ridden on, and Senor
Barrioa prefers to ride. "He has done
more for Guatemala in the last eight
years than all his predecessors have
done before him. When l first went
there there were no schools to speak Of
now there are more than 10000 Indian
children being educated at government
iexpense. There are also higher schools
and colleges in the cities of Guatemala
and Quezaltenango."
! The St. Louis ost-Dispatch is certain
ly mistaken in Its assertion that the czal
of Russia is richer man than our Van
derbilt. The czar's bank account il
small com pared with Williams. He car
help himself to whatever he sees, ant
he can execute and exile his subjects a
will, but in other respects he is pool
man.