The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1888-02-10
] Ring for wife murderer, LIST degree.
9 Rings for wife murderer, I'd degree.
3 Rings for plain murderer.
4 Rings for ambulance.
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Fourth-Cremation will some day take
the place of the present style of burial,
which is only Il polite way of making a
poor helpless remains assist in a miscr-
able exhibition.
Fifth-My literary methods are simple.
| do none of my writing while under the
influence of liquor. l state this in order
to correct a wrong impression which the
public seems TO have formed after read
ing my work.
| devote the afternoon to thought.
take my thinker through the park in a
p~erambulator. In the evening | think
some more | eat plain food when at
home, but soar above it while visiting
others. Rather than appear rude while
the guests of eminent people. ! cat the
best of food with the best Of impunity
and act as though | liked it. Wealthy
and prominent people are SO sensitive
that | eat what they set before me and
say nothing.
l read all the New York papers in the
morn .ng before rising. i then rise, feel.
ing refreshed, and go down stairs where !
jerk a low refrain out of the furnace. BY
that time the evening papers arrive. !
read them thoughtfully. l then think
over what | have read.
] eat almost anything with perfect i'm
punity, except health food. That is the
only thing | cvcr have trouble with.
Health food will send my pulse down to
forty-cight in less than al hour. A man
must have n very strong constitution to
stand up against food which is already
prepared, SO that all he has to do is to
swallow it.
j exercise a great deal in the open air.
In summer | follow a lawn mower around
for an hour each day. and in winter l like
to hunt rabbits across the country, or
take a spin on the elevated railroad.
keep a note book. in which l write
all my best thoughts. I then put the
book in II side pocket of my coat and
gave the coat to u poor man whose address
| do not know.
| give a great deal to charity, but try
10 keepi it out of the papers as far as pos
siblc.
When the weather is such that / can
not exercise in the open air, l heave a
heavy pair of dumb bells at my lodgings.
which ! use for holding the door open. l
also belong to an athletic club and have
a pair of Indian clubs with red handles.
| owe much of my robust health to this.
/ do most o imy writing in n sitting
posture or in an autograph album. When
| am not engaged in thought l am EN-.
ployed in recovering from its effects. l
am very genial and pleasant TO be thrown
amongst. and frequently submit to all
kinds of indignities, especially from
people to whom I am indebted, rather
than resent it and thus cause them pain.
l do not believe in mixing alcohol with
literature. Literature with nothing else
in ii will last longer when exposed to the
air than the other kind.
] dress extensively but not e 0 as to
attract attention. In the morning l wear
morning dress. in the evening l wear eve
ming dress and at night ! wear night
dress.
] have forgotten what books have
helped inc most; also what my favorite
passages of prose and poetry are. l had
the benefit of the best of home in
fiucnccs when n child and everybody has
been very kind to me, SO cannot say defln-
itely what it was that brought me here.
BILL NYE.