The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-08-03
CTo be c%ontinued.)
HONOR BELONGED TO CEN. GRANT.
Colonel Says He Was Seen by More Per'
sons than Any Other Man.

The military gentlemen who occupy
the seats around the billiard-room at
Wizards discuss everything available
for conversational purposes. but ome
times they get out of a topic. This hap
pcned to a Colonel and a Major of
something more than local reputation
last night, while a young Treasury
clerk was playing with his member OF
Congress for a 81 supper after the the
ater.
The Colonel stuck his knobby cane
up under his grizzled mustache and
bent his watery orbs on the table, The
Major reversed his toothpick and null,
tiplied the Colonel's silence by two,
They sat this way for fifteen minutes,
when the Colonel suddenly slapped the
Majors knee, and introduced what q
man standing by has since regarded as
al absolutely new proposition.
"Maiah, there are a good many fell
lers looking a, this game and that boy
there is the center OF observation
"Vcry manifestly, sab" assented the
other.
We'll, now, this suggests to me 10
ask You a very interesting question.
sab"
"All right, Cunnel, lets have it."
"Um-nl-m! Tell me. if you can, what
man in all history was seen by the
greatest number OF human beings from
first to last during the course OF his
natural life
Gee whiz! Cunnel, let me off. That's
too much! Why don't you 60 down and
tell that to Teddy Roosevelt for the
Civil Service Commission?"
We'll, its a fair, bony tidy, real live
question and there's an answer to it,
that you and |, as Kentuckians, never
liked so powerful much, but it's a true
answer as sure as your Twin, an l kin
prove it, too"
We'll. Cunnel, if you'll just spin
ahead and answer the thing ycrself, I'll
give up. My intellcctuals need scrap.
ing Il little tonight; they're kind o
gummed-up like"
"Gin'ral Grant"
Central Grant,"
"Yos, Gin'ral Grant,
'Ye don't say-Gin'ral Grant! I'd
never Il thought he was the man"
well, he was. More people laid ther
eyes on that man than any other man
since time began way back among the
star dust.
well, come to say so an think SO.
perhaps, begosh, it is So"
Yer bet, Majah. First he was seen
with that everlasting cig-yar o his in
the Western army and in the Army Of
Virginia, Then he was President. In
these twelve years he was seen by al
least 10, 1000, 900 people. They say OF
an average 800, 900 people visit Wash
ington every year. counting in inaugu
rations and big blowouts. Then think
of his travels away from Washington
Why, | WA in Philadelphia whel
George w. Childs gave him that recep
ton before he sailed down the Delawar,
to 90 around the world. The people
Just seemed like the sands OF the sea
shore and the leaves OF the forest. Jus
think Of that journey round the worlt
first to England. then France ant
Spain, and Scotland, aud Germany. ant
Turkey, and Egypt, and all through
India, Siam, China, Japan, and thel
that tremendous welcome in California
Think of the big cities that turned on
to see him. Why, the Car had Gran
review his whole army. ! reckon no
less than 200. DOC, 600 people saw Gran
first to last. Alexander the Great
Napoleon, Bismarck, Queen Victoria
we'll, what's the use of talking? The
weren't in it with Grant, WuShingto
Star.