The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1895-11-09
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The New York Sun regards as an ex-
ceptionai BIT of information the news
that Chin Wah. a yellow faced laundry
man, is suing for a divorce from his
American wife. 1t is a curious fact, well
known to the police and the down town
missionary folk In New York. thet mcst
OF such marriages have been happy. At
least 1t is certain thai the white wives
usually boas of their good luck. and
their husbands appear TO be content,
The women who marry Cinnamon are
of the cir that has a to practice self
denial, rel In the most trif1ing neces-
sar;es, and they say that the laundry
men are more generous as we'll as more
prosperous than the white men around
them, among whom they must have
mated If at all. They say that once
they have learned that a Chinaman will
not put up with scolding or fault find
ing they have little discord and plenty
of opportunity to wheedle him for
clothes of uch a quantity and quality
as make their former companions think
they ave don very we'll in the matri-
monial market.
"a III 4SGM AOlhs
who is wrathful because his spotless
linen has been ruined by imprinting on
At his initials in indelible ink, has a host
of sympathiZers. 1t is said hat the
habit of marking mems linen Is at the
bottom of the sudden return OF the
private w~asherwoman. The washer
woman almost disappeared and re-
manned out of sight for years until men
of good taste grew tired of having their
shirts, collars and cuffs Uttered over
with laundry marks. For some reason
no laundry will accept the mark of an
other laundry, but must put its own
stamp on each new piece of wearing APP
parel it gets hold Of. The
is that a commercial traveller can be
identified as such by whoever sees a col
lar or cuff belonging to him. Wherever
he stops for a day or two a new laundry
puts a new mark on his clothes until at
last his collars grow to look like q bank
clerks memorandum slips, and his cuffs
are covered with marks like a dead wall
with posters.
Already the most powerful thinkers
In the various colleges, says the New
York Tribune, are graphing with a
problem that will personally concern
the men who enter college year.
AS they will DC graduated in the year
1900. the question arises how they will
be designated. Following a universal
tradition, they ought, of course to be
referred to as belonging to the las of
90. But for obvious reasons such a des-
The duke of Marlborough will imnort
flowers for his wedding from his ances-
trail estate at Blenheim. The other day
he received samples from his own con-
servatory of roses. carnations and or
chids, and they were all in perfect condi-
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ems =. itiipoit'hs no"ef from Eu-
rope, ou. ne ~ obtaining a prioe VINO IS
amply aple TO pay the frelSht.
80 noo,11, , am ooo
$3.50 $4,000 VI YIN
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II tha r,ines /, ~ in+an;an 90
- one usu
scarclty OF t1nper. But IL is most PROB
apiy the means OF cutting II mat are
.aeA,iis' eilefican iu,hpet mus d sooa
80 n. !, ~ re. coVereu
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Mrs. Augusta Courson of Abingdon,
Ill. put the vaunted Kentucky g~allantry
to the test by applying for admission to
the theological department of the Ken
tncky ral,antrv wsverad s,,eht,v ana
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