The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1896-02-22

The greatest English department store
is Whiteley's of London. There is prac.
tically nothing that he does not fur
nish. The story is told that a foreignef /
made a bet that Whiteley could not
furnish anything asked for. The al
was accepted. The foreigner gave the
order: IAN elephant to be sent TO my
hotel before evening" Whfteley sent
out to a circus that was exhibiting ir
the city. bought the elephant and deltv
cred 1t as requested. Whitley has an
immense farm. provides his own dairy
products for customers, puts up pre-
serves and jellies, rUns a great mea'
market, conducts a number of omnibus
lines and has a dozen enterprises which |,
converge into the store and augment hii
retail trade He makes a speciality o.
providing houses and furnishing then /
complete. The customer merely inform
him of the locality i'll which he wou.e
like to live and how much total in
vestment he desires to make and White
ley buys the house. furnishes 1T in every
detail-even to stocking the cellar ant
pantry with things to eat-and present.
his bill.
The increase In crime has led to thu
formation of a novel club. Fifty me
of wealth and high standing in busl
ness circles have organized an anti
jewelry wearing club, and nave pledge
themselves not to wear anything In pub
lie calculated to tempt a ~pickpocket OF
footpad, not even a watch and chain
until the police department show SOM,
sign of suppressing crime. This actor
vas taken after a well Known million
aire, who likes diamonds, had a S6W
''sparkler plucked from his shirt from
Iyhf1A hn y-ac AN IL yt,, n A. ra y. ar, ihA \
front platform of a surface car. AS q
result OF this action, these members o.
the club who formerly disported dia
mond headlights of great value, or mas
sive rings, to say nothing of diamond
collar buttons and other expensive or
n%anents, are going around today lik3
other plain citizens. Thus contempt foi
the police promises to work at least on,
needed reform. 1t may suppress a vul
gar display of dazzling wealth.
A Broadway saloon keeper in New
York has a kitten and a parrot which
live together in perfect amity, instead o
conducting their affairs on the generally
accepted principle of the feline and par
rot kind. Not infrequently the kitter
takes advantage of the cage door be
ing open to go inside for a Ia ant
when polly returns and lnd his visito,
there he in%varibly remarks: Pretty
puss, pretty puss,' sometimes repeating
1t a score of times. Thus is one mort
idol shattered.
Delna, the present star of the Opera
Comique, in Paris, is a very fat young
woman who has a mustache and a Very
redundant figure. She is described a.
looking as if she never washed he}
face and almost never combed her hair
Her voice is bad and her dramatic
knowledge limited, but she is a success
-Four years ago she was singing in .
cafe chantant of not particularly good
character.
The quaint little republic of Asldorra
which has kept itself independent ant
Isolated in the heart of the Pyrenees
since the days of Charlemagne, is be.
ginning to tire of being so out of the
world. So the mountaineers intend tt
make a broad carriage road right
across their small territory, to open ur
a trade route Will France and Spain
respectively.
Douglas Jerrold was sometimes witty
at the expense of his wife. He onco
told her, when she was no longer young
that he wished wives were like bank
notes, SO that one OF 40 could be ex,
changed for two of 20. On another oc:
,casion he was asked with whom his
wife was dancing: Some membe Of
the humane society, I suppose" he
replied.
THE Scarlet Letter. by the Damrosch
Opera company took Boston by storm.
The best people filled the big theater
and cheered themselves hoarse, which
Is certainly all that could be expected
of Boston. 1t is true the Scarlet Let.
ter is not very cheerful, but it is quite
as sprightly as "Siegfried" or "Lohen.
grim
English commuters are determined tc
enjoy their daily ride at any price, and
accordingly one railroad company has
put into service two parlor cars espe.
cially fitted for a commuters club.
whose members pay an additional sum
for the privilege of these travelling club
rooms.
The champion chunp has broken
loose in Lexington, Ky. This one is
the banana eating champion. who, in a
recent match ate siXty-four bananas
against his opponents sixty-one. AT
last count both contestants Were
u OF bed and getting around again.
Since Lord Glasgow was appointed
governor general of New Zealand, -four
years ago, he has been ~shipwrecke6
once, participated in two railway COLI.
sions. been thrown from a horse AND
tossed by a bull-and is not at all dis.
couraged.
It will certainly be a surprise to many
to learn that DR.. Depew, the prince OF
~afterdinner speakers, never takes any.
thing stronger than a glass champagne
and then only after a long and exhaust
,ing speech. He stopped smoking five
years ago.
It is q coincidence that ex-President
HaradsoE's announcement of his en-.
,gagement to Mrs. Mary Scott Lord
Dimmick was made on the anniversary
of Mrs. D!mnlick's husbands death,
though the lady wore mourning for
eight years.
The privileges of leap year rave en-.
abled Mrs. Frybarger, a wealthy wild
ow of %Shelbyville, Ill, to marry hel
hostler, a vigorous young man just hall
her own age.
Prof. Jansen and his corps of assist.
ants are now winterbound In their OBJ
servatory on the summit of Mount
Rlanc. They viii remain there, cut OFF
from mankind, until late in the spring
They keep In touch with the world b.
means of the telegraph.
John Barnet died at Paris, KY, re-
Gently, and the moment the breath left
his body a large clock in the room
stopped, and has since refused to run.
Mr.. Barnett was a grandfather and III
and the clock were Just about the same
height.
MI. Charles Fraser. the Scotland
Yard official who is in constant attends
ance on Queen Victoria. is a delightful
gentleman, as well as a skillful detec
tive. and has grown to be a great pers
sonal favorite with her majesty.
TIE Gernian-American citizens Of:
Ra1t0rnOre ire taking cfa,s "a no,,.