The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1883-08-24

Every one of the large cities insisted on peing
the capital of Itaiy-Ron,s, Naples, Florence,
Bologna, Venice, Verona, Genoa, Milan, Turin.
Each had a Palazzo Reala all ready for the
hlustrious guest each five times as large and
expensive as the White House at Washington.
Victor Emmanuel temporized. He boarded
around for 4 while, giring month or two Of
each year to each palace. But it made exactly
the same trouble it always nakes when the
school ma'am boards around-one was, jealous
OF the other. Finally Humbert concluded to
spend most OF his time in Rome, but to visit
each OF the other palaces for m indefinite time
during each year The result of this is that
there are eight or ten royal palaces to be swept
out and hoiystoned every morning, fur
n:shed sumptuously and kept III order,
and the only income is the 20 or
80 francs a day which each palace receives
from curious travellers. Tie cost is tremen-
dous-probably forty times as great as sup
porting the president OF the United States and
his whole establishment. This causes a great
deal OF grumbling and makes republicans by
the wholesale. People who pay taxes-:hat is
overwhelmingly ask, To what good?
Since that paragraph was begun n startling
bailstorm has swept up the lake-a sharp
c%latter on the roof and windows of Ice stones
as large ss the individual salts or butter dishes
which l remember having seen in use at
American hotels, and shaped into curiousiy
nodded forms. 1t strewed the ground with
leaves and blossoms, broke Off great branches
here and there, crashed in windows on the
south end of the hotel aud shattered many Of
the gas lamps along the terraces. The
tumult has stirred up the gar denis
fragrance anew, The pompgranate and
fig trees that lift their tr .as :
ures 10 my balcony seem to have Dor
ro|ed the odor of the white caps jasmine and
magnolia that the storm has beaten down; and
even that vegetable p%orcupine. the fan palm,
that menaces me at the window, has found in
the general worriment a breath Of balsam it
never had before. The lake is tossed into
mimic fury. aud the clouds are rising and re-
vealing the snow peaks again. Well, the storm
mas quite passed. Big eyed children have
ceased to gather hailstones, All is serene
again. The clouds have sailed north, and
Bernini stands white and superh against the
sky. The pomegranate blossom looks more
fiery than ever. The porcupino on a stick at
my window seems gathering himself for soma
fresh attack. The church that sits like a monk
in an inaccessible nook, 1000 feet up the side
of the mountain, seems winter and lonelier than
ever, perched in the very track pf the avalanche
''"iV Az w III SIliiH hbp't, IL ii lleNlithl!ug
a plunge into The still pa!pitating lake.
SOME UNHAPPY AMERICANS.
"A large Proportion of Americans in Eurcpe
are uuhappy-Aalf of them, | estimate, though
the fraction may be too large, There are thou.
sands of Americans travelling here who have
no business here; whom Europe has nothing
to fer;who would be vastly better off at home,
l meet them every week in couples and pro-
c%esslons. They are Usually uneducated aud
vulgar. who came to Europe merely because
they have, by nip aud tuck, earned money
enough to come, and it is he thing to do. They
are the Peter Bell sort of folks, to whom a
primrose or n mountain is nothing to speak of
and nothing to think OF. They Eever see a
5 cloud so;u un'H7s 10 TO rain remark TX that that i. it
rivnrs aud lakes are alike-except in sizs--and
mountains are simply blemishes on the land
scape, i~mpedimcnts to be got through or over
as soon as possible. People without
sentiment have no business to be here
or anywhere else except right at
home, counting their money and grubbiug for
more. | met q specimen of these yesterday
who has got rich making brass buttons in
Connecticut, He grumbles at everything he
sees-actually fights his way from town to
town. He cares nothing for nature, so of
course he cares nothing for art-cares for
nothing except to SEQ Europe and get home.
L pity him. And l pity his wife, who is as
povertv-stricken as he is. And | pity the En-
ropeans who encounter either of them. But
tons pere hired a courier I'LL he found out that
the courier cheated him-as they all do-then
he let him CO., and has a time of
it settling alone. He grumbles because they
Charge for transporting his baggage, and gets
profaneiy eloquent over the item of "soap and
candles . francs extra" He declines to offer
the slight incense of pour boere," and when
the porter or head waiter pleasantly says, on
his departure, ''bon Jour- or s'buon georno,"
or ..'guten tag and frankly holds ont his
hand for the expected pence, Buttons de-
nounces him as a swlndler and a beggar in
fairly good English. and wishes he was out of
this rascally country. In short, Mr.. Buttons
refuses to conform gracefully to the habits of
the people among whom he travels. He swears
every time he has his baggage weighed and
registered, and calls in a loud voice for "a
check.'
Does it cost you more hers than at hone?' /
asked him Yesterday.
"NIore!" he exclaimed, in surprise. Not moro
than two-thttds as much
while?"
Because their way is +, unc;vilized. I. amt the
money that makes me mad-it's the ciumsiness.
The idea of charging me 10 cents for that little bit
OF soap, 1t is mean aud niggardly."
he Is resolved to reform the country Mt once,
and make its methods agree with those of the
United States. 1t is a large contract he has
taken, and the measure of his success is not
worth the fret aud worry it costs
See here!" he called out at dinner to the head
waiter. who spoke English; I've ordered some
ice; yon going 10 charge me for it?"
Y v II W usLO W lOuE BOu lOI lC6
specially ordered"
What for? Don't it ONE right on the side of
the hill here. lots of it?"
Yes: so do mushrooms, but we have to gather
We'll. why don't you put it into the genera.
bill2'
Because few people want it,"
Very well, you needn't get mo any; I won't
have it.
or course some of Buttons suggestions are
good ones, but his method is bad. Our Ameri-
can chack svatam ia thu hast. M 1onbf ~ ~
most OF the hotels have already adopted that
change. But the way to get along in Europe
and be comfortable is to fall in with the re-
quirements Of the locality, and spend the
strength on sight seeing instead of on fretting
and invective. People who wish to 1.-Two ex-
actly as they do at home had better stay there.
July 21.-Morning-The storm has left the
air cool and clear. Blankets were needed last
night. The lake is rough again. 1t seems to
be October, except for the bright green vegeta-
ton everywhere. The churches aud converts
in the hooks OF the height behind Menaggio are
wonderfully distinct; village rises above viii
stand out on the cliffs. AT the waters edge
Villa Carlotts sleeps amid its vines. In the dis
lance Mount Legnone shines high and white,
and seems to be only an hours walk away.
This ia o fascinating spot; bnt to morrow l turn
north again and traverse:the st. Gothard pass
into Central Switzerland. W. A. CHoFFUT.
TWO EYMPHs.
When turns the year 4 crescent face
Upon the world as Spring draws nigh
And roses DER the morning slopes,