The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-15

Grand Duchess Olga a lesson In his
tory. A lady In waiting was sitting
by, as usual. to insure that no danger
u doctrines were taught Suddenly
Olga looked at her teacher and asked:
Who Ii emperor of FranceT The pro-
lessor felt that this was an embar-
RAISING question. for 1t was as yet far
too early to undertake the explanation
Of q republican system Of government
The lady In waiting. however, was
equal to the occasion, for, seeing the
embarrassment Of b professor, h
called president"
Dwight L. Elmendorf told an au-
dience, the other night. Of an American
who a him plan out q tour of Flor
INC and Venice. To make the trip
3otted down such places as where
Michelangelo painted. where Dante was
born, etc. Meeting him after his re-
turn from abroad, the lecturer asked
the American what had Interested him
most. The reply was: Fishing from
my window in Venice"
Mahonial Au-Paw-Chee-Paw-Qua
Keokuk Palmer. II months old, of
Cleveland, Ohio, granddaughter Of
Oghema Niagara, otherwise Chief
4 Thunderwater. was proclaimed q prin-
Cess 0unQdy Will eldDOTdtc CtEculouleo
under the Horseshoe falls on the Cana
dian side Of the Niagara river. The
princess mother. who Is q white wom-
IN, insisted on having q Christian min
lister present, although the royal grand
father objected to h innovation.
The sacred college, as II stands to-
day. 10 unquestionably q remarkable
body. It Is the only kind OF interna-
tional parliament that Is practicable.
Though thoroughly aristocratic In its
character. its n are recruited from
all classes OF society, and q man Of the
people by meriting the ~cardinalate al
repeatedly in the church's history, holi-
ness. scholarship and administrative
genius have won for their possessOrs
the cardinals hat and wen the papl
tiara.
Letting Of the contract for the I'm
posing He'll Gate railrosd bridge, which
will serve to onnect Long Island with
the mainland at q point ear the Har-
lem river. marks the beginning Of work
on the most imposing structure Of it's
kind In this country and the longest
bridge OF Its type In existence. Its
dominating feature will be q massive
arch bridge Of 1000 feet span, carry
ing our tracks capable Of accommo-
dating the heaviest freight traffic. The
total length Of the bridge, including
approaches. will be three miles.
4 large n swift motor boat Is to
be used by the department of COM
merce and labor for the overhauling
n inspection of the oyster fleet" Of
Chesapeake bay. in order to put a stop
to "s~hanghaiing~ and other abuses
which the department has determined
TO uproot. The revenue cutters which
hnUA hnr0tnf0Wa hAnn ot th4 lno- %
h department for this purpose have
been unable to follow the offending
oyster boats into the shallow creeks
and shor waters In which they take
refuge from pursuers.
The commercial value Of q bluff, In
its figurative sense, IS a commonplace OF
knowledge. 1t has remained for a Min
nesota farmer to discover the value of
q river blum for raising apples. As a
result Of his discovery he won first
prize at the national apple show in
Spokane for fruit, declared by experts
to be the best In IL states, and land
which recently brought but $40 an acre
o sells for S125. New England fruit
raisers have long appreciated the value
OF the side hill.
The often mentioned difference be-
tween good manner n good breed
Ing. namely, that the latter involves a
long education and the acquisition of
much knowledge n skill, whereas the
former do not, is quite as important in
democratic society as in aristocratic.
Peasants, barbarians inc illiterate per-
som often exhibit some Of the best ele-
ments OF good manners. but their ex-
perience Of life has not given them ac-
cess to good breeding.
While John d. Rockefeller was show
ing the Rockefeller Family association
over his Pocantico hills estate last
host said: 1T is amazing how golf
TAX s hold Of you-how II gets on your
brain. The other day I got off a train
behind a young woman in a green
sweater and golf sticks swung from her.
shoulder. A porter, as he relieved her
Of the heavy bag OF clubs, said, Han
sentiy, 'four-some.'"
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A periodical devoted to the drama
pleads for plays based on some emo,
tion other h a love. The difficulty In
producing such plays Is that every play
must have a hero. and in making a
hero the playwright, as well as his
audience. almost inevitably adopts tho
view expressed 1000 years ago by a
scrfbbler or the dead walls Of Pompeii:
II who has never loved a woman is
not q gentleman"
The inhabitants of Persia were super
stitious about William Morgan Shus-
ter, the American who became their
treasurel-general. They regarded him
as one sent by fate for their redemp-
ton. This CANE about from a curious
coincidep ce. In the province OF Kin,
ztstan Is an ancient city Of some Is On
population which was once the cap .ai
OF the province. The name Of this CITY
was Shuster.