The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1912-02-15

bSllt QueSIiOu, lSE II was Us yet LdF
too early to undertake the explanation
of a republican system Of government.
The lady In waiting. however, was
equal to the occasion. for. seeing the
embarrassment of the professor, h
answered: In Franco the emperor Is
called president"
Dwight l., Elmendorf told an au-
dierce. the other night. Of an American
who lad him plan out a tour of Flor
Interesting for him Mr.. Elmendorf
1otted 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 a Interested him
most. The reply was: Fishing from
my window in Venice"
Mahonial Au-Paw-Chee-Paw-Qu
Keokuk Palmer. II months old, of
Cleveland. Ohio. granddaughter OF
OEhema Niagara. otherwise Chief
Thunderwater. was proclaimed a prin-
cess Sunday with elaborate ceremonies
under the Horseshoe falls on the Cana
dian sid of the Niagara river. The
princess mother, who Is a white wom-
an. insisted on having q Christian MIN
lister present, although the royal grand
father objected to the innovation.
Tho sacred college. us 1t stands to-
day, is unques.tonably a remarkable
body. II is tho only kind Of fnterna-
Though thoroughly aristocratic in its
character. its ranks are recruited from
all classes of society, and a man Of the
people by meriting the cardinalate can
become the equal of princes. Indeed,
repeatedly In the church's history. hnIi-
ness, scholarship and administrative
genius have won for their possessors
the cardinals hat and sven the papl
tiara
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Letting of the contract for the i'm
posing Hell Gate railroad bridge. which
will serve to connect Long Island with
the mainland at a point neal the Ear-
lem river, marks the beginning of work
on h most imposing structure OF its
kind in this country, and the longest
bridge Of its type In existence. Its
dominating feature will be a massive
arch bridge OF 1000 feet span, carry
ing four tracks capable OF accommo-
dating the heaviest freight traffic. The
total lengt Of the bridge. including
approaches. will be three miles.
A large n swift motor BOAT Is to
be used by the department Of COM
merce and labor for the ~cverf1auling
and inspection Of the "oyster feet" Of
Chesapeake bay, in order to put a stop
to "shanghaiing" and other abuses
which the department has determined
TO uproot, Tho revenue cutters which
have heretofore been OF the disposal of
h department for this purpose have
been unable to follow the offending
oyster boats into the shallow creeks
and short waters in which they take
refuge from pursuers.
The commercial value of a bluff, in
It's f1guratiye sense, Is a commonplace Of
knowledge. 1t has remained for a Min
nesota farmer to discover the value Of
a river bluff 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 SO an acre
now sells for SIPS. New England fruit
ratsers have long appreciated the value
of the side hill.
The often mentioned difference be-
tween good manners and good breed
Ing, namely. that the latter involves a
long education and the acquisition of
much knowledge and skill. whereas the
former do not, Is quite as Important IA,
democratic society as in a~ristooratic
Peasants, barbarians and i~literate per-
sons often exhibit some of the best ele-
ments of good manners, but their *
perience OF life has not given them ac-
cess to good breeding.
While John d. Rockefeller was show
ing the Rockefeller Family associntion
over his Pocantico kills estate Inst
month the talk turned to golf, and the
host said: 1T is amazing how golf
takes hold of you-how 1t gets on your
brain. This other day ] got off a train
behind q young woman in a grean
sweater and golf sticks swung from her
shoulder. A porter. as he relieved her
Of the heavy bag OF clubs, said. Han
som, miss No. h answered abb
eently, sfeur-some,,"
Agperiodical devoted to the drama
pleads for plays based on some emo
ton other than love. The difficulty IA
8producing such plays Is that every plar
must have q hero, and In making q
hero the playwright. as well as his
audience, almost inevitably adopts me
View expressed 1000 years ago by a
scrtbbler on the dead walls or Pompeii:
TIE who has never loved a woman il
q gentleman
s
The inhabitants OF Persia were e,lner-
atit1ous about William Morgan Shus-
ter, the American who became their
treaaurer-general. They regarded him
= one sent by fate for th,sir redernp-
ton. This came about from q curious
coincidence. in the province OF Khu-
HiEtan IS an ancient city OF some $4,000
population which was cnce the capital