Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1910 — Verdi and Bismarck on Titles. [ARTICLE]

Verdi and Bismarck on Titles.

The composer Verdi was offered a* title of nobility by King Victor Emmanuel. It was intended that he should be created Marquis or Comte do Busseto, after the estate upon which he lived. The composer refused the offer energetically. He considered that Verdi was somebody and that the Marquis de Busseto would be nobody. • Even Bismarck was unable to parry -•l** of this character. When the young emperor broke with him he conferred upon him the title of Duke of Lauenbourg. Bismarck received the parchment with this exclamation: “A pretty name! It will be handy for traveling Incognito.” Soma days after a parcel arrived at Varsln, bearing the address. Mm. ela Duchesne de Lauenbourg.". 'V • Bismarck, to whom U was delivered, being tbek at table, arose and, offering the letter to his wife, remarked ironically: ; ' “Duchess, enchanted to make yous acquaintance! ” If the present rusk for benefiting people by legislation keeps up. we look for a law prohibiting the planting of potatoes In the dark of the moow