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dolph, was revived when Archduchess
Marie Valerie gave birth to her eldest bow,
and has now come once more to public at
tention through the severe illness of Arch
duke Francis Ferdinand, who is afflicted
with consumption, and whose days are
consequently numbered. His death will,
unless the order OF succession is altered,
! have the effect of rendering his younger
brother, Otto, heir presumptive to the
throne, an eventuality which neither the
| Emperor nor yet the nation can contem-
! plate with equanlmity.
For Otto is the black sheep of the reign
ing family and the most universally ex-
| ecrated member of the house of Hapsburg
The estimation in which he is held BY his
countrymen may be gathered from the
fact that when some time ago he exhibited
at one of the art shows of Vienna a water
color which he had painted, representing a
wild boar surrounded by its progeny, it
was the standing joke for people to ask
one another what they thought of "Otto's
letzte Schweinerei' '-Otto's last piece of
| hoggishness! He is not only libertine,
but also drunkard, and his behavior to
his charming wife, a daughter of Prince
George of Saxony, has been of so disgrace
full character that on two occasions she
has been compelled to leave him and to re-
turn to her family.
Once he disgraced himself by stopping
peasants funeral while he was out riding
Win some 1rlenOs IN the country around
Prague and by leaping his horse back
ward and forward number of times over
the coffin. So great was the scandal Gre
ated by the incident that il was brought
up for discussion in the Imperial Parlia-
ment in Vienna, the well-known Deputy
Pernerstoffer declaring in most lmpas-
stoned and eloquent speech that it was un-
Just to reproach the students of the Uni
versity with excuses when the Younger
members of the imperial family themselves
set such an example. On the following
day party of young noblemen, boon COM
panions also of Archduke Otto, invaded
the house of the Deputy in question and
administered to him terrible thrashing,
injurlng him so severely that he was
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obliged to keep his bed for some weeks

obliged to keep his bed for some weeks
afterward.
Emperor Francis Joseph not only de-
tests his nephew, but is known once to
have struck him in the face in fit of fury
at some piece of blackguardism that the
Prince had perpetrated. For he sees re-
fiected in Prince Otto all the Crown
Princes worst faults, without a single one
of "Rudi's" many redeeming qualities.
To all this it may be replied by way of
argument that it is not Otto, but his father,
Arckduke Charles Louis, who stands next
to the Emperor in line of succession. But
Charles Louis, although younger than
Francis Joseph, is infinitely more broken
by age and inhrmities, and besides, in
spite of his being as respectable as Otto is
the reverse, his ascent of the throne would
present, from a national point of view, al
most as many disadvantages as that of his
son. Indeed, his succession would prob
ably result in revolution in Austria itself
and in an insul rectlon on the part of Hun
gary against the continuance of Austrian
rule.
Of all the princes in Europe this arch
duke is assuredly the most reactionary,
the most bigoted and the most narrow
minded. Throughout the present reign
Archduke Charles Louis has shown him
self most uncompromising foe of every
thing in the nature OF reform and progress.
Under the circumstances it will be read
lily understood that Emperor Francis Jo-
seph, who is a shrewd and remarka bly,
sensible man, and who has at heart the
welfare of his people and of his dynasty,
should take steps to avoid the disasters
with which both one and the other are
threatened in the event of either his
brother or his nephew succeeding
to the crown. 1t is understood that
he has now definitely adopted measures to
debar them from the throne and to assure
the inheritance thereof to the eldest son of
his younger and fayorite daughter Valerie,
the elder of his two girls having married a
Bavarian prince. No one knows exactly.
| save the Emperor and one or two of his
! most trusty counseiors, what the precise
terms of the law are which govern the sue
| cession to the thrones of Austria and Hun
| gary, or to what extent they are suscepti-
BILE of modification by the sovereign of the
dav. They are kept profound secret, the
Minister of the Imperial Household being
compelled on assuming Office to take an
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THE THRONE OF AUSTRIA.

Emperor Francis Joseph to Choose a
Successor.
Now that the question of altering the or
der of the succession to the throne of Aus.
tria-Hungary has become a matter of pub
lie discussion in the semi-ofiicial press of
Vienna and in the imperial legislature 1t
may be regarded as having passed out of
the domain OF mere court gossip and of
club rumor into that of practical politics,
and as such has become worthy of serious
attention abroad. 1t was first mooted at
the time of the death of Crown Prince Ru-
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fdence and companionship rare even for
mother and daughter. Mrs. Bryant has a
distinct recollection OF the troublous times
of the sand-lot agitation which marked
her husbands administration. To her lot
fell the honor of entertaining many nota-
bles who visited San Francisco between
the years 1876 and 1880. Chief among
them were ex-President Grant and party
when making THEN trip around the world
John Russell Young, Minister to China
the admiral of the Italian fleet and Mayor
Brown of ST. Louis. Mrs. Bryant is a
member OF Trinity Episcopal Church and
one of the board of managers of the Frank
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SERIOULTURE IN ENGLAND,
Brief History of the Manufactu of Sill
Across the Atlantic,

Brief History of the Manufa cture of Silk
Across the Atlantic,
Thirty-tive years ago England was manu-
featuring six times as much silk as she is
to-day. Last year the total value of the
silk goods manufactured was, roughly,
42,000, 900; in 1860 it was 912, O0O,0O TAX
ing into consideration the increase in
population, the increase in the quantity
of silks which must be used, and more
over, the considerable increase in the Num-
Der of purposes to which silk is applied
one is inclined to believe that the ENGLISH
silk industry at this moment indicates the
healthiest and most promising signs of an
early and total extinction. And. were If
not that during the last few wears efforts
for its resuscitation have been made in
various directions, which have been to
some extent successful, but scant hone
could be entertained of its survival.
Silk manufacture is thing we ought to
feel we would not willingly let die without
some strenuous endeavor being made to
avert so untimely a catastrophe. It is one
of our most artistic industries and one of
our Oldest and it has an honorable history.
In the year 1888 1T existed in this country.
in France we do not hear of it until 1880
and it was not until 1920 that it was intro.
duced into Lyons.
In 1885 the influx of refugees from the
religious prosecutions in France and Hol-
land began and many of the prosecuted
were weavers of silk. This resulted in a
quickening of the English silk manufac
ture and we are indebted to the mis- or
tunes of these countries for the good for
tune which then came to our own
James L made excellent endeayors not
only to encourage silk weaving but also to
Introduce silk culture, or the production of
raw silk from the cocoon, into the land.
and for this purpose the mulberry trees
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10 inspect progress, much to the trepida-
ton of officials and workmen, for all of
whom these preparations are an anxious
operation; for her Majesty has keen iudg
ment and critical and artistic eve. and
without any warning may order all that
has been done to be undone
simultaneously with this work MINER
Gus rooms are being got ready for the
coming company, while the royal chefs
and their assistants are kept busy with
preparations IN their department.
AT the performance the Queens chair
faces the center of the stage, slightly in
advance OF all other seats. Right and left
family, and behind these are seats for the
ladies and gentlemen OF the household and
invited guests.
"a Ilch ana beautiful programme is pro-
Vlued Tor her Majesty; less elaborate hut
yet dainty artistic programmes beine SIM
pIed Tor the rest of the audience. Then
the performance proceeds. The Queen
aImays leaos the applause, and the others
present take the cue from her action.
Beginning generally at 10 O'Clock. after
Inc tate royal dinner, these performances
conclude about midnight and then there
IS rush Tor the good things bountifullv
lald out IN the several supper-rooms i'm
proVlsed Tor the occasion. The PRINCIPALS.
having been presented to her Majesty sun
IN one apartment with such of the gentle
men of the household as care to ioin them
the rest IN other rooms. according to the
grades and distinctions preserved.
The special trains for the return home
are to leave at 1 o'clock. even though it be
Sunday morning, as it several times has
been, and for time the thoroughfares are
alive with the visitors hurrying to the sta
tlon IN royal carriages or on foot. MANY
OF the higher officials in the castle accom-
pany the party, and the leave-taking is al
ways cordia! and sometimes lust trif1e hi
iarlous. In day or two few rings and
brooches bearing the royal MONOGRAM
the much-beloved "V. r. will be for
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Absent-Minded.

A story is told of venerable professor
in Western college who rivals Sir Isaac
Newton in absent mindedness. He walked
under sprinkler on his lawn without
noticing it till he got indoors, when ne
found That his hat and coat were wet, and
looked out in surprise to see whether il
was raining.-SpringfeId Republican.
The chief opponents of music in Japan
are women. Most men would consider
that they were making themselves ridicu.
lous in society by singing or playing.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-17
ncnfnes, Cannot he Cured

by local applications, as they canno
reach the diseased portions of the ear
There is only one way to cure Deaf
ness, and that is by constitutions
remedies. Deafness is caused By al
intlamed condition of the mucous lin
ing of the Eustachian Tube. Wher
this tube gets infamed you have Il
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing,
and when il is entirely closed Deafness
is the result. and unless the inhama.
ton can be taken out and this tube
restored TO its normal condition. hear
ing will be destroyed forever. Nine
cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but ali inflamed con
dition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Deafness caused by
catarrhj that cannot be cured by Hall s
Catarrh Cure. Send for circular free
f. j. CHENEY ~ Co.. Toledo. O.
~ Sold by Druggists, I5c.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-17
AUCTION.

The Alfred y. Waite farm and persona ma.
erty at auction. will sell at public auction w \,
the premises, miles from Brattleboro, VI d,
ney, on Saturday. May 2, 'O6. al 10 49,,
n. m, sharp. Real estate. The homo ,.,.
which is one of the best in Windham COUNTY. +
contains laj acres, suitably divided into tiIs-,
pasture, and woodland. The farm viii kcs6s;
head of cattle the year round and teams ner.,
sary TO carry on the place. The land ia in HI,
state of cultivation There is good set OF bni.s
ings. The farm will be sold entire, or sphii,ii
ed, as seems best at time of sale. Also, ap,,
ture in Putney, containing 10 acres. Also,
stump lot in Dummerston, containing 10 arrs.
Personal property. Ten good business hor.s,
, good two'horse dump carts, OK damp can,
? two horse lumber wagons, one-hor,e hubs,
wagon, 2 sleds , sleghs land pulyerizer, 3 ne,
tooth harrows, Belcher h Taylor .ulky Div
bearing Irvine: binder, hay tender, Wiln6vlnr
mill, and many othe- articles. Also, qusutt,
of household furniture. Terms given al M
time of sale. GEo. B. HIT, Gurrdjar
W. ;. FUTILE, AuctiOncer. EW
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-17

Reed gets the Rep blican delegates
from Massachusetts, Rhode Island and
Maine all right and those from New
Hampshire in a more or less satisfac.
tory way. But the results of the
Brattleboro caucus last night indi
Gates that it is very doubtful about
his getting Vermont and there is de
termined effort to capture Connect
cut for Mckinley. With about third
of the delegates to the state convention
elected down there, his shouters claim
that they have about twice as many
as Reed. AS the canvass started off
with New England conceded solid"
to Reed, the situation is significant of
what is going on over the country.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-17
MORSE & SIMPSON.
Charsh Notices.

services in II Mchcal's Episcopal church sun
day "a after Easter, April 18th. $3.50 m HOLY
and Sermon, II A a IN, sunday School ana
Catcchislng; : 80 p IN. Evening Prayer. Bishop
Hall will preach and confirm in st Michaei
church on Menday evening, April !oth, service
At 80 O'Clock.
Rev George II Gutlcrson, one OF the most IN;
teresting and eloquent Of field secretaries VIII
speak at the Centre church next sunday morn.
ing lie presents the causc:oi the American
Missionary Association working for the Chinese
in America, the Indians, the Mountain whites
of Eastern Tennessee and Kentucky, ana cs-
pecaly the colored people in the south. No
cause appeals more TO the hearts OF New Eng
land anil no man can present II morcs forclDly
than Mr. Gutterson.
The regular Friday evening prayer serv zee at
the Methodist church will he led ny the pastor al
quarter bel orc eight.
Christian science service and SUNDAY g hool az
No Forest street, at 1915. Class meeting Meu'
esday evening at No p Prospect street at ~
All interested are welcome.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-17
Beginning 10 he Time to Look Out.

y 10'r1 'HV '"t0I UUIJ 1te0UTH'I
The recent showing of our state ex-
penses proves to the most casual oh
server at what an alarming rate our
state expenses are increasing. Where
thee are the benefits acquired in return
and how do our exports from the state
agree with this increase of eypendi-
ture? Very poorly indeed we fear. 1t
may be argued that all this expendi-
ture is absolutely necessary. If so,
much more SO the necessity of placing
Il master hand at the helm of our state
affairs. II without any appreciable
increase in our population or our ex-
ports our expenses are increasing at
the rate Of hundreds of thousands of
dollars a year. it Is time TO look head
before calamity arrives.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-17

y presidential boomlet has been
launched this week for ey-Gov.
Roswell p Flower of New York. He
has regarded himself as about the
right man for the last II years. and in
an Interview he says he is in the
hands of his friends. but incidentally
remarked that the only Democratic
hope lies in possible Republican blum
ders. Mr.. Flower is pretty good
man but not of presidential size.
Besides. the Democratic party is not
going to take Il New York man this
time. 1t is convinced that the rest of
the country is entitled to chance once
in 40 years, for 1860 was the last time
the candidate was not either in mann,
or fact from New York
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-17

From letter written by Rev. j.
Gunderman, of Dimondalc. Ind, we
are permitted 10 make this extract: Il
have no hesitation in recommending
DIR. Kings New Discovery, as the re
suits were almost marvellous in the cast.
of my wife. While l was pastor of the
Baptist Church at Rives Junction she
was brought down with Pneumonia
succeeding La Grippe. Terrible parox-
ysms OF coughing would last hours with
little interruption and it seemed as if
she could not survive them. a friend
recommended DIR. Kings New Discoy-
cry; ii was quick in its work and high
ly satisfactory In results Trial bot
Ties free at +. II. Holden Il Co.'S Dru.
Sf1ge- Regular size 3nc. and loo.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-17
he Mckinney purpose.

Parliamentary elections were held ir
Spain and Cuba Sunday and as expect
ed resulted in a big conservative and
protectionist majority. They were only
less farce in the mother country than
in Cuba where only one party was rep
resented at all at the polls, and where
the restrictions on the ballot are such
any way as to make the pretense of rep
resentative government mockery In
Spain itself universal suffrage has been
granted by late reform: but it is
charged that wholesale frauds and in
reference were practised in behalf of
the government, and storm of indig-
nation at If is sweeping over the coun-
try. Some of the Madrid papers even
predict that it will be the last election
held under present institutions.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-17

The New York World has been anus,
! ing itself for few days with the en-
quiry Is Cleveland the logical candi.
date?' The answer il has received
from every part of the country is en-
phatic enough in the negative to con
vince anybody that the party could be
guilty of no greater folly than TO re
nominate him, even if he would accept,
which we do not believe. The party
leaders never liked him very we'll it is
his one weakness that while strong
| leader of men in the mass and capable
of deeply attaching those who come
into close relations with him, he has
no faculty of dealing with those with
whom he comes into ordinary inter
course. The replies to the World s en-
quiry show that the antagonisn of the
leaders.is far stronger than ever before.
Some of it due to disagreement on the
financial question, but more to IN ifs
over patronage, while the objection to
a third Term plays less but still an
important part. But with the rank
and file. where his chief strength lies,
this sentiment against d third term
would prove more decisive FACTOR
If there is anything settled and clear
in the Democratic philosophy, il is
that a third term is not to be tolerated
under any circumstances. The Demo
cratic masses have the utmost respect
for Mr.. Cleveland and are proud of his
administration and will be more so as
time passes. But they see no reason,
and there is none, why a great princi-
pie, and one that is vital to the integ-
rity of our institutions, should be vio-
lated in his case more than any other. |
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-17

The first three Democratic state con
ventions to be had this year, in Oregon
Alabama and Missouri. have pronoun-
ced for free silver and it looks AS if
Georgia would 60 the same way after
Il spirited fight. Senator Ben Tillman
of South Carolina who is on starring
tour for silver, suggests that ''it 10
time for the party to split if the
silver men cannot control the convcn-
ton both rs to candidate and platform
There is serious danger that this is
what will happen, while the prospect
increases that the Republicans will
succeed in etfecting IA compromise
straddle. The Maine convention in
dictates that this is the Reed as we'll
as the Mckinley purpose.
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-17

+. ID. Williams is stating his Williams
street carriage shop.-Ed. Robinson is
improving his house by an addition to
the cll.-C. b. Tamson is making repairs
in the tenement vacated by Eugene Fer
riter.-Col. Hooker is improving the
outward appearance of his Main It. res
idencc by a coat of paint.
The Lyons Granite: Co, has taken the
jop for putting in the foundation for
the new Fitchburg engine at the cleo
trio light station and has force of
men at work on 1.-THE express office
has increased its room by an addition
uf ~ feet m the rear and storage
ROOM for the hotel has been fitted IN
in the basement
The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-04-17
That Railway Commission Bill.


The Montpelier Waterman protests
that It's opposition to Maj. Grout Is
not grounded chiefly" on his make
up of the railroad committees in the
legislature Of 1856 but that this is
"only one count in the general indict-
ment' for a long "sly and covert
opposition to measures of reform. 1t
recitcs how the political platforms,
state and county. Of both parties that
year demanded IL railway commission
law and for the fraud and dclusion
that finally emerged from the legisla
ture it again lays the responsibility at
the door of Speaker Circuit, saying
1.-THE disregard of public demand
would not have been more wanton and
reasonable had speaker Reed consti-
tuted the ways and means committee OF
the Fifty firstCongress with a majority
of free trade, and this committee had
put every article of farm produce on
the free list than it was by Speaker
Circuit of the Vermont House of Re-
representatives. in 1885, when he made
up railway committee of a large
majority OF members who were either
railway officials or men who were
known to be hostile to the kind of a
commission the public was demanding,
and which ignored the farmer interest
in framing the law that was enacted.
Well, suppose Speaker Reed had
done that thing and then for ten years
the Republican party had acquiesed
and had not peeped upon the subject
Of the tariff, in platform or congress
or anywhere else, wouldn't the coun
try be justified in concluding that the
party hadn't a particle of sincerity
or honesty in its high protec
ton pretenses, but that it bad
buncoed the country in
carrying election on that issue? Yet
that is precisely the situation, ac
cording to the Waterman own
analysis, with the Republican party of |
Vermont in its relation to the railway !
law.
The Indictment ii frames againstMai. |
Grout applies with an hundredfold
more force against the whole state
it so ardently supports.
Nay. more, the offense of the
fraud and delusion'' is entirely
without palliation as regards the
oarty, while it is entirely conceivable
hat the speaker may have merely
made "A mistake with the best inten-
ion in making up the committee.
If it is true, as claimed of him, that
lie is not free pass man, this is the
air view to take.
But whether he made a mistake,
whether he was at fault or not, it re-
mains true that if there had been ,
rains and honest purpose enough in {
he legislature, at that session or since. /
n efficient law for the regulation of [
he corporate creatures of the state
hight hae been put upon the
tatutc book And it is true that it 1
as not been done and no attempt
as been made TO do it since, :
The argument that CIRCUITS lapse or {
rror or whatever it was in this one +
ct of naming the committee should
ondemn him to condign defeat, while a
he same thing in the whole party con Il
nuing throughout 10 years, should t
ntitle it to a bigger majority than !.
~,
it'll which politics, particularly in v
ermont, are sometimes ornamented, I
a