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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-23
Carlotta's Tragic Life.

The word that comes from Brussels
to the effect that ex-Empress Carlotta
is at the point of DEATH recalls one OF
the most tragic life stories in the his
tory of royalty. The ex-empress was one
of the most prominent among the VIC
tins of Napoleon III, who was more
of a serpent than man. Another
woman wearing a similar crown of sor-
row is the ex-Empress Eugene, who
for twenty years has been lonely
and broken-hearted exile. 1t is i'm
possible to think of these two wrecked
lives without connecting them with the
dark political crimes of Napoleon III.
The evil that one false-hearted prince
may commit is illustrated in the career
of that usurper. When a state prisoner
in France he wrote of an ideal republic
with much of the philosophy and more
than the fervor Of Plato. But when
placed at the head of a republic he
betrayed it and drove its defenders
abroad
Carlotta was born a princess among
princesses. Her father, King Leopold =.
of Belgium, was a brother of Queen
Victoria's mother, and her mother was
a daughter of Louis Philippe, King of
France. Carlotta married brother of
the present Emperor of Austria. Her
whole life previous to going to Mexico
was a dream of brightness and luxury.
Married at 20, she resided at the splen-
did castle of Miramar, on the Adriatic,
belonging to her husband, whose tastes,
like her own, ran to the study of lit
erature and art. She was but "a when
she came to Mexico, too young and in
experienced to know the terrible possi-
Ejlities hidden in the sinister scheme
of Napoleon III. to extend his power
to this continent. 1t was the discovery
of the black perfidy of the French EN-
peror that destroyed Carlotta's rea-
son.
Since that day in June, thirty years
ago, Carlotta has passed through
many varying phases of a mind dis
traught. After a brief stay at Mira
mar she was taken to a country seat
os her family at Laeken, near Brussels,
where her health improved. Later,
she lived at the royal castle of Ter
vueren until it was destroyed by a con-
fligration, from which she escaped un-
harmed. Since then she has resided
at chateau near Laeken. There have
been years when her health was so far
restored that, under the secret vigi-
lance of attendants, she maintained
the ceremonious life of a court. She
was fond of music, walked much, and
was interested in the wardens, and all
her surroundings were kept in perfect
condition from her private fortune
of $S5O,000 year. Three years ago she
became melancholy, her health de-
clined, and few vestiges of reason have
remained. More than half her life of
fifty-seven years has been darkened
by insanity. The world, noting the
contrast with its former brilliancy, will
read the hollowness of wealth, power
and title when involved in an unholy
ambition.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-23

duties, on all the political problems that
are presented for solution by the ball
lot. But many times II occurs that be-
fore one campaign is fairly ended an
other is begun, and thus It happens that
in many cases the farm, the store and
the shop are forgotten, business Is me-
elected, friendships are broken in vain
and profitless discussion of only half
understood questions. These things
ought not so to be. The money spent
and time wasted In a national campaign
would in a few years amount to sum
sufficient to pay off out national debt.
Would 1t not be better wisdom to drop
the discussion of politics for a time, to
have more business and less buster;
to put our shops and stores, instead of
our political arguments, in order; to cul-
tivate our fields and the amenities of our
better natures instead of strifes and con-
tentions of our political differences; to
practice the gospel of peace and good
will instead of the heresy of malice and
hatred?
There is a sure profit, quick dividends
and wthal great peace and true happi-
ness in the experiment.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-23
PREJUDICE AGAINST CORN.

From the Syracuse Journal.
Old stories are told in connection with
the Introduction of American corn into
Germany. Fifteen years ago the Ger
man people regarded corn meal with as
much disfavor as so much marble dust
for food. Corn meal was even looked
upon with as much fear as IL it were a
deadly poison. 1t required the patient
work of several years to overcome this
prejudice against corn meal, and 1t has
been one of the duties of the American
Legation at Berlin to assist in educating
the Kaisers subjects in the use of corn
meal as human food. 1t was perhaps,
fifteen years ago, that certain Americans
in Berlin one day presented each member
of the Reichstag with an old-fashioned
corn pone, which had been prepared by
an American cook. The wise law makers
agrarians, socialists and others, seemed
to be dubious about the value of the
present until the virtues of corn pone
were fully explained. 1t took years to
educate the masses in the use of the
new meal, and 1t is not in general use
yet among the poor.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-23
Time TO SquelCh
The Fool Joker
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
Danger in almost any form has a terri
be fascination for many minds. A per-
son standing on precipice or a high
bridge is tempted to throw himself over.
man in a small boat with companions
feels an irresistible impulse to rock the
beat. Another looking at a deadly poison
wonders how such an innocent appearing
powder or liquid can produce fatal results
and is inclined to taste it. But probably
no other form of peril is more demonIac
IN its temptation to weak minds than that
presented by firearms. Women and girls,
as a rule, are shy of guns and pistols,
but men and boys in numerous cases show
the most perverse disposition 10 fool with
them. The deadly mischief an 'unloaded"
gun or revolver can do has become a
standing joke with the newspapers.
Scores and hundreds of graves have been
filled with the bodies of persons who
didn't know it was loaded"
o.
A case of this kind was recorded in our
columns yesterday. A youth at Conesus,
standing at the bedside of his sick mother
with revolver in his hand, proposed to
show her how people committed suicide.
1t was rare entertainment for an invalid.
The young man first snapped tine lock on
all the barrels and no explosion followed.
Then he pointed 1t at his breast snapped
1t again, and fell over with a ball in his
body. 1t is hoped he will survive If he
does he will XII ow more. He has had his
lesson, but today or tomorrow some other
person will do the same thing This
youths performance Is to be commended
in one feature of 1t, at least. He was con-
siderate enough not to point the empty
pistol at his mother AS a rule these ex-
perimenters kin their friends instead Of
themselves.
These perils are enough in the world
without needlessly creating occasions of
oanger. When one gets into a tight place
he should be a man and meet the emer-
gency bravely. But to fool with danger
and death is sheer idtocy. The person
who points gun or revolver at another
FOR fun" ought to be knocked down on
the spot and severely thrashed, even II
an who are present can swear that the
weapon is not loaded Men have been
known to swing children on the edge of
high banks or structures with a view to
producing a little sensation and amuse-
ment. These acts, when fairly examined,
will be found to be not only reckless, but
mean and dastardly. Practical Jokes
which derive all their significance from
real or supposed peril to those upon whom
they are played come pretty near being
crimes. The sufferers from them have a
right to resent them as an outrage and,
IL able to do so, to punish the perpetra-
tors,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-23

appetizers, the chemicals that are used
TO keep milk sweet, and to make
canned goods attractive. etc. But
whether the sdulterants are harmful
or not is really not all of the question
of adulterated articles. OF course, in
the Bowery, where customer pays a
Bowery price and expects Bowery
whisky in return. the quality is not
of so much consequence IL 1t is harm
less. But when the buyer pays for a
genuine article. and is put off with
one that is not what he buys, whether
1t is harmless or not he has grounds
to complain just as much as though
his money had been taken by any other
form of theft,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-23
CRIME AND LITERATURE.


From the Kansas City Star.
The fact is noted that suspected thief
lately arrested by the Kansas City police
carried in his pocket, and diligently per-
used while in custody, not tale of blood,
murder and crime, but Beatrice Harra-
denis "Ships That Pass in the Night"
This is taken as a singular circumstance,
1t being q popular belief that most GRIM
inals are made so by reading bad books,
and that after they enter upon a career
of systematic wickedness they read moth
ing else. The observations made by the
officers of prison libraries show that the
literary taste of prisoners is fairly good,
and that they seem most inclined to
standard fiction. 1t has been abundantly
demonstrated that a very bad man may
be fond of good books. The most danger
Gus class in the community Is recruited
not so much from those who read doubt
full books as from the class who cannot
read at all.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-23
The Novelty Worn Off.

The much advertised free silver
camp meeting held at Springfield O.,
recently was not up to the eXpecta-
of an out-of-date creed, In fact, it ap-
preached a damp and dismal failure.
If the hopeful Bryanites had taken
time to consider the condition of the
country they need not have been dis
appointed at the fizzle. AS the Pitts
burg Times remarks, free silver is
theory in itself that has little to at
tract followers any more than any
other abstract question. AS applied to
the conditions of business which pre-
vailed last year it was popular draw
ing theme, for people thought some
thing was offering that would bring
relief. Now that the practical applica-
tion of the theory has been defeated,
and that business is improving with
out it. the interest in the theory has
been lost. The average man is as little
concerned in free silver for money as
he is in Bessemer steel for rails.
When captivating speakers like Mr.
Bryan, who was in the class of curiosi-
ties as we'll as orators, appeared at a.
meeting, crowd was sure to greet
him. Mr.. Bryan would draw a crowd
today, and he would attract it whether
he talked silver or played center field
in game Of base ball. But silver does
not possess the interest for a curious
crowd that living and famous man
does, so the crowds at Springfield were
small. Unfortunately for the promot-
ers of the free silver scheme, they
played all their good cards when their
extremity compelled them to last fall
and they have nothing left but the bare
and uninteresting platitudes. Nobody
cares for platitudes with the novelty
worn Off and many who believed them
when beset by hard times laugh at
them now. Free silver put up a brave
and boastful fight last fall but this fall
the preaching of the doctrine sounds
more like mockery. Free silver will not
be formidable again if the sound money
hosts do not give it encouragement and
do not overlook It's attempts to rally.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-23
TRIBUTE TO GOV. HASTINGS.
From the Hartford Curant.

From the Hartford Curant.
Governor Hastings, of Pennsylvania,
has earned another credit mark. For
reasons best known to themselves, the
members of the state board of pardons
recommended three Philadelphia ballot
thieves for executive clemency. The
sentence in the case of these rascals
was Imprisonment and perpetual dis
franchisement. The board advised the
Governor to remit the last part of this
sentence and restore the ballot thieves
to citizenship. The governor emphati-
cally refused to do anything of the kind.
He who either as election officer or
briber contributes to the spoliation of
the American ballot should be accursed
of men," said Governor Hastings, land
the stain which discolors him should be
reflected upon every person, high or low,
who profits by his crime"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-23
JOY IN THE KLONDIKE.

oh the Yukon's frozen stiff and the snow
is thirty deep,
But the gay Klondike mosquito he is
dead:
And when you make a night of it you
rather long for sleep,
But you dare look out at morning with
no screen doors round your head.
The mercury is down so low it registers
no more:
And the swear / uttered yesterday is
frozen to my chin;
And the ceilings full of icicles, result
ing from my snore,
But the gay Klondike mosquito is
called in.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-23
HOKE GAINING WISDOM.
From the Rochester Post-Express.

From the Rochester Post-Express.
Hoke Smith, of Georgia, who left Pres
ident Cleveland's cabinet, because of the
constraint of the free silver sentiment
of his section, and supported Bryan by
his pen and his vote, is one of the many
who are now on the penitential bench.
He favors the abandonment of the 16 to
1 issue, and depreciates the extreme
features" of Organism. AS Organism
includes none but extreme features, the
degradation of the currency. the denial
of national good faith, the overthrow of
the judiciary and fealty to the commune,
Mr.. Smith may be fairly said to have
deserted the Bryan camp, into which he
was evidently led against his better
judgment. He should have been wiser
at the first. but evidently his reason is
returning to him. And there are others.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-23
THE REPUBLICAN TICKET.
state.

Stdtts
State Treasurer-J. s. BEACON, OF
WestmorelaEd.
Auditor General-LEvI G. MCAULEY,
OF Chester.
County.
Sheriff-CLARENCE L. PRYOR, Of
Scranton.
District Attorney-JOHN r. JONES, OF
Blakely.
Prothonotary JOHN COPELAND, o.
Carbondale.
Treasurer-W. s. LANGsTAFF, of Scran-
ton.
Clerk of the Courts-THOMAS p. DAN
1ELS, of Scranton.
Recorder - CHARLES HUESTER, o.
Scranton.
Register-WILLIAM X. BECK, of Mos
COW.
Jury Commissioner - CHARLES WIG
GINS, of Scranton.
Election day, November 2.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-23
TOO MUCH POLITICS,

From the Marchall Mich. Statesman.
The facts are that we have altogether
too much politics in this country. 1t is
all right and perfectly proper that every
voter should seek to inform himself as
far as he may, with safety to his other
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-23
AN ILLUMINATED JOKE.

From the Chicago Times-Herald.
A Baltimore husband who knocked his
wife down with lamp the other night
seemed to be very much surprised in
police court the next morning to learn
that she didn't make light of him.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-23

Mayor Harrison, OF Chicago, ex-
presses the opinion that if the people
want boxing exhibitions they should
have them. He is the official who is
unaware that any gambling is going
on In the Windy City.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-23
MEXICO's MISTAKE,
From the Washington Star.

From the Washington Star.
1t is very well for Mexico to copy this
country's financial ideas; but 1t should
have drawn the line there. A little in
vestigation would have disclosed the fact
that lynching is by no means a national
institution.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-23

Judge Halsey, of Atlanta, has rem
dered a decision that should give him
an honorary membership of all suff-
rage associations, Prohibition conven-
tions and other bodies where women
congregate. 1t is to the effect that an
unmarried woman is not old when she
reaches the age OF forty, and In fact
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-23

Binghamton also has a snail-like
method of paving the streets, and the
people are complaining, Just as they
are in Scranton.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-23

And now Anthony Hope is headed
this way and we shall probably be
given another impression of ourselves
instead of a novel worthy to succeed
"The Prisoner of Zenda."
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-23

A remarkable incident in college life
is reported from Cornell University.
Out of respect for the late Henry w.
Sage, Percy Field was closed and the
candidates for the foot ball team rest
ed whole day.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-23

Opals are unlucky stones for Miss
Florence Harmon, who stole an opal
ring, set with diamonds, from a New
York jeweler and was caught in the
theft
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-23

In Boston, the s2at of culture, the
earnings Of the base ball teams in the
National League has been $125,OOO for
the season.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-23

The result of mixing French and
Russian microbes by President Faure
and the Car of Russia in their kiss
ing operations is eagerly awaited by
an anxious world.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-23

If the w. C. T. U. would follow the
example of the miners at st. Michaels
who gave the boatmen twenty-five
lashes for bringing a load of whiskey
instead of provisions and the promise
to smash every barrel of fire water
conveyed up the river, the temperance
cause would have a boom in several
localities outside of Alaska.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-23

National Chairman Jones was WIS.,
IDLY disgusted the other day because
there were only 600 people out at the
free silver camp meeting in Springfield,
Ohio, to hear his great free silver
speech. The farmers tried to excuse
themselves for their apparent apathy
by the explanation that they were so
very busy harvesting their big crop of
wheat, and so contented at the pros
pect of getting dollar for it that they
really couldn't bother to attend the
meeting, even for the felicity of being
told of their wretched condition under
Mckinley times.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-23

Worth, of Paris, and Poole, of Lon
don, may as well continue business
at the old stand. What women want
is to get Worth gown made in Paris
not in New York, and those who can
afford to revel in wardrobes from
Felix and Worth can afford to pay
duty on the same. Men who feel that
it is expected of them to patronize a
London tailor will probably keep on
buying pretty coats and sweet ties
across the water.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-23

If it were not for the little girls In
New Jersey, the X-ray people would
have considerably less advertising
The melon seed swallowed by Hobo
ken damsel of seven has been success
fully located in her windpipe, while
another little one in Harrison has been
relieved of hat pin five inches long,
which she thoughtlessly allowed to slip
down her throat one day this week
Still another New Jersey child has
undergone an operation after examina-
ton under X-rays, which has been the
means of recovering the claw of her
mothers favorite tack-hammer.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-23

Has always been pro-
verbal, and our constant
ly growing trade ON lower
and medium priced goods
only tends to show that
we are also to the front
ON this lime of goods, as
we'll
To demonstrate this
fact more fully than ever,
we have placed ON sale for
the next TEN DAYS,
Three Great Specialties,
that are we'll worth the
attention and scrutiny of
the closest buyers--as we
guarantee them the best
values i'm NEW GOODS
offered this season
1, is a line of Mixed Chev-
lots, strictly wool and
an All cloth for general
wear. This week, Sl.0S
a Dress Pattern
2, choice lime of jacquard
and Camel's III a i r
effects. An imported
cloth and shown only i'm
the newest color-com-
binations. This week,
$3.35 a Dress Pattern
3, a line of high class
"Crepon" effect. "Nov-
city" Suitings, also i'm
the latest Color r-Combi-
nations. Looks equal to
goods at more than
double the price. This
week, $4.S5 a Dress
Pattern
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-23

1t may surprise many residents of the
United States to know that indignities
to the American flag are not encourag-
cd in Canada. John Lumsden, a cana
dian was surprised to learn this fact
the other day when he tore up q
specimen of Old Glory in Toronto and
was promptly marched off to the pol
ice station for the offence. 1t was only
a toy flag displayed in the door of a
novelty shop at the Union Station but
its transformations waving aroused Mr..
Lumsden's wrath and he proceeded to
demolish the offending object after
which he Jumped on it vlndictively.
An officer standing near arrested him
and he is now longing for bail and
wondering what is the use of being a
patriotic subject of her Majesty the
Queen.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-23

that she is still a young lady after she
has passed her forty-fourth birthday.
1t has taken a good many centuries to
worm this admission out of somebody
alleged to speak with authority, and 1t
seems to come with considerable sig
nificance in these latter days, when the
adage that a woman is only as old as
she looks is rather generally accepted.
The next procedure should be to secure
an opinion as to the age when a mar
ried woman is to be considered old.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-11-18
SUPREME COURT OPINIONS.
Three Land Cases-Recess Taken
TIL November 20.

Washington, Nov. 15.-The United
States supreme court today took re-
cess until Monday, the Doth inst.
In the United States supreme court to-
day three opinions were rendered on
appeals of the court of private land
claims, involving as many land grants in
the territory of New Mexico, the grants
affected being those known as the pas
turc. the San Antonio and the San
Diego grants. In all these cases the
court below had decided against the
claimants, and the supreme court today
affirmed the decision in each case.
Justice Brown delivered the opinion of
the corrt in the pasture and San An
tonic cases and Chief Fuller in the San
Diego case. Ir the pasture case the
Pueblo Indians of Xia, Santa Anna and
Iemcz were the claimants and appellants.
The grant involved $4,000 acres of
land. In his opinion Justice Brown
stated that MI the circumstances went to
show that the grant was a mere license
to the Indians to use the lands for pur-
poses of pasture only. The land en-
braces the locality of the famous Holy
Ghost spring.
In the San Antonio case Manuel Cres-
pin and forty others were the claimants,
the question arising being whether
grant made by prefect, as in his case,
is ',lnl. Justice Brown id thare
were some instances in which subordi-
nate officials were duly authorized to
make concessions of this character, but