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Ten years have rolled by since then.
a woman, an anonymous writer, who
loved the Empress Elizabeth as a
woman rarely loves a woman, has told
the sad story of her life. Martyrdom,' .
as she calls it, which involves the tragic
tale of Mayerling.
Rudolph had the misfortune to marry
Stephanie, daughter of Leopold IL. of
Belgium, a woman of narrow mind, no
culture, no beauty and of a shrewish,
jealous temper. 1t was a marriage of
policy, not of love. Stephanie elated
by her high position and marital rights,
gave way to vulgar jealousy, even be-
fore she had cause. She watched, fol-
lowed, questioned her princely hns-
band, descending to the lowest sort of
espionage, even to questioning SER
wants, searching pockets and opening
letters. Naturally Rudolph was furious.
When she tracked him ito Mayerling
and falsely accused him of going there
to receive his fair friends, the hope
of reconciliation or peace passed for
ever.
In 1883 there was a Polish ball given
in Vienna, at which the emperor re-
quested the crown prince to be pres
ent. There he met Marie Vetsera, a
beautiful Greek girl. For the first time
in his life he fell violently in love. Sin
gularly enough, years before, the en-
peror had much admired the girls
mother and there had been some court
scandal, all of which had been forgotten.
A cousin of Rudolph's, who had been
brought up by the empress and had
once hoped to be his bride, saw chance
of revenge for her disappointment, by
fostering the liking of the prince for
the fair Greek girl.
For the first time, Stephanie had a
rival. The cousin took special care that
she should know it. Her anger knew
no bounds. Forgetting her sex and
rank she heaped vulgar reproaches
upon Rudolph and applied such epi-
thets to Marie Vetsera that the prince
in return gave way to hot resentment
vowed he was through with her and
would never forgive her.
"tCtCieu duu iHIdJuaIGQ With love-
Rudolph, with no thought Of his princes
ly rank, nor of the duties which it in
volved, wrote the pope private letter
begging him to annul his marriage
with Stephanie-toper persuadethe emper-
or to allow him to renounce his right
of succession and retire to private life.
Leo XIII. had kindly heart, but is
the last person in the world to sympa
thize with a love tale, especially the
love tale of married man, seeking a
divorce. SO strictly forbidden by the
Catholic church. For answer he wrote
the emperor, inclosing Rudolph's let
ter. The horror and amazement of
Francis Joseph cannot be told in words.
He had suspected the relations be-
tween Rudolph and stephanie were
strained, but nothing more. This talk
of legal separation and giving up the
succession overwhelmed him.
In the presence OF his uncle. hfs
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-08-05

kept Yle industry alive after repeated
failures elsewhere. In California to-
day stands the Oldest beet sugar factory
in America, one that has been in opera
ton more than quarter of century,
This factory at Avarado, Cal, is the OUT
growth of failures in Wisconsin and
Illinois. The, machinery of factories
that had failed in these two states was
removed to AlvaEado and there the
manufacture of beets into sugar was
begun in 1870, and has continued to the
present time. The first experiments
even there cannot be said to have been
successes. The farmers did not know
how to produce sugar bearing beets,
they did not know at what stage of
maturity it was best to harvest the
crops they had grown. Both of these
things had d tendency to retard the
progress of the industry, but practic-
ally complete success has rewarded the
experiments of years.
e To-day there is hardly a state in the
union, and especially the northern
states, in which the establishment Of
beet sugar factories is not being agi-
tated, and a rapid increase in the busi-
ness is anticipated. To small city
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oPELoUsAs. La, SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1899

During last year Mr.. Spreckles built an
immense concern at Salinas, in which
he has invested S2,70O,000. This is the
largest mandatory of the kind in the
world. Beets can be supplied to the
sheds in carload lots and the cars emp
tied by a trip automatic platform. 1t
has monster silo pit for taking care of
the pulp, which by-product has become
one of the features of the California
beet-sugar industry. The factory will
cost 81, 900. It will use about 1,200
barrels of petroleum daily for fuel. Its
production of raw sugar will be about
400 tons per day. 1t will require about
10000 acres of ground to produce the
beets. twill work up about 1900 tons
of beets per day, and will pay out per
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-08-05
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
STORY OF THE DEATH OF PRINCE
RUDOLPH OF AUSTRIA.

brother and the archbishop of Vienna,
the emperor laid the pope's letter be-
fore Rudolph. In the presence of wit
nesses he refused to speak-further
than to ask his fathers pardon for the
grief he had caused him. When the
emperor went to his room for the night,
Rudolph followed him, confessed his
love and the object of it.
1t was an all-night session. In the
morning the crown prince came forth
an altered man, his face haggard and
drawn, like one who had left hope be-
hind him. There was dangerous light
in his eyes, which betokened a des-
perate man. Francis Joseph, the most
vigorous of men, was found by his
valet, dressed in the clothes of the
evening before, in a dead faint.
The explanations and discoveries of
that fatal night are too terrible, of too
delicate a nature, to put into words.
Suffice it to say that Francis Joseph
had sinned, and his sin had recoiled
upon Rudolph, his only son, who was
dearer to him than life itself, and
worked his ruin.
The crown prince fled to Mayerling.
It was here that his brother-in-laW,
Prince Phillip Won coburg, and Count
Hoyos were his guests and favorite
hunting companions. Shooting in the
woods was the programme for the day.
Pleading a cold, Rudolph excused him
self from joining the prince and count
and remained at the lodge.
He had directed his coaehman to
drive into the city to a certain foris'
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-08-05

TN 1889 occurred at Mayerling, just
out of Vienna, mysterious, an
- awful tragedy. Prince Rudolph,
the idol of the nation, the heir and
only son of Francis Joseph, lay dead.
One day he is seen driving to his hunt
ing lodge at Mayerling, the next the
Vienneses are told he. is dead. Shortly
after the writer was in Vienna. The
people, the whole city, seemedsswathed
in black. The court had gone to Buda-
Pesth. An old gentleman with tears
streaming down his cheeks tried to de-
scribe the scenes on the night after the
fatal news. 1t was a night of horror.
Crown Prince Rudolph dead! Is it
true? Can it be true? Who killed hiEa !,
was whispered from mouth to mof1th.
All was vague mystery. Duel,
murder, suicide, was on every tongue.
The. court newspaper simply said his
royal highness had died suddenly from
the rupture of an aneurism of the
heart" The wires flashed the same
story to all parts of the civilized world.
So meager was the announcement
both Mayerling and the palace mac
cessible-the Viennese believed moth
ing, save that Rudolph was dead. So
importunate did they become for de-
tails that it was thought unwise to con-
ceal that the prince had committed sui
eide. But why? The mystery deep
ened. Though all the Mayerling serv-.
ants had been sworn to secrecy, it
leaked out that on the fatal night
woman had been with him, and she, too,
had come to violent death.
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because SO many
wealthy y o in g
men W h o are
asha m e d t 0 d
nothing study law
as q decent pre-.
..ense of a profess
sion.
Young ALI T e d
Gwynne Wander
bilt, for instance,
son and heir of
Cornelius Wander
!. bilt, who has just
graduated r o m
Yale, will / u NJ
. : a
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sent as their strongest argument in
favor of their statements, and one which

sent as their strongest argument in
favorofth their statements, and one which
the opposition finds it hard to refute.
The manufacture of beet sugar has
received more or less attention in this
country since 1880, at which time a
factory was established at Philadel-
phia, But the attempt was not sue
cess and the enterprise soon failed.
Eight years later Massachusetts tried
the experiment, with the same lack of
success.
In 1868 factory was built at Free
port, ILL.,, but was later removed to
Black Hawk, in the same state, and
from there to Wisconsin. At none of
these places did it prove satisfactory.
and it was finally removed to California
II is IN California that the beet sugar
industry has received the most eneour-.
aging nesnlts, and it is that state that
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-08-05

the establishment of a beet sugar fac
tory would have many advantages, even
above those offered by most any other.
kind of manufacturing enterprise.
1t would mean not only the employ
ment of labor in the cities and towns
in which the factories were located,
but the establishment of a home mar
ket for the products of tie surrounds
ing agricultural territory at good
price.
a There are a dozen places in Iowa..
Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minneso-
ia, Indiana, and in fact nearly all of
the central states, which are working
for the establishment of this class of.
enterprise in their cities. To help
these places and the farming commun-
tiles surrounding thenithe agricultural
department Of the government is agi-
tating the question as much as possible,
and at the same time to insure the
safety of the capital invested and the
safety of the farmer in the cultivation
of his crops experiments are being COM
stantly made in the cultivation and har-
vesting of sugar beets to demonstrate
the means of securing the largest re-
turns of sugar. Every agricultural ex
pertinent station in the country Is
making these tests SO that the best re-
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-08-05

Ridge, or at the splendid place of the
New York A. G. on Travers' island.
Every athletic club in New York of any
size is practically compelled to main
tain country as well as city club
house. The membership is not at all
exclusive. The New York has more than
5000 members
The country clubs Of a slightly diff
ferent tcharacter-those of Westchester,
Glen Cove, Staten Island, where there
are several-make a speciality of rent
ing summer quarters to bachelors.
These are some Of the things a young
man is obliged to think OF before he
gets married in New York. One of
these things he must make up his mind
to If he is not rich:
/. Live in the suburbs.
2. Stay in the city all summer and
roast, his wife with him.
3. Stay in the city, 'baching it in his
dismantled house, while his wife is in
the country.
4. Pay for summer board more than
any not rich can afford.
5. Pay S7oO or more for the rent Of a
cottage for three or four months.
It's a discouraging dilemma. Mar.
riage is a complicated affair in New
York.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-08-05

Most of the New
York "rooters" have transferred their
psychic energy to the account Of the.
Brooklyn team, which may partially
account for its good work. II it were.
not for the arrangement of dividing
the gate money in other cities, the New
York club could not exist. Concerning
which a tale occurs to me.
Once when Charities Commissioner
John w. Keller was president Of the
New York Press club an alleged news
paper man from out Of town came to
him seeking loan. twas refused.
'sBut must live somhoW!" cried the
poor fellow.
Keller, who is six feet two inches tall,
an ex-Yale oarsman and fine Tam
many orator, looked the man over
slowly and carefully, and then dr.tWled:
II don't see the necessity
It's that way with the New York
Baseball club. OWEN LANGDON.
why She Thought So.
Lena-Fred must be in love with
you?
Edith Why do you think so?
Lena-He asked me IL didn't think
you were pretty. Puck.
i =
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doubtedly stud y en'ng 70.
law that he may some day more intel
ligently take his fathers place in the
direction of railroad system Of near
ly 1000 miles and many other proper
ties The recent leasing of the Bos-.
ton & Albany by the New York Central
makes it the greatest railroad line in
the world. Some day Alfred Wander
bilt will be its controlling spirit. The
law business of the road will be hired
by the year. as it is now, and Mr.. Van
derbilt viii probably have some over
sight of that department.
Lawyers tell me that their business
is going.to the dogs rapidly; that it is
not sharing the general prosperity.
In this way criminal litigation,
which once engaged the services
Of Webster, Choate and Lincoln,
is now, in this region at least, mo-
nopolized by such shysters that a repu-
table lawyer cannot afford to meddle
with it,. Corporation lawyers are men
with a pull, Z either stockholders or
their relatives. Conveyancing. title
searching and the like are in the hands
of the title guarantee companies. What
is. left?
However, most of the lawyers some
how manage to wear pretty decent
clothes and pay their rent.
The Decadence of Baseball.
3 Nobody goes to see baseball game
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-08-05

c o In tr y clubs.
These do not ap-
peal so much to the
poor man as to the
20 n g bachelor
with a fair in
come; he can, if he
has friends and is
of a clubable dis
position, live all
$ U N m e r, n 0 t
cheaply, b u t at
moderate expense,
in the big club
house of the Cres-
nanf a n al. Raw
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-08-05
An Evasion.

Mrs. Teller-She told me the whole
story word for word, just as have re-
peated it toyou, and she made me prom
ise not to whisper a word of it to any
body.
Mr.. Teller-But you told me, my dear.
Mrs. TellerY Yes, OF course; but I
didn't whisper it, did /? Chicago Daily
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-08-05

been recent occa-
sions when less
than 400 paying
j 81 tors h ave
passed the turn.
stiles of the Polo
grounds. T b j s
comes at the same
tim e when tre-
menIous attend
anee is reported
in Chicago and
other cities.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-08-05

just started OH up
on a four-weeks'
outing. They are
TO be with friends,
and n a t ura | / y
w a n t t o hold
t b 9 IF e d q u p."
They were reckon
ing the cost of the
outing the other
evening. and made
an estimate o 4
over 81 200, includ-
ing clothes, which
for the w o N q n
cost some $3.50, and
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-08-05

sorts where city
men may live in
summer, coming
in to daily toll, as
New York. The
suburbanite with
his bundles Of gar
den seeds 6 g 7 S
along well enough,
but the man who
merely wants to
keep cool during.
the summer has to
pay for the priyi-
lege.
Tba nnSf oor,-
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-08-05

This beet was selected from a lot of 81
tons of mother beets'' chosen for seed
growing purposes by the Utah Sugar COM
pany. The original beet was 13 inches long,
exclusive of an inch or two broken off the
tip. 1t weighed Is ounces and contained
II per cent. sugar, of "a purity.
day for beets about $4,000. It will be
supplied with water from artesian
wells, and will use about Is, ,0G0,0o0 gall
Ions per day.
What is. possible in California is pos
sible in nearly every part of the United
States, and this enormous investment
of so shrewd a man as Mr.. Spreellles is
but an evidence that the industry in
which he is engaging has a bright fu-
ture in this country.
This country is consuming at the rate
of 2,096,265 tons of sugar per year. OF
this great amount /, ,76o. .6o7 tons are inn
ported from foreign countries. Of the
335,656 tons of home manufactured
sugar consumed each year 2s9,oo9 tons
are domestic cane sugar produced in
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-08-05
Jury Law in Germany.

Mistrials rarely occur in criminal
cases in Germany. A vote of six to six
acquits the prisoner, a vote of seven
to five leaves the decision to the court,
and vote of eight to four means conyic-s
ton. VI sss
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-08-05
Pinerie.of tl,e south.

s The great pineries. of the southern
states contain on an average about 5, 900
feet, board measure, Of standing tim
Der per acre
q gT11 W
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are not at all extravagant.
of course we can't afford IT. my
friends wife said, with a sigh, "bnt we
don't do this every year. This is true.
S.saxsn TssDnNra<sx4sEa r. Nn i 1ss1-vzE
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vi large SlIG dlid bIcat lOHlldS0 pei dCISi
but deficient in sugar, containing mucn
woody fibre; improperly topped, and highly
undesirable for factory purposes. Such
beets weigh four to six pounds and contain
five to eight per cent. sugar
the south, and principally in Louisiana;
Al, ,347 tons is domestic, beet sugar, 5000
tons is maple sugar, and 300 tons is
sorghum sugar. 1t is the hope OF
those interested in the Advancement of
the beet sugar industry that that in
dustry will in time produce sufficient
sugar to make unnecessary the i'm
portation of any of the 760,6o7 tons of
sugar that are now being imported.
Should these hopes be realized there is
an abundance Of room for all the beet
sugar factories that are now being con-
templated, or in which All attempt is
being made to interest capital.
BERNHARD BRISTOL.
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The Cannfrx Clnh.

This state of affairs is responsible
for much of the popularity of the
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-08-05
WHEN IT'S HOT
IN GOTHAM

It is doubtful If any city in the world
IS SO badly provided with nearby re-
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-08-05

The Expenses OF Life.
I have friend who is married but
has no children. He and his wife have
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-08-05
AIRED yanderbi1t, lawyer.

Perhaps the pressure is greater iD
the law than in any other profession
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1899-08-05

The Decadence of Baseball.
Nobody goes to see baseball game
lin New York nowadays. There have
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Death of ReU. Jn0. FaiIe.

On the 25th instant at $50 p.
m. Rev. Jno. Faile of Flat Greek
quietly breathed his last in the
presence of his immediate family
and few intimate friends. While
he had been confined to his bed
only very short time his death
was not unexpected as he had
been in failing health for some
time. The immediate cause of
death was BrighJ's disease from
which he had been suffering for
quite d while. He was born De-
cember 1st, 1922 and was there
fore n years old. When quite a
young man he was married to
Mis- Martha Remington, who now
survives him. Nine children were
borp to them, five of whom are
still living.
Mr.. Faile entered the Confed-
crate army in April, 1861, and
remained in service throughout
the war. Soon after the war he
entered the Baptist ministry and
since then his time has been spent
in pointing sinners to Christ.
His style has always been plain
and matter of fact, yet under his
preaching many sinners have been
converted and under his super.
vision several churches were
organized, notably among the
latter being old Laurel Hill church
which stood about half mile
from town and was the original
Kershaw Baptist church.
His remains were inferred in
the family buryinG ground near
Charlesboro church on the 9th
inst, in the presence of several
hundred relatives and friends.
The funeral services were con.
Quoted by Rev. L. A. Dabney in
a very able and impressive man,
ner.
In his death the community
loses a good citizen, the church a
worthy member and an earnest
and honest pastor.
We extend our sympathy to
the bereaved widow and children
in their sad hour of affliction.-
Era.
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Notice of Election
OFFICE OF County Comm ssiOner..
Lancaster County.
LANCASTER, 8. c., .

LANCASTER, 8. c., July 10, 1892
puRSUANT to an act OF the legislature OF
1 March l. 1899, an election is hereby ordered
HEATH SPRING on the SECOND TUESDAY
IN AuGUST; next; Sth day Of the MONTH for
towns. Polls will be opened at such places as
have been designated at n. m, and close at 4
p m no,din, The following managers are appointed
Box-N b: Cousar X. c. Crockett, j. Wren
Tillman. Kershaw Reuben Cauthen. Robert
Bennett Ii. III. Horton, A. Cauthcn.
All laws now OF force defining the powers
cable TO this election. Managers may take The
oath before any officer authorized to admins
Ter the oath Managers shall administer to
each person Offering 10 vote AN oath that he is
quail.I"d TO vote ut this election, according to
the cons titutIon OF This state, and that he mas
not voted during this election.
All qualified electors are entitled TO vote at
this election. The person receiving the high-
est numLCr OF votes in each of said towns shall
be declared the public cotton weghur for each
OF sad towns, respectively. Tickets may be
either printed or written and must be furnish
The following rules and regulations have
been made for the government Of public cotton
Yelgh.rs i'll each OF said towns:
1t shall be the duty OF each woghcr to pro-
ride scales for weighing cotton Each weighcr
for said cotton markets shall test his scales
every morning before weighing any cotton, so
as TO insure accuracy in weighing. 1t shall be
The duty OF each weigher to weigh promptly
fairly and impartially all cotton sold in said
markets, respectively, issuing his own ticket
showing the weight OF each bale OF cotton
weighed by him and TO number the same. 1t
shall be the further duty of each wCighcr to
adjust any difference between sellers and
buyers rs 10 wet cotton. m Xed or false pack
ing, and TO settle any other question of differ
cnCc between buyer and seller Each elected
wcighcr shall devote his exclusive attention to
the duties of his oflcc during the main market
ing season. but from the lst day OF April to the
18th day OF August, he may appoint Il deputy
II he so desires. In ease OF sickness or other
cause "a wcighcr may appoint deputy, who
snail taKe before entering upon his duties. the
usual oath Of Office in the manner required of
the w"lghcr The elected wcighrr shall be
responsible on his bond for the official acts OF
his deputy. Each wcghcr shall receive as
compensation for his services FIVE CENTS
Tor cach bale weighed by hun, the same TO bc
paid by the seller. Before entering upon the
duties or his ofiic" each wcighcr shall he
legally sworn to discharge the duties OF his
position by some officer authorized To admins.
ter oaths, and shall enter into bond in the sum
of Otor faithful performance OF his duty.
which bond shall be approved by the county
board of commissioners.
NJ {. GARDNER, Supr. and Ch. Bird.
l.. j. PERRY, Clerk.
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