Life — October 29, 1885 — page 12: what you’re looking at

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* LIFE: FROM FOREIGN FIELDS. LL Europe is in a state of profound agitation. The atmosphere is charged with war! There are enough of these small but perplexing affairs to allow three to each nation, with a few left over for outside consumers in case there should be a demand for them. The great trouble lies in the inability of any one Government to find out what other Government it is to be called upon to fight, and what degree of preparation is necessary. Russia, for instance, is undecided whether to get a $100 outfit to pit against Turkey, or a $500 complement for a war with England. Turkey is in very much the same position, and for the life of him, her or it (sex unknown outside of Sun office) the Porte can’t tell whether it will become neces- sary to endeavor to balk the Balkans, rush the Russians or seek to get the bulge on the Bulgarians. Germany is undecided whether to get in a broil with Spain or not, and has left the matter tothe Pope, who will probably conclude that he will take Yap and let Spain and Germany have the war. England wants to fight badly, but her only general is too busy just now acquiring titles to look for somebody small enough to be hit without a reaction. In France political matters are in a dreadful state of con- fusion. The Opportunists are in a deadly quarrel with the Inopportunist-Socialist-Communists owing to the treatment of the Reactionaries by the latter's allies, the Riendetootists. The returns from different departments around Paris show a decided gain for the Collationist and Bonapartist factions over the majority of the Whateverisntists of last year. M. Rochefort is hopeful that the Bourbon element of the Mon- archist party will be overcome by the Conservative-Coalition- ists, although M. Goblet of the Bibulist side of the Anarchist faction declares that any union with the progressive Scrutin- delists will meet with his determined opposition. Just what the upshot of the matter will be it is difficult to predict, but it is highly probable that some sort of a compromise will become necessary. The Syndicate of Licensed Vendors have presented a memorial to the Chamber of Deputies, stating that they will withdraw their support from the Republican party unless they are allowed free access to the corridors of the Grand Opera House. They complain very naturally that imported voices are to be heard nightly in that magnificent edifice, and it is not right for the Government to discourage home talent. A census of pretenders to the throne was taken last week, | and the returns show that there are 4,000 Bourbon princes, 720 Bonapartes, and one claimant dating back to Charle- magne. Pending the recovery of the throne from the store- room of Versailles, the Bourbons are engaged in such trades as teaching dancing, speculating in theatre tickets and run- ning bath-houses on the Seine. The Bonapartes are mostly members of the Licensed Vendor Syndicate, and are very hopeful for the future, regarding the recent appointment of one of their number to a minor position in the Morgue as very significant. They hardly feel, however, that the time for action has come, as the Morgue is not considered even in France a solid enough basis for another Coup d'état. The descendant of Charlemagne is an usher in the Theatre Frangais and has renounced all claim to the throne, owing to the threat of President Grévy to remove him from his ushership as an offensive partisan unless he did so. That preparations for the Restoration are active, however, is shown by the following manifesto with which Paris was placarded this morning : CITIZENS OF PARIS. The Republic trembles. The spirit of Napoleon is in the street, the palace and the mart. The wise man maketh the preparation in the beforehand. Let us wait in the peace. The hour is not far off when the change will come. In the meanwhile use the PLON-PLON SOAP. FoR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. Yours for health and empire, [Signed] BONAPARTE. P. S.—Remember Solferino! Bonaparte, he pays the freight. Forty francs per case of twenty cakes. The excitement caused by this is intense, and sixty arrests have been made. President Grévy is said to have fled to Greece, fearing an- other revolution, but the rumor lacks confirmation. Carlyle Smith. 6c ISS BROWN,” asked a little girl of her governess, what was Papa doing the other evening when he held your hand so long?” “Oh, that was palmistry, my dear.” “Does Mamma know about it?” “No. Pa-mystery again, darling.” “ And suppose she had caught you?” “1 ‘d palmysterics off on her, precious.” GENTLEMEN OF LEISURE—Tramps. THE BosTONIANS—Ben Butler and Sullivan (La Caricature.) AUTUMN FASHIONS FOR LADIES. comicbooks.com