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 STIRRING TIMES IN AUSTRIA

Wolf (indicating the President). &quot;There sits a man to whom a certain title belongs!&quot;

Unto Wolf, who is continuously reading, in a powerful voice, from a newspaper, arrive these per sonal remarks from the Majority: &quot;Oh, shut your mouth!&quot; &quot;Put him out!&quot; &quot;Out with him!&quot; Wolf stops reading a moment to shout at Dr. Lueger, who has the floor, but cannot get a hearing, &quot;Please, Betrayer of the People, begin!&quot;

Dr. Lueger. &quot;Meine Herren &quot; [&quot;Oho!&quot; and groans.]

Wolf. That s the holy light of the Christian Socialists!&quot;

Mr. Kletzenbauer (Christian Socialist). &quot;Dam nation! are you ever going to quiet down?&quot;

Wolf discharges a galling remark at Mr. Wohl- meyer.

Wohlmeyer (responding). &quot;You Jew, you!&quot;

There is a moment s lull, and Dr. Lueger begins his speech. Graceful, handsome man, with winning manners and attractive bearing, a bright and easy speaker, and is said to know how to trim his political sails to catch any favoring wind that blows. He manages to say a few words, then the tempest over whelms him again.

Wolf stops reading his paper a moment to say a drastic thing about Lueger and his Christian-Social pieties, which sets the C. S. s in a sort of frenzy.

Mr. Vieloklawek. &quot;You leave the Christian Social ists alone, you word-of -honor-breaker ! Obstruct all you want to, but you leave them alone! You ve no business in this House; you belong in a gin-mill!&quot;

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