The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-05-17

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The National Open Houseranks next
70 that Of Paris although fhr inferior to
It In sise and elegance. The ancient
Publications Of Vienna, - It Paris,
were converted into . wide street called
here the Ring 6trasse, in Paris the Boul-
evards, and there 1t Paris are the most
splendid shops - well ~ cafes, while
here, although most elegantly and uni
1ormly built up, this se'ni-circular thor
o',gh-fare Is principally occupied BY no.
tels and cafes and Government build
inss, the finest shops being in the older
part Of the city encircled by 1t. Differ
ent sections Of this great Ring like the
Boulevards, are called by different
names. On thisstreet the Ring theatre
that cost % many lives last summer, 10
situated. The facade Il very elaborate
and handsome and the building, aside
from the closed windows, presents no ex-
ternal evidence Of the great holocaust
that occurred within it, walls. Vienna
iscelsbrsted for the laxity Of it, morals,
the excellence Of it, coffee and the beau
ty Of ito women. Az to the coffee, called
''melange" when mixed with cream tits
certainly aromatic and delicious, and
moro beautiful women are seen than at
Paris. There IL more Celtic blood in
their veins which gives them . blonde
caste and many Of them, whose COM
plexions admit o, it, delight in garments
II blue, this being the prevalent color
observed In the Prater and Boulevards.
Just outside of the city is the summer
palace Of the Kaiser called Shonbrunn,
the grounds and gardens of which Ut.
ford delightful retreat. Here Napoleon
made his headquarters in the campaign
of 1900 and here, after the defeat at Wa
terloo, came his wife Marie Louise to
live scd and secluded life until death
ended her career in 1S47. We were
shown the room In which her son, the
Duke Of Reichstadt and King of Rome,
died IL. 1882.
Upon the whole I find Vienna very
interesting city. It has great number
Of blocks, and l may say streets, Of uni
formly bull and, in point of archi tect-
ure, stately and magnificent houses. 1t
is often compared to Paris but, except
perhaps for music, it presents no adj
vsntages over that city for Americons.
The German, spoken here is lot pure;
living 10 more expensive, and to the
pleasure seeker there is not found that
variety Of diversion and cosmopolitan
life which Is the peculiar charm of the
French capital. five turn for q mo
ment to consider the geographic position
Of Austria and the nature of the differ
emit races that compose it We will find
the study full Of interest.
Rudolph the First, with whom in the
18th century began the reign of the
in Austria, was Of German
origin and ever since that time the reins
Of government have been in German
hands while the people-that is the pre-
Of the population of the
Austro Hungarian Empire, is not
German; on the contrary this element !
Ia quite in the minority. This empire
four different races in the fol- |
lowing proportions.
Slavonic, seventeen millions: Germa-
mic, eight millions; Latin race, three |
millions; Hungarian, called Alagyars,
I've and one half millions; Austria
proper contains the German population.
The Magyar inhabit Hungary, while
he Sclaves are scattered comprising
Moravia, Gallicia on the
'orth and Croatie, Slavonia. Dalmatia,
md part Of Istria and Syria on the
outh. The Latin race is :ound in
and in Tyrol. It will
hus be seen that while the Sclaves are
uperior in numerical value to all the
'ther races they are 60 seIarated and
catered that they, in q measure, lose
heir political e. rength and for this rea-
on political jealousies have been gen.
rally confined to the stronger elements
hat is to say German or Austrian. and
When we reflect that these
ifferent and separated people retain
ach their language and their traditions
nd that the boundaries Of the Empire
re not marked by nature, that is to say
y mountain chains, rivers or oceans.
e can readily Oheerve that It nOssesses