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Vienna.

Vienna, the capital of Austria, and the
4iml er al residence city, has history
| qui as variegated as any of the Euro
pc; n capitals. 1t was originally founded
by th3 Romans, but us German or Aus
t. an city its history commences with 983,
at which time Leopold, of Badenberg,
owe the Magyars out of a portion of
tLeir territory, and consolidated a half
dozen little principalities into something
liz an empire. In 1878, Rudolph, of
Hapsburgh, an insignificant Prince whose
seat was at Martigny, in Switzerland,
was ele ,ted Emperor of Germany, much
to tie sgust of Ottakar, King of Bohe-
mia, who desired the imperial dignity.
Ottaka ar swore great oath to be En-
peror + e, and so with 10000 Bohe-
mian troops he marched upon Vienna.
The sturdy old SWitZer met him, and
after OF of the bloodiest battles on rec
ord totally annihilated the Bohemians.
Ottakar was slain, and Rudolph partially
annexed B )hemia. Rudolph was the
head of the House of Hapsburgh. which
has occupied the throne of Austria ever
since.
In 1862 the citizens of Vienna revolted
and blockaded the imperial palace, but
Kings held together then as now. The
King of Bohemia, who was in some sense
a vassal of Austria, came with great
army to the relief of the Emperor and the
citizens were oYerpowered. The Hunga-
rians under Matthias COrYinus next got
possession of it, but they were driven
out by Maximilian |. and since which
time the Hapsburgers have held it se-
curelv.
Twice the Turks have been under its
walls, in 1929 and. in 1888, the last time
| their army consisting of 100000 men.
This time the Turks were routed and the
city relieved by the Duke of Lorraine
and the Pole, John Sobieski, and the
Turkish commander, Kara Mustapha,
was promptly bowstringed by the Sultan.
The ramparts erected by the Turks are
still visible in places. In 1859 the Bo-
hemian Protestants under Count Thurn
hesieged the city to compel the Emperor
Ferdinand to educate his children as
Protestants, the Count being in league
with the citizens with them who were
mostly of the Reformed faith. The En-
peror, who was a stanch Catholic. made
a sturdy resistance, and was relieved by
assistance once more by the Poles.
Napoleon was in possession of Vienna
twice, in 1905, after the battle of Auster-
litz, and in 1909, after the battle of
| Wagram. However, Napoleon was in
! possession, one time or another, of
almost all the cities of Europe. So
Vienna had no reason for exception.
In 1S49 the revolutionary movement
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Europe extended to Vienna and for a
time it was in possession of the insur-
gents. Prince Metternich fled to En-
gland. The Emperor left the city and
for time it was probable that Austria
would become Republic. But Prince
| Windidkgratz with the Bohemian army,
and Jellachieh with the Croatians, came
| down upon the insurgents and after a
fierce struggle they were oyerpowered.
Robert Blum, the leader of the Red Re-
publicans was shot, with MANY others,
and the royal family were put in posses
sion of the city once more.
Vienna is built in a most peculiar
manner. Following the plans of the old
Romans, central point was established
| and the city built around it, and then a
wall around the city. So Vienna proper
is a great spider web. The centeris the
platz in front of St. Stephens Church,
| from which streets and alleys radiate in
all directions till they reach what were
the walls which extended entirely
around the city. AS the city grew in
importance and population additions
were made outside the walls, at first in
their immediate neighborhood, and then
| going further and further away until
now any one of the suburbs is much
larger than the old city itself.
There is the little stream from which
the city takes its name, the Wien, which
| forms one division of the suburbs: that
emptiesi into the Danube Canal, and there
begins another addition, and SO on all
around the city. In the course of time
these additions as they may be called,
! became so large thatit was fourd neces-
sary to do away with the walls that
| separated them from the city proper.
which was done in 1859, and the space
they occupied was leveled and laid ont
IN broad, well-paved streets that are
now the chief pride of the Viennese.
These streets, three miles i'll length,
| make a circle, and are known as the
Ring" They entirely surround the
old city, and from them handsome
streets lead in all directions to all the
suburbs.-D. r. Locke, t,s Toledo Blade.
Last fall and winter an immense
quantity of sauerkraut was imported
from Germany, and was pronounced
very superior, The Germans of Read
ing, Pa, prepare it in a way that many
consider far better than most other
methods. They cut the cabbage into
long, thin slices, removing the stringy
core, and do not apply salt, but ram It