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rate. is certain. that when man attempts

rate. Is certain, that when q man attempts
to commit suicide he does not generally
discharge pistol at his right shoulder.
1t is OF Archduke Otto. too. that the
story Is tcld of his stopping a peasants
funeral In order to permit him to amuse
himself and his companions by leaping his
horse to and fro over the dead child's
bier. Emperor Francis Joseph not only de-
tests him. but is known on one occasion to
have struck him in the face in a fit Of fury
at some piece OF blackguardsm that the
young prince had perpetrated. He sees re-
nected In Otto all Crown Prince Rudolph's
worst faults without a single one of his
many redeeming qualities.
An Improved Charge of Libel.
Only short time ego the stories above
related wei e published in detail in the lead
Ing newspaper Of Buda-Pesth. The arch
duke appealed to his uncle the emperor to
punish the editor Of the Journal in ques-
ton. but Francis Joseph, declining to COM
ply with his entreaties, and acting in defer
ence to the advice Of his Hungarian cabinet
ministers. recommended Otto to prosecute
the paper for libel just as If he had been an
ordinary citizen instead of member of the
imperial family. The archduke had no
alternative but to follow the monarch's
ADVICE Proceedings for libel were insti-
tuted and the case was brought to court
lh the Hungarian capital, but the jury,
arter short deliberation. rendered q unan-
lmous verdict in favor of the editor. InaS-
Much as the latter had admitted his re-
sponsiblity for the publication of the as
sertons about the archduke, and had only
pleaded In justification that they were
based upon fact, the sole Inference to be
gathered from the verdict, subsequently
confirmed by the court Of appeal was that
the obnoxious statements Were absolutely
true. That ended the matter, and conse-
quently the prince. now officially proclaim
ed as heir to the ducal empire, stands
branded by the great courts of Justice of
the land as reprobate of the deepest dye.
1t may be added that about a year pre-
viously Viennese newspaper. having ven
tured to allude In a much milder and more
guarded manner to some of these unsavory
episodes In the archduke's career. had it's
off1ces invaded by a band of his imperial
highness friends who proceeded to thrash
the editors and reporters with the fiat OF
their sabers and with sticks, destroying
both machinery and plates before leaving
the sadly wrecked establishment. So great
Is the subserviency to the imperial house
In the Austrian portion of the dual empire
that this outrage was permitted to pass
by unpunished. save by the arrest person.
ally inflicted by Francis-Joseph upon his
nephew. But the Hungarians are much
more democratic and independent. and II
was because the archduke realized this
that he did not venture to pursue at Pesth
the same tactics that he had adopted at
Vienna. Such. then, is the future Emperor
OF Austria.
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THE QUEENS BED ROOM.
Private Apartments of the Woman
Who Reisns Over Great Britain.
From the New York World

Private Apartments of the Woman
Who Rei,sns Over Great Britain.
From the New York World
There are three rooms in Buckingham
Palace which have. perhaps. excited more
curiosity than all the rest of the apart
nents put together, viz, ;he royal bed
chamber. dressing room and the small
loom opening from the White Drawing
RoCm," and known as :he queens private
closet.
Most people when they think Of the
queens bed room have visions OF stately
grandeur. in which bedstaajs Of gold Vie
for supremacy with jeweled carpets. i'm
possible tapestries. fantastic furniture and
other elaborate adornments. In reality,
however, the Queens bed room is surpris-
ing In its plainness.
Both the bedstead and the furniture are
OF the simplest form Imaginable. But.
though the room is seemingly so III preten-
tious. there are innumeidbie articles SO
costly and dear to the queen that money
could not possibly buy them. In the first
place, the photographs and pictures Of the
prince consort stand out conspicuously on
every hand. The room is full of them, for
none OF her majeSty's possessions appeal
SO powerfully to her heart as do these.
Each one has its own history, and in the
mind of the queen are hidden unspeakabl
memories in which these all have their lit
tie part and lot.
The queens bed room, more than any
other room. Is. IN this sense, her chief
treasure house. Fer this reason impera-
tive orders have been given by the queen
herself that on no consideration must her
bed room and dressing room be shown to
the public eye
In the top hand corner Of the white
drawing room is secret spring, faced by a
magnihcent cabinet and surmounted by a
costly mirror. Even close scrutiny of the
wall would scarcely reveal the fact of
what lies beyond. But the initiated hand
can In moment effect a miniature trans
formation; one touch, and cabinet, mir
Tor ana all open intact into a smaller room
beyond. This is the queens private closet
Inc carpet herein is sacred to royal feet
NO visitor or guest outside the pale of tn.
royal family Is suffered to tread the pra-
cincts OF this room. 1t is used exclusively
Dy ner majesty and those members of her
family who are going with her int, the
throne room. to assist in receiving forejsn
ambassadors and those distinguished mem
Ders OF the aristocracy who are privileged
to be presented to royalty.
The royal closet is tastefully IL M. lev
uriously, furnished, and contains among
several other interesting art treasures q
magnificent collection of epameIs Tba
subject OF one is THE Holy Family" II
Is placed Immediately over the doorway
anu anu Is the largest enamel known. 1t is
this secluded corner. also, which furnishes
the abode of the most magnificent coIlec1
tlon OF cabinets in the palace. There is
enc cabinet of inlaid pebbles, with ormoi,,
carvings, and Jardinieres of fruit In tbs
center, which can scarcely be matched any
most exquisite workmanship. 'Ne
crimson silk forms the clothing NJ both
walls ana furniture, the frames of the la ;,
'er oelns oVerlafd with FURNISHED gold
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the stories of the gold nuggets and the
gold dust found were carried all over the
world. Two million and a hllf dollars
worth of gold were taken out of this gulch
in 1850. The men who panned it noted that
there was heavy black sand mixed with
the gold, but they did not realize that this
sand was carbonate of lead until years af-
terWard, when 1t was discovered that the
lead was rich with silver and the mining
began which made Leadville one of the
greatest silver camps of the world One
of the first big silver mines opened was
discovered by the Gallagher Brothers, two
poor Irishmen. and another was opened by
Fryer. from whom Fryer Hill. one of the
most famous mining districts here. was
named. Fryer lived in a squatty little
cabin en- the side of this hill, and he was
looked upon by his neighbors as utterly
worthless and good for nothing
one day he went into the pines back of
his cabin and dug a hole He struck ore
almost at the grass roots. and opened up a
mine which yielded more than a million
dollars.
How n Grave Digger Struck 1t Rich.
Apother famous mine was known as the
Dead Mans Claim" and the man who
acted as a grave digger ON a certain occa-
sion became Its owner. well-known
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miner had died. and his friends, who want
ed to give him a g0otls send-off into the
other world. hired a s1nHh to dig his grave
for $50. It was in ths midst of the winter.
There were ten feet of snow on the ground.
and the grave had TO Ego six feet below
that. In order to keep the deceased IN
he was laid away in the snow for the time.
Nothing was heard oftfe grave digger for
three days. and then t6e boys, wishing to
carry out the remainder Of the funeral.
ging away with all Ms might. but they
found also that he 6Hsput UP the stakes
and gone through tShceremonies which
gave him naner's Mahn to all the land
earth he had struck EeW ore, and the rock
which he got out Vas worth about $oo
a ton. The mourneHs at once staked out out
claims fa11ns, adjoining his the nsns
until the spring sun &hawed him out, when
he was awarded an hrdfnary burial In an
other part of the camps
Big Silver Mines.
An idea seems to prevail that the silver
mines are doing nothing. This Is not true'
There are many silver mines which run so
rich that they are still worked with
profit, and If silver should again touch par
with gold our silver product would be
enormous. Mining has never been done SO
carefully as today. and science has never
gold and silver cheap. Take the Creede
camp which has made so many men rich.
Creede was q poor prospector when he dis
covered the Holy Noses" which. IN iSee,
netted more than one and one-half million
dollars. Creede sold it for $4,000. He made
other strikes. and he has now an income of
a thousand dollars DAY. Still he tramped
the mountains for twenty years before he
made his big strike, and he was fifty be-
fore he became a millionaire. He made the
bulk of his fortune out of the Amethyst
and other mines. and the great receipts Of
the Holy Moses went to Dave Moffat and
his partners. A man named Renniger was
riding through the mountains about Creede
on one Of these little donkeys known as
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EXPOSED TO CERTAIN DEATH
One of the Most Dangerous Place. m,
q Man-of-War.

one OF the Most Dangerous Place. nm
Man-of-War.
From the New York Press
In that coming naval battle between tha
steel fleets Of the two first-class powers IN
Whlch nautical authorities have been look
ing forward ever since modern battle ships
became the mighty engines of problemat teal
forces ehat they are. the military mast and
nehtng top will play deadly part, and
ne the station of danger and heroism.
AS everybody knows, the old mast. the
mast OF ysrds and sails, has vanished from
the modern ship of war. The Newark is
the only modern ship in the United States
navy which has sail-carrying masts. The
place of the mast that was erected for sail
carrying purposes is taken on the modern
warship by steel tower. which rises from
the deck to support one. or maybe three
or Iour circular galleries, where rapid-fire
or machlne guns are placed, which, In time
or action. pour their hail of bullets at the
decks and ports Of the hostile ship.
The object is to kill the gunners. for n is
set-evident that the most powerful gun is
powerless If its crew Is dead Take Tn.
twenty rapid-fire guns distributed along the
sGperstructLrs Of the Indiana From a
hghting top such a storm Of lead couId be
drlTeh upon these great guns as would
make 1t impossible for men to work them
Therefore. it will be one of the first duties
OF a warship to shoot away with its heavy
guns the military mast of its adversary.
As one well-directed shot will send the
mast thmbling, it is not probable that any
ship will come out of an engagement with
Its military mast standing. The shooting
away OF the mast will. of course mean the
death of every man in the fighting tops
Men sent there will know as they climb the
dark ladder to their stations that they go
to almost certain death, and will have only
one duty before them, to kill as many of
the enemy as they can before the crash
Genes
Men who in tCrrets and sponsors below
are handling the great guns have every
hope Of life and victory before them. but
the men in the tops go to their duty with
no such hopes and expectations To man
the fighting tops in action will be kind
of martyrdom especially hard to endure.
To perform deeds of yalor in the face of
contending armies or to suffer with forti-
tude In the gaze of admiring thousands is
one thing; to climb up calmly inside a
steel post and work away at such an un-
poetical mechanical device as a rapid fire
or machine gun until such time as IL may
please the enemy to blow one into king
dem come Is quite another thing
Yet the modern man-of-warsmau ia en-.
thusiastic over the advantages of the mill
tsry mast and would obey an order to man
gun in the fighting top as readily as he
weuld the bugle call which summons him
to his meals.
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was attached, feared that the archduchess
might stand in need of protection. So
when the drunken crowd of men and wo-
men came upstairs they were encountered
by the young officer. who drew his sword
and threatened to run it through any one
save the archduke who attempted to pass
This, and this alone, saved the poor arch
duchess from the crowning indIgnity which
her disreputable husband had prepared for
her. AS it was. he escaped with three
months arrest imposed Upon him by the
emperor while the young officer was sent
back to regimental duty and received pro-
motion.
Received n WOund.
About a year ago the archduke received
a severe pistol wound in the shoulder,
which necessitated his going on long
leave Of absence. An effort on the part of
the friendly press was made to attribute
the wound to an attempt at suicide. But
this story was in fragrant contradiction Of
the well-founded rumors that he had re-
ceived the injury in duel, his adversary
being no other than his brother-in- la w.
Prince John Of Saxony. One thing, at any
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ing coal into them to keep the fires alive.
They eat up from twenty-five to thirty
tons of coal day. and the coal bill for the
furnaces alone amounts to $50 daily. Five
hundred dollars day is paid for wages to
the miners, and the machinery is of the
most costly description. After dressing in
miners clothes l went down into the shaft.
Stepping on the elevator I was dropped
hundreds of feet. past tunnel after tunnel
running off into the vein. until / was at
last more than thousand feet below the
surface.
Running off from the shafts are these
great pipes or tunnels, out of which have
been cut the silver and lead. They are
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richest gold and some of the most wonder
full silver mines of the world. The territory
surrounding 1t is being reprospected, new
mines are being opened and some of the old
mines are 50 wonderful in their production
that their owners do not want them men,
toned in the newspapers. Such one is
the Little Johnny which now has an out
put of s10.S0 worth Of gold day, and
which. / am told. could he made to pro-
duce. il the owners wished it, $4,000 in gold
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A Visit to the "Mafd of Erin, {,

I paid visit the other day to this five
million-dollar maiden. The Maid of Erin
silver mine lies on the hills just above
Leadville. 1t is surrounded by mountains
of waste rock, and Ii has immense frame
buildings. something like those of a great
factory. A look at it gives you some idea
of the enormous cost of silver mining. The
engines which move It's machinery have
ten great boilers. and its furnaces are so
large that ten men are constantly shovel
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IA II 1LLE4 10 o.< z
of the great treasure
vaults of the United
States. Within the
past seventeen years
Uncle Sam has drawn
upon il to the extent
OF more than $500
600. 600. but it has to-
day more than one
hundred producing
mines and its unde-
veloped ric hes are in
calculable. 1t con-
tainS some of the
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The One Exception.

From the New York World
Student of human nature-"You come ir
contact with all kinds Of people, I sun.
poser
IL" Chopper-"Yes. sir; all except on.
kind"
Student of human nature 0nterestedn-
Indeed! Who are they?'
IL" Chopper-"Them as has passes OF
the cable road"
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burros. He had another burro to carry his
pick and prospecting tools He was a grub
stalker, that Is some man had furnished
him tools and groceries for a certain time
with the understanding that the capital
ist should have half of what he discovered.
One night when Renniger camped. his
burros strayed away. and he spent days in
finding them. When he did find them he
looked at the rocks upon which they were
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just below Leadville, has produced the
enormous amount Of s35.O00.OOO worth of
gold This was the great gold mining camp
Peak or bust should have been "Califor-
ria Gulch or bust" The work was then
done in old pans or rocking cradles and
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Sketch of the Heir to the Austrian
Throne.
1HE WICKEDEST PRINCE IN EUROPE
Some Of His Original Ways of Self
Entertainment.
DISGUST OF THE EMPEROR
Copyright, 1896, by the Bacheller Syndicate)

JoSeph'S step In ofh-
cially proclaiming his
nephew Archduke
Otto as heir to the
throne of Austro-
Hungary Is q great
disappointment to
his people. who, ever
since Otto's elder
brother Francis Fer
dinand became af-
hicted with tubercu-
losis Of the lungs, to
which he is now raD-
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idly succumbng, have been hoping that
their kaiser would set aside the claims Of
this most unpopular Of all the members of
his house. either in favor of one of his
grand-nephews or of the son of his younger
daughter. the Archduchess Valerie. But
Otto is not the kind Of man to permit him
self to be quietly ousted from what he re-
CARDS as his rights; and, in spite of his
disreputable personal character, he has
many supporters. especially among the
ultra-conservatives and the ultra-clerical
element. who do not forget that he is q
grandson of King 'Bomba" Of Naples and
that he has been educated by the Jesuits in
all the old Hapsburg traditions Of mon
archioal right-divine. and Of hatred of con-
stitutional government. The common peo-
pie, however, detest him. even in Austria,
while In Hungary he Is abhorred by all
classes alike. In fact he is the one mem
Der OF the imperial family whom 1t has
been necessary to guard against insult on
the part of the public.
A Solid Claim.
Otto's claim to the throne is indisputa-
BILE. He Is the second son Of the late
Archduke Charles Louis, second brother
OF the emperor, who, after the tragic end
Of Crown Prince Rudolph, became heir to
the throne.
But what the emperor thinks Of his sue
cessor is best shown by the steps which
he has taken in connection with Otto's
trar sfer to Vienna. where he is to reside
under the eye Of his majesty in that sec
tion of the imperial palace or burg
known as the ''Augarten," formerly oc-
cupied by Prince Constantine Hohenlohe.
HIS entire staff and household have been
dismissed by the emperor, who has himself
appointed a new set Of court officials in
their stead These according to the of
hcial Gazette" just published. are to take
their orders. not from the archduke but
from the emperor himself. to whom they
Will report. and who alone has the power
TO Instruct or dismiss them. The chief of
the household Is Prince Montenuovo, presi-
dent of the Austrian Jockey Club who
reluctantly and at the personal request
of the emperor has surrendered his office
Of grandmaSter of the imperial court in
order to undertake the very difficult and
by no means pleasant task of converting
otto into respectable citizen. Prince
Montenuovo's father was the illegitimate
son of Empress Marie Louise Of France
and of her Austrian chamberlain, Count
Ne1Ierg, who figures as the lover in Sar-
dou's celebrated play, Madame Sans
Gene
The Imperial Black Sheep.
Otto is the black sheep of the imperial
family. and the estimat ton in which he is
held by his countrymen may be gathered
from the fact that some time ago, when
he exhibited at one of the art shows at
atar rnIor hot Io I,I tal
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LII Is IN READI-
ness for the trial OF
. the armored cruiser
Brooklyn. The big
man-of-war will turn
her prov down the
Delaware river next
Saturday and start
for the Massachu-
setts coast, where on
some day the follow
ing week, probably
the 26th or 27th, she
will have official pre-
liminary acceptanca
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SUBURBAN LEADVILLE.

out of which himself and his partners had
made $50OO,OO0. This mine is still being
worked. and there are other great silver
mines here which are shipping ore.
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LeadVille the Center of the Mining
Industry.
MILLIONS HAVE BEEN PRODUCED
Strange Tales of the Finding Of
Unexpected Fortunes.
D E \ D NJ A S CL Al NJ

Copyright. 1895. by Frank c.. Carpenter)
LEADVILLE, Col. August II. 1895
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The Imperial Black Sheep.

Otto Is the black sheep of the imperial
family. and the estimation in which he is
held by his countrymen may be gathered
from the fact that some time ago. when
he exhibited at one of the art shows at
Vienna water color that he had painted
representing wild boar surrounded by its
progeny. 1t was the standing joke for peo-
pie to ask one another what they thought
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trial According to the present program OF
the Cramps. the Brooklyn will arrive at
Boston Sunday evening or Monday morn
ing. IL the weather is good Monday the
vessel will be given a contractors trial and
may repeat this next day. With fair
weather Wednesday and a smooth sea- the
Brooklyn will go on her official trial and
will break the speed record for vessels OF
hnr
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-10-24

An Astonished TeleRrapher.

The Philadelphia Record says that the
Iabe Charles L. Chaplin, the old time teleg-
rpher, was probably the discoverer Of
tie modern method of reading telegraph
messages by sound. It occurred to him
while In charge of CORNELL line from New
York TO Erie, that the sounds made by the
Instrument for each separate letter were as
distinctive as the letters on the dial. BY
csreful study he enabled himself to read
messages altogether by sound, and one day
b surprised some of the operators under
Inn. They had been in the habit of send
ilg private messages oEer the wire, and it
vas impossible to STOP them. Finally an
OPERATOR down the Line somewhere tried to
work an Oh tfiek Of bis and get excused
fsr days fzaang. He telegraphed to the
opcratos IN MI. Chapin's office, asking to
gpt Mir. Chaplin to let him off. Mr.. Chaplin
vas sitting with his back to the instru
nent when the message came in, and,
without turning around, he said to the
OPERATOR, "Ten him no. The man was
% surprised that he almost fell off his
chair. Eventually MIR. Chaplin diyulged
his secres, and in time the knack of read
ing by sound became generally known.
Now it is Ised entirely.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-10-24
PoPocRATIc ARGUMENT.
The Incendiary Speeches of the Bryan
Altgeld Combination Bearing Fruit

Cincinnati. October 25.-The egg
throwing episode at the Carlisle meetlng
In Covington is about rs stated IN last
nights dispatches. AS the secretary
stepped to the front to address an audi
enoe OF his townspsople, two stale eggs
were hurled from the rear OF the nall.
One struck the chandelier in the centre
OF the hall, the substance trickling down
upon the audience. The other struck
near Mayor Rhinook, who with his wife
and other ladies occupied seats In the
front row.
A couple of minutes later, another egg
was thrown which struck the lower edge
Of the stage. Probably not more than a
dozen people in the hall knew that the
eggs had been thrown.
The only attempt at violence toward
Mr.. Carlisle was made by man named
Fag1n, plasterer who, unable to get
into the hall, had remained outside. Az
Mr.. Carlisle came out of the bail, Fagin
excitedly threw lighted Cigar at him,
striking him in the face. Fagin then
stopped as if to pick up something in the
street, and throw it, but an officer seized
the mau and marched him to police
headquarters. Mr.. Carlisle left this after
noon for Bowling Green, his next ap-
pointment.