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Show A ROYAL PHILANTHROPIST. TIib CriMTn I'rlitca nf Austria's Charities I The Harrow nt Ills Life. It is, perhapt, uot generally known that the Crown Princo of Austria is ' quo of tho greatest philanthropists of tho age. During tho lifo ot tho Into Crown Prince Hudolf ho was a personage person-age of very little Importance oven lu ills own country. His immenso wealth, however, guvo him a acrtuin social prcstigo, whilst hit rellued tasto and general culture rendered him an uuthority upon literature nud art. As time passed he bogati to reallzo that ho could better organize his work in tho cnpitol than elsewhere. He therefore established himself iu Vienna, I whero he soou begnn to bo regarded at , a general benefactor. Ho at once took I tho lead In every movement for Improving Im-proving tho condition of tho working 1 classes. Ills energy wat turned chiefly in tho dlrectiou of establishing technical tech-nical schools nnd hospitals. Ho also contributed largely to nil existing charities. Pothnpsthu tinliappiucss of hit llfo has had much to do with tlio softening of his character. Hu has had moro than Ids fair sharo of sorrow. When in 1853 ho was appointed Viceroy of Tyrol and brought with him Ids bride, a Saxon lAiucess, the Tyroleso population popula-tion uuiteit in giving them a welcome such as no sovereign had received there for centuries. Within afyujr hit young bride a gii'l of seventeen summers died sud- 1 ilenly. In tliu morning the young Archduchess was seemingly lu perfect health; beforo nightfall sho had passed away. So passionately attached to his joung wlfu was ho that when sliu died "fears wcro entertained lest his Intense grief should etfeet his reason. Sorrow has undoubtedly loft its mark upou the man. Ho Is now 67 years of ago, but looks much older, owing mainly to tliu expression of sadness which, it is said, tiover leaves his face. In 180-', nt the urgent entreaty ot tlio Emperor, ho married a second tlmo. His bride wns tho PtinccssAnnunciatn, ot Naplos, who also tiled, leaving him two sous and a daughter. |