Show EMPRESS EX-EMPRESS EX IS ONGE MORE SANE Has Suffered Forty Years of Mental Aberration and Delusion SCHOOL IS BELGIAN PRIDE It I Takes n a Large c Sum of Money rI to Provided ro for th tho hi Surety Safety of f Sultan Paris Oct Carlotta 2 ex empress of or L Mexico 1 Is sane sant again after almost forty years of oC mental aberration Daughter of If the lie lain Into 1 King I Leopold I of oC nel Belgium lur she married the tho young brother of the present emperor emperor of or Austria Aus Aus- rUm tria and ami set her heart on becoming A queen fuen of Hal Italy Disappointed In this she sha went vent out Jut with wih her husband to MexIco Mexico Mex Mex- ico fco and ant took tool leave of or her hel reason when hen henno h no was put to death after Napoleon III II hail had hal refused Maximilian assistance assistance assistance assist assist- ance to maintain the Mexican throne Her Her royal roal relatives rl report port that she has hos been heen talking rationally for Cor orsome some weeks past She Is no longer longel subject to 10 th the delusions de tIe- of or grandeur eul which hastened her te- te er mental breakdown antI and ma made her early ally married life as a mere macro CIch duchess arch 7 unbearable to her Carlotta has lived for or nearly forty years at Bouchot a rather commonplace countr country hou house e on a ar r slighting rising ground Jull near Iwar Drus Brussels els The TIl lute of oC the Belgians chose chos It because Its is to ad admitted ad- ad Cd- Cd of oC her her paying a dal dally daily visit to the thc mad princess She discharged ell this lila duty 5 with ss regularity except 11 when CarIota was vas undergoing a a. n crisis riis rl I The flu e establishment at Bouchot 1 Is composed of or elderly maiden ladles accustomed to dealing with wih pat patients queer In fn their heads hedE and o of professional female 8 ser ser- 1 A major of oC the Del Belgian lan army elderly but acts as equerry lerr V to the ex empress and gentleman In at it- it Of or course he lie tp I Is more or less INIS lessof tt- tt of or the warder but she mije the cOe does not know It H. Experts In mental dl diseases say a that the thu tl archduchess as Carlotta Carlota Is ls still sti called b I by Belgians has hns suffered all al these years from inflammation of or the the neurons I and of oC cells In different nt localities of oC th the brain The rendered the re remembrance r re- re of ot many circumstances of her life lre maddening and convulsing con and brought on those crises from Crom which she he has not for Cor or some time suffered rl The Tue king of oC the Belgians Is her elder eldir 1 by live five t 1 years She SIl Is IA now no Gl Cl CJ Should sh she outlive e Leopold her great fortune will be Le divided one half between het cl hal n his hiM daughters In equal shares sharR and anc the other oth oth- er 1 half hal to t the three thre children of th the Count of Flanders also allo In iii equal shares Very pry little o of Carlotta's fortune comes coms from froni the th estate of rif Maximilian who was WUN deeply In debt before he lie set wt out Olt on Mis Imis Mexican venture ventur venturI Inveigled Into by one ont perfidious Napoleon III Ill II In 14 I rl Pride of oC Of Ot Of nil all al their National Institutions th the theone one ono which the hI Ih Belgians point out to It time t he fort foreigner ner with wih the te greatest pride 1 Is the Ule Ecole as the National Na Nn- Military rl r Hl Hiding school at Ypres is ca called I el This hiM school Is a government go academy established exclusively Corthe for Cor forthe the purpose of teaching horsemanship In hi tl Belgian officers l' l Every lery ery officer on F being graduated from Crom the Brussels military school the school the Belgian West st Point 15 Is obliged to 0 undergo a u years year's Irs Ir's course courset t of Jr r j his 5 menu ment Th The visitor t lt Wn- Wn b by bythe bythe the polite polte and nd courteous officers In charge the French addle saddle as aN It I Is hi called This saddle Is practically identical Icen- Icen iden with the jou Jousting saddles ie of r medieval al knights knights The saddles as ridden rid rId- L hen den by the cadets had hall no stirrups and t. t only snaffle bits are used The long r line lne of or men turn circle wheel and nd advance advance ad nd- vance ance In twos and fours Cours and platoons then th they y put up obstacles obstacles not obstacles not not the J Jold-Cn Jold old fashioned low obstacles seen at military tournaments th the world worM over o but solid sold walls wals fences and hedges that had hod to be Jumped clean dean or or the rider come to grief The fhe cutlets cadets fr first t go over o er these hurdles singly In pairs and ant J fours then they begin to turn somersaults somersaults somer somer- on their horses as ns they go 0 over o er hurdles unconcernedly unconcerned unconcerned- the foot five as ns ly as If lC practicing In a n gymnasium The rho commandant then leads the wa way to se see a n more advanced class of or riders The he men In this second menage ride pigskin hunting saddles and can give Iv points In horsemanship to Cossack vetS vet vet- The throw themselves the on and andoff S erans tHans They es anc off oc their horses as If made of or rubber E The They stand up in their saddles In true Cossack style and ant hack viciously at al heads and Ulc posts They ride backward and they chun change hor horses s while oln over o ea the thu jumps Then thc they line lne up In to formation the further end squadron at it C of thin the tie hull ball JmJ and anc come comae racing toward you jou OU every man raising in lit his lila stirrups and yelling like a wild wid Indian Inclan until at the word of oC command they pull pul their their horses back on their haunches the noses of oC the leading line lne within reach I of or the commanders commander's lund After ur this 1 exhibition comes omes the steeplechase course which is unequalled In Europe The rIte course Is built buil around the tw barracks and contains every imaginable kind of ur Jump jump u a. a bullfinch an out in Jump a n Liverpool a n ditch dich so 80 broad and deep that thai It II is ls called calet the river two bunks and a a rail fence The banks are se seven f feeL ot hl high h and have at time the tw further end ml Just about where a horse would 11 land landIn ril In ln the thc ordinary course of oC events a sin sin- gle ghe I ruth rull rai raised four toU our feet from frol rota the the the- ground and anc placed and Placed In tIme the most awk awk- wk- wk position possible Next comes a u division dl of senior senior ca class cIss students performing performinG performing per per- forming thy thu high bight high school school These rhese e forminG youths are certainly th the the most finished high bight school riders I have e ever seen rhe They drive their thoroughbreds thoro In 11 a away way that circus riders might cn envy Particularly Particularly Par Par- worthy worth of note Is th the movement move move- ment known us as at the tho the prance In which the horse rears and goes oes down the line lne on his hind hinc legs leGs Only thoroughbreds ore are use used In the high school chool division If J u a man has hat heavy hands hancH during the cabrall his hist t hor horse c will wil almost Invariably go over overt o er t backward On the drill dri plain is IJ shown tho time crowning feat eat of or all al A long gradual gradual grad grad- grac- grac ual a ascent cent covered CO with turf turC arises from Crom the lie drill dri plain and und at the top br breaks ak suddenly into u it about 1 away I of oC about 70 o 0 J ira feet feel high with wih a u grade rale degrees The exercise consists In officers orl- orl cers galloping up tip the I d Incline it tho ho full SIH speed CI and then sliding down Cul precipice to tho ho below below n u nat which certainly required more inure than titan un on unordinary ordinary amount ot of nc nerve tl lie r In the Turkish budget for Cor the lie coming coring several million dollars arc are set tet year ear sC aside for Cor the personal security of or the sultan Abdul Hamid It I Is IN well veil known Hulan to people who have hl c d In itt Turkey sultan has haR at his personal that the thu sulan hi service a a regular alm army ot or spies who I thousand thou thou- are arc saul said to number iItti Three h the scattered through sand more Lire ure Lre Ic capital some Nome of or thorn thom making a I special object of or their espionage the tIn Corl foreign embassies All Al over o the tile Turkish empire empire em em- pire are the sultans sultan's utan spies scattered so o that even high do O not escape their vl vigilance Besides ll the lii body holy guard guart of or the Turkish sovereign Ho which num numbers Jum hers bers 4 men 1 is It like a living hiving 1 wall wil which surrounds the sultan sulan in moments be between bet be- be of or danger These lhee soldiers are arc paid pahl t tween HO I It and t HIJ u. u L month Abdul Sees See Sel Doctor Much was caused causel at at Constantinople Constantinople Con Con- at thu lie second visit paid to tu tho thit sultan by hy Dr Ir 11 Bergmann the Berlin her Ber hut lin Abdul amid Is 11 known ln of or physicians to entertain a a positive c horror honor the death douth of or his personal per per- since Mince Clan medical t f attendant the Greek doc thoc doctor tt rl I. I he lie has positively refused re re- tor lor or Ia roen Alt Alta fused to see another molher practitioner t has hns acquired ac ac- thin the of fact a matter ll sulon knowli knowl- knowl of or medical smattering n a i 1 t 1 edge fdge and religiously preserves th the old ol prescriptions of uC the thu physician which he occa occasionally uses when III ill I. I The ll sultan leads a very regular life He lie rises at 5 or G 6 ever every morning and anI after a 1 wal walk In the spacious gardens of ot his palace he Is r ridy idy for Cor or breakfast arcens which lie ito generally eats pats all 1 alone O Osman Os- Os man milan his 1 sp special secretary tastes till ni food before the Ow sultan partakes partakes par- par takes of or It It I. I hi he hi Is the tile only one ono al al- al- al lowed to bo bi 10 present at al the morning meal of or the furl Turkish sovereign After I so breakfast t thin the tw sultan sulan spends un an hour or two us-u In Jn iii hi hia libraries irles of which ho Ito p pos po's ste s- s te foU well wel stocked with wih boks and manuscripts in iu all al sorts of lan han languages among which are thousands of or works of or great value which have ha A never nevor neverseen spell seen the thc J light ht of oC publicity After a siesta In ln his lila private apartment during which lit lie In Is guarded by hy chosen hoIn CI Shuts lie hit is ls ready to receive his hits ministers minis minis- and attend to tho the work of or the state stale which Im ii's never ne er interrupts before beCore sundown excepting on Fridays for for the ceremony of lie tho It I is never known In which room of oC the palace the tue Hun intends to take his hits night rest On Wednesdays Fridays antI Saturdays private theatricals are ure given gl en at nt the lie pal- pal ace uce which the the sultan sulan attends with wih all al his harem ami a a. few guests guests Among the th lie of or Abdul Humid Hamid which make malt attendance upon him him a. a n difficult mutter are are his hiM eating scarcely anything his refusal to letan let letany an any tai tailor talol hoe approach Ii him hut for measurement measure ment and all IsIs his 11 devotion to tu ti ll hits his Pt pet t animal animals ani nfl maths mal in which society he lie takes his only pleasure 4 A min n who for I for n. n I time line successfully L 1 lf off otT 01 as fN Maharaja of Jodhpur Jodh- Jodh Joch- Joch pur one of oC the picturesque Indian princes has en caused used some m heartburning In th time the stat slate ot 01 Baroda laroda The real Maharajas Ma Ma- Ia- Ia cr dressing boy dressed himself up as a his m. m master tor and even n copied on I his own arms antI and nt neck neek certain mark which tho lie teal real Ial Maharaja hears bears I He II then tWI went h by train train-to to Daroda announcing himself a as I tint huu Malm raja of Joil Jodhpur r. r TIl Tin dewan un d received him with great grat gnat honor md drove t him hull In lii a state tate coach coachi with f escort to the house guest which was prepared for tor him A At t the palace the iho maharaja explained to the companion com coin panion of I th the he heir hir apparent t that he hf hud hind quarreled with wil his state stale officials and und had left lef hi hits his state stat e in lii a u huff The File assistant as as- political in Baroda agent a suspicious Uld officials about tilt the marks on the real tH tl maharajas maharaja's neck nek and ani arms arias arms When tl they found Count that the Chic Ima maharaja hon bore these marlO- marlO the they wen were convinced on h he wa was the gnu gnu- inc ine Int maharaja nail and for or a time the dressIng dress Ing ilIg 10 boy was vas a royally entertained He lie lI unluckily saul suld Ill 1 that lInt he was vas anxious to 0 meet the of if who hap hap- t to n I be le I In II within thin easy a His Ills entertainers telegraphed to 0 Bombay and antI took tool palatial rooms fortie for lomba palatal tie tho vl liri ii t nan UH f i I i i I un fuji But Bul a as soon a us the of saw the bo crt dressing boy he lIe Il declared him to bo be II an impostor The he dressing Lo boy has hns according according- ly lYe been ben arrested for 01 or impersonating his master lEnd to In Settle pUle The rue Prince of Monaco who was spending a part of oC HIe Uie summer at La- La near Paris under under tho tile name of or Monsieur Louvet J OU I hud hail an un exciting time with wih his coachman whom lie tried he-tried H tried to arg declared lie he hud hind had I n n engaged for or or two at ut montha-ut wages to 25 rai und and as n l ho he lint hOlt only served one month of oC that time lie he I would not budge until he lie got sot the Hie money for the other month The The prince offered him the usual al 18 w weeks week's ks k's wages but the theman theman theman man refused and anti said anybody who tried to put him out would be kl killed The police declared he hit hI had committed no crime such sucil as theft or assault ami the they refused to interfere The rile prince hall hail no wa way out nut of oC it other than to settle ette the mans man's claims and give gl e him the full Cul months month's wages |