The New York herald., 1863-08-16

6cnwhDe possessed the OF scnilcru neau, t1Nen
after death by Klauer, and with this ne under-
took careful comparison and measurement The TWO
seemed 70 him 70 correspond; and OF the twenty
others not would bear juxtapcsIticn with the cass
Unfortunately the lower jaw wanting, 70 obtain
which fourth nocturnal expedition had 70 oe under
taken ihe skull Was carried back 20 me oswo,cV Z
many jaws we're tried one was found wnicn nssed
and for beauty o teeth corresponded with tne uppes
Jaw. When brought home, on the other hand y reusea
and this TOOTH old OF SchIRers Afterwards
declared mad been extracted AZ Jena 10 hts presence
Having got thus far Schwabe invited three Of the cn
medical authorities inspect his discovery After care
ul they declared that amongst tne swen
~ three skulls there was but one from wncu snc Css
n Weimar and ts neghborhood who had peen on terms
Of Intimacy with schiller. and admitted them 70 The
an exception sbey pointed TO the same skull as that
which must have been the poets The only remaining
q q 10 s
vault To put ths 70 rest Schwabe applied 70 the Land
schacscoegium IN whose records was kept list Of all
persons buried In the Kassengewolbe. II was ascer
tanned that snce the last "clearug out there had been
exactly twenty. three nterments. Al this stage tho
Grand Duke Of Goethe Of h search and s From
both he received grateful Acknowledgements. Goethe
unhcsatingy recognized the head and laid stress on The
peculiar beauty and Aatness OF tho eoth The 0bercon
sstorium thought proper TO protest, and, good
effect or what had happened 70 direct that the Kassenge
wolbe should In future be kept in better order =
Dannsckers colossal bust Of Schiller had recently been
acquired for tho Grand Duca library. where II had been
placed on lofty pedestal opposite the bust Of Goethe and
posit the skull The consent OF the family having been
obtained, tho solemn deposition delayed ouly TIL the
before antumn On september II the ceremony
place few persons bad been invited among whom,
Of course was the Burgermeiser Goethe dreaded the
agitation and remained at home but sent his son to re-
present him chief librarian. cantata having been
sung Ernst Won scalIer, In short speech thanked all
persons present. but especially the Burgermeser for The
love they had shown 70 the memory Of his father lilo
shen formally delivered his fathers head into the hands
as IL
the affection that had subssed between their fathers
vowed and Guaranteed that Tho precious relic should
this moment the skull had been wrapped in cloth
and scaled. The younger Goethe now made it
unpacked and placed in its receptacle. An pre-
sent subscribed their names, on which, the pedes.
s no
at rest for many years. But II had already occurred 10
Goethe, who had more astrological knowledge than the
possession, IL must be possible 70 nd the skeleton
very few days after the ceremony in the library he
TO have the Kindness 70 spend day or two al wemar
and 70 bring with him, II possible funconary OF the
Jena Museum, Farber, by name, who had at one time
been Schers servant As soon as they arrived Goethe
placed the matter In schroteys hands Again the head
was raised from s pillow aud carried back TO the dismal
chief difficulty to hnd the first verebra after that
all was easy enough. With some exceptions, compare
lively riang schroter succeeded in reproducing the
with blue merDo,p and would seem Though are net
distinctly old) 70 have been deposited in the library
Professor register Of bones recovered and bones
missing has been both preserved and printed Tho
skull was restored 20 its place In the pedestal
He expressed sprse that the bones Of Germanys best
beloved should be kept like rare coins or other carioeh
ties In public museum. In these circumstances the
Grand f,uke wrote Goethe proposing his ap
proval that the skull and skeleton OF Schiller should be
reunited and "provsionally" deposited In the vault
which the Grand Duke had built for himself and bis
house unt Schillcrs family should otherwise deter
mine.n No better plan seeming feasbe Goethe himself
orders for the construction Of durable sarcopha
gus. On November IL 1927 in OF the younger
goethe, Coudray and Riemer. the head was finally
moved from the pedestal, and Professor Schroter
constructed the entire skeleton in this new and more
sumrtuous abode, which we are told was seven feet
in length and bore at It's upper end the name
afternoon Goethe went himsslf IN the library aud
expressed his satisfaction with all that had done.
AZ last December l6, 1927 at bali past i've in the
morning, few persons met again NJ the place. The
Grand Duke had desirod-for Whist know
MOTTO avoid observation was schler's fate that his
remains should bS carried hher and thither BY stealth
snd in tho night Some tapcrs burned about the bier
The Of tho hall were in darkness Not word
spoken but those bent for instant In silent
prayer which the bearers raised the coffin and carried
Il away They walked along through the park the
night cold and cloudy some OF the PARTY had Ian
terms When they reached the avenue that led 70 tho
cemetery the moon shone out she had done twenty
two years before. Al the vault itself some other
friends had assembled, amongst whom was tho Mayor
Ere the lid was finally occurred Schwabe placed himself
n the head Cf the CONN and recognized the skull " be
that which he had rescued from tho Kassengewolbc The
sascophagus having then been closed, and . laurel
wreath laid H. formal possession, 10 the the
removed 70 be kept Ia possession OF his Excellency the
shsimerath Won Goethe Chsf Of the Institutions Tor Ara
coshe said 70 30 % preserved n sSs Grand Dus:I
library where however, have recollection Of having
it Tho provisional" deposition has proved
permanent than any other. Whoever would The rest
ing place Of Goethe schiller must descend into the
Grand Ducal vault where through grating the twi
light beyond, he win catch glimpse q Their sArcophag