, 1873-12-14

p'eh hhou1u po Hla h"hy from anybody WHO folt
In wlolanls, aud Hcrdcrs houses tlore ors
not eyon old clotheH locsH Of l,iir to bo soou,
Dat In sohlllors houao. la study, in which he
s a orgal - eonan as 1a o. p.9ssDe ia
Ss, @ '' paroasea u te e To Town h0aai q
Welmar, this room liz opon to all visitors,
eclisllor nontions In lotter that tho room had
2 pale groom Wallpaper, unl aorap Of It having
hanger has carctnlly cop1od 1t, 10 that we fool
asaurod that ut 1oast tho ''local color" IL cor
roct.
mood not 90 Into an inventory Of tho furnt
oe assaf stSp' sd ee,s s'sa's sna sspet ct II
first performance Of o"Williafn Tell." I mn,
mention the writlng-tablo, because 1t is tllo ono
Of which ono drawcr WIS always kepk full oi
docaying appleH, whose odor waB Agreeable Il
tho poot. II amy ono wore to 1nake out A list Of
tho various stitnulauts to thought which goniul
has nlnto uRo Of, this one would certainly figure
among tho oldost. Gootho, sitting down b,
this odor nearly to fainting. This trinlng cir
cnmstanco rct1inds tls Of tho grcat contrast DO
tween tho two friends In physical constitution
doeiho, rs ovory ono knows, VIVA I'll Apollo II
m.nnly beauty. 1Io Ind o love OF pure alr whicl
Ills contemporaries thought fanuticistn. schia
vas always aickly; wrote most ut night a1nit
tilia odor OF vegetable decay mud was hurried b1
consumption to tho grave at the oarly ags of is
8OHLtIERB homes.
Twenty years after ScLillcr's death cortai1
burgonantor, schwebe, took 1t into his head II
gctsclllllors head rs precious rolic. 1Io had
the vault opo''ol, wl.ere the romail1s haa boon
tatd with those Of ton other lnortals, but to hia
disnay tho collins worc all dccayod away, mud
there vas nothing but confused mass Of bonoa
ut the bottom OF tho vault. l1o took home tue
. eleven skulls numbered them, rangod them in a
row md invltad everyone In Wemar who had
boen personally acquainted with Schiller to come
thnm. tu<on 1,,t
one into tue room, and invited to wrlto down
thoir opinions ns to which wag schiller'a skull,
without the opportunity Of consultation. All
44sroed upon the same number, aud thon
onlty, sorted ont the bonoH Of tue Rhcleton from
tho hoap. aud the wllo1o was placed III tha
library ut We,nar. It iB ovident that tho idea,
Of the present day In regard to tho aanctity OF
wroto Bomo beautiful lines to tho nlull, and
everything WIS pretty and pleasant, md racals
to III uamlot and tho gravo-liggcra.
Several l., years utter, ling Louis I. Of Bavaria,
ordinary people, would b. called grcat rudonesa
OF speech. but, being King, it was only blunt
noss. King Louis waa very much astonishod to
tind Schillors ronatns treatod as o curiosity. ]
DO not know how it Was that he camo to
differ from the contemporary sentimort; !; 1t
mignt have been Tint, being o Roman Catho-
lo,, he thought human bones had bettor
be in consccratod ground than rafting about In
lbrnry drawers. However, tho King waggea
1,iH rough tongue to such effect that ay soon as
lie had gone tho Grand Duke wrote to Goethe
TINT, to avoid further remarks, ho desired him to
havo proper collin prepared for Sohillers
bones, and to have then ]uidin the Gtand-Ducal
vault. Goethe had n simple oa!ton box mado,
aud on 1t had placed tho HinElo word '*Jchiilor"
In bronco letters,
THE Bun1AL-pLAcE OF GOETHE AND Bcn1LLER.s
When Goethe died similar coffin was pro-
pared for him, and they now lie Hlde br side in
ton'hs OF the Grand-Ducal family. q Goethe
Schiller, "-thcHe IRE their epitapha; not a
word Of thor titles as couusollora, Of Of the no.
bility which Charles Augustus waB fnnlly driven
10 conier upon thom ly the murmura Of lis cour.
iiorb At having to associate witt. tlleso plebcans.
Tho wiso Goethe know wien ie placod tho one
word 'schillor" oil tho coffin that postority
would demand no n9oro aud thay who directed
Goetho's in,ermont did ,yoll to follow tho p1oca
dout he had nlade.
TIE anASD-nucA1 LIBRARY.
Tho most Interesting place iu Weimnr is tht
Graud- Ducal Library. am not going to call il
a Walhniia, Us oyery German docs who writeR
about it. for tho Wallialla was only heaven ot
savlgea, And tho namo has been mntle ludcroua
By King Louis Bavaria1l- Crock folly at I.atis.
bon. 1t ia q charming idea to decorate library
with the e.iigias Of those who, By word
or decd, have enlarged tho domain OF
here with a simplicity and au absence oi
pretension in thorough harmony with tho spirit
~ Helmnr most prlll!aht epoco. IN entering
ma m}sei M directly opposslo 1ull.length por-
tfals OF Cnaties augustus, noaf whlch arc also
1no poriralts OF tne GfaIa DacheRses ta Amelia,
as m!s,, mother, anu LOUISA, nls W1ie: me drano
Duhe; wnosc nsoss aiaslngalsnmea m tlslo IS thaf ne
1sA: Mas aoesnoH tra!lu nuae, Was not simply
Islnce VINO oonlo confer iavols ana gatAor ABOUT
a ,.t m ca!npsalea HON, Maicn az rrioee eonid 10
acter he held them hero. and retnined their
es;1n estoem ana anootaon thfongh ioag years Of
aauil,las ,;l, intercourse. , nlan WHOM doethe
couIa taoaa 30 o.. lo'o mna5 hayo been more
.alu1, .nah mere pl1nooiy aiGeenas, nor to
,a Taan psihSh pttn;ht moulu oootne haro aaafeasea
evor much ~! they may vaunt lla virtues, do net
spare o n's 1auats. a. low words from Goe1he wlA
eolnee 70 :, t,[ Snaraesen2o tAo dranu Ducllnaa
ne!'h. MhasoEef ean Glse gfneo or chasm TO
ato, ~ says, sho a9ugas, VIII "lso moaor. 9.,
ntiGn' 70 o2loet 2; H. afouma ner sue
uonehtcu III. Tug eohveFsatlon OF persons OF
Talent, snd Sought occasions q forming coanec-
nons OF this K1Ia' or MAINTAINING them, and Of
InEnlt,g Inem 70 accouns' inaeeqs !nefe 10 no
one OF any note connected Wltn HftDlnF WlOE9