The free citizen. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-11-06
THE TOMB or cHARIEMiGNE.
Gr:lcc <:rcrnWood Visits il a:1 Tells What
Sit" Saw There. :insi $"1ncttiiiis Of s;s


Size saw Tt,"r. and ansmct.,ins OF ::s
History.
We clip the following from Il Cologne
letter of Grace Greenwood to the New
York Times:
also made II solitary pilgrimage to
the tomb OF Charlcmagnr. lcavin" the
train ut Aix-la-t t'haprcllc, on uur WAY
from brussels - Cologne. 1t was the
irst German town htd been in i,rnlaiiv
wears; knew 10 German, and had little
French at my commando; il seemed an
adventurous thing lo,lo. but :lccoutrrcJ
~ ! WAS, | plunged in y IL" Don. "i'
Munster, seemed near, thought had
better walk il than try my lonely lucE
with 4 German cabrlrivcr. but soon cot
involved IN :. labyrinth ,f narrow streets
"vcrhung with quaint >omhrr o'd ,uu>,.>
curious mi>-~lGiprn rdiiiccS, which seemed
tpcome upon me round cTcrv corner. uut
OF the middle ages, and | WAS Obliged L.
call III the aid Of both church and State
= priest and policeman hc!nr, could
iind the rntrair" of the old old chapel
designed and erected hy ;harlv:iagnr iur
his own grand burial place nearly =,
thousand Years ago. .Irounl ll,r chapel
later additions have been built. and there
Is Il lofty modern choir, made almost en-
lirclv of beautiful stained rl:l-~. but these
felt that that monarch ut munarc:lS had
stood where | WAS standing, ;!annin-
rnvallv for his own ~cpuiturr ONLY
saw on the marble Slab IT my feet the
brief great inscription. Caro- Ma"Iin.
knew hr w:ls not rr~tin" beneath that
Sab-tlsat il only marked the -lru, where
one" stood his ,"m!'. which drra!
abode wa~ broken into hv otto ILL.,.
AMI til" great emperor WAS lnund, not
rl"sin. inarnn. but seated III y throne
like chair OF white marble. ;,rrayr,l IL
royal robes crowned, >r~plprrl and with
his familiar pil"rinl'- pouch II hi, side.
On his knees rc>tr': copy "i' til" "o-r"l' =
and at hand, ~ though ready u dytr',
ii, WAS his t:lvurii" sword .j9wHs".
There is something awiully Grand in
such :in rntomhm"nt. lie had >:Gt there
III Silrnr" and in night for nearly twu
hundred years. waiting for tn" rsurrc,.-
tion, which came all too soon The fra
%r;'rc. "t rare gums and spices used III
his partial cmlalmiir,ut mast llavri;IntrI
in the mold. and rolnr- o.. rich .ilk :!,l
tho sheen ni cold died out in the dark
ness hu, i, seems - m,. l# H.. ~lr,piu.
light OF those crown Jewels must hny,
dreamed Of the sun ana ,Ii, cast soft
trrnulou> cleans duwunn the open )s,wc-
of the word II" >h"uid have lycn I"tt
there III state while III least his Grand
chapel should endure, but the stone WAS
rolled awa,' t".m the ;vpulchrc moi hv
ANGELS. hut by hum"ri relic huutrr< and
shint-mongcrs, an,! they laid dcSccralinu
and dl>'crting hands unun hin-partc,
not only his rIin!c"t, hut his skeleton
took him 10 pieces bone hv bone. and
have di',rlutcd him about launStrr> a.r
m"l:,strricS. dead emperor of tia,
quality waS too much for Il chapel of Iii;
size To have all to itself. 1t preserves
however, his skull, the darkrn%L She'll o
IN extinct ~tarOf Suvrrriuniv--a .i"nn,i
the real chair in which he "a,
and which was a!trrwaroi used nj the cor
"nation "t cmpcr"r>, and the l.,ri;,n ~;tr
c"phaguS in which rested hit tired t."
Ill through that TWO hundred wears sit
ting. iii> church i> m#rv"lou-lv rrl! il
plate, Jewels, chalicrS >i,riur> and rrllq
i'2ricS Of rare and cxuuiStrworkmGlnSh
and in relics the bare lis; Of which :ip,.a!l
one aS an exhibition Of human crcduitv
superstition and IMPOSITION What n
idea of Chr!-, they l:;t"e wiz, .,c;,,:lf!
believe he can /" pleased III ~crin" hi
people redeemed from "lolcn loIatrv
proStrating themselves before the ROD
wsIrh once Smu,c him he cord tIla:
bound him. til" nail that pierced him.
and even the harkcncd and >hrvrlrr!
arm OF poor old Simnn--th:, :rim which
bore the smiling infant Jesus in tie
temple.
y very interesting building is the
hathliauS, which date, back 10 1913, and
WAS then built on the Site n! he Old
palace in which Cl!arlclagnr was horn.
In the Kaiser S.al y So;nhrc. luw-ar,icd
mall the coronation "! the rmprro: