Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-02-08

a correspondent writes OF snort tOul
in the Austrian and Bavarian Tyrol and
most delightful-to Salzburg and Grun.
den, on the beautiful Tram Lake, and
to Ischl, where the Imperial Austrian
family pass the summer. At Ischl the
River Tram runs swiftly with a clear
green, and, with the hills and mountain
on every side, the scene is lovely. To
walk III the pine forests beside mountain
torrents or flowing brooks, to smell the
delicious cyclamen on the high, messy,
rocks is great boon to the invalid, as
well as to the strong, and all is so ac-
cessible. Here the banks of the river
are built up on either side with walls,
except at some places, and there are
promenades, seats. and cafes all along,
and band to playa cheerful scene,
and withal 50 old look.
The trip down the Danube to Vienna
is accomplished in about nine hours,
while the trip up the requires twice as
long time. This river is not SO bright
and beautiful as the Rhine, but is mas
sive and imposing aid broad in 1t effect.
l mean the mountains are big and round
and so sharp, 1t looks more like the
dwellings of the Nibelungen. The castle
where Blondel sought Richard Ceur de
Lion, ard found him with his song, is
still imposing and magnificent at sharp
turn in the river, which takes many
sharp turns. You do not land at Wen
na Immediately from the river steamer,
but change to small steamboat which
takes you by a canal almost to the mid
die of the town. The inner town is en-
circled by this canal on one side, and by
a sort of boulevard ON the other, making
about atwo mile circuit. and called the
''Rins," As all the streets radiate from
this ring 1t is very easy to find ones way
about. The city is very showy, with
almost endless fine buildings around
these boulevards, and buildings are still
going up; a splendid opera house in the
Renaissance style, Rathaus, ministries
OF this and that, academies of arts anu
sciences, and the palace, which is i'm
mense and contains treasure chambers,
library, &C., &c. A private collection of
paintings, the Liechtenstein, has the
best portrait Rembrandt ever painted
(of himself it is), and it is certainly
wonderful; also the best Van Dyek, n
portrait of the Princess d'Este, together
with many others of less Importance,
but all good. An old gouty man went
about with us ard pointed out the beau
ties like lover. He has book in which
all the famous artists and others have
declared that this Rembrandt is the best
existing,
There is also wonderful collection of
paintings at the Belvedere-a master
piece of Durer's, the Trinity, great
many Titians (among them the famous
Dame }, large collection of the We
netian school, the Jupiter and To- of
Correggio, that has been so often en-
graved; the ''Ecce Homo" of Guido. and
the ''Mater Dolorosa" that We see every
where. There is also collection of old
armor, embroideres, worries, missals,
jewels, and wood carvings that is the
richest imaginable. Each ivory (and
there are cases of them)is a gem before
which one could worship. A helmet of
Doge of Venice and his shield was of
much interest; indeed, the whole collec-
ton deserves real study. The royal
treasure chamber has the crown Jewels,
which are gorgeous, with no end of old
iewelled clocks. watches. carved crys-
tai soblets. dishes, and enamels.
We went to the Royal tombs and l
was glad to have gone to Maximllians's
sarcophagus, ard to pay homage to the
martyred hero. 1t is covered, and SO
is the wall behind, with bows and long
hanging ends of satin ribbons of differ
ent colcrs, with inscriptions and mot
toes embroidered by royal and mourn
ing friends, and there were three or
four silver wreatls- A Capuchin monk
took us down in the vaults, and it was
very solemn to be there-the trees wav
ing aboYe through small grating, and
to hear the life and stir of the busy
world above, and all this royal dead still
forever. They are all there, from the
founders of the family, from Rudolph
of Hapsburg down. The friar pointed
out in one division the sarcophagi, of
four Arch duchesses and four Kaiserin-
men, without even naming them, which
was almost democratic for royalty. The
Augustines have the imperial hearts.
which can be seen through a little graf
ing in small crypt and enclosed in
brass vases. Another church has the
entrails and the Capuchins have the
bodies, and the money, they receive
from showing the sarcophagi purchases
bread and soup with which they feed
$50 people every day without asking
who they are.