The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-02-01
CHRISTMAS In BOHEM! "a.

CHRISTMAS In BOHEM. "a.
A Visit TO tile Vault Where Lie the cNtrious
COrpses OF the Observation-Disclosures Eve MS
Spcnt-Boliemian Castles.
CASTLE MARoussKAu, Special Correspond
ence, Dec. Pa week before Christmas
found us at the most delightful of hotels in
! the Bohemian capital, and here we remained
for a week. Words cannot describe the beau
ty of the city shop windows, with their
"specialties of Bohemia garnet Jew
elry, and exquisitely celored glass.
Gloves made in Prague are GER
tainly the most delicately elastic and
perfect-fitting in the world; and more than
half the lovely Paris gloves, so sought
after by our rosebuds OF fashion. are maste
in Bohemia and sent to the French capital,
where they receive the trade mark of French
houses. The wonderful Bohemian glass,
especially that red, gold-permeated color, is
dazzlingly beautiful. The secret of making
it is known only in the royal glass works of
this city, but none of the operatives, or en-
| ployes even, know what is mixed with the
red c~oloring matter of the glass to give it it's
sunny radiance; some say it is molten gold,
but the chemist-in-chief Is silent, and con-
lectures pass around himu UNDECIDED Shop
ping and glass works have not
filled all our time. Remembering
the lovely drives around Berann and
IFS VILLAGES. we tool, the express
thither one morning, and ordered a convey
ancc to take us to the Krisbek family vault.
IT. is n stronoe sioht-tl,at of father. mother.
six children and an odd nurse, lying upon
pine boards in the crypt of their village
church, where they We're buried in silver cot
fms nearly q thousand years a2ol That is
the story, MANY hundred wears since-but
low m.nv aynn n,,r n,,iaa. , ,,riest could
80. +a1I ,,s IN C.aoI, 10 ,,o,i, nnt hn,l
~ So ~.ens "Ho "o"' nv ~"
oo"n before Il ceftain usutper WeNe sehlih'o
exile. The patriotic krisbeks, however,
rather than leave their native land, took
poison. One son. having n ladN love who had
{ .,,,d 10 FnrIond ra,,,saa ,5,e noison,.na
sa Ill, y A., 60 W. ~ ,,o;snn
loiowes ms nance. mnao sno po.s s.e
could nave been Is the rlduleot cnenilsts,
anatomistsa and physicians to the present day.
The bodies turned into the consistency and
color Of leather and there. they lie. dressed
~ ~ lie. =, 49, Ill I;n,,+al a,o,'.1 ,.,lt
ae III ! u az ui",i snu sn"toA $50
You can take Their leathery hanas III yours
you feel no bones, but just a mass OF yielding
muscle. One of the bodies is that of a baby
only n few months old. 1t looks like u
leather dali its fat Ii,tle f,re ,nt,,rned as If
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cainhiy sieeIihs' is uiihpieu h'nua ioiu1u
over ls heaft, anu ltstlnS leeb crossed uhuef
LIS snort linen dresa. Inc priest VINO shoWeu
us these bodies allowed Sweet Fern TO lft
the baby; its head fell softly down on her
shoulder, and arms and legs be.
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Of revenue II TO the moor of the harsh
CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES.
The day before Christmas we left the
hotel. and lourneytng southwark IRON
Prague, reached our present abode
under the MaLonsskauSt iie NIL or silence Ine
rest, The bohemian is Tar coide Thar
Austrian winters, nut This year the cllmaf
rs exceedingly mlld, SO that the snow covered
hills we had hoped to see are great bouquets
OF mrs and frosted tWlgs- Germany, the lane
oil the Crlstmas tree, has given Its inethoa OF
celebration to all continental nations. Ihe
eve of Christmas is the proper time for the
skrisbaum' to be lighted, and although
1ast Gay, IL is the vigil Oh u most Joyful les.
tlVal. Every famlly mas It's own Tree,
consequently visiting among neighbors on
that evening is unknGwn; guests from Other
cities, or strangers who have acquaintance
in the city may be invited TO u christmas
tree party, but IL is not an a1tall
OF dress, dancing ana lats sup
per serving as III England. here
at the castle last evening the Tree %ai
placed in tie center OF the great Rlttersaal
used on Iestlvais as tle uinihg nau- a u
fee bWeiSe leeb hlgh, WIN ouu caiu,e .
MHLch ~ LOON SIX ekPeriehcsa ngh ! "
nehs, a tn k pneef from pa1e'i in,ec ,,d anvi' dianser. Is !,
sight worth seeing, especially when tint
sPlaer-aSe webs 10, % pr,gms soru al r,ass dia Inneat
CLEAN among the branches ana d,anone
powdef giissens Oh an me pons M Jinsfao,
ILe Ihuulen weIs piaNta oI Ky Rlas u -
which lo1iheu tne oe,1hh:-linA supPol
Tor the Tree, mo anis npa.ioIm
coycred VIII gnu piue nahnel pansies
Wlel suIeI eUals, Vas ~ -. :. a.
sinall uapies gIoupeu near .ne gaeae ame
places aoeithei ena . one io1,n, 'hu .osate g.
oonbalned gilos ZOE the euesls, sueh as aeii
cate mower vases, crosses, or prhoeie.s 9
carney, hnusic NV hHa auaos anpa i oth pos
ana Iaaa 1as a,e,1, OF Dis9me ~ ni dea ~, M,Sn, M n OVER.