Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-09-30

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tria, close 10 the Tynol. 1t lies in &
I valley 9Th gradual rise Of from 0I5
/ 10 1851 feet above the level OF the sea.
1t is surrounded by chain OF noun
tsins stretching their heads toward the
'hesyen-klssing hill"
The traveller. after leaving Lena, has
an upward journey OF eighteen miles in
a vehicle. The central Alps, 6 600 feet
high, are in the west; the Goldberg
group, 5000 feet high, is in the east,
the Salzachthsl Mountains, 5000 feet
hight, are in the north; and the Urge
birgs Gletcher-Scharrek, 10000 feet
high, is IN the south. The panorama
between these mountains displays the
splendor and glory of the Gastein val
ley. 1t is too heavenly 10 describe.
You have in America marvellous phe-
nomena Of nature. You have grandeur
of scenery which, in sublimity and
awful majesty, cannot be rIvslled in
any part of the world, except, perhaps.
the Himalayas; but for repose and
variety upper Austria deserves the
palm. The most restless spirit would
find peace in these regions. Everything
smiles upon you here, and invites you
to repose. The softest zsphyrs WOO
you TO sleep. Every tree and every
plant seems to whisper words of glad
ness and contentment.
Gastein has been called a home for
the aged. 1t should be called the cra-
die of youth. Age revives here and
recedes toward vigorous manhood.
Gastein's former name was Wild-bad,
or game bath. This name originated
oddly. In SOC three huntsmen pursued
a wounded deer. As they approached
the spot where the game was standing
they saw the animal bathing its injured
limb in q spring of stesming water, and
they discovered the thermal spring.
The prime virtue OF this spring is its
electricity. For nervous, spinal, and
rheumatic complaints it is unriyalled.
That's why the mind workers seek il so
zsalously. The overta1ed brain receives
fresh vigor, and the spinal cord new
strength, In extreme cases Of paralytic
diseases. where the nerves have been,
completely paralyzed and the functions
OF manhood prostrated, leaving the
mind like fickering lamp, tue waters
of sGastein, POrmethean-lIke, infuse
new blood into the body. We are told
of an old Turk who came here years
ago, every limb OF his frame deadened.
After twenty-one baths he was able to
mount the highest Alps.
Another remarkable cure is related
of sspipster of 80 summers who had
actt.lly already been laid in her coffin.
As the lid was about to be closed she
swoke, and was plunge1 back into
renewed existence of misery and pain,
until she found relief in the healing
waters. In her youth she had con-
trscted a severe cold by wadiDg with
her naked feet at a certain period IN a
creek. The consequences were terrible,
Epilepsy, jaundice, and all the horrors
of the damned seemed to have followed
the IDiudicious act. For twenty years
her life was burden. She sought re-
Lief from the greatest physicians ID
vain. As q last resort she was sent to
Gastein. where, after two visits, she
was restored TO health.
Hundreds of similar cases are related
in the chronicles of Gastein. This ex-
traordinsry work is IN twelve volumes
Of manuscript. II opens with the first
visit. in 1886. of Frederick III, EN-
peror of Germany, and continues up to
1880, when the "Bade- Giste," the
Register" took Its place. Here you
find emperors, princes, prelates, lords,
and barons vying with each other in
expressing their opinions in wretched
chrography and worse orthrography
upon the virtues of the spring. Every
one begins IN German, French, or
Latin with an Offering to the Almighty,
and then:either In rhyme or,prose, gives
his or her individual impression of the
place. Some are very odd. l give 2
few Just as 1 found them. Thus says
Dona Catharina, a countess, in May.
1909:
With the aid of God | shall be cured.
i have faith in Him and in Gastein.
The Baroness V. Weisern remarks
IN 1863:
| often think of God
Aud oft on some one dear.
1t deeply grieves my heart
That | must go from here.
a stole III 1906 has the following:
A cripple I've arrived,
A cripple go home,
A cripple shall go into my tomb.
Fancy twelve volumes of this stuff |
and you have the chronicle of Gastein |
from 1896 to 1880 But, in spite of all
this. Gastein can show the best and |
most legitimate society of any watering |
place IN its season II the world. Here |
You find no shoddy extravaganza, no
Vulgar presumption, no overbearing
sristocracy. Prince and bur-
ger. statesman and commoner, artist
and trsdesman, priest and atheist move
together in peaceful harmony, looking
with one accord toward the object of
their vislt-the restoration of health.
Picture a little valley less than two
miles in circumference which the EN-
press and Emperor OF Austria and suite,
The Emperor of Germany and suite
Prlnce Reus, the Duchess of Weimar
and suite. Baron Won Rodawi'z. Prince
Michael Gatchacaw, Baron Nathaniel
ie Rothschild, Baron Won Bulow, Baron
7on Tiiler, the Counts of Lauberg.
Flesh, Salo, Zenane. and han
lreds of barons, freiherns, Judges, pre-
ates, authors. actors, lawyers, and
journalists have visited since Aug. 4.
IN all about 4 600 persons have visited
hls season the thermal springs of Gas
ein.