The intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1887-1891, 1888-12-15


shops, now the principal business
street in Vienna. was the moat of the
in the twelfth century.
At the corner of the Grsben and Karn-
tner street is the "iStOcb I'm Eisen ;" the |
stump OF a pine tree secured by clamps
and lock, with the date 1915, and |
perfectly covered with nails which have |
been driven up to their heads into it in |
with an ancient national |
custom (not peculiar to AHstria), Oh
account of some supposed sanctity once
to the tree; 1t is said once to
have marked the extremity Of the
Wiener Wald. In the center OF the
Graben is the Trinity Column. a con-
fused group of figures among clouds
erected in 1894 on the cessation of the
plague.
The imperial Hofburg has been the
residence of the Austrian princes since
the 18Th century. One first enters the
Innere Burghof, in the center of which
is the monument of the Emperor
Francis L, in bronze, the emperor in
the robes of the order of the Golden
Fleece; the other figures representing
Religion, Peace, Justice and Bravery,
the figures in relief at the corners are
Science, Commerce, Agriculture, etc.
on the right is the equestrian statue OF
Archduke Charles represented in the
act of waving flag in allusion to the
victory of Aspern.
The Volksgarten, little to the
northwest, contains pleasant grounds
and cafe with concerts every after
noon in summer, which attracts numer-
ous visitors. In the center of the grounds
is the Tempe of Theseus; containing
the fine marble group of the Victory OF
Theseus over the Centaurs, originally
destined by Napoleon l for Milan.
In the Imperial Library, among the
$500 "Incunabula" (books printed
prior to 1500) is Psalter Of 1457, by
Schoffer and Faust, and the Oldest
edition of the Biblia Pauperum OF 143O.
Some of the principal treasures OF the
library are exhibited in glass ases,viz :.
purple parchment with silver and
gold letters of the 9th century, being
fragments of the Gospels; cotton, linen
and mulberry paper; fragments OF the
book of Genesis, of the 9th century, on
purple parchment; work on medici-
nal herbs, with illustrations, OF the fifth
century; fragments of the Roman
history of Livy-the only MS. which
contains the five decades, brought by
| Saint Suitbert from Scotland in the 9TH
century; German MSS.-Harmony ol
the Gospels, by Olfried. of 1855; illus
trated French Bible, with miniatures
OH gold ground, of the 14th century
Dante's Divine Comedy, beautifully
written, with marginal illustrations, OF
the 14th century, very minute, hardly
legible to the unaided eye; small octa-
gOnal Koran, of 1915, worn as al
t amulet; Chinese manuscript, on paper
with golden letters in all azure GROUND
with illustrations on fig leaves, etc
| everything so old and musty that on'
goes out, pulls out his handkerchie
and blows his nose to feel sure he live
in this modern catarrhal age
= In the Imperial Treasury on th
walls are to be seen the Herald Robes
5 comprising some beautiful specimen
of heraldic embroidery, the Austrian
, standard and the shield of the granC
t marshall; in the inches of the window
Y are the silver caskets in which the gif
4 of the Hungarian landtag was present
= ed to the emperor OH his coronation, il
1867 (lOO, 900 ducats, devoted by tn
Q emperor 10 the relief of impoverishe'
Y Honveds); Oh a pillar is all ebon.
e casket coutsining the keys OF The coffin
3 of the ancestors of the imperial house
a clocks and automata (specimen 33, be
e ginning of the 18th century, is interest
n ing from the fact that the pendulum i
a here, for the first time, used as regu
s lator); altar OF colored stones, the sum
Q init of the fountain consisting of
Q single emerald; background of th
a altar piece in Florentine mosaic; pri
D vate Jewels OF the Austrian imperia
8 family; the Austrian regalia, crown
+ scepter and imperial globe; crown o
u the empress; the collection of Jewels
@ of enormous value. The celebrate,
8 Florentine diamond of 1873 karats i
Il weight, once the property of Charlie
= the Bold, of Burgundy. The diamon'
# is said 10 have been found by peasan
9 after the battle of Morat and sold to
4 Bermese merchant for one forin.
II is now set in hat clasp. Insignia G
8 Napoleon L., as king of Italy; also tn
t silver gilt cradle of his son, the king c
n Rome, weighing FIVE cwt.; trophie
z from the Turkish siege of 1888; tn
d skull of the grand vIsler, Kara Musta
e pha, with the silken cord with whic
0 he was strangled by order of Moham
T. med w., by whom he was sent agains
t Vienna, after his unsuccessful expedi
T. ton against the city; also his gray
8 clothes with Arabic inscriptions, sal
n to be chiefly from the koran; the bod
e was exhumed after the taking of Be-
h grave, and the head separated from
1 and brought to Vienna; the Banner G
If Blood, captured from the Turks.
: On passing along the klostergass'
It you come to the mehlmsrkt marke
s place) one of the few large open place
J., in the old town. The fountain, in tn
, center, built in 1889, represents tn
s chief rivers, Ems, Ips, Traun an
II Danube On the west side of the plac
3 is the Capuchin church, rococo edific
d of 1922, containing the imperial vaul
; (tombs of the members Of the imperis
d family for the last two hundred years.
v The vault is only open to the public o.
a All Saints Day and All Souls Day tn
e first and second days of November
Y On applying to the father treasurer
u however, permit was obtained, also
a note to monk in the sacristy to act a
s guide. A donation for the poor
;. placed by the visitor in the churc
= casket as he passes it. A psssag
/, leads down tho middle of the lon
Y vault between numerous coffin:
it upward of a hundred; most of them o
e copper. In front is the large doubl
sarcophagus of Maria Theresa, die'
G 1880, anu her husband, Francis L., die
d 1868 The fourth one is that of Mari
If Louisa, empress of the. French, wife c
d Napoleon l., died lS47, and her son, ,th
r duke of Reichstadt, died 1892. On
IL seems to be treading on doubly histori
: ground on passing the tombs of NapO
O Icons s wife and son. Fifth, is the on
d OF Maximilian, emperor of Mexico, die
. 1867, with two silver wreaths; that @
:, palm leaves being placed here by hi
II widow, the Empress Carlotta. Th
If ambitious Carlotta eugendered ths
d expedition to Mexico. Maximilia
: was the brother OF the Austrian empel
3, or, and Carlotta wished to typity tn
d splendors of the Austrian court !
another country, with herself as en-
press, and was the real motor powe
that took Maximilian to Mexico. Sh
le is now at the old home of her tstnil,
ts the royal one of Belgium, at Brussel
in her mind impaired, it is said, and
in tin es, music alone pacifies her. She
or said to sill bo very beautiful. I'll