New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-09-21

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four i'r' t,AarL nirdiacNa! pGrpa'ory. ~ tie
gay domains OF Dame Venus. l"I Aon't know
which, and you bcsin to hook about for IN"
chtmbrr which a pndr,rssol OF yours thirty
Dad years AGO described Il. being LARGE cnon.n
I" contain eighteen larn hrs!r> II littc tcu,..
carved out vi Tie wall ~ resting place for ;Ic
wrarN. when snddrnii ne passage comes I" al
emf. That WIS the Vl'grin,s experience; hut
,nubtcs, the wi!ur rA;r!t IL tln Gn'i"rGru3ri
passage Was not trAvr:s'i ly him. Uh! accounts
i.alM II siAtl eight fr.: Ion. and h. scarcely
went "A third Of that distance. II !poNri ~ II
the tunnrl had ~: !i!i,i with DIR ~ place
whcT il nAtIVwrt. T" ':lnlcLsions w!.rh
would haze nrrcs>l'.tr'! rrawl'H+ III a." mad II
tl.r exploration roGid .aNr been ION lnnri frtrr
LA, M, urri.inuL'''i ~ mG,I mLi "n his boot,
he ca's.L r,nN"nirltiy carry. being unpr"-
viicd with facilities tor excavation, AMI hayiu-
century hlA iina'l"n was NOT equal g. t." i."'A
Of inetan.oIpho,lrG such u1rrow, "d!E.inut!>r.
moist, unp.ra>an'' quarters into fitting abode
tor Venus. 10 matter how stror, Tie d">'re 20
do 50, the Pilgrim turned back END souS.i TIE
!oye!y outrrworld. Tha: looked lovely. indeed.
from the vantage ground Of the mount;aint"p
after the damp darkness II t.:c cave, t.e valley
II the Iorrsel seemed t. Smile unler the spell
Il bencairtlon from above. Just bctor We
emerged from the hoe, wnllr its jagged mouth
still furnished a frame for the picture. the Wart-
burg came into view. FiScEach. rs the frank man
agcr Of the hotel confessed, derives It's revenues
the Wartbnrs.. Nature seems to have designed
that this should he Go where you will the
enchanting vista ends with the h.ariiful old pile;
but tie mos, uni'Iue spot 10 view il from is the
mouth of the Cave Of Venus. with which it is 81
ultimately and inexplcably associated in legend
airy history. Returning TO Wutha, whence q
railway train was 10 carry bin back 10 Eiscn0ch.
the Pilgrim travpr>ed the crest of both the Horr
sol mountains bcstriiing during nearly the entire
distance the boundary line ot the two GuSc IONS.
SAKE Wrilnar. Eisrnach and SaNe-tohurgI iotlia
When the Thuringan Society has extended the
dimensions Of the Cave Of Venus and dried It's
lt0or he may visit II again.
Thus do the simple methods Of latter-day In.
vcstigation destroy the pretty fabrics Of medieval
fancy Long ago. when supersttious fear rtil!
held the common people of the neghborhood in
It's thrall. traveller explored and Described th"
cave. His account rpnds prosaic enough. hut
vet exceeds the facts the Pilgrim found them
lie was privileged to hear the strange noises
which. in the belief Of few centuries ago, was
caused by the weeping and wailing of the souls
undergoing the purifying but unpleasant eAperi-
cnces of purgatfry: and he explained them as
being caused partly by the wind blowing across
the mouth Of TIE cave, t'rtl> by the myriad OF
gnats which inhabit the cave. In 1854 another
traveller suhstantiatcd his predecessors account
81 tho dimensions Of the cave he heard no rush.
ing noise; however, but only sweet huuimins,
which nj first sounded hk. the music Of neolian
hnrps bnt afterward proved TO he only the buzzing
Of insects The poor Pilgrim Of The Tribune was de-
MED even this music. H. z. K.