The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1894-06-25
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ifiees built at the ends of wide avenues,
thus causing Prague, like Jerusalem OF
old. to be beautiful OF situation.
The city parks are prettily laid out,
with abundant fountains and winding
walks while flowers and Towering trees
render the effect very agreeable TO the
eye. The Baumgarten In the Hdraseh-
| in hill Is OF great extent. covering a
large territory OF hill and dale, superb
ly situated, and has no superior In Eu-
rope. The handsome equipages OF the
nobility and gentry are TO be seen In
this garden, and the ladies who ride
and drive In the park, as well as many
you meet with In Prague, are dressed
In Vienna fashions. which Is saying a
good deal, for Vienna. some think, leads
Paris in elegant fashions.
We were intensely interested in visit
ing the ancient Jewish synagogue, To-
Gated In the Oldest part of the city,
where the streets are very narrow and
irregulnrly laid out, This part OF the
city Is called the Joscphstadt and has
literally swarmed with the sons OF
Abraham for the last seven hundred
years. Many dark deeds have been
committed here. and what incredible
amounts of money have changed hands
In this place. Here the old Jews were
born, here they lived, worshippcd the
God OF Abraham. and here they were
buried In their holy ground, truly sep
arate and peculiar people, and will ever
remain such.
The old synagogue was built early In
the 18th century. 1t Is singular
building consisting OF one large room
filled with old brass candelabra Of very
great age and Of unique design. There
are very many OF these and plenty OF
old lamps, rams horns. books and tenn
pie furniture Of great age and very
valuable. The tabernacle was set up
In the rear wall OF the synagogue more
than six hundred years since and re-
mains unchanged to the present day.
There Is among many curiosities to
be seen here. an immense flag on a
huge pole, and it requires ten strong
men to raise It, This was presented to
the Jews by the Emperor Ferdinand
III, in 164S. as present on account
of the bravery Of the Jews in helping
to defend the city against the Swedes
in 164S
To enter the synagogue one must
descend few steps and again few
steps more. till the floor of the syna-
gogue is reached, this is three or four
feet below the level of the street.
This same popularity of construction
I noticed in the old synagogue in Bar
| bodos. w. l.. and Rabbi Wechsler in
his interesting paper which he read
before the Historical society three
years since, mentioned that the floor of
the synagogue was the depth" to
which the psalmist referred when he
exclaimed, Out of the depth have |
cried to Thee! oh, Lord" The rabbi,
an excellent Hebraic scholar remarked
that the deeper down the prayers were
uttered in the olden days, the more
| fervent and efficacious they were con-
sidered.
A few steps from the synagogue is
| the last resting place of these peculiar
people. The sun was shining brightly
when we entered this sacred place, and
such an array Of tombstones 1 have
never beheld, save in the valley Of
Ichoshophot at Jerusalem.
| This cemetery is quite small and filled
with upright stones very thick and
| heavy, beautifully carved; in many
places they are so thick together that
they are not more than three inches
apart, and in this holy ground are
asleep no less than 12,542 sons of Israel
| The first interment was that of Sarah
KATE in the year 1906, the last burial
was in 1884 One of the tombs is that
Of Rabbi Lion-the astronomer Of En-.
peror Rudolph II,-he died in 1909, and
on his stone is carved a lion. Rabbi
Balio's stone has a great bear, Q6O0
Two open hands are carved on tomb
this indicates descendant Of Aaron
while a vase on another stone shows a
descendant of Levi
| One beautiful stone has carved on
it's face a coat -of-arms, the exact coun.
terpart Of that of the late Earl of Bea-
consfield The oldest stone, that Of
1905, is Of sand stone six or eight
inches thick, and it is very well pre-.
served; many are of marble and it is
singular that the Hebrew letters are
| very dlSIlllCl Ole lOIuD COfltdllS III
less than fifteen generations, and the
records and details are all kept telling
all about the occupants of this singu
lar cemetery.
| Near the Jewish quarter stands the
"Rathaus" which was built in 1474
This is a most curious place to visit
and full of many relics, including
one of the most singular clocks in the
world. In the Council hall is fine
painting by Brozick representing Johr
Huss before the Council Of Constance
On one .of the beautifully inlait
doors / noticed the date 1919, a rars
work Of art. In small prison in ont
of the towers King Wenceslaus Fourth
was imprisoned in the year 14OO, and IL
the little chapel on the fourth floor arr
to be seen two ancient paintings datet
1890 and 1891. -
/ Nearby Is the old Teynekirche bull
in 1926; this among other things o
great interest contains the tomb o
Tyeho Braehe, who died in 1901. OF
the other side of the street and nea
this chuch is the "Pulverthurm," O.
Powder tower; an enormous structure
or gateway, constructed in 1875. Nea
this is the statue of the Virgin,
erected in 1885, compemorating the de
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