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Show I ; ; A Palace of Ice. The ice cavern near Dobschau, Hungary, is oiie of the most remarkable but least known marvels of Europe. Though spoken of as a cavern, in reality real-ity it is an ice palace, the roof, lloo and walls being ice, sometimes opaque, sometimes as diaphanous as glass. The frozen water assumes ; many quaint and beautiful form-?. Pillars, vases, ! grottoes, couches and waterfalls meet the. eye at every turn. Herr Ruffiny has the honor cf being its discoverer. dis-coverer. One day while shooting among the hills he was startled by the peculiar echo" of his gun, an echo, which suggested the near presence of a vast cavity or hollow. After a long search he was rewarded by finding a small. nperUnv; in ihe hillside hill-side overgrown by bushes and trees. The next day, ho .fpturned accompanied by two friends, who loWered. him' hy i'opes into the pac2. 'As he swung into darkness a bitter cold, whijli increased as he descended, was felt. At last he felt his feet touch the ground and, looking around him, he found himself 'in a vast hail which he could but dimly see. Tin ice palace was discovered. |