The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1884-03-07

manned for nine hundred years. at
length Jewish merchant bought the
brass and loaded nine hundred camels
with it.
''The value of the brass was estimated
at $50, 900. At the present time the
sharbor of Rhodes is nearly spoiled, and
the island has many times suffered
from earthquakes.
''Do you know, my son, what the
word mausoleum came from?"
II don't know that I do" replied
irwin.
well, Mausolus was king of Cara,
and, after his death. his widow, Artemi-
STA, erected a magnificent tomb to his
memory. Indeed, it was so wonderful
and surpassed all other structures so
much in its appearance and grandeur,
that the name Mausoleum came 70 be
the generic term for a costly tomb. 1t
remained standing for a number of
centuries, and then was destroyed by
an earthquake. In 1404 the Knights of
Rhodes built a castle from fragments Of
the mausoleum, and as late as 1856 Mr.
Newton, under the auspices of the En-
gliSh Government, found the site of
the ancient tomb, and the fundamental
outlines of the building. According to
tradition, Artemisia mingled the ashes
of Mausolus with her wine, and died of
grief"
There is but one more wonder,
grandpa, to tell me about, and I know
that must be the Pyramids, for our
teacher said they were the most mar
velous of the Seven Wonders, and
you have not spoken of them yet"
" Yes, you are right. The Pyramids
required the labor of thousands of men
for many years. 1t is supposed that
they were the sepulchres of the Kings.
They are in several groups, some dis
lance from each other, on the banks of
the Nile. There are about forty of
them, many being small and in a ruined
condition. The great Pyramid of
Gizeh, or Jeezeh, is four hundred and
fifty feet high, and covers an area of
thirteen acres. Some of the huge stones
weigh sixteen hundred tons each, and
were dragged hundreds of miles from
the quarry. 1t is estimated that il
would take two thousand men three
years to bring one of these stones to the
Pyramid, and it must have required
much mechanical knowledge and great
power to lift such enormous stones to
their places in the Pyramid.
"These stones rise step-like above
each other, and are rather hard to
climb, but with the assistance of two or
three Arabs many travellers climb to the
top of the Gizeh Pyramid. A few days
ago l heard q minister say that, as he
stood on its topmost stone with his
companions, they sung the old Doxolo-
gy, Praise God from whom all bless
ings flow,' and he never fclt SO much
like singing it in spirit and truth as
when standing there"
II wish l could see some of the Won
ders of the world" said Irwin.
my son, do not think because YOU
have not travelled far from home that
you have never seen anything wonder
full. The seven wonders of the world
were the work of mems hands; but you
can not look out upon this beautiful
world, or up to the sun, moon and stars,
without seeing works which are far
grander than anything which man has
ever made"
81 have always seen these things,
grandpa, and they do not seem SO very
wonderful"
''True, but could you and 1 look out
tonight for the first time at the full
moon, which is shining so brightly. and
at the many stars that sparkle in the
clear sky, we could but fall down in
alteration of the Maker OF them, and
say with the Psalmist: When 1 consid-
er Thy heavens. the work of Thy fin
gers, the moon and the stars, which
Thou hast ordained: what is man that
Thou art mindful of him? and the son
of man that Thou Visiteth him?' IN
Y. Observer.