The Hazlehurst signal., 1884-03-13
NUMBER 6.
of the wonders" grandpa, "and II you
are not too tired I would like to hear

of the wonders" grandpa. "and u you
are not too tired I would like TO hear
about the rest OF them"
"I am only too glad TO sec you Inter.
csted in your studies, and will now
spcak OF the Colossus Of Rhodes. This
was a gicrntic statue OF Apollo or tho
the sun.god. II rested on molcs en- each
side OF the beautiful harbor OF khodes'
and vessels passed between its brahen
legs. Il was over ono hundred feet IN
height, and there were winding stars
by which II was assembled. The statue
held In ono hand light for the direc..
tion of mariners. and II was completed
two hundred and eighty yenr before
Christ. II was thrown down. preS,im.
ably by an earthquake. and never re-
built; but fragments Of tho statue re-
maincd for nine hundred years. AT
length Jewish merchant bought tho
brass aud loaded nine hundred cani!ls
with II.
"Thc value Of tho brass wa, estimated
at SlJO.OO0. At the present time tho
harbor Of Rhodes IL nearly spoiled. and
the island has many times suffered
from earthquakes
"Do YOU know, my son. what tho
word maus0lcum came from?'
IL don't know that do" replied
Irwin.
"ycll, Mausolus was king OF Caria,
and, after his death. his widow. Artcmi-
sia, erected magniccnt tomb to his
memory. Indeed. IL was so wonderful
anil surpassed all other structures 80
mu IA In its appearance and grandeur,
tl,at the name Mausolcum came To bo
the generic term for n costly tomb. IL
remained standing for number OF
centuries, and then was destroyed ny
an earthquake. In liDi the knights OF
Rhodes built castle from fragments OF
the mausolcum. and ~ late as 1876 Mr..
Newton, under the auspices OF the En-
Clish Government, fOnnd the site of
the ancient tomb, and the fundamental
outlines of the building. According to
tradition. Artcmsia mingled the ashes
of Mausu.us with her wine, and died ot
grief"
There Is but one more wonder.
| grandpa, 10 tell me about. and know
that must be- the Pyramids. for our
teacher said they were tho most mar.
velous OF the Seven Wonders and
you have not spoken OF them yet"
Yes. You are right. The Pyramids
re luircd the labor Of thousands OF men
for many years. II i supposed that
they were the scpulcbrcs o. the Kings.
They arc In several groups, some dis.
tancc from each other, on the banks OF
the Nile. There are about forty Of
them. many being small and In ruined
condition. The great Pyramid OF
Gizel, or Jcczeh, 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. II Is estimated that 1t
would take two thousand men three
years to bring one Of these stones 10 tho
PYRAMID. and II must have required
much mechanical knowledge and great
power TO lift such enormous stones To
their places in the Pyramid.
"Thesc 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 tho
top Of the Gizeh Pyramid. A few days
| HHO Htuu ~ ihlhi'Fi s'y sH's ~ "S
stood on is topnost stone with his
companions, they sung the old DoNo!o-
Nv, Praise God from whom all bless
ings now.' and he never felt so much .
like singing II in spirit and truth as
when standing there
81 wish could see some Of the Won
ders %. the world" said Irwin.
my son. do not think because you
have not travelled far from home that
YOU have never seen anything wonder
iul. 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 lar
grandcr than anything which man has
ever made"
81 have always seen these things.
grandpa. and they do not seem so very
wonderful"
"Truc. but could you and ! look out
to night tor 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 tho Maker Of them. and
saw with the Psalmist: When ! consid-
er Thy heavens, the work Of Thy fin
gers. tho moon and the stars, which
Thou Last ordained: what j. man that
Thou art mindful OF him' aud the son
Of man tLat Thou visitcth himv ~.
Y. Observer.