Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1884-03-13
are not too tired l would like to hear
about the rest of them"

about the rest of them"
Il am only too glad to see you inter.
ested in your studies. and will now
speak of the Colossus of Rhodes. This
was gigantic statue of Apollo or the
the sun-god. 1t rested on mOles en- each
side of the beautiful harbor of Rhodes,
and vessels passed between its brazen
legs. 1t was over one hundred feet in
height, and there were winding stairs
by which it was assembled. The statue
held in one hand a light for the direc-
ton of mariners, and it was completed
two hundred and eighty years before
Christ. 1t was thrown down, presum-
ably by an earthquake, and never re-
| built; but fragments of the statue re-
NAMED for nine hundred years. At
length Jewish merchant bought the
brass aud loaded nine hundred camels
with il.
"The value Of the brass was estimated
at S15o,O00. At the present time the
harbor of Rhodes is nearly spoiled, and
the island has many times suffered
from earthquakes.
''ro you know, my son, what the
word rIausoleum came from?'
Il don't know that l do replied
irwin.
We'll. Mausolus was king of Caria,
and, after his death. his widowy Artcmi-
sia. erected a magnificent tomb to his
memory. Indeed, it WAS SO wonderful
and surpassed all other structures SO
much i'll its appearance and grandeur,
that the name Mausoicum came to be
the generic term for a .,cStIy tomb. 1t
remained standing for a number of
centuries, and then was DESTROYED by
an earthquake. In 40J the Knights OF
Rhodes built castle from, fragments of
the mausOleunl, and as 1a;e as 1876 Mr..
.sewtOn, under the auspices OF the En-
glish Government, fJund the site of
the sncient tomb, and the fundamental
outlines of the buildiag 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 ms about, and know
inst must be the Pyramids. for our
teacher said they were the most mar
,elouS of the 'Shven Wonders and
you have nOS spO:.en 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 stpulchres 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 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 it
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 minister say that, rs he
stood on its topmost stone with his
companions, they sung the old Doxolo-
gy, Praise God from whom all bless
ings fow,' and he never felt so much
like singing it in spirit and truth as
when standing there
Il 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"
II have always seen these things,
grandpa. and they do not seem SO very
wonderful"
"True, but could yen and l look out
to night 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
of the Maker of them, and
say with the Psalmist: When | consid
er Thy heavens, the work of Thy fin
gers, the moon and the stars, which
Thou last ordained: what is man that
Thou art mindful of him? and the son
of man that Thou visitcth him?' ~.
Y. Observer.