The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-08-01
o~AMserrA.s GRAVE.


The t1oeAa Decorations ON b AnatvorA
ssry OF Ms Death.
To-day I visited tho gravc Of Gam.
beta In tho picturesque Cometory Of tho
Chateau, lying among tho hi.ls Of Nico.
and / found that there had boon many
groups Of visitors of both sexes to 1t In
tho course Of tho day. 1t Was as gcnial
o day as any In which tho W over
shono on tho coast OF tho Mediterranean
and tho cemetery waa o sccno Of beauty.
Thcrc wcro hosts OF pilgrims hero last
wook from many parts Of France. on tho
anniversary Of Gambetta's death. the
last day Of tho year, and the honors that
havc bccn paid daily since then to tho
memory Of tho '.great tribune" show
how deep Is tho hold that he retains
upon tho heart Of France.
To-day the grave was thickly covered
with floral crowns and wrcaths of
exquisite beauty and fragrance. They
lay all around 1t as wcll Us on top OF 1t.
They wcre Of red and white roses, and
of immortelles, and of ,nany other kinds
Of flowers, and I noticed many humble
floral tributes among those Of a grand
lose style. Hero arc tho lovely crowns
and other wreaths brought from Paris
by tho Undcr Secretary Of State for the
Colonies; hero is q fcstoon from Alsacc;
hero is another brought by tho Depu-
ties from tho Maritime Alps; hcrc IA
another draped in Grape and bound with
%tri-colored ribbons brought by somc adj
mirrors in Nice; hero is q superb crown
bearing this inscription: ITO tho Grand
Tribune from an Unknown Admircr;''
here is another marked "Une Pariscnnc"
in black lcttors;. hero is another from
the Patriotic Union, and hcrc are
many others which it is not necessary
to Classify. Tho spectacle 10 bewitch-
ing and romantic as thosu shines uron
tho mass of flowers at tho grave on this
Sabbath day.
A middle-aged woman, deeply vailed,
stands for hours near tho grave; and
sonc OF those hero who recall tho cir.
'cumstanccs of Gambotta's death indulge
In s~pcculations regarding her that may
not DO without foundation.
A few foot away from tho tomb is a
hugo wooden pyramid, raised soon after
Gambctta's death W years ago, for
the purpose of displaying the artificial
memorial crowns and wrcaths that wcrc
sent hero by citics. Republican commit
tees and patriotic organizations in all
parts of France. Tho pyramid is GOV.
crcd on all sides, from base to apex,
with these memorials, which are OF
many kinds and designs.
There is no permanent monument
over tho narrow tomb OF the French
statesman in tho Cemetery Of the
Chateau. Tho roason for this is that IL
is not believed that his coffin will re-
main in Nice for many years. Tho
Government desires that it shall BIO re-
moved for tho final intermcnt to tho
Pantheon in Paris; but his father, who
yet lives here, a worry old man, positive
ly and pcrsistently refuses to allow 1T to
DO taken away from Nice. Tho proba-
bility is that tho removal will be
brought about after tho death Of the
father.
Besides the display at the grave hcrc
in Nice. these has l,ccn another during
tho last week ut Villc d'Avray, near
Versailles, at tho house whore Garl,ct-
tn died, n We navc also news of the
holding of commemorative meetings in
many other parts of France. In short,
it is cvidont that tho nalnc Of Ganbctta
is yet q name %outrrnlinss that of many'
OF his political contemporaries in tho
mind of the French pcoplc.-John Swim
ton. in n. Y. SUM-,