The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1891-02-13
oAMeerrA.s GRAVE.

The Floral Decorations on the Annivcr.
Vary of His Death.
To-day I visited tho grave of Gam
betta in the picturesque Ccmetery Of tho
Chateau, lying among tho hills of Nice,
and l found that there had boon many
groups OF visitors OF both sexcs to 1t in
tho course Of the day. 1t was as genial
q day as any in which tho sun ever
shonc on tho coast Of tho Mediterranean
and the cemetery was q sconc of beauty.
There werc hosts Of pilgrims herc last
week from many parts of Franco. on tho
anniversary Of Gambetta's death. tho
last day Of the year, and tho honors that
have boon paid daily since then to tho
memory Of the great tribune" show
how deep is tho hold that no retains
upon tho heart Of France.
To-day tho grave was thickly covered
with floral crowns and wrcaths Of
exquisite beauty and fragrance. They
lay all around 1t as we'll as on top Of II.
They were Of red and white roses, and
Of immortelles, and of many other kinds
Of flowers, and I noticed many humble
floral tributes among those of n grand
lose style. Here arc the lovely crowns
and other wreaths brought from Paris
by the Under Secretary Of State for the
Colonies; hero is q festoon from Alsace;
here is another brought by tho Depu-
tics from the Maritime Alps; hero is
another drapcd in Grape and bound with
tri-colored ribbons brought by some adj
mirers in Nice; hero is o superb crown
bearing this inscription: ITO tho Grand
Tribune from an Unknown Admircr;'
herois another marked "Unc Parisenne"
in black letters; hero is another from
the Patriotic Union, and hero arc
many others which it is not necessary
to classify. Tho spectacle is bowitch-
ing and romantic as tho sun shines upon
tho mass OF flowers ct the grave ON this
Sabbath day.
A middle-aged woman, deeply vailed,
stands for hours neal tho grave; and
some Of those here who recall tho cir
cumstances of Gambetta's death indulge
in spcculations% regarding her that may
not DO without foundation.
A few feet away from tho tomb is a
hugo wooden pyramid, raised soon after
Gambetta's death even years age, for
The purpose of displaying the artificial
memorial crowns and wreaths that werc
sent hero by cities, Republican commit
toes and patriotic organizations in all
parts of Franco. The pyramid is COW
cred on all sides, from base to apox,
with these memorials, which arc of
many kinds and designs.
Thcrc is no permanent monument
over the narrow tomb of tho French
statesman in tho Ccmetery of the
Chateau. Tho reason for this is that it
Is not believed that his coffin will re-
main in Nice for many years. Tho
Government desires that it shall be re-
moved for tho final intcrmcnt to the
Pantheon in Paris; but his father, who
yct lives here, o very old man, positive
ly and pcrsistently refuses to allow it to
be taken away from Nice. Tho proba-
bility is that tho removal will DO
brought about after the death Of the
father.
Besides tho display at the grave hero
in Nice. there has been another during
tho last week at Vile d'Avray, zeal
Versailles, at tho house whore Gambet-
to died, IL we navc also news of the
holding of commemorative meetings in
many other parts OF France. In short,
1t is evident that the name of Gambetta
is yet q namc outrunking that of many
of his political contemporaries in tho
mind of the French peoplc.-John Swim
ton. in n. Y. Sun. -