Arizona weekly citizen., 1895-03-09
An Attractive Description cs the Great Parks of Europe with Their
 Works of Treasures and Art.


 drives, some beautiful monuments, zoo
 logical gardens and conservatories. On.
 ot the uost attractive features is ar
 eiectric fountain presented by MT. O. T
 Ysrkes and coss S50,000. It plays il summer and is displayed two evenings each week. The combinations and va
 riations of the colors of the rainbow arc something marvellous.
 h Eogiand and on the continent many of the public parks are located | along the banks of rivers
 George Square in Glasgow though not so large In area contains many mon uments to prominent people and is the finest open space m the city. Most of the statutes are in bronze. Among theu are tho4e of Queen Victoria, the Prince CoDsort. Peel; Livingstone, the explorer; James Watt; Scott, which Is a doric col umn 80 feJt higb surmOu-ted with a statute of the novelist; Campbell, the poet, and Robert Burns.
 In EdinOurg are tHe West and East Princes Street gardens, Grslstically sLd beautifully laid out with plants ana flowers. h the West Princes Street gardens IS a. ancient hunlc monumen If b.ock Of granite 5l feet high, brought from Sweden in I7S7 In the same gardens is also the Scett moDu- ment, which cost SIS, ,250. I0 the nichee aFe st-tutes O. his most fam liar charac-
 CTS, and under the canopy a statute of himself ana his Cog Bevis.
 Hyde park in LoHdon with its bright flower beds contains 395 acres. The Serpentin-, an artificial lake, is ire quented by bathers in summer and skaters in winter. Rotten Row or La lies Mile IS set aside for equestrians and during he fashionable season at certain hours in tue afternoon can be seen members of the royal family, nobIl- ity and married people driving by; ob servers can have a seat along tnis road by paying an English penny. Ia the l7th and 18th centuries Hyde park was a favorlte meeting pla ,es for duelists, and in the present century the scene of great political gatherings. There are several entrances to the park; among the principal are the Maj ble Arch, ori- gnaily intended es monument to Nel- son. Opposite the grand entrance is a colossal statute Of Achilles made from metal of guns taken at Salamanca. Vie toria, Toulouse and Waterloo. The one at Hyde park corner consists uf three imposing arches adorned with relieves copied from the E!gia marbles Oppos- ite Princes Gate is the national Gothic monument to the memory of the Prince Consort. The sculpturing at the base represents Europe, Asia, Africa ard America. There are alsH at the base l6O statues representing conspicuous masters in the different arts.
 The BOis de BJulOgne ID Paris was formerly part of large forest the greater part cf which was destroyed in 1874 by tine allied forces but Louis XVIII caused new trees to be planted. Charles X preserved game in the forest out after the July revolution of 1890 1t In the siege of 1870 the park was again damaged but the work of nature has again restored the woods. It ontains about 2150 acres and has cost he city to make public park about s, 8,000,000 francs. It is great resort of tne ParlsiaCs particularly for driving on pleasant evenings out the best time 70 see gay Paris on parade there is from f to 6 p. m. There are avenues of trees with shady walks; horserIdes intersect- ing ID every direction; small artificial streams flow from the lakes which are also artificial: Lac Inferieur is 2 miles long and 300 feet wide, in the centre are two picturesque islands connected by a bridge; Lac Superieur is only about Ii f a mile long; the grand cascade nss an effective waterfall 45 1t, high issuing from an artificial grotts, from the top of the falls is fine view of the Seine Valleys ;near by are the roins of ths ancient Abbey of Longchamus. At the de If the park are an av ary G yards long by yards wide, aU acqusr- um, magnsgsrie fir the various kinds of silk worms introduce d in Europe, special grounds and buildings for birds and mammals, ald basins r seals and beavers. In tn5 park are tgo race courses LODgchamps (Hat races) and Auteuil (steeple chases
 The public park at Antwerp has aD ornamental sheet of water spsnned by A chain bridge. The park contains several statues, one monument IS the Loos erected in commemoration of the des- tructlOn of the old Notifications built during the Spanish doInlnation; there Is also statue Of AntwerpiG on a lofty base surrounded with figures represent ing commercial navigation.
 The priacipel park of Brussels was originally the garden of the Dukes of Brabant and in 1774 was laid out in its present form. It Is the kiugs palace and at the entrance are two groups of statu ary representing summer and spring; 1t Is fashionable resort and nearly every evening Tn summes there is music at one corner of th~ grounds but the park is alwsys closed about an hour after dusk, bell beiu rurg to notify visitors that the gates are to be closed. When Prince Frederick of t5e Netherlands entered Brussels with an army of 10000 men in 1880 and ocoup'ed the palace this park was one of the chief scenes of the cor flict
 At Rotterdam tn park extends along the bank of the Mouse, IS is a pleasant promenade and a quiet place to rest, is also beautiful with fish ponds, grassy exparses and groups of trees; a military band plays here in summer. In the centre of the park is a marble statue of the popular patriotic poet Hendrix Tollens
 E. HoPKINsoN HoLGATE.
 In the fall of 1893 son of MT. T. A. McFBrlaud, prominent merchant of Live Oak, Sutterc u1ty, Gal, was taken with very heavy cold. The psins m h.e ak a-k