The times., 1897-04-18
STATE or v.
1850

gathered q fragment Oh NiiCu sHS AchuS
a greeting To the new republic. 1t is pc
culiarly appropriate that the greatest an
cient free state should thus express sym
pathy for the greatest modern, which
has taken many Of the remnants OF the
formers culture to adorn its own. The
state conspicuous for its absence III the
foreign representation is France.
Among the miscellaneous collection of
tributes is one which was unsurpassed in
beauty by any other in the monument. II
was sent by the American Medical Asso-
citation. instituted in 1S45. 1t has been so
mutilated by sightseers that it is 'lifficuit
to trace its design. The motto is ''Vincit
ArIner Patriae."
r. Near the center of the stone sits female
figure. artnless and headless, like the V enus
of Milo around her stand several aged and
bearded doctors, who at first sight appear
to be engaged in the process OF dissection.
but o. closer investigation reveals the fact
that the lady has been taken TO pieces by
visitors, and that the doctors are merely in
the act Of laying the tributes of their skill
at her feet.
The Cherokee Nation was the only band
of red men who remembered the Great
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1850.
The words I'VE commend you to visit
the sick. relieve distressed, bury the dead
and educate the orphan. are in unison
with the spirit of the grand lodge of the
United States Independent Order of Odd
Fellows, who wrote them on the block
which bears the date 1852; not less ap-
propriate is the tribute of the supreme coun-
Gil of TeInplars of Honor, organized De-
cember 5, 1s45: it is inscribed with q
pledge against intoxicating drinks, and
bears various devices of the order
March 1, 1851, is the date which COM
rnemorates the Fourth Regiment OF In
fantry, United States Army. Near the
landing below this the letters, Engineers
Association, are inscribed without date.
A light block, wreathed in stone morning
glories. and having a large beehive in the
center, is inscribed:
Holiness of the Lord,
Deseret.
Another has naugnt on its surface but
the name, Peter Force
Two disciples of Daguerre sent an un-
pretentious tribute stone to honor Wash
ington, and in 1858 one came from the
ladies and gentlemen of the dramatic
profession of America. On the latter s
carved q fine bust of Shakespeare, and
the lugubrious statement that: 'All That
Live Must Die.''
Two hundred and eighty feet is as high as
the stones extend. Away up the bare
walls beyond are big blocks which seem
to he lonesomely waiting for the nonotony Y
Of their blankness to be relieved III
they could be excavated, one by one, there
would be room to put in tributes from all
our new States, from all those which may
some day be ours. Mexico, Cuba, South
America. Hawaii and Canada, would form
a harmonious combination.
But in this part Of the Monument visitors
do not linrer As the darkest hour is he
fore dawn, the dreariest part, If there
be any, of the Monument, is a hundl ed
or so feet from the top. There, one ex-
pects to see the Monument ghost, but he
is disappointed for the reason that the
Monument is too young
The average visitors to the Monument
are about 500 day, but during some years
tits greater Daringtiie .noaua of the Grand
Army; encampment, here few years age
a.. 5Si people were registered by the GUS
todian. During the moatho Mr.. Harrison S
inauguration there were 3S,962 u0,499
on the 9th of March; Mr.. Clevelands In
auguration in 1893, 31,525; Knights OF
.Pythias encampment, SO 422, Knights Tenn