Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1899-11-02

sword, adorned with the proud motto
of the regiment, 'Semper tails | de-
sire that the meaning attached to this
figure shall be generally known. 1t
stands on this blood-stained field as the
guardian of all the brave soldiers of
both armies, French and German, who
fell here, for the French soldiers. who
found glorious graves at st. Privat,
also fought bravely and heroically for
emperor and fatherland. And when
our flags are lowered in greeting before
this bronze statue, and fiutter mourn
fully over the graves of our dear COM
rades, SO may they also wave over the
tombs of our foes and whisper to them
that we think with sorrowing regard
for their brave dead. With deep
thanks and with an upward glance to
the Lord of Hosts for the guidance
mercifully vouchsafed to our great en-
peror, we will recall to mind that the
countless souls Of all those who once
stood face to face in hot encounter look
down upon us this day from where they
stand round the throne of the Supreme
Judge united in the eternal peace Of
God"
The monument on which work has
just been begun by the famous sculptor
Szalla at the request of the Austro-
Hungarian government, is to commem-
crate the 1000 years existence of Hun
gary as a nation. 1t is the direct re-
suit of the recent millenial exhibition
at Budapest, and it is in that city it
will be erected at the park end of the
Andrassy boulevard. 1t will take, it is
believed. from three to four years to
finish, and will cost the country $780,
orc. A Vienna correspondent of the
London Graphic says the monument is
designed as it were TO be an open book
of Hungary's past and immediate pres
emit He adds:
There is pretty Hungarian legend
to the effect that the familiar crown
which has descended to Franz Joseph
was placed on Stephan rs head by
Pope Sylvester. who in his turn re-
ceived it from heaven at the hands of
the Archangel Gabriel on condition
that he should give it to the once
heather king who had led his people
to Christianity. Hence the central
hundredfeet-high column of the mon
ument is surmounted by the figure
Gabriel holding aloft the crown and
the cross. a wondrous conception, full
OF majesty and dignity. At the base
Of the column are grouped the heather
King Arpad and his martial chiefs.
Horses and men are striking and war
like, some of the brides being of stag
horns, and the figures have that dash
and wild fereeness Of warriors who
had won for themselves the name of
the terror of the plains.
"Arpad and lis leaders denote the
seven clans or families Of Hungary, of
which the Hubas and the Szemeres are
direct descendants; but the lapse Of
time has obliterated in most cases the
necessarily feehly marked line The
present minister for Bosnia is said to
have the distinction of being directly
descended from one. The column has
on either size pendant in the shape
of hemieyele. each containing seven
inches for statues OF all the principal
monarchs who rave figured in the STIR
ring history of Hungary. There is st.
Stephan and st. Ladislares and Bella
~ Of the Arpad line Bella, who re-
stored shattered Hungary to its for
mer prestige and induced the Saxons.
Schwabs and other Ieutonic tribes to
settle in the land. Then comes An
dreas H., ruler also Of Red Russia,
holman the Learned. ard the repre-
sentatiyes of the Anjou or mixed line.