The Cairo bulletin., 1910-11-08
WILL Be AN ORNAMENT
Mausoleum to be Erected Near Coun-
try Club Observation-Disclosures
Coming Rapidly.

Said citizen yesterday: ire
people of Cairo should welcome the
establishment OF mausoleum in or
near Cairo. IL has long been a need
TO this community, II there Is any
city in the United States where a
,nausoleum should be built X Is right
here, owing to the fact primarily
that no grave can be made in the
natural ground within a distance or
eight or ten niles from Cairo, but
what will be saturated with sipeage
on the occasion of high waters in
the rivers: and a grave filled With
watec would not be tolerated or
thought of for a moment by relatives
of the dear departed Knowing this
fact the cemeteries which contain the
dead from this city are located ~
10 Is miles from here on the high
lands of Pulaski county. The ccst
OF special train service for the
funerals, the care Of the graves, the
monuments, the coping or fences
etc, and the cost OF transportation
to and from the cemeteries by rela,
tiyes of deceased, who visit the
graves for many years after the in
terment amounts to a considerable
sum In many eases All this can be
avoided by burying the dead in a
mausoleum within a few minutes
ride from home.
THE mausoleum idea appears to
be new to many citizens. Ii is new
only because they have not been in
fcjned sufficiently on the subject
In many foreign countries the burial
Of the dead has been in masoleum:
flor hundreds of years. In sunny Italy
the home OF art and music, thi
Campo Santos community mauso
leumsl have been in existence foi
hundreds of years; and every traV
eler from the United States who ha'
| seen them pronounce them the mos
| beautiful burial spots they have eve
| seen. Perhaps the most beautiful O
all the mausoleums in Europe il
that in the city of Genoa, Italy. 1t ,
situated within the city limits. Man
Cairo people who have visited Geno
nave seen it and all who have seel
it will agree that there is no bette
way ever devised for the care of tn
remains of the dead than as here el
emplided. A description of this beal
full mausoleum would occupy muc
space but would be very interestiu
reading"
Since the Universal Mausoleum G.
represented by Manager Doolittle c
| Chicago has received a fine site a.
joining the Country Club a few huT
dred feet west of the Mound Cit
road and the Interurban railway
may be expected that 1t will be oni
a question Of a short time befot
the work win begin on a structur'
| The Universal Mausoleum Co., al
receiving the necessary encourage
ment from the citizens by lbert
subscriptions from the crypts
The word "Mausoleum' is derive
from "Mausolus,' the king of Carl
He died in 352 before Christ and hi
wife and successor "Artemsia" bui
a monument to his memory at 90
carnasus, city now extinct. TIL
tomb was one of the seven wonda
of the ancient world. The tomb W;
still standing in the twelfth centur
but later was overthrow 1t is su
posed by an earthquake. In IS
:. British Vice Consul Newton of Nit
lene discovered the site of the ton
e and uncovered it. Among the rel
: secured was the statue of Mausol
: which was found broken into
pieces. This statue was reconstruC
Ell and along with many 9th
statues, friezes, capitals, column
letc, is now preserved in the Britii
] Museum at London