THE SORANTON TRIBUNE-WEDNESDAY HORNING, APRIL 2S, 1897 THE GRANT MEMORIAL tConcludcd front Page 1. to the reviewing stand. Governor HnBtlngs and Commander Thomas J. Stewart wore nt the head of the Quak er troops, Oovornor Hastings was not In inlfoim, but wore a frock cont nnd a high htit. Tim occupants of the stand rose en masse to greet the popular gov ernor. The First brigade of Pennsylvania wan composed of the First, Ninth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Sixteenth ano. Nineteenth reclments nnd the gover nor's troop. The Keystone state troops fully lived up to their reputation as marchers, and were greatly admired. New Jersey's soldiers followed the Pennsylvanlans. During the Intermis sion between the I'ennsylvanlnns and the Jcrscymen the Immense crowd In the municipal stand opposite the re viewing party sang national hymns. Connecticut, Massachusetts, Mary land, New Hampshire, Virginia, Hhode Island, Vermont. Ohio, Illinois and the District of Columbia next followed In order. Then came the Military School Cadets, the veteran grand division, the civic giand division, nnd the grand naval division. The Grant party left the stand soon after the Virginia soldiers hail passed. They were driven away In four car riages. There was a long break In the line after the "Washington cadets bad passed, and dining the wait Piesident JlcKlnley and the other members of his paity left the stand to go on board the Dolphin from which to review the naval parade. The president was escoited to n car riage waiting, which conveyed him to Thirtieth street fiom which point ho was conveyed to the llagshlp. Mayor Strong nnd Vice President Ilobart staying on the platform after the piesident had depntted. According to careful estimates made pome time after the parade had started for review, there were between 58,000 nnd CO.000 men in line. Of this aggre gate I'nlted States regulars, land and naval forces, numbered 4,000, National Guard of New Yntk, 13,000; National Guard of other states, 12,850. The Grand Army of the Republic veterans In line were computed at 10,000. NAVAL DEMONSTRATION. One Hundred nnd I'll'ty Vessels in Llnc-Iixeelleiit Order .Maintained New Yoik, April 27. Of the navnl part of the demonstration, the crand division lay at anchor in the river in sight of the tomb, while the merchant marine division was located in the lower bay, awaiting the word at 2 o'clock for the start of the head of the column. The grand division was under the command of Hear Admiral Francis H. Bunce, United States navy, and staff. The anchored vessels were the New York (llagshlp), Muhsachusetts, Colum bia, Maine, Texas, Indiana, Raleigh, Puritan, Amphltritc and Terror. Revenue marine Porter, Woodbury, Dallas, Hamilton nnd Windom. Lighthouse tenders Maple, Cltanla, Cactus, John Rogers, Mistletoe, Ver bona, Axnles, Lilac, Myrtle, Gardenia and Armoria, Foreign men of war II. M. S. Talbot, French Corvette, Fulton, H. I. M. S. Bogalia. II. S. M. S. Infanta Isabella, H. S. M. S. Maria Teresa. The marine division was divided into four divisions, each commanded by a commodore. Rear Admiral Osborn, with the America for a flagship, was In command of the whole. "The sig nal" dress up was the first manoeuvre of the day, and the nimble tars were upon every yard and top of the rigging in a trice. iStrings of Hags were run from the stern up to the masts and down again to the bow. The United States ensign flew at the stern of all our warships and at the lore of all foreign vessels. Tho American warships headed the Jlne, which was made up with the flag ship New York at the head. Of the foreign warships, H. M. S. Talbot was Riven the position of honor, her com mander, Captain E. II. Gamble, being the senior officer. The dispatch boat Dolphin lay off above tho warshlns. decked profusely in bunting. She was to carry the piesldent later, when he reviewed the naval parade. An Inter esting feature was the parade of tho merchant marine, which was divided into four divisions. The first division was composed prin cipally of tugr, and lighters belonging to the New York Central and Erie 'lailroads. The second and third divisions were made up of tugs and steam lighters, with a couple ot big ocean tugs in the lead. The fourth division consisted of Mde wheel steamboats, ferry boats and tug'. Each division was divided Into two fcquadrons nnd there were about ISO boats in line. All the vessels were coveied with bunting, flapping out stiff as boards In the brisk winds and piesentcd a pretty nnd animated picture. The hour set for them to start up the North river v as a o'clock but as early us noon tney began to assemble at tho lendezvous. The parade was .started in splendid order, and maintained ex cellent order throughout, the flotilla turning the stake boat anchored half n mile above the head of tho warships in admirable atyU end then stemmed the tide until all fell In, In quadruple columns, behind the monitors, to await the coming of tlu president on the Dolphin, THE MAUSOLEUA'.. History of It Erection and How the I'linds Wero Raised. It was by popular subscription that the fund necessary for the erection of the tomb of General Grant was raised, and It Is estimated that 90,000 people contributed sums ranging from one cent to $5,000. In all, $559,000 was se cured. The unexpended balances were kept In trust companies and drew 3 per cent. Interest, so the sum Increased until It now amounts to about $600,000. With the exception of about $5.000 the enutlre fund wab raised In New York city. Five days after the death of General Grant, on the 28th of July, 1885, New Yoik city having been suggested by General Grant before his death ns tho place for his burial, William R. Grace, then mayor, called a meeting of citi zens at tho olty hall to take steps to wards tho collection of a fund for tho erection of a national monument. On the day folowing the Grant monument committee was permanently organized with ex-President Chester A. Arthur ns chairman. The first appeal to the public waH signed by Mr. Arthur as chairman, nnd by William R, Grace and Hamilton Fish, as vice chairmen, and within a week subscriptions of money were pouring In bo fast that thero was serious belief that little dim- cully would be found In collecting $2, 000,000. In February, 188fi, then tho Grant Monument association was or ganized under an act of the legislature, $114,000 liad already been raised. Scarcely a week after this date, how ever, ex-Prcsldent Arthur was forced to resign as president of the associa tion because of the Illness which short ly after proved fatal. Sidney Dillon was then elected president, and was succeeded by Cornelius Vanderbltt In the early part of 1887. In February, 18S8, Wllllom It. Grace, ex-mayor, be came president. When subscriptions began to move slowly many plans w'ere folowed out for the collection of money. The mem bers of the Grand Army of the Repub lic In this city worked with untiring energy from the start and subscription boxes were placed In all ot the post quarters; collectors representing vari ous enterprising periodicals solicited funds In every quarter, and the news papers of the city kept the urgency of raising money quickly ever before the people, publishing from day to day the names of subscribers ahd amounts sub scrllwd. With the year following the creation of tho Grant Monument association, prominent architects were requested to submit designs for a monumental tomb, but because of the general desire to obtain a design which should nt onco be a work of art, picturesque to the popular eye, and durable enough to last through the ages, great caution was taken nnd ideas and plans were criticized from every standpoint. It wns not ntll September, 1890, that the plans ot J. H. Duncan, of New York, were accepted by the association, nnd on the annlversaiy of General Grant's birthday In 1891 ground was broken, with appropriate ceremonies, for the const! ucllon of a tomb to cost between $500,000 nnd $600,000. lly January, 18!).!. with the work of construction under way, the fund had languished. Despite all effort the fund hud for several months remained sta tionery at $155,000. From other states, where there had been strong opposi tion to the burial of General Grant In New Yoik, protects came that the city had not fulfilled Its promises to creet a suitable tomb. A growing sentiment that the remains should have leen de posited In the National cemetery re sulted finally In th'e introduction of a bill In congret-s by which the removal was to have been made fiom Now Yoik to Washington. Prominent citizens became nllve to the situation nnd an organized move ment resulted In the election of General Horace Porter, who had ben. Grant's ehlef-of-Btnff, as president of the Grant Monume-xt cssoclatlon. Freder ick D. Tappen, pre iident of the Gal latin National tan), was made treas urer. This was February, 1892, and at the same time the legislature amend ed the charter of the association so th'at one hundred citizens took the place of the foimer committee of thirty-three. All officers of the newly or ganized association served without compensation, D. O. Mills provided of fices free, and the expense of collecting the fund became nominal, although the work because of the Immense amount of detail ai,d tho sniallness of Individ ual donations was onerous. They began tho memorable campaign of sixty d-ys, in which time it Was proposed to raise the remaining $350, 000. The actual work begnn In th'e early days of April, 1892, and In a week such hed been the effort that the city fairly rang with the name and deeds of the dead general; school children were writing prize essays, meetings were being held and announcements made In churches as well as clubs and schools. In order that all classes ot people should be Interested, the asso ciation brought Its cause before the two hundred trades and professions represented In the city, nnd was suc cessful In Inducing them to hold meet ings and to appoint committees for the receiving of subscriptions. Two hun dred and ten committees, numbering 2.4S7 people, were formed; subscription boxes were placed on elevated railroad stations, in stores and banks, and sub scription books opened In business of fices. As a result of this stirring up of public feeling, when half the allot ted Mxty das had expired, on April ,27, the day the corner stone of the monument was laid, the Grant Monu Mm m If it S&r YsSa ir l - V---3i WILLlAri L. Mayor of New ment association announc2d thnt $202. fc90.5n had been raised during the month'. When the campaign closed on May 30, 189", the amount had reached the nec essary $350,000. Before that year was out $104,000 lud been bubseiibed, which added to tho earlier subscriptions of $155,000 made a total of $559,000. Tlv balances left In the trust companies have brought he fund up to $000,000. INTERMENT IN OLD TOMB, AUG UST 8, 1835. Sixteen days after the death, tho body of General Grant wns laid, on August 8, 1S85, in the temporary vault in Rlvcnddo Park. Tho event was a solemn and imposing ceremony. From all points people flocked Into the city by tens of thousands. At least, half a million spectators gathered In the btiects to watch the long procession es. cortlng tho body to the tomb. The re public ha-d never seen so great a fu neral cortege ns that which w-scmbled to do honor to the remulns of th'e dead commander and president. From pea'ceful Bit'. McGtregor the body had been taken to Albany, where It had lain In state at the capltol tor a duy and was then brought to New York city, where multitudes looked upon tlwj body of. tho deported hero, THE GRANT MONUHENT, RIVERSIDE PARK, On tho day of the funeral march, rep resentatives of tho clergy of all de r.'orr.lnatlons wero present when tha pall bearers emerged from the city hall and the casket wns placed In tho funeral cot, a magnificent catafalque drawn by twenty-four black horses, with black trapplpfis, and each leil by a colored groom. Thi pall bear-e-.fl were: General William T. Sher man, General J. E. Johnston, tho routhem eolcHcr; General Phil Sher idan, General Simon B. Buckner. of the farnncr Confederate army; Georgs: W. Chllds nnd Anthony J. Drexel, Ad mlrals Porter and Worden, Oliver Hoyt and George Jones, Oencrala John A. Logan and George S. Doutwell. "With measured tread and dirge playing, tho funeral army started. Fully fifty thousand men were In line. There were celebrated generals who had fought with Grant, Grand Army men who had served under him, Mex ican war vetenrans, United States cev alry and Infantry, state troops from many states and civic bodies. It was the grandest memorial pageant tho world had ever seen elnoo that of 1452, when tho Duke of Wellington was burled. At the Fifth Avenue hotel President Cleveland, former Flreslde'nts Hayes nnd Arthur, Vice-President Hendncks, Secretaries Thomas F, Bayard, Wil liam C. Whitney, Lamar and Man ning and other national and state dig nitaries, Joined tho procession. The grand marshal of the day waa General Wlnfleld Scott Hancock. It was truly a reunion of sections and nppropi late ly signalized In action General Grant's wish, "Let us have Peace." In tho almost endless line wore many south ern troops, the City Guard of At'anta, the Virginia State troops and others. When the catafalque passed the masked crowds that occupied almost every available Inch of space from the city hall to the tomb, all heads were bared reverently under the blazing sun of that Saturday morning. Beside the car was a guard of honor, which consisted of Batterv A, Fifth United States artillery; Com- STRONO, York City. puny B, Twelfth Infantry, and somo of the pall bearers In carriages. Then came another long line of soldiers, et er?ns and clvlo bodies. Late In the afternoon the oatafalque reached the small plain brick vaul: surmounted by n gilded cross thoi shone in tho sunlight. At this time tho entire surrounding area was a mass of glistening bayonets and nod ding plumes, soldiers on horseback and soldiers on foot ami battle-worn flags. Standing near the spot whero tha body of General Grant wis to test, in addition to the president, for mer presidents and cabinet olllceic, was a host of governors, senators, chief Justices, congressmen, generals, ndmlrals and a galaxy of famous men. Colonel Fred' Grant with his wife was there, and behind him were his slater, Mrs. Saratorls ami his brothers, Jesse and Ulysses, Jr., with their wives, children and relatives. Tho warships in the river thun dered salutes. The band at tho tomb played a dirge, and tho roll of muf fled drums and the musics of other bands were heard from near and dis tant spots. The concourse stood therj with heads baned in silent respect as i tho single funeral services begun. A wreath of oak leaves made by tho children In the woods of Mt. McGregor was placed upon the purple casket and the bugler sounded the "Iiest" call. There was profound stillness ns Bishop Harris read a prayer and Parson New man followed with a poitlon of the funeral service of the Methodist church. Tho ritual of the Grand Army was read followed by a trumpeter of the the regular army sounding "TapB" the last call of the camp, by the side of the casket. It was the final scene. Gen eral Sherman crid outright. General Sheridan and General Johnston and other noted men cave way to tears while thousands )f veterans and on lookers could not restrain their griefs. Colonel Grant and his relatives went beside the casket and the children threw their offerings of flowers upon It and retired. Mrs. Grant, the gen eral's widow, was not present. Some of her friends urged her to be there, but she said that she felt that she had bade the general "good-bye" at the funeral services at Mt. McGregor and she prefened to have that as the ru inembranee of their last parting. To the low strains of music the cas ket was borne Into the tomb and placed In the steel casing. The door of the vault was locked nnd the key handed to General Hancock, who passed it to Mayor Grace. In turn, the mayor gave the key to President Crlmmlns, of .ne park commission. The Seventh leglment faced the river durlnir this time nnd tlnee vol leys resounded. Then three volleys more belched from the guns of tho Twenty-second regiment. The mount ing of the guaid followed. The sentries weie placed and they began the 'vigil which has not since ceased. Then the vast procession nnd gathering began to disintegrate. At C o'clock when the last of the troops had gone, ten of the soldiers of Battery II, of the Fifth United States artllleiy, arrived at the door of the tomb, where two soldleis otatloned thcmselve-. with presented arms. Hither and thither paced two other sentinels with trailed arms. That night men who had fought In the blue and mon who had marched In the gray met as comrades to talk over the time when they bad faced each other on the field of battle. As the sentries paced In front of the unpre tontion tomb, everyone knew that tho time so ardently hoped for by General Grant had come In spirit as well as in name. The Immense crowds dispersed to their homes and the city resumed Its normal aspect. THE OLD TOMB, The old tomb of General Grant a squat little brick-built affair which was intended as a temporary resting place for the body and held It for al most twelve years stands as a woe ful contrast to the new tomb In which the remains nre to rest for all time. The two the old tomb and the new stand close together, almost side by side. The one impresses even the most careless observer with the Idea of temporal power, wealth and grandeur; the other, the old tomb, In Its simplic ity Is nn emblem of sorrow which seemed to centei the nutuial sadness that hovers ubout the memory of a hero, and to concentrate these memo ries to one little poetic spot. With the old tlmb, the thousands who stood before the grated door each year thought only of the dead man of war; with the new tomb that feeling must In part give way before the magnificence of the artistic structure which has been reared to preserve the memory. On a little knoll, which was always the fltst spot in the vlclnty to tell of tho approach of spring and the last to take on the garb of winter, the tem porary tomb stands. Tho first touch of work done upon It was on Tuesday, July 23, 1885, five days after the death of General Grant. During those few days the consent of the Grant family had been obtained to the interment In New York and tho Rlveislde pak site decided upon. The plans of J. V.'rey Mould, architect of the patk depart- ment, had In the meantime been pre- f pared, and day ana night the work went on, closely wutched by President Crlmmlns of the park board and his colleagues, Commissioners Borden and Beekman. As many men as could pos sibly work together were set to work, and the little tomb grew day by day. There Is a granite babe with walls three feet thick of black and red brick rising above it until they finish In a top of blue stone. Then a granite key stone and a barrel roof. Very simple, yet substantial as has been shown In tho passing years. In lensth the sttucture Is seventeen feet. In width twelve feet four inches, In helgh'th twenty-one feet. Its ono door opens towards the Hudson river. Tho floor ot the tomb Is bomcthlng more than two feet below the surface of tho knoll, and Is reached by stone steps ti-om the door. For the proper placing of the cofun and Its steel cas ing, brick piers were built up from tho floor to above tho door level. The tomb was declared finished shortly after noon on Trlday, August 7, From Leslie's Weekly. NEW YORK CITY. and the steel casing having been sot on tne piers, everything was In readi ness for the placing of the coffin In It on the following day. In the year which followed, some Im provements were made air the tempor als' tomb. The walls of brick wero Its place has been taken by five tons of solid granite. The fliyt coffin is air tliflit and (s considered indestructable. It Is six feet long and the outer case of cedar Is covered with black cloth. The metalle Interior is copper, highly polished, and is ono-elshth of an Inch thick. The frames and portals arc of rolld silver; the top is open the full length and covered with a heavy, French plate, levelled glass. Over this glass the lid fits to make the copper coffin complete, and on the ltd Is a gold plate, fixed with gold screws, which bears the In scription; "U. S. Grant, Died July 23. 1SS5." The handles nre massive, of a special design, and are of sliver. With in the coffin is lined with tufted silk, light cream In color, with a pillow on which Is embroidered In whlto the ln plnitered with white cement, a grated door took the place of the original one of Iron and oak; about the three-foot Iron cros3 n metal Initial "G"' was ar tistically woven, and a marble casing covered the brick plera which support ed the steel case. Through' the grated dcor, mourners and sluht-seers looked Into tho dingy Interior, saw the case of steel with Its tone light point at front wiie-v was the inscription In letters of silver: "U. S. Grant, Died July 23, 1SS5." All hough a constant guard was kept at this tomb, and the gratlmr kept al ways, locked, half a dozen years ngo the guardlins discovered one day that two names has been scratched on the fac? of tin steel racing tu the casket. The guard was more strictly kept after that ind the vjndals who would doubt less have carried away the bricks of the wall if permitted, were kept away. Now the old tomb, having scved its purpora well, tests In the shadow of the granite monument, unguarded and unsung. THE STEEL CASKET. During the eleven years and eight months tint the body of General Grant wns In th'e temporary tomb. It wn.s enclosed In three coffins. Thete was one of copper and cedar, one of pol ished cedar, and one of steel. The two first are now sealed In the sarcophagus which Is in the crypt of the new tomb, tho steel casket having been removed, itlals. "f. S. G." The second coffin Is solid cedar and serves es a. strcntr protector for the first. Inside it is lined heavily with lend, outside It Is highly polished and heuvjly mounted with silver. The steel case which formed the third. co'3ring, which was largo enough to permit the coffin to fit suuglv, was the most remarkable of the three. It Is of i Inch metal of the finest quality, flanged at every angle and so heavily rlvited and carefully made that neither air nor water could find n pin point ot entrance way. It was made at Troy, N. Y. The greatest care was taken in its construction. It war n irfectly plain steel box, broken only by the RKKWIAI. IIOIIACK PORTER. double lino of rivets, which' were driven home and welded with the understand ing that they were never to be drawn. They were almost a part of the stsel casing Itself. When the bis steel coso had been finished and brought to this city, it was placed In tho temporary tomb, bolted to the piers, all ready for tho reception ef the coffin on August 8. Tho end which faced the door was left open, nnd it was through this end that tho coffin wnB slid into place. After tho first coffin had heen made in Rochester, it was brought to this city. For two days It remained In an undertaking establishment on Klshth avenue, and during that time It was looked upon by nearly 70,000 persons. All sorts and conditions of people went and were so anxious to get a sl$ut that ,2s Vi .jffiffiM ."25. they made wild rushru nnd damaged considerable property In tho neighbor hood. Policemen had to be called to keep the crowd within bounds. The closing of the end ot the steel case In the temporary tomb on the night the coffin was put the'e, August 8, 1895, was nn Interesting detail. Some few people then wero able to under stand the care with which the case had besn constructed. Early In tho even ing of that day, Patrick Crogan, who had charge of the work, with seven men who had come especially from Troy, entered the tomt. Everything was in readiness for tho placing of the fifty-six steel bolts which wrre to fas ten the front steel wall. For two and a half hours the men worked by the light of candles. A portable furnace roared, and the clash ot hammers on metal gavo the little tomb every ap pearance and sound of a boiler works. When the task had been completed, Cregan snld the armor steel case was not only hermetlcully scaled, but wus chisel proof. "That will last 10,000 years," he remarked ac the tomb door was locked. More than a thousand people had gathered about the tomb, anxious to see the work In progress. A cordon of police, however, kept them back. When it wns all over the people scrambled for each tiny bit of metal nnd other ma terial left by the workmen. One man got, nnd treasured, the end of a cnndle that a workman had held In his hand, THE NEW TOMB. One hundred feft above mean high water of tho Hudson River, the Grant monument stands, a solid pile of while granite 150 feet In helffht. The first 72 feet of this height Is n cube of tho Grecian Doric order, which measures 90 feet on all sides. The entrance, on the southern side, Is enclosed by a poitlco made upot a row of recessed columns. AOovo nnd be hind the portico rises nn almost blank wall, which will one day be relieved by the four equestrian statues shown usually In plans of the monument, nnd finishes in a parapet which shows up on its face the sculptured flguies of Peace and War. Above the parapet there starts ab ruptly n cupola, 70 feet In diameter, sm rounded, as a relief, with Ionic col umns. Around the crown of the cupola n line of fasces, surmounted with eagles, connects the columned drum with the pyrnmldlcal top. The flawless granite of which the tomb consists Is of dotted whitish gray taken from a quarry of uniform grain, and Is to light In tnnethat in the strong sunlight it is hardly distinguishable from marble. Passing up the gtrat steps which ex tend three-quarters of tho way ncross the front of the structure, one comes first to the doors of the tomb, filling a space of 16 feet 4 Inches In height and 9 feet In width. Of bone di led ash, cov ered thickly with a cor..,otiltlon of cop per nnd tin, these doors weigh three and one-half tonu. In each door aro three panels, ornamented with 14S bronze rosettes, the twenty-four on the larger central panel being each twice the size of a man's fist, and all riveted to the doois with heavy bolts. Beyond the doors, after a clear space of 38 feet. Is a 25-foot opening dlieetly over the ciypt beneath. The Interior of the monument la cross snaped and the four corner arches aie fifty feet above ' the floor. On these arches rests an open gallery with an Inner diameter of forty feet, which Is approached by two cir cular corner stairways, each with 69 steps. Above tho gallery extends the panelled dome, 105 feet above the floor, and below through the opening can be seen the lower floor, and still lower the crypt with the sarconhasus. The pendentlves formed between the circular dome and the arches are dec orated In high relief sculpture, em blematic of the military and civic life of General Orant. Tho windows ate twelve In number, three In each side of the cross-shaped interior. Th'e crypt Is reached by tide fctalr ways which lead dhectly Into the pas sage encircling the space In which rests the sarcophagus. This passage Is shut In by square columns which support the pannelled marble celling. The muvophairuu rests In the centre of the crypt, one hundred and forty feet below the dome. Of all the per plexing questions which arose In con nection with the new tomb the great est was that of obtaining suitable ma terial for the sarcophagus. The pro per quality was found, after long search. In the quarries of Montello, Wis., a porphyry of fine texture, bril liantly reddish In color. Cut from the solid rock, it Is highly polished, reflect ing the nearby sirfaces as. It rests In the crypt. The great block Is 10 feet 4 Inches long. 5 feet 6 Inches wide and 4 feet 8 Inches high, and weighs fixe tons. In this Immense block a spaco was hollowed out Into which tho cof fined remains of General Grant wero lowered. TlK-n the cap stone was set, and tho sarcophagus again became as a .solid block. It is plain, save for the simple engraved inscription at the head of the capstone, "Ulysses S. Grant." The pedestal on which the sarcopha gus rests. Is a square of ten feet ten Inches. Tho lower course of 1 foot & Indies is made in teutons, above which Is u five Inch Indented course. Still above this are two heavy blocks ot marble on which th'e sarcophagus di rectly sets. The total height of all Is seven and one-half feet. Somo day the body of Mrs. Grant will repose beside that of her husband In a duplicate of the sarcophagus now in the crypt of the tomb. WHERE THE TOMB STANDS. Riverside Park Is, Indeed, tu fitting place for tho tomb of a hero. Nestled on the banks of th'e Hudson It seems to lift Itself up from the smoke nnd grlmo of the scenes below to a purer atmos phere. MnsMve walls of gray granite that from the river look like rows of parapets guard the park on the water front. Tho Meep Incline is thickly wooded and only here nnd there can the gray rugged bides of the hill be seen from tho river. From no other point In th'e city can such n view le obtained ns from River side Paik. For twenty nines ir.e pla cid Hudson con be seen wendhvr its winding way to where the toll mist covered Palisades blend with tho west ern horizon. On tho Jersey side Is old Fort Lee, the ferry-house and dainty villas that dot the banks and look like Swiss chalets nestling1 In the warmth of the Alpine eummer, with nr grim, snowy peaks to cast a shndow on their rural loveliness. On the boiom of tho Hudson, palatial plcature vachts, fer-ry-boats. steamers and pulling tugs mnko their way by summer, while In winter Bolltory craft ploughs through Ice nnd silent grandeur reigns. look ing to the cast are the signs of a great city, the tall smoke-stacks ot factories, the hum from the busy streets, and tho distant shriek of trains and ships. To tho south Is the smoko of Jersey City, with its myriads of masts nnd outlines of docks that gradually grow Indistinct until nothing Is seen but the bluo waters of the bay that aeem to mingle with tbm eastern sky. The Milking features with whlali kind nature has endowed tho park have been added to by the mechbnleal genius of man, for ntmost within n intlc of the great tomb colossal fitiucturesi lwv been erected nnd today this part of the city Is practically the bcholastlo centre of thu Metropolis, although some of these buildings nre t,ot yet entirely completed. The new Colum bia University buildings on the hcightit. to the east of th" park are of grctvt architectural beauty. Near them Ih the new Barnard college. Just beyond on the elevation of Mornlngsldu Heights Is the Teachers' collcce; St. Luke's hospital also overlooks theso helghlhs und at night Its many lighted windows chine like some hemenely constellation. Some ot the heights will be crowned with the- new Protestant Episcopal Cathedral of St. John tho Divine, which for sire and grandeur, promises to mirpa?s nnythlng on th'lsi continent and to rival the ancient cathedrals of Europe. With such exceptional natural nd- vantages It Is not surprising, that Riverside Park hns become u favorite summer resting place for the New Yorker. On a warmer day Its sloping green sides are crow'ded with children, while along Itn winding sheltered patlm the imnlld In his carriage s frequently seen drawing new life from the refresh ing breezes that blow fromUhe bay or down through the letafyi-iiallsades. And when the sun .sets. and. the Hudson, glimmers with the reelected light of a. thousand quickly passing, portholes tho benches In the park nn almost ahvaj.'i filled with those fimlc'ful people who. love the silence aWfwho, sometime?, In the silence love. ' The nrqa of the park Is about 177 acies and Its exact .location is on tht bank of the North rlvc'r fiom Seventy second stieet to where One Hundred nnd Fourth street would cut through. Its average breadth Is five hundred feet, but the "Drive," as the park Is: more familiarly known, Is much broad er where the curves on the coast or In land sides contribute to Its area. Rim ing north It presents a series of elevw tlons, each rise a little higher than the, la.st, until at the summit of the hill It meets nn nbrupt descent of 150 feet. The "Drive" when originally laid out provided for two carriage drives, a. bridle path and a. promenade. Bicy clists have found the park a delightful winding ground and arc always to ba seen In great numbers on Its paths. The history of the park if, as interest ing ns It Is unknown. Before revolu tionary times the English aristocrats built their summer homes there and around many a board. In mansions: long since gone to decay, glasses, clinked to th health nnd long reign of George III. Modified by modern archi tecture, with but few traces left of what they were In earlier dayfl, a few of these old landmarks still stand. The many mounds along tho surface of the hill tell with silent eloquence tho fate of their former owners. It was net until 1872, however, that th'e city acquired the property, al though negotiations lor the purchase had been opened In 1869. While tho natural beauties of the place wen manifold there remained much to do. So the roadbulldeis and landscape gar deners were put to work, but It wns not until after IS:," that the drive be gan to present anything like tho ap pearance it has today. It was plain to t) landowner nnd the builder th'at w.th the approach of buslnc 3 on Fifth avenue that the- scat of wealth and fashion was bound to change, and sr many mansions, have grown up on tha sides of the drive which materially Im prove Its surroundings. Of the Old mansions which still re main In the park the Claremont, by reason of Its size and the fact th.t nearly nil Its outlines are still pre served, Is th most remarkable. It stands on a spot Just ubovo the old tomb and was built In the last century. Lord Courtney, who afterwards be came the Earl of Devon, lived under itn roof and his munificent hospitality Is Inseparable from the history of tho ancient pile. Associated with It, too, aro many names that shine in Ameri can history, for Its, walls have heard tho wisdom of Alexander Hamilton, while at different times it has shel tered the soldierly Schuyler, the im pulsive Burr and the great statesman, Thomas Jefferson. Between tin Claremont and the river Is a plain little marble monument, about two feet square, which Is sur mounted by an urn whose outlines have not been bo dulled by the storms of years, but that this Inscription caa be read: ' To tho memory of an Ami able Child, St, Clair Pollock, Died July 15th. 1797, In the Fifth Year of His Age." St. Clair Pollock Is believed to haves been the son of wealthy English par ents who were visiting Lord Courtney when the boy died. The monument is said to h'avo been erected by Lord Courtney. It was good that to such a spot a Riverside Park ouch nn honor should have come, for there the 'general Hon In the bosdm of nature's glory, within sight of a great city but beyond its tumult, and amid the trees that whis per strange tales of old Manhattan to the grateful crowd that seek their shade. And for miles nround his tomb can be seen, towering above tho state ly Hudson, a fitting tribute of the na tion's honor to Its noble dead. Acrobat's I'ntnl Fnll. Frostburg, Md., April :o. Harry Hlckltt, aged 2 years, while practicing an ncro batle feat to be performed at a miustiel entertainment for the benefit of St. John's Eplseopul church, fell a distance of tlirco feet and ruotured a. blood vessel In hH mck. Ho died this morning from tho In Jury. Knocked Down by a Cable Cnr. New York, April 27. Patrick Joyce, 23 yeais old, of Pittsburg, a member of tho Fourteenth leglment of that state's Na tional Guard, was knoekpd down by a cable car this afternoon at Third avcuuo an.l Eleventh strcot. He sustained a fiac turoof two ribs and was removed to llelle vuo hospital. Skins on fire with torturing, disfiguring, itching, burning, bleeding, ecaly, and pimply humors, Instantly relloicd by a warm bath with Ccticur SoAr, a single application of ConcmiA (ointment), tho great ekln curs, and a full doso of Cuticuua Kmolvest. IaMkllMouihoutlhi oild.Potnt D.0. Coir, Sol rropi., Uoitoo, UowuCuwTtrturtni Uumon,Mfrt. BftBY'3 SKIN nEvtt mflcera ;, &&.''- i. ...'
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