APPENDIX. 



"THE STUDY OF SHORT-HORN HISTORY.' 



AN ADDRESS BY ALVIX II. SANDEKS BEFORE THE CENTRAL 



SHORT-HORN BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION, AT KANSAS 



CITY, JAN. 30, 1901. 



It is always interesting to trace the beginnings of any 

 great power. They are digging to-day in the ruins of the 

 Roman Forum for relics that may throw additional light 

 upon the origin of the ancient city "that from her throne 

 of beauty ruled the world." Some months ago I spent a 

 day watching these workmen at their toil. I saw a broken 

 piece of marble loosened by a pick a mere fragment, of 

 no value in itself, but which I observed was carved upon 

 one side with all the accuracy and delicacy for which the 

 stone-cutters and sculptors of 2,000 years ago were famous. 

 My guide obtained this for me and I have it in my rooms 

 to-day, a souvenir with which I would not willingly part. 

 I often take it up and study it. Why? There are thousands 

 of fragments of greater size and of more practical value 

 to be had about any quarry in the land. Why, then, does 

 so much interest attach to that particular piece of stone? 

 Simply because the level from which it was exhumed ren- 

 ders it certain that it once formed a part of a capital or 

 cornice that ornamented some arch or temple that had 

 looked down upon the pomp and pageantry of the Pagan 

 Emperors. It had gone down centuries later in the sack- 

 ing and burning of Rome by Northern barbarians. His- 

 tory, in short, had set its seal upon that bit of marble, 



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