PARK AND CEMETERY 
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. COMBINATION CLOCK AND FOUNTAIN, BROCKTON, MASS. 
MONUMENTAL NOTES, 
The combination fountain and clock shown in the illus- 
tration was presented to the city of Brockton, Mass., by 
George L. Snow, of that city, 'fhe fountain is of Quincy 
granite, twelve feet in diameter and twenty feet high. In a 
cellar beneath it is an ice-box fitted with a coil of pipe to 
keep the the water cool. The clock is of bronze, and was 
designed and built by the Howard Clock Co., of Boston. The 
first sketches for the stone work were made by George J. Til- 
den, of Boston, the final design and detailed models for 
bronze plates and carx ing being tbe work of Milne & Chal- 
mers, of Quincy, Mass., who also erected the work. The cost 
of the fountain was about $10,000. 
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The trustees of the McKinley National Memorial at a re- 
cent meeting in Canton, Ohio, selected a site in Westlawn 
Cemetery for the monument to the late President. It is in a 
spot of great natural beauty, and commands a wide view of 
Canton and the surrounding country, including the McKinley 
home. Reports submitted to the trustees show that about 
$100,000 is lacking of the $650,000 necessary to carry out the 
plans. Earnest and prompt efforts will be made to raise 
$150,000, of which $50,000 will be used to endow the associ- 
ation. 
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Leading archaeologists of France are reported to have re- 
cently met to devise some effective method of preserving the 
Egyptian Sphinx, and have advised the erection of a huge 
canopy or cover for it. The violent sandstorms of the past 
quarter of a century are said to have worn away portions of 
the stone which supports the sculptured figure. 
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A monument to Abraham Lincoln, presented to the town 
of Clermont, la., by E.x-Governor Larrabee, of that state, was 
recently erected by Searles & Baxter, of Cedar Rapids, la. 
The monument consists of a bronze statue of Lincoln sur- 
mounting a pedestal bearing four bronze tablets depicting 
scenes connected with the life of the great President. The 
tablets were modeled by George E. Bissell. One of them 
shows the surrender of Lee at Appomatox, another, ’“Leaving 
for the War,” another a scene in the battle of Pittsburg 
Landing, and the fourth a naval scene, showing Admiral 
Farragut lashed to the rigging, while in the foreground is 
the then Lieutenant Dewey. The memorial cost about $5,000. 
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Tbe memorial shown below was erected at Cboisy, France, 
in memory of Rouget de L'lsle, the composer of the French 
national hymn, the Marseillaise. It bears a bronze portrait 
medallion of the composer, and the words and music of the 
refrain are inscribed on it. Tbe monument is of dark, pol- 
ished granite. The Marseillaise takes its name from the city 
of Marseilles, where it was first sung. 
MONUMENT TO AUTHOR OF THE MARSEILLAISE. 
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