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Show A MONUMENT TO REVOLUTION. Vrunca Beginning a Scrlet of Centennial Celebrations. France Is entering upon the centennial of tho great events that marked her history during the hut decade of the previous century. cen-tury. Ono of themost notable commeinorh tinns that has yet taken place occurred the ot her day at Toulon, when t he president of t he republic unveiled a monument In honor of the French revolution. The principal figure is that of republican France, stand- THE MONUMENT AT TOULON. ' Ing on the prow of a ship, holding In one hand a tablet inscribed with the rights of jiiun and of tho citizen, and in the other t he torch of civilization. At her feet are two seated flrruras, one representing force, the other justice. The entire design is in memory of the fete of the federation at the Field of Mara in 1T90, and the combination of monument and fountain is said to be very effective. |