Show THE CLUE AND HONORS FOR EACH FROM A COMMON COUNTRY tile Con feArl ale to D ity erected in the in state or of alln ct nl arch to io do Dedi cittA in ir rolain every year the alie Litt bitterness cruess left by tile civil war grows less and ancl every year beir the veterans of the war are more highly honored bo noreil north anil south there was long a doubt whether our division would take tile course that in ireland did after the treaty of limerick tho the result being undying lioti hostility lity or follow tho the course of ahat alint in scotland nul where the heroic achievements of both siles sides were thrown into a I 1 common stock anil and became the common glory of the country fortunately bately we followed tho the scottish preto pret c dent rather than tile irish arld and two ic 10 cent events may serve as pleasing iasi 0 evidences of it the first is ia the building of it a confederate soldiers home on a farm bought boullit for tile purpose noar near sio mo in a state watch nei er seceded and was the theater of neighborhood wars wara during the entire four years Thebo alio home ineis is to be fira finished by june 1 1893 to havea a front of 91 feet anil and depth of feet to bo be two stories in height anil and have 1 a I high english b basement tho the whole affording accommodations for pe ioni the building will bo W placed ou on a massive stone bas bae with bride brick super superstructure str and slate elate roof angwill and will be finished throughout in natural woods licater by steam and equipped arith every convenience essential to n I 1 comfortable home tt it will be in colonial stylo and charac 01 0 14 way s HOME te of a southern home in ill its wide double porch lip hip roof deck balustrade and large square open opening ilig 1 to abundantly li light ht land and ventilate the building oil on entering the visitor will pass t hi congh a wide vestibule into it a reception hall from which corridors run lull to the right light with parlor and office the building is ia to contain conti cont in iiii thirty ono one rooms at the 1 head I all of the first stairway there will be an elegant irae inen moril iori 1 window the inception of the project is s duo to many persons but the chief credit for raising tile lie money and perfecting tile the details is ia due to the order known as daughters of the confederacy and their building committee consists of mesdames A V C cassidy s W P howard anil and it W parcells parcell brooklyn lias has just completed a beautiful memorial of b her r citizens who gave their lives for the union in the form of a triumph phial ia which cost 20 kings county furnished about 25 2000 mn men to the union ca cause use and about aboul one third of these either lost A their lives in the service or died stion af after ter reaching home As the population tiou of the he county lias has ea about out trebled since the war began the obligation 0 to erect a fitting memorial of these men was frit felt to bo imperative the city of new york koan after the war placed in greenwood Gie Gic enwood cemetery a magnificent granite obelisk obelia with bronze fl figures ures rt at the base in in mill mf m orlof ory of her ow own n dead and aroot lyn placed at a statue of lincoln in prospect park tile memorial arch arceli was strangely delayed but it is completed complete dat nt last nid ald ij tobe to be dedicated in a few days it is con of if gray granite so ho white that without a close examination it appears appear S to be marble the bases are of darl dark quincy granite 3 feet high and res resting ang on oil a 1 bed of concicao 8 feet deep the lieis pieis are aie 2 0 fret feet G inches by bv vi 45 leet the arch is 37 leet fact wide and aj feet 0 iii inches lies high and the entire structure i is 3 71 feet high and W feet wide within each pier is a stairway stair ay anil the public can call go up in one mid down iu in the other the summit commands a view is as the arch stands in prospect lial ank ac midway id between the main entrance and the lie fountain st S ripoll tile lil limit one can overlook new york anil ami Drou brooklyn klyn tile the great bridge staten island bill and new A Z 11 rl arll a I 1 at knall tersey jersey as far as the orange mountains front from tile palisades on ilia north to the atlantic highlands on oil tile bouth aud and from fire island on oil tile the east to tit tho new jersey heights on oil tho the debt the pari panorama carmun is indeed rua magnificent ent as the top of the arch is feet above sea eca level the pane I 1 Is s at the base tire are fur for appropriate designs representing tile the static and tle tie nation the army and nivy navy |