ONE THOUSAND YEARS A STATE.
FROM many points of view one of the most remarkable celebrations in history is to take place next year, when the Kingdom of Hungary will observe its millennium as a state. For 1,000 years, says the New York Tribune, the brave Magyars have maintained their national existence, and they have accomplished feats of which any nation might be proud. “The millennial celebration,” says the Buffalo Commercial, “is to last through the entire year, beginning on January 1, 1896, and ending only on the following December 31. It will be divided into three parts, each commemorating an epoch in the history of the country. The celebration will open with a session of the two Houses of Parliament in the new hall at Budapest, which is about completed at a cost of 16,000,000 florins. Next will come the opening of the Pantheon in the capital city, when hundreds of busts and statues of the national heroes and eminent men and women of the last thousand years will be placed in Hungary’s Valhalla. This will11be followed by the inauguration of the new Museum of Art and History, built at a cost of 3,600,000 florins, the laying of the corner stones of two new bridges to span the Danube at Budapest, and the dedication of three other great public buildings, the Palace of Justice, the Exhibition Hall, and the Museum of Artistic Handiwork. Still further to indicate the beginning of a new era, in the spring two sections of the older part of the city will be remodeled on hygienic principles, and 500 new public schools throughout the country will be opened.”