Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1837-09-09
rA NUIsANCE!-We have

Iferent kinds-havc had descriptions Of
them, have seen them, and have had
our olfactories seriously annoyed by
them. But after all this, we have dis
covered one which is the most intoler-
able of all others, however disgusting
or loathsome they may be. It law
less person about Printing Office.
One wEo is examining every thing
reading every thing-seeing every
thing-telling Of every thing-knocks
over every thing that is within his
reach, and to close the scene, overhauls
|all the exchanges picks out such as
he wants-pockets them-and then
walks off with all the airs Of a man Of
consequence.-.4urora Standard.
THE PYRAMIDS OF EeYpr.-Stand-
ing alone on an elevated mountainous
range on the edge Of the desert, with
out any object with which to compare
them, the immense size Of pyramids
did not strike me with full force. Ar
rived at the banks Of stream, twenty
Arabs, more than half necked, and most
|of them blind of an eye, came running
towards me, dashed through the stream
and dulling, buling, and scuffling at
each other, all laid hold of me to carry
me over. All seemed bent upon hav-
ling something to do with me, if they
carried me over piece-meal, but I Sc
lected two Of the strongest, with little
more than one eye between them, and
| keeping the rest off as we'll as l could,
was borne over dry -shod. Approach
ing, the three great pyramids and one
small one are in view towering higher
J and higher above the plain. l thought
was just upon, them, and that / could
almost touch them, yet was more
than mile distant-the nearer APP
, preached the more their gigantic d.
mansions grew upon me. until, when
actually reached them, rode up to the
first layer of stones, and saw how very
: small was, and looked up to their
! sidesto the lofty SUBMITS, they seemed
to have grown to the size Of noun
tains.
The base Of the great pyramids is
about eight hundred feet square, cover
ing surface Of about eleven acres, FAC
cording to the best measurement, and
four hundred and sixty-one feet high;
or, to give clearer idea, starting from
! base as large as Washington Parade
ground it rises to tapcring point near
lythreetimesas high as trinity Church
steeple. Even as walked around it
; and looking up at it from the base,
did not feel its immensely, until COM
: menced ascending, then having climb
ed some distance up, when / stopped
to breathe. and looked down upon my
friend below, who was dwindled to in.
sect size, and then up at the great dis.
: lance between me and the summit, that
realized in all their force the huge
dimensions Of this giant work. Il
took me twenty minutes to mount to
the summit; about the same time that
; it had required me to mount the cones
of ,Etna and Vesuvins.
Theascent is not particularly difficult
at least with the assistance of Arabs.
There are two hundred and six tiers ol
stone, from one to four feet in hight,
each two or three feet smaller than the
one below, making what is called the
steps. Very often the steps were 50
high that could not reach them with
my feet. Indeed, for the most part, /,
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