The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-08-14
t.apscu and ths Crvxaal r~lace.

much
Lossseu and ths Crystal Palace.
The original Crystal pal2ce, bulls fgv
the World ExaiQlioa sQEae eve years
a-o, vas afterwards purchased y = eola-
p4ny and removed to Syla2Aam, about SIX
failcs from Loudoa. The dssizn Of tac
eau2nany Vas to make Il aa>eaEn If ATT
science aud usetal Inventions. Lei u
take the train, p&aslGs a raeneat on Loa-
DON bridge to tesl the tArob Of the vast
pulse Of LIE beating acress Its arteries,
and to sl4nee a. the eh&os Of wherslss,
golfers aud steamboats, covering the
Thames Twenty IaIaRte>, aud ws aave
arrived. Yoa pass through tue station
house, and are wtthia the grcaads.
These eouslst Of a huudved ard Sky
acres, laid oct with most exqujsit taste.
Every rod Of she grass i beautifully sha-
ven, and every flower bsd aad All the
shruhasry brilliant with sc4ra=s, and white,
and yellyw. Perhsps the grad f1aEtaias
are playing They arc the most stapsa-
lscus in the world. six millloas OF Sal-
Ions Of water are required 70 supply tasta
single hour. Jets ars shooting Gp Into
the ar sixty feet higher thaa Baaker Hui
monument, and around shen, Ike p4.Ea
leaves round ne sruak, are iuna4erAtle
lesser ones. How beautifully the white
spray gleans &crVss the a.as say ngv
deHc4oGSly cool the whole atmosphere
Then see the overflow from the eGc-23Gs
basin. RAINING Ia cata-aets t,r six AaG4-
red fees 3sga gae ssepes Apgsegea s-4e
a2sia aal 81 exquisite net- al e~us-
stag streams, Ike wsrs taaev, eas5sv-ts
thea. In :. indeed, Tar. laa1. Iya
wander through she grounds til, p4zslcs
through the archery aad cricket pats, EvQ
eesas t. the lower .aAes, devoted To the
illustration Of the geological period which
preceded The creation Ut man. EIaeo1s
saurians are spraw!ins shant in the ~
ter and displaying their ugly shapes ca
the rocks The igusaoaon, the H. aos-
ssurus, the Meslssaarus,-h aaousscrs,
Is big, Is six elephants, with szi.> twenty
feet long and jaws fitted them TO laasA
% granite, are all before yeG, Bu.l~frc-s
= large aS oxen are pualaS cat tAe.r
.aro4ts, ieayiu- bat oae reeras--ta4s you
eeQll rgt hear them Sroak, 3E<t oHee.
The mind 1t once takes delicious retro
spect Of hundred million years or Sc
And vet abortioas d these creatures are,
| was led By simple incident - think
car aze can match them.
VIII year laay readers pardon vaa!
a2 about TO ssy! While examining at
4 distance ef twenty fest huge lsuan-
odoa. a fashionable wo.a@r, expanded
in the skirts 10 degree / aeyer
before witnessed, weat up quite close to
the monster and Inspected hna with eyi-
dent skspticisn IS to his symmetry
People taas I've in glass heases 4Gst
not throw stones" thoggat | !; aud - !
The monster have been restored II lie
aud thought, an sare lie would have
p!amea himself On ale cony3etl0a that
there was oae creature ~ IeaS: % earth =
good deal mere deformed thaa himself
and would have sprawled back iut9 the
mud highly elated lgaaaodoa.
Bat where is tie palace nil this tire :
Come away. There il is OF its spaeu add
terrace, glitteria- In the sanlt-at, ga&r-
ter of milc in length, with is crystal
wings each FIVE hundred feet more.
The area within the palace present. &
view that would create a soul ua6er tbe
ribs of death. Standing II oae ena VOC
look up an avenue u flowers, p@lass, ha,sa-
mas, arsucarics, of fountains an3 STATUES,
gleamin- through tie dark foliage, THAI
makes oue aeyoussy thank laa tve being
permitted 10 behold it, Oa eIthtg side
are ranged the architectural courts, a .eil-
liant succession Of Egyptian, Assyrsans
Greek, Roman, byzantine aud Aealnvai
froats. IL these are illus sTatsa tAe arch
itectaral wonders et sha world, AMI lar-
yelloas reproductions they are. lou
wander through an avenue # sphyuxes la-
to the Halls OF harnae, and the w&als are
covered with Egyptian Hyerog yphiss
and pictures: soa pass through portals
guarded BY the eensaar bulls of AS&yyia
into Nimrod's palace, anu learn mere aa
glance than from all Lsyaro's books
In the Greeian courts, nodded in tA-
exquisite propoEtIoEs which that gifted
people revealed to the world, are group
ed al the famous statues that time las
spared The godhke scorn Of .he Apollo
BeIyider, the anguish u Nj Be, and Hcw-
ing beauty Of the aedieeu Seuas, the
life and v.sor Of the frieTes Of the Tar
taeon,--ali the transcripts Of power and
beauty that Que hunts Out slnglY through
France aaa Italy are here brought tegeEa-
CT You enter the Moorish courts, and
all the airy traceres and brilliant eoloss
Of the Coar: Of Lions in the Aihamhra j.
before you. The fountains are aowiug i B
thsit marble basins; aad the seonea l.
yirg has 20 w.seLiRgly aescrited III his
siege If Grensda ar palpsh,a realities u
lAe ese. And - on, through PyaPeiaa
houses and baths, tho byzantine church
g and cloisters, thro' Gothic halls aud
burial erypsss till oyerpowered ay the sue