Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1860-02-21

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SCIENTIFIC
The Stereosooqe; lts H0adcrous Beauty and Power.
S1 THE REV. : 1. PRIME, AUrHER OF rHE ~rowkn
OF P8AYEe.'

The SteTeo5coqe: lts HoadcrouS Beauty and Power.
81 THE REV. :. l. PRIME, AUruER OF raE POWER
OF P2AYEE"
As We for the first time came in sight OF the
) q nidS IN E-NFt. We were h. SANITY seized
Win me lh"lSit il;.t We had seen them before
W aS II . drcamt Had Ne in a moment of VA
king dciUsiun becn Ee-e IN some din, ,,a-,,d of
the past, or Was this the reproduction in the
s'1l II an image formed by luu-r hours of silent
Liei'ta'ioh on these old monuments Of buried
kIaS>. Nc stood awe struck. not more hv the
WighiIntss q the grand piles of past ages heap
Ell "p ma q e,e stones. than We were by the
Ing impression that ;is IS OF our first visit 10
the fyfani!d~. though we had Certainly never
been sa Egyp' before.
\ moment, reflection called 70 mind the C. s.
in"tama> ui tstf. StrrLtl hich had been e1-
hloi;rd IN New York. These Vs., had frrouent-
~ $ cn, and 80 true were they 20 nature and
at. u q the vc.y lnd on winch We were now
+ standing. and tAc lu-e sIiNuN al our lett hand
aHd ur~c horny heaps vt monumental stone
iHur hundred feet hi-t. ami covering ten acres
. groant. uoN for The Il. tine actually seen
~liA these eyes, were - familiar aS the scenes
Of childhood But those CusinoIarnas were
aothing % be Thought Of compared to the Pho
t"gr@Ph.c art as7i- cd 10y the SrEREosCoPE We
are npt gwen 10 rapturCS, and are not disposed
So speak en- huolasically, buj NC are in the mood
just now nI SAYING what have seen at An
THoNl ) eseu>copic Gallery, 500 Broadway.
et 10 description OF ours Will do Justice to the
beautiful results of the most beautfulo all art.
/ There Is nothing IN the power Of the pencil or
rhI~cl, nothing the skill or patience OF man TO
produce such effects as the sun painting on pa
{ pr, by winch The perfect image. as in a mir
r"T. Is impressed and eipctUa,ed 80 be trans
ported tu the end, of the world. and there stud
Ied with the same satisfaction that the travel
Ter ENJOYS " h. looks un tie scene after to!lspmc
journeys over land and sea. IN some respects
the pleasure Is greater. For the traveller has
the di@con't"fts "t travel, Io say nothing f the
costs ut 1t: he has 1t, risks ard it, to!l4: but
whelher are be Ieved or uar we assert 1t in
. teIligent'y, that We cannot perceive wherein II
- better 10 see the runs ut an E-,yl ltau temple
+ on the ground thaf here in Anthonvs Stereo-
scopes. IHke fl eva npic the temple Of Abou
Stuh,l. TIE c3tv,d images sit Ia everlasting
stone on The oufcr wall and the great rock re-
mains age af or aye the -irur. and We look at
them and II IN thIs stVreoscupe. the impI ession
Is a VIVID ~ The STONE itself could make It
l"u may st for hofr~. II you viii, aud study
every furin ami feature oi lis wonderouS work.
and the Ion -rr and more minufely II i examin-
ei, the more perfect even ia iinpe rlecton comes
oGi the repre,en 'atIua of the original. There
= the very crack IN the stone across the bridge
IF tile principal i.ure's nose. and the piece
seem just ready tn tail ont real that YOU
would lIl to put ycur band on IT and dispel the
illusion. aud convince yourself that II IS actual
object, and Not .'.c ire that ven are row study
ing. We give the wheel another turn and
90 ,Tir. : M "a. IL IL. i -, - -
t. ,,s-r .a,.r.,I -,l.s -,l ,..-.ra,i ,Ia,es ~.
presented viii ilriHy eniIrely IScKEpIBLE 20
one who has not sreu the stCrsOSCope Ir it's
power OF beauty. We venture 70 say that no
',1.. r..,.fl,,., h.. YIN, o,,
viii Laye haIt;rl ii.a If ,La rlrve II,r. ,r,,,h
I talue-s %! the art ~ bringing before him the
. very m4uUic-t AMI rraudcsI reproductions Of
,ce n,',rc fI,ap ar,.,ltrg ILL.,, %, r,rtL Tben
ia-vIr,.rric Igud 5t Israel we will v,si, Athens
ami R,,n. and r,,,, a,,,,,,,,, rl, t.,,,,l,s ,nd
,,aler.s rf fi ,-,f- anil ti ,,,,,.r,,r. a.. 4 ,L
s.a.l- ~. .,r. i- ~ - ,,t,,rr,, >s.;,lt
md ... tl L., L 80 ,l. ttf,.,, ,,I "a ,. l. -
tom of Eu.or. Euf v-r viii rt t,,,, Le~o
We VIII 90 +, China and fu,iia ana nrine,
home the clii,s and fculrl,.- OF the Orient tb.
people themselves in Tie streets and markets
n, lIroc,.s-Ion and yv,r-Iin so that ve have ron,
rrSrl,tln, of their manners and customs as n,
uih. ra!ltiil, an q r.o word Of pre-cription can
po-yi!i. prcscat them, And this brIups rs 10
-, fiaf tl.. mos. a-f,li !. ,s- ,.,,y,r of his h.at,
t-f,l ;rt f.. -, its .a ,.i.,. m ..Ia r>sr,xr,xr,,s
,ie,,.. ,f ol,.t in non. tL rllino se,, With
the ship ~ steamer tIsurbin1. through the
waves. lie shadows ot hull aild spar. and every
ripple on the surface are all re- produced with
perfect iaItI f8!Hc-s: crowded street Al noon
day, men aud women Troucuading. the horses
aud carrtaFe- rushing 500 Is pleasure or business
calls, the ufuHIbu~cs and ears taken while un-
der way. vet SO pc. fec; that the names and num-
ber> aIe 1cai a. easily on those ride ia
daily. Nc do not understand the magic of the
art. Il seems 70 Us ,lat some mighty word must
havc ten SIP llcs To Summon these multi .tudes
10 stand ia sleir tracks at least instant. while
tAe sun that shines IN all should have time 10
take a p.cttFe at the pag ant, which like all of
lie 4. passing away, 10 oe seen more forever.
et iHa; cgu"d pouring down Broadway #
the whole city we~" oIt lu The street. is caught
is arrested /, uaiiy fastened on the paper and
-Lc very attitude of every individual man, his
ga,, his -.i.Ic, h., company, ar. all drawn
OFT lu living characters, and recorded here in
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