, 1875-03-06

The Latest Attraction at t1o Academy
OF Design.
Ohurch'a Picture Of the City of Pc
ira.
description OF Elkins' lust Finished
Work.
ltocky Mountain Scenery.

| s>"SNJ 44o1ltlIlU scenery.
CHURCH.
| THE CITY ur PETRA.
In tho heart OF Arabia lies cursed and b1iuht-
Ell. The City OF rctrn, tho lon8.lost Cspito1 Of
l.dont. Curse upon curse WAS heApc4 ,,pon this
deyotod place. It IL thus denounced by tho
Almighty through 1eaiah tho Prophet "For
my bwotd shall ho 6atied in heaven behold, It
hhall come dunn upon the people Of my curue 10
judgment"
n From generation 70 generation II sha'! he waste
none ehal pa'* through FOREVER and over Hut t1e
e1rhorant aud tbs ititrn shall Iosses1 Il; ths owl
ai.o snd lls raven sl,al dwell In 1t; aud hs ahali
O. stapness. TLey rhaI call tho notlea thcrtSf tu
~ Kngaom, but touo ahsll b. there, md ali bar
her paac nsttes sui bram.cs II. sna fosttss.ep n
Iasreol; and It shs 10 habitaton Of dragons and
also with The Wild beasts IT lie sIand st H.
.atyr shall CRY to his fellow; tho seeec owl also sbsl
rst there md nn for hessolf place u rest. TIaro
ine great @* tAke her most. aud lnr, md hateh
aau gathef under tho shallow; there rha tie yulturet
| sho bs gathered, eyery opu With her rats.
such dennuclations might is produced lo
Tearlncss. but the above suflleos to Ihow that It
came under the arful displeasuro Of tho AL
| mighty. Thla cntHo has been almost literally
carried ont. The rrost caravan routoa Of the
time Of Solomon and David a. wall ~ tlloae uf
s'sS +to'AAA 4AAAtAV Akfo AL neGU UEDk4N I'D. And
| tho Orlentah who no~ find 1t necessary u psss
lrom Mecca 10 Damascus Or Cairo, follow roals
that simply border Oh this laud but 10 not psss
si,roughil. For . thousand yoars II has heen
EiTon up to wandering l,udouin tribeH. We loaru
Of no cirilzed basu1 who has ever reached its IN
terror excepting possibly, II. 14nsnt aud M Ls-
nofae: IN w1th & the great traveller hu!ekhasdt aud
!atcf HsliI John L. btepAons, WITH MeEsrs- Leigh.
i5ahkf. 1rf,y, anl llRngloJ, also Eusli.Amat.
until within the last ttecGle.
HE APPROACH TO PETRA
Is through mounteinoua country. BIO wild ami
ueaolate It almost la3loa description anu yet il.
shls city k'ugs lot1ned teforo lsrao1 bowed lrr
Knee to any Hovor1Rn; and thitllsr caravans
Drought precious Hnres from tho citles Of Por-
s'a and lnaia from Tyre and from sadon. Nearly
century before the Christian era, Elom sent
tofsh her hosts. 50. 900 usen horse and foot to
| The sucoor Of tho Jews In tho eccoud century
Petra whs still tile capital Of iloman Province,
nas hor glory hh1 ALREADY departed. aud after the
Of the Rock was lost to tho wcrlQ until iturck-
hardt discovered it in 1872.
1t Hes srish'n Rn nH,philheatre inclossI within
rocky rAmrsEt. The mountains risu around /.
| hundreds OF ieet III height TleHc, lItrcul ean
art aud strength hars csiiselej iutn vnonthness
on the sdc that fronts the ampAithea.re, aud
then hown from them tho u,ost
WONDERFUL TEMPLES AND pwELLIxuu.
Iho greatest Of tae6o, tie tou,ule t.El
| khaane, " is today placed where any Chicasoa1l
may see It. SiI ye2En ago Church, tic aftiat
Went TO this wild country-ainlost beyond ayen
tho ambition Of M artist to rear, nit, nadc stud
lo8 aud dketnlts OF this groat deserted city moa
particularly Of Its tempio. No artist could lave
sought or found more uuiq,ia subject. Grauder
| temples may have becu erected elsewhere: but
IL klasne WAS not built Stone upon stone. It
was he"n out ~ sculptor chselB = statue. Nor
II this edtt!ce rough coasse affair that lTtana
| might have exc1yatea with few bfowa Of ,natr1-
| moth took. but perfect representation or ths
oailieat aud putast dreek ksyle. Its columns,
Or ornaments. a potslcos, aud porrhas are all part
IN detail aud ornament Oil it they Ind
been separately carved and then combined,
Accustomed To the petty vorla Of the present,
dorful oven wlal compared with tho mort ce!a-
bratca monuments Of the Greeks or Romano,
TIE VIEW WHICH III. clIUHc4 HAS tiIycs
presents not only tho temple but tho approach
to 1t, ona Of Natures most ssnpandons frsakn
The mountains arc eaft asunder snd tower up
ward toward tho sky; struaus rnshos through
over rocky bottom. Just beyond, in tho
sfds Of tue mounfa!1s tho wpnderfnl
teMple has boau. not raiac.l. but hswn.
It stands there i'll its pure Grauk beauty, Won
lerful aud admirable. Ono eau scarooly balinro
that tile columns, the postiooos, and tie statues
ara al! the samo piece Of atono: Nature Inns
been lavish viii. her colors, as,d wo here 8ea
ercry hue in this aots sautlstone thas ia to ba
found III thu rarest marbles. tu1e wlsto mud
purpail-hlack, pink aud scarIns violet and nal
,slnn, al blended with ialescribahlo heanty. The
Pentelican marbles could mol hayo bean Aner,
snl tho, artist Aas caught al these soft
tad vAriod huoa. Tie Corin.Aian columns
atu oil perfect n4csrt Que. Tint Aaa
hson broken. The earring aud ornaments on
'ho facade aRo perfectly rendeted. Aboye tlleso
arc rounu turreta, supported OH colunna within
which arc statues. but eyery statua IL Aesdloss
one. TITO Mul1amnledahs Aavo ayidoutlJ des-
sroyad them though tho tot!uenco ofpupetuti-
tioit.
This is picture with All atmosphere. clear,
radiant 11arfort Int 1TittIff \ III min