Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-10-06
CIeOpstra's Needle

London is agitated by Tue approach Of he
ohelisk. Before may lays he uIcoJtn yes
Ii e it's way up the Thames. The eX.,. -
nifcance of obelisIs In the ancient relig o /
OF Egypt has not been ascertaincd. ri II
says That the Egyp ian equi yaleut for . e
word Obelisks meant 1.-The RAYS o. The sun -
There may have been some spec al appr,-
Rriateness III placing nurner ob -lis<, Ia
HellopOl1s, "the Ci Y of the sun Tn ~
position there and elsewhere was ALWAYS a.,
trout OF temple Evidence is not w4ntI ,
mat th@y were objects of eiigiuus yenar e.
uon one OF Egypts kings, IN raising an
Dellsk, TOOK precdutlol which ight serve
as a hut In modern underta kings; he ord red
his own son To be oOunt TO the uppar rud of
Tue monument DURING the % -raJIOn. Pplct's
pan Ior preventing railway acciieuIs bV
fastening al director Oh the fro 1t OF lne en-
que. was not more Sag3cIous. re obelisk
nah come distance OF so miles. using the
laOor OF 10000 men, aud was certainly de-
serving OF care, II hot OF reverence. Pictures
found in the tOmbs show the ancient method
o. transporting uhClIsks on land. Tnay were
NOV on rollers, beng pushed aud MI ~
by vast crowd of WDrkmeh who wrri stl N
u,S'td by the lash of ta>Sn4sters. TIE OH
plan Oh HOajiI al Obcl!sk To the river WAS
to dig brheah 1t wide bitches. pat rats Ia
theh under TIE obelISk, and fill the bitches
WIN water. The RATS were dfterTards con
c'ed mo one, and the bitches enlarged
int "A CaIal
The method by which Cleopatra's NeeIl.
as Just been 1Oated IS novel aud InEeaIOl.
n hollow iron cylIl der, with wrtg shaped
d., now 1nciOses il. The cylInIer wa
Dullt up and rlveted together around the
siOne-ihe iron thus used weighing Sky
tons. Tie air spaces or the cylinder w re =,
C lieu ated as 10 be sufficient To- float the
who'll. Two months were occupied in TN.
part OF The work, which included digging
away the sand beneath the stone, pushing
The stone with hydTauli, lacks TIL IL was
parallel with the waters edge, and Construct
ing slOplng road of brOXen rock down Ia
the water. The dimensions of the stone are
pIoDdDly similar TO those OF the mpaniDn
Obelisk, of which the shaft is 81 feet long
tapeTlng in " idth from q feet 2 inches TO )
feei inches. The iron cylinder is % feet LONG
and 10 feet in diameter. All around this iron
..~x, wood planking was fitted and strapped
fash al then the whole continuance was
roll, q sidewayS down 20 the water To make
II roll, ropes were PASSED around 1t, aud
wOuI upon winches fixed Ou vessels in the
water. Other ropes also passed AROUND II,
Whlch unwound SLOWLY ~: W'n""sies on
snore behind tine stone, preventing il from
rolling too fast. When The strain was tirSt
put on to start il, the vessels moved
instead, dragging their apchOrs; steam
tugs were substituted, and when they
put on full steam To go ahead, the
great cylinder rolled. It's movement was
so slow as scarcely 10 be percPptible, aud the
greater part Of two days was occupied Ia
reaching he water. Then a disappointment
aW allied the tOilerS; the cylinder fiIlei with
water, and powerful pump could not empty
Inc ar spaces. Divers at FIRST tailed 10 ii ~
the leaks, but at last one IN submarine arn.Or
d scOveIei il. NOtwithst audingt he casingOf
planks, a stone had broken a hole eighteen
inches across, into the c. Under, and tue stole
Was Wedged In the hole. SO the cylinder hal
10 be rolled back till the hole was upper.
most, the hole was then patched, the cylinder
pumped out, aUO her downward roll was eff
fected, aud the strange craft was afoat. II
draws nom eight 10 tn feet OF water, aud
has dIsPlace.,e ems OF 20 tons; biIge pieces,
or wings, have b. eiI ait tcurd 20 4 rpII-
Ing. l. Will be tOwed slowly On It's ion. Voy-
age; and, though uugainly, IL is moi unsea-
worthy.
II there are sermons In stones, there is CIR
tainly text in this Obelisk, Transported
from heathen temple 10 the capital OF n
CHRISTIAN land, over "A thousand IN les OF sea
The slaves whose laborS brought 10 To Hell
opOliS thirty four centuries ago, wOrShipyei
deity that had no temple H. his honor all
That land OF ancient shTints. To day, tho q
temples are ruined and deserted, and the
rerSou, - Y T'-ihuga