The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-12-11

by = Kansan as be compares il with his
own little town. The one is scattered
oVpr Gaw acres the other stands slid
- over mics oi ground. The one mes
lies down the ground; the other fiDds
room by growing up Into the air. TheI
one has few two story stores the other
has great blocks Of stores. eight ana ten
stories high. The one has an occasional
i've story resideDee with lille tower
the other has block after block, miles Of
four and five stored brown stone fronts.
One has two partially macsdenized
slrelts; the other has miles on miles Of
granite paved, but narrow streets One
hiss two lines Of street cars. two or tbree
buses and four or five coaches; the other
has hundreds. thousands Of buses, car
rlages, cabs and cUachts, horse
cars on the streets, and
steam cars over the streets. The elevated
street cars alone carry three hundred
thousand passengers day: and the horse
cars, as close together as they be driven,
are crowded day and night, and the 6sbs
and carrisges are full all the time, and
then the walks are thronged until the
people Aetuali5 run over each other. So
ali the way round and through one Is
made To feel the littleaess Of his own
town and the bigness Of New York
But comparisons are o6ious.
For want Of time have done but lit
lie Sightseeing. and have misiaid my
notes so that am not prepared TO give O.
very accurate account of what have
seen. gave one afternoon to Central
Park, but no man who has two small
eyes TOR seeing can do Genital Park in
one afternoon. I did not ride over its
magnificent drives and go all
round. but | walked as far as could.
ana saw all that could in lew short
bours. 1 profoundly PITY any one who
can drive through that park on first
isit. TIE walks are first rae; the
sights are exceeding nlany-sone Of
them grand. l waTt week e. go over
brains and muscle Laws drne. AS
walked, and th, ur5ht, aud admired, Ie
nembCr.d that u icw years ago ago
large portion OF This BEAUTIFUL park AAs
q de M a swamp. full of tlilen decayibg
timbers, infested with reptiles and ard
s~hrms If insects. Surely the de1ol te
placcs of this esIth can be made
glad, an The wilderness places iO bIos-
sOsl as The rose.
/ went partially h,vush ii 9 art mu-
1 apurn aud 50 ~ much m ,.d,,,ir "a. and wan,
der a., but my art education has been
grossly neglected. don't know tnpugh
sbont the history of tine paintings End
sculpture, AID have u Lack of taste to
appreciate the fac arts. 7 can zee
more beauty 10 tree, or rock, or horse,
or bug. "r living mAu or woman than
can in the best painting or pie.e of
sculpture In the world Yet, walked
along the Dos age ways aud stretched my
eyes and gazed with ;hc rest of the ig-
norant crowd. / Was amused At the
way some Of them would sling their in
terjeciions in the presence of some fine
piece, and felt that the almost constant
expression Ut nv Arkansas trieud. rs
q big thing" cam about as near reach
ing around the whole subj CT as any
thing l heard
passed through tie geological Gar.
den, around one If the little lakes,
and over to the Egyptian Obe-
lisk. l was told by q friend
that would b. disappointed when
come to SEE it: but he did not know me.
l hid seen such accurate piciuret, and
had read so much about IL that wat
prepared to sea without disappointment
Just IS expected. II is huge shaft OF
somewhat weather ;aten red granite
took in its four sides, aud measured il
from bottom To top with my eyes. Did
not have time t. read the many inscTip-
lions which were placed on its sides by
ancient thought and chisrl. As stood
in lis shadows tried t. sec through III.
darkness Of h, countries gone by; the
tollcrs who made it. WHAT was it made
for? How much slave sweat and hu
man blood did it cost? Al! The poo
toilers who boat their naked backs ovel
it never dreamed of The place 1t was u
| ill in the history Ut a pew world. Blu
here it Is. too old To Tell its own story
sleeping near ITS birthplace under tn
! dust Of centuries.
l SPIT ut an evening With the gre.
!. East river bridge, ind. IN the absence q
= my notes. must be allowed Ia say: III
9 u big thlDg.r ThiLk o. Cnc ccyeTe
; scope # country wide CT ough for tw
railways, two or thr, carriage drive
and rs many footwalks, hanging big
enough over 4 great r.v-r tor the tales
mastd vessels TO pass under, and so
have some conception If that mig bit
piece of engineering skill. Aud Ii is s
suspei d. d that it seems IS solid uudel
foot and car as cid terra firma herself
8, walked Lver L. the Bro, kiyn side an
a. rode back On y cable car. That Nas th
N smcothest and ne rr,st noiseit IS rid
r 1 ever chi ~ cd.
AM glad that l was iuduce ell 10 2
d, Gnd see the bridge b. night. hay
4 sem steamboats, ligated up by night b,
N fore; bat n, ver so many at once an
ST from su,h position. II was a brilliaI
D. sight, and fiiltd me with wonder an
surprise. had seen stars above IN
e, but had meyer seen such constellation
IL swinging beneath me. Indeed l feitI.k
"a one ia the midst oI i Universe of star
Those glitlering 20 The upper depth
d seemed tn meet ut The hnTizDn with
y. world of gems in the depths below an
r beyond. II WAS The grandest sight m
"A eyes ever beheld.
Reader, If You go { New York sDen
= one starlit evening with tue B'OOkly
bridge. c. r. K.