The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1884-03-14

eIrWIus 40 YOU tEHttW"tt t""* M $500
Paul was IN EpheSus riot waS Gro
atcd BY Dcmetrius among The erai's-
men?"
Yes. grandpa. ne WAS afraid the
people would belief Paul's words. and
then his trade 81 making silver s''rines
would Ne gone.
The mob cried great i Diana 81
the Ephesians.
YES. the Temple Of Diana wa built
AZ the common charge 81 al the Aslaiic
states. II was four hundred and TWEEN
ty-live feet long. two hundred and
twcnt, five broad. and was supported
IN one hundred and twcnt y-stvcn col
nmns 81 Parian marble each col
umn was sixty feet high anil each
furnished ~ q different King. This
trmplc VA burned On the night
~ Alexandcr's nativity, and was
Then rebuilt. Diana Wa believed 20
I have fallen down from Heaven. and the
\ public games were connected with her
Worship. Especially was the month ~
| Nav sacred 10 her. and n large man
niaciory grew np ~ Ephesus of porta-
he shrincS of Diana. which were sold 20
strangers and carried with them on
Journeys or set up 70 worship IN their
houses.
!. You have now told me about four
Of the wonders. grandpa ''and 4 yosi
are not TOO tired | would like 70 hear
about the rest Of them
II am ONLY too glad 70 see yon inter-
esfcd in Your studies. and viii now
sneak III The Colossus 81 Rhodes. This
A Mas gigantic statue ~ Apollo Or tho
the snn-rod. II rested on molcs On each
siac ~ thc beautiful harbor ol Rhodes.
ana vessels passed between rs brazrn
lccS. II was over one HUNDRED feet in
heisrht and there were winding stairs
81 which il was assembled. The statue
hc!d In one hand u light for the dlcc-
lion of mariners. and IL Mas competed
two hundred and eighty year before
Christ Ii was thrown down. pfesnm-
ablv hv AL earthquake. and never re-
huilt: hit fragments Of The statue re-
NAMED for nine hundred years. a.
length Jewish merchant Doiight the
brass and loaded nine hundred eamais
with ii.
7 ..Thc value ~ the brass was estimated
Al $1,000. Az the present Time the
harhor II Rhodes j. nearly spoiled, and
The island ha- many times suffered
from earthquakes
.Do you know. my son. wiai the
! word manSolcnm came FROM
(. IL don't know that ! %. replied
/, Irwin.
v ..Ncll. Nausoius was king Of Caria.
and. after his death. his widow. Ariemi-
y ia. erected magnrent tomb y his
memory. Indeed. Il was - wonderful
= anil surpassed all other structures 10
mu II ia it, appearance and grandeur.
Il that the name Mausolcum came 70 y
N The generic term fnr costly tomb II
y Remained standing for number ~
n 4. INJURIES. ana then WIS destroyed ~
u IN earthquake. In iif the knights 81
y Rhode, built castle from fragments "a
4. tie mausoleum. and ~ late A. 1886 Mr.
" Newton. under tile auspices u the IN
nliSh Government. found the ste q
\. Tia ancient tomb. and tho undamn ta
outlines u tie building According Il
u tradition. Artcm IA mingled the ashe'
~ Of ManSO,uS with her wlnc anu died.
cr grief
VI There Il but one more wonder
~ grandpa. 20 tell me about. and know
N Tia. must he the Pyramids. for ga
N teacher said they were the most mar
III vclons of The seven Wonders. am
~ Won have not spoken " them yci.
Yes. Won are right The Pyramid
3. required The labor u thousands ~ me
for many wears. II il supposed "a;
- thew were the sepulchre~ N tine King
~ They are In several groups. some ~
~ lance from each other. on the hanks !
- tie Nile. There are about forty !
~ them. many being small and IA RUNE
~ condition. The great Pyramid !
~ Gizch. or .Ieczch. l. four hundred A.
~ fifty feet high. and covers an ara
~ thirteen acres. some 81 the huge ston'
- WEIGH sixteen hundred tons each. ~
were dragged hundreds q miles fro
Tie quarry. II II estimated that
nv would take two thou Sand men thr'
NJ wears III bring ono 81 these stones y Il
n Pyramid. and il must have reanir'
IN much mechanical knowledge And ere
~. mower To lit such enormous stones
m their places IN the Pyramid.
49, These stones rise sicp-llkc abo
Ma each other. AMI are rather hard
~. climb. but with the assistance " two
-es' three Arabs man, travellers climb 70 1
ncd top III the t.izch Pyramid. a few a.
~ AGO heard minister say that. ~
III stood On H. topmoSs stone with
companions. they sung the old llONo
an ~. Praise God from whom All bicA
inus ilow.' and DC ncNer irlt - nv
ssal like singing Il in spirit anil truth
,ich when standing there.
II II with could scc some ~ the ~
anl dcrs of the world. said Irwin.
Ma INV son. 40 moi think because y
VA have mol travelled far from homc y
4 Al Won have never sen anything wond
thc i'll. The seven wonders % Inc wor
an Mere the work 81 men hands but \
thc can not look out upon thi- hcansi
thc world. Or up 10 tho SUMMON and ~
orm without seeing works which are
,dcr grandrr than anything which man
ctcd ever made. .,..
a. N have always sen these thu