The Panola weekly star., 1885-12-05

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trembling ~ lhe Invisible deal fopes
aud The scfapng sound on The walls
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" the under world with The
llghtneas u a feather. IN The name u
al ihe fairies and gobllns, and mome'
and spirits ~ Tho earth, what have we
thsrel OH Master Robert, ~ few can
dies" The Cily 81 Dis Illuminated =
this Il what meets my aaionished gaze,
Open spsea, endless streets, turning and
winding oa In all directions, and out.
lined In spots of light, aud In the farih.
est distance an ornamental group ol
lights, IA II on u wall or on some yasl
supporting pillar. II Is as " ono looks
from some point oi vantage upon lh'
the lights Of town in n dark night
without moon or stars, not town will
empty space over II, but town under .
horizontal ceiling tbirty-throo feet above
the pavement On this level pavemon
the massed bands OF the British army
may play Strauss music, aud the whol'
Of the London West End spin round OF
the "light fantastic toe. +" The first feeling
Of surprise over, examine my sur
roundings In leisurely detail. At som,
distance in front Of US looms darl
mass with a horizontal line Of light
half way up 1t. The three Of us--Mr
Verdin, the guide and myself--approacl
II, each carrying u lighted candle acros
the floor. which appears to be as level a
the floor Of drawing-room, and whicl
Is covered with thin carpet OF salt fine Il
powder and dry as tindcr. Whercve
the light falls upon II, the dark objec
glitters as II Il were incrusted wit
rubies and diamonds. II turned out b
be huge square pillar, extending iron
floor TO ceiling. Each Of its four side
measures twelve yards; II Is thirty-thre
feet high, and It is nothing but mas
d crystals. At every twenty-five yards
north, south, east, west, stands one Q
these gigantic columns-all Of them
like this one, masses OF many-tinted sal
crystals, and with the diamond ilas
darting over their sides. The plan q
this wonderful colonnade is now obv
Gus. The miners have been cuttin
their way, all these many generation,
through the solid rock salt, horizontally
clearing smooth floor below thei
feet, leaving smooth ceiling over thei
heads, and, at the already named di'
lance, those enormous pilasters, who's
function is TO prevent the roof-that 1,
the three hundred and thirty feet of'th
earth's crist-from falling in. Th
ceiling Is too high to respond very libel
ally TO the flicker Of our candle light,
but in n hundred spots IL twinkles lik
stars peering through the clouds Of night