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BOMBAY.
The Sights of that WODderful City Described
by DIR. Stone.

Inc Elkntb OF tnAt nODueflul Olty DobCEtue
by DIR. Stone.
Correspondence Of tie IhielliOme6.
BOMBAY, Sept. 25.-To write that l hav
seen Agra with its Notice Musjid-Peal
Mosque--and its Tai; have stood by tn
great Akbar's Tomb, amid its neglecteC
grandeur, bp which tomb once blsz.d tn
the Kohinoor diamond, over which still
blazes Gods Kohinoors from the orienta
azure, though the other is gone; to ga,
I've been to Delhi and walked amid tn
scenes OF once almost unspeakable splen
dor, now Ichabod-deparled; Grand Mo
Vhul, imperial palace, Peacock throne
than which nothing more glorious KIM
or Emperor ever sat upon-tO talk ant
write OF these things, well, must seem ia
incomparisonw with seeing them for oneself
My tint view OF the Tai was from ca
window Just at sunrise. We were abou
crossing the Jumna 10 enter the city o
Agra. In the hazs ii seemed 10 hover like
a cloud amid thesand heaps and wretchet
wastes, which surround this peerless thinl
OF beauty. That was four years ago. Thil
time l admired it during au Indian sun
set. When crimson and gold were reflect
ed from milky dome and flashing walls
which seemed then 10 be pearl-at times
as irridesCent as mother OF pearl. have
never seen such sunsets as India furnishes
over the Ganges and Jumna. | remem.
Der one seen over the low, palm friugsd
banks OF the Ganges at Cawnporo. l
seemed to sac the throne OF God in all its
gorgeous splendor, up and out from which
like the sweep OF another peacock throne.
each feather Of gold, ran great bands Of
sunlight to the zenith and horizon. But
to have the Tai Mahsl as adgure in sun-
set il worth the coming to India to see.
Best OF all We cav the Tai by moonlight
We watched 1t rising among the green
trees OF the Tai Garden. We stood be-
lore it as before the embodied genius OF
Ioveliness. Then could understand why
one OF its admirers, looking at it until al
most lost in wonder, whispered, Dream
in marble"
One hardly likes either to write or read
,tanstics about the TAI, but | must give
you few figures, as some folks will have
he arithmetic OF things, their faculty Of
The beautiful, must use the foot rule and
The tape.
The dome Of the Tai, "shining like an
enchanted castle OF FURNISHED silver" is
feet in diameter, the Tai itself is
.wo bnndred and foFty-fve feet high, and
he golden spire on the summit is thirty
eet more, making height OF two hundred
md seventy five feet from the terrace to
he golden crescent. twas built by Shah
sI4A Tor hIs VIE, Muntaj Mahal; built
It cost Of twenty thousand rupees, by
twenty thousand workmen, laboring for
nearly twenty years. cant recall any
other statistics. Everything about this
nasoleum erected TO q woman's memory
:onspires to add T. its effect upon you
The massive arched gateway Of red stone
Is inlaid with marble. This is great
building itself.
The garden, and such gem from Para
lise tits: The ribband like reservoir OF
Sater stretching bstween marble walks
,haded by graceful cypress tres, rom the
4ntrance 10 the terrace from which the
Enchanted castle OF FURNISHED silver"
rises. The singing birds and The flowers
Immortal fragrance; the sky
and river. yes, and the ruin a1d desola.
ion which one passes through to enter
the enc,UptTU VI tho garden. AT either
end Of the terrace is beautiful red stone
building, lnlaid with marble and topped
with numerous marble cupalos. One OF
these is mosque, the other only an imi-
iation to complete the harmony. From
The platform on which the Tai stands
spring four towers or minarets. They are
the perfection Of grace and beauty. OF
marble, they Nre surm0unted by a Cupola
Of Jeypove marble. By winding stair
you may ascend to their summits.
The Tai is octagonal. Its exterior with
anchor door ways and amazing alCOves,
windows with lattice work Of carved mar.
BILE SO delicate as to be worthy the name
Dt lace in marble or to use home
dyure it uccmed as II the fine weav-
Inss OF the frost on the window panes
had been marbaliSed and made permanent
10 contribute to the beauty Of this mira
clio in marble. Through these delicate
marble lattiCes the light Btrolls in to fill
the dome under which slept a husband
and wife, united in life, iuseparable in
death Side by side in the "dim religious
light" gemed tolnbs, they arc coffin
shaped cases Of marble in wrought with
A wealth OF precious stones made into
vines and flowers, concerning which ] Gan
only write beautiful, wonderful, fabulous.
These two tombs l defy any one to des-
cribe. Such mosaics only Venice or Flor.
euce could have produced. The dome
which overhangs them, the wierd and
enhancing echos which fill 1t when few
soft notes are sung or flute is play
ed one must see aud hear 10 appreciate.
After all one can but feel sad ss he ap.
proach and leaves that beautiful relic Of
former grandeur. You mediate as you
ride away. l have seen the Tel whose
beauty almost humans one. l cav 1t
rising peerless, matchless, solitary in its
Ioyeliness; lis noble dome, its graceful
its chastc and spotless wall, its
windows Of fitted lattice work that seemed
as lacs work in stone, Its gemed arches
and pRYements-onyx, jasper, amythlst,
topaz, pearl. agate, emerald, garnet. From
broad foundation to flashing crescent that
threw bsck the SUMS rays as 1t hung high
over the marble dome, 1t rose as beautiful
as a dream, as delicate as cloud mist, as
lovely AZ picture IRON Tue Delect-
ablo Hills, but 1t stood respleu-
dent amid ruins. 1t rose during
works Of former grandeur. The
Tel stands over against desolatinp and
destruction that comes as q
Whirlwind, Distress, anguish and fear
have yiaitad rs DO Iom OF destruction the
fields that surround it. They look as
though He who sat up on the Heavens
had laughed, the Lord had had them in
derision. He had spoken in His wrath
and yexed in His sore displeasure. He
had broken with rod Of iron and dashed
to pieces like a potter's vessel. He had
laughed ut their calamity and Knocked
when their fear came.
The Tsj rises amid its surrounding desc
latiOns like the Immortal soul Of the re.
deemed from amidst the lost and the
damned. j. s. STONE.
An Imperial RsveI,
Mr.. Labouclrs'J Truth, London, OF. 49,
It seems that the Imperial meeting at
Kremsier, which lasted twenty-fonr hours,
has cost the Austrian Court Treasury up
wards Of 100000. 1t Ia proof OF the NOR