Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-01-25
THE EIFFEL TOWER.
Murst Haistead Considers n . Marvel
al.

Murst HaIstead Considers II . MarveI "A
Artistic work.
The Eiffel Tower is the pride of
France and one OF the wonders of the
world, and | do not agree with those
who do not think IL Is IA structure re-
markable for beauty. The lines OF il
are exquisitely drawn. and that portion
which seems most impressive. the base.
has been very earnestly criticised by
writers with talent for fault-linding.
No more impressive structure was ever
reared by human hands than the tower
up to the first platform. This part
consists OF four gigantic arches. Joined
and sustaining each other. aud the i'm
posing proportions thus far do not re-
late exclusively 70 height. The eleva-
tors which run In two of the four feet
of the tower are OF American design.
and when one looks upon them crawl
ing up the steep places they seem to
move with provoking slowness. but
when one steps on the elevator and
goes up. and especially when one comes
down. the speed seems quite sufficient.
Arrived on the first platform there Is a
great space In which there Is an extern
siye restaurant, and beer and wine are
administered over a large surface. while
the promenades are spacious accom-
modating thousands. From this eleva-
tion one beholds with awe the rise OF
the elevator to the second platform.
There is a ladder in what may be-
termed the shaft of the elevator, and 1t
makes the sensitive shrink to see the
great cage crawling, as II were, upon
this ladder until it reaches the dizzy
height of the second platform. Ii IL
from this that the view Is finest.
The Seine is blue ribbon through tha
heart of Paris. the surrounding hills
are dwaffed. the Arc de Triomphe, the
gilded domes OF the Invalides and OF
the Pantheon, the old cathedral OF No
tire Dame, and even the Trocadero, in
deed all the structures for which Paris
is famous, dwindle into apparent In
Significance. One can see the whole
city and the country round about; and
there is misty horizon that looks dim
and far as II it might comprehend half
dozen OF the provinces OF France.
From this point OF view the elevator
starts that carries one half way OF the
remainder OF the giddy ascent. When
up that far an iron door opens and the
passengers are shifted from one eleva-
tor to another. and then, in due time,
the tip-top platform Is reached. One
can comprehend the comparative elevA-
tion of the platIorms-the second $50
feet in the air. and the one at the top
by remembering that this distance is
greater than the total height Of the
Washington monument The view
from the extreme height did not Inn
press me as equal TO that from the sec
ond platform. There is something al
most awful in the altitude. though there
is sense OF security regarding the
OF the tower. The re-
liability Of the strength that has been
given ii is obvious, and there is no SEN
sation to reasonable person of being
In critical situation. Paris seems
small and the great park--the Bois de
Boulogue. which contains 1l.000 acres
looks like ten acre field, and the
famous forests seem TO be a lot OF gar
den shruhbery. The trains that go
about the country appear rs
though they might be toys manipulated
by children. From every point Of view
''the Eiffel' Is most interesting and
majestic object; aud nothing IL more
striking than the immense beams OF
light cast from the summit upon the
grounds OF the exposition and the IL
uminated fountains in the evening
made TO glow by electric lights through
solored glass that changes like kalei-
ioscope and surprisingly glitters with
al the hnes OF the rainbow-unless it
$ the sudden vision when many miles
lway. approaching Paris, Of the light
IN the top Of the tower. which seems
ike some new and glorious star sud
lenly come in midsummer 70 rival the
'plendors of Jupiter. r.-Cincinnatl Com
nercial Gazette.
Let tho hogs and sheep eat what
sver fallen fruit that can not be-
or evaporated. In this way
. large number OF different pests that
nlure both the trees and fruit will ba
and this will ba much hatfes.