Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-07
THE EiFFEL TOWER.
Murst Haistsad Considers II n Marve
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Artistic work.
The Eiffel Tower IL the pride OF
France and one Of the wonders OF the
world, and do not agree with those
who do not think II is structure re.
markable for beauty. The lines of IL
are exquistely drawn. and that portion
which seems most impressive, the base.
has been very earnestly criticised by
writers with a talent for fault-inding.
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, and tho i'm.
posing proportions thus far do not re-
late exclusively to height. The eeva.
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
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Arrived on the first platform there is
great space In which there il an extern
sive restaurant, and beer and wine are
administered over IA large surface, while
the promenades are spacious. accom-
modating thousands. From this eleva
ton one beholds with awe the rise of
the elevator 10 the second platform.
There Is ladder In what may be
termed the shaft OF the elevator. aud il
makes the sensitive shrink 10 see the
great cage crawling, rs 1t were, upon
this ladder until IL reaches the dizzy
height OF the second platform. II is
from this that the view is finest
The Seine is blue ribbon through tho
heart Of Paris, the surrounding hills
are dwarfed, the Arc de Triomphe, the
gilded domes OF the lnvalides and OF
the Pantheon, the old cathedral of No.
tire Dame, aud 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 US II 1t might comprehend half
adoeen 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 them in due time,
the tip-top platform is reached. One
can comprehend the comparative eleva.
ton OF the platforms--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 i'm.
press me rs equal TO that from the sec
ond platform. There is something al
most awful in the altitude, though there
~ u sense of security regarding the
construction of the tower The re-
liability of the strength that has been
given 1t is obvious, aud there is no sen
sation to reasonable person of being
IN critical situation. Paris seems
small and the great park---the Bots de
boulogue, which contains li.OOO acres
looks like a ten acre field, and the
famous forests seem 10 be lot of gar
den shrubbery. The trains that go
crawling about the country appear as
though they might be toys manipulated
by children. From every point of view
1.-THE Eifel' is most interesting aud
majestic object; aud nothing is more
striking than the immense beams of
light cast from the summit upon the
grounds OF the exposition and the IL
Illuminated fountains in the evening
made to glow by electric lights through
eolored glass that changes like kalei-
doscope and surprisingly glitters with
all the hues OF the rainbow unless il
is the sudden vision whom many miles
away. approaching Paris, of the light
ON the top Of the tower, which seems
like some new and glorious star sud
denly come Ia midsummer To rival the
splendors OF Jupiter. - Cincinnati Com
mercial Gazette.