Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1889 — THE EIFFEL TOWER. [ARTICLE]

THE EIFFEL TOWER.

How tbe Tallest Artificial Structure on Earth Looks To-Day. Voeaiciie Zeitung. The monstrons tower designed by engineer Eiffel for the Paris Exposition hah three stories or divisions. The first story is sixty metres high (a metre is equal to thirty nine inches) and rests on the arches which join the four tion columns that carry upon them the entire weight of the huge tower. "”T"“ The tower has four distinct sections Each wing is provided with a refreshment saloon that may" be reached by winding staircases under the foundation piers. Notwithstanding the center of the space has been set apart for the elevator, there still remains 4,200 square metres of floor room for the accommodation of visitors who may desire to promenade and enjoy a view of the city from that height. The apartments are very roomy, and precautions have been taken to insure the visitors against all possibility of accident. An iron railing about four feet high, with an arched roof to exclude the intense rays of the sun, surrounds the extreme edge of the platform, as It may be called, which has been reserved as a promenade for those who desire to walkabout. The requirements for the comfort of the inner man, too, have not been forgotten. Kitchens, store rooms, ice chests and the like have been fitted up in the most handy mantfer imaginable, so that there is little occasion to fear that the supply of stimulating refresh cents

"Will gtve 6ut7"even in the days when such lodgings in the hotels and private houses will not be obtainable for love er money. Each one of the four cases is provided with a cellar capable of storing 200 tons of wine. Everything about the structure is absolutely fire-proof, for iron is the only material that has been used in its construction. Two thousand persons per hour can ascend and descend the stair cases leading to the platform, and 4,000 can find seats to rest upon in the cases at one t ime.

The second story, which is sixty meters above the first one, is also reached by four stair-cases built inside of the supporting columns, which make a sharp inward curve, leaving but 1,400 square meters of surface for the promenade. Here, too, in the commodious and handsomely decorated case, the thirsty and tired sightseer may find something mage potent than Seine water to recuperate his strength. This story is 91 metres above the tip of the Notre Dame steeple, and higher than the tower of the palace of the Trocadero. on the other side of the river, and, as many easily be imagined, the view of the surrounding ' country to be had from such an altitude is almost indescribable. From here on the Columns of the tower fall in toward each other until .they ascend a distance of 275 metres above the ground, where the third and last story is situated. Only one staircase leads to the third story, which is for the exclusive use of the personS'employed in the tower, and all visitors are expected to use the elevators, two in number,to reach that point. The platform is 18 metres square, still large enough to erect thereon a com-fortably-sized dwelling. The view here is simply superb. The story is equipped with reflecting mirrors and a large supply of field glasses for those who wish to use them. It has been estimated that the ordinary eve ; can discern objectß seventy mile!' away. The tower terminates in what is known as the lantern, 25 metres above the third section, bnt this place has been set aside for the use of the scientists for making observations.

The Moral of Insurance. United States Review. How many persons who have been solicited by insurance agents during the first quarter of 1889 to insure their lives, and who answered that they would do so later on, are now in their graves and their families toiling from early morning to midnight in order to earn a living? If a correct answer to the above question could be obtained and all the facts pertaining to each case put together in a leaflet, we venture to assert that ninety-nine out of every hundred intelligent men who read the document would be anxious to talk with the agent of a reputable company in regard to placing from SI,OOO to s<>,ooo, and perhaps more, of insurance on their lives for the protection of their wives and little ones. Moral. Never put off till to-morrow that which you are duty bound to do to-day—insure your life.

itlve Tbew Omul Boat*: N. Y. Wor:d. History records that when the British man-of-war Gloric© waa about to sink offtheCapeof Good Hope the ship’s band stood on deck and played “God save the King.” It maybe that Admiral Kimberly remembered this when he Ordered the band of the Trenton to play the “Star Spangled Banner” as the gallant flagship was fighting vainly against wind and waves in the harbor of Apia. But whatever may have been his incentive Admiral Kimberly showed himself a hero and a patriot by this romantid deed. So long as the glory of the flag rt intrusted to such men as Kimberly ana hfs saildrs, America need not worry about her fame on the salt seas. Do not such men deserve warships worthy of their manhood?