National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-02-18
FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN.
REV. DIR. J. P. NEwMANs LECTURE.


nIormouisrn - The Duty Of the Govern
mCnt.
Ryland chapel was fillc,l with on Intelligent
and delighted audience lAst evening to hear
descriptive lecture from Rev. DR.. J. P. Newman,
whose subject was "From ocean 10 Ocean"
Dr Newman commenced by saying; cannot
symrathlze with those who delight TO contrast
home and foreign travels to the prejudice Of the
latter. True, America Ia too young TO boast Of
antiquities and Is separated by an ocean from
those scenes and persons so Interesting 10 the
scholar and the tourist. Yet In vastness Of do
main, In the longest fiyera, the highest mount
talns, the biggest trees, the richest mines, the
granhest natural scenery, the United States IL
without rival.
New York 10 Omaha and continued. Hut the
thrilling excitement OF the tour IA now before
the traveller. Entering car he gradually a.
Sherman, the summit OF the Black Hills, s,262
feet above the level Of the sea. From Omaha to
Cheyenne, the base Of the Black Hllls, and dis.
lance OF bl1 miles, the average ascent Il ten
feet to the mile, AMI to the summit Of those hills
thlfty-one AMI q half miles beyond, and the high
est point on the line, u IL q fraction more than
twenty-O ne feet to the mile, which Il not 40
great as the grades on some of the Eastern rOaIls
At North Platte station the road crosses the
river over bridge three thousand feet long. AZ
you advance the valley widens, the hills behind
sInk into the plain tn earth and sky meet In the
far distance. Rising above the black hills IN
glory and grandeur Is seen the snowy range,
Immense, magnificent. and from base 10 summit
covered with snow, q clOudleas sun revealing lts
perfect whlteneas. From laramie to Ogden the
road passes over region Of country dry and
barren, but the traveller IL repaid by the unri-
vailed scenery OF the Sierra Neyadas, and once
across there one IL again In the land Of ciylLa-
ton. The trip from ocean 70 ocean lmpresses
| the traveller with the vastnesa OF our national
| domain and Its mineral and metallic resources.
| There arc nearly n thousand million acres OF
land In these Territories, and In all this vast area
| NAaEA not hn mi nj
white Inhabitants.
Properly speaking, there are three great chains
| OF mountains, presenting TO the behOlder every
variety OF cOndguratlon. The coast range eX-
| tends from Panama to Mount Shasta. Tue Cas-
cade range extends from Mount shasta to Alas
| IA, and attains an altitude Of i4,Ooo feet. one
hundred and nfty miles to the east from the
coast are the slerras proper, a lofty chain OF
mountalns, with an average width o. ninety
miles long and three miles wide, the eye was
| greeted with lowing runs, dashinR cascades,
SS. ncf.1 Mines snd ns eysrssing S or
To the right was the bridal veil, with q fall Of
| 30 feet. Beyond appeared the Cathedral spires.
| To the left was II Captain. Like Mount Sinai, IL
| Is a mount that cannot be touched.
Midway the valley are the Yosemite Falls, the
| glory OF the place. They are ten times higher
S Ss ab se SsTns snG ~ ,ss
| Is the widest imaginable. Al our feet lay the
Emerald Lake, whose soft, placid bosom, tinged
| Win ureen, suggested an Immense euefhll. But
the gem OF all the beauties l. the Mirror Lake.
| Around IT,, In amphltheatric form, are as grand
mountains a. ever were seen by mortal eye.
tinn Of gteat interest 10 theologists- There srp
three theories I. There was an upheayal by a
volcanic force, which lifted these granite walls
TO their present position: =: These rocks were
OF time the bottom OF tho chasm assumed its
present rich soil and beautiful appearance. ..
Sy the action Of water through countless ages,
lust a. the great chasm at Niagara has been
forme'i by the wearing away OF the rocks under
nver.
THE GEYsERs.
The geysers Of SonornA are as curious As they
not unlike those Of Iceland. the latter are on
q grander scale, but In temperature, In mineral
| deposits, In the number and variety OF the
springs, they are not superior. There are not
less Than 200 springs In all, the temperature Of
which ranges from extreme cold to boiling hot
The atmosphere was surchArRed with sulphurous
OdOrs. The ground beneath US was hollow, and
rum6ing sounds greeted Us at every step. The
heat was oppressive. The stencil was awful.
Everywhere we saw mineral deposits Of sui
Ing springs Of white, red and black sulphur;
boiling springs OF Iron, soda and alum. Every
spring had It's noise. Some Kissed and sputtered,
a. when water Is poured upon red hot iron:
others seethed and reared.
Seventy-nye feet from the hotel We came to q
spring Of iron, sulphur and soda with tempera-
ltlIo VI "a hfkINth funTs III hHtnuluH tue tty-
ser Gulch, the FIRST we met was q torpid spring
Of alum. Twenty feet beyond was the "Medl-
Gated Geyser Bath" with a temperature OF s.
degrees, containing ammonia, epson salts, mag
nesia, sulphur aud Iron. Around II lay Crystals
OF epson salts two inches In length. Higher up,
we came 10 spring OF boiling alum aud sui
phur, with temperature OF lbs degrees. Near
Il was one OF black sulphur. As We advanced
over rocks and heated grOnud, enyelOped In
steam, we walked on Thick deposits Of ammonia,
tartaric acid, magnesia, sulphur, salts, alum,
iron, and nitfe. ksinguiar feature o. the gey.
sers Is the proximity OF springs OF different tenn
peratnres and OF different qualities. Here d
Sar sS snS SS o and %S U few 1s'
latter and taken out, is boiled. A hen thrown 10
would he reduced to broth In two minutes.
thrown up height Of niteen feet
Some Of the geysers are very remarkable.
What Ia known as the "Steamboat Geyser" Is an
steam rnshes, sounding IKE a hlgh-pressure
seyen-hOller boat blowing on steam The old
guide had placed long iron whistle so that the
mSnt Il sssadej ike q locomotive w6istllnS 10
clear the track. The people OF California have q
fancy TO eau eertaia curious things aztec ~
Satanic majesty, Between ogden and Hacra-
mento there T. the "peylrs Slide" and the
"Devlls Bridge" hence was not surprised Ia
Ind the "Deyll's Punch Bowl" over seven feet
In diameter, and OF unknown depth. The con-
INK and iS are used as ordinary Writing. dud
NVtI Hhullnk IuI WINE III u botlltt lnlCk,
black sediment Ia formed, Upon paper or cloth
the liquid Is indellble. A the caldron IL Of IN
known depth, and ever full TO OVERCOMING, large
quantities might be exported II Is ink mixed
by the hand OF nature. The temperature Is l9'
degrees Fahrenheit, Near u Is a spring so acid
that, with little sugar mixed with the water
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