The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-01-25
frrom the Pailadc,phis Teegraph.1
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General A. h NettiesOsA We. II
ia I'm the Far NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. r
Natural Phenomena
l.s,t evening large audience gatneIeu tn
the parish building of the Cbsrch "
Ho,v Apostles to listen to Genera. a. d: Net.
tie,oi,. who delivered the secono iec,MS n
the course before the Wor&hS.he11 y, uo
upon the subjec:-Rou9hs~s IL I" """de''
4dnd. a.,ornt;on ~
..nns and adventures encountered during q
.S-aa~nontbss vacation tramp through O re-
s,;on which Is probably the most Interesting
e.d ,,,yvelteos on the globe7-the geyser re-
I'm ~ the Yellowstone National PARK and
e. ,,;n,uresure 7uou ntain. country adjacent.
The tofar which furnished the materials
<or ,ha ,rctrre involved some 6,600 miles of
,rave, nc railroad, 1900 mites by stage-coach
nd ,nen wagon, ahd'400 on horseback, be.
s;aes not a lille Notwithstanding on foot.
Deciop;ng with glaEce,at life on the plains
through which the Pacific railroad runs, the
,sDeske successfully described lie among the
Normbns of Utah. 'tath in the waters OF
Great SILT LAKE. lin which 1t 10 lmpossloic 10
sinky: views from tie mountain-tops over.
iookine salt Lake Basin the stagc-ride of 500
miles from the Central Pacific ra'road 10 ne
iona Montana Quitting with saddle-borses,
.nsck.muIes, etc., fo1. the tour of the Park
e;hp horseback ride up the Yellowstone; Wis
i,ine the Devils Slide the Mammoth Hot
Spripese 6: Gardner river; trout-nshng IN
the Yellowstone: the screams OF the noun.
tain lions: views Of the cataracts and grand
.canyoa of The Yellowstone; the ascent oil
Hoiynt Wsshburn; running q race with
moup,ain storm; visit to Tower Halls; mud
volcanoes; Yellowstone Lake and Steamboat
. Springs; the Lower Geyser Basin; the Col
,ored Hot -Shripgs near Fire.Hole river; the
Upper Geyser Basin; and views OF Inc va
rious geyscrs in action.
The following passage from the lecture
- gives taste If its flavor and graphically de'
,scribps one of the wonders OF the Park:
"PrGbably the most satisfactory geyser ia
the entire group is that known as Old Faith
. fnsso called from the frequency and per-
feet regularity Of its action. Once in sixty
three minutes, With the promptness and pre-
.cison of taiol's bill, Old Faithful wakes
the echoes with his roaring, and lifts to.
wards the clouds his grand white plume OIL
waters.
o.. "Comfortably settled in camp, you look at
your watch, remark that Old Faithful viii
ago of" in ten minutes. and then walk over
to see how il IS done. You ascend the ter
raced mound, approach the crater, and look
down the well, keeping braced and ready
for sudden retreat in case OF danger. The
surface of the water is out Of sight-down
probably 900 feet-and you see only the
beautiful incrusted walls. The size of the
shaft or tube is FIVE feet by two and half. hou
hear the subterranean waters as they boil, and
gurgle, and plunge beneath sou, and not
caring TO be too inquisitipc, you retire to the
safe distance of fifty feet to watch events.
GIVE minutes before the appointed time
steam begins to issue fropa the crater-con-
stan,iy increasing 10 volume and force The
water rapidly rises to the top OF thecrater,
continues in stateof violent agitation, and
soon solashcs over the rim. A moment more
and the water leaps titteen or twenty feet
into the air, falling back Immediately. The
earth shakes with the struggle of the forces
that are seeking vent. With a great I'M
pulse q column of water the full size Of the
oritice is tilrOEn 10 6 height of fifty feet,
and the spectators shout with excite
ment and Admiration. Before this anass OF
water has time to fall back another 5gnpulse
shoots fresh column seventy feee high;
then impulse followed jmplSe with vast
energy and with such rapidfy as to resemble
continuous seEplosion-the steam rusheS
out and up with roar like q dozen locomo-
tives, the column of water fNe feet ~ diane.
ter shoots from the crater in q constant
stream with iacoDceiVable velocity, rises
tial as marble monument 10 une dizzy
height of one hundred and fty feet, and
there IL stands.
s'Finding that the wind is driving the
steam and spray in the opposite direction,
step with me to within twenty feet of the
crater and LOOK upwards into aR&along tn It
Amazing shaft of water. tits white as foam
whittier than the steam which accompanies it.
Occasionally get darts from thcsummit OF
the column Ike tall sp;re thirty feet be-
You'd the general mass.
q" As the ceHtrul column rs ever.riSing the
water which has gone before aad spent its
force necessarily rolls outward on every side
in the form OF 4 colossal! fountain. then falls
to the earth with tremendous excursions,
and flows off in dozen toSrentstso join the
Fire-IIolc river.
Occasionally great masses Of 'faSing water
are met by portions Of the ascending col.
umn, when both are dashed into splinters
Of foam and spray.
"The rushing steam rises ikea pillar oil
cloud to height of L zoe feet. Sometimes
it envelopes and obscures the column oil
water, but usually it is blown aside by the
breeze.
"On sunny days. land few days az, not sun
ny there rainbows of great brillinncy and
everNarying arches play about the crest oil
NGC IOuhL@fA, = hftAo tuC louCE u
that which seems to me the gran6est phe-
nomenon-;n nature
"After seven inmates of this inc gnficent
display, the column gradually shanens and
subsides--@ith occasional spssms OF rtac-
tion--until at the end of ten inmates the
water has disappeared, and only steam con.
dinues to Gush and roar from tbe.crs:er."
A singular Instance OF Gha&tly
Visitation.
IErom Ehe DaSeGpatt Gazetsel
npa nf ho ytr eof;