Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-09-22
ence Of TIE EVENING STAR.

Correspondence Of THE EVENING STAR.
HELENA. Sept. 8. 80
1 left Helena Monday morning for the Park,
and at O'Clock that same evening we took din
ner at the Mammoth Hot Springs hotel Ma
tional park. The hotel is 600 feet long,
with wings 400 feet long, furnished
in the most modern style, lighted by cleo
tricity. The springs cover an area of about
three miles. The action OF the water with the
various minerals composing it, have formed
white crust that lays In terraces one
above the other fourteen terraces in alD to the
height Of about one thousand feet. forming in
these terraces, fountains lakes OF every color
and form oil boiling and seething so that it is
impossible to put the tips OF your fingers in them
without being scalded. But as regards the
action of water-the most imcomprehensible,
mighty and awful are the geysers, spouting up
their boiling water, from to $50 feet In the air.
The eruptions are irregular. with the
exception Of ''Old Faithful which goes Off
every hour, and they can tell to minute when
spOuts It's feet. The ''Giantess," the most stu
pendOus of all, is fitful, sometimes as long as
sixteen days intervening between its erup-
tions and the pool during this interim is very
quiet-only bubble in the center to indicate
its boiling heat. The water is sapphire blue; it
spOuts $50 feet in the air, and is accompanied by
subterranean tremors and rumblngs which are
terrible to hear, and the air is filled with sui
and spray accompanying these eruptons that it
seems as if the whole surrounding earth would
be swallowed up.
must mention third, the "Bee Hive," that
also lies dormant for days and weeks; by it's
side. yard distant is small, spOuting geyser,
that is also quiet till about half an hour before
the eruption OF the 'Bee Hives" then it begins
as sort OF preliminary vent for the eruption OF
the geyser; it is called the indicator and is never
known to fail. These three are the largest gey
in fhn avid fNrk ,nfn
enough to see them all in action. There are
hundreds Of others in this vicinity (any one of
which is marveD. and the earth ia full OF rum
bling, gurgling sounds, and In some places the
earth Is SO hot we cannot walk over 1t. l feel
that some day, remote or near, the whole
earth In the vicinity for miles around will
be swallowed up Ingersoll and Beecher would
almost change their theories to visit the gey-
sers. Then there are the falls and grand canon
OF the Yellowstone. The falls are 312 feet The
canon reveals the most varied and astonishing
groups of crags and rocks of the most brilliant
tints. all blending beautifully with the ravines
between, filled with pine trees. which serve as
background to bring out these varied
tInts in bold relief. Sometimes these
rocky sides are perpendcular-at the foot
ofthisyawning chasm flows the Yellowstone river,
which is a bright green water, tearing, foam
ing and fretting along between these bright Cliffs
till the water churns itself into creamy foam,
carrying its burdens to the great Gulf of Mexico.
used to think Thomas Moran had exaggerated
the colors but find he has not even intensified
them. Really, this is beggary description,
but language fails me, for l find things so much
grander and greater than ,cords, that cannot
express that which don't like to Suppress but
form. beauty, color. height and depth, and
grandeur in every variety is shut up in this
wonderful box of 60 miles square, I am so
thankful it belongs to the United States 1t was
the wisest thing that Congress ever did to set
that spot apart.
We met the Rufus Hatch party, eighty in num-
Der, among them lords and ladies, dukes and
duchesses. and great many of the mobility
There were about 1900 people in the Park,
nearly half of them English and all agreed that
1t was more wonderful than anything they had
ever seen. We did not see the President or his
party-missed them by six hOurs-but they took
trails through the Park and avoided the fire.
quented roads on account of the great amount
of travel He will have to go through process
OF bleaching to make himaelf presentable to
Washington society. His administration seems
to be growing more popular all the time. A.