The Indiana State sentinel., 1883-08-29

Lie sea tnat ls laoorinS the birth OF sea-
ITO what base uses we may return. said II lu-
| let. SO think Old Faithful may mutter F0r
the great excitement attendant upon her upton
! is the throwing OF clothing into her throat If
taken at the food" all linen or cotton cloth
Ing Is returned clean. But II pus in too soon Is
drawn down into the tube. ground around, torn
and hudled up IN barely recogniz ,ble pieces
Mhs. causes these geysersY Su oterranean hres
ter. The hot springs. OF which there are tnOus
aDds, are on their way 70 become geysers. Tlese
hotspIines hold In solution siica slowly built
for tn selves tubes That Of the Giant of Iceland
Is seventyf0uT feet II is this tube that msks m
geyseTs The water lies in II nearly AZ the boiling
point. An accession OF heat or lifting OF tue vol
ume of water where the boiling
point is touched, causes steam which
air. M il cools it for moment or for long tim
until the steam forms again The exDsr: N cots of
BunSen first gave an explanation TO the oh >.
motion beautifully shows 1t forth AS geyser
builds its own body so IL builds is owa
tePnuehee; &c. cGla M and White ths cones oI ex
the tube was 80 long that the steam could no
longer lift the water column. Then the little
atoms Of silica slowly but inexorably built In the
geyser as in a living tomb. Its own hands COZ
stTuct its tomb. Until at last Ike the Liberty
Csp,' at the Mammoth Springs, IL Is dead geysef,
the beautiful hot springs, OF which there are
thousands, should not be forgotten. The green
~ ned bsiDs whe4e the sinTes Is m
minute pools taking I'm their grouping the form 1f
sheLs-these make US Hnger long beside mem.
THE FALLS OF THE YELLOWSTONE
The Yellowstone Park cOntsins among its won
ders not only the springs aud geyssfs but beauty
original explorers made their way mp the Yellow
stone. and had seen ifs can0r and falls, had Law
ished thereon their admiration before the gsgsers
had been visited.
The route 10 the falls may be made by going to
an around Yellowstone lske or by returning TO the
forks OF the FiTeh0le and then crossing the divide,
There is no read to the Yellowstone Lake other
than pony trail, and there are as yet no acc I'M
mOdstions BY next year this lake VIII be ope ned
up 20 tourists and what is claimed 10 be the most
beautiful body of water In the world can then be
visited. 1t lies at height of 1873 feet, in shape
orted. And there we had to leave it, returning
down the valleys Of The FiIehole 70 where the road
turned east; AT the top OF the divide is Marys
Lake, and there were two swans.
1.-THE swans on sweet ST. Msry's Lake
Float double, swan and shsdow."
on the eastern side of the divide the road lies
along Alum Creek, then through besutiful val.
ley called Hsydens Valley, whSse region is full OF
hot spTiDs, sulphur, alum and ochre We pass by
sulphur Mountain, where two hills. each $50 feet
high 0 stsId up white and yellow above
very pure. and the curious speclm IN
hunters brought away the yellow ninersl in pure
boiling sulphur spring. 301TO feet, throws is
waters several feet into the air.
The Yellowstone River which here comes into
sight, gives sign of its future troublsd history
Quiet and smooth il glides through grassy mead
Ows. But an immense mountain range gathers -
oppose lis northWaTd course aud soon it narrows
iis flood. The mountain sides draw near together,
the stream rushes over rocks and ledges, and final
not over so feet apart it hurls itself liz feet the
Upper Fall. At the gorge Just above these falls
The tents of the hotel axe pitched muca the same
as at & C'eyser Basin. For many miles the river
las cut its way through the mOunt2ins forming
the GrsDd Canon Of The Yellowstone the pic
lures Of Tnomss Moran Of this region were
Of Their extraVsgsnt colcTiuP. But the visitor
easily yeriiies the artist After the Upper Fall the
river Iushes through the wild caDOn. whose sides
quarter mile balOw. Here the walls contrac:
sgain by shutlingin ledges of tr0chyle to about
fifty feet and theL falls 3T0 feet. 1t disappears in
A CLOUD or Spray
and wster dust, finally reappearihg as a green
thread OF water far below, seemingly thirty feet
in width. The descent 10 the top OF the fall from
sre said to be about 500 rising around the fall
ike an amphitheator. Below for miles are the
PAINTED ellis No disciple of modern art, whose
put as much variety OF color plaque oa
panel SIS nature has placed upon these canon sides
She has Tun riot in coloIing. lcllogs, broTns,
white, red, green, bronze, intermixed and iuter-
mingled. The trail runs along the edge of the
canon for nearly four miles. aud for this entire
tion. AS the canon winds here and there the jut-
ting peaks Afford points OF outlook. We peer over
the edge and es the river below green with white
foam. Throw stone and it is long before you
catch sight OF ii bounding along In great heaps
over what seems plateau and finally ieapinS into
the river. fish hawks nest thouand feet b.
low stands four feet high, built OF sticks. The
hawks themselves, with shIill whistle, wing their
way in slow circles highe and higher. Each point
shows new stnoy-some symphony in colOrs,
browns. yellows.
reEion s""''o Mss once .hN' lake ihs These These
voCances burst forth, m.nglirg this
dust ard ashes with the sedimentary deposits 10
form ti eecia or conglomerate Then the whole
cCUutTy was elevated. aud the rapidly forming
waters. rushing oct ihrorgh the g'te, cut their
v6y through the soft breccie until stopped By the
lower ledges OF the Tower Falls
Wonderful IS sre the geyseIs to see the falls are
move 50. They ere alive. 1t Is impressive. this
constant flow, never ending aud always descend
ing"
Here we spent dsy and then the party broke
Wsshburn and Tower Falls to the spriogs, the
wseon party TO return via the Norris Basin
o AS Sc ore OF dhe hoTSemes my way led up the val
seTes; solid masses Of color. The Luplne, Lsrk
spur, in blue; the Painted Cup 10 VARIED shades OF
red; the cream colored Columbine; the bright yel.
delight. The services OF our botsnist. Professor
Brsyton. Were in constant reQuisluon. As we rose
higher, one after another Of The flowers disappear
ed, or remained In changed color until, on the top
Of Mount WaShbuIn, the Yellowstone crop aud
awhile phlox. or mountain pink, alone kept US
From the top OF Mount washburn
THE WHOLE COUNTRY
can be studied in its conigurations To the south.
west the Yellowstone Lake. and We have the sis
lire of the river on the dark line OF the canon
the foot OF the mountain. All me g'eat peaks
were once volcanic ers The snow lies on the
sheltered side. The rocks are bare of tree
shrub. From the mountain we descend along the
pony trail through succession of beautiful peaks
rich In the suceulent buffalo grass, t1 Tower
Falls Tower Creeks joins the Yellowstone. pour-
ing over a fall l32 feet in a gorge So dark
that the sun hardly enters H. Here there is such
trout fishing ssno river but the Nipeg0r ed rails
standing by an eddy and casting hy," landed
trout never less than pound and risiu. TO two
and one-half pounds In two hours had string
of seven and oue-half pounds. IL is q river which
gentle angler woulC never forget. IL lmes cut
of the canon about 800 feet wide. 1t toSses its
white foam high into the ale. On the sides OF IL
rite the bassltc cliffs, lava curling under water,
on hexagonal forms, on which sedimeniary rocks
are imposed. The soft breccia crumbles. aud
makes n talus at the base. Within the eddies
zee the great fish swim. As trail the fly they
rise with quick leap and the thrill passes through
lire and 1.-THE bamboo tn hand and heart.
Let no one complain a. this divergence
from rRtures scenes TO sp0rtsnan's
zest. 1t Is what is called a ground
hog case" 1t means supper At "Yoreey's" :"
where we are to sleep there will be little bur pork
and trout Thirty hungry men viii be there.
And as q fact, the twenty pounds OF trout which
we catch will just fit in, for the proprietor hearing
tourists coming for him, and, taking his grub
stake goes of.
From Jacks Bridge. where we spend the night,
to the Mammoth Springs is about twenty miles.
We pa through the grassy plate aus of Black Tail
Deer Creek. 1t is Sunday morning, day OF won
derful beauty One of the party re ads al 1ud from
Emerson's poems, than which no better word OF