Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1885-10-06
NEW WONDERS.

the nOrtn yesterday was mt' W. -
Henderson, one of the supern .endents
of the Yellowstone National Park, who
has resided in the park since 1889.
During that period he has made many
valuable researches and discoveries.
His investigations in that portion OF
the park lying in the forks of the Fire
hole River, south Of MarshalTs Hotel,
were especially important The dis
coveries made in the park last year are
considered of especial value aud inl-
portanco, both from their extent and
character. Mr., Henderson, replying
to inquiries, said:
"rho whole OF last November and
tho first half of December was so fine
in the Gcyser basin that a party. con
sistng of myself, Assistant Superinten-
don't w. j. Weimer, and George w,
Marshall, were enabled to make the
most careful search tina, has. ever :. .
MADE III hat regon OF not springs.
spont.ug geySers and mud volcanoes.
What the old guide book designates
as the Lower Geyser Basin contains
over thousand objects of special in
terest, not over three of which have
been named or even noticed. aud at
best the whole was condensed into a
few lines or a single paragraph, and
for the reason that il was both terra
incognita and innominata.
"rho Chemical Basin, Of which there
are three divisions, contains vast bowls
or basins OF decomposed rock. pulver-
lied and in liquid, jelly-like form, u
every shade and color, and 50 hot that
it would b. instant death to any living
thing which had the misfortune to slip
down the oily walls into one of these
seething abysses.
The most remarkable Of these boil.
ing paint bowls / named Lindren's
Garden. in honor of Baron Won Lindren.
of Amsterdam, who, during his visit to
the National Park last October, was the
first to Observe and to sketch the mar
yelous floral form: that rise necessarily
and bloom Il brief moment and then
fade away, TO be succeeded BY never
ending add cver-varying display OF
lies. roses, sunlowers The kaleido-
scope iloral morphology is created on
the surface of thick cream-colored
paint in a bowl tn rty feet in diameter.
Every flower form is well defined and is
never repeated. No waste and no do
lay.
~ his basin lies south of Chemical
Basin and Is even more wonderful,
though in another way. 1t contains
over tbrel hundred miniature noun
tlins. each OF which sends out puils OF
steam. and several of them are active
mud volcanoes One of these opened
at the top Ike the jaws of a bulldog.
and there were five successive erup-
tons OF white lava sent up vertically
ABOUT three feet, when the opening
closed with a snap, after which the
lava slowly tricklcd down the sides OF
the mountain and soon hardened into a
crust like dry putty. Another one
close by had an eruption, sending up
at each discharge, a few seconds apart.
small marble-Shaped balls, most OF
which fell back into tho crater.
"On the west bunk of the Freholo
River an active geyser sent up every fif-
teen or twony minutes volume of boil
ing water about ninety feet high. The
crater 10 tho depth OF thirty feet was
lined with series OF skull-like knobs
ranged in rows as If Il phrenologist had
been collecting cabinet OF craniumS,
There were skulls Of every form and
size. from that Of sn infant to a giants
in size, and from that OF an idiot 10 o
Bacon in form.
NEAR the Skull Geyser and close by
the river is most singular looking
pool containing coarse, black sand.
From some inoxplicable cause this
black sand rises like huge bubble and
falls back, leaving the water for IN in
slant turbid, after which it becomes rs
clear rs crystal. Each succeeding
globe becomes larger until the
seventh, which bursts with report
like the crack of a whip. The looker-on
Instantly makes step backward until
he becomes accustomed to this pugna-
cious manner OF coming to climax.
This gcyscr suggests its own name, the
Conclusion.
About two miles east OF the road
leading past the Fountain Geyser to the
Upper GcySer basin, is tho largest lake
OF boiling winter in the park or in the
world.
"Walpurgis Lake is nearly two miles
long by one in width at the widest
place. The shores are lined with a
black lavat;o scorSo, similar to that
found at Vesuvius. There is at the
head OF this lake powerful gcyser con
tinually In acton. The west side Of
! the cone nearest the lake cleaned like
alabastcr through vast clouds Of vapor
that fillel the basin and foatcd away
into the woods on the northern shoro.
The east side was rs black as ebony
The boiling torrent swept over tho
marble front with periodical dash
and roar that was deafening. II
seemed az il q black demon were do
luging an angel with flood of iniquity,
in spite of which it became purcr and
whittier. 1t was named Mephistophelot
and Marguerite"
In speaking of the popularity Of the
park as a national pleasure resort, Mr.
Henderson predicted that the trave
this year and number of visitors woulC
be more than double that of any pre-
vious season. st. Paat Globe.