Daily Republican., 1889-08-02
A PACIFIC TOUR.

| fui Yellow Stone Park-Portlnnd,
Seattle, the Wonderful Geysers and
| Over 5000 Hot springs-The Doors,
Bears, Beavers. Eagles, 600 Dunaioes,
Etc,
The audience was large and attentive
at Mr.. Pyle's third lecture before the
| young Peoples Association Of St. Paul's
M. e. Church last evening.
From San francisco to Portland, 772
| miles, objects of note included ,"5oda
Springs" mountains, strawberry VAL
ley" and TUNES, OF which on one noun
| tain there were three located one above
the other. Portlend is nice, large, with
vessels In port drawing 16 to IL feet OF
water and three mean botels--so called,
except the million dollar one being
built.
To Tacoma, of 5000 population, 145
miles, where you can see to read at o p.
IN. 1t is the terminus of the Northern
Pacific Il. X. Puget Sound Is beautifui.
Seattle has 10000 people. us burnt
district, gambling and whiskey are q
desolation.
To Llvirgston, some $50 miles, you
near Yellowstone Park, reached thence
| In 5l miles Of railroad from Cincbar,
where stages are taken for five days
tour Of l40 miles, four or five hotels SO
called, and the principal sights and
wonders; the whole costing $40 per pas
eepger.
The mountains are peculiar, particular
| ~ the "Devll's Slide" You look up 200
feet at two ridges OF rock, each SO feet
| wide at the top and $50 feet at the bot
tom, at distance Of 150 feet apart, the
foundation between being of brick color.
Ia d. oh fH.k lR L..
| cult to resist the idea that 1t is masonry
done by the hand of man.
Yellow Stone Park was noticed in 1870
In 1868 gold hunters told more Of It, In
1872 Congress set apart 65x55 miles for a
National Park. A stiip OF two miles Is
in Montana, live miles iu Idaho and the
balance in Wyoming. There are four
ranges of mountains; the North range,
separating the Yellow Stone river from
the Big Horn. is Ii 900 feet high; the
next Is II, $50 feet; the Central lie 10, $40
feet, and the South Red range is 1885
feet.
Yellow Stone Lake is 25x15 miles and
225 feet deep In places. 1t is 7,773 feet
above sea level. Trout abound and
nothing elso. They are not o popular
food, but can be eaten. You can catch
one as coon as your took goes in, then
turn around and 10 feet away dip II In u
natural spring of boiling water and cook
It, although the guide says on account OF
the rarlhed air eggs will not boil hard In
the springs.
The waters ofthe Springs contain lime,
silica, etc., In solution and forms en-
crustat,ors upon cooling. Hence It Is
"hard water" 1t is so hot you cannot
Lold your hand in II.
In this park Is the divide" whence
rise the great rivers that, ON one side,
flow into the Pacific Ocean, and on the
other, into the Mississippi river and Gulf,
iinding their way thus to the Atlantic
Ocean.
The lowest valley Is 5000 feet above
the sea level. "Liberty's Cap" and
"Giants thumb" are two large pillars.
From terrace Of fourteen layers, TAX
ing you 900 feet high, you can see three
square miles of land dotted over with
hot springs, come large, somo small, one
80 feet in diameter.
There are l70 acres OF springs. "Cleo-
patra" is lar 20 and be. ut ful and you can
SEE any color In the water. elephants
Back" is a long ridge, 10 to II feet high,
opened by seam 2 inches wide, contain
ing boiling water the whole length.
"0range Spring" IL Is to ~ feet In di-
smeter and the color Of all orange.
"The DEVILS Kitchen" is some 80 feet |
under ground. Two men, who dared to |
go down, were allowed to return and had
their cigars lighted when they came up.
There is q carriage road Of volcanic
glass The engineer. Col. Morris, In is
melted the glass down and
cooled 1t with water.
Breezes from snow drifts draw on over
coats and wraps.
In the Grand Canyon, hundreds of feet
deep, you pass to the upper falls. You
walk way out, look over the Yellow
Stone river aud see 10 leap over a rock liz
feet high. There Is great snow drift ut
the top OF the falls. Two miles below you
sec the lower falls, 800 feet high.
The horses are sure-.ooted along the
narrow roads. From "Iuspiratlon Point
you look up two or three miles and down
TWO or three miles. The different cuiors
Of the rocks are wonderful. You look
into the eagles nest and see two young
ssplcs.
In the Lower Geyser Basin" you sec
Beavers Lake" There are also bears,
eagles. elks deers ard 900 bulaloes, ali
prOtl cted by law and seemingly know
hey are safe. But bears, If right hungry,
will eat beavers. At Fire Hole River"
you smell the strong fumes OF sulphur.
A natural eruption gives rise to the noise
md name OF "Steamboat" Tine
'Growlcrs" growl all the time, day and !
iiRht, year in and year out, and can be
heard u quarter OF mile distant.
The speaker here gave an amusing
description OF candle lecture, delivered
Until IL o'clock In an adjoining bed room /
II Il shaky frame "hotel' so that he end c
lis wife were kept awake, thoug h both :
red and sleepy. His neighbors vile 9
,roved how "wiie can make b me a U
leayen or hell" {
Devils Half Acre." an inactive geyser,
yaier 80 feet iu diameter 200 feet high. 7
Old Faithful" goes oil for five minutes =
It hour intervals regularly. A spout of =
lot water comes up 2 feet high, then I
Iigher, then lj0 feet high, after which 0
ou walk aloug ard take look down =
he sieamiDg c ater. "Old Giant" and IL
old Giantess" are inactive. There are
l geysers here and over 5000 boiling
prings. "Bee live" geyser goes oil
very to s hours, "Giantess" every II n
sys, $50 feet high, San Mills" blows p
iten, Grand" 10 to IS hours and 200 II
, high, "Castle" 48 houis, "Giant" 4 fl
aya, "Grotlo" 3 timts per dsy. A c,
tile spring bubbled for 20 seconds with d
lteTmlsslons oil exactly 25 seconds.
Mammoth" hot springs, 00 hours.
The lecture was ole hour long. The h,
oung Peoples Association invite their "
lends to u Cape May excursion Friday n.
eek on the Republic. If
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