Democratic messenger., 1889-09-28

enough TO support whole nations OF in
dustrious population. The work begun
will he consummatcd. Here and there ex.
ceptional lands may be stubborn and re.
fuse to yield any wheat or corn from their
hard fists, hut ifthc hoe fails to make an
impression the miners p ckaxc will dis
cover the reason for II aud bring up from
beneath those unproduciive surfaces coal
and iron and lead and copper and silver
and gold. God speed .hc geologists and
the surveyors. the engineers and the sen.
atorial commissions and the capitalists
and the new settlers and the husbandmen
who pu, their brain and hand and heart
10 this TRANSPORTATION of the American
continent.
woNDEi,s OF THIS CONTINENT.
But while speak Of the immensity Of
the continent, l must remark Il is not an
immcnsity Of monotone or tamcness. The
larger some countries are, the worse for
the world. This continent Is not more
remarkable for its magnitude than for its
wonders of construction. What a pity
the United States Government did not
take possession Of Yosemite, Cal, ms II has
Yellowstone. Wyoming, and Of Niagara
Falls. \. y! Yosemite and the adjoin-
ing California regions Who that has
seen them can think Of them without hav-
Ing his blood tingle. Trees now stand.
ing there that were old when Christ lived.
These monarchs Of foliage rcigned before
Caesar or Alexander. and the next thou.
sand year will not shatter their sccptrc.-
They are the masts Of the continent, their
canvass spread on the winds while the old
ship hears ON lis way through the ages
Their size, Of which travellers often speak,
does not affect me so much as their long.
cviiy. Though 50 old now. the branches
of some of tIUm will cracklc in the last
conilag ration Of the planet.
That Valley OF the Yosemite is eight
miles long and half mile wide and 5000
feet deep. II seems as if il had been the
meaning Of Omnipo,encc to crowd int0
rs small place ms possible some Of the
most stupendous scenery Of the world
Some of the cliffs you do not stop to meas
urc by feet, for they are literally a mile
high. Steep so that neither foot Of man
nor beast ever scaled them. they stand in
everlasting defiance. If Jehovah has q
throne on earth these are It's white pillars
Standing down in this great clasm Of the
.allcy you look up and yondcr is cathe
dral Rock, vast, gloomy minister built fol
the silent worship of the mountains. Yon
der is Sentinel Rock, ?,2.O feet high. bold
solitary standing guard among the ages
its top seldom touched until bride one
Fourth of July mounted II and planted
the national standards, and the people
down in the valley looked up and saw th,
head of the mountain turbaned with stars
and stripes. Yonder are the Three Broth
ers," 1000 feet high" Clouds Rest" NORTH
and South Dome. and heights never
turcd save by the fiery bayo""'
thunder. storm.
No pause for the eye. no ostopl..
for the mind. Mountains hurled on noun
tains. Mountains IN the wake Of noun
tains. Mountains iiankcd by mountains
Mountains split. Mountains ground
Mountains fallen. Mountain triumphant
As though Mont Blanc and the Adiron
,lacks aud Mount Washington were her,
uttcring themselves in one magnificent
chorus Of rock and precipice and waterfall
Sifiing and lashing through the rocks. the
81 thin you can see the face Of the noun
tain behind Il. Yonder Is Yosemite Falls
dropping a,G3i feet. 10 times greater de
seen, than that of Niagara. These water,
dashed to death on the rocks, su that the
white spirit of the slain waters ascending
in robe of mist seeks the heaven. Wonder
is Nevada Falls plunging 200 feet, the
wafer in arrows. the water IN rockets, the
water In pearls, the water in amethysts
the water in diamonds. That cascade
ilings down the rocks enough jewels "a
array NIL the cara in beauty, and rushe.
on unit, il drops into very hel. Of waters
the smoke of their torment ascending for
ever and ever.
YELIowsTOE PARK.
hut the wonderful part of this Ameri-
continent is in the Yellowstone Park. Nv
visit there last month made upon me ar
impression that will last forever Aftel
all, poetry has exhausted itself and all the
Mornns and Blcrstadis and other enchant
ing artists have completed their canvas
there will bc other revelations 10 max,
and other stories of its beauty aud wrath
splendOr aud agony, 10 he recitcd. Til,
Yellowstone Park is the geolOgist's para
disc. by cheapening of travel may il he
come the nations play ground. In som,
portions of il there seems u be the an
archy of the elements Fire and water
and the yapor born Of that marriage, ter
rifle Geyscr cones or hills Ot crystal that
have bcen over 5000 years growing. ln
places the earth. throbbing, sobbing
groaning puaking with aqueous paroNysm
Al the expiration Of every u minutes
one of the geysers tossing It's boiling
water is5 feet in the air aud descending
into swinging rainbows. Cavcrns Of pic
iured walls large enough for the seuplchr,
Of the human race. Formations of ston'
in shape and color of calla llly, Of hello
iropc, of rose, Of cowslip, of sunflowcI
and of gladiola. sulphur ard arsenic ant
oxide % . iron. with their delicate pencils
turning the hills into Luxemburg of I
Vatican piciu,e gallery. The so.calle'
Thanatopsis geyser, exquisite Us the Bry
ant poem Il was named after, and the al
called Evangelinc geyser, lovely as ih'
Longfcllow heroine Il commentaries
The so.called Pulpit Terrace from IL