West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-10-03

Mont Blanc and tho Adirondachs and
Mount Washington were here uttering
themselves in n magnificent chorus
OF ock and preciPice and waterfall,
water comes down. The Bridal Veil
Falls 30 thin you can see the face
OF the mountain behind Yonder is Yose-
Simss g Fslis d SseS1tIn e6ha2 Scs shatt eesf Nk fssSsgs
These waters dashed TO death on the rocks.
so that the white spirit OF the slain waters
ascending IN robe Of mist seeks the heaven.
Wonder is Nevada falls, ~plunging seven hun.
dred feet, the water In arrows. the water in
rockets the water In pearls tho water In
nmethysts, tho water I'm diamonds That
cascade filings down the rocks enough Jewell
70 array all the earth In beauty, and rushet
on untn &c drops into a very nell or winters
the smoke OF their tormen amending forever
and ever.
But tho most wonderful part OF this Amer
lean continent is tho Yellowstone Park. Nv
visit there last month made upon me an Inn
preston that viii last forever. After al
poetry has exhausted itself. and ali m,
Morans and BierstAdts and the other enchant
ing arti5ts have completed their canvas
there will be other revelations TO make AMI
other stories Of its beauty and wrath
The Yellowstone Park Is tho reoI
ogists paradise Nv e6eapenin1 %
travel may ~ become the nations plav
groundl In some portions OF II tbere scenii
W Oe tit duuTCnY OF Ino elclnGntS. IIrQ and
water, and the vepof born of that marriage
terrific ueyser cones or hills OF crystal thai
nave been over five thousand years efowinQ
IN places the, earth, ~throbbIng, sobb,ng
groaninel fuAking with aqueous roxysm
az the expiration OF every sixty-ive min
utes one or the geysers tossing its boiling
water 1s5 feet in the air and then d~escsndin2
into swinging rainbows. Governs Of pictured
walls large enough FOR the sepulcher OF the
human reee. Formations Of stone in shape
ana color OF calla lily, of heliotrope Of fose,
OF cowslip, OF sunfower and Of gladiola.
sulphur and arsenic and oxide of iron. with
their delicate pencils, turning the bills intd
a Luxembourg or n vatican picture
gallery. n so-called Thanatopsis
geyscr, exquisite as the Bryant poem IL wa,
nemed after, and the so called Evan0elins
geyser, lovely as the Longfellow heroine II
commemorate The so called Pulnit Tay.
race from It's white elevation preachins
mlghtier ermons OF God than hdnan lip,
ever uttered. Tho so called Bethesda gey.
ser, by the warmth of which invalids have
uready been cured. the Angel of Health con-
tinually stirring the waters. Enraged era.
teri, with heat at five hundred degrees only a
little below the surface.
wide reaches Of stone uf interminqled
colors, blue ne the sky, green as the foli9oe
crimson as the dahlia, white as the snow,
spotted as the leopard, tawny as the lion
grizzly as the bear, in circles, in angles. in
SoItS IN coronets in stalacites, IN stalag
-@NAo AAAh AAtAo NJ INENFlNlE1 IkNT
or the dead treeS aid vegetation OF Other
ages kept through a process of natural EN-
balmr1ent. In some placer waters Rs inno
cent and smiling as q child Taaking a first at.
SempS 10 walk from It's mothers lap, and moi
Iaf OF as foaming and frenzied and unodv,
ernable as a maniac IN %mrrdsrous STRUGGLE
with his keepers. Use"
But after you have wandered along tb.
geyserlte enchantment for days and beTin te
feel that there can be nothing mora ~ in.
UeFeSJ To see won SuHdanIy cn,na $50. -
Peroratlon OF ell majesty and grandeur. tina
Grand canyon. IL is here that RI ssenis n m.
and speak II with reverence-Jebovah
seems 70 nave surpassed Himself. 1t seem.
eternities. Here, hung ip and Iet
down and spread abroad, are ali tb.
colofs OF land and sea and sky. Upholstar.
ing OF the Lord God Almighty. Best work
or the Architect OF worlds. Sculpturing bv
tne lnnnlte; Masonry by an omhipotent
unless you saw it there. Redl You never
"a" red unless you saw it there. Vidleti
nou never saw violet unless YOU saw il there
triumphant BANNERS of color. In a cathe.
L ~ DasaIt, sunrise and sunset married
Dy the setting Of rainbow ring.
1othlc arches, Corinthian CAPITALS and
egyptian basllicas build before human archi
lecture was born. Huge Qualifications OF
gTanlte constructed before war forged its
first cannon. Gibraltars and SebaStonoIs
mat never can be taken. Alhambras vvba,,
kings or strength and queens of beaut,
Telgned long before the first earthly crown
was empearled, Thrones on which no ons
DuI ths hing OF heaven and earth ever sat
rouhI OF waters at which the lesser hills arr
baptized while the giant cliffs stand round =,
sponsors. For thousands OF wears be
Iore that scene was unveiled 10 human
slght the elements were busy. and tho gev.
sers were hewing away with their hot chisel
ana glaciers were pounding with their cold
hammers, and hurricanes were rleavino wifi,
thelr lightning strokes, and hailstones GIVING
the hnlshtng touches. and after all these force,
OF nature had done their best, in our century
ene curtain dropped and the world had anew
9nu dlVlnely inspired revelation, the Old
testament written on papyrus the Nevq
deSIainent written on parchment, and now
TINS last Testament written on the rocks.
Hanging over one of tho cliffs / looked OF
unt! couldnot getmy breath, then retreat.
ing 10 a less exposed place I looked down
again. Down there in n pillar of rock that
IN certain conditions Of the atmosphere looks
IKE a pillar of blood. Yonder are 6ftv feet
OF emerald on a base Of five hundred feet pf
opal. Wall Of chalk resting ON DedestoIs ~
beryl. Turrets Uf light tumblinp ON floors
Oh darkness. The brown Frightening into
golden. Snow of crystal melting into fire ~
S~aFnnncle. Flaming red cooling into russet
GoId blue warming into saffron. Dull graz
NHuHnE INTO solferino. Morning t~wiiight
cushing midnight shadows. Auroras crouch
ing among rocks.
H0nder is AN eagles nest on n shaft Of
6asalt. Through an eyeglass we see il among
me young eagles, but the stoutest arm Of ouT
cannOt hurl a stone near enough to
nlsturo the feathered domesticity. Wonder
are heights that would be chilled with bor.
ror but for the warm robe Of forest foliage
WITH which they are enwrapped. Affairs 81
Worship at which nations might kneeI.
JONES OF cholcedony on temples OF nor.
phyry. Sec all this carnage of color mn and
the cliffs; IL must have been the lat.
te field Of the war Of the elements
Here are all the colOrs Of the wall 81
heaven, neither the sapphire nor the
chrysohte nor the topaz nor tho
l%ascinth. nor the amethyst nor the iasper
nor the twelve gates Of twelve pearls want.
ing III spirits bound from earth 10 heaven
could passup b. way Of this canyon. the dashof
heavenly beauty would not be so uverpower.
ing. 1t would only b. from glory to glory /
ascent through such earthly scenery I'm
which the crystal is so bright and the red 30
naming would be ft preparation for To-
sea OF glass mingled with fire.
Standing there in the Grand canvcn 81
the Yellowstone Park on the morning of
August ., for the most part we held our
peace, but after "a while it flashed nu,u fnn
with such power j could not help but cav 10
my comrades "What n Hall this vouid b.
Ior me last Judgment" See that mighty