Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-09-29

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basins will be made To catch the sur.
plus of waters in times of frcshet and
keep them for times of drought. The
irrigating process by which all heard
lands between the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans are TO be fcrtilizcd is no new
experiment 1t has been going on sue
ceSsfully hundreds of years. in Spain.
in China. in India, in Russia, in Egypt
About eight hundred million of pco
pie of the earth today ARE kept alive
by food raised OF irrigated land. And
here we have allowed 10 he waste,
! given up % .altIcsnuke and bat aud
prairie dog, lands enough To support
whole nations of industrious popula
ton. The work begun will he comsum
mated Here and there exceptional
lands may be stubborn and refuse to
! yield any wheat or corn from their
hard fists. but if the whole fail TO
make an impression the miners pick.
aX will discover the reason for it and
bring up from beneath those unprO.
ductive surfaces coal and iron ana
lead and copper and silver aud gold.
God speed the biologists aud the sur.
veyors, the engineers and the senate.
rial commissions and the capitalists
and the new settlers and the husband
Imcu who put their brain and hand
and heart TO this TRANSFORMATION OF
the American continent
A WONDERFUL CocNTHy.
But while | speak of the immcnsitr
7 Of the continent. must remark it Is
not an Humousity oi mouulDnc on
tamon'sF Tie larger some countrie,
arc, iu.e wDa-r for the world. This
continent is moi more remarkable for
ils magnitude than for us wonders Of
construction What 81 Uay the United
Sta,r government did not take pos
session. ~ lu7nuito, California, as il
( has D. Yellowstone. Wyoming, and 81
Niagara Falls New York; Yosemite
and the adjoining California regions
Who that has scgn them can think of
them without having ls blood lin
gle: Trees nUw standing there ',,lt
were old wbCU Christ lived. TH,sg
mnuarc5ls OF FOLIAGE rsi-Hcd U lore
Cgn-gr a. Alexander aud the ucxt
Thousand yaus will not SKATER their
sccpt"r They arse tle MAST, of tup
continent, Igir canvas spread on tie
winds while hcu.d ship bears on IL,
way through the ages. Their size, o..
which travellers olu-u sneak. doe, moi
affect me ST much as tI,iT longevity.
Though SD old now, the branches of
some of t.u1u will crgcflr il the l|-'
coullgg@l.Ju O. the plaU-t
Thai yligy OF the Yosemite is eight
miles bong and 81 iIaif riiu wide and
three usuU-.ui lunt t.ou l's.gus an
IL ID lal been I.ar mr. amino uI Nwaipu
tcuoa ,p crowd iuiD &c. p place
rs pos iDie some az tire .a. fbIVru.
dOu- scenery 81 tic WBI.. ,Ite Ol
the ellis sou Do not Stop 'n measure
by feet, Tor they arc literally @ mills
high. SaCp So tuat l.n.r loot Ol
man nor ugtsl ever scaled i'lou, They
stand IN everlasting defiance. Ii Je.
hOvih has throne oCcarth these arc
It's white pillars. Standing down IN
this great chasm or the valley YOU
look up and yondgT is Cihcdrl. RCck,
vast, gloomy minister built for the 81.
lent worship Of tie mountains. You-
der is Sentinel Rock, 3ZO feet high,
bold, solitary. standing guard AMONG
the ages. It's top seldom touched una.
a bri6o one Fourth Of July mounted
IL aud planted the national Slaul rl.
and the people down IN lao valley
,UUEci Up and stw TIM bead of TIC
mountain tG, aAcl with -yags au'
stripe, Wonder are tlg Three Bro
theirs, fur 'lDua8l feet hi.lI.
Clouds l. N1sLU. uul SOUL.
Dome aud A-.-.l.E never captured 80
~ tEe Tary hgyDuUls az tua thunder
st1ral
80 pause .ar the eve. ub stopping
place iur t4e mind Mountains hurl, d
ON mountains Mouni.iusin the wake
81 mountains. Mountains i.lukgl by
mountains Mountains split. Noun.
iIius gIpand. Mountains fallen.
Mountains triumphant rs though
Mont Blanc and the Adirondack
and Mount Washington were hero
uttcriug themselves in onc mgguili.
cent chorus Of rock and prccipice and
waterfall. Sitting aud dashing
through the rocks, the watCa comes
down. The Bridal Veil falls, so thin
you can see tho face of tho mountain
behind il. Wonder Is Yosemite falls,
dropping 2,G3I feet, sixteen times
greater descent than thaC Of Niagara.
These waters dashed 10 death on the
rocks, 50 that the white spirit Of the
slain waters ascending in robe of mist
seeks the heaven. YOndcr is Nevada
falls ~plunging seven hundred feet, the
water in arrows, the water in rockets,
the water in pearls, the water ia anne.
thysts, the water in diamonds. That
cascade filings down the rocks enough
jewels 10 array all thecarth in beauty,
and rusles on until it drops into a
very hell Of waters, the smoked Of their
torment ascending forever and ever.
AN IMPRESSION THAT WILL LAST FOR.
EVER.
But the most wonderful part Of this
American continent is the Yellow
stone park. My visit there last month
made upon me an impression that will
last forever. After nil poetry has ex.
hausted itself and all the Morans and
Bierstadts and the other enchanting
artists have completed their canvas.
there will beothcr revelations 10 make
and other stories q. its beauty and
wrath, splopdDr and agony, TO be- re.
cited. Tie Yellowstone park is u Ceul-
ogist's paldi6e. By chcapcning OF
travel na Il become the nation play
grOundl IN some portions of il there