The Penn's Grove record., 1889-10-05

Mountains fianked by mountains Stoth.
split. Mountains ground. Mountaans
fallen. Mountains triumph.nt .sS
Mont Blanc and the -
Mount Washington were aele chora,s
Of. rock and precipios and wateI1sn.
Sitting and dasbfng through the rocks tns
vater comes down. The Bridal Ven
Falls. 30 thin you can sec inc 49,
of the mountain behind. Yonder Is xose
mite Falls, dropping 1884 feet n1seen
times greater descent than that OF Niaga,a
These waters dashed to death on the rocxs,
SO that the white spirit Of the sisin 49,
Yonder Il Nevada falls plunging. seven hun
dred fest, the water in arrowA the vac ~ -
rockets, the water in pearls the wafer ~
amethysts. thu water In diamonds: Ina.
cascade flirQs down the rocks enough 1ewels
to array Al the earth in beauty, md rasnes
on until 1t drops into a very hell of waters.
the smoke Of their torment ascending forever
and ever. -
lean continent d the Yellowstone Park. MY
visit thsre last month made upon me an I'm,
preston that win last forever. AFTER AZ
poetrv has exhausted itself, and all thf
Norsns and Bierstadts and the other snchant'
ing artists nave completed their canvas
there win be other revelations to make ano
other stories Of it, beauty q wrath
splendor and agony, to be recited
fhe Ydlowstone Park is the geol,
ogist's paradise By cheapening o.
travel may it become the nations play.
erouudI In soma portions OF it there seems
to be the anarchy Of the elements. Fire and
water, and the vapor born Of that marriage,
terrific. Geyser cones or bills OF crystal tnat
nave been over five thousand years growing.
In places the earth, throbbing, sobbing,
groaning, quaking with aqueous paroxysm.
At the expiration Of every sixty-hvs min
utes one Of the eeysers tossing it, boiling
water 1856 fest in the air and then descending
into swinging rainbows. Caverns Of psctureq
walls large enough for the sepulcher OF tne
human race. Formations OF stone In shape
and color Of Gala lily, of heliotrope, Of rose.
of cowslip, Of 5sunfiower and Of giadioia-
Sulphur and arsenic and oxide OF IRON, with
their delicate pencils, turning the bills INTO
gallery. The s%o-called T~hanatopsis
geyser, exquisite as the Bryant poem it was
named after, and the SO called Eyanysline
geyser, lovely rs the Longfellow heroine 1t
c~ommemorates. The so called Pulpit Ter
race from its white elevation preaching
mightier sermons; Of God than human lips
ever uttered. The So called Bethesda gey-
ser, by the warmth of which invalids have
already been cured, the Angel of Health con-
tinually stirring the waters. Enraged era
tiers, with heat At five hundred degrees only a
little below the surface.
Wide reaches of stone of intermingled
colors, blue as the sky, green as the foliage,
crimson as the dahlia, white IS the snow,
spotted as the leopard, tawny as the lion,
grizzly as the bear, in circles, in angles, in
stars in coronets in stalaeites in stalag-
mites. Here and there are petrified growths.
or the dead trees and vegetation OF other
ages, kept through . process Of natural on
balmment. In some places waters as inno
cent and smiling - . child making = first at
far Oh as foaming y frenzied and ungov-
ernable as . maniac In murderous struggle
with his keepers.
But after you have -wandesed along the
geyserite enchantment for days and begin to
feel that there can be nothing moro Of in
terest to see, you suddenly come upon the
lperoration of all majesty and grandeur, the
-and ! speak II with revsrenc-Jehovah
seems to have surpassed Himself. It seems
a great guIch let down into the
,~eternities. Here, hung up and let
down and spread abroad, are all the
~lcolors Of land and sea and sky. Upholster-
ing of tho Lord God Almighty. Best work
Of the Architect of worlds. Sculpturing by
the Infinite. Masonry by an o~mnipotent
trowel. Yellow, You mover saw yellow
saw red unless Won saw n thar. V;o,st,
You never saw violet unless Won Jaw IL there.
Triumphant baunsrs OF color. IN 4 caths
;dral Of basalt. sunrise and Sunset marrird
by the setting Of rainbow ring.
/ Gothic arches, Corinthisnl c~suitals and
Egyptian basilicss build before human srchi-
lecture was born. Hure fortidcstions Of
granite constructed before war forced rs
first cannon. Gibraltars and SebastopoJs
that never can be taken. Alhambras wbere
kinas Of strenRth and oueens of hesntv
seigned long before Is nsss earthly crown
was empesrled. Thrcnss on which no one
but the King Of heaven and esrth aver sat
Fount OF waters 81 whioh lthe lesser hills are
baptized whils the giant Gins stand round rs
sponsors. For t6onsands Of yesrs he
fore that scene was unveiled TO human
sight, the elements were busy, and the gey-
sers were heting away with their hot chisel.
and glaciers were pounding with their cold
hammers, and hurricanes were cleaving with
their lightning strokeet and hailstones giving
the finishing touches and after all these forces
OF nature bad done their BEST, IN our century
the curtain dropped md the world had anew
and divinely inspired rsyelation, the Old
Testament written on papyruh the New
Testament written on parchment, and now
this last Testament Written on the rocks.
Hanging over ono OF ths cHfb ! looked of
until l could nos getmy breath, then retreat
srr Is q 1Auo owrNn~nl rl~2. TL-A -