Telegram-herald., 1890-08-31

made an unw ling contribution aud
ssSed tue Cd frlioa b0w long L Wo1i1
oe before tl.e sh0n 1r- a.
"in crelsy mIa0ot ae Sun he com
oop, lie replied. 1n.s N&s decidedly
pleasing, waItlBg hAlf "A hour for ; sua
fse- / st0ppee Il exafaIne tne horn
Wh.ch seemed 20 ne made OF wood, and
Ma e1rered aitn = sort Of wIcker work.
IL MAS about the ssze OF 3 tT0nloos.e.
perhaps I'VE feet lOns, and doublsd
upon usslf three times AID uas althoHt
either keys or mouth piece The tone
: soaiethlDg ike that OF bass clarinet
but Infinitely clearer aud more power
ful. There are 0u.y four notes IA the
tnlng, or st east EbAt MAS tic old nan ;
entire register. IL the taing could oe
tanned u would be = grand addition 10
an orchestra.
scrambled up the bluff hack of the
hote! ali aone Mrs. &. said she
wouldn't get up for any old sanrisa on
earth, and found about 800 9th eF lun-
atlcs scanning the HORIZON III very Ill
Tecu0n. Baek OF the Rig and on the
otner side of the lake stood sn endless
succession OF huge mountains. Most
prominent among them vas the triple
crested WetternOrn, 1900 feet high,
then the Silbtrhorn, the Wellhorn, the
Elger, the Jungfrau, and highest OF all !,
preTclng the highest clouds, stands the
FlnisteraarhOrn. 1900 feet h.gn. A
huge, leaden cloud overcast the sky,
except small opening just where the
san would rise. The canopy took on =
deep purple tint and the reflection upon
the snow gave the distant mountains a
ghastly colorlng, something ike the
dead face of an old man. The lower
edge of the great cloud gradually deep
ened III color until IL became brilliant
scarlet, and away IN the west you could
see the dawn break upon Finisteraar-
horn. rhe purple gray became pale
rose IN color, then brilliant crimson,
and finally glstening, dazzling white.
and the colors rolled down upon the
lower peaks like flood OF glory. Soon
the edge of the sun could be seen
| through the narrow strip OF cloud that
lay upon the eastern horizon and then
the cloud parted asunder. The gates
were lifted up and KING OF glory game
IL.
think the prophet of old must have
se' n such a sight just before ne wrote:
'Lift up your heads, on We gates; and
be We lift up We everlasting doors,
and the king of glory shall come IN"
Certain it IS that no more beautiful tig-
ure TO typlfy the coming of the son OF
man could be found in the universe.
The summit Of the Kuhn on the
| north side IS almost a perpendicular
drop of 5000 feet, and the villages be-
low look as X you could cover up two
OF them with your hat. You find that
there is a good deal more of Lake Lu-
cerne than you at first supposed. as 1t
zlgzags away for miles and miles among
the mountains. There are SIX other
lakes in view from the Kuhn, among
them the Lowerzee. with the ROssberg
mountain rising up from the waters
edge. Like the Rigi, this mountain is
simply a mass of cOnglOmerate, or &C.
mented gravel and clay. One rainy
night IN September, 1906, a strip of this
mountain two miles long, 1000 feet wide
and from lc0 to 300 feet thick, sudden
ly dropped into the valley, 5000 feet be-
low. Four villages were buried, and
the great mass plunged into the lake,
raising the water eighty feet, so that
many who were not mashed were
drowned. You can still see the track of
tllO - cav sup, buO ctiiiI1c W 81 ilOliC
of the victims or eve witnesses of
the catastrophe flock around you as
they do at the battle field of Waterloo
ami many other places To sell relics.
On our way down the mountain side
We made the acquaintance of DR.. Bur
chard, of New York City, who knows
several Grand Rapids people, and gave
me message for some of them. He is
| driving through Europe by carriage
| and told me that only fews days be-
| fore his party had been weather bound in
the Splugen pass by a fall of two feet OF
snow and that they had to wait for the
| government nail contractors to dig a
way through the drifts.
Sight seeing is more like hard work
than anything | ever tackled. When |
reach Grand Rapids, | shall want a few
days work at hod carrying OF saving
wood so as to let myself down. An
abrupt change might be dangerous
We have seen enough for one trip and
are ready for our return home. Viii
sail on the ODD by the Nevada, Guior
line, and in the meantime Will visit
Warwick, Stratford, kenilworth, OK
ford and possibly Birmingham.
GEO. B. c.