Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-07-09

tho melting snow to be forded. but there
| was fortunately foct-bridge over which
| they dry-shod safeiy passed. though trelnu-
lous as the structure swsyed beneath their
tread. A family OF Swiss occupied the log
| cabins found on the other side. the father
| being the chief rdnchTo in charge OF tho
| holdings OF q New York syndicate covering
| twenty-five square miles. They, too, were
| not expecting guests and not prepared for
their entertainment. for this party was the
| first bold enough 10 undertake the opening
| OF a way through tho trackless snow that
| lay ahead of them. Bat the belated travel
| lers found welcome-at least FOR the usual
| consIderation-and learned something OF
1 the hardships that attend tho pioneers IN
/ that sparseiy-settled, frigid region. The
| faithful st. Bernard dog IL the constant
/ Communion of oil whose duty calls tnem
4 from home in the winter months, AMI
| pair Of well-adiusted Norwegian skies the
| sole reliance for safe lOcomotion on the
SHOWS. The return OF dog without his
master means the masters exhaus-
| ton and his certain death unless soon
| discovered. And 80 II came abou that
/ during the past winter. when the snow
was M TO the ewes Of the house OF the
Hopfs, that all of the men engaged on the
/ ranch were summoned away to search Tor
/ a missing member Of their family. Four
/ DAYS aud nights they were gone anc no
/ earlier tidings came TO the despairlng wlte
| and mother of large family of children
( left alone in their far-away hut on the
mountain side. A litter Of ten splendid
pups. the offspring of the magnificent So
| cond-premium st. Bernard OF the New
I York dog-show, was the special PRIDE OF
/ the Younger generation. who were iull OF
! stories about the dogs and their dolngs,
I but the arrival of the wagons called the
/ party away on thor journey. now along
] Al
ducks lent il n trRctiveDess. Five miles
! below a very wide. but safe ford OF the
/ stream was made. ana then the mornings
ride was without inc dent, except tho APP
! peargnce of one antelope pecrlng over the
/ crest Of the hill as II to challenge the rlght
/ OF ANYTHING TO disturb his quiet browsing
| -Four O'Clock +. a. and the memorable
: Dwelle's abode on tbs north bark OF the
Madison river. became reality. lhey had
/ heard of ii before. for Dwelle was an orr
ginel character being alone, with no
neighbor nearer than twenty miles. iie
was " carpenter way back Ia the states -
a man Of some education ana OF very ue-
| cided good taste in matters domestic.
When a reurIeat for \ nights lodging was
launched at him, like the famous Yankee,
/ he answered. it bv asking the question,
"What Won going 10 eat!" and when the
| interrogation replied with another qnes-
| ton, Haven't you got some hSh ne
replied promptly. Yes; in tue river"
he TOOK THEM IN.
Though not expecting friends he took
them IN and entertained them dellgnt-
! fully: quickly kindled fires IN the very
/ artisticaliy-arransed main room, around
which many heads Of animals ana
/ skins for market were hanging, and
/ comfortable. skin-covered divans and
! chairs were arranged He rummaged
| in some old cuddies and resur-
! rected clean bedding which the ladies'
/ hung on "sundries" for airing, while he
/ cooked the supper of venlson and eggs
! and coffee and risen biscuit. and then they
/ made up the beds--evoking from him,
What you girls know bout making ny
/ tedsY" An easy conscience, satlsnei
appetite, a comfortable bed, and tue
I fatigue which comes from wagon-ride
I of eighty miles over a mountain road
! ought TO and did very quickly persuade to
| all of the party "baliny sleep natures
sweet restorer," snd the morning came
! only too quicklV. well-coOked breakfast
of Oatmeal and delicious cream, followed
/ by broiled antelope and eggs, ana the
I caravan was ready for the rugged part OF
I the ride over the mountains which hound
/ the park on the southern side. Before
leayetaklng Dwelle CALAMITY asked one of
! the young ladies 10 name his ranch, and
Immediately printed on the panel OF hrs
front door the name " Ranch kQssmoyne'
declaring IS ne arose from his knees that
he now valued il at $4,000 more than he
would before have sold it AZ. Very reluc
family the travellers turned from his
beaut' ullv-located home and they were
soon struggling to make the ascent OF
steep mountain sides through snowdrltts
Four times during that morning their
teams were belplessly stalled, and hye
4 hah s n of
the Madison river. now accompanying
them. had to die their teams out. Once they
barely escaped miring in q hole like 10
/ uuicksnnd, so suddenly did the horses sink
! TO their hips and the wagon to rest on Its
| axles.
ALL WENT AT ONCE.
! The time for disappearing Of the pas
( senCers had come and there was no stand
| ing on the order of their going. but all went
J at once greatly to the amusement OF the
( Dutchmon, who paid with interest tor the
| fun which their compromising had
! afforded the NIrginians. Once through
| the mountain passes many miles OF table
| lands were traversed, the road passing
through the centre Of the crater Of a once
| volcano, about $50 feet in diameter.
| Thousands Of acres of thickly standing,
| tall dead pine and fir trees were on every
side and an occasional field OF fallen trees,
all living IN the same direction and evil
IDENTIFY helpless victims of the violent tor
! nadoes that so often sweep the western
half Of this country. At O'clock
in the evening they caught the first
glimpse of the steam rising from
the Lower Geyssr basin IN the
park. and very soon were over
looking the curiously- cOlored formation
which chsracterizes the surface every
where contiguous TO the action OF their
4 n
feet and they were fOrding " Fire Hole
River" the escape valve of all the geysers
in that basin, and at night itself marvel
of loneliness IN the fre-liehted colorings
of It's bottom. A supper at the FOUNTAIN
Inn Hotel and everybo sailed forth 10
see the wonders. Steam was bursting out
of the ground in every direction. but It's
culminstion was at the Fountain Gey-
ser.p where every tive to four hours Jets or
boiling water are thrown with great force
twenty TO fifty feet in the air. Its
crater is thirty feet in diameter, sur
rounded by a rim, TO the edge OF which
the water rises and then the eruption
takes place. That over, the water falls
about foot and the natural rehlling pro-
cess begins.
THE PRINCIPAL BASIN.
Near by are the mammoth paint pots"
90 called because of the variously-colored
substance which compose them. Their
principal basin measures about forty feet
and is filed with continuously bubbling
mud sometimes forming unique-looking
rosettes az the bubbles burst with coarse
"plop, plop." The next day was devoted
TO drive to the Upper Geyser Basin"
passing en- route "Hell's Half Acre." now
known as Excelsior Geyser," because of
ITS immense size and the large volume of
water expelled from it during eruption.
exceeding that of all other gsyssrs CON-
bined. and sometimes raising the water in
Fire Hole river foot. Tons Of rock have
been thrown from 1t into the river 500 feet
away. Its margins are constantly ex-
panding and are jeopardizlng the sx-
quislte "Turquois Spring" and the "Pris-
| matte Lake." the most beautiful
spring in all the park. This is from
200 to 400 feet in dimension; temperature.
l46 degrees; the water deep blue over the
central pit green lowlands. the margin
fading INTO q yellow and orange. One can
not exaggerate its delicscy and richness OF
cooIing or magnify Its attractiyensss to
lovers of the beautiful IN nature. At the
Upper Geyser Basin " old Faithful was
punctual to the minute and fred his 2-foot
column of boiling water $50 feet in the air
three times during their stay, once dividing
the attention of the party by acting In