The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-09
MOUNTAIN IMPRESSIONS.
A lie ter Of Pious Coagitat ons on the Occult
and VI uu anne.

Colonel Murdock's last letter. which
Contains the gratifying Intelligence that
their doctor had ju-t assured them OF
! reaching home in time for Tnanksg giving.
concludes rs OliOw>:
1.-The exil-d victim, even if he does not
fail OF communicating with bis own heart
for relief. is prone to return to his sur
roundings, b. they lofty and inspiriD. or
lgnobie ami commonplace. OF course there
Can be nothing very low down" at au ele-
vHtion OF 10000 feet above -et level, lui
such AS Aave been taught 20 look up" for
heaven AMI To dream OF 1t as hiSh aud
WONDERFULLY white city wi b a great white
throne, lis mlnuartts, towers and turTets,
scentila'ilg with white glory, AMI all en-
comprised by white walls, blazing with a
binding radiance. would. We opiue, after
months enforced sOiourn in a whiteue-s
TO the right aud left aud before aud behiud
them, whiteness above, around and below
them, WI more whitenes-, snow white
ness, censele-sly ftliny all over them, un.
Ill the trees were buried and all the STRAINS
covered AID hu-hed, want some color
added TO their preconcrived conc, piions Of
the celestial ii Y. Under a bright moon,
night is turne iato day. TIE white quiet
broois. and becomes oppressive. Inc
wings OF he lameutlng winds encounter
lug no rude augie, are left to sweep uoise-
les>ly along. The bell of the modest little
hillside church breaks over the white
silence like solemn summons from the
sonnd,eSS shore o. that occult realm which
was before Time b.gan, when ouiy the Ia
finite was, aud God WAS alone.
The esS-uce of every country can be
found in some Characteristic scene, or
smell or other make-up IF IFS environment
Among tie fifty or more hot aud cold
springs which pereunialiy gurgle and spout
In tue comps OF half mile square in The
SUBURBS OF this 'own Il Que OF come thirty
feet in CT conference. Like some v,st
cauldron. bubbles and b0lls at a furious
rate. throwing out great volumes Of ler
which are 30 strongly impreg ateu with
sulpnur that II is universally known herr
nhouts as 'Od ; mixer" You can Smell
old SInktr' for miles ia "A favorable
wind; In short, you can hardly abide any
where wit bout being continually reminded
by its suipLurious tunes OF the dreaded
a5ode of the gentleman who uses brim-
prepared for him and his angels.
Odd SJinker" seems To b. the es-
sence of this country. Everything
tastes and smells of hi, D rmeitins eXhal.
aiions. Including the coffee. chicken pot
pie-, beet~teaks aud even he fresh laid
eggs. Incidentally the sinner Of this
fros' Y locality who uniortuu ateiy lani- in
the lower AT titude of his satanic maj Sly,
but for the marked difference in the tenn
perature of the TWO places, might conclude,
from the old familiar smell Of his new
quarters, that he wasn't half il mile from
odd Stinker" at Steamboat Spring.,
Routt county, Colorado, anu the Chances
are he wouldn't materially miscalculate
the act ual distance.
Oar cats aud dog and donkey, to which
We affec iOnatrly alluded III our last letter
have, seemingly, paic chef up All armiStice.
However they still remain the life of our
asylum. Wi Ii his prodigous ears erect,
the donkey coDtempiativrly regards our
sanltarIum aud the mOyem-nis Of its Iu-
mates. by the solid hour; occasionally re
IlevIUS the Intense strain Oh III, miHd by
suddenly breaking loose in a ye-naw-aw
that sh kes he rafters of the roof of the
SKY. From "a hotrse rasp In tue last mote
OF his ye-hawiuII yawp we sometimes fear
that his regular diet of old rubber shoes,
was e paper and Jaw gunny sacks are not
5 thug well on his stomach, but the in
effnbc look of conteutmeuJ wnIcu ev-r
lights up his eXpectanr eye assuIes Us mat
he VIII winter through aud 1--we mayhap,
10 become the happy sire of a big yr y
mare mule That Will -verlastinsly kick the
dayiights out of the first fellow who Irt-
Verses thousand miirs 10 scale the back
bu-.e Of the Continent only 10 encounter
Calamity and lose us vote.