The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-04-11
THE GLORIES OF NATURE. Tourists May Again See tEe Grand Canyon of the
 Colorado.
Is Open and the Sublime Master- piece of Nature Promises to Attract Host of Sightseers-First Visitors of the Season.

of the Season.
 The Grand Canyon stage, with the masterful hand of Ike Wheeler at tle reins, rnmbled out of town on its fiji ist trip of the season last Monday morn- ing, carrying three passengers, who looked for the first time on the grand est sight in all the world. The ride at this season is thoroughly invigorat- ing. and the roads are in excellent con dition, being for the most part hard and comparatively free from dust.
 As the carryall rolls along through the almost inlerminable forests of graceful pines and gently perfumed cellars, waving their incense to the winds. and on under the shadow of the snow-tipped peaks, glowing in their dress of white and flashing their radi ance toward the sky, the mind is freshened and prepared in measure  for the contemplation of Natures sub- dime masterpiece. Now you arc bowl ing along lhe side "f a pine-clad hi ], now plunging down toward the gray pillows of sand that are in mark ediy striking relief Co the fierce beauty of lhe Sunset Crater, with its laya-str ewn sides and crimson cap, still threat ten- ing it's little world with it's red glare and menacing frown.
 With fresh relays of horses at tLree different stations you dash on until finally the little white canvas village appears in the gloom of twilight There you are made heartily welcome by Landlord l.. II. Tolfree aud his es- timable wife and interesting daughters and assigned to snowy tent in the sylvan shades. The excellent host had only been on the ground few days, yet everything was in shipshape, and lIlt NOulu utul COul- parison with those offered in a palataI city hotel A iiIst-class chef prcsides over the kitchen, and visitors this year may expect the menu to be not the least of the pleasant memories of their trip.
 It is presumable that the sight of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado con veys different impressions to the minds of those who look upon its many be. wilderiug glories. Cold type can only feeDly picture its awful subimily. The minds eye cannot grasp it. It is the one grand Imperishable tribute of Nature that will remain on the mental easel through all time to the grave. You look across the great chasm, with the many-hued temples and turreted castles bridging the miles, and you are inspired, not only with their classic architecture, SD suggestive of the an- cient styles of Rome, but with the al- most inconccivable immensity of space The beautiful color effects, blending with the deepening shadows of twi- light, SD draw upon the imagination that one is lost to the small things of earth in the contemplation of the Canyons incomparable spendor and the insc"utable mystery of its being. Standing alone upon the brink, after awhile you are seized with an unde- fined dread, such as perhaps you never knew befere, such as may be felt when death is about to usher us into a new existence. The perpetual heave of the wind. signing and wailing like lost soul, seems to carry strange voices upon its bosom, and looking into the appalling depths you are startlingly impressed with that fearful mood of Nature that has left us this matchless glory. You may coin all the super- lativcs in the English language and book them in the greatest literary power of the best descriptive writer alive, and still the Grand Canyon is not described.
 This great wonder promises to at- tract more sightseers this year than ever before in it's history. J. w.