Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-11

IL may seem strange. yet the facts
are the same. The American falls are
fourteen feet higher than the Horse
shoe or Canadian falls. at Niagara.
Ones natural pride or patriotic van
lily comes In here. and It is remem-
bered with no little pleasure that while
Niagara is wider, broader and greater,
1t Is also international. 1t is the
joint work OF two countries. two ma
tionalitles. Shoshone is all our own.
Today there are a thousand people at
Niagara. They did not start from
home TO visit the falls. they are on
their way east aud west, and have
stopped or for "a day. When the
profound awe, the continuous deafen-
Ing roar OF Shoshone Is broken into
by the life-glvlng, shrill whistle OF the
locomotiye-the day that Pullman
palace ear Is side-tracked at Shoshone.
these falls will be not only "the Mag
ara OF the West" but the Niagara OF
America.
But fearing our estimate may seem
oVerdrawn. what another has said Is
reproduced here; "There Is a spell
like that OF a nameless melody in the
awfulness OF the Irresistible plunge.
Niagara is different. but not superior.
Where Niagara Is calm. Shoshone is
tempestuous; where Niagara pours
over evenly, shoshone dashes from be-
tween rocks nearly thousand feet
high, stately ana time-stained. and Its
surroundings are weird and supernatu-
raj.
Seven distinct channels are to be
seen forming a number of brilliant
ialls before the final grand reunion
OF the waters. and so united. over they
go 10 be lost in the swirl Of a terrible
surge to riot in an infurlate whirlpool,
ana to rise soft as Il feather Of a bird
and be touched by the sun to splendor."
Nature has done her part-art. Man
must come TO the aid OF the Creator.
SALT LAKE CITY
Was visited simply to see two OF its
many wonders and numerous attrac-
tlons. a desire to see that great in
land sea, one hundred miles long and
half as many wide, whose water is
clearer than crystal and salter than
brine.
There has always been to the writer a
sentiment about the Pupil Teacher,
General and President Garfield A
visit to see the Garfield beach was
sratlfed. Next, the great Tabernacle.
Not so mucn the Temple: the latter
could not be inspected--could only be
looked at and admired. But the tab
ernacle presented more points of in
terest than the temple. Here IL a
structure. under the dome which can
be, nave been, seated comfortably 10
600 people. This is a better description
OF Its capacity than to say II Is $50
feet long, 100 feet Wide and so feet
nigh. This really gives no conception
OF its immensely, its superstructure. 10
me now That great dome is sus-
tanned had more in 1t than
any other feature of the tnb-
ernacle or temple. Permission To
examine, to learn, to see what upheld
this massive roof was granted.
BY little Underway between ceiling
and rshingles' the ascent was made 10
the skylights. The rafters (thls Is
the best term for the lay reader) are
four tier deep-one set over another
This continuance Is what Is known to
the engineering world "a the Howe
truss, the principle being susceptible Of
sustaining an extraordinary strain and
weight at the same time.
An examination shows that all the
parts Of each separate set or rafters
We're held together by wooden bowels
not an iron bolt was to be seen; in
those days Iron was u scarce article
In building.
While the ventilation of the taberna-
Gle, the auditorium itself, is perfect
the ventilation of this roof must not
be overlooked The air passes up
from below and circulates entirely
around the lattlced truss work, passing
out above through two large windows
in the roof. Hence the wood-the whole
inner building-is as sound today as
when first hewn from the native noun
tain forests. The entire oval super
structure rests upon forty-four sand
stone pillars, or rather. abutments,
Between these are twenty double
doors, nine feet wide. all opening out
ward, and SO easily opened that Il
IL said that the entire audience could
be gotten out In less than i've minutes.
The singular or odd shape Of this
tabernacle was the design OF Brigham
Young, and shows his great scientific
EnnkNta1ua frha a kla uRtsRnatfa
properties are due TO its illlpsoidal
shape A section parallel with the
ground iioOr Is q plane ellipse, while
the concaye or roof above is an are
OF two unequal axes, and is generated
by the revolution OF plane elllpse
around its longer axes.
Hence to hear "the pin drop" was
very easy. The lecture rooms OF the
University OF Virginia are upon the
same principle--they are very odd, UNI
couth to the eye-but splendid to the
ear, and here is where a practical IL
lustratlnn may be pardoned. Young
men In the habit of listening to a pro-
fessor who talks with case and Is also
distinctly heard without raising his
voice" viii imperceptibly ind them
selves before audiences talking In n
low yet distinct tone OF voice.
salt Lake City is one OF the great
cities of our country, with streets 132
well as on both sides, with an abund-
ance Of water coursing In every d.
reetlon all go to make this not only a
beautiful, but an interesting city.
The great valley with It's wonderful
Observation-Disclosures OF mine or vine
yard, of the storehouse or garden, OF
fiocks or herds, and OF its sim more
wonderful people can best be described
by a quotation: For the Lord thy
God bringeth thee Into n good land, a
land OF brooks and water, OF fountains
ana depths that spring out OF the val
leys and hills-a land OF wheat and
barley and vines. and fig trees and
pomegranates; land Of oil, olive and
honey, a land wherein thou shalt eat
bread without scarceness; thou shalt
not lack anything in 1t; land whose
stones are iron. and out OF whose hills
thou mayest dig brass When thou
hast eaten and art full. then thou shalt
bless the Lord thy God for the good
land which lie hath given thee"
The route from salt Lake City back
to Denver by the Rio Grande Western
and by the Denver and Rio Gsanls. IA
through the most ploturesnl.e country
ON the continent.
This route claims. and wen earned is
the claim. 10 be
THE SCENIC LINE OF THE
WORLD"
This line with few exceptions IL one
continuous gorge, and hence the en-