The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-03-28

dried-up surfaces, and with our ears
mouth and clothes filled with loose
lime and alkali, this beautiful lake, set
like a jewel amidst lofty mountains,
affords refreshing contrast. We no.
tice. In going southwark through the
park, that the mountains grow higher
and grander and Yellowstone Lake Is
found among the loftiest of them.
Reaching the lunch station on Thumb
Bay we quickly alight, clean our
clothes, wash the lime from our throats,
relax our parched lips. and proceed to
crafty the appetite which our long, six
hours ride has given us (well worth the
journey to get such an appetite) at
tables spread in tents, groaning with
well cooked food Of good variety and
generously served. We were not long.
l assure you, satisfying the inner man.
On the lake shore near by the lunch
tent, are some of the most attractive
hot springs and paint pots In the park,
not inferior to those at the Fountain
hotel, they even seemed Of more bril-
liant hue, and constant in action. The
tourists soon find themselves again en-
tranced with these boiling cauldrons Of
clay, SO marvellous in texture and color.
Surrounding Lake Yellowstone there
are no less than seven hot spring areas,
which aggregate 200 springs great and
small But those at the Thumb COM
prise siXty-six springs and paint pots,
the temperature of the water averag-
ing 100 degrees Fab. Here are besides
several geyser cones, called retired
geysers." One in particular rises above
the lake surface, just a few feet from
the shore. Standing upon 1t one can
catch trout In the lake. and drop them
into the hot water I'm the crater of the
cone, cook them and eat them, II he
chooses, without removal from the
hook.
A FISH STORY.
It was the writer's pleasant expert
ence to secure Captain Waters fish
ing tackle and try the experiment. and
instantly upon throwing the line Into
the lake, haul out q 3-pOund rainbow
trout, fiop him over into the boiling
spring, cook him preparatory for the
evening meal I'm prospect without NOV
ing from the spot. This Is true story
and a fish story. too. vouched for by
President c. J. Ives, B. G. r. & N. Ry.,
and other railroad magnates present,
and who with ourselves enjoyed the de-
licious flavor of our trophy at eventide.
A peculiar feature of some of these
springs Is their overflow; they rise and
fall alternately like the bosom of q
sleeping giant" and are called breath
ing or pulsating springs. Most of them
are back from the lake, though several
are close to the waters edge, and some
are found beneath the lake surface bub-
bling and boiling and warming the
water in that immediate locality The
ordinary temperature of the lake Is
said to be 60 degrees.
Rev. DIR. Buckley says. "As was
rowing, perceiving bubbling, put
my hand in the water and found 1t
warm enough to suggest prompt
withdrawal. Fifteen feet away 1t
seemed by contrast, as cold as glass
of ice water"
YELLOWSTONE LAKE.
Yellowstone lake is the largest body
of water in the world at so great an
altitude. 7.7SS feet above sea level. and
covers 139 square miles, with an ir-
regular shore line of 100 miles. The
lake has been likened to a mans hand
with three fingers and thumb, the in
dex finger missing. Its dimensions are