The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-10-19
DOMAINS COLOR WORDS.
Lefty Wrought spIcndors or ohe Night Ia
Tho Fastpesses OF Utah.

- =: uii Goa earun are
the phenomena of air and sky and
light more marvelously glorious
and beautiful than in this golden
mountain region of tho holy land
and the American dead sea It is a
region Of magnificent sunrises and
sunsets, of rainbows and halos. mir.
ages, aureoles and auroras, where
snow falls and lghtnings flash
amid all the glory of radiant sun.
light and moonlight ami starlight
where ebon thunderclouds frown
around one peak, while Il dazzlo of |
radiance bathcs the lofty brow of
its next ncighbor. Nowhere is the
nightly sky moro deeply, purely
blue or luminous with larger lowell
like stars. It is realm of meteor
ic wonders, of prismatic miracles
Lun:lr rainbOws, scarcely seen once
III lifetime i'll other lands, are frc-
Qucnt occurrences here, but never
even here e-ncvcr since the strange,
resplcndent token of Jehovah's COW
ennnt with II dripping world first
cast its luminous coronet around the
trownlng brow Of Arnrat-has the
heaven turned eye bchcld II richer,
rarer manifestation of the divine
handiwork than that which toasted
the gaze of Il few late vigil keeping
citizens of Zion last Saturday night.
The display of celestial decorative
taste and genius was transcendently
glorious and sublime. Omnipotenco
itself, with all tho dazzling pris-
matte stores of the universe at it's
command, could have devised moth
ing more enchantingly beautiful.
The sky of this grand intermoun.
tain realm was as blue as ever bent
its sapphirean arch above the far
famed waters of the Golden Horn.
as blue and clear as the prude, trans
lucent crystal that domes the gold
paved, jewel gated city Of God, mot
made with hands, eternal in the
heavens. The moon, radiant queen
of love and romance, sailed up the
heckless azure attended by royal
retinue OF gemlike stars. A food
of soft, delicious light fell, like a
silver mantle, on snow crowned crag
and mirrored lake, on stream and
woodland, roof and spire. Tho city
lay asleep, and all nature seemed
bathed in sweet effulgence and holy
calm. Soon after midnight vast,
weird mass of feecy cloud swept
slowly up from the horizon, a
floating island of supernal snow
i'll glowing sapphire sea. It
drifted on and up till, enveloping
the moon, she peeped out from be-
hind it like fair girl face through
u bridal veil. A ring of light, col
orless as pearl, white rs the ghost
of a dead sun CLEAN, surrounded her.
Once having caught her in it's coils,
it rapidly expanded, and it's outer
edge took a pale lemon hue. This
soon deepened into yellow, and that
to orange. Then came circlet Of
green, 30 tender, so delicate, that it
could only have been wrought by
mermaids' hands in ocean palaces
of shadowy shells. The deeper en-
erald came next, followed by blue
Of heavens own liquid dyes. An
airy scarf Of daintiest violet, and q
broad border band Of rose color
blushing into aerial crimson. com.
pleted the ravishing concentric
tiara, and over it all fitted q gauzy
cloud Grape, varying in tint from
the ethereal pink Of peach bloomy
beauty's cheeks to the faint spirit Of
green that dwells in an opal's heart
not a color, but a mere gentle
dream Of color. Two large golden
stars twinkled in and out amid the
gorgeous deity woven drapery Of
film, as if enraptured with the love-
liness Of which. they FORMED a part.
And ever and anon a . ift in the
! great snOwbank Of cloud brought
out the queenly moon in full splen-
dor and sent 10000 glitterin;y rain
bow fragments whirling about, the
eky, only to unite again in kal, ido-
scopic rings without end, and g1o;ies
unsurpassed in ifetime's recolltc-
ton Of empyreal pyrotechnics. For
two full hours almighty power and
skill skill kept tho curtains up unI the
magnificent spectacle in view. =
the wrong side Of heaven is 80 tran.n
portingly beautiful and lovely, wins d
must the right side be9-Colonel J.,
Donan in Salt Lake City Utahnia,r
On last Sunday, little 4-yeao
old had difficulty in spending the dse'
properly. Not being allowed hit
playthings, she was restless and frell
ful, until finally she found her litt'n
toy iron, and proceeded to amuse here
self ironing her handkerchief. "Dor-