Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1898-11-15

store with . sofa fountain in thu
earth. From the spring We WEI into
the pavilion. IN which Is displayed the
most wonderful collections of minerals
and q, ecious stones | have ever seen.
From Manitou We drove straight to
the garden of the gods. Entering We
encounter SO many wonders we can
scarcely realize that nature has formed
all these wonders from her mysterious
hand. Near the gateway is lance
rock. where We stopped and had our
pictures taken. This is wonder Of
nature, the huge rock towering high
above our hss ads and balanced on a
mere corner. /: is estimated by meas
urement 10 weigh about $50 Ions, and
feet. O1e eo1ld imagine that the
mere pressure of ones iuger would
tap il over. This is situated on Qaite
an elevation from which we descent
into the valley. Then the wonders in
naflre's carving begin. FIRST are two
little loads resting under q toad-.tool
and is very plain and distinct In
the hard rock. Next we see Punch
and Judy and the Baby. Next the
old Irishman. Next tee laughing
Dutchman who is possessed of very
large nose. Next We encounter the
Irish wash woman who is q very cross
looking individual Then we came
upon the Priest and the Lion. This is
rock upon which is kneeling q priest
| facing q huge lion, who is about to
spring st him. Next We see the milk
maid, the color of this peculiar for
mat on is such as to make the maiden
look as though she wore a dark-red
! frcck, white apron and her hair Is
p ainly outlined and seems to hang In
ringlets under her sun bonnet, she
carries pail in her right hand Next
we come to the wonderful cathedral
spires, large and very slender rocks
which are large at the base and very
small and pointed at the top which is
many feet in the air. Tt ey taper from
the bottom to the pointed tip without
| a bulge and are certainly wonderful.
When we pass these we come to the
natural gateway which is two solid
walls of rock with a roadway between
them just wide enough for two ANS
to pass. Before going through this
gateway our driver stopped Us and
pointed to the summit of one of the
walls and told US to behold tie
kissing camels. We looked and
plainly outlined on the SUNNI,
of the left hand wall were the figures
of two camels with their noses touch
ing az though they were in the act OF
kissing. After pointing these out to
us our lady guide gave loud scream
which rebounded among the rocks AID
came back with 80 much distinctness
as to frighten US. We all tried then
and the wonderful echo caused by the
reverbration from the walls of this
wonderful gateway caused each word
to come back to us as plainly q:
though some one wee talking right il
to ones esr We then passe d out Of
the gateway and drove to the halfway
house, where we went In to see the
baby bears and where from the porch
we were poi lted out by our guide or
the wall Of the gateway through which
we had just passed, many, many fee,
above US, stage coach formed o.
old rock. We could see the two
horses plainly outlined. The driver
in plug hat, two people on benin
and many on top of the coach. II
seem very wonderful to one how SC
much that is true to nature can bt
made to be visible in the formations Of
this handbook. And all this is done
by natures hand works in which mar
has no part. We can only look ant
wonder at the works Of God.
FLORENCE E. WALLACE.
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