The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-17

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and there exceptional lands may bs stub
barn and rasuse III ylpla any what or
eoRR from their hard Astl, but II the hoe
fail " maks An impression tho minsrs
pi0kax will discover tho yesaon for II and
bring up from beneath those unproduo.
tys surfaces coal and Iron and lead and
| copper and silver and gold. Godspeed the
| geologists and the surveyors. tho engi-
I Ieers and the senatorial commissions, and
the capitalists, and the new ssttlers and
the husbsndmen, who put their brain and
hand and heart to this trsnsfguration of
tho American continent. Streams In the
| desertW
But while speak Of the immensity Of
the continent must remark II Is not an
immensely Of monotone or tameness. The
larger some countries are tho worse for
tho world. This continent is not more re-
markable for Its magnitude than for its
wonders Of construction. Yosemite and
the adjoining California regionsi Who
that has soon them can think Of them
without having his blood tinglef Trees
now standing there that were old when
Christ lived! These monarchs Of foliage
reigned before Casnr or Alexander, and
the next 1000 years will not shatter their
acepter. They arc the masts of the CON-
tincnt, their canvas spread on the winds,
Wills tho old ship bears on its way
through the ages.
That valley Of the Yosemite ID eight
miles long and half mile wide and 5000
feet deep. II seems as II ii had been the
meaning Of Omnipotenoe to crowd into as
small place q possible some Of the most
stupondous scenery Of the world. Some
OF tho cliffs you do not stop to measure by
feet, for they arc literally mile high.
Steep sothat neither foot Of man nor beast
ever scaled them, they stand in everlast-
Ing defiance. II Jehovah has throne ON
earth, these are Its white pillars. Stand
ing down In this great ohasm of the val
Icy, you look up, and yonder Is Cathedral
rock, vast, gloomy minister built for tho
10 Sentinel rock, 8, 270 feet high, bold, soil
tary, standing guard among the ages, its
top seldom touched until q bride one
Fourth Of July mounted 1t and planted
the national standards, and the people
down in the valley looked up and saw tho
head Of the mountain turbaned with stars
and stripes. Yonder are the Three broth
ers, 1000 feet high; Clouds rest. North
and South dome, and the heights never
captured save by the fiery bayonets Of the
thunderstorm.
He Toucheth the Hills.
No pause for the eye, no stopping place
for the mind. Mountains hurled on
mountains. Mountains in the wake Of
mountains. Mountains flanked by noun
tains. Mountains split. Mountains
ground. Mountains fallen. Mountains
triumphant. As though Mont Blanc and
the Adirondaoks and Mount Washington
were here uttering themselves in one
magnificent chorus of rock and precipice
and waterfall Sitting and dashing
through the rocks the water comes down.
The Bridal Veil falls go thin you can sec
the face Of the mountain behind 1t. Yon-
der is Yosemite falls, dropping 1894 feet,
is times greater descent than that Of Nj
agara. These waters dashed to death ON
tho rocks, 60 that the white spirit Of these
slain waters ascending In robe of mist |
seeks tho heavens. Yonder Is Nevada
falls, plunging 700 feet, the water in ar
rows, the water in rocks, the water In
pearls, the water In amethysts, the water
In diamonds. That cascade filings down
the rocks enough jewels to array all tho
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drops into a very hell Of waters, the smoke
OF their torment ascending forever and
ever.
But the most wonderful part of this
American continent Is tho Yellowstone
park. My two visits there made upon me
an impression that will last forever. Go
In by the Moneida route a. we did this
summer and save $50 miles Of railroading,
your stagecoaoh taking you through .
day of scenery as captivating and sublime
40 the Yellowstone park itself. After all
poetry has exhausted itself concerning
Yellowstone park, and all the Morans and
Bierstadts and the other enchanting artists
have completed their canvas, there will be
other revelations to make and other stories
Df It's beauty and wrath, splsndor and
agony, to be rsoited. The Yellowstone
park rs tho geologist's paradise. BY cheap
ming Of travel may 1t become the nations
playground! In some portions of 1t there
'eems to be the anarchy Of the elements.
Fire and water, and the vapor born Of
hat marriage, terrific. Geyser cones or
Hills of crystal that have been over 5000
'ears growing! In places the earth, throb-
ling, sobbing, groaning, quaking with
aqueous paroxysm. At the expiration of
very IS minutes ono Of the geysers toss.
ng its boiling water 1856 feet in the air
md then descending into swinging A:iE-
lows HE touchNh the hills and they
moke." Caverns Of pictured walls large
nough for tho sepuloher Of the human
ace. Formations Of stone in shape and
olor of Gala lily, Of heliotrope, of rose, Of
owslip, Of suntiower and Of gladiolus.
sulphur and arsenic and oxide of iron,
With their delicate pencils turning the
ills into Luxembourg or Vatican pic
ure gallery. The SO called Thanatopsis
cyser, exquisite as the Bryant poem 1t
7as named after, and Evangeline geyser,
ovely as the Longfellow heroine 1t COM
Sunrise and sunset.
Wide reaches of stone of intermingled
olors, blue as the sky, green rs the foliage,
rimson as the dahlia, white as tho snow,
ootted as the leopard, tawny as the lion,
rizzly as the bear, in circles, In angles,
stars. In coronets In stalactites, In
alagmites Here and there are petrifled
rowths, Or the dead trees and vegetables
other ages, kept through process Of
ltural embalmment. In some places wa. ..
rs as innocent and smiling as child :
aking FIRST attempt to walk from Its
others lap, and not far off as foaming
I'd frenzied and ungoyernablo as :.
aniac in struggle with his keepers. =
But after you have wandered along tho :
yserite enohantment for days and begin :
feel that there can be nothing more Of i.
terest to SEQ you suddenly come upon y
0 peroration Of all majesty and gran. =
ur, the Grand canyon. 1t is here that II y
'ins to me-and speak 1t with rover :
seems to have surpassed y :,
nself. 1t seems a great gulch lot down E
10 the eternities. Here, hung up and let y
wn and spread abroad, are all the colors =,
land and sea and sky. Upholstering Of -" "
} Lord God Almighty. Best work of tbs y
chitect of worlds. Soulpturing by the -,
Unite. Masonry by an Omnipotsnt -,
wei. Yellow! You never saw yellow =.
less you saw 1t there. Red You never "
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