Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-08-29
WIVES OF TRAVEL.

Yellowstone Park. Aug, 70. lin leaving |
San Francisco by the Northern Pacific
route one gets some idsu OF the magnifi |
cent proportions Of it's bay in which,
the Gaifornians beast, the navies OF the |
whole world might ride at anchor, With
room to spare. There are bays within
the hay, so she!tered by high headands
that the fieroast storms could not
trouble them. We passed through most
OF the fertile Sacramento Valley in the
night and crossed it's crystal winding
river Is times. but In the early morning
passed around the base Of the august
gray Castle Crags and caught our first
glimpse through the dark green pines
OF the whitehead and shoulders Of Mt
Shasta, high and severe against the
blue sky, the summit an aim, ut un-
broken field OF snow. For hours We
circled yearly around it, gaining diff
ferent views of it's snowy peak ana
silvery slopes. Little mountain streams
over which ferns and columhines
nodded, came tumhling down the nearer
cliffs, bringing d whiil OF freshness ne
we passed them. We climbed steadily,
our two engines in front and one behind
all breathing heavily until we reached
an elevation Of 1000 feet, when we
crossed the divide and did not 10 much
descend as drop, ,, 200 feet, in ID miles,
from the Sisl,iyous down TO Rogue
River Valley. We could see at once
three curves of track beside, but APP
parently miles below us, and could not
belisve we should Jass over them, but
In grent sweeps by which we dropped
200 feat to the mile, we twisted down
to them, crossing deep, rugged ravinea
on slender trestles At last the haze
hid the lower slopes OF Mt Shasta and
lett the snowy summit as II suspended
in air till it grew fainter and more
ghostly and at last faded from sight,
Our descent brought US far into Ore-'
gon, whose neat, comfortable farmhouses
and rich wheat fields and orchards
looked more like home than any coun-
try we had seen since leaving there.
and FARMLAND with its pretty homes
and fine brscing air was the first city
in which we felt 1t might be pleasant
to live. Its Inhabitants marvel that
one Is willing to live anywhere else.
From there we took steamer up the
Columbia River, whose magnificent
scenery far exceeds that of the Hudson.
For 300 miles ono may ace Mt. st.
lielens, like piled up white cloud on
one side. Mt. Adams In the distance,
shadowy and ETHEREAL and unsuhstantial
as dream, and looming In front the
white conc of Mt Hood, shooting IA, AGO
feet into the blue sky and appearing
continually more beautiful and sym
metrioal as We approached IL. Ny last
view OF 1t was when rosy with sunset
light from base to summit; ! waited
| till the flush slowly orept to the very
top. then faded and left it gale and
wan. The Palisades Of the Hudson are
outranked by Columbia'a high cliffs,
down which tumbled waterfalls for SEQ
feet, till blown to thread OF vapor.
Some Of tho rocks are covered With
| golden brown liohens, others are Ia
curious shapes. A row Of perpendicular
cliffs are in form and color like giant
cigars. Along the banks at frequent
intervals are ingenious but most un-
sportsmanIike arrangements for trap
Fling salmon; great wheels, worked by
the current, with wiregauze coinpart-
ments, SCOOP Ia the salmon rs they race
up stream and throw them into tank.
The boat drew up to the rocky shore
and landed us in the fragrant pine
forest, whore the wind sang in the
branches overhead. Bryant must have
seen the Columbia River in the spirit,
il not in the flesh when he wrote:
In the dense woods shere rolls the Oregon.
Nor stays in MI its course, and hears NJ
i sound,
Save Its own dashing.
From Tacoma We crossed Puget Souni
and saw in the distance tho Strait o.
Juan del Fuca. Mt. Rainier was bidder
by haze but revealed itself later p dis
| fosa lost mi
Spokane are thrifty, self-satisfied town
with great piles of lumber and immensi
-four mills as evidence of present pros
perity.
From Livingstone We passed dow
through the gate of tho mountains Il
Oinnahsr, where we took coaches 10
our drive through the Yelluwston
, Park. BY continual ascent we reache,
Mammoth Hot Springs, where the mar
/ wells OF this wonderland begin. Stretch
! ing up the hill in front OF the hote
, rises apparently one marble terrac
above another. Climbing up to Their
/ they change to frozen cataracts unit
( we reach the plain above them wher
i on the snow white level lie great pool
! Of clear, exquisitely blue water, boiin
iretted and beaded rims in thin fill
that constantly ills to 0verfiowing th
basins that form the top Of each tel
: race This constant overflow deposit
fresh carbonate OF lime and renews an
+ extends the terraces. There are so {
q these terrace building boiling springs i
a an area of 40 acres in which they hay
formed 10 distinct terraces and til
whole is locally known as formation.
The deposit forms 10 tiny overappin
/. waves that give velyety surface and
o is impossible to exaggerate the delicaC
"a and richness of .coloring, especially
IS Cleopatra Terrace, which like its naml
y sake is "a creature of infinite variety.
1t Every imaginable shade of every bent
" tifnl, soft, delicate CO or is harmu nious
l. blended and shaded in way no arti
q could reproduce. For ITS delicacy .
/. coloring and beauty OF form one iormi
10 tion is nnmedAngel Terrace. In Cupid
g Gave the jade-green water, tricklin
% from above hos stained the walls wit
IS exquisite tints. Close by the prei
10 pools that moaned and muttered,
10 gave off, long sigh when the invisib
r fires down below famed up hottie
ID were two tin funnel.shape craters, I'll
l. Size of lRdy's thimble, but in whie
IN the water bubbled up with Oh uok
Or of self-satisfaotion and with apparent
g foil faith that soma day they would |
" big springs like the rest. There seemot
1t between ones feet and the centr
X fires OF earth but thin crust, whiC
!" might give way under them at al
o., moment. In fact one could snmatim
feel 1T yield and crack and sound he
low under tho tread Whether the fir
are diving down or only hecanaa Ii