The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-28

DRY to run riot in this great wonder
land. From the time we left our first
| stopping place at o'clock one morning
| for five happy days our eyes roasted
upon the glories of Gods world, I'M
touched by the initiative hand of man.
One terrifying walk of a half mile
| took us across Quivering formation
with horrors upon every side, geysers,
hot springs, great bubbling caldrons
of sulphurouS matter and fear1ul
chasms, out of the depths of which tear
Will: shrek and roar great volumes of
sulphuric steam. The trees in this VIZ
cinity were mere stumps stripped of
their foliage, and, as if turned pale
from very terror, were snowy white.
Even this spot, Norris Basin" it is
| called, is not sickeningly fearful like
| the great mud geyser,' a pit Of boiling
sulphur mud, the color of which may be
| be described by the old-fashioned word
"drab."
What Interests the Traveller.
But, after ALL the traveller is more
| deeply impressed with the beautiful
| than with the terrible things, and mem
| DRY dwells lovingly upon the pure air
| of the mountains, the stretches of road
| through fragrant pine forests, glittering,
| sparkling streams of cold, delicious
| spring water, or of warm sulphur faint
| ed water.
| We all rather reluctantly and YEARLY
| left our coach one morning to walk to
the top of a formation, upon being told
| by our driver of lake which we might
care to see. But one glimpse of this
| exquisite gem drove away all trace of
| WEAKNESS. It's name "Prismatic lake."
| is most fitting. Imagine bit of water
no larger than q good sized pond. The
deep, basin-like center is blue, as rich
and deep as sapphire, gradually shad-
l i1lrr Off V0fA r1,{1O
| nearer the shallow edge sparkling sun
| gilded ripples play over the delicate
| hued formation, each color distinct but
| so softly blended as to seem to belong
one to the other.
The names given to the objects of in
| terest are. startlingly appropriate and
| "Old Faithful (the geyser with which
everyone who has heard of Yellowstone
J park feels that he has a passing ac-.
| quaintance) true to his name and rep
utation, played most faithfully at in
tervals of sixty minutes
The wonders that seem to be given
prominence when the park is casually
spoken of are not those things which
really deeply impress the tourist. The
dreams of vast herds of buffalo, elk
and deer grazing in full view of the
| sight-Seer are not apt to be realized;
| for, with the exception of a few mild
| looking specimens on the island in
Yellowstone lake, the elk and buffalo
do not frequent the travelled portions
of the park. However, we saw num-
| Der of deer grazing by the roadside,
and the farfamed bears accommodate
ingly came to the hotel garbage piles
for their evening meals. One cub re-
minded us SO forcibly of Thompson
Seton's Johnny Bear" that we felt
like shaking hands with him for auld
| acquaintance sake.
Across Yellowstone Lake.
A trip across the beautiful Yellow
stone lake, source of the Yellowstone
river was very pleasant and restful.
| This placid, sky-reflected bit of wa
ter, thirty miles long and seven miles
wide, is 5000 feet above sea level.
The tour is we'll planned Each
wonder leads up to something more
| wonderful, and when, on the last day
I of our trip, we reached the Grand
canyon, everything we had seen be-
| fore faded into insignificance. One
gazes from Inspiration point with
| bated breath, and feels that here is
place dedicated to the Great Creator.
This is His Cathedral. where He
breaches His great wordless sermon
Of the pettiness OF the little struggles