The Newtown bee., 1905-11-03

minutes, throwing water 50 or 70 rect high. There are many geySerS here but can mention only few of the most interesting.
 The Giantess plays once in six weeks for 12 hours steadily. At the begin ming the entire contents of the crater are forced out, flooding the whole re zion nearby. Relieved of the immense pressure of water, it then emitS steam. As the water accumulateS in the cra- tor again it is thrown up into the air until entirely exhausted, when 1t again sends out steam. This is kept up for 12 hours. During the "steam period" as it is called, there is ter rible roaring which can be heard for miles. The Blue Flame is the hottest of all geysers, the temperature being 240 degrees. The oldest geyser in the park, the Castle, plays once in eight hours. There is a formation around it 30 feet high, heDce it's name. This is situated northwest of Old Faithful Inn and Old Faithful geyser is south east. It was our good fortune to stand near the Castle when she com menced to play. The water is not thrown as high as Old Faithful throws it but there is a larger volume. The Castle was just we'll begun when Old Faithful only short distance away commenced. We who beheld that sight were so greatly impressed that 1t can never become erased from our memories while reason lasts l am sure.
 We also saw Old Faithful with strong searchlight turned upon it-an- other never to be forgotten sight.
 The Grotto is by far the most curi- ous of all the geyser family. The va rious openings in the peculiar forma- tion gave rise to it's name. The erup- tions take place about once in six hours and lasts 30 minutes. The wa ter is not thrown up into the air, but an immense amount of water and steam escapes sideways with great force. The last that l will attempt to describe, the Riverside, is down near the edge of cold water stream. An outbursts take place about once in eight hours and we were fortunate enough to witness one. It threw out an arching column of boiling water tents fell into, the river. Possibly some who witnessed these things can explain how and why twas so. l can not. Beside the wagon road in Black Sand Basin we passed the Punch Bowl, this and the Morning Glory Pool were two as handsome places as we saw in Yellowstone. The Punch Bowl is about 10 feet in diameter, surrounded by rim of brilliant colored formation about IS inches high. The contents boil constantly but not hard like the others. The Morning Glory to which I referred is a silent pool of water, some 20 feet in diameter, The crater is funnel shaped with sides very deli cately colored.
 One of our number was obliged to return to Mammoth Hot Springs hotel from here in consequence of the alti- | tude, the lowest in the park being 6, 387 feet above sea level. At Old Faithful 1t was 1894. We left this
 very interesting place Monday morn- ing, the coldest morning during our trip. There had been snow squall
 the night before and as we rode along we saw the snow capped mountain
 peaks in the distance, which presented
 a beautiful sight. On our way we
 passed Silver Creek canyon, crossed the 1 Continental Divide and the Ridge
 Pole nearly 5000 feet above sea level.
 Saw Teton Mountains in Idaho, 7s
 miles away. Descended Cork Screw Hill and reached The Thumb, Lunch
 station, about II a. m. Here we saw the place where one could catch fish 1T
 one stream and cook it in another
 with out stepping. l feel sure there are several such places in the park
 Here were more Paint Pots, prettiel
 than those we had seen, being bright
 CT colored. These, too, were boiling
 and spattering in great fury. Some O
 the paste flew up on to one gentle
 mans coat. He stepped back to ge
 out of its way, when the crust be
 ing over one of the tiny hot spring
 that the earth is so full of in som'
 places, broke way. and let him in abou half way to one knee. F'ortunatel, there was a doctor in our party wh dressed the burn. When the sock wa
 removed the skin for about thre inches above the shoe came with it
 This lunch station was about half wa.
 between Old Faithful Inn and Lax Hotel. It is situated on the vest arn , of the Yellowstone Lake. Tourist could have their choice, go from her by steamer or stay with the coach The stage road follows tn lake shore the entire distance This was the bluest wate ; I ever looked upon. What caused i we could not decide. We thought pos sibly because it lay so high, it bein 7,741 feetsabove sea level. It is tn