Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-04-25

lnttlcS. with IT'S 'thutS:tnu. lSiiT"S.
winding about the equator like Il gar
land Of emerald.
With a pair of horses and Il carriage
w" had driven some hours alone. Very
mmrll alone. so lar :s COMPREHENSIVE
MAS concerned. for our driver spoke
not :. word of our language. neither
could we speak one word of his lam
siia"c. Il WAS pouring down RAIN I'm"
in the evening slnamins. when w"
reached the Rnro ISOed0rr. ON the cone
of Il low lao,lntain. Hcre WAS II neat
little hotel. quite inviting to IL weary
pilgrim. who MAS the only guest. Not
Il word of English MAS here spoken.
Nevertheless we obtained q t"nt.lsomr
supper and :, lestiul room. The alb
senre of all noise. save the soothing
sound of the rainfall. enabled us To
sleep rs profoundly AIS 3: tired child.
Before the dawn we awoke to find
the moon shining i'm silent splendnr aft
or the night ot refreshing rain. i"
avoid disturbing the morning nap oi
the servants. w" nois"lcsSly opened Tho
door of The hotel and made our exit.
We Mere ~astnnishcd and embarrassed
To find. sitting i'm the shadows. just
%oltSitl" the door. two men, each about
our size, who made no attempt tn re
sl,ond tn our inquiries, liz any language:
They simply sat gazing at us. seeming
iy tfN,n. tn look MS ON; al vountcnancc.
Had we ',cen II wn.n:tn we would
doubtless have screamed, and robbed
the. whole n~cigllburhood of their morn
in. nap, 4. WAS the most unexpected
hour. pl:loc and attitude i'm which To
find such men. mo the bright moon
shine outside of the dark shadow in
which they sat. gave tremendous en-
iih;!sis to their presence, What Il fear
full and lively factor the hpinan imaGi-
nation is i'm such Il crisis. IL nur world
wide travel we had passed safely
through more than ONE dangerous crisis
by playing the game of bluff.
But these men Mere as large as we.
and mucli more perfectly built or
shaped. and the game would not work.
They made no objection to u passing.
so We proceeded to climb t. the SUM
init of onv OF the most unique N re-
m;trlSaDle structures in the world.
which has been standing about loo
wears. and is called the Boro Roedocr.
The great pyramid of Egypt is much
Older and larger bet not so impressive.
being noklinS moro than IL HerCulean
effort of a king of Egypt to- build II
hiding place for his This,
however. is also IL great py ramid with
many miles of marvellous sculpture.
and many hundreds of the finest
formed statues on lima GEES of Buddha i'm
the world. Two OF these images had
ooon taken from this ruin and located
:" liiGrnicuslN. amid the shadows. as
to afford us such Il thrilling experience
rs We camc out of the hotel.
A Beautiful Sight.
Seeing the sun rise on Mount Ever
est in the Hinltlas an mountains. and
seeing it go down ON the sea OF Mar
nora. Golden Horn. ~Eospllorus, Europe
and Asia, from The top OF the old Galuta
lower i'm Constantinople, where emo
lJNln a.tNA y.i -, <,.. l>,,t 50 ~
seeing the day Lawn and the sun rise
lfom III summit of the Boro Boedocr.
lust before the dawn the Stiffness and
'onditlon of ti;c atmosphere We're such
AS TO convey the fainest sounds SEEM
g many miles. Not II leaf moved.
The roll of distant rivers, roar of watt
erfalls and the dash and tinkle of
smaller cascades blended into a great
orchestra. When the day dawned and
The sun peeped over the crest of vol
,anic mountains. 80 miles away. many
thousands of birds of almost endless
varieties of compass and tone. were
singing Il hallelujah chorus to the ac-
compartment OF the orchestra of ROLL
ing and falling waters! In Il little while
the people of the great urroundin
Vs.iiey We're awake. and the prattle of
children blended With the bird songs.
one OF The half dozen volcanoes i'm
Sisht, was sending up IL volume of
smoke. reminding us of the altar of the
Whole Burnt Offering i'm the Temple
OF Heaven. in Picking. China. The sun
Was soon lifting the white vapors Of
the valley into IA V and canonv
IN the over arching dome. The many
SNAPPED. gorgeous clouds were .standinv
tip.toe upon the horizon. like angelic
artists striving to express in color. nm
me canopy above. what the birds we,y.
.rylns 10 Express in sound. the inex-
DreQN1hIQ music Nnn.%.. -,
the heavenly home our. Father 10 n,o'
palins for his faithful children. A i'm
with their faces easfwa ri
were m with the light OF tha.
rising SUM-. Another illustration or the
Light of Asia fading before the rising
Light of the World.''
h pictures in the clo,,dx .ho,
supplemented in the vast vaIlev heson,
me sun waters on many OF the rice
neids below. were like a vast checLan-
BOARD OF mirrors, rejecting the x.ria,,
beauties OF their environment .rha
immense valley with it's rolling rivers
a..u or frame work Of VOL
whole island of Java. about 1'0oo MIL:
.oIig, Win It's rice fields. and nlantas
OhssO f ugar,s tea, coffee. ttaio4,,cn " a.
cocoa, cinchona ana
funOer. besides forests and orchard. ~
almost countless varieties Of %tronicoi
aruies. LIKE The people OF Japan thev
are terracing he mountain sides NAY
ing them yield all they can to the im-
perious demands Of more than "a. o .
vTo OF 5 population. An average Of more
are $1,000 Europeans, $4,000 Cn mere
$500 Arabs. and 90. 100000 nati.es
Iney have 1.349 miles Of rai,,wov &"
which trains vi from IS to 20 ;n,,n.
an hour. There is great diyersitv 81
climate: depending entirely on the a,til
tod sata s,fo'n ~, ,tr o. heat at sea level
Mcfarland eth Indies Tosari. which Inc e