Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1938-07-21
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that I shall not finish The Last
Supper" or whether He is simply
emphasizing again the fact that one
of His own betrayed Him. have
prayed-I shall try once more, and
If Judas breaks again in the fur
mace, / shall not finish The Last
Supper" Then one day, across the
water came the glad news that the
work was successful The window
| was six years in the making.
The figures in the stained glass
window are all twice life-size, 50
some idea of the size Of the window
can be obtained by those who have
not seen it. The sun light shining
through the window is the only
light that illumines the figures, and
consequently as the light changes
| through the hours the figures and
the colorings seem to vary accord
ingly. One writer has said: II
think like it best at twilight. As
the daylight fades, the disciples
! seem to leave, one by one, until at
last only the face of Jesus appears
| calm, majestic, beautiful, but SO
| alone. He is the image of Divine
majesty and love-"
| visit to the Sequoia National
park in California is a wonderful
| treat. Here are found the big
| trees. These trees-the Sequoia
gigantea, are restricted in their
range to the west slope of the Sierra
| Nevada mountains of California.
| Within $50 mile strip the trees
| occur in isolated groups called
groves Within the groves the
! Sequoia is always growing with
sugar pine, yellow pine, incense
cedar and white fir, according to the
| report of botanists, and all of these
trees are typical Sierran forest
trees There are approximately 76
groves of these Sequoia trees, and
Of these groves 29 are found in
| Sequoia National park. Before these
monarchs of the forest-these giant
redwood trees. one stands almost
| speechless with admiration and awe.
Among the big trees in Sequoia
National park is one which is some
what more outstanding than the
others 1t is called the General
Sherman" 1t is said to be the
| worlds largest tree, and to be the
Oldest living thing on the earth. It's
age is estimated at between 5000
and 1000 years. 1t is 2724 feet
high, and it's base circumference is
1915 feet The trunk, through the
lower part, is wider than the aver
age city street, and the tree is as
tall as a 16 story building.
In Yosemite National park, far
ther north, in California, are also
giant redwood trees. These are in
the Mariposa forest. Here is an
outstanding big tree that the tourist
o1x nd foil q
one of the main roads through
the forest, and you drive through
it. There is 26 foot driveway
through the tree, with plenty of
tree left on both sides, so one can
imagine something as to the size of
this tree.
Yosemite National park contains
so much Of beauty and grandeur OF
forests, snow crowned mountains.
rocks, canyons, waterfalls, peaceful
valley, river and lakes-so much of
varied scenery. that words seem
meaningless when one attempts to
speak of it. The greatest cataract
of all is Yosemite falls where the
white water plunges $500 feet-a
half mile The first fell, it is stated.
is 1900 feet, sheer descent. Then
comes a series of cascades partly
| hidden, 900 feet downward, and a
! final leap straight down of 400 feet.
Besides Yosemite falls, are the
Bridal Veil, the Vernal and Nevada
falls, all beautiful and majestic.
Ell Captain is one of the striking,
amazing features of Yosemite. 1t is
a solid rock, more than twice the
size of Gibraltar, it is stated, and
rises 3,6O4 feet above the floor of
the valley, with an apparently yer-
tical front. and presents to the eye
an area of more than 400 acres of
naked granite. Half Dome is among
the other marvellous rock forma-
tions seen at Yosemite.
When one visits Yosemite Nation
al park. one never fails to be inter-
ested and entertained by the deer
and bear which roam the forests,
and come out into the open unmo-
Tested and unafraid. You may feed
the deer if you like, and they expect
it, and many of them become very
tame The bear you are instructed
not to feed-but many people visit
ing the park do feed them. "Re-
member" said a lecturer in the
park, speaking of the bear, that
| the bear after all are wild beasts.
! Above all, y, SalQ he, 'uO not manu-
/ them anything to eat. as they are
! apt to not notice where the food
ends and your hand begins.
| The bear however, this writer OBJ
served, are quite receptive When II
comes to food When tossed cook
! ie from the car, an old grizzly that
had been resting on the other side
of the road, started across to get it
then stopped in the middle of the
road and padded back when he
saw a car coming. Then he came
| back across the road-with his fun
nv pigeon-toed walk and ate the
cookie.
A deer-a beautiful doe that the
| man at a gas service station called
Minnie" and towed over to the car
at our solicitation, stood at the
! window of the car gazing at US with