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THE SCBANTOX TBIBUNB SATURDAY MOBXING, MARCH 14, 1898.
NATURE'S CURIOSITY SHOP
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Journal of the Third Day's Tour
- of Yellowstone Park..
WONDERS ARB INDESCRIBABLE
Sober Narrative of Aotoal Slgbta, Seeuee
nd Eiperleucee That Ktada Uko
lb 'Wlldaet Fletloa-Troly tha
Wonderland of ba Vulverae.
Written for The Tribune.
The Sunrise gun from Fort Yellow
atone on the morning- of the third day,
startled us like the blast of a bugle,
warning: the tourist that the mountain
nuphM n-pr soon to be arrayed before
the veranda of the hotel, for a tour of
the Park. ...
The Park tour always begins from
Mammoth Hot Springs hotel. The stage
coach, like the buffalo, lias ceased to be
an attractive feature of western travel,
except, as It is preserved and utilized
In the Yellowstone National Park. It
has been crowded out by the railroads,
except here, where It remains In a
Htatt a atvle and with accommoda
tion befitting Its past glory. Here it
is for pleasure and not for business,
and it Is nearer to the coach In the
east than it is like the coach of the
plains.
Every morning from three to ten
roaches leave the hotel In a bunch, on
schedule time, and they generally keep
within a short distance of each other
throughout the tour, no pacing of
coaches being allowed. The drivers are
all old-time staue drivers in tne west.
Ashe stagtstrt off an for a show
naraie It Is oufteremindfui ot tne an
nual autumnal coaching parade of the
combined hotels of the- white Moun
tains. Bill Mayne, of Dcadwood fame,
seems to take the load, with his hand
some Lays, and with "Doe" Wilson as
guide. Superintendent 8. 8. Huntley
courteously furnished us witn a two-
horse, two-seated covered surrey, with
Scott llaHluii as a driver uiul guide
if not as world-famed as Bill Mayne, he
Is equally ns skillful a driver und com
petent guide, having been Identified
with the Park from Its opening. I
found him a innii of suut-iior Intelli
gence, and to him I owe much of the
valuable data grouped (lining our
eight or nine days' travel together In
the Park. Whoever may visit the Park
In the future, will muke no mistake in
aBklng Mr. Huntley for "Scott" to
guide him through It.
AN 'EXPANDING TOUR.
The tour of the Park as now laid out
Is an expanding one. I mean by this
that, like a well-written Htory, It pro
ceeds by natural stages from the sub
lime beginning, through the more ex
citing scenes nnd situations to the cli
max. The climax of this trip Is the
"Grand Canyon." nnd a thrilling ell
max it Is. Interesting ns the Initial
spot (Mammonth Hot Sp)ln) Is, it
Is really perhaps the least remarkuble
of the special phenomena found in the
Park.
Our first drive Is from Mammoth Hot
Springs to Norris Geyser Husln
twenty-two miles. Nearly every mile
of the road has something- of inter
est. It may be a wild ravine, a lovely
park, a secluded lako, a sprlngi or
mineral drinking-water or busy beav
era, roaming elk, and deer, or even a
buffs lo and bear. All cf these Hist
mentioned are found lit short dls
tances along . the road, where our
guide will always stop at the request
of his party to Investigate.
From the time we leave the hotel, It
Is climb, climb, climb. First, the dualling-
terraces are passed. Then, as
we wind along the edge of the slopes of
the Canyon of thf Gardiner, we come to
strange rock formations. Here are the
biRirest civ.tis of the blgeest rock we
have over-ween.' Any one of them looks
as If It were the "rock of ages." On
the side of Terruce Mountain, two miles
on our Journey. Is a range of limestone
formations, called the "Hoodoo Region,"
and this extends about a mile to "Gol
den Gate." These mysterious looking
monuments cover acres, even the en
ttre hillside, ranging in height from ten
to fifty feet. So thick are thpse snow
whtte, inanimate forms which resemble
every hideous character under the sun.
that one could be lost In the tortuous
passage between them. Language
does not suffice to properly describe
these peculiar formations. ThoRe on
the extreme boundary of Terrace
Mountain were remindful of the pali
sades on the Hudson, rising to 150. 2.r0
and even 300 reet in height. An inter
esting feature cropping out here and
there on either side of the road, was the
numerous natural springs. An occa
sional camping party Is seen near them.
Among one we met was Professor Wy-
Jey, or Boseman, .Montana, a noted
geologist.
THE GOLDEN GATE.
After another mile of climbing on a
grade overcoming an elevation of 1,100
feet in three miles, the road comes out
abruptly on the "Golden Gate," one of
the most picturesque points in the park
with Its red sandstone pillar on the
one side and Its redder sandstone cliff,
rising hundreds of feet above the road
way, on the other. It is covered with a
yellow moss, from which It derives Its
appropriate name.
Golden Gate Is a deep, narrow gorge
between Bunsen Peak and Terrace
Mountain and the only exit from the
raney or the uardlnet- river to the Gey
ser Basins, Yellowstone Lake and Can
yon. Between the pillar, formerly a
pan or tne canyon wall, and the cliff,
there is lust room enough for the coach
to pass, while a high bridge or trestle
carries the roadway across the poker-
lsh chasm to the "Rustic Falls" In the
west fork of the Gardiner. Thpse high
falls add a charm to the rugged wild-
ness of Golden Gate. This one mile of
roadbed cost the government $14,000,
and is a aimcuit piece or engineering.
which the engineers refer to with Just
pride. This road is a winding curiosity
with Its protruding white and axav
rocks at all angles, in all shapes, sizes
ana positions.
ENTRANCING SCENERY.
The view from Golden Gate looking
down the Canyon of the Gardiner
iwnicn Is only second to Grand Canyon)
Is Indescribably grand: even bewilder.
Ing. The change In scenery In three
mues nas oeen from a volcanic forma
tion of lime rock, without even a sug
gestion of vegetation to one of grand
mountain view, with towering peaks
iiu yawning cnasms.
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Waat Bid Bank, 109 N. Main.
Borautest Savings, U2 Wyoming.
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BREWERS.
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CHINA AND GLASSWARE,
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TOTS AND CONFECTIONER
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FLOUR, rEXD AND GRAIN.
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PAINTS AND IUPPLIEB.
iaseJMMeKMlpruca.
Emerging from the Canyon or "King
man Pass", a pleasant surprise awaits
us In a little sheet -or-. water nameu
"Swan ' Lake," located In Swan lake
basin. - This is a ilgh break mountain
prairie, covered.wlth bunch grass and
wild flowers, called wild-Max, and
hemmed in by- snow clad peaks from
10,000 to 11.155 feet high. Here vast
fields of perpetual snow are in sight
throughout the summer. Here are evl-.
donees of old Indian cam pa. and during
the fall and winter hundred of elks and
deer are found. Thin ideal basin or
level prairie is pver 7,300 feet above sea
level. It extends tome miles and is as
rich in tta green carpeting as any east
ern meadow on a lower altitude. Here
the wild ducks and geese on the lakes
acta the grouse and chipmunks by the
roadside are perfectly Indifferent to the
coaches passing, filled with merry tour
ists. The magnificent range to the west
ward is the Gallatin mountains, con
taining 'Bells' Peak," "Quadcane Peak"
also Mount Holmes, the latter 10.5T8 feet
high. These comprise the west bound
ary of the park; while in the foreground
northward, eight miles distant, is Elec
tric peak, 11,155 feet In altitude so
called from its peculiar electric display
during a thunder storm, when the en
tire summit is a continuous sheet ,of
lightning. N
In four miles we reach "Willow Park"
where Is a dense growth of willows
whose fresh foliage forms an attractive
sight. In two miles we pass three
mountain peaks, called the "Three Sis
ters," where are Immense ravines of
perpetual snow. Those ravines are the
source of Indian creek, which furnishes
mountain trout weighing from two to
six pounds. We follow Willow creek
for three miles to Apolllnarls springs,
where we stop and test the water which
Is pure as crystal and said to be equal
In every respect to any In the market.
We are now half way to Norris Geyser
basin In a tract of thickly growing pines
or smaii size, ujt Tromiuuio ;zuw xe&ij
In height aifid straight ft an arrpw-a
striKing and enjoyable feature or our
ride.
A ROAD OF GLASS.
A two miles' drive, a short turn In the
road, and we are under "Obsidian Cliff,"
a mountain of glass, forged In nature's
furnace, a thousand feet long, and from
one hundred to three hundred feet high.
This unique formation well merits close
inspection, and we pause to examine it,
reulhtlng that it Is not the article made
by man, but that made by -God. It is
Jet black like anthracite, and Rllstens
with brilliant effect when the sun
strikes it, but it is quite opaque when
the clouds cast a shadow upon the wall.
Here and there It Is striped with red
and yellow. Many blocks have been
broken off In older to build a road way
around this cliff. This was done not by
blasting, but by building- large fires
along the base of the cliff, and then
when the cliff was heated, dashing cold
water over the chunks, which would
shntter them to fragments.
For n third of a mile wo rode over a
glass hluhwiiy which la suld to be the
only road of glass In the world. This
Obsidian cliff was neutral ground to
all the Rocky mountain Indians, who
In common used this glu3 In making
arrow heads, weapons and tools. We
procured numerous specimens for the
examination of eastern friends.
BEAVER LAKK.
On the right of the cliff Is "Beaver
Lake," a beautiful sheet of water a
mile long, quite wide, and also very
deep. This lake was formed by beavers
who built dams across the creek which
Hows into It. . They have a series of
thirty or forty dams which extend In
graceful curves from side to side, each
having a fall from two to fix fuet in a
distance of two miles. These ingenious
beavers working there stem to have
possessed almost human Intelligence.
In the center of the lake? a curiously
constructed beaver house la seen still
inhabited. Around its wooded shores
are numerous hot nnd cold pprlngs, also
many fine specimens of the llora of the
park, while wild geese, cranes, ducks
and other water fowl haunt here In
great numbers.
The road flanks the lake for nearly a
mile and then takes a sudden turn
westward and crosses over one of the
natural "passes" which separates the
waters of the Gardiner river flowing
Into the Yellowstone, from those of the
Gibbon, which run into the Madison.
The ridge once surmounted, the first
active geysers come suddenly into view.
First comes "Twin Lakes" one reflect
ing the brown shades of the mountain,
and the other a deep indigo blue. Then,
"Mineral Lake" and "Frying Pan,"
consisting of boiling springs; then
ONE OF THE YELLOWSTONE PARK WAGONS.
"Emerald Pool," a changeable emerald
green, and "Roaring Mountain," cov
ered with steam vents from the road
side to the very peak. Frying Pan Is
properly named, for it vigorously
stews away on the right of the road, in
a manner which reminds one of a
kitchen spider In operation or a hun
dred boiling kettles. 1 should remark
right here that after passing Obsidian
Cliff evidences of hot spring action
constantly increase until the climax is
reached at "Norris Geyser Basin." All
along the road the odor of the sulphur
becomes more and more offensive; in
fact, there is no place in the park
where It is so general. The carriage
road Is like an ash head, or a stretch of
slacked lime, white In color and wind
ing amid extinct geyser formations
which have the appearnace of snow
banks.
We are now approaching "Norris
Geyser Basin." The outlook over It Is
a strange and weird one. The hot
npring and geyser-like character of the
country Is manifest. It is a region
which suggests a great manufacturing
center, inasmuch as much vanor is
seen rising above the bordering tree
tops. It Is really the most desolate
spot In the Yellowstone region. We
have thus finished our course of twenty-two
miles, with not an uninterest
ing mile In the route from Mammoth
Hot Springs; the scenes have shifted
like a moving panorama; the forenoon
has passed and we now make our first
stop for lunch.
THE FIRST GEYSER.
The first geyser that we behold at
"Norris Geyser Basin" is one boiling
and bubbling over with genuine Irish
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ENGINES AND BOILERS.
Dickson Manufacturing Co.
CRT GOODS. MILLINERY. ETC.
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PLUMBING AND HEATING.
Howley, p. p. m. T., 231 Wyoming ava.
GROCERS.
Kelly, T. J. tk Co., 14 Lackawanna.
Megargel Connell. Franklin avenua.
Porter, John T., 2t and IS Lackawanna.
Rice, Levy AY Co., at Lackawanna.
HARDWARE.
Connell, W. p. at Bona, 1U Penn.
Foote ft Bhear Co., U N. Waahington.
Hunt Cottoall Co., 44 Lsickawaaaa.
wit and blarney. It la none other than
Larry Matthews, who has charge of
the lunch station about a mile from the
famous Black Urowler ana other noted
steaming and groaning geysers. "Smok
ing hot." Larry welcomes everybody
as a "neighbor" or an old friend.
Aa we stepped from our carriage he
addressed me as doctor, a friend aa
Judge, and to an Englishman he calls
out, "Aha. me hearty, how - Is the
queen?" That was his guess at our
business; Larry is a traveling passen
ger agent for the Northern Pacific, but
for seven Bummers he has been the
most prominent character In the park.
His genial Irish wit keeps everybody
In good humor during their stay here.
After the tourists are seated In the din
ing tent Larry begs them "to make
themselves at home, eat all they can
and break the company." He Is not
still a moment, and everyone who vis
its the park will remember Larry, not
only as a Brushing geyser, but also as
one of the most genial Irishmen they
ever knew. As the atagea move off he
waves each tourist, a good-bye from
his tent door, with the , perverted
French term, "Au reservoir."
LARRY'S HOTEL.
This is an ideal lunch station, com
prising four long, low tents. Each
tourist Is received as though he were a
private guest, and welcomed to the
hospitalities of the establishment He
ENTRANCE TO PARK THROUGH "GOLDEN GATE."
is first offered a good supply of whlsps
(for the tourist Is coated with lime and1
lined with sulphur) and then Is escorted
into the wash room. Here are '.fifteen
wash bowls, overhung with fifteen
small mirrors, with combs, brushes and
sanitary conveniences all In complete
order. The ladies' apartment Is well
suited to their fastidious taste.
It was amusing- to see us white
washed men. and ladles with powdered
faces, hastily preparing ourselves fur
tho great dinner In store for us. Be
ing seated in the dining tent, we found
It a repast appetlzlngly clean and boun
tifully served. Here was a pyramid of
egtts. Just boiled in nature's spring
near by, there stood huge plates of
sandwiches, and also beef, ham, pota
toes, with pie, cake, coffee, etc., ad In
tinltwii. Everybody was hungry, ev
erybody wus happy, nnd tho dinner,
considering; Us Informal picnic nature,
was thoroughly enjoyed by every one.
Long live Larry, the Inimitable Irish
man! GEYSKRS BY THE SCORE.
The repast over, we went on foot, as
Is tho custom, to this great thermal
basin, where our carriages, later on,
overtook us. We invited Larry to ac
company us, for he has the history of
the basin down to the smallest detail.
His familiarity with all these natural
curiosities provokes pet names, and the
round with him Is not only Jolly but In
structive as well. In fact, his wit is as
much relished as the refreshments on
his table.
How shall I describe this strange sec
tion, which is but the Initial of what
we shall see elsewhere In greater gran
deur as we proceed on our trip?
This Is the oldest basin In the park,
and the most elevated, being 7, .",27 feet
above sea level, and covers an area of
six square miles; and there must be
a hundred, yes, hundreds, of geysers
and hot springs shooting columns of
steam, some a hundred feet and over,
skywards. This whole vast basin Is a
collection of hot springs and pools,
which vary In color, some being Jet
black, some white as snow and others
a sulphurous yellow, with a disagree
able odor. Besides, here and there are
frying pans, which sputter and sizzle
violently. The earth constantly rum
bles and shakes, and the air Is hot; no
vegetation can exist, and the general
aspect Is drear and desolate, gray and
dull.
If we were amazed at Mammoth,
with Its strange and beautiful wonders,
we are surprised now at the utter deso
lation we behold. It Is most dangerous
for pedestrians to go prowling around
over this treacherous formation with
out a guide, as in some places the crust
is very thin and liable to break
through. More than one careless vis
itor has broken through the softer
crust here and had a scalded leg as a
result.
INTERESTING CURIOS.
Some of these springs are "paint
pots" which boll Incessantly, their
pasty clay of various colors and with
noisy spluttering. The three promi
nent geysers here are the "Constant,"
the "Twins" and the "Triplets." which
seem- to be In perpetual action, even
obscuring the sun's rays with their
steam. This eteam. when condensed,
becomes the purest of crystal, as our
samples Indicate. Another is the
"Minute Man," who faithfully spurts
every sixty seconds from an orifice In
the rock about six inches in diameter
a bold stream from twenty-five to
thirty feet high. At Mammoth geyser,
when at rest, a peep may be had into
Its gaping throat, and Its blood-chilling
gurgle can be distinctly heard. We
saw the "Wash-boiler," an Immense
sunken stone kettle full of dirty, boil-
and Retail City and Suburban Representative Business Houses.
FRUITS AND PRODUCE.
Dal ft Btevenis, 27 Lackawanna.
Cleveland, A. ., 17 Lackawanna.
DRY GOODS
Kelly ft Healey. 20 Lackawanna.
Flnley, P. B., CIO Lackawanna.
LIME. CEMENT. SEWER PIPE.
Keller, Luther. SU Lackawanna.
HARNESS ft SADDLERY HARDWARE.
Frits Q. W.. 410 Lackawanna.
Keller ft Harrla, 117 Penn.
WINES AND LIQUORS.
Walsh, Edward J., C Lackawanna.
LEATHER AND FINDINGS. ;
Williams, Samuel, 221 Spruoe.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
Goldsmith Bros., IM Lackawanna.
WALL PAPER, ETC
Ford. W. It., 120 Penn.
CANDT MANUFACTURERS. '.
Scranton Candy Co., 22 Lackawanna.'
Ing suds, and near by the "RIns Tub,"
a cold spring. .
Among some rough boilers of gor
geocs cnliirs Is the "Monarch." who
spouts in regal splendor every tynty
four hours a stream 125 to 150 feet high
througfe three elongated orifices from
two to six feet In diameter. The erup
tion continues twenty minutes and the
flow of hot water is Immense at 17
degrees F. Next Is the "Hurricane."
reeking with unpleasant odors and
rambling noises. It is a prodigious
steam vent, whose violent gusts are
like the driving blasts of a tempest. It
also . discharges a large amount ot
water. Then the "Mud Geyser," a
cauldron whose muddy contents boll
up at Intervals. Here Is Just enough
water to form a loblolly through which
the steam bubbles.
But the queerest of all. Indicative of
the infernal regions, is the "Old Black
Growler," which owes Its name to the
Internal noises and smoke which Issue
from its crater. It is located near the
road and sends out with rumble and
awful roar a great mass of super
heated steam, night and day, but no
water. Enough steam escapes from
"Black Growler" to run all the engines
used In Scranton. The wind carries
thla steam to near-by objects, to trees,
even, killing them, inasmuch as they
finally become encrusted with lime,
which builds the terraces, cones and
mounds found here. A Chicago tourist
y
says, "The Norris Geyser Rutin might
be called "death's valley.' Jonathan
Edwards would have found In this ba
sin enough sulphur and brimstone to
lip.ve made his sermons on everlasting
punishment decidedly more realistic."
HASTENING ON.
But we shall never get on with our
Journey, if we attempt to describe any
more of these wonderful phenomena.
Those we have mentioned are, however,
but hints of what are to come. Here
we again utilize the "Lundelius cam
era" and photograph these wonders as
mementoes of our trip. Resuming our
Journey to "Lower Geyser Basin," a
distance of twenty miles, the roud leads
through stretches of handsome tall pine
trees, some without a branch for a
hundred feet above the ground, often
as far as the eye can reach. In three
miles we reach "Elk Park," a meadow
about live miles In area, with the Gib
bon river winding through It. This is
a great resort for elk, and the contrast
between the Norris UasVn Just left and
this region is refreshing In the ex
treme. Just before entering "Gibbon Can
yon," say a quarter of a mile off the
main road. Is a remarkable phenomena
In the so-called "Gibbon Paint Pots."
They are surrounded by a dense forest
of pine timber and cover several acres.
Here are perhaps five hundred mud
and boiling springs of Intensely cu
rious and brilliant coloring Issuing
from numerous openings In highly col
ored clay. U Is a strange sight tp wit
ness these great pots of gurgling,
splashing and exploding mud of every
color of the ralnlwiw, throwing out clots
of this pasty stuff upon the batiks,
which, on examination, are found to
be as smooth to the touch ns velvet.
The noise made by this bubbling mush
Is not unlike the thud of a steamer's
paddles striking the water. The Hot
Springs also are of various colors, and
highly Impregnated with various salts,
and over all is a pall of vapor Issuing
from the ground, and from fissures on
the side hills.
GIBBON CANYON.
This mountain pass affords the only
fairly easy means of exit from Norris
Geyser Basin to Fire Hold Valley. The
wild grandeur of the passage of Ave
miles or more in this Canyon is dif
ficult to portray. It Is a wild, craggy
defile, whose cliffs, rising some 1,500 to
2,000 feet, seem reluctant to open wide
enough to allow both the mad and river
to pass. TheBe basaltic rocks are cov
ered with green, red and yellow moss,
also with pine trees reaching to their
very summits, while all along at their
base are bubbling geysers and hissing
steam vents, which fill the air with
sulphurous vapors.
While many of these springs are cu
rious and interesting, we will mention
only one, the Beryl Spring, a fiercely
boiling caldron pouring Its scalding
overilow across the roadwaybeneath the
feet of our horses, while the steam from
it obscures the road. This beautiful
pool is fifteen feet in diameter and has
no superior In the Park. When it Is
boiling, the steam rises to the height
of fifty feet and no precious stone ever
sparkled more exquisitely, while the
reflection from the sky and surround
ing objects Is beautiful beyond power
of pen to describe.-
We have followed along tho banks of
the Gibbon river, which runs like a
letter 8 under the frowning crags of
Mount Schurz for eight miles, and as
the Canyon grows wilder, the river
races along more madly, until it reaches
Gibbon Falls, where It plunges nearly a
hundred feet into still gloomier depths
and is lost to view. Leaving the ter
races of the Canyon, the road passes
through a park region by a gradual
descent Into the "Lower Geyser Basin,"
where the streams form a confluence
with the Fire Hole liver, which Joins
the Madison and becomes the principal
source of the Missouri.
THE JOURNEY'S END.
Ncarlng "Fire Hole Basin" we pass
through acres of dead trees of the prim
eval forest. Ascending a ridge, on tho
right Is the Madison range, the western
boundary of the park. Here we get the
first glimpse of the "Feton Mountains"
of Idaho, seventy miles distant. In the
, FLOUR, BUTTER. EGGS, ETC.
The T. II. Watte Co.. Lt., 721 W. Lacka.
Babcock, G. J. ft Co., 1U Franklin.
MINE AND MILL SUPPLIES.
Scranton Supply and Math. Co., 131 Wyx
BiaBBaaaas
FURNITURE.
Hill ft Connell, 121 Washington.
CARRIAGE REPOSITORY.
Blume, Wm. ft Bon. (22 Spruce.
- HOTELS.
Scranton House, near depot
MILLINERY ft FURNISHING GOODS
Brown's Bee Hive, 224 Lacka.
City and Suburban.
ATHLETIC OOOD9 AND BICYCLES.
Florey, C. M.. 222 Wyoming;.
' HARDWARE AND PLUMBIXtV
Qunster ft Foray th, 227 -Penn. . .
left, six miles distant, the dense volume
of fcteam from "Excelsior Geyser." the
largest in the world. Is seen.whlle below
In the foreground, five - miles distant,
is "Lower Geyser Basin" and the new
and commodious Fountain hotel.
Continuing along the Fire Hole river,
we soon reach the Summer camp of
Company D, Sixth United States caval
ry, under command of Captain Scott.
At the ford of Nei Perces creek, where
It Joins the Fire Hole river, over which
we crossed, two miles from the hotel Is
a historic spot. Here General Howard
had a skirmish with and defeated the
Ncs Perces Indians In 1ST".
A mil from the hotel Is a large log
building, built by the State ot Wyo
ming twelve years 030, for a Jail, hut
now 'abandoned. Skirting along the
east side of Lower Geyser Basin for the
mile, we reach the Fountain hotel, one
of tho best hostclrles of the Park and
the terminal point of a forty-one mile
drive, the longest and the hardest of
the entire park tour; and the close of
our third day's Journey.
J. E. Richmond.
LITKBABY KbTsH .
It is now generally credited among lit
eray people and, as Edward W. Rok
thinks, with good reasone for belief that
it was to lleors; W. Smulley that WUI
lum Waldorf Astor has offered the editor
hip of the Pnll .Mall Uaiette, t a salary
of K!S.Ouo per year. Whether .A Smulloy
will accept the offer Is not 8 yet detl
niiely known, but it will not t,e long be
fore he eithi r deckles to remain lit Nv
York or to go back to London, So fur as
Mr. Sinalley's personal preference Is con
eerntd he would ratiir return to the Knit
lisfll capital than remain In the Ameri
can metropolis. He feels more ut home
In London, and Is fonder of lis fosgy at
mosphere than ot our clearer and mora
bracing air. At the same time hit ponition
as the American correspondent- of the
London Times give him a prestige and
power in New York which no other man
enjoys, It means a roo deal to a man
In New York to have tho news columns of
the greatest and must powerful dally in
th. world ml ht? rummund. It mav bo
J said that It gives him access to anything
T v. . .1 . . - , .... ... . 1
nv vnuinm iu UHI" v' 11 i'uiul vi -ary.
however, Mr. Astor's offer means
Jiu.uou more than the salary of Mr. Hnml
lev as correspondent, and this, together
with a reuldenee in Loudon, may carry
the day with the famous JournalUt.
li M 'I
The Pall Mall .Oaselte, which has a
strange diMlnrlltmtiuii to consider Hall
I'aitie the mlKhiiest writer of his time,
; tins (leserilied that novelist s stylo as "til-
Die and lially Telegraph. " Mow, the tia
zetto Is huiiKlng luelf over that artless
description, for Mr. Calne has declared
In .Mi'Clinc'i: "Whatever strong situa
tions 1 have In my tales are not ot my
ereatlon, but are taken from the blblx.
'The Deemster' Is Hie story of the prodigal
sun. 'The ttondmun' Is the story of Kuan
and .Tticob. 'The Scapegoat' Is the stoi-y
of Kll and his sons, but with Sainiul us
a Utile girl; ami 'The .Manxman' is tho
story of David and I'rlah." The Gazette
adds: "Samuel us n l'tl i girl siiRifosts
Inllnlte posHibllltlei in the nay ot the
lllble turned Inio fiction."
ii H M
It I reported thut Signora Dura Is writ
ing nil Italian romance, which will he
translnteil Into Lngllsh by Miss Luurens
Alnia-Tudema.
BOCK BLER CARD.
Mr. Joseph Cleunon, of the firm of
Hughes & Glcnnon, the 1'ittston brew
ers, has designed a uiagiitlieeut Bock
Beer card. The card contains portraits
of the most protuincut candidates for
the Presidency. Mr. Cleveland stands
aloof from the croup, to wham he is
delivering au address, lie wears
upon his lapel a third term badge, and
rests his left hand on Hughes & (ilen
nun's mascot bsck goat. The right
hand is extended to impress his hear
ers with his last words, which were,
"The Union and Hughes & Glenuon's
Bock Beer forever."
Hughes & Gleonon's Bock Beer is
better this year than ever. This is
due to the artesian well from which ,
the firm obtains the pure crystal deep ,
rock used in making the beer. o
Imported beer can compare with the
Forest Castle beer. . Drink it down!
l)r!nk It down !
Hurrah for Hughes & Glennou !
Hurrah for their splendid bock.
It will set your face a-grinuini;.
It is made from pure deep rock.
If you want to see the next Presi
dent of the United States, examine
Hughes & (llcnnon's Bock Beer. In his
speech at the city of Pittston, Presi
dent Cleveland's words were, "The
Union and Hughe & Glenuon's Deep
Rock Bock liccr forever!" The beer
is now on tap.
Hughes & (ilennon's Bock Beer is
better this year than ever. This is
due to the artesian well from which
the firm obtains the pure crystal deep
rock used in making the beer So
imported beer can compare with the
Forest Castle beer. Drink it down!
Drink It down !
If you cannot sec your favorite can
didate for the Presidency on Hushes &
('ilennon's Bock Beer card, drink a
couple glasses of the beer. It will
make you open your eyes and see
double.
Hurrah for Hughes & Olennon!
Hurrah for their splendid bock!
It wjll set your face a-grinning.
It is made from pure deep rock.
If you want to see the next Presi
dent of the United States, examine
Hughes ti (ilennon's Bock Iker. In
his speech at the city of Pittston, Pres
ident Cleveland's -words were, "The
Union and Hughe & T.lcnuon's Deep
Rock Bock Beer forever !" The beer
is now on tap.
Cowlei. W. C, 1607 N. Main.
WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER,
Rogera, A. E., 21S Lackawanna.
BOOTS AND SHOE3. .
Goodman's Shoe Store. 432 Lackawanna.
FURNITURE.
Barbour's Home Credit House, 425 Lacka.
CARPETS AND WALL PAPER.
IngllS; J. Scott, 419 Lackawanna,
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Osterhout. N. P., 110 W. Market.
Jordan. James, Olyphant.
Barthold, E. J., Olyphant.
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER,
Snook, 8. M., Olyphant.
PAINTS AND WALL PAPER.
Wlnke. J. C, 214 Penn.
TEA, COFFEE AND 8PICB,
Grand Union Ten Co 102 S. Mai
nn
mm
A Newspaper Man Relates a Mar
vellous Story.
An Interesting Chapter In His Own LifeSoic,1
We Hope, May Profit by Reading Same.
from Me Iltrald,
Maury County it one of the richest and
biggest and best counties in Tennessee. It
would be an exaggeration to say that any
one man knew crery other man in this
county, but it may snfely be said that fen-, if
any, cau come nearer to it than Mr. Joe M.
Foster, whose home is at Carter's Creek, and
who is now connected with the Htrald. In
the interest of the Htfald he. lias visited
Dearly every home in the county. Upon
" state " occasions that is, the Ifrratd't an
nual picnic reunion he is the "Master of
Ceremonies." There are few men better
known, lew better liked, nnue more trusted,
and what he r the lb raid, unconditionally
ami unequivocally, wiil vouch for.
To see hint now in perfect health and
euerpr, oire would not think that two and
a half years ago be was a bed-ridden
invalid, a physical wreck, whose family
physician, loved ones at home and friends
all thought was soon to be called hence,
but such is the case, and not only he but his
family and a hundred friends Trill testify to it.
It was a peculiar atllieiion he had, tiud his
eiift! was marvellous, his recovery a nine
teenth century miracle. And that others
may enjoy the blessings of the wonderful
medicine which beyond tha perad vent tire of
A doubt under (iod's blessing saving his
life. Mr. Foster uot desiring publicity but
with the hope of daiug good has con
sented t tell of his sickness and his cure.
It was in the fall of he was taken ill.
n was a farmer then, and had spent the day
exposed to the weather and working in the
field, and for live hours was in the mud, in a
Mooning position. In a few days thereafter
he liid a peculiar feeling in li is) fret and
hands; they became numb and felt at if
US,ll.
but, perhaps, it would be better to let Mr.
Foster tell his own experience, and this is
what he says:
" Following the numbness of ray feet and
hands, that iiiiiuhness spread until my whole
body was paralyzed. I had a dreadful con
striction around my body, and as I grew
worse this extended up, cutting off my
breathing; it finally got withiu a few inches
oi my In rout and ii was with dirhculty that
I breathed at all. At irregular intervals I
had lightning pains throughout my entire
hotly and liniks, and fot at least five months
I was perfectly helpless, and a man servant
was kept in my room day nnd night to turn
me in bed and wait upon tne.
" In the earlier part of my Illness my feet
felt as if 1 was walking hare-fooicd on a still
carpet. Soon I could not walk at all in the
dark, and could not even stand alono with
my eyes sum. 1 rapidly grew worse, and
soon my limb refused to carry me. Finally
I Inst uiy sense ot feeling or touch, and
could not tell when my feet were against
each other, hut felt all tiie while, us if they
were being pulled apart. ' . ,
"In tlw beginning I had called in my
family physician, a very successful practi
tioner. He put me nn a treatment, with in
structions to keep very quiet. Hut I contin
ued to grow worse, and in about six weeks he
told me, candidly and honestly, that he had
done his best, that. he had also advised with
some of Columbia's leading physicians, giv
ing them niv tymptoiiit, but that lie could
do' nothing tor ma anil it was useless for him
to try any further. He and the physicians
with whom he advised pronounced my dis
ease locomotor ataxia, and incurable.
" He told mv friends they could try any
thing they wished, and then 1 began trying
everything that was suggested. I tried dif
ferent kinds of electricity belt pads, shock
ing machine and eleetroKise, with nunihi-r-Ita
kinds of medicines, both internally aud
Am
i DOCTOR i
ENOLISH
for Coughs, Colds,
and Consumption
is beyond question the greatest of all
modern medicines. It will stop a
Cough in one night, check a cola in
a day, prevent Croup, relieve Asthma,
and tun Consumption if taken in
time. " You can't afford to be with
out it." A 2 Sc. bottle may save your
life I Ask your druggist for it. Send
for pamphlet If the little ones have
Croup or Whooping Cough
use it promptly. is sun to cure.
Thrcs Slits 13c, 5caa4 It. All Drngjlrti.
ACKER MEDICINE CO.,
16 C-18 Chambeta St., X. T.
mum MANHOOD
General and Nervous Debility.
Weakness of Body and
Hind, IClTects of Errors
... L'.m.u. In tA nr
Young. Kobust, Noblo'
Manhood fully Restored,
How to Eolarae and
(Strengthen Weak, Un
developed Portions of
Hody. Absolutely nu
fuilingHonie '1'reatinout.
Countries. Send for IWrlptlve Bonk, ea
plauatloa and proofs, mailed (sealed) free.
ERIE MEDICAL CO., Buffalo, N.Y.
FLORAL DESIGNS.
Clark, G. R. & Co., 201 Waaiilngton.
CATERER.
Huntington, J. G, 2 N. Washington.
GROCERIES.
Plrle, J. J., 427 Lackawanna
UNDERTAKER AND LIVERY.
Raub, A R., 425 Spruce.
DRlT.aiSTS.
MeOarrah ft Thomas, 209 Lackawanna.
Lorenti, C, 418 Lacka;. Linden ft Wash,
Davis, U W., Mtt'.n and Market.
PIopp, W. H.. Poekvllle.
Davies, John J., 108 8. Main. .
CARRIAGES AXD HARNEBS.
Blmwell, V. A, Slo Linden.
PAWNBROKER.
Green, Joseph, 107 Lackawanna.
CROCKERY AND GLASSWAFja.
Harding, J. L., 216 Lackawanna.
Columbia, Ttnn.
externally, but all to no effect, until, about
April 1st. 1893, a cousin, Mr. A. X. Aiken,
of Columbia (who is now clerk and Master
of the Chancery Court of this county), re
commended Dr. Williams Fiuk Pills for '
Fale People. v
"I began using them as per directions for
locomotor ataxia, aud in about one week
some of my friends tlioneht I was better
doc it was two weexs beiure tne linprort
meat was nisi a ta all and satisfactorr to mv.
-'lf. Then, however, I ftntte the pills were
doing their grand and glorious work, and
I kept taking then until 1 could hobble
about on crutches. i o. ,
"It was suggested to me then that naturtvi
would do. the. rest, and I left off the pills. ',
lo about ten days I saw that 1 was going
down hill again; I promptly renewed tha
pills, and acain I begun to improve. A
second time 1 tried to leuvo the battle to. a
good constitution, but found it still too
weak so I commenced ou the pills again
and kept taking them until I was well.
"I was in uiy titly.ti!t year when I wai '
taken sick. It is now ubout two years since
1 discarded slick and crutch and found mv
legs strong enough to carry uie. I aut eu '
joying splendid health, weigh more nud look
better than for years, und attribute my
health and my recovery und life to the
magic of Fink Pills for i'ale People, under
the blessing of tloil.
" I have, recommended there pills to '
number of people, and many I know have '
been cured by llieui. 1 wish in my heart
that every person on earth who is MiuVring
as I was could get them und would try them, i
"To thoso who know me, 1 hope it is not
necessary lor mo to add that 1 make this
statement of my own free will, without .
money and without price. Hut if there are
auy who are inclined to doubt. I will refer
them to Dr. J. 11. Hill, .1. M. Hunter. It.
D. Loekridge, Joo Terwell, Anderson Nic.
hols, 8. B. und U. W. Nichols, all of Carter'a
Creek, Maury County, Tenn., or if they will
call upon me I will give them the names of
hundred witnesses of as good men and women
as the sun ever shone upon.
" (loping some poor Kutterer may read and
believe and be raised from a bed of pain, I
am Very respectfully,
Jor M. Foster,
Care of the Utrahl, Col uinbia, Tennessee."
Dr. Williams' Pink Tills for Pale IVuula
are prepared by the Dr. Williams' Jlediciiiu
Co.. ot Schenectady, N. Y., a iirm whoso
ability and reliability are unquestioned.
Pink Pills are not looked upon as a putcnt
medicine, but as a prescription, having been
used as such for years in general practice, and
their successful results in curing vnriousafllic.
linns made it imperative that they be prepared
in quantities to meet the demand of the public,
and place, them in reach of nil. They are
an uul'uiling spcuiliu for ouch diseases as loco
motor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus'
dunce, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, ner
vous headache, the uftcr effects of hi grippe,
palpitation of the heart, pale und sallow coin
plexions, nud the tired tit ling resulting from
nervous prostration, ail disease resulting from
vitiated humors in the blood such as scrofula,
chronio erysipelas, etc. They are also a
specific for troubles peculiar to females, such,
as suppressions, irregularities, and all forms
of weakness. They build up the blood, and
restore the glow of Jiuilih to pale nnd sallow
eiieeks. In men they eli'ect a radical cure in
ull cases arising from mental worry, over
work, or excesses of whatever nature.
Pink Pills are sold in boxes (never in loose,
form by the dozen or hundred, and the puhlio
are cautioned against numerous imitations
sold in this shape) ut Cj cents a box or six
boxes fur H.'M, and may be hud ot all drug
gists, or direct by mail from Dr. WiUhunr
Medicine Company.
EVA M. HETZEL'S
Stiperior Fac? Bleach
Positively Remove All Facial Bleni'.slias.
Azalea Face Ponder Is superior to sny fse.
powder ever miinufactnred. Used and com
manded by leading sorlnty nnd profession!
beauties, necstwo it givm the best possible
effect and never leaves the skin rough or
scalv. friee SO cents.
Thrixogcne, Nature's Hair Grower, is tha
greatest uuir inv igorator of tho present pro
Kies'iv site. lioiiiK purely a vegotable com
pound, entirely liaiinl, ss, nnd marvelous in
11s beneficent effects. All diseases of tin Ualr
an scalp nro remlllv cured lv tho urn of
Thl imnelie. Price iiil cents and SI. For sal
at K. M. HeUel s Hnlr-drossioK and Manienm
Parlors, 'M Lackawanna ave. und I l.an
tiin' Building. Wiikes-Itarre. Mail orders
filled promptly.
A C'klohMtti't Eiti.li niimnil UraaJ.
rENNYRQYAL PILLS
original na uuij ueamae.
Arc, tiwa.vs ri-littbiti. iaoiks tk j
Dfu:lft tor IWfUcttri hm' it Om S
mviitt Brand lu Uitl ud Htd uw1fellla
bou. fatal trlth bluet rthbuD. Tk
na tether. Itefrttt dMan-ou iubuUa
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lo (Ubii'i lor iJiiloular, mt.nuoitl
" Keller For i.a4irv n itutr. bf Minn
It Mil. 1 IMIUA TrMiisiOBUU. Vm tttfr
lhffasl'ka.mljial i.'aw. Mild tan n Mni
BROKER AND JEWELER,
Radin Bros., 13 Penn.
DRY GOODS. FANCY GOOD3L
Kresky, E. H. ft Co.. 114 S. Main.
CREAMERY
Stone Bros., 208 Spruce.
BICYCLES. GUNS, ETC
Parker, E. R., El Spruce.
D1NINGROOM9.
Caryl's Dining Rooms, COS Linden.
TRUSSES, BATTERIES AND RUBBES
GOODS.
Benjamin ft Benjamin, Franklin ft Spruce,
MERCHANT TAILOR.
Roberts, J. W., 126 N. Main.
PIANOS AND ORGANS
Btelle, J. Lawrence, 301 Spruce.
DRY GOODS. CLOTHING, SHOES
HARDWARE.
aiulley.AmbroM, triple atarae, Provliaagsa,
.tap
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