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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Sept. 15. 



phant's legs. It built up the legs first, then 

 ran over and solidified until the legs were 

 united, and the streams of water also unit- 

 ed, and in the same wa)' produced the body, 

 back, and head of the elephant. Now, the 

 queer thing about it is that, after having form- 

 ed the elephant, the water runs down, as I 

 have said, along the legs, and disappears in 

 a cavity that goes away down in the ground. 

 Why does not the spring get out down in the 

 ground without the circumlocution of going 

 up on the top of the elephant's back, running 

 over, and then getting away ? It is because of 

 this wonderful deposition of minerals. In 

 some places it made me think of the tallow 

 candles of my childhood. Some of the older 

 friends, at least, will remember how a neglect- 

 ed candle would sometimes pile up strange 

 figures, caused by the melting tallow running 

 over the sides slowly, then getting cold. 



GOLDEN GATE. 



You can go all around and look at things, 

 but you are not allowed to break off fragments 

 to carry away, nor can yovi throw sticks and 

 stones into the springs. Just try it, and see 

 how quickly you will get the police on your 

 track. I was overhauled by a policeman only 

 once. He told me to be very careful about 

 frightening horses, especially where the road- 

 way was cut into the sides of the mountain. 

 He suggested I had better dismount and go 

 on foot around such dangerous places. 



Away up in the mountain there is a spring 

 so large that it is called Bath Lake ; but the 

 water comes into it so slowly that it is just 

 about the right temperature for a bath, and a 

 notice is put up permitting boys to go in 

 swimming after seven at night, but at no 

 other time. 



Near Mammoth Hot Springs is Fort Yellow- 



stone, where the superintendent of police- 

 resides. The road on from Manmioth Hot 

 Springs is not very difficult for the wheel; and 

 no wonder; for one piece of it, scarcely a mile 

 in length, cost the government $14,000. But 

 there are wonderful sights all along this mile. 

 We give you a glimpse of it. 



Much of the roadway here is made of plank, 

 with one side let into the cliff, as you will see 

 in the cut. A good iron railing prevents peo- 

 ple from falling over. Some of the cliffs here 

 go straight up so far skyward that one is 

 tempted to stop every rod and gaze in open- 

 mouth wonder. Just at the point you see in 

 the picture, I found some government em- 

 ployees working on the road ; and as I had 

 climbed nearly a thousand feet that forenoon 

 I very much enjoyed a dipperful of water in a. 

 pail they carried along with them. A little 

 further on, feeling weary, as it was time for 

 my forenoon nap, I wheeled out into a 

 clump of beautiful evergreens, and la}' 

 down on the soft green grass, my head 

 resting on the handle-bars of ni)- wheel 

 where my coat was tied, and had a very 

 refreshing nap. At dinner-time I reached 

 Willow Park, getting my first glimpse of 

 one of Wy lie's camps with its permanent 

 tents, and with uie it was a case of " love 

 at first sight." I give you a picture of 

 one of the tents, but it does not half 

 rt _ do justice to any one of the camps. 

 *L' Just imagine a group of tents so ar- 



/■ ranged as to form a little village, with 

 a the ground tramped down hard and 

 I smooth, and the whole village swept up 

 ^ neat and clean. Then imagine, inside 

 101 , of each tent, a nice clean dainty bed, 

 with carpeted floors, clean towels, wash- 

 bowl and pitcher, and every thing to 

 match. If it is dinner-time you would 

 have to imagine also a larger tent with 

 the long table well filled. Do not for- 

 get an abundance of easy camp-chairs, 

 with magazines, books, and papers, and 

 last, but not least by any means, the 

 whole little village peopled with bright 

 intelligent folks, old and young. The 

 path was down hill leading to the 

 camp, so I came in on my wheel at a 

 pretty good speed; but as I sprang off I 

 uttered an exclamation of surprise and 

 delight. A nice-looking gentleman respond- 

 ed courteously, and I talked with him 

 quite a little while before I discovered I had 

 tackled Mr. W}'lie, the boss (not only of 

 this camp, but of ever so many others like 

 it), the very first thing. In a little time I had 

 another nap in one of those beautiful tents, 

 and had a nice dinner of trout just caught out 

 of the lake near by. Then I went out into 

 the open woods you see in the picture, and 

 picked wild strawberries. They were just 

 getting ripe about the first of August; and at 

 the end of a path through the beautiful spruce 

 and pine trees in a shaded little nook I found 

 the Apollinaris Spring. The water is said to 

 be almost identical with that found in the 

 celebrated spring in Germany; and I am told 

 it is the only one besides the German spring 

 on the face of the earth. Somebody said a 



