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For an hour each day now Mayor Lowh on public view Visitors to New Yorkwho crowd the Zoo to see tho animal fed

go to the Aquarium to KOO the fishesfriik about are beginning to appreciatethe new a tract Ion to hlghtseers thus openedwhen tho witching Mason of nominationsappears on the political calendar

When Mayor bow went into office heestablished a peoples hour from II to 12

oclock each day when he would reoolvosuch visitors as had or thought they hadbusiness with him A few months of thattried the patience of the Mayor and thepeoples hour was abandoned Then camea period of short talks handed out by thoMayor In printed form for publicationin tho newspapers

While the reconstruction of the CityHall wns under way the Mayor decidedthat as a Mayor Is to l n elected next fallitmight bo well to return to the dally au-

diences with tho people So when the bigreception chamber In tho west wing of theCity Hall was sot In Its now decorativeglory formal notice was given that theMayor would l there from 1130 to 1230oclock five or six days a week The doorsT Tre to be open to all and each visitormight hIm the private ear of tho Mayor

When the appointed hour arrives thoMayor emerges from his private office andwith majestic strldo passes across the cor-ridor Reynolds Is at his rightand a sergeant of police In spotless uni-form walks on tho other side

The double doors of the chamber areopen When tho Mayor reaches that roomhe slows up a hit cautiously

And well ho may Tho new floor Is oflarge squares of polished wood It hasthe sheen of a freshly poUched boot andtho wax has made it slippery But theMayor now accustomed to walk on slipperypaths erect passes over it without loss ofdignity

The manner in which Secretary Reynoldstransport himself across in suggestive of aglide bred to a twostep Dancing mastersbring their pupils to the hall on Tuesdaysand Thursdays to point the example of thegraea of the wearer of the Order of theDouble Dragon Tho policeman assignedto be the badged and uniformed protectorof the Mayor has his hobnails manicuredeach day that be may not mar the mirrorlike surface of the floor

In the southwest corner of the big roomis a modern table of the oblong sort fittedfor the work of Inspectors of election butunsuited for a comfortable poker game

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The trip through the park takes five and-a hall days but this is followed only bythe few who aro travelling on the onagain off again gono again Finnoganstyle of transit tho majority stay over adty here a week thero a fortnight at theCafion Lake Upper Geyser or Hot Springsas time and inclination permit

The five and a half days may bs outlinedthus

THE n S IATTbe train stops at Livingstone a typical

Western town that is a level endinghills the level holding the hotel saloonframe houses of one and a half or two storiesa store for curios and the station Herothe car for the park is separated from the

ktogrv are waitingAt Livingstone the tourists on a certain

dale wore treated to their first view of thohospitality of the West when two youngwomen hoisting themselves hurriedly onto the moving section of the train foundthemselves en route to Portland while theiroriginal destination had been the parkThe train had run a couple of miles beforethe mistake was discovered then it wasstopped They were gently lifted to theground by a cordon of Pullman portersguards conductors and train hands thepassengers forming a sympathetic back-ground

They were afraid that their own trainwould leave thembut not eo Half Ltv4 one tame to meet and escort them

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It Is of Imitation mahogany like thofurniture of room

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of the room ho Is as con-spicuous as the prima donna at whom two

shafts-A paper Is on tho table in

front of tho Mayor out a pencildraws a triangle onand says-

Now MrThat la the that tho Interview with

the has Thereupon MrReynolds brings one oneand each to the with awhispered word that the demands on tho

make brevity a virtue anadmonition which troubles thovisitor

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Most Wonderful of ParKsYellowstones Sapphire LaKes Boiling Springs

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The early days of June are the commence-ment days and the last days In September-are tho closing days in Yellowstone Parkafter them the first snowflakes come Thentho final tourist leaves the hotels closethe transportation company ceases to runthe big comfortable stages the tender-foot campers pack their outfits and thepark is left to the guardian soldierswatchers at tho hotels tho solitary pedes-trians tho campers who disdain calendarsor rising and falling temperatures thebig gamo that come hack cautiously fromoyer the far ranges and the furtive chip

which no longer darts from theroad trembling Into the hole of somefallen tree as If tho only object of the biglumbering stages with parties of merryvoyagers waa to trample out Its littlehelpless life

The silence and gloom of winter beginearly hero the Christmas cold comes InOctober and to all Intents and purposesover the great reservation known as Yel-

lowstone Park the curtain drops untilthe spring Then will begin another and

longer procession of pilgrims for witheach season the books of the transporta-tion company show nn increasing number-of tourists who come into thl wonderland-of the continent where In a few days oneis brought face to faco with nature in allIts varying moods from the serenity oflandlocked lakes to tho awful wrathits cafion the threat of its bubbling goyners and the rugged strength of its greathills rising on tho continental divide toan of over S344 fret About 10000people visited the park this year ono rail

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apologized for not having a carriage tomeet them they were begged to take theirImpromptu walk easily ns the train withits decoration of protruding heads wouldon no account leave them behind What

H a morn scheduleOno of the leading merchants of the

place whoso sentimental recollections datedhack to the Black Crook era Inquired Iflike the herolnn In that dark drama theirlittle hearts went pit a pat and a gallant

cowboy assuming the usual Ignoranceon tho part of the tenderfoot allowedgallantly that they had taken a lope tolook at a distant mountain which to aneye trained in gauging Broadway cablecar distances was at least twenty milesaway Never was there a more completeholdup even the famous one of a certain

Yellowstone Park driver who is todaythe admired of kind and once heldup his own stage while ho abstracted ltdbullion contents sinks Into the insig-nificant

From Cinnabar tho stage makes a lum-bering ascent up steep rugged slopesbrown and bare Never were mountainsbetter named than these same old Rockieswhich like a stern forbidding face brooksuddenly into alluring smiles only themore fascinating by contrast and unex-pectedness

An eight hours drive brings one to theMammoth Hot Springs Hotel the firststopping place In tho Park from whichone catches mountain views at every turnOpposite the plaza dotted with saga brushU Fort Yellowstone from which vantagepoint the Government keeps an open ereover Its possession and where taps and

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reveille mark tho travellers first nightand morning in the park

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park and becoming Initiated Into Its uniquecolor scheme ono where every naturaltint meets blends and contrasts with everyother Jupiter and Angel Terraces arewithin easy walking distance of the Mam-moth Hot Springs Hotel strange

in graduated ejeps neutral tintedwith splashes of rose over which the boilingwater crystal clear rushes in cascadesAt the summit bursts of steam indicate

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tho lewer cafions After that are passedin succession Electric Peak Swan Valleyand Lake Willow Park Apolllnaris Springand also Obsidian Cliff a mats of glasslooking like polished ebony around thebate of which runs a roadof glass funnedby melting the substance with the fiercest-of flames t

Luncheon Is taken atstage having covered twenty mUes An

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ELK IN YELLOWSTONE PARK

the geysers and Angel Pool blue as thesky before It ever looked upon a wickedworld a blue Intense that it hurts theeyes trained to duller shades of textureand scenic effect

TUB SECOND nayThe stage leaves early and the exhilara-

tion of the mountain air Is already feltEven moth eaten jokes are welcomed withglee The Hoodoos are the first objectsof Interest huge boulders barren andforbidding thrown In wanton profusionover a considerable area some of them

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appetizer is given by the sulphurous fumeswhich rise from the neighboring springsand geysers The white smoke curls andsways gracefully in spiral accents below-in the pools there aro buhblings and evi-dences of subterranean revolt One looksdown down hut never sees tho bottom-a volume of steam a convulutlon of theinner surface a warning touch from theguard prevents It Is here that the WickedPerson of the party begins reform whichbecomes every day more penetratingand progressive as the nights of the

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bearing a weird resemblance to bird orbeast a sitting bear a giant a druldlcalaltar then comes the Oolden Gate Itswalls flocked with gold guarding one of

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people balk when they reach the shinsquare and embark on an exaggerate

Tho wood U light yellow There Isntand ono must navigate across

In centra of the room there a magninocnt chandelier of glass prisms

an artistic feature roomand lion boon modernized with clectriobulbs well hidden a web of glass beads

Tho walla are of white a ofhen and there The is In whiteHangings of deep red velyrt bhadow tho

are with bandsof and aro lined with silk whilethe window arches above are covered withyellow silk

leather Boats and backs of the chairshrur tho official arms of tlw city of NewYork but they are old and were cheapwhen they wero now and they wear a scc

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MAYOR LOW RECEIVING HIS VISITORS DURING THE PUBLIC HOUR AT THE CITY HALL

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Where was under thethe treat of the room there is a coat

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legged gentleman in yellow breechescanvas the room

On a lino with it as closely as canbo Arranged ore the portraits of former

now dead one of Gettis the portrait of Mayor Varlck

on both ofwhom left their names toNe York streets

in the centre of the north wall It-

tho portrait Fernando Wood three timesYork bow of Tammany

and the founder of Mozartho of Tammany It hurts MrReynolds to see there for he

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Sorties and each traveller with aseparate welcome kindly Inquiries as to

station family reason forOne fools like a passport In hands andungrudgingly to him the secrets of

they aro iu safe as in theconfessional on the return Larrywith outstretched hands unblushinglywhich have been driven from his memoryby succeeding as one fume

out in the susceptibilities ofthe geyser gazer

spot is a tract of land coveredwith trees barren of leaf standingby thousands white as snow unearthly

like petrified Thecomplexion of the becomes

more insistent These trees tbe effects of I

fume the down timber in suecwslvo miles by the roadway some of it I

makers are among the most strikingI

After passing the Gibbon Cafion GibbonFalls Of and fording a narrowstream tho the FountainHotel the nights Thevoyager forty and is

tint too much to the bearswho come from the woods to the

in the rear of the hotel and Inci-dentally furnish one of the elements of at

Sometimes there are eight orthose tears on tho heap at once

they are interesting creatures wildai one never knows where

the line Is drawn one becometoo familiar It Is not a straight linemean It Is an crooked as Elbow

paths theis called ap-

proached them one day near enough to get-a does not mean you can ap-proach so near the next no means

plenty of exerciseclimbing up and down the stage to

at geysers hot springs Ac There atory of course it is not true

so often the fault of a good one

out at the foot of a particularly steepclimb to look forthem breathless and disappointed at theextreme summit

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The usual morning call and thestarts off in same positionfor In this country

more marvellous than the lastono thing permanent and stable is

the teat on morning rids

hemlock and an occasional whichthe tenderfoot In calling a cottontail balancing matters on byspeaking rabbits

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one isby the belief that a fardistant clump oftrees Is a herd of elk for whenthat the last census places them at 00000approximately It seem that hornat be seen but are craftycreatures and when the tourist cornea

go whither only the patience skillof

The Upper Geyser Basin Is reached atnoon party Is divided two foursix to a tent night Is to be spentIn this fashion In the woodsIs not much roughing to endure however

tents are spacious with comfortablebeds and canvas for seclusiononly UM pine odor tho rustle of leave

silence the brilliancyof tho tho differencehopes half fears that a grizzly may come

From hero you visit Old Faithful one ofthe greatest geysers in the near

are many Grand OblongHive Lioness Castle

Beautiful are scattered aboutUon Morning Glory Sunset Lake

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rOCKTM nayAbout noon the next one reaches

the border of Yellowstone Lake blueclear vast encircled by mountains You

from which like the peak of a roof thewaters flow those on east to the Atlantic those on the west to the Pacific

Point the Three Tetontlooming grandly in the distance and

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was those who rallied funds for thepublication of Gustavus

HaU which painted Woodblacker than William M

When Mayor Low came to theMayors office he ordered

Fernando Woods down Hisattention was called to n regulation that nonew pictures can be to Hall

none removed without theconsent pf the Municipal Art CommissionHe not care to go to of askingthat Mr Woods picture be banished fromhis sight so remains on thewall insolently down at SecretaryReynolds

there Is some compensation forSecretary Reynolds In two

same room One isthat of Daniel FTIomannwho once defeatedWood for Mayor and the other shows thecountenance wholikewise once defeated Wood Each of theseiron wag beaten once by Wood as well

None of tho recent of Now YorkIs shown In tills gallery

The visitors timeyellowedpaintings and make their comments an

while they are to acethe Mayor The visitor may be a

who is In haste to eeo Mr Lowand seizes this opportunity

When tho his positionon the question he dismisses tho mana nod to Secretary Reynolds

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the low edge the water flows intothe lake here the fisherman may cookthe fish he catches in the lake eatthem so cooked if he does not mind aslight mineral flavor This Is called the

Cone The travellercontinue around the lake in tho coachesor after luncheon take the trip by boat tothe Lake Hotel stopping at a midwaylanding on Dot to see the

in enclosure the buffalo cowproudly exhibiting a very leggy calf to theamusement spectatorsHouse has a bluehazed

a Rip Van Winkle start ofsurprise

nrrn liArThe great Mud Volcano is a feature of

thlo days excursion a crater 40feet wide at mouth In which bollsunceasingly a ooze the outercrust and flecked with mud so thatone can only peer fearfully over the edge

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Mayors side The listens twirlingmeanwhile or making

on theIf the Mayor agrees with the views ofthe circles If he is

disposed to argue from another standpointstarts the construction of a lot

looking like aknows and Mr Low calls him andasks Mm to bo seated Tim Mayor trtato not more than five tovisitor and announces tho termination oftho by uncroM his legs andbringing both feet down firmly on theas ho round andlooks for Secretary Reynolds

Each to Statebusiness to Secretary Reynolds or to

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From distant in Greater New YorkIsland farmers come to suggest

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of the Creator Volumes of eloquence

John L Stoddard have paidtheir tributes As simple andfactory a description as was over written

a student whoFor a million years this has been theland of tho The sunsetsthe are dissolved on walls

they are the colors of all the yesterdaysFrom the Grand Caflon road

is retraced to the Mammoth Hot Springsonly five and a half days having

HEBE AND THERE IN THE PARKInterest centres about the stage drivers

weatherbeaten theirstories and experiences hairraising hold-ups and and

soldiers at the fort are rivalsfor the favor of the pretty waitresses atthe hotels

Remembrance about the tale ofthe Western ranchman who moved to elo

have been In rteMuir Earl Cranston Bishop Fosspror Hayden President John

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GREAT FALLS OF THE YELLOWSTONE

at a distance for fear of disaster It ishere that the Wicked Persons reformation

never again The Sulphur iIs also a

tinted tho ground for acres about it anundulating of boiling springs the

which pursue onoSo much has of the Grand

Caflon of the Yellowstone that to add onomore word is to bring upon one the re-proach of the utterance To

Kipling Thank goodnew neithernor could ever portray its

splendors adequatelypainter who said

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he had East to bo turned downby Eastern girls in tmewivo winters and

of pure and heavy of heart had comehome to repeat fame experience thefollowing year

Look a oneof theinto the pool and you will tee a wishbone

resemblance to that article Is descried

nature interrogation he responds Aaidehlll an animal onone aide longer than those on the otherso It can cct over the mountains more

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