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Show m the nuni ATiniiS Eoprvsentative Make a Whirl Turough th-.- Hightir Altitudes of Dtah. AT THE MINES AUD LAKES. He Teasts and Gorges on Scenery That Has Inspired the Poet and Artist, It w ould bo ditlieult for the tourist to "map out'' a more thrilling or piolur esque whirl than that which iseinln aeed in a trip uroiiud the oirole that in j reached by the I'tah Central and boarded at Park City. It was to test the integrity of this assertion that a representative of this paper, accompanied accompa-nied by his wife and daughter iud Mr. J. T. Stringer, 1 oarded the train on Thursday Hfti-rnoon last, w ith tickets for the Park. The voyage was rcu dered exceptionally pleasant by the fact that Conductor Crile w as punch-in punch-in the cards, while Mr. M. K. Crites.the express messenger, was distributing Timks literature in all it variety. A delightful experience was had at Young iv Hiehard's Mountain (ilenn resort, re-sort, that nestles down in a charming dimple of the hills, after which the train sped on and at 8 o'clock the party were enjoying the unrivaled hosoilnli-ties hosoilnli-ties (-f Landlord Simons ut, the Park City hotel. 'I'll K 'I'l Mi-.s correspondent at Park City was on hand, and Inning arranged a pilgrimage through the Ontario mill and mine, the party Marled to explore the mntciie of that bonana. Through the courtesy of Mr. Mador the pi noes by which a half dozen tons of ore are condensed con-densed into one was ascertained, after which the trip was continued to the mine. Here the superintendent of Ihe mine was met, and under the clocron-age clocron-age of his foreman, Mr. Niniuio, the dosceut w as made into the silver -fringed catacombs of a bonanza that Is known the world over as one of the grainiest in the great belt. Through the shaft that pierces the bosom of ihe rich belt the parly were lowered, halls beiuvt made at the intervening stulious, mud a level of one thousand feet was reached. In the meantime ehuinbers that were sparkling under the ephemeral ephe-meral light of the "tallow dip" had been penetrated, Cpraises were climbed, wiiucg wero inspected, and a sea of silver was comprehended. A signal to the engineer anil again the party was at the surface in tho (iod-given (iod-given rays of duulight. It was one o'clock when they wero avidly gnawing the "hone of contentment" t hut U'liri set. be fore them at the Park City hotel, and lifter performing the herculean feat of mastication and digestion, di-gestion, Hrghton, the next point on the picturesque pilgrimage was started for. At live o'clock this romantic camp was reached the voyage embracing scenes the artist has rarely witnessed. No one could hitve exlonded more generous hospitalities than Mr. Brighton, who served it splendid splen-did repast and provided beds that soon restored the oiiorgy that had been sacrificed sac-rificed on the trip. Hero was met Rev. J. B. Thrall of the Congregational: church, who was on his summer outing and who, with his Interesting family, bv the way, was Ihe last to iibandon the park. To convince tho voyagers of Ihe variety that ho had In stock th" weather clerk let fall a snow storm mid from the dusty streets of Park City the parly was standing in a weird landscape. At ten o'clock the following morning the party were seated lu saddles and Ihe ride to Alia was started upon. In this rugged and heart slii ring stretch the Twin lakes w ere passed and a more inviting spot could scarcely be conceived, con-ceived, lb-re and there Ihe granite ribs of the mountain Were inlaid w Ith snow that has rested there for an eternity etern-ity nf vears. At Ii o'clock, with Mr. J. W. Stevenson us a cordial and enter laiuing escort, the tourists reaebed Alia and in the absence of a hotel the liln'rties of the city" were offered by Mr. H. C. Wallace of tne eniei jo in'K inm Tucker At Wadaw. It was w hile Mrs. T. YPavis wns reliiovlug her wraps thai the misfortunes that frontier delights de-lights always entail began to dawn, aud it was revealed that sh" had lost tne time pi.-ce aud charms with which the writer had ptvviited lu r prior to their marriage. II'' had lo share Ihe trouble of tint luckless uiomeiil, and the baek-trail baek-trail was taken. No man ever sought ' w-jih more industry t recover an r tide for a gold nugget that hung from its chain carried a P-geiid of '.7.1 on the irotlliiT. This w as inietw oen w ilh the Miiianeo that had united two lives, and the ileii-riuinatieil to lind it Has tierce and grim. Near the summit Albion Pettier jr.. w ho held the ribbons over a lumber ti-mi. w as overtaken, lie had picked up the time piece, and the I -trouble in the family" wa nt ait end Thanks and a reward for hone. ty. and the pallV. after a break neck ride, was again made happy. One., aifain in Alia i the tram train vv as -.iiiiflil an t the jour-i jour-i n-V was rei.erti- l. lb'- i.-nery that I embraces ll.is run upon as. if profiling ' carrier l-gj.'.irs description, ( 'do riido bus si lloval I. urge and j 111 e k anori, Ihe north has its Yellow-' Yellow-' -tone and Sierra Nevada but the reveia ! ti.KI- of tJ it In r ei- qw th'- graiideiir of ' .e-iierv thr.Mig'i which that tramway i !;.',. i. Sie ! '"..ii s rille may iv a thrill in " irao lion in tin- ai u.iis ol war but ; a-'cmiipari-d with the -hapt'-rs of pie tn.i -"jiiep a. e it is tame. On the par' y In l.-s lime limn is re.piii.-il to ,1. ; .b it eight lllib-s were sjeil le "I lii-.-e and ..iie-iiaT houis are I'-qu'r. -i U , ,:i-m tii" toif i'-iis grde b-it bke a ! lb 'i.' of f .i.e- t!-.e party had b sc. leb-d ii " JI-: tl-e w-r at Wsfeb. ' Th'-e'i:g'n:i-'.-i ;'. l'. I. ramie w as ti..-,' ti..-,' ;. g .t i -ltd 1 -inj;s f..r a run and :J: train us-i o.- in!e.l. At o'clock the i ' any w;i. a'.'atti in Zion and Ihe recol . Ic.-tiuri d a whir! around lie circle will 'survive as one of the liappiest chapters . in the fni. Measure of life. It was a I revelation trora the moment the mountain moun-tain were entered until the uulit j vulb-y wa? reached on the return. |