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THE WEST SHORE.
Klamath bike, Tulo Lake mid the Lava Beds, tlie
rcihm iiiikIu famous 1V Captain Jack nml his Spartan
lillllil I if MmllM'H. SCCNl almost at (inr foot To the east
tho hillM nml valleys f the Nevada linHin stretch out to
tii.i lioriium liiix. At our way fuel, und dwarfed into the
merest ant hill, in thu Black Butte, or Little Mount
Shasta, n pigmy iiiit4rtrt of the groat mountain, its
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hlack, harri'ii hwos uirown into imhu rouei against um
1 1 I . I 1.'.... U Tim
INICKgroiiilll in Kifrii juiim mil iiiiiiiuiiil; ju iiro imrau-
bianco iii contour is wonderful, mid suggests the little
uiodi'U wo see. in tint 1 nu'iit (Illicit at ashington and the
groat onginoH of which they are the image.
A little further to the northeast is Sheep Rock, nrounc
which the old emigrant trail iwcd to wind, and just bo
yoiul stands the (loose Nest Thin is n cak that rises to
r height of more than H.IHKI feet The top is barren of
timber, mid nt the extreme iijh'X is the crater of a huge
extinct volcano, fully a mile in width, and tilled with per
petual snow. lTom Shasta alley the depression, with
it white lining, ho closely resembles the downy interior
or n nest, that the name seems peculiarly appropriate.
From our high iiositioii we L'azo down into this snowv
crater, and think how all things have changed since its
now frown interior blazed with vulcanic heat What n
sight it must have Imm-ii when the hundred craters now
within the scojm ot our vision were belching forth lire,
smoke and burning lava! Pilot Hock, in the Siskiyou
.Mountains, on tne imrder line between California and
Oregon, oitches the eye, and Scott and Shasta vallevs
wiuieu in i.y mo encircling niountiuns, are smiling am
iH-nuuuii, hko sai kling gems 111 n massive setting. The
courses f the Sacramento and Klamath, with theii
leaning trihutarios, can Ik traosl with dilliculty.
It is now ten o'clock, and wo think 1 if nm hut i.tuM
ney m to lterryvalc; but before going , py our
rwpeet to the monument on the extreme nNx, erected in
b.. by the rit,sl Static (Wt Survey. It weighs (HK)
.umU, is cylindrical in form, nixteen f,t high and three
ammeter, and is made of U.ilor in.n. It is surmounted
by . MUI,H ,llof HishtH, lHIU,i)ositi(m tlmt K&
- n,,, can Ih sm. with H,werful glass nt
Then, re two way. of descending. One is to plod
V ' l"" ou,,,r K'w down the
f " m,nr,y n can be had.
. anj uvh luiiea can 1 li
rr":r,1-thetin,..rline,n2elS
- uu ins 110 0 under bin . . 1 1
from v ew I nuuter .11 ' 6 llsmr8
the jyio Kiid mi ,1 E,rUr. tnU " firra WJ
ing my eyes like the drivings of a storm. The ridge is
soon passed and then the speed is terrific, giving me the
sensation of falling through interminable space. It i8 a
wild, excitins ride, and before I can imarine it nonai'M, t
rench the point where the pnow disnnnenrs in fya timber
Gazing up the great mountain down which I came in as
many minutes as it took hours to ascend, I for the first
time realize the immensity of the journey. Feeli in,,
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self all over to see if pieces of my anatomy have' not been
scattered along the route, and finding myself sound in
body and mind, there comes over me an almost in-Aai'cK
ble impulse to go up and try it again. The journey to
Berryvale is soon accomplished, and refreshed with .
- '"I (ft
hearty meal we recline under the trees and rest our
weary limbs.
When the railroads now beins extended uVmll ,,
formed a junction at the Oreson and f!filifr.rn;n
w j vuu tuiOj VUO
route will pass through Strawberry Valley, and Shasta
will then be more accessible to tourists than any other
mountain peak in America. It will be on the main line
of the grand circuit made by all those who come to the
coast by the Northern route and return by the Central or
Southern. Hundreds will visit it evei'V HI! mm or or,A
uuu
spend a few days in the mountains at the many inviting
resorts. The headwaters of Sacramento, McLeod, Pit,
Shnsta and Trinity rivers abound in mountain f,t
perfect paradise for the angler, and the dense forests,
with their deer, black bear and an ofleftsinnnl rrr,, Ja
n ... . .. . cuiu
California lion, offer exciting sport to the huntsman.
Harry L. Wells.
Quinine from Gas Tar.
The last contribution of modem n
is the production of quinine from gas tar. Professor
Fischer, of Munich, has succeeded in obtaining from dis
tilled coal a white crystalline nnwW hu
regonls its action on the humnn Hvcfm
, vniiiiu tJJ uiDbiil-
guished from quinine, except that it assimilates even
u.u.e rencuiy witn the stomach. Its efficacy in reducing
fever heat is said to be remnrlcnhln
use of ice unnecessary. The im,wnn r u . j:
uuva vuuvo j outju a inn
covery as this consists not so much in the actual fact
ntmevea as in the stimulus given to scientific research
lilt 41lV v .
opeumg up of a new channel of investigation.
Ihe romance of cas tar i
7 adllition to the sweetest scente, the most
oruiiant dyes, the most nowerfnl rllainfonfn j
prussic ac4 are some of the numerous and wonderful
wu.ia 01 xxb aecompoSition.-1ScJef(io American.
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