The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1873-02-28

upon the whole, very mild and equabl,
far superior to those Of any Of tn,
Southern States, except, perhaps, Flori
da. We have not had two weeks o.
severely cold weather this winter, put
ting il all together. In fact, our cold
weather is principally during the night
time, the days being seldom cold or dis
agreeable. During the winter the nights
and mornings are generally cold and the
air bracing, but as soon as the sun rises
the temperature is changed many de-
grees, aud by ten o'clock you can scarcely
realize that il is winter, the thermometer
standing at 60' to 500. We have ex.
tremes here, both in winter and summer.
but they are not lasting. To those who
are desirous of finding climate suitable
to their "ails," and who have dcspaired
Of "a paradise on earth" we can recon.
mend Southern Colorado, taking it all in
all, as having by far the most superior
climate to any part Of the Union.
To consumptives and those suffering
with all affections Of the respiratory or
gans we would say: Come to Southern
Colorado, and if YOU are not cured, there
Is no relief for you this side of the dark
valley" But those who are in the sec
ond stages Of consumption should not
come here rs fast as the cars can bring
them. The change from dense to so
rare an atmosphere is too great. Make
the trip by easy stages. A writer 10 an
Eastern paper truly says: "Consump-
tives who come here before the ravages
Of disease have wasted the recupcrative
vital energy almost certainly recover;
others become comparatively comfort
able, even regaining a considerable de
gree Of vigor. Many come too late, in
the last stages OF the disease. In such
cases = crisis ensues at once, followed in
a few days or weeks by "A fatal termina-
tion. The cause Of this is solf-evident.
They are brought here from dense at
nosphere in which all the demands Of
vitality are satisfied by using from one
hslf TO two. thirds of the capacity of
their lungs, while here, in this rarifod
air, the full capacity Of every lung-cell
is taxed, and then can not satisfy the
demand; for, TO make up the deficiency.
the respiration il accelerated fifty per
cent.-that il, from sixteen TO twenty
four times per minute. The full inha-
tioa Of the lungs and the accelerated |
motion must produce ruptures in dis
cssed cells, hence the fatal cri.is that
speedily ensues. Before railroads peno- /
trai"d here, when it took thirty or forty
isys to make the journey, more desper-
At. csses were cured than now, because
tbe strain " the lungs caused by the in
rreasins rarity Of the ali was SO gradual
hat the slight LESSONS hsd time 10 heal"
He continues: 81 would therefore ad.
vi-e all TO make the trip by degrees;
'ay, stop over ten dsys or more st Abb
ene. Saline, or Brookville, on the Kan.
as Pacific, all Of which points are from
lne thouand 10 twelve hundred feet
above the sea; then, if 10 uniavorahle
have made their appearance,
90 to Hays City, thousand feet higher;
hon 70 Wallace. twelve hundred feet
higher still thence 10 Kit Carson, u
thousand feet higher, and so on to the
The experience of this
'ountry fully agrees with the above
L
Colorado has indeed become the great
ani.A-;isa, % ~Ihi,h all eyes are turned.
ivalids with every conceivable disease I
Irs aocking here for relief Dyspeptics d
ireSaid n soon recover their lost power {
f asimilation and become hearty and
obust To the sridity of its climate =
)oloradoowes its remarkable exemption n
rom all bepstic disorders. p
We b@ieve that the natural scenery l.
{ this c'untry-the grand, the sublime, :
he marv,lously beautiinl-is a powerful !
uxiliary 10 the climate in the relief and n
ure of al diseases. il
We walld advise invalids to come to b
his couary in the spring or summer. o. o.
hey can then become the more readily ~
cclimatei-in shorter time than when te
ley come in the fall or winter. 1t is tc
seless fof an invalid to expect perma- h
ent reliei in short time Ii takes this
lass from six TO twelve months to be- 81
'me acclmated. A residence of few Of
oeks in the mountains, in summer, is di
Efficient a recuperate, to build up, the &c
lsiness nan or the clerk who is worn > >
At by continued mental and physical :"
bor They will find, and fully realize, 1,
Iat il is 2.
Better 10 hant in fields for health unbourht. NJ
han fec The doctor for a nsuseous draught" !"
NJ. ID. c. h,
iecttOns To be Held This ya.. |"