, 1879-08-13

ths ArkunAas ltivsr-A Trip Thruusl1 It
By Railroad.
sp<etnf corTr'ro'6fne" Of Tat 7hta7raS-
CANON CITY, Colo. July. l5'u-AmonE the
"onoefa o. thls "ohocrfano there u pesnaps
mons morn t"iallf snn''fne thau Tue Royal
HorRo ol tho Grahd Cabon ol The Af8aosas
HtFef. Uoffn2 u'o 1e" month" which nave
e'at'fea s'oca ue Atchhof' 1npeka q aahto re
Nai'foad maoe highway oil That which Nnture
herself seemed 10 nave seseTTea through ali tue
ages a Tue one p'ace moi 70 DC ptoianea ~
human fnotstepe mHny tourists have passed
through It, aud looked up Will wondering eyes
at it, mighty, and what va once thought insc-
cesatole htFhts. For nlany years 1t made Canon'
City point Of attraction to tourists: anl they
were accustomed to make long detour around
the nouutnlo, bv which thcY arrived ut
the summit: md. bY a dtf'lro!t md dangerous
pasaage tho bo1dsr oncs descended, over cFaCey
rocks and broken. .massca OF granite, until with
dizzy heads they eou'd look dowu thr immense
depths and sec the rlvcE tossing ami fonun.,
iite atrcnm nj t,oituv slxer. nearly half n mile
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oe'o" t't".' ~ 'snse'e' u tson' u' 'Ne'''''e'
was Ieat 1mpossiolc. except IN tue lew cascs
on record. when, during wnlcFn Of Unusual
screrity, the tn,e.,se cold had eongcalett the
,r,+a- IN e,cb a I,+orc., t,,.t he t-ren, co,,,o,
"A,'' ..,Nn.', =" oaem 80 ' h". ~'-'I,
and with spiked boota a''a staVes' II lew al
vcntur0us BpfFtta sueceet1eH 10 penetrating
little way bg huEginE the frozen margins, aud
In urea4 nrr}1 nf s,,nnlnt towards the eentral
n,tr.nt whc, wv, frcc7ea Nav fron liz.
eu'Ieo'' WHICH nese' "oc@e'' -,o". 'o1' 't.'e
platform oi stenm'caf. you Iook tln Win
strained vision to the towering Nights, or dowa
at YOUR side. wt,cte, Close ut huu The hooluc
.tr,.,, to,,s nj. maj, mn, er,,rr1,nr .,irI, in
s.'ts't 'snp' '"' '''s' 1''o MI "''''' ~
IL" lying course.
] made nv first vial. to tho 3orea last fall,
while the engineer. were nlakir. their surveys.
,rhcv h,d h,aa,c, am rut. n,,l filled n ro,,,.,,
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Ntho 0. 1oaa''ea a'"is '''. "o''a Sn'" " -"
C"non iot nearly urea !'''"s' 9" t''as to"e
1,o:so Ia their cant, wstcf, WIS tl:u Just lelow
that uark caIlet, fl,y nec.cr,lt,engc> tie Koyst
nnr,.s From ,,;.r,. tb. ,vor ,voa f,r NJ. fuip ,f
oo.s" f'o"' ', t".." '',r nv, WI vas w .,,
peril ami sabl'n''l'' lhe el'CN!sc's no'. Will
Creat lahnF. tnado sors OF trasi thr"nEh INC
m1rc lltlclilt portion, 10 that j mudc mv way
hv stonn.ur from notnt ia uotut on nasvuw
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oae'ses' p'oJos+ns 0o"'e w.. ~. ~"
white tlr water. many teet bc'n", was
boiling raldron. Hnt' heetne,' ttrn IT, laan w
ta%arus lnr. seinrl1nrs ! han 10 steop 10"
wht!c passing some oVelnanEH,E n1nleston'
while with careful 1rrt hatls nv $40" nroEtnss.
1ccasiuhaJty wnnlt Hi!!i the st'all ilttln
wt'ies. IT. ihaf ] could rest. n'!d l"ok IN WITH
vertiea' eyca to tl!h ellis tt!ted almost stfarhe
ate'sa mo Tor :,lap to'!!aN tGet; t!l+n uown ilf"
Ecrmrd t0 '.Aa tnu, With oil tbs 'aashalon OF t!#
Rhine Larlel. aml ct'sltl untsfsen!ui tho
meaning ut that inystte lcgailtI, Thea wol'tt
close ny ofrs far nln,b.,1t tU recover mr. bead,
aud. Watching only tie stepA l was taking. pru'
tee.t Itstld fart!'Gr; ahl a' til. tiHe, IN ll'c
0scn stlIfnrss, seemed entering with profa'ln
footssete 'in myatery of Eternity. Thus matlc
my way for nearly twn tnties and theti retnI'n"!
safely. hui fsarfII'ly !itu!. Just ~ the stIacs
wsrc settiing down. Tic. Cannn Il ono suercs.
sion ri surprises, ard no description can reHer
Il ayen Partial 1l'*ttre. !vrll 'fle stttfFkts OF
modern Photographic art AL 10 NV" anyti!'tg
mnre tilnn suEEGatton Ut ia wonders. They
caau0t catch tltn Ginpscs 1l colnr nr I'm lights
aml sllaiows eyrf u'asing u1H'n III glfa'en'uE
wAllA.---ttlt rellustlfltls wh1rh ING s'lh au"ta
down from th0 uns,er lights into u1r ddnta's It
cantnt directly pcnutrais -
Ny tccont Trip Hax Nv rh{!foah ll!rsef t,e
caro- u Mr.. HeoEGa u kog"Fa. otlu 81 tl''iso fara
conElactt,ra who tAkv pleasure II! nnlmtit,E o,lt
and ezrsnnc all pt'ln!s Of la1esest 10 nslrangsrs.
and WITH pleasant tu'nrany I'll tt'1iTltt Iatisrs
atns gentleman. w sfartta' ''lso teasa"t n1Ef'
moan from 'hu thF1sih" thwh o. Ia'toh Cllf.
ald. aftol passing t'it state F.S''n. AMI. lsttIo
btYun.t, af,s fAihutla So'x hl"s lrun ss'rnEs. We
crossed for hall 1ntis lrssl sandy psal';, anu
ulrn suddenly pas.a'! under tlin leo nt MlgltT
grautla l@Etal. hundreds ~ feet hugh. whlch
descea'is with 4'oost vertical s!de* % eto*e u
the watGra tsige iat tlInre ID obts roo. for tho
lttIa narrow Euags track to pass 4. Whsu psHt