, 1879-02-19

hotels, md napkins, nnd such things, as he pro-
Ercssct westward. Al Chicago, llc badc fare
well to chocolate and morning newspapers; Mt
Topeka, he saw his last wnsh-bowl aud barbcr-
stsopi at junction City, he had dEssolylny
ytcw Of lurge bedroom md chairs. sinco then
the Wcst has changed few"
IA wltntfn
'sEscusc idtoms! fancy that our experience
will bo similar 10 Mr.. Greeley's, only We will
hive TO 60 further"
''Iu order to fare worse.n
'pcrhnps BY the way, have been writing
1ome poetry.'
"Ahal" (icrccly(
ayes, md tie poem is entitled Ton to Lead.
ville.' IL begins titus:
Over the Western prairie
We wander wild mud free,
Excepting when tho train stops
Fur .'in,,er Or for iea:
Onward, Sfr Guiahhd,
Valiant and trnc.
q f3 ,ss ,sS e5oilsd / q,,'l q = !, *o had
"Dcaustful! And that reference to the quall
fs positively touching. Tile dlnlng-room car
irotn Hopkins to Atcllson ts the best Oh the
continent. Go ahead with the poetry nlll.'
But the doctor was silent. uc was, perhaps,
nusing. Perhaps he was mad.
POPULAR SENTIMENT.
Tic cry, "On TO Lcadvic," which was dis.
tinct even Ia Chicago, grow louder unl longer Us
tho touris.s ncared tic Rocky Mountains. Ey-
erybody seemed to be talking about LcadyilIc,
III tie Pullman car there were tlyc men md two
women bound for Lcatvi1lc. In the i've pas
sciEpr coachcs OH the SAME train tkere were
iilty'threo people, all Having the same desttna;
nnon!x t9a Il ySw a The 96s nsos sonducter sar. tas
were going up to the mouataiMs; tic 1l
brakeman wore a knowing and cynical smile
Us he coaycrsed falniiiarly With the pca,,ut-nun
about California tiulcli a1l thc Little pittsburg
Ming. But Il was not until they reached Pueblo
and entered t!lc smolsIngcar On the narrow-
guage road to Canon City Tint the tourists real
lied thc extent Of the Lcadville n,auia. Illr cur
,r'sss wns crowded M With rough 'a!}orlnE,,uen a
werc tho broad white felt hats, and The Oluo
Blifrs, MID the rcd shirts, and thu high boots,
TINT always lend q picturesque look to our
frontier lIic: hiany Of these men wcre od
1niners who hnd abandoned their cniuls IN Ida
10, Utah, md other ;norshcrn mining distrlcts
to try their fortunes IN tic new sirer Edorado.
They l!ad como down from Denver Oh the ben
vcr d lslo Gr,l,ldo Railroad, unl hud Joined our
crowd at Pueblo.
THERE ARE THREE ROUTES
to Lcadvillc. One Is BY stage from Colorado
Springs through tie Middle Park; one is from
Denver by rail to Webster City, and thence by
staee; and the third 10 by stage from Cauon
City, the terminus Of the Denver 4 Rio Gtan,lo
Narrow-Gnug Koad. OF the thrco the latter IL
preferable. Tho stage road Is u few miles
iongcr, hut Is In much better condition, mud re-
gnErcs no moro tfmo to complete tho Journey.
Two days arc required by cacll route. Barlow
d snndcrs0u's stages leaYu Canon City laiy.
an extra stage running every other day to ne
lug 10 lcadvllte. Cold weather cnnnot beat
them back. Be 1t understood tllut the winter at
Lcat'yllle begins WHARF the ordinary winter
leaves of. It'll now near tl,e mfdaio OF Feb
ut11 411te nj min 1thr uof
Gnced aDy really gold lnys Old settlers tcll
nc that March, April, anft MAY nre the winter
months here. Mr.. Cole who hns rancho nbout
twenty m'es from. Lcadv,llc, declares that he
has been showed in With four feet Of snow III
May. OF course tho snow is an clleetual
preYenter Of prospecting; yet there arc hum
drcds Of miners pouring into tho camp every
dRy,-experlcntea tMct,, too,-mcn who hAvo
and down tlls enttrc rango from Mexico to the
Britfsh Possessions. Hut II lappuns that III
tnlnlnE experience Is Of little avail. Here at
Lcadylle, for Instance, some Of tic best claims
lIlvG bccii nlAdU by amateurs or ErceniIOrns, II
Is q Ecntina lottery.
IN TIia MOUNTAINS.
From Pullman car OH the Atchdon, Topeka
t. Santa Fe to the BmoktnEcar on tho narrow
Eauso road was great descent. but TINT was q
trlfle compared With tbs 1ownr depths into
Wy Wera our parpeIr pss.f or n Gaoo" 5o cy y
Significant llot.l. Hclug forced to stay oycr ono
day, because Of all the places In thu atage be!lls
taken IN adsanse. they devoted themselves to
ia"ths u tho Se o%or sd I 1t i tGsa G4a caaoa e ,S
@oks 1s tresise @x'ss sat'o s S;h d. te c~"s.s ss
pertaining to Villages Of It's clnss. The Stato
,iy s nGs.ss Gstc, naasr
tle traditional striped buits n,ld during thu day
arc Kept Ut work OH lhe building whlc! they ara
eonde,nncl to occupy: Li.es OF men with
YhcelGarrows illc ~ ~! out q tue great gate,
guard. armed with 4 loubc'barrelcd shot.gun
stlus himself against tho stonewull nud whistles
clIccry tune. Boyond tl.e prison aro twp min.
ernl springs, charged mostly with iron ul Soda,
Willc1. lre Tile resort 0f tnvllds lId tourists.
Callon City III said 10 be icalthy.
woKH ON THE RAILROAD
from Canon TO Leadyil1u IL going on rapidly.
This Is intended 10 br alt extension VI tho uAr-
rowgaugu rDud. although tho roati Is bolng co,,-
strustel st| on tlly hroa.l.galgo principle.
0taHd Cnnon md Royal 0orge waR lot sotue
months ago to hlf, Clatk Lipe uf Chicago, y ho
had now 900 mon on this most 1tfI1cult pioco OF
work. For about i've miles tho river runs
ular porphYry ellis, rising in soetu places to
height Of ., J00 icct. To lay road-het1 for a
railway W. tlIe gorgo Is tremendous undertak-
liIg. requiring continuous blastinE. Sometimes
OF thu cliffs hundred feet md plust down ito
the gEalic. A few days ago Tho foreslluu mill
two men were blown up l50 feet BY premature
dlscltargo 81 dynamite, u'na there wns hardly
their relassyus TO hunt them w. but this has
bccn tic only serIous arcflent so fur Tl,v work.
men 1.-Two In ratnpa up nlon2 tale gorge, anl Mr..
LiQc tlus II general supply ssorc 10 tic village.
Wild anu grand ~ Ut anG point In tho Rorky
Mountains, mud thu canon Itself ranks arst
AMONG the great Colora'ilaH corGas. Few aro