The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-08-24

e-s1 fVCAAuk ouC84 Ntko QiC18y tf g
and wsstful expression The gambler.
and the cowboy with slouehing gsi. and
keen glsnces. elbow the shsven city
clerk and the senderfoo,' dressing the
part Of miner With osten,a.ious care
The English tourist. too. is,here. draw
Ing detestation upon himself by his dis
dsinful eyegisss. and here and there are
figures needless to psrticuisr;ze. show
ing by their faces that the worst cases
of the east have felt the Occidental in-
pulse as we'll as their betters-
The peculiarly of Dens.r's busine.
history is that it grows by fts and
starts For two or three years times are
dull, real estate . drug. and many are
on the point of moving when Q mining
discovery sends rything up at .
bound and capitalists build several
more mammoth hotels There is much
poverty among those too proud to own
it-pe pie who were couf .rtAble at
home. bat who moved on account Of
ths Ill hesish Of solse member of the
family. Their neighbpr. take little in
tssest in them, and their position is
often . very sad one.
The great summer amu>en'.nt is
camping out Rich and oor. they all
60. the few in style. the many in wag'
ons hsaped high with provisions. bed
ding and human beings. They enjoy it
Immensely. at least sometimes. Moth
/ ing can he pleassnter than . nice camp
ing party. but there 10 danger Of attri-
iion Of tempsrs. Ladies must be made
Of stout material TO endure the petty
discomforts. and the gentlemen must
be patient when the horses stray of or
the provisions get drenched. Still. it
is wholesome. merry. and adventurous
custom. 1t IL . pity that cheap rail-
road excursions are threatening to do
away with it's peculiar features.
Denver 10 rapidly casting Of oil sign
Of . distinctive individuality. unles. 1t
be one that does her NO credit. The
Mexican bull driver. the woodsnian. ths
Indian. and the trsppsr have disap>
pearsd from her streets. and loungers
10 civilized, bnt iss pic,nr ',qn.. have
taken their pl~.e. The sI9hts ar snou
seen, and unless you have resources
within yourself the place becomes IN.
tolerabiy dull.
4 wish the Krasshoppers w"hid com
this year; they'd starsc. said farnisr,
in grin. recollection OF his former foes.
Yes. the drought Is NJ lat an admitted
fact. I say a, last. y cause It is the cus-
IA 10 Ire I Ill sispes;i az uufas"rahIe
Ia the country with raging 60 IA t.
l"u bal b"it-r not l,rpan a., q u
cIsms Ia msa wbo "~ns property. IL"
has the mot unbodn,ied cnnfid nee Ia
the fu,ur-.' in wliateser ent<rpr.,e he
may have on hand Accordingly. s.i
went into the ground this spring In
faith that would have been called snb-
lime if shown in bettsr cause. Last
summer was one never to be forgotten.
The sun was ball of fire snd the air
smoke in the mountain and dust on the
plain. Even water could not make the
plants grow. Tney withered ~ though
before fire. To this . dry winter
succeeded. blown dry by incesssnt
gales. This year the weather 10 not 50
hot. but still dry, and when the clouds
gather. it il to burst in storms thst de
stroy whAtsyer the Drought has spared.
To-day the Colorado farmer. always
ancsston,ed to fight hard for Q living.
drops his hands in . pauic. No: for
seventeen years has auch . season been
known, but in '63 there were not 90
many people to Be starved out Of their
homes. From every quarter comes the
same news. Actual distreas hes not yet
become apparent. but the hopes Of e.
Gaping il srs few. Bets are offered
that hay will be 500 ton this winter.
There 10 little danger of that, for food
can be brought from other States. It
ouly illustrates the stats Of feeling.
There 10 no grass on the prairie and
no water in the springs. Yet the first
man who stumbles into piece Of bot.
tom land, we'll watered and carefully
cultivated. will cite its yield - . proof
OF what Colorado can do II abe tries.
There arc fertile spots in the desert.
bot heaven preserve % from . scheme
70 colonixe SAharA. When the history
Of western iatd speculstions 10 written
| is viii conta,a .iages only second, as re-
citsls Of human wrsugs. to the annals 4
slavery.
We are bettsr o6 than western Kan.
sas. for vs have mines, uncertain. bu,
still prooising. That immense mineral
deposits exist in the Rocky Mountains
10 : we'll known fAct; the principles
governing their discovery and sxtrnc-
ton are net known st ell. Mining is q
naatsr Il chance very siightly aided By
sxpssisncs. No man should risk mors
then hs can AFFORD % loose. II you ars
sasoing . living. esd have . comforts.
bls lsns. get your fFisuds to watch
you tin IL mining fever leaves you;
but IL fortune thsarss you. IL life is .
burden and hardship . relief. CONS
right aiosg. Men who have nothing
70 loso have oil to gain hers. Psopls
Of smAll msens. refined habits. and cul.
tivsted t.stes ars unhappy in thin
country.
Large capital 10 saft II the holders
have hsAins. NonOysd intsresas ere
nurtused With tsnderness in strong
coptrase with the pssvailins indiffer.
sncs 70 human life. The criminslity OF
Q murderer depeods altogether on tbs
popularity Of bis victim. The nevsps-
psrs echo the ssntioent of the csumI-
nifty, which is strongly against usfa-
vosabls publicity. There ere no dime
novels more ssnationsi, no Tragedies
more gloomy than incidents which
frsu time TO time come TO the notice oi
. vsstssnss. Death 10 seldoo faI away,
aod n learns 70 ri1s. With . laugh
through what would shsck another. A
kind Of anexpreased fsiaiism . . strong