The sun., 1881-11-20

SublIm1ty oI Tho s6ehe is neiGhtehe1
But full realization Of the grandeur Of ,h,e
mountain is reserved for the man or woman
| who is willing to sit on the back Of n twelve-
hend-high mountain pony for eleven or twslva
hours while he lazily travsrses twerty.io ionr
| miles OF the very roughest kind OF road T
with party. tried 1t. We went through narrow
cahons and Rorges. where the little mountain
streams rushed and tumbled and .roared over
| sides where the trail was not a foot wide ana
the sides in places were SO nearly perpendcu-
lar that great shelving rocks .0s0 feet above
seemed ready to dash themselves upon our de.
tenoeiess heads. AT times 1t seemed as il wa
would surely be crowded off tho narrow path
chasm 900 or 600 feet below US. At apy 9 one sne
OF q hundred. different points our lives do do
not st all upon any skin in horsemanship. Our
guides special instruction was to iivo the
pony his head and hang on 10 the pommel,
with 500 feet OF perpendicular walls stood oui
th IKE huge & sentnels % , on our march and many OF
Sergeant. Gradually tho tall. stately, pines OF OF
the ravines gave way to a less. md kss thrifty
growth az we approached tho timber line.
trees hardly thirty feot high. though probabiy
100 or 200 years old. After we passed the timber
rs | looked up. at thnt long steep ascent and
back over over, the eight miles of ravins
FSm %hHa tx. 5b hsa Just began %esGa q y
ooze away. Twelve hours OF daylight seemed
hardly enough to enable us TO compete tho
to tho faithful ponies and to our persistenes In
cling ns to the pomme!ss, wo at last reachod the
Stand we chairs Snd urniture sM seem ae rashna fna
around him. then might possibly have stood
in that highly rarinod air. But Ike tho drunken
mounted. or. rather stepped OF. the slight ex-
ertion throw my heart into violent pnpita-
upon by muGledtrip- hammers and my rrspira-
,ion was so rapid that thought must stop
n5ea 1s feet ast to t4e t4e door rest tba bA
signal service station whero we were enter
tanned with n lunch and a cup Of coffee. ven-
great wide world below bewilderod tho senses.
and my. muscles refused to do even fatigue
sn wSder learned ns anaad ha, n"2, %ss
visit the Peak exper ienco similar sensations.
II is Kind OF seasickness. accompanied some-
times with bemorrhage from tho noso OF mouth.
Many women faint, and some cannot 10 re-
stored till they are carried below the timber line.
VINO has any disease OF the heart. The two mon
at tho signal station. though strong and hearty.
nay nave @% TO 10 relieved lev alternately every month 70
and Quarrelsomo up there. and even get to fight
ing. so much does the rarlfed air accelerate the
Of animals found D there th at seemed to thrive
without any change OF air-white Quails Chin
Common % In the East East and Having III tails Nearly ne ss
bushy as q SQUIRRELS. and largo rats. also having
oushy tails. and which tho Sergeant at tho post
II tho ascent soened perilous. the descent
wherein much Of tho time one's feet stood ia
head. and the pomms oil only prevented tho rider
from sliding oil in front. seomed tho sure road
70 anpihllation. After & Ave weary weary hours OF let
sitting. in tho saddle and riding for three miles
in tho dark. depending entirely upon, the keen
the Clin House. Mantou, under tho foot OF the
mountain. There we took carriage for Colorado
soda n
short walk away is tho Ute Pass or Nilliams
Canon. A good road has been built through
boiore tho railroad was run TO Lead
vile. great freiehting business was done
pess also offers some picturesque scenery,
Cheyenne Canon is probably the most c'',t hraied
for IT'S Varied scenery. with ~ huge ems OF
2 1000 feet. its three falls 75O feet above tho bed
o.. the canon; and its gorge with seven more
Arkansas tho Royal Gorge over two miles long,
where gigantic wa Is OF ROCK rise ON s!thcr sfde
a channel hardly twelve feel wide. Quo secs ma
turo in hcr grandest and widest moods no
topris; thinks, his round complete witnou'a
the Gods. Tho idesiist. full o! Imagination. ,ees
chiselled by the hand Of nature, and set W IN
rroissqao. ness @ efass. s % and Sacred iar9 a such
as the GraE,i Duchess. the sentinel the
ng:Gh Med ling pS tho Gypsies .,s, r. Phag- 'Hag
$3.50 feet high). Major Domo. 121 lcetl
Temple Rock, the Ruins of Monte7lmas
Temple. the Cathedral Spires. the sea and
Nun. the Twins. the Goddess OF Liberty.
the Beer Barrel. the Monks Head. tho >lamese
Twins. and others: but ths student OF science
studying the formation OF ROCKS, the naiure oi
volcanic erupti'ns. and the action ot tbe eie-
menis sees IN the Carbon OF the God oulya
basin nj tho foot of the mountains in when
have been tn hFovr VI great columns ot req
enndGtoue around whicn tho N5te.- Lave
PLAYED tho frssts have hoaved. and the wlnas
have whistied until tho colu ns were TtonsM
iEto theso curious shapes. AT Moruutr l.OtS X
nine miles above. the rock figures 1m 10
lave be-n torned hy the washing away ni DDr-
tions OF Il white sandstone bld'f. leaving basin
or park in which the ignres stand. Irel con.
sist 1f coarse white san istone at the t-.- hi Ql
lime rock higher up. and Of dark It-i l"tn
Mt tho top. D.sintegration is gong "" ll'Yt
rapidly. and these uoLnlnen'S VIII e'-"lu""J
crumb,e down. ,
The diseases which seem most p'5Tl '7' IL
this country are cGtarih. brouehlis. 'I'1inh-
tlsnl and ~ fountain fever. lGsLed iae ~! Ils-
t2r Of l4vaTy stable. who was driving ''' to.u
II he roGeTi6ert vei-kIJwE l'.s 't- c.A'
zen who iiel a, tpe Springs.
No b treItsl. II q fact y, e. man. me-
out mere and dis thHt ! forget their ran .a. ,
Colombo uuItia as seem 20 bH crLcrntl' .''A
row on ;te question ~ J.. wing tt' .-.
EVERY !itits eusrgcI4s to'y1 n. the r'.-'
some commercial, s"or--rl'c"'; vs
lJE lis possession. gu4 co sr-!. ti
gone - fIt De q .7f % ,at gr -t '- '-s
building. fo.-,s.tlLs. 4. 4I-i-il.. .."' Z. ''.-
lsrILce Town.