The National tribune., 1883-09-13

sisting of iron, magnesia, sodium, potassium,
bromides and ehlOrides. Pueblo is a city OF
churches, having no less than seventeen organ
izatiOns, including two eol0Fed.
The tributaries of the Pueblos, In addition
TO the industries Of the plains, are q large cor
don Of thriving mountain towns and mining
camps, which draw their supplies from this
point. When the three towns shall have pooled
their issues and united under one economic and
progressive municipal government, the pros
peTity and development Of the tripiet towns
VIII be very materially enhanced Perhaps
the present division Of interest viii account
Tor the fact that Pueblo C.id not come to the
front with her sister towns and swing out the
stars and stripes when the veterans OF the
Union came down from the mountains. or,
perhaps, Pueblo has not forgotten the Mexican
war, and that she was duly whipped iato The
United States IN Isis, under the treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo and has not found thirty
i've years long enough time 10 make herself
thoroughly III love with the American eagle.
COLORADO SPRINGS.
To Pueblo the Denver and Rio Csrande runs
almost due east from Marshall Pass, thence
forming the acute angle Of triangle, it runs
north TO Denver, via Colorado Springs, and
leaving to the left Manit0u Park and the Gar
den Of the Gods. But here the country is sub
staHtialiy the same, although we leave the
Arkansas, since we f5ilow the channel of one
OF its important tributaries. More beautiful
rolling plains, more praITie-dog villages more
traces OF the great inland sea- more bGshy cot
toawoOd trees trlngIRg the quiet stream,
patches Of hne corn and giimpSes Of feeding
locks And then, slowly unfolding 20 the
north, heaped up like dark and oninous storm
clouds ready to burst, the lofty cones and pin
naees that circle around Pixies Peak the
highest summit OF them ali! The picture grows
more imposing and takes on new color az every
mile OF the hfty we must traverse before reach
ing cur Mecca, at the Garden of the Gods. The
reddish tints of the mountains begin to appear.
alternating with the dark, sOnnber evergreens
that line the slopes, and cOndensing vaPors on
the peaks unTOH themselves and float away
The stations are we'll named, since we pass SAT-
Creek, Cactus, the Little Buttes-an descrip-
tive of the peculiaFities OF the surrounding
country. The flowers. although not as profIls8
or OF as great variety as IN the mountains con-
tinue beautiful, and are eagerly gathered at
every stopping place.
COLORADO SPRINGS.
Almost before we know where we are our
eyes are surprised by a glimpse of the imposing
Eastlake Hotel, which we learn marks the site
Of the famous Colorado Springs. It's walls are
of stone, surmOunted by ornamental roofs and
towers and g8bled windows, and an avenue of
trees lead from the railroad back to the hotel
y
as " The Antlers,' and was erected by resi-
/ dents of the town, at a cost Of S100,000. There
/ IS fOUTishiRg Grand Army Post at this point
/ whose members, we need not say, are among its
most progressive citizens Mrs. Sherman, wife
. of Captain Sherman. is one of the charter nem-
I bers of the Woman's National Relief Corps, and
/ was leading spirit of the Denver meeting.
/ Strange as it may seem, there are no springs at
! Colorado Springs; the sole supply OF water be-
ing brought down from the mountain, clear and
I pure as IN the distant gorges. By rights Colo
RADIO Springs and MaGitOu should change names.
The chief advantages OF the town 70 invalids,
+ particularly eOnsumptives, IS its dry, eqUable
climate the elevation above sen level is 5000
feet. The winter days are uniformly clear and
( pleasant. while the summer nights are cool and
/ even when the sun shines fine breeze steadily
/ eirculates. There IS rarely any snowfall, and
/ the rainy season is confined 20 q few summer
months, when heavy showers occur at intervals
in the afternoon leaving the mornings fresh
and clear. This pecularity OF the rainfall
holds good IN the entire area OF Colorado. The
present summer has been exceptionally rainy,
aud yet, owing to the clear air and the porous
soil, the rain has no sooner ceased than the
rapid ABSORPTION goes on IN earth and air, leav-
+ ing everything IN a brief period more delight
ful than before. Colorado Springs, like Greeley,
was started on the colony plan.
+ GITCHE MANITO, THE MIGHTY.
Gitche Mssnito, the Mighty,
The Great spirit, the creator,
Smiled upon his helpless children!
Ant. in silence, ali the warriors
Broke the red stone 0f tine quarry,
SmOothed and formed It into peaee-Dipes,
Broke the long reeds of the river.
Dec<ed them with the brightest feathers,
And departed each one hOnewaFd
1 While the Master Of Life, ascending
Through the opening of eioUC-cIrtain5,
Through the dooFways of the Heaven,
Vanished from before their Iaees
In the smoke that relied around him,
! The PUkwaua Of the Peaee-Ppei
From Colorado Springs a branch road runs
up to MaHiJOu and the Garden Of the Gods.
The distance Is five miles up TO the mountains
lofty, serrated and capped with snow. Tower
ing above its fellows IS the hOary head of Pixies
Peak; Manit0u neStleS among the hills, and
eastward the iIinitable plains. treeless and
uneven as the sea, roll away to the distant Mis-
souri, InvOluntariiy there comes into our
minds the picture in Hiawatha, and from the
summit of Pixies Peak, surrounded By the red
sandstone quarries. we seem TO see the form Of
Gitche ManitO, the Mighty, and his associate
ManitOs, as he vanishes from view in the
gathering clouds that circle above the SUBMITS.
ManitOu, in memory of the Great Spirit of the
reverent Indian. has been weIl-named only the
garden beyond should have been the Garden
Of the Nanitos instead of the Garden Of the
Gods TO have preserved both the spirit and
meaning OF the word. KATE b. SHERWOOD.