The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-11-07
FROM .coLoRADo.
Beautiful Scenery and wonderful
improvements.

While en- route from Chicago. to Denver
we notice through Illinois and Iowa ex-
cellent crops all along the line Of travel.
At Omaha we leave the Wabash and
board the Union Pacific, which takes us
through that portion Of Nebraska whose
fertile lands are attracting thousands OF
settlers from the crowded States East.
We note numerous little towns spring
ing up along the road, where but little
more than year ago seemed only nm
endless prairie. The Western Nebraska
Of to-day presents an army Of actual set
tiers, rearing on their new farms,
houses, barns and improvements gen
orally. 1t Is only an eye-opener OF what
grand empire Texas might soon be If
she would cater more to the actual set
tier instead Of the foreign cattle
men and llmitless ranches. After
little rest, enjoying the fresh
mountain air and bright sunshine OF
Denver we leave 1t clothed as 1t always
is in abundance OF each, and on the
wings of the Denver and Rio Grande
we are flying away toward the sunny
and warmer southern climes. Hating
at Acequia, a beautiful little village %
miles south of Denver, we notice the
Platte or high line canal, which crosses
above the railroad at this point. II is
used for irrlgating large portion Of the
country south OF Denver, and brings
into cultivation thousands of acres OF
good farming land, Ii Is SO miles In
length, 40 feet wide and 7 feet deep. To
get the water out Of the mountains 1t
required tunnel 700 feet long, 20 feet
wide and 10 feet deep to be cut through
n mountain OF the hardest granite. This
enterprise cost three quarters of mill
ion OF dollars, and will irrigate G0,000
acres; quite large farm. On again,
and here we are at Palmer Lake, another
little village In the shadow of the grand
old mountains, and n charming Sunday
resort to which the Denver and Rio
Grande runs regular Sunday excursions.
What nature leaves out the railroad
company supplies to make 1t a
pleasant retreat for summer
artificial lake, is one of the many i'm
provements In the center of which is n
water fountain that gaily shoots the oleair
forty feet upward, and the descending
mists are transformed by the bright sun
light into a cloud of rainbows. Boating
and fishing too, are INDUCED In while
the stranger or lovers OF nature have
only short distance to go to climb the
mountain foothills and search for the
precious stone, while the ear Is charmed
with the songs of mountain birds and
the music OF the whistllng pine trees
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Labouchere. writing of the proposed
beauty show in Paris declares that the
time las come when an annual beauty
show of acme form or other is absolute
Iy essential i'm every capital in Eurone.
This ia the only Way in which middle
class nrettv girls can he sure of obtain
inc bnsbands Mt preseni. MANY Of them
compare their lot unfayorabiy with that
of the barmaids i'm the saloons of our
great refresbment contractors. and some
OF them are SO Wiling 10 display their
oe;u;n snst ars Sran, ,hn NY
spectacle young iadies 10 act as amateur
houeis'
The late DIR. Macadam used TO tell of a
tipsy Sootcbman makinp his wav home
upon bright Sunday morning when the
good folll were vending their way to
the kirk. A little dog pulled a ribbon
from the hand of a lady who was lead
pealed to the first passer-by. who hap
pened to be the inebrlate, asking him TO
whistle for the noodle aWoman y, he
$1,000 s,,,.h ,,at saia,i,,s - 49,
retor.eu, WIN thht soiehihity Vi NisuBe
which only Scotchman can assume,
"womnn, this is no day for whistlin'."
Exnor. .as,in,orv 4, I,roo, aoos No.
seem to be regarded with respect in
China. The Pekin Gazette relates that
a lunatic III that city, VINO, In parox-
ysm OF madness, murdered his grand
mother with vegetable knife, was sum
marily executed IN the dlsagreeable man.
ner known as the "silcing process.
Inc Imperial warrant says thht parri-
cides must be Sliced" and contains no
saving clause concerning the insanity oil
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