Rio Grande republican. (Las Cruces, N.M.) 1881-1914, 1889-10-12
County.
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Oar San Francisco CorrespOn-
dent DiScourses on Eleas.
say FEkNelsea, Oc.ooer lat.

s,x FEkxcIsco, October ist
EUI15R RErUB1icASt
Although nearly a year Of the tri
ais trouble. and rr.bul~lious common
to tais @a.iI havo passed since any
tssr,-trte sparks trom the intellectual
storage battery vi The undersigned
have illuminated your columns, /
have not forgotten yoa nor my pro
mise 70 BE- faithful To you IN my al
sccnce. Mach mi .,ht have becn yrfi-
tea oi this ouippsl of civilization that
would Eaye interested your readers,
and perhaps it Is partly OF account
--sirz zzttIs NJ 5i;,ctsfrr.s titat baVe 10
contess to the sin OF OMISSION But
realty, believe lhe prinetPle reason
for my long silcaee is this; after rust
a-.sa E.as4a steH IA isYeiGe hours inr
"tolier" | havnt sufficient vitality
at the close OF the day TO transfer the
motor to the mcaial machinery aad
grJut out ''panklcts' halt the night
Ior the press; not il this climate; IN
the pure mounting air OF New Mex
iea. where the work OF the specialist
is reversed his services being requir-
ed il tone a man down iNstrafoi up
u ), ih4t.t-ll ih4t.t tII.,y work or long tramp
over The malntains and IS often absa-
lately required rs preparation for
ESSAYS ns refined aud high fonei nor
al sentiment. such rs always scents
4tEtii f4stEti HAS Il ttitt stttttirsrce ut
yours truly. We're it rot for this
muscular prelude to mental effort Va
tha great com5s. state Ok New Mex
s ie.l - a sort OF nervous exhaRz;eF-
a perusal Of yeur journal would cause
Ibu staiJ old C7,izcns OF down east
10 hold up their hands in holy hprrori
for lhcir eolamns would gl{w and
blaze and bara with poetic eifasioas
that would knock Eta Wheeler cut
OF the ring; and with ''stoFiicsn thrift.
ing and sensational to degree that
would make reader ofZola s!Iiyer ii
his boots.
So much for the difference IN tht
climate between that country and
this. Here the only thing this at
mpsphere. Is charged with Is salt; an,
its effect upon aapcraon are about th'
same tbeY are upon a hos--lt pre-
serves him after be is dead--or ough
10 be; constantly inhahng salt nuti
he is impregnated with II, "hc hang
on" long after "his eye has became
dim and his natural force abtted
long after his days Of usefulness az,
past and the proper place for him
under the daisies Mr.. Editor
You desire 70 have all the lice ful
and vim taken out of You, just leave
the atmosphere IN which you nos
'.hYc and move and have q being,
an atmosphere charged with clectri
city, ozone aud chill colorado, an
come and SIT down here few month
by the ssal,, salt sea where The clI
meats haven't ambition enough Il
thunder. and you viii ''know how
Is yourself; soon you will have eS
changed tho mountain freshness an
rose tint ut youth for the"ashen hu
Of ave" or the sallow "lnstre" OF oil
cheese aud picked pork. II is iat
that 10 New Mexico yon can TAX
your own wilespr borrowed one, O
your bcst girl, scale some mountai
slope, picnic among the etcrnalrock'
iahalc the lite frcishted hreezes tha
sweep Through the grand old canon'
and find more substantial. never
be forgotten enjoyment in one da
than you can scrapo togeiher,here
three months--cven il ynn were turi
cd loose at a seaside resort or in a II
hot camp meeting for the entire Pc
So much by way o. introduction
But from The foregoing, don't dra
the conclusion that tho entire ma
of saline saturated dcnizens Of th
great city are indifferent, llistless Az
without natural affection, inr sue
would be- wrong Impression OF
devoted people" For many, man
thousands OF them, irrespective
age or sex, Just NATURALLY" love, a
dexoieliy attached TO, have Foutf
passion" an ardent. nuoonquerab
"desire'
Ton HEgR.
II it's not their mrat It is tttgir dTin
they = ess il fondly, lovingly fin)
their bosoms. worktior II. die on a
count OF il, many of them with The
bo6,s on, and il requires i.00O pI
ARhea4 il d asEaii
napA rs = H,sseer, .p', te ~