Omaha daily bee., 1889-06-09
AT MANIroU SPRINGS.
Wicrd and Surprising Scenes nj
Every Turn.

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Manitou in making a tour Of the Rockies
is irresistible. The weird and surpris-
ing scenes, as we'll as the soda, iron and
sulphur springs, about which so much
has been written, combine to make the
traveller conclude that he might as we'll
leave out Paris and the Alps III visit
TO Europe as to fail of calling halt at
Manitou III his summer rambles amid
the mountains OF Colorado. Ever since
Captain Rustin camped on the spot and,
| by accident, discovered and drank to
his fill of one Of these gurgling, efrer-
vescing springs, there has been II pre-
vailing anxiety to test the medicinal
qualities of the water. This popular
| disposition has led to the purchasing of
the grounds and obtaining a proprie-
| tary interest in the sprin gs by parties
who are making large returns for their
original outlay. AT present there are
bOttling establishments at both the soda
and iron springs, from which large
quantities of the liquid is shipped by
rail to remote points for consumption.
SO great has been the demand that a
glass factory has been built for the pur-
pose of making bottles such as are used
| by the owners of tho springs. The
ders for the water increase annually.
| The visitor at Manitou must keep an
oversight of his pocketbook, or the
! livery men and drivers of excursion rigs
will suddenly be the possessors of most
Of the paper currency he carries with
| him. The proposition will soon be made
to drive him to the Grand Cavern, the
| Cave of the Winds, the Garden of the
| Gods, the Eyrie, up some one or another
| of the noted cauOns, and, after little,
| to the summit of the Peak. These per-
sistent fellows hardly expect to get the
price first named, and the new conner,
| by little judicious management, may
| effect u compromise regarding the cost
| of transportation. These constituencies
| hackmen and the voracious hotel keep
ers live off of the strangers who come
| only to visit Manitou, and they propose
| to be able to, have, for their pains-tak-
| ing, a bigger bank account at the close
| of the season. You might come off just
as we'll by confronting the hackmen and
hostelries Mt Niagara Falls.
The tireless and facile pens of cor
| respondents of newspapers, and those
| employed to make railway literature,
have very largely contributed to bring
| about the influx to Manitou during the
summer months, and while it gets moro
tlattery than enough, it deserves the
mention OF being sufficiently near
perpetual snow and far enough
removed from the plains to fur
| nish very eaunble temperature for
| this latitude. The vivifying atmos-
| phere and the virtue of the waters of its
| halybeate springs, together with its
being cuddled in the Businesses of the
| foothills and within eyeshot of many
| mountain tops of great and varying al
| titudo, give the location a bewitching
| attractiveness.
But people get sick and die at Mani
| tOu, and many invalids who hope to be
| restored by their coming, go home de-
spairing. Persons whose vitality has
| degeuerated or those who are over
| worked and need recreating, surely
will be benefited by the change. The
| exhilaration of the pleasantly eve
| nings and mornings giving keenness to
| their tppetites and tonic TO their blood
| and nerves. and the refreshing sleep
| that follows, all tend to give buOyancy
| to the physical man.
Colorado has very many surprises to
| the tourist whether he may be among
| the canons or mountains, or upon the
| plains. In his excursions from one
| place to another he meets with scenes
| the like of which he has not before wit
| messed, keeping him constantly on the
| alert to get a look at the next novelty.
| And he is surprised none the less at the
| intelligence to be met with among the
people, and even culture; and this is ac-
| counted for by their having immi-
| grated from the region OF schools and
| refinement, casting their lots where
they hope to acquire competency
| easily, and at the same time, enjoy the
| atmosphere and scenery OF the majestic
| moutain chain.
But, adieu to all that enchants and
begets an almost reckless disposition to
| stay! The parting excites lingering
wish that the old and notorious peak,
toward whose BALD head eyes have been
turned often for days in the past, might
| continue to loom up before the vision,
dashing thunder clouds to pieces and
penetrating ether to such a giddy
height. Regret is heightened by de-
parting without having left footprint
on the summit or taken memento
from the pinnacle where Zobulon Pixies
! feet never trQd.
! Before leaving home, the tourist in
| tent upon seeing the mountains, should
possess himself of years subscription
to The Great Divide, a monthly, pub
lished at Denver, and edited by Stan
10y Wood. SIGMA.
| Henry Clay once invaded the blue
| grass region of Tennessee to make a
| speech. When he arrived at his desti-
nation a tough looking specimen, evil
1
stepped from the throng, slapped the
great orator on the back and said in
| southern vernacular:
''Howdy, Mr., Clny!"
The great man shook his head and re-
piled. BE kind enough to turn your
head that | may see your profile"
The man averted his face while the
fiickering torchlights enabled the OBJ
server to study him closely for several
seconds.
Twenty years ago. said Mr.. Clay,
"you had not begun to grow that long
beard and was smooth faced-ehp"
"That's right"
"You were not then a cyclops, but
had two whole eyes-eh"
That's right, reckon"
"Ah! Then you sat on a jury before
which pleaded case, and your name
is. Am not right?"
II reckon you are, suah."
''Yes, yes; remember you perfectly,
and" continued Mr.. Clay, you had
one other characteristic, which now