The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1891-02-14
FROM The GREAT WEST.


wildly brought 20 miud last eve
nng, by u stray copy Of your
valued Journal.
Delicate health necesSitated
lea,ing the South years ago, since
When | have Travelled constantly.
lie past summer has been spent
"a Arizona and the Rocky noun
Ia MS, crossing and recrosSing tho
Great D.vide;' climbing passes,
Itr Nersing picturesque valleys,
/ visiting Indian reservations, pros
pectiug gorges, With walls tower
ing thousands of feet above the
beaten trail, and pansiug at rich
mines Of : ID aud silver.
Last month rode to tho top of
/ Pixies Peak, on the new cog
wheeln railroad, recently open d to
4 tourists. 1t is the most novel rail
road in existence. Compared with
! it those OF Mount Washington, N.
4 H., aud the Ridge, Switzerland,
are insignificant. The cuIving t.
reach an altitude OF three mics,
makes tie road ten miles 10 length.
/ The cost was u half million dollars.
( The road-bed is tw, nty feet wide,
/ culve1 ~ Of solid masonry, bridges
and rails of heaviest steel, with
Il uble cog rails IN the centre.
The track is substantially anchor.
ed at short intervals, to the solid
rOrk. The cars hang, without tilt
lirg, within fifteen inches Of the
rails; and two pinion brakes are
arranged 10 stop the train at ten
inches, when necessary, either as
cending or descending. The engine
WIS coupled at the rear, pushing
the train, this innovation relieving
ones eyts from the constant annoy
ance of cinders. Stops were fle
qucnt at all slightly loin's. The
rouad tip of three hours, cost $500,
the best investment of time and
monry made in ten years of foreign
and home tfavel, a chat with
Sergeant O'keeile, in charge Of Tie
Signal Station on the summit. elicit
ed these inter, sting facts: The low
est temperature experienced WAS
- below zero, the highest, G2
above. The mean highest winter
temperature. Ia below. The winter
zephyis were often Of considerable
strength, III one instance one hun
dred and thirty five miles per hour
was indicated, ut which point the
wind blew the balls from the sock
et, aud the roof from the cabin, a
marked inci ease III velocity follow
ing for several hours, during which /
he estimated the speed attaine at
80 miles per hour.
Any body with energy and enter
prise can prosper in Colorado, as
money is hauled in car load lots
from the mines, flows in barrels /
from oil wells, and buds and bios.
SONS on its fruitful soil. The
growth and development of the
State, being yet in its infancy, en-
couTages further hope.
My recent exploration of the
famous Death Valley ia southeas,
ern California, made in company |
OF that distinguished botanist and |
Savlnt, the Rev. Il. p. Held, Chan.
lain to the one hundred and third
Royal English Artillery, for long
period stationed at Cape Town.
South Africa, but, who, since his
resignation, has made 2262 ArapA.
nOa ST., Denver, Colorado, his
nome.
From native African practition-
er the reverend gentleman has ac-
quired formula. quite as impor-
tant as that of Prof. Koch, of Ger.
many, being a radical remedy for
blood poisoning in its varied forms.
Its efficacy / have repeatedly seen
demonstrated in immediate recov.
cry from rattle-snake, tarantula
and centipede bites, in southern
Arizona where vehomous reptiles
abound. 1t is a radical and i'm
mediate cure for all innOculated
virus, mercurial and all forms Of
rheumatism, and sores on persons
addicted to the use of morphine.
Ii builds up the exhausted consti-
tutlons Of both sexes, strengthen
ing aud inyigorating the entire
system. The English Government
in negotiating for the right of use,
prove its recognized value in medi-
cal circles. Its results are f,r more
positive than bathing in the cele-
braled Hot Springs, OF Arkansas.
Please favor IN with few copies
Of your paper, for distribution,
among old time Southern friends
residing here and elsewhere in the
State. They will, | know, appra-
eiate home neF '1,isE'as does
your occasion
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