The Press., 1894-10-25

the corner lots all sold. lie will f1nd the country full of men just as smart as him. self, and very likely little smarter, and he will find the other smart fellow not only on the ground first, but all over the ground. He will find also that the other smart fellow will apparently have every thing, and will hang on to it with the most win success here in the same manner as any where else in the world. The work is here, the business is here, and man must jump into the swim and work with might and main. If a man will put into business the same energy and brain force necessary to make success in the east of course he will succeed here and be. lieve succeed better.
 The most eventful part of our journey was after leaving Denver, between that city and San Francisco. Leaving Denver in the morning we go directly south to Pueblo, 8 distance of one hundred anC twenty miles, passing through Colorado Springs and keeping the mountains on oul right throughout the entire distance, anC constantly getting different views of Pike's Peak. A grand day never to be forgotten At Canon City we leave the'c for a few minutes, and try to locate the house where Stafford friends formerly stopped. Here we leave the plains and literally enter th' mountains by way of the Grand Canon O the Arkansas. Here are seven miles O what think must be the grandest seen cry on earth. A narrow stream, the Ar kansas, rushes madly down the canon The railroad, a marvel of engineering skill, creeps along beside it. In man, places the side of the cliff had to be blast ed out to make room for the iron road On either side the cliffs rise perpendicu larly hundreds of feet. The train tear | along, rushing madly at gigantic cliff but swings around slight curve, clearin, | it by just few inches. We breathe nor | freely, only to have the process repeate, many times. In the Royal Gorge tn precipice rises to a height of 2627 feet
 
 sun never sees. It's grandeur cannot b | described. It must be seen to be realized and cannot be appreciated even then. A we pass through these mountains, won | dering at their awfulness and grandeur we can but ask, "What is man that Tho, art mindful of him ?'
 We cannot bear to pass through som l of the best scenery by night, so we leav the car at Salida, put up with quite company of our original party at a littl hotel at the station nestled among tn mountains. The morning train is owe an hour late, but we forget our chagri little later ill the magnifcence abou us. At Salida we leave the direct line where the scenery is grand, but now com paratively commonplace, and go on t. Grand Junction, over the Marshall Pas and through the Black Canon of the Gun nison. Another never-to be- forgotten day Soon after leaving Salida we begin t, climb the mOuntains-we were a mil high at Denver-in earnest. Througl Poncha Pass we reach Marshall Pass, thel up through a series of curves followin, | the convolutions of the gulches, highe and higher, until we stand upon the sum init, 10,856 feet above sea level. We ar now above most of the peaks and can lool mass of rocks and hills and mountains the grandest view I ever beheld. Off il | the distance, in the south, we see Noun Blanca, the highest peak in Colorado which rises to all elevation of IA, ,364 feet I was somewhat surprised to learn tha Pike's Peak stood 50 far down in tn list of western mountains, being twenty fourth. That is to say, in the state o Colorado there are twenty-thl ee (23) peak higher than Pike's.
 Then the descent begins, and 1t is most delightful ride, skimming aroun curves at the edge of deep gulches, nov running through a pine forest, now in | pocket of the mountains wonder how W shall escape, through the town of Gun nison, with it's $225, ,OO0 eating house an station, until we reach the Black Cano of the Gunnison. It is similar to tn canon of the Arkansas, only longer an more uniformly high. Through this cano of fourteen miles we ride in an observa tion car, the cliffs rising 25O0 feet. wit the river and train tearing along side side. Every few rods beautiful cascade escaping through some crevice, flngs i self sparkling into the dashing river, whil occasionally mightier cataract thunder from a gigantic precipice, helping to swe the tumultuous Colorado as it hurrie on towards the broad Pacific.