Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-18
ARE WELL FILLED.
.,o,,r FROM EVERY DIRECTION
.xp ESPECIALLY TEXANS
ARE Ar THE RESORTS.
% MANrTou. Aug. ic.

% MANIToU. Aug 10.
Special to the Gazette.
No spot in this delightful resort re-
senbles the famous Spa more than the
lie Iron spring, which is a festal
seene. morning, noon and night these
balmy. beautiful midsummer days.
| situated. as 1t Is, at the very root OF
| pikes Peak. and nesting in the YER
1 dant iiowery pocket of Engleman's
A canon and among the sparkling. crys-
4 al headWaters Of RuXton creek, II is
III nature a Observation-Disclosures, and
4 IN art and enterprise charming re-
sort and cosmopolitan bazaar. IL Is
mere that probably the finest minero-
gical collection on this continent can be
seen, acknowledged by connoisseurs to
4 b. superior to anything exhibited at the
A worlds fair. one cabinet alone Is
n valued al $4,000. The specimens are
II ths yery choicest TO be found, and In
ID elude the most beautiful formation of
j velvet malachite in all the possible hues
Il M Indlgio, green and blue; elaboate
Il sialactites In most fantastic forms i'm
"a agnable that recall Dante's Inferno
"A and Goethe's vision of the heavenly
II gates, clusters of crystals. specimens
4 Of free gold in leaf and nugget forms,
N native silver, wire silver and Il dozen
classes Of high grade silver; glistening
nyrltes of iron, agatised woods and
in fact everything that properly be-
longs to n mineral cabinet. There are
also gems and Jewels galore that re-
~ feet the purest waters and wondrous
gllnts OF Australian sands, many OF
which have been cullcd from the sands
n and streams Of the Rockies; opals. that
look like glitterlng heaps OF imprisoned
sunbeams and rubies, saphires, tur-
quoises and topazes that flash forth all
The glories of tropic sky. Mr.. j q
Hestand has been years making this
collection, which would have been eN-
hlblted at the Worlds fair II space
could have been obtained.
No tourist has quite or one-half
lone Mantou until they have drank
the waters, eaten the popcorn and seen
he treasures and procured n souvenir
h Ute SPRING and no summer girl IS
kpulte au fat without one of Its jewels
IN her collection. Last week. young
belle, heiress to muu-million, picked
but OF the dirt of Leadyllle. appeared
It boil radiant in n parure of tur-
uolses whose exquisite meltlng-blue
ones were lit up by rims of diamonds.
Next day there was n stampede at Ute
Mprng and now every pretty girl has
Eiyen over her heart to the fellow who
Wtuyn here a turquoise. fair Texas
fnaid IA wearing a beautiful hoop ring
~ turquoises ON her engagement fnger
lhat wasn't there when she left home.
~ Nothing could be more interesting
~ han an afternoon at this spring. The
crowds come and the crowds go, but
lhes never decrease until the dinner
Wour
II nature and bubbllng humanity did
ot provide such rare treats here, 1t
ould stll be delight, as the ride up
~ canon on the rapid transit Is like a
ass or champagne. and the coming
own lends all the sensations of to-
osgan slide. You get on, whiz2! and
way you go. You catch n glimpse OF
he pretty cottages that line one side
Inc avenue and hear the music of
dancing waters of Ruxton creek. as
ey dash down in lacey cascades Ger
e rocks and flow in sparkling rive
beneath their clematis powered
!. anks.
Hold on to me tight" spoke n
eet Voice the other day as the car
w down the canon. j looked around
~ saw George holding on for dear
10 falr young Austinite, who Is
hmer'nB here. George looked as If
wouldn't have cared II the holding
process would have lasted like Ten
ron's brook.
4 IN The register OF Ute Spring can be
Wy the autographs OF some OF the
= ny noted people OF this country as
as Royalties OF the old. This sea-
nus been especially pronounced in
particular; statesmen, literateurs,
/ w IN, artists, multi-mlllionalres and
Jung swells hobnob here, drink the
sHs and View the treasures daily.
= ~ helen Gould and party were met
my frst visit. They stopped on
way down from the peak and
NV. couple OF hours. seeming much
,sI'ed with the collection and enter
sS with the diversion OF the pass
p, tlAyw AS a souvenir. Miss Gould
an,s on a SIS opal, which was
Y IN IN coloring, fire and shape.
nst saturday. "a locker on In
Va. might have seen Mrs. George
Ist Wife Of the Missouri Senator;
ca.rJ Willis. daughter of Sterling
United States circuit Judge Cald-
N" no " spoken of here as one
~ presidential possibilities Mrs.
IN gasghter Of Jeff Davis; United
~ Maxey OF Texas. Gov. Mcintyre
AN Mrs. c. A. Herb, wife OF
herb OF Illinois; Mrs. Bell.
"a congressman Bell Of Texas;
~ M; Hyden, publisher OF "Chica-
h,it society paper, who, with
hue Is spending his honeymoon
/ uon Of Cripple Creek, and other
ameht folks.
NJ texans registered there with
~ lsst fortnight are: DR.. Wooten,
'" FL ~ daughter OF Austin: S. B.
~ and wife, Bolton; A. S. Pace
ne Denison: IL. NJ. spoontz,
A. Barber. Mollie Falkner,
psa. Kate Gum. Fort Worth.
y. Tarlton, Miss Bessie MIL
III Saunders. Fort Worth; Mr.
III flion. Mrs. Wright Morrow
NJ. Mccoy, Mrs. Taggert.
namfa Taggert and George rag
al X. mas; Judge Evans and wife
w ttt Ira. f. j. Atkinson, Mrs. A.
Nm, ss'hson. Miss Edith Atkinson,
K Sidney Loving. Thomas
4. IA sssl ss Fort Worth: x. II. Cas-
NJ NE. Galveston; ]. Achenbach
,.l||k Tsnater, L.J. Tufiy and family,
n 6sior.- suns and family, John Lyons,
sns Mrs mrs. Williamson, Houston:
! III Mrs. F. S. Leo. Galveston;
o s, Hodges and Mrs. win Dim
q. rsetown; NJ. Ruby Terrell,
y Arsuse, Mrs Fendiey. Calves.
- snd Dyer. j Kempner. Misses
~ ii Nv helen Lange. Galveston.