The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-08-24

moro beautiful. We think it is, as we
look at its business streets. IT'S beautiful
residences and superb churches.
The streets look as II they were Of
asphalt, and we wonder at their extrav-
agance. But they are not, we stand on
the black prairie soil. beautifully round
ed. There is never any dust. II never
rains enough TO make mud. The year we
are looking at 1t there have been 3l3 per-
fectly clear days, not cloud to be seen.
You see there are just fifty-two days left,
when there was rain or clouds, and
think those days are Sundays.
When the snow falls in winter 1t never
mets as it does with us, but Is almost
as dry as dust and just blows away, or
the sun draws 1t UP as vapor.
You can hardly get tired walking. Your
heart Is stimulated, you almost feel as If
you are walking on rubber springs, as
the blood jumps through your arteries.
You are about 5000 feet above the sea-
The girls you meet have rosy complex
ions and their eyes sparkle as If they
We're glad to see us. 1t Is the effect Of
the stimulating atmosphere. 1t Is de-
lightful, but dangerous, and apt to pro-
duce heart disease, and o person with
any trouble about that organ should not
go there.
Every Sunday morning they send a
train out to the top of the Rockies to
Silver Plume. But we do not travel on
Sunday for pleasure we will get on
our carpet and make It by ourselves
Here we are. we have reached the top
very nearly, and tight" To our left
there is a chasm. called canyon in this
country. 1900 feet deep Don't be
startled, remember you are 1900 feet
above the sea, and therefore the bottom
of the canyon is 1900 feet above-that Is
more than eight times higher than At
lanta Down in the bottom of the can
yon you see a prosperous town, Geogre-
town; on the very verge of the canyon
the railroad runs. There is a Joke that
has been repeated here thousand times
to tender foot" travellers. IF your train
should roll over this cliff. what would be-
come of the poor people below The
stranger begins to sympathize with them.
the Joke, which is never seen, being
what would become of the fellows in the
train when it rolled over. The view
from this point can be compared to noth-
ing you ever saw being only surpassed
in this country by Pixies Peak, where you
can see about $50 miles in every drec-
uOn. AT sea II Ttilult rs ell 6diNfAitO ~ =
to see further than forty miles. But we
cannot remain longer.
We turn our backs on Denver to come
eastward. Looking west, peak on peak
of the Rockies are before you. On some
the snow shines like beaten silver. 1t
looks as if IT were a world of mountains
alone; there is no room for anything
else. Among the mountains yen see al
most black gaps. then the canyons, the
splits in the mountains. If you were
really there you could stand on the rear
of the train until the last of the noun
tains had sunk below the horizon and
then sigh you felt You had lost Il
friend.
In these mountains is found vast guam
titles Of silver. Here immense quaint
Ties have been and are still being mined
with the finest machinery, backed by i'm
mcnse capital.
A relation of the risks that the pros
pectors are exposed to. and the awful &C
cidents that some times happen, would
make this article too long, of course.
We start back for Georgia, and the
clock shows p. m. and after our fast
trip the clock shows 6 p. m. in Georgia.
Can you explain it? UNCLE WILL