Year: 1879

lightning badly. Reading in tn
Tribune an account of the Gunnisol
country by an old acquaintance who
the paper said, was Gin the city OF
his way home. l at once began {.
search for him at the various hotels


with the telephone. Discouraged a


last L called the Tribune and asked


'Where did you see Mr.. 81" WheI
the little diaphragm at ,cy ear SAID il
its brassy voice, 1--WE did not see hin
at all, sir. He dropped us q note


We think it WAS mailed at Denver


L had misinterpreted. My frient
was ''on his way home," long way
and Gin the city now'' did not ap
ply to Denver.


Denver is not clean city. Des
titute of sewers, its alleys and by
streets are full Of garbage and filth


while pools and vaults abound thick
/ ly beneath its surface. ''The watel
flowing through the streets" of whicl
yoI have heard so much, is dow
town little more than diluted swil
and the uptown cross-ditch is Otter
a stagnant strech of dlsh-sIOps in
which the Denver duck delighted and
the Denver small boy, with his moth
er's silver spoon and pie-knife, builds
dams till it overfiOws the sidewalk
Depending too much upon the natur,
al salubrity OF the atmosphere, the
city neglects the artificial antagon,
isms to health, which are daily in,
creasing. But occasional sacrifices
to diptheria have lately awakened the
council 10 the situation.


The climate about Denver has been
called quite changeable, but l have
not observed 1t more so than in oul
own state, with the exception, per-
haps, that the changes are a little
more intense here i'll summer than
| with yOu. The extreme diathermacy
Of air renders the sun very powerful,
and a consequent wide range between
the temperature Of noon and mid.
night. The constant motion of the
air abets this to a great extent and
renders the shade at all times OF day
quite tolerabIc. Old settlers say
that the climate is certainly yielding
! to the effects of increased Dopula-
ton and vegetation, and dews that
are now occasional were formerly
never known. The amount of rain
fall too, Is certainly increasing and
some hope is entertained that it may,
IN time, become 'seasonable" here .
These changes, however, are percep-
tible on y about the cities and more
thickly settled regions. The plains
and the mountains maintain theil
original characteristics.


With regard to what class of inva-
lids should come here for their health
it can be but Il matter of experiment.
All classes come here and many are
benefited, but from the severe strain
brought on the circulatorY system
. when they first arrive, those with
heart disease or hemorrhages ef anv
kind, should he very cautious. In
fact persons, the action of whose heart
is irregular, have no business $50 to
speak) in high attitudes at ali: and
they take great risk in coming here.
That this county has cured thousands
who were in a bad state Of pulmony
decline, there can be no doubt. A
large portion of the business and re-
tired citizens Of the state are made
up of the restored invalids, many of
them too, from the very worst sta res
according TO their story. when
came to this place they carried me
up the steps of sach and such hotel,
and now look at me-" and lac stretch.
es up before yCu chest that is al
most athletic, and beats himself over
the bosom rs tho he were mad at
himself for being SO hearty. 1t
sometimes has seemed to me that it
has only been the worst cases that
have recovered and that a man stood
better chance to wait till he was
nearly dead than to come in the first
symptoms of his troubles. 1t is dou-
bly, encouraging to the stranger inva-
lid that those who have not recovered
are not here to tell their story. They
have returned east or "gone the way
of all the earth An invalid meets
with every encouragement here and
IS always assured OF a speedy recov-
cry. The greatest drawback is that
he is in the midst of many lnvalids
and a general commiseration and
comparing of symptoms, &C., is apt
to keep his mind too much upon his
troubles and not give it that play in
the enjoyment of the scenery and
novelty Of the country, which, aside
from the purity of the air, is one
great sanitary principle of the reason.
There are times when this whole
country seems like sanitalium and
the very streets and highways have a
sickly air about them.


OF the purity and bracing proper
ties of this atmosphere there can be
no doubt at all, but its subtlety in
permeating the system render the
tendency to take cold of double en-
ergy. What has been said of this
climate generally may apply to it's
special locality. Some may do bet
ter in the mountains, some on the
plains, some south some north. It's
all a matter of experiment, but the
are an experiment that
should be tried very cautiously, like
taking a dangerous medicine. did
not take a very big dose of noun
tain; but with Sunday School ex-
cursion, took few thousand feet's
worth and it came near being to me
quite dangerous medicine. I'll have
to play Xerxes from this--let the
come to me hereafter.
Mining excitement about LeadvilIe
has, to great extent subsidized, and
the news boys ''all about the mur-
der or jail-break at Leadville" is the
most you hear of it here now. 1t has
settled down to about 20 good pay.
ing mines and it is estimated that
much money must be lost in real
estate in time as those who are quiet
about the place think it will subside
to city of 5000 eventually and
maintain itself "thereabouts. - The
Gunnison Valley country is now at
tracing much attention, but thus