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Show CARAVANS OF THE DESERT. Gold Hunters and Consumptives Found Traveling Side by Side. Kver JomncyltiK across llio tlcsort snmls mid clltnliliiK tho arid .enlm anil foothills of tlu fin touthwest nre two cnraaiis uu seemingly rugged ulul healthy, lumgli nlllictcd with a tils easo called coUlonmiiln, tho other emaciated ema-ciated by the great white plague. Pno Is scarce!) moro optimistic than tho other, ono procession seeks a glittering jellow dust that means riches, tlm c'liei n moro precious thing health. Though tho trail nui) bo long and tin- water holes Infrequent, though tho desert sun may bo blistering blister-ing and the tongue swollen with thirst; though tho mountains may bo stoop and the pith Htiewn with cacti, there Is tho gl.'itoilng substance In tho snnd n littlo faither on for tho argonaut; n leaso of life at the horizon, when tho red desert sun announces tho dawn of r..-2thoi tla foi the white pla ; ic's Mctlin To many sciKlns their wonted Ugor tho hope that eer rnrilcs thou onward on-ward Is Hornet linos ns futllo :3 tho racoafloi th will o' the wIbp that lures the argnnnui Hut tho i-Kxi'sslon nioes on and on; tho pll ilins eat) not leae tho sands until the mountain air and suu-shlno suu-shlno htixo h .ilcd tho bcais made by dcath'B rhli'l alh Tho main tinil of tho weak-luiigeil leads liom If. is 10 Yuma. Kor moro than 1,000 link -. prospector and plague-ridden plague-ridden tra li , toituoiis course In tho carman hei-klng gold neail all aio pool. In t)n t'.u.i.in exlltd and lighting for lu.ilili ilieio aio rich and poor, high uhI low democratic and fiaternal in 'I li Ills and opetanc To sonio this hope Is as uncertain of icallzatlon in the prospector's pot of gold at tho end of tho uilnbow Hut unny who have early Joined tho pll-irlms, pll-irlms, nfter eais of trnol by day tinier tin-ier tho scoirhlug sun and sleep by night In tho pine air of tho mountain top,. end theh alloted oxllo and return to tho old limm- 1,000 or moro miles distant. Hut tho ranks nio soon recruited. And somo there aro who must tr.wcl along tho great highway until tho end. Oftentimes the hones of prospector and plagtio ridden nro found bleaching In tho canyon The skeleton hand of ono Is outstretched up tho hillside, whero otheis leach tho goal and gold; the bon lingers of tho other point homo. |