Show A wicked place OP LEAD VILLE COLORADO or the chii great carbonate camp the wonder of the hour is situated near the headwaters of alio arkanas between the continental divide annj mosquito range on a sloping plateau along stray horse creek and califor nia gulch feet above the ocean the acty of leadville proper acovera a very limited area say one by one and a half miles in extent and lias a population of about the bordering camps beneath which the rich carbonate deposits lie and the altering baby town along the adjoining foothill practically belong to alie city and contain folk per hais A t least two thirds of these auls are men leadville now in its third year boasts of its gas and waitr system maintaining however a dignified silence on its lack of sewerage some of the minea here are paying the owners handsomely while dimny are andly expected to pay in time wildcat mines abound the total bullion product of this camp last was the r now in the day time is delightful but fires during the night are very comfortable pneumonia that scourge of colorado mining towns on obscure wing borers near cramming the tomb with its many doomed victims vici ims we are now enjoying tho healthiest part of the year and hold the death rate to the minimum low figure of the caused by the great altitude oatlie at first considerable difficulty in breathing since tho great strike last june and ten days of martial law business has not assumed its wonted rushing aspect many of the fiery shelters smelters sm elters continue to belch forth their smoke smudge and disease giving odors yet all dia nit go merry as a marriage bell the boom in leadville is over it lies auriol in the where it will probably remain rents are extremely high and must take a tumble soon under the tabor opera house on II anison avenue a clothing establishment and ilung store each 25 x 75 feet rent for per month I am informed that recently a noted gambler offered the owner 1000 a month for them to e hells some portions of tue city garbage much of it is left to cipcer the hungry cur in his rambles about lownis tow nis dumped along the lower end of california gulch hard fry where its noxious gases and in fernl odors sail on the wings of the MI delight of grim death and the comfort of the thrifty cobun dealer el a chinaman ia permilles per milled in this country Lo adville is nothing more nor lea than A tig mining town having the peculiar characteristics of such places in a marcej degree Kid gloved plug bat and cano afa do not thrive here irregularity in position and construction of the buildings are made up for the anat part of ghan tiep cabins and oilier cotes mixed and jumbled together in the wildest confusion seems to bo the aim occasionally one a partly painted building eliut very very seldom one entirely daubed stovepipe chimneys predominate fen cesare not in use and are irish being the entire street truck and a eliou aind ami one t odds and ends lie around in mad confusion the average home swells to the ample proportion of pg anear and fur greet the vision spoiling the poetry of locomotion especially when one is oui airing hia girl behind a broncho along those plutonic streets an exception to mot latter remarks may be made regarding the business portion of the city where a few brick edifice and many moderate sir frames are found the average is a remarkable dry animal and is wont to reck tealy jiing away hi coin and ruin his constitution in the ciul dance halls gin and other disreputable places with which the city swarms tim ia tho true homo of alie boar that aggravated amalgamated sublimely disagreeable limb of hu inanity who ever rushes into new camps here he around in glory blocking up the sidewalks along avenue other business streets making it to boroa ones passage through llie highly odoriferous gasn whose regressive characteristic ap beam to be about an equal proportion of insensibility stupidity and concentrated cussedness cussed devil looking horsemen often clad in a complete suit of buckskin hav ing boots reaching high above he knees vanh bolt well stored wito cartridge car tride and eix hooter within easy reach dash through the town broaching bro Athing the very spirit kler nea courage and trace seeming part or ho animal tso they control Array fil ip gaudy riding habit any tine adny the deini monde may be seen loping along harr non avenue alone but often niad by boino favorule sall buram well loaded with sundry traps for tho sur are seen along the in troop si leadville Lead villo a tank in the moral scale it not exulted it lias its full quota of bunko slee rera bummers thugs and the fancy shooting are of dimou dally and excite liello comment in short ahn camp lias very many ot the vices of metropolitan citi eai aud strikes ahn tenderfoot with horror causing him to mako unkind and statements which reminds of an little tale A certain young man away down east whoa nal twang was nuro and in veins the genuine blue blood of maine foamed and sparkled hearing ono day of tho leadville boom resolved to mt his native portland and seek his tune la the far wei ie cartae booc after liia burival here a cranse came over that young man he concluded return to tho of hi people and never never do so again on his arrival at boston lie inserted the following touching sketch in one of ho city papers Lead about leet above the sea level or twice a high as mt washington the main street of this town iii called karrion avenue quite a respectable street fir abat cestoni country but foin it lead street which are filled with dens of nil description ny in which all kinds of wickedness are carried on gambler murd Frera fugitives from justice outlaw and thieves throng time dens and fl ec lie new comers who unwarily coar within their influence indeed believe leadville is tho place in the world there is no law no justice there against the bad char niters at attempt was made some time ago to atay this current of rascality when one of the leading devil of the dens marched h town at the head oan thousand cut throats armed to the teeth and defied the auth orUis 10 drive them from the A man does not venture out on the street at dunles he a loaded revolver in each hand if two persons approach each other on the street at night one them crosses over f the other side before they meet every one dis trusts every one else hero after dark I have seen four dead bodies of men there of a moning it is an infernal place and when the mines become worked ott then it will aeise to exist the climate in leadville is bad as I know to my cost for a young man I contracted a rheumatic boulle which may laet me through life TUB OCTOBER has no serial story but instead gives one long short story called A florentine experiment peri ment by constance fenimore Feni woolson one of the american writers of stories aal another W IT bishop author of detmold dr william cameo brother of henry james jr writes a very interesting and thought ul article on great men groat thoughts and the environment socialistic and y james henry It aynie brings together many facts for choto who study social the second part of the intimate life of a noble german family is quite as engaging as tho first part and gire us a most interesting insight into the lives and ideas of the higher classes of the germans the careful ard valuable R of washington this time relate to president Pret ident eylers tylers administration It ichard grant white discourses of the prevalent habit of drinking in england terming ita national vice the po lotical article discusses the the presidential canvass people of a new england factory village h paper cuine interest mr cr lias a characteristic the ministers poem comedy and there are also by anila stevenson helen barron bostwick I and akiu al biou several recent books ore reviewed in alo careful and readable style far which ho atlant c ii annj the tors club contains several blight little edya THE diun lie democratic fr N ani ber in the following few terie and lellin wipe out tho ial faudi wipe out bribe faid abo perjurer of the credit wipe out do compin berb of who hold tin pure string of the nation wipe out forever the o convert the honest aad free republic of our fathers inton government of brute arce and fraud wipe out james agrani garfield the disgraced tainted taint td and candidate cindi date of tle republican p arty wipe out the arty tant is of fraud add that common sense with such a |