Penman's Art Journal and Teachers' Guide . ?!fl,, 1/, sparkle has tied before the deepening twi-light, and now the great bills are coldgray—now inky black. Behind, theburnished spokes of Apollos chariot over-top the splendid spectacle, gilding the. edge of the great ragged silhouette, and lillniL: tie lieavi-li- with unspeakable irlury DEKVBB, QUEEN OF THE -[ aovt n e are entering Dew er, theQueen city of the Plains, ju-i twelvemiles from the eastern base of the Rockies. i twentj years ago a vagrant Mexican miner staked a claim here and began undisputed owner of the present site o
Penman's Art Journal and Teachers' Guide . ?!fl,, 1/, sparkle has tied before the deepening twi-light, and now the great bills are coldgray—now inky black. Behind, theburnished spokes of Apollos chariot over-top the splendid spectacle, gilding the. edge of the great ragged silhouette, and lillniL: tie lieavi-li- with unspeakable irlury DEKVBB, QUEEN OF THE -[ aovt n e are entering Dew er, theQueen city of the Plains, ju-i twelvemiles from the eastern base of the Rockies. i twentj years ago a vagrant Mexican miner staked a claim here and began undisputed owner of the present site ofDenver. So tradition runs, whether fableor not, I cannot say; but enough silverhas been taken from this locality since tomake all the watches that have ticked-tocked since watcheshave been. The progressivenessof the citizens of Den-ver is shown in manyhandsome public andprivate buildings, ami smelting works. Thecity has a populationof nearly Ifa shaft were sunk initf streets to the levelof the sea. it wouldlack less than 200 feetof being a mile indepth. AH the environs ofthe place are in pict-uresque accord. Onone side are the greatplains stretching awajfor hundreds cf the other the cor-USCOnt needles of the might} Colo
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