Jan. 7, 1897.
THE NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT.
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SaSBLMiaft DPS SJLM
The clipper ship Star of China,
owned by ihe Oolong and Howfong
line, of No. 2 Leadenhall street, Lon
don ,had fallen into hard times. On
her mainmast, as she lay ia the West
India docks was a notice indicative of
her sale to the highest bidder on April
13. 1875.
As a clipper in the carriage of tea
she had made a record of renown.
Sixtikn knots an hour, with the wind
abeam, was an easy achievement. She
was, in point of fact, the queen of the
tea fleet, thousands of golden sover
eigns having been won and lost on her
passages out and home.
Before the Suez canal opened up a
. The Clipper was to Be Sold.
shorter route to the Orient, the whole
of the tea trade was conducted in sail
ing vessels, .with the exception, of
oourse, of the caravan supply, all of
which was swallowed up by the Rus
sians riniinrtittaiii'M nf tpfl. (f which
they get the best brands, and of cham
pagne, of which they secure the very
first vintages.
Thus, the occupation of the clipper
ship Star of China was gone. Her
owners b.' invested in a number of
iron steam tanks, such as a true sailor
despises in the innermost -cockles of
his heart, but which he is compelled to
sail in Jo keep soul and body together.
And so it came to. pass that the
saucy clipper was offered for sale la
the Ignominious manner referred to
above. And the old girl looked as
though she knew she was for sale un
der inglorious conditions. She had
been dismantled. Iler topgallant
masts a nd yards had be in sent down,
her jibboom had been rigged in, and,
altogether, she seemed in doleful
dumps just like an outclassed race
horse when he becomes the property
of a cab-driver.
The eventful day came at last. John
Allan, a shipowner of the old school,
bought the ship for 15,000, and dirt
cheap she was at the price. He had a
regular fleet of old frigate-built ships
trading between Loudon, Calcutta, Co
lombo and intermediate ports, and had
amassed a large fortune.
One of the ships, the Hur Karu,
Hlndostanee for Messenger) had been
lost on the Madras coast, and, having
a great attachment for her skipper,
Capt Harris, who had made much
money for him in the past, he bought
the clipper ship for him. But, while
he put a new captain in charge, he re
tained H services of Chief Mate Phil
lips abd Second Mate Stent. These
two sailors were devoted to the ship.
They would have cried like children if
they had received their marching pa
pers. Trie mate told the new owner
that he would take two pounds a
month less for his wages, and the sec
ond mate offered a corresponding re
duction in his stipend. John Allan,
having hereditary Scotch thrift in his
system, jumped at the offer.
And so it happened that the Star of
China, under the care of Her new
skipper, fitted out for her voyage
around the cape, meanwhile taking in
her cargo, which consisted of railway
Iron, hogsheads of Maderia, cases of
rum and other liquors, crates of the
ugliest idols yu ever saw, manufact
ured by machinery for native con
sumption, cheaper by far tan at Hin
doo factories. Cheek by jowl, along
side, were cases of prayer books. Bi
bles and missionary literature, all
printed in Hindostanee by a Manches
ter firm, and a huge box of tracts In
the Tamil tongue, entitled, "Hush, for
Heaven's Sake!" for the people for
vhom they were intended were, and
"jtill are, fearfully and curiously pro
fane and obscene.
The Star of China cleared and sailed
In the usual manner. Her new skip
per was a surprise to the old officers,
and the ship was In the nature of a
They Lowered Him In a Chnlr.
wonder to the skipper. It was like
putting an engineer of the very slowest
freight locomotive In charge of the
Empire State Express. The old cap
tain was a century behind the times.
Every night he used to snug down the
craft by taking in all the flying kites,
down even to the outer jib and the
three topgallant sails. The ship felt
It She misbehaved, and conducted
herself like a hot-headed young lady
whoso liance has Just jilted her.
Out to Madras the Star of China
sailed. Her time of pasaage from
Gravesend to the Fort wati 125 days.
Whereat her average run to the tea
ports was eighty-four days.
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Chief Mate Phillips and Second
Mate Stent were sound allies. They
had been schoolmates at King's Col
lege and had gone to sea together.
Each liked the fat old, good-natured
captain, while they were sorry to tee
the ship, whose swiftness they knew,
was being made a scow of.
But they got even at last. On the
homeward passage, while they were
threshing to windward around the
Cape of Good Hope, there suddenly
came a charming bald spot of fine
weather, a deceitful prospect, but flat
tering. An old craft called Colombo, owned
by the same fiin as the Star of China,
hove in sight, and by the curious law
of attraction that prevails in deep wa
ter, both vessels came together.
"Star of China, ahoy!'1 hailed Skip
per Robinson of the Colombo. "Come
aboard and dine. We have sucking
pig for grub, and tender it Is; likewise,
rum; and also, wine. Col. Marlborough
of the gallant Tenth, is sailing with
me for the benefit of his health, and
there are cases of 'gooseberry' ready
to be opened."
"Why, old shipmate, I wouldn't dis
appo'nt you for the world."
And now the chief mate came into
action. He was on in that piece. He
hauled up the mainsail, lowered the
jolly boat and rigged up a chair for the
fat old skipper .hoisting him up from
the main deck and loweiing him down
into the attendant boat Four appren
tices pulled the fat old man to his
chum and the sucking pig. !
In less than an hour there came a
fog so dense that you might cut big
chunks out of it with a rusty sheath
knife.
Said the mate to the second mate:
"We will lose the old man and make a
fast run home."
"We will," was the ready response.
"Call up all hands and make sail,
boatswain!" yelled the chief mate.
"Don't wait to shave or curl your
hair; we've got to catch the captain."
That sucking pig was the cause of
the Star of China beating the Colombo
forty-five days from the Cape home.
The clipper, under the care of her old
dfflcers, was kept moving all the time.
At night, as well as day, when she
couldn't carry it she dragged it. There
was no taking in of canvas at dusk.
When the ship had got home at last,
John Allan, the old Scotchman, put
two and two together. He heard of
the episode of the sucking pig. He
made a just conclusion. What he did
was to retire Capt. Harris on half-pay
and promote Chief Mate Phillips to
captain and Second Mate Stent to chief
Beat Hla nival Forty-Five Day.
mate, while at the same time he or
dered his other skippers not to be quite
so sluggish in stays. New York
World.
Feeding the Children.
Many parents do not even have the
instincts as to feeding their young
that the lower order of animals have.
They do not seem to know that the in
fant, as a rule, brings its natural life
and health-sustaining food with it, but
are ready to feed it with all manner of
food which manufacturers have been
actuated to Invent from whatever mo
tive. They know the child's stomach
only as a receptacle, and are so slow
to learn that any food wi'l harm the di
gestive apparatus, because they (the
parents, or perchance, the grandmoth
er) are fond of such food. I have
known well meaning mothers to feed
their babies with mince pie, fried po
tatoes, all kinds of fruits, meats, nuts,
, and all before the child had the sign
of a tooth. And when the almost uni
versal rational artificial food (cow's
milk) has to be given, such kindness is
bestowed that the child gets all that it
wants and whenever it wants It, re
gardless of the impaired condition of
the digestive organs. Often food is
given where drink Is only necessarily
required by the fretting child. In
many instances, if not death, Irrepara
ble injury is produced by urging chil
dren to fill or gorge their stomachs
with fresh food, while a large portion
of the former meal In a decomposed
condition remains. The result of a
combination of this very common hab
it is obvious to the pathologist. Dr. J.
A. Work.
The First Principle.
An English dairy journal says: The
utter disregfiid of the first principle of
butter-making correct temperature of
the cream naturally produces a soft,
oily butter containing excess of moist
ure. JCo amount of washing or maul
ing can make butter produced at too
high a temperature or over-churned
any good; while excessive washing en
tirely removes the fine aroma which all
choice creameries should possess In a
very marked degrte. Tl.e foisting of
rubbish as choice creamery on English
buyers Is aff stupid a fraud as the ship
ping of false weights and tares, and
when done to any extent, as during
the past month, simply destroys the
Markets for tte time being.
As confidence in quality is now being
restored, I look for a renewed and
much better butter demand. Butter
must be made now by the rule of ther
mometer and accurate weighing; not
by the rule of thumb nud guess-work.
ISODE.
It has been a remarkable summer.
In May it was as hot as August and
in August It was as cold as March. It
rained most of the time. Almost any
thing seemed an excuse for the heavens
to drip, or pour, or swash down bucket
fuls of water, as the fancy of Jupiter
Pluvlu8 was at the moment. Then it
cleared oft hot enough to cook you or
eo cold you had to drag out your winter
clothes. This peculiar Btate of affairs
seemed to agree with the insect and
reptile tribe. They flourished on other
people's poison to a wonderful degree.
There is an old German myth that
says by some chance or other a de
scendant of the Bame wily serpent in
the garden that played havoc with
Mother Eve entered into the ark. When
Noah, well protected by his mackin
tosh and goloshes, took a hasty Inven
tory of stocks he failed to discover this
cunning gentleman, who evidently in
herited the craft of his ancestor who
lived several centuries before. There
were all the Innocent tribes of snakes,
those who had never committed any
considerable crime; but Monsieur le
Serpent lay In a dark corner till they
got well under way.
Then he came cautiously forth and
began to make himself so agreeable, af
ter the manner of his worthy great
grandfather, and like that venerable
person proved such a charming conver
sationalist that the rest of the house
hold of the ark agreed It would be a
great pity to throw him overboard.
So they sailed on and on; and It
rained and rained, after the manner of
the summer of '96, till Noah became
perturbed in spirit and the passengers
discontented. , All the good stories had
been told over and over; the supply was
limited; all the old songs sung over
and over again; and quarrels and dis
putes were the order of the day. The
qualities of the dove as ari advance
agent were still unknown, and Noah
worried not a little as to the direction
and final destination of the ship. .
At last a council was held, and my
Lord Snake, in a most modest and be
coming manner, intimated he had some
experience in sailing and would be
pleased to see Noah at the close of the
meeting. . .
The interview took place. The Ser
pent owned that matters looked bad for
the occupants of the ark, but assured
Noah he could extricate the'm from
their difficulties and bring them safe
ly to land on one condition only. This
offer at first appalled Noah, but after
some hours of thought and very rough
weather he cabled his immediate family
together and laid the case before them.
The Snake had consented to act as
pilot-captain-mascot, all in one a reg
ular Pooh-Bah for the trifling reward
of a wife.
He had taken a violent fancy t,o one
of Noah's daughters, the youngest, a
beautiful girl, and demanded her hand
as the price of his efforts; the reward
not to be given till they were all on
land, high and dry.
To cut the story short, this was
agreed to. The family were all some
what undef the Influence of the wily
charmer, and perhaps even then there
"I'VE GOT IT."
lurked in the bottom of their hearts
an intention to break the contract when
the danger was over. The Serpent took
the helm. The dove was sent out, and
in a little while they reached land, saw
the sun once more, and hung out their
musty clothes to dry.
Once in the promised land the (
Snake demanded his bride. Family
councils were again held. He was
enticed into their midst and cruelly
betrayed to his ruin. Instead of a wife
he received death at their hands. Not
content with merely killing their pre
server, and contending that he was
an old fraud and stowaway that they
would have touched shor just as well
without him they decided to refuse
him even a Christian burial and burn
his body, while they danced round his
pyre.
But as the flames rose to heaven the
victim had his revenge. Each column
of blue smoke turned to vicious, sting
ing Insects gnats.mosquitoes.flies, and
the thousand crawling, creeping
things, whose descendants afflict our
poor humanity to-day. Noah had too
much foresight to parpetuate them by
putting them in the ark, but his act
of treachery put his caution all to
naught.
This damp summer has been again
prolific In all these pests, and chief
among them is the flitting, tricky, tor
menting mothmiller. Its whole life Is
given up to the one idea of making
that of man a burden; Its gleeful flight
through the house in search of some
thing to destroy rouses the inmates
thereof to insane speech and action.
Nothing Is sacred to this Iconoclast.
The richer the prey the greater its Joy.
The little woolen garment that you
fondly imagine still holds the imprint
of the dear dead baby's form; grand
ma's work basket.that used for so many
years to stand by the bed, and which,
when you looked at it, seemed to bring
before your eyes again the patient,
suffering form, the bent and trembling
fingers that lined the basket with soft
wools were not too precious for its
deadly work, but fall to dust in your
hand. The overcoat that you thought
would last one more winter does not
escape, bui shows great holes on
every side and vanishes a thought you
had Indulged in of a ticket, to the op
era, oace c twice, for It must be re-
AN EPISODE
placed. These thing aid many more
haunt you as the milter fl'?B by.
John had been particularly active in
this warfare. Often as be sat reading
some abstruse volume his book would
fall to the gromd, his glasses follow.
as with a tremendous lurch forward
he would exclaim with extended hands
"I have it!" generally adding a mo
ment later: "No! there it goes!" ,
The tricky Insect would disappear
and in a moment be visible in another
corner, or if, perchance, It was caught
and lay In dusty nothingness, ft dozen
sisters came loyally to the rescue. So
the strife went on. Conversations of
great interest chiefly to the partici
pants therof, and generally upon the
financial question, were punctuated,
emphasized, broken up by these winged
messengers of anarchy. At last the
great night arrived in which John was
to make the speech of hla life. He
had studied and thought but on one
subject for many weeks and hours and
hours; he had written and erased and
written again till every sentence show
ed like a jewel in his eloquent address
on "Our Only Safety Lies in Gold."
The hall was packed. , People of both
parties sat or stood. Sonje, the ma
jority, came to be strengthened in their
faith; a small minority to be convinced
of error. John sat on the platform, dig
nified as ever, surrounded by his fellow-townsmen.
On one side a Presby
terian divine, on another a Congrega
tional clergyman, and a learned judge
or two. He was introduced and began
his remarks.
His calm, earnest manner command
ed attention and respect. He spoke on
and on, gradually going from one well
argued premise to another, and grow
ing every moment more eloquent. One
near and dear to him thought she ae
tected occasionally a moment's hesita
tlon, a spasmodic tightening of the
hands, but it passed away, ine auai
ence was enthusiastic. The climax,
that should sweep all before it and
carry conviction, seemed near, when
suddenly he paused, made a convulsive
leap forward, brought both hands to
gether with a resounding smack, and
cried" In a loud voice:
'"I've got It! No, there it 1b!"
Consternation spread though the
room. The poor victim of the serpent's
last revenge grew" pale and tottered
to his seat. Water was brought. The
learned judge made a few remarks to
an unheeding audience, but all in vain.
The spell was broken. The men that
were almost persuaded went gladly out
clinging to their old belief, and the
Snake once more had conquered.
AME SYLVESTER.
Fighting a Bob-Cat.
The ugliest appearing animal that
ever walked a log, killed a rabbit or
fought a trap is the lynx, which is Just
as ugly as it looks ten months in the
year, and somewhat uglier during the
other two. Not only will the lynx fight
anything that walks in the woods, but
it will also tackle a visitor from the
clearings, be he man or dog, or half
grown calf, If the occasion offers, says a
writer in Shooting and Fishing.
Jim Berry was hunting up in Maine
about forty miles north of Greenville,
when he and his friend came suddenly
upon the carcass of a caribou which, a
bear was eating. The bear made itself
scarce, much to Jim's regret, as he
wanted to kill a bear. Without saying
anything to his friend, he left camp the
next day and started for the carcass,
intending to watch it in the hope that
the bear would return. He waited and
watched till about 3 o'clock in the
afternoon, when he began to think of
returning to the camp. A soft footfall
back in the woods, the crafty step of
some wild animal, just then sounded
in his ears. Pretty soon the beast was
chewing the caribou meat, and Jim
could see it plainly. He leveled his
buckshot gun and pulled the trigger
when the wabbling muzzle was point
ed in what he thought was the right
direction. The beast went down, and
Jim started for it. Then he, stopped
with his mouth open.
The beast had leaped to its feet and
jumped sideways with Its back up.
Jim knew the yell, and he also recog
nized the humped back. It was a
wounded lynx spoiling for a fight. Not
having time to level his gun to Bhoot,
the man clubbed it, and the blow
stunned the cat a little, but the beast
got in a rake on the man's leg that
tore his trousers and hide, too. An
other frantic sweep of the gun barrel
laid the beast flat, and then a revolver
bullet killed the animal. The buck
shot had torn the top of the lynx's
head enough to make it angry.
Bernard Cot' the Best of It.
A queer fox hunt is reported from
Barren county, Kentucky. A farmer
going one morning to open the door of
his poultryhouse found that the place
had been raided by a fox that was still
Inside. Reynard appeared to have
worked up the sliding door until he
effected an entrance, when it dropped
and made him a prisoner. The farmer
and his son concocted a plan for his
capture. Turning a dog inside the
poultry-house, they held a bag firmly
over Che opening, and on the slide
being lifted there was a swift rush into
the bag, the mouth of which was
quickly closed and held tightly. Im
agine their surprise, however, to see
the fox slip out of the shed imme
diately after and bolt out of sight
They had bagged the dog!
Earthly Influence.
It is a high, solemn almost awful
thought for every individual man that
his earthly influence, which has had a
commencement, will never, through all
ages, were he the very meanest of us,
have an end. Thomas Carlyle.
There are proably more thieves in
China than any other country in the
world.
CHOST CAME TO SCIENTIST.
Great Naturalist Declare B Bad fioam
an Apparition.
Frank Buckland, the well-known En
glish naturalist, was the. las man In
the world whom one would expert to
be superstitious, but in a remarkabiu
letter of his, addressed to a fri nrj ct
Selhurst, Surrey, he solemnly declares
that he once saw a ghost at Westmin
ster abbey, says the New York Press.
Buckland's father was deau of the ab
bey and his son lived with him in tbe
ancient house attached to the church,
occupied by the deans for hundreds of
years. iOne night, so Buckland de
clared, he had returned home rather
late after an evening at tbe theater.
He opened the window, and sal at V;
smoking a last clear before retir g.
His room1 overlooked the cloister?. A
curious legend t- ps attached to door
almost directly opposite tho v inflow.
It was to the effect that th door wiia
covered with huiran skins nd certain?
ly the fragments of the dark bother
still hanglnr to it help, by th'Jr ap
pearance, to support thin assertion.
Buckland was hitting smoking and
watching the quiet cloisters, flooded
with bright moonltgbt Suddenly he
saw the darX figure of a man corue out
of the door and walk down the clois
ters. BiPk!and knew that no one
should be around the abbey Bt that
hour and supposing It w:w some in
terloper ran dowmtt'rs and searched
the cloisters tor I'm intruder.; To his
surprise he could tlnd no one and on
trying the door .found It, securely bolt
ed, having not been opened evidently
for years. Much mystified he returned
to his room and continued to waua.
In a little while he saw the same figure,
which appeared to be dressed like a
monk, return along the cloisters and
enter the abbey by the same door.
Thoroughly alarmed, Buckland ran
down again and found the door in ex
actly the same condition and still bolt
ed on the outside. In .the morning he
Inquired of some of the old attendants
around the abbey and found that more
than one of them had seen or heard
others speak of the apparition. Some
time afterward he found among some
ancient archives of the abbey an ac
count of the beheading of one of the
monks for a terrible crime and it was
added that he was 'flayed and his skin
used to cover one of the doors leading
to the cloisters. Buckland afterward
said he firmly believed that it was the
ghost of this monk which he had seen.
Booker Washington'! School.
The Tuskegee Normal and Industrial
Institute has become one of the most
famous of the schools for the education
of the negro, and its president, Booker
T. Washington, is recognized as one of
the ablest leaders of the negro race.
The school had a very puny beginning
fifteen years ago. To-day the Institute
owns 2,460 acres of fine land, thirty
seven buildingssome of which repre
sent large expenditure, 265 head of live
stock, an abundant supply of wagons,
buggies, etc. The total value of its pro
perty is nearly $300,000. For the year
ended May 31, 1896, the Income of the
Institution was 97,716, donations from
various sources making up $62,835 of
the amount The number of students
In attendance was 867. Besides the aca
Icmlc department, there are twenty-five
Industrial departments where practical
Instruction Is given in carpentry, brick
laying, stone cutting, blacksmith work,
ihoemaklng, plastering, plumbinir
rimming, and other trades. For female
students there is also training in suoh
lines as are appropriate to them.
Appealed to Him Partially.
The vague man stood on the side
of the Atlantic steamer and gazed ad
miringly at the rich sunset. The boat
was tossing heavily on the bosom of
the deep, as is the habit of boats when
the sea is rough, indelicate thorny-h
such a course may be. As the sun
finally sank below the horizon the
vague man murmured: "Sic transit
gloria mundi!" Strictly classical, of
ourse. but even vague men are mmt.
times educated. The Irishman in the
iteerage overheard the remark and
groaned loudly. It was his first voy
age. I don't know nothln' at all av
the glory o' Monday." he growled, "hut
there's no doubt av the sick transit!"
The sailor's cry of "Heave ho!" at
this Juncture did not conduce to his
relief. New York Journal.
Populating Siberia.
Siberia will soon lose its terrors in
the popular mind. The opening of the
Siberian railroad has caused a rush
of Russian peasants for the plentiful
and cheaper lands In Siberia and whole
villages In Russia are being left with
Aut inhabitants. So far this year 145,
300 peasants have emigrated and in the
middle of May there were 13,000 per-
30ns encamped at Tchelyabursk,
iwalting transportation. It Is report
id that the government will stop ban
ishing criminals to Siberia and will
use only the islands of Saghallen, the
Qorthern provinces and the prison dis
tricts as receptacles for convicts.
New York Recorder.
In I.uck.
Felton I had a bit of enod fnrtnnA
it the races the other day. Downing
indeed! Backed a winner? Felton
3h. no! But I discovered when I rnt
' o
there that I had left my money at
aome.. Boston Globe.
No Kar for Manic.
"Miss Yam isn't at all musical."
"How do you know?".
"I offered to sing 'O Promise Me' last
night and she said she'd promise me
anything if I wouldn't" Philadelphia
North American.
j India Ink.
India ink is made by some secret
process which is closely guarded by Its
nventors, the Chinese.
raft
.iscniniTlSuAn:
Tli e - Dreaded Consump
tion Can Ee Cured.
T. A I Hwura, M. C , tfie Great Chemist and
8c entlt, Offer t.j Send Free to the
'Afflicted, Three Bottles of Hli
Newly IHtcovered JRemcrilee
to Cum Consumption and
I all Lung- Trouble.
r.th?r?g could be fairer, more philan
thropic or carry more joy in its wake
than (be offer of T. A. Slocum, M. C, of
ln.i IVari strtiet, ew York Uity.
Cfiif!..l'nt that he has discovered an
ttbHolut cure for consumption and all
puimomit y complaints, and to make its
grt-.it merit known, he will send, free,
thrfe but lies to any reader of NehuasKa
I.sdki'km iCNTwho is suffering from chest,
bronchia', throat and lung troubles or
CoiiK'itoi tion.
Alftniy this "new scientific course ol
nwdicine" has permanently cured thou
sands of apparently hopeless cases.
The Doctor considers it his religions
dutyk-aduty which he owes to human
ity to donate his infallible cure.
Ofiered freely, apart from its inherent
strength, is enough to commend it, and
more so is the perfect confidence of the
grout chemist making the proposition.
Ho has proved consumption to be a
curable disease beyond any doubt.
There will be no mistake in sending
tho mistake will be in overlooking tbe
generous invitation. He has on file la
his American and European Labratories
testimonials of experience from those
cured, iu all parts of the world.
Delays are dangerous. Address T. A. .
Blocnm, M. C, 183 Pearl Btreet, New
York, and when writing the Doctor,
please give express and post office ad
dress, and mention reading this article
in the Nebraska Independent.
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HALF FARES JftStSg"
HALF RATES on Household Goods,
Tools, Teams and Farm Stock.
ILLUSTRATED LAND PRIMERS Noe 21, 22 and
ii. lnailod FREE to any address.
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TO THE
BAST
Chicago,Rock Island
&
Pacific Railway.
Th Rock Island la foremost In adopting asj
plan calculated to Improra speed and give that
oxnr, safety and comfort that the popular
patronage demands. Its equipment is thorough
ly complete with Vestibuled Trains.
BEST DINING CAR SERVICE IN THE
WORLD.
Pullman Sleepers, Chair Cars, all tbe most ele
gant and of recently Improved patterns.
!ts specialties. ars
FAST TIME,
COURTEOUS EMPLOYES,
FIRST-CLiSS EQUIPMT
and firet-cla SERVICE
given v ,
For full particulars as to Tlckets.Maps. Rntes,
tpply to any coupon ticket agent In the United
State, Canada or Mexico, or address . : "
JOHN SEBASTIAN, G.P.A..
Chicago.
Westward Through the Rockies.
The traveler, tourist or business man
is wise when he selects the Rio Grande
Western Railway "Great Salt Lake
Route" for his route to tbe Pacific Coast.
It is the only transcontinental line pass
ing directly through Salt Lake City, and
in addition to the glimpse it affords of
the Temple City, the Great Salt Lake
and picturesque Salt Lake and Utah Val
ley, if affords the choice of three distinct
routes through the mountains and the
most magnificent scenery in the world.
On all Pacific Coast tourist tickets
stop-overs are granted at Denver, Colo
rado Springs, Salt Lake City, Ogden
and other point of interest. Double
daily train service and through Pullman
and Tourist sleeping cars between Den
ver and San Francisco and Los Angeles.
For illustrated pamphlets descriptive
of the "Great Salt Lake Route," write L.
B. Eveland, Traveling Passenger Agent,
805 West Ninth street, Kansas City, or
F. A. Wadleigh, General Passenger
Agent, Salt Lake City. t!
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