. . A I' : in Ncccls hretr air.
The air where a palm is icePt must
be moistened by the evapnr ation of
j 'water about the 1 ) lant , or by the anPli
' ' cation of it to its foliage. Fresh air
, ' : .must be admitted to taste the place of
.
that whose vitaliy has been burned
' aut by too intense heat. The plant
lnunt have a place near the window ,
1y } Il'rC direct light can exert its boner
{ , , : fkiai effect on the soil. Care must be
I -'ttken to give only cuoubh water to
jeep the soil moist. Good drainrrc ;
1
must be provided also.-Washington
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Antldotc for ( 'arbnlic :1e1d.
r 't'here seems to be no restrictions to
j ' the sale or use of carbolic acid , one of
. the mo .t powerful and dangerous poisons -
- sons known , and the result is a large
nuulier of cases of accidental' poisoning
. Y -are reported : Dr. Edmund Carlton
recomrnends eider vinegar as the best
antidote-'o P ular Science News.
Free to "Cumrrulcs. "
The latest photograph of the Ilon. I.
N. Walker , commander-in-chief of the
Gl LI1d Army of the Pepublk. Write to
. 1' . II. Lord , Quincy Building , Chicago ,
and you will receiveone free.
.y You will never realize the scarcity of
your friends until you need one.
PiIlfard table , second-hand , for sale
cltenp. Apply to or address , H. C. Artx ,
511 S. ] 2th St. , Omaha , Neb.
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11 ' S r y
Is theaeasot for purifying , cleansing , and
renewing. The accumulations of waste
" everywhere are being removed. Winter's
icy grasp is broken and on all sides are
' 1 1l(11G1tIpitA of nature's returning life ,
renewed force , and awakening power.
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elrutsing the system and renewing the
pliysical powers. Owing to close eon-
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a , other causes , in the winter , inipurities
have not paned out of the s } stem as they
t should but have accuniilated in the blood.
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'Itherefore tlrebest time to take Hood's
Sar aparilta , because the system is now
: nosf in need of medicine. That Hood's
, Sarsaparilla is the best blood purifier and
Spring medicine is proved by its wonder-
tut cures. A course of llood's Sarsaparilla
i uo + v may prevent great suffering later on.
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' .rite pnpels say
I "travel is ll'dlt. "
il But you wou'.dn't think so
f ' 55 if you went vest on the Bnr-
liugton's' Denver Limited. "
_ It is the one train in the
1 I wrest that hods its own-
- thntis as well l'atronizedto-
s day as it was two years ago.
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Leaves Omaha , t : " . : p . m .
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Ir . J -\O LATER.
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gladly ticket you via the
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to do so.
T. FRANCIS. Cen'1 Pnss'r : fgt. Omaha , Nob.
line 4rmy Duck. n 1tb < 1da sptlnv , X1.00. Good
1 ? ilcav lrck , with Buckles. 05c. teat prapald on
of price. Send size of shoe and measure of
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f { to hustlers ; position permanent ; enclose
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THE y0T-S1 CpRNt
INTERESTING READING FOR
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.
A Tale of IIoroh m-iloty a Clilid's Gen-
lie Word , , of Reproof Saved a lieu + e-
hold to Godliness , --Tho Power lo-
Love.
EAUTIFUL
, : r : : ! . ! thoughts make
" _ { . beautiful days ,
' n"
- ° = t Beautiful step s
i
rr trace beautiful
: ways ;
I "Beautiful words
tR .rte , bring peace un-
.
Y , i.- ' Everywhere as the
years grow old.
The sunny soul on a darken'd road
Brightens the heart , lightens the load ;
Lets in heaven and whispers rest ,
Over the toils of lives opprest.
The helping hand may always shift
The sails of souls long gone adrift ,
May let the winds of God blow In ,
To bear them out from shoals of sin.
And many an anchor bath been weigh'd
Because another soul lath prayed ,
And laid its burden and its rears
Upon the Christ who always hears.
And yonder by the golden strand ,
The kindly turns we often plann'd ,
Returning home , will each be fraught
With greater blessing than we thought.
A Tnle of Iferolsnr.
Tales of heroism thrill and inspire us
to similar acts to rescue perishing -
ishing ileople. And why should
they not make us think of
the thousands of perishing souls
around us and.ronse us to heroic efforts
to save them ? A writer in Voice recounts -
counts a thrilling story of heroism :
The city of Titusville is situated on
the banks of Oil creek. This usually
mild stream in wet vea er sometimes
rises in its bed , overfi' ws its banks
and floods the neighboring country.
Early in the summer of 1892 , after
a heavy rainfall of several days' duration -
tion , and when Oil creek was full , a
large dam constructed across the
stream above the city suddenly gave
way , changing Oil creek into a raging
torrent. Down rushed the waters on
the helpless city. Bridges were washed
away and houses lifted front their foul-
dations and whirled off down the
stream. People caught in the flood
struggled for a place of safety , while
those out of danger employed every
means to assist those in peril.
A cry of "fire" was suddenly raised.
Inlmense tanks of oil above the city
had been overturned and their contents -
tents quickly spread over the surface
of the waters. In some unknown manner -
ner these had become ignited below the
city. Instantly the flames shot up the
stream and the crowd fell back with a
cry of horror. Several rods out in the
flood.was seen a woman with a child
in her arms. The flames rapidly- approached -
preached them. With frantic cries she
implored the crowd for aid , but no one
dared venture through the flood , waist
deep , in the face of those angry flames.
At this moment , a. great , ungainly individual -
dividual approached the crowd from a
back street. At a glance he saw the
woman's peril and , pushing forward
through the crowd , with bold , rapid
steps , lie plunged into the torrent. In
vain the rushing waters tried to sweep
him from his feet. Strong , firm , unyielding -
yielding , he pushed on till he reached
the woman. Grasping her and the child
in his arms , he plunged back into the
waters. But now , encumbered by his
human burdens , he could but occasionally -
ally keep his footing. He struggled onward -
ward to the shore , but in a zig-zag path.
At this moment the flames reached
them. Perceiving his only chance for
life , he plunged beneath the burning
waters. Rising to his feet and rushing
forward , John Kelly , burned and bleeding -
ing , delivered two precious souls amidst
the deafening shouts of the multitude.
A Chad's Reproof.
The parents of little Willie were not
Christians. They were respectable.
His mother taught him the Lord's
prayer. She also taught him this appropriate -
propriate little verse to say as lie retired -
tired for the night :
"Now I lay me down to sleep ,
I pray the Lord my soul to keep ,
If I should die before I wake ,
I pray the Lord my soul to take. "
Then the boy would repeat after his
I
mother :
' cI bless papa. '
"God bless mama. "
"God bless Willie and make me a
good little boy. "
One evening as he was kissing his
mother good right , he looked up into
her face and said :
"Does you pray , mama ? "
"No , darling. "
"Does papa pray : "
"I never heard him pray. "
"Why does you make me pray ? "
"That you may be good. "
"Don't you want to be good , mama ? "
"Orr , yes ; I want to be good. "
"Then why don't you pray , and papa
pray ? "
"We've gotten out of the cairit I
guess. "
"Weil , mama , maybe God will hear
my prayer. But don't you think you
and papa are expecting too much of a
little fellow like me. Do you believe
that God wants me to. do all the praying -
ing for this whole family ? Seems to
me you and pap might help me a little. "
These words sank deep into the
mother's heart , and it was not. long before -
fore that house was a house of prayer
unto the living God.
The Potver of Love.
The following story is told of how
Miss Jane Addams , of Hull House , Chi. .
cage , won a victory by kindness :
Soon after the opening of Hull House ,
the workers there were much annoyed
.
Iby a mischievous boy of the neighborhood -
hood , who seemed to delight in doing
everything he could to disturb them.
When meetings were being held in the
house he would throw stones at the
door , beat tattoos on the window panes
and keep the bell ringing constantly.
Several of the workers urged Miss
Addams to call on a policeman to suppress -
press the boy , but she steadfastly re-
fused. "I mean to mate a friend of
that boy , not an enemy , " was her an ,
steer. "If I call a policeman and hatrr
him arrested , I shall throw away : my
chance of helping him. "
For some time longer the disturbance
was continued. The men workers at
the Hull House took turns In watchiug
at the front door , so that the meetings
should be annoyed as little as possible.
Again and again Miss Adams was
urged to have a policeman put a stop
to the nuisance , but every such plea
was unavailing. Whenever she had the
opportunity she spoke kindly to the lad ,
showed her interest in him and invited
him to attend the meetings for boys
which were being held at the house.
By slow degrees this course of treatment -
ment had its effects. After a time they
ceased to be annoyed as they had been
in the past , andlater , still the boy made
his appearance at one of the meetings.
From that time it was easy to deal with
him. To-day Miss Addams has no more
devoted friend than the boy who once
House.--Ram's
threw stones at Hull
I-Torn.
4ork wtth Enthusiasm.
1-IalT the people in this life make fail-
tires of their careers because they never
cultivated the habit of doing small
things well. In his secret heart probably -
ably no man thinks his ability has ever
been recognized at its true worth. He
i ; employed at small tasks , working for
small pay , when to his mind he ought
to be doing great things , getting high
wages. Nine times out of ten , perhaps ,
the man wino thinks this neglects in
consequence the small , ] rumble task he
is set to do. He is discontented , lie is
unhappy , he is ready to strike , change
his business , or even to slight his tasks
to the extent of cheating his employer
as far as he dares without getting liinl-
self discharged. If you agree to perform -
form certain labor in return for certain
wage , however small , you have sold
your time and your ability. Do that
'Work the best it can be done. Form the
habit of putting the best of yourself
into all you do. Work with enthusiasm
over the small tasks that are your lot at
present , always in hope that greater
oncrs will come to you by and by. They
will be sure to come. Many a time the
small task , done conscientiously and
with enthusiasm , itself affords the very
clew to the greater task and the larger
remuneration. But it is absolutely certain -
tain that no man w'ho has not the habit
of doing his best on whatever work he
1
is engaged will ever fill any high place
whatsoever. Let us always be on the
outlook for grander opportunities. Life
would not be worth living except for
that. But let us at the same time
strengthen ourselves to seize the great
opportlmity when it cones by making
the most out of our small opportunities.
In the grand wind-up each individual
comes much nearer getting just what'
he deserves than is generally supposed.
Ire Late + t Rulletir : .
Some time since , when a distinguished -
guished personage lay dangerously ill ,
and bulletins were being issued at frequent -
quent intervals , an Irishman received
instructions from his employer to put
to death a very old mastiff to whom life
had become burdensome.
This being satisfactorily accomplished -
plished , Pat strolled across the courtyard -
yard to the front of the arouse , and , taking -
ing a newspaper from his pocket , commenced -
menced to read.
He had only stood there for a few moments -
ments when a friend , passing by , said
to him :
"Hullo , Pat ! What's the latest bul-
letin7"
"The latest bulletin ? " said Pat , meditatively -
tatively , not knowing the meaning of
tt1 ! : word ; "shure , the latest bullet's in
the master's mastiff , by his own orders ,
am' not ten minutes agone , either. "
A Rule That Failcd to Ivor : : .
"Bridget , I want a pound of steak , a
bag of salt , two ounces of pepper , a loaf
of bread , and a pound of butter. Do
you think you can remember them all ,
or shall I write them down ? "
"Shure , ma'am , I kin remember one
by the other. When I hey bread I know
I want butter , and when I her steak I
want pepper and salt. "
"All right. Go , and don't be long. "
Bridget was not long.
She was back in a very short time ,
but with an emptybasket. .
"Why , where is the dinner , Bridget ? "
"I couldn't remember wan of them ,
ma'am. "
t
"Wiry , I thought you could remember
each article by the one before it ? "
"Faith. ma'am , I had nothin' to re-
minlber the furst one by. "
"Arctic Ale. "
Rear Admiral A. H.Markham has
been giving a Strand magazine interviewer -
viewer some interesting reminiscences
of his trip to the arctic regions in the
Alert twenty years ago. Among the
"stores" taken on that occasion was r
some special ale brewed. Eleven bat- !
ties of that famous liquor still survive.
It is one of the strongest ales ever .
brewed by Allsopp's and the consistency -
ency of the wort was such that it would
not run from the copper through the
tap in the ordinary way but had to be
lifted out in buckets. Its color is a
rich brown , its flavor "suggestive of old
Madeira" and it is said to be "to-day as
sound as on the day of its birth. "
Wyoming is thinking seriously of
running a woman for governor. The
favorite candidate is Miss Estelle Reel ,
state superintendent of education.
_ - - - _
EtE SNEE LIE.
PLAIN INDICTMENT OF CLEVE-
LAND'S ADMINISTRATION.
Our Export Tratlo "Going to the Dogs"
--wilt Any Sensible Man 'oto the
Democratio Ticket This Year-We
Think Not.
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How those fellows who paraded for
Grover Cleveland in 1892 are gathering
In their reward is a sight to contem-
plate. Imagine them rushing early to
office , staying late to count up their Increased -
creased orders , employing more hands ,
paying more wages , lending out money
and not borrowing it , noting with satisfaction -
isfaction the daily growing credit balance -
ance in their ledgers. These are some
of the thoughts that must have flitted
through tlreil' minds as the Broadway
squad rode past Grover for review. The
foreign commerce of New York had
been growing larger and larger year
by year. But it was not enough. The
importers had visions of capturing the
markets of the world. A petty annual
increase of twenty-five , fifty or eighty
millions of dollars in our foreign corm -
m
coerce was a bagatelle. A gain of more
than $200,000,000 in five years was too
insignificant. They wanted more. Note
what they got. Study each year's increase -
crease in foreign commerce from 1886
to 1892 inclusive. Then note each year's
decrease in foreign commerce for 1893
to 1S95 inclusive :
PORT OF NEW YORK.
Total foreign
commerce. Tnrease. Decrease.
1S95. . . . . . . . $ a3a-x10,311 $ . . . . . . . . . . $27,0"SO7i
1504. . . . . . . . 061,31S,391 . . . . . . . . . . 73,017,013
1893. . . . . . . . ] , OS4,36.i,4o1 . . . . . . . . . . 26,8:75,471 :
1892. . . . . . . . 1,061,220S7S G1 ,2S.243
1591. . . . . . . . 090,892,635 SG,227,03.7
1890. . . . . . . . 913,665,600 36,557,490 ,
iss0. . . . . . . . si6soS,110 21,612,41)
15ss. . . . . . . . .S2105,91 ; 19,717,96 ;
1387. . . . . . . . 832,447,728 29,912713
lss6. . . . . . . . 802,535,015 25,732,250
It was unkind of Secretary Wilson of
the Chamber of Commerce to prepare
such an exhbit as this and give it to
the papers. But lie was not responsible
for the results. The free-trade parad-
ers must study that point for them-
selves. They really wanted too much.
They wanted Grover and they wanted
to capture the markets of the world.
They got Grover. They got left on the
markets. Was the parade worth it ?
Contressnan Gamble's Facts.
For thirteen years succeeding July 1 ,
1879 , the total withdrawal of gold from
the treasury only amounted to $43,310-
896 , while the country was enjoying the
security and confidence of Republican
administrations , and under its legislation -
tion undisturbed by the prospect of a
reversal of its tariff legislation by the
Democratic party. But from July 1 ,
1592 , up to December 1 , 1895 , the withdrawals -
drawals of gold amounted to upward of
$360,000,000 , and of this vast sum over
$305,000,000 during that time was ex-
ported-found lodgment in foreign
countries. It can thus be understood
that the demand tor gold is not
from the American people , but it is
necessary to supply the deficiency iii
our trade relations consequent upon
tariff agitation by the Democratic
party , commencing with its threat of
the enactfnent of free-trade in 1892 , and
afterward by its legislation upon the
subject.-Hon. Robert J. Gamble , M.
C. , of South Dakota.
The New 'ear's Record.
( Bradstreet's , February 1 , 1896. )
Business failures throughout the
United States this week , as reported to
Bradstreet's , show another large increase -
crease , not only as compared with last
week , but as contrasted with the total
for the fourth week in January , 1895 ,
1894 and 1593. The total is 393 ; last
week it was 341 ; last year , 312 ; in 1594 ,
3.40 ; in 1593 , 271 , and in 1592 it was
279.
279.Dun's ( Review , February 1 , 1896. ) _
Failures in three weeks of January
show liabilities of $17,836,511 , against
10 655,060 last year and $25,811,840 in
1891 ; in manufacturing $6,661,19 this
year , against $2,479,193 last year and
$9,124,562 in 1394 ; and in trading $10 ;
- . ,
317,360 , against $8,165,267 last year and
$14,708,263 in 1894. Failures this week
have been 404 in the United States ,
against 354 last year.
The tree Trador's Fabrlcatlons.
We no longer hear the . free-trader
glibly asserting that the Importation of
European manufactures will benefit the
American farmer by increasing the demand -
mand for his products , and thus raising -
ing the price of them. Nor do we hear
him assuring the American workman
that the decrease of his wages will be
more than compensated by the cheapness -
ness of what his wages purchase. Nor
do we hear him telling the American
manufacturer that what he loses in
the home market will be made up for
by opening "the markets of the world. "
All these fictions have crumbled tinder
touch of the harsh finger of experience.
-Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Tit l'rlco of Lambs.
As evidence of the threatened extinction -
tinction of the sheep Industry , I have
but to call your attention to the fact
that in the world's greatest live stock
market , Chicago , this season there has
been such a deluge of lambs that the
price declined 50 per cent. In less than
ninety days , and lambs sold at a price
less per hundred pounds titan sheep ,
something never before known in the
history of that market.-Hon. J. W.
Babcock , M. C. , of 'dsconsftt.
Democratic Reciprocity.
The democrats were forever prating
about the sham reciprocity of the McKinley -
Kinley bill. "Just wait till we pass a
tariff bill , and we'll show you what real
reciprocity is , " they said , They have
demonstrated what real democratic reciprocity -
iprocity is. It consists in closing
markets that were upon to American
products so tight that a sheet of paper
cannot slip through them. The abrogation -
gation of the reciprocity treaties by the
CAPTURING OUR MARKETS.
gIos made 1'n oral gun rIe5 , a farlce in :
Urned ia e s
durin the Line ( seal oars
6ndin lane 3o
lmPorto 1891 189 and 1895
i icjanj.ii : Tari - k4 412 597 II I l I
Stole ' ' 2Tniflion : .4 > llilliom : _ ; .bltlillion : :
'Dollars : : Dollars , ; Callers : :
m aTE o 1895
Gorman art 6 63 2
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democrats was a crime for which the
democrats must answer to the American -
ican people. It deprived the country
of millions of dollars of foreign trade ,
though the "markets of the world"
were what the democrats pretended to
be after.-Daily Telegram , Worcester ,
Mass.
The 1'ahto of S } heat.
On January 1 , 1892 , the market price
of wheat was $1.05lper bushel. Granulated -
ulated sugar was then worth 4 cents a
pound. A bushel of wheat bought nearly -
ly 261/ pounds of sugar. On January 1.
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1896 , wheat was worth 60 cents and
sugar 5 cents , a bushel of wheat buying -
ing less than 14 pounds of sugar. Under -
der McKinley Protection the farmer's
bushel of wheat bought over 12 pounds
more sugar than it did this year under
oul democratic free-trade tariff.
The Rounds of Revenue.
When manufacturers get revenue ,
workers get revenue. When the manufactures -
factures close , and the work is done in
Europe , as under present rules , the
workingman goes hungry and ragged ,
it matters not how cheap things are
in the market. These are bottom facts , ,
-Vidette , Valparaiso , Ind ,
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A TRIP THROUGH MOST PICT. .
URESQUE AMERICA.
Story of an interesting Run Acro4y the
Gunthrent ou tire "Overlutd Uoutu"-
The tteautle , of Culurado , wyotilug'
Idaho and Lire Grnat NortluveAt.
The story of the "Overland Route"
has been told in prose ulid poem by
those who have a right to claim the best
knowledge of it ; those who toiled ever
the plains driving oxen in spans , which
pulled great caravans of freight ; those
who hopefully bore the heat and burden
of the ( Ity , buoyed up and encouraged
by the hope of an El Dorado In the
fountains of the west-great , noble
hearted men tvito sought in the glorious
west the reward which seemed never to
come near their doors in the populous
east. They were braveandklnd-hearted ,
bold and gentle , and the writer loves to
( Iwel ) on their adventures and depict
their hair-breadth escapes , and tell of
their hopes and their disappointments.
lit one sense theirs is the story of the
lives of ninny who read , and a chord of
sympathy is touched by the skillful telling -
ing of the story. Everyone who it ls
read these tales of the west has felt an
instinctive desire to see the spots , linl-
IOwell at least in memory by some story ,
which has served to pass nit hour away ;
and each one has longed for an oppor-
tunlty. These of the preset day have
the best of time earlier members of this
mutual admiration society , for they can
now snake the trip in comfort , free front
peril , and surrotutded by all the luxuries
incident to modern travel. Instead of
toiling over the calcined track of those
olio preceded them , the traveler of the
day simply selects " 'I'Iic Overland
Route , " the Union Pacific system , and ,
as much at ] tone as though in the quiet
of some I ew England village , glides
swiftly over a splendid roaducd , and aI-
lows his eyes to feast on tic nagnificettt
scenery afforded.
'flee route through Kansas is a varied
t scene of thrift zui d growing greatness ,
agriculturally ; and when night has Iow-
ered her shades and the hours of rest
are passed , the grander beauties of the
Rocky Mountains are in view , and one
instinctively prepares himself to drint (
in the wonders which nature has strewn
ill profligate' plenty within touch , almost -
most , of the passing train. Fronn Denver -
ver to Cheyenne there is spread a patio-
muma of hills and fields , dashing rivers
"and the colnplaining brooks that made
the nleadots green ; ' and mountains
whose Sllew-capped tops scent to reach
to the very skies and mingle their glistening -
tening peaks amid the shadowy cloud. .
'fhe highest point on this "Overland
Route" across the continent is S,217
feet , at Sherman ; hence those wlto fear
the results of great altitudes are relieved -
lieved of that apprehension , as very little -
tle dilliculty is experienced. One of the
wonders of tine American continent , artificial -
tificial but interesting , is the Uri's
Irlonnineiit , erected its rcnlenrbranee of
the work done by 11r. Ames in connection -
tion with the building of this great east
anti west artery of commerce and which
reminds one of the I'yranids of Egypt ,
and makes one wonder whether they ,
too , commemorated ability and pntvr r
as well as served to keep the sacred remains -
mains of their projectors. Tire Dale
creek bridge is another magnificent
specimen of hanan skill , and onecou-
pares the handiwork of man with ( bat
of nature , which all around vies with it.
Idaho is entered at Border Station , cn
appropriate name , and one then thinks
of the great mineral productions of the
country through which he is passing
and stares anew at the creation of natural -
ral force , the Shoshone Falls , the great
geysers which abound in the parks , the
mountains ever seeming higher antii
fuller of poetry and romance , and d ial-
lenging comparison with anything that
has yet been seen. It seems to the tray-
,
eler that wha comes after must be a
repetition , or some reproduction of
something that has been seen on this
delightful journey , and he guesses that
the stories of the parks of the great
northwest must be tales of fancy , for if
these cannot cause the mind to revel ,
indeed , 'must the best part of man , his
imagination , be dulled and he an object
for pity. When , therefore , the grandest -
est scenery of North America , the nor-
derful Yellowstone Park is reatiieil ,
what a pleasure to feel that the power of
appreciation has been whetted rather
than dulled , and that the grandeur and
beauty of time surroundings awaken new
and embeililred ideas , and give thh
heart and mind a greater degree of ap-
preciation. So the whole route is an
education , and an enjoyment at time
same time , while the glow of new health
heightens the color and drives away thr
weariness which , perchance , was the direct -
rect cause for the journey. While the
route just described has been through
Colorado , Wyoming , Idaho and the
Northwest , I have not been unmindful
of still another pleasant journey , which
every traveler through the west shoul' !
take , viz. : To and through Utah , thr ;
youngest state in the union. While
still in her maidenhood , she is by no
means the least in importance of our
states. For scenery Echo , Weber , and
Ogden Canons cannot be excelled. The
valley's of Utah are rich in their production -
duction of fruit , vegetables and cereals ,
while the mountains are daily discios
,
ing a mineral wealth which will yee
cause the world to marvel.
The climate of Washington alts Oregon -
gen is delightful. The western slope
seems to be a chosen spot for pleasure ,
health and comfort. One forgets the
many hundreds of miles covered by the
ever-turning wheels and kimply enjoys
a treat to be found nowhere else in the
universe. .It is a trip which everyone
should take. varying the climate , the
altitude and general environments of
business and care , and it can be taken
so comfortably and at such reasonable
expense in the splendid cars of the Union -
ion Pacific System that it should be decided -
cided upon at once as the one next to be
undertaken. _ F. P. BAKER.
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