Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-22
AROUND THE WORLD.

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 The Start From CIeveland, ohIo-The Nebraska Pra1rtes-How to Tell . Western C1ty-Dsnver-The swttxer.
 land of AmerTcs and the Saratoga o1 the West-Beauties and Curiosftiss O1 the Garden of the Gods-TabOr, the statesman and PhilanthrOpist. CoLoRADo SPRINGS, Col.,- Sept. 16.
 To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER: When Jules Vernes wrote 'Around the World in Eighty Days" the public read the book eagerly and pronounced it happy con. ceit, although smiling incredulously at the extravagsnces which it contained. There are probably good many men in the world today who would be willing, for the amount of the wager stipulated in the novel, to un- dertake exactly the same journey as that out lined by the imaginative author, and perform it in the same time. It is essentially this same journey which your correspondent has now begnn, with two important qualifca- tions; the direction pursued is the reverse of that laid down in the noveIist's fanciful sketch, and there will be no attempt to per- form the feat in any definite time. Your correspondent is also pensively conscious that there is no wager in the present case to sslHiuldGe HE LaSS1nS IoeG-
 Cleveland, O., served as the starting point, and the first stop was made at Chicago. The cars of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad were then taken for Denver, but Saturday night found the unwary tourist stranded at Burlington, Ia., as this moral railroad suspends operations so far as possi ble on Sunday. The lay-over was not alto e. afforded of the early home of the Hawkeye hamorist. Like all the other houses in the hiIly, octopus-shaped city Of Burlington. the house commands a view of the Mississippi valley, being built upon steep bluff. The Father of Waters is broad but too shallow to be majestic at this point, the numerous shoals and islands serving to give the impression that here Iowa and Illinois had struggled for the sole possession of the river, with disss trous effect to the helpless Pater Aquarium himself. Here, then, the famous humorist had hRtched out his most atrocious puns, and formulated his funniest Burdetteisms.
 Early Monday morning pushed on west, and in twenty four hours was in the famous over 300 miles the train sped on through an expanse of unrelieved prairie. There was no vegetation except long dry tufted grass and the telegraph poles. Did the United States follow the scriptural plan it would have long since speWed out of it's mouth this dreRry waste on the ground that it is neither hot nor cold. It might be Q paradise, or it might be phenomenal desert and in either case it would be more or less acceptable. But in stead it is simply exasperatingly indifferent. The United States is great country, and she will try to continue element in the matter, no doubt.
 The villages are small, far apart and all alike. This is convenient, for it only neces- sitates the use of one cut when the western editor wishes to issue pictorial edition, and scoop in the towns round about,-as he fre- quently does Speaking of western towns, wish to say that think have discovered the difference between frontier village and frontier citY,-a matter which has puzzled statistioians and philosophers ever since Noah began work on the keel of his historical barge. Neither do lay claim to remarka- ble degree of insight or penetration. When there is simply depot at the stopping. place, it is safe to say that you have struck will lage but when there is in addition to the station house 8 small building bearing this inscription,-
 DRUGS, GROCERIES. DRY GOODS. ----,