The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-12-21
PIRRSIDg EXCURSIONS,


The Walks and Thoughts OF Literary Msr
, A Walkers Rambling PaneIes-Dodgin
Old Age and Finding HaPPIness-HOw I
Outwalk the Walkers mud Survey Man
kind from China 70 Peru.
BY oRLIN MEAD SANFORD,
For ne IRaglMetT.
A Preside ramble makes one Of tn
most delightful ofall walks. This Is tn
one excursion Of all Others in which
grandmother, wife, sister or sweethear
may freely share, to our delight AMI
their pleasure, without danger or fatigue
Its route may be so skillfully chosen anG
pursued that rain and muddy weather
will only add to It's comfort, II one
knows the right course, as the true FIRE,
side rambler does, grateful sunshine,
pure air, youthful enthusiasm, wild and
charming scenery and joyful and poetic
thoughts, become the boon companions
Of the voyage, To indhow delightfully."-
true all this Ia, you have only to give Il
q fair trial.
Autumn and winter are probably the
best two out OF the years four seasons
In which to undertake these rambles, II
rightly managed such expeditions have
the further advantages OF presenting the
least possible interference with business
and household duties, for they can be
taken after dark as well as before, and
In the twilight Is the most Charmingtime
OF all.
For those, who live In the cities and
long to get into the country, and for
Those whose lot Is cast in the country
and sigh for an, excursion citywards,
these iireside iourneysa afford unexcelled
facilities. For travel and observation,
yea, even for those wishing TO '.survey
mankind from China to Peru" and
whose means andtime will not permit OF
the ordinary ways and expenses OF the
trayel.stained journeyings, these excur-
sions are simply Indispensable. Sur.
prising to state, their conditions are such
that round trips are scarcely more ex.
pensive than single, and their prices are
made within tho reach Of everybody
alike, oldand young, rich and poor, upon
one condition only, and that, q little
thought,
Under conditions like these we can SEQ
the Great Lakes and the Gull, the ALE.
ghGnies and the Rockies, and all that
lies between, and Alaska, which extends
beyond; the museums, galleries, libra
ties, cathedrals and cities OF Europe;
the historic scenes OF the Holy Land
the wonders and treasures Of the Orient;
the jungles aud temples OF India; the
Nile and Pyranids OF Egypt; the vast
interior OF Africa; Ceylon and the Isles
OF the Sea; or ascend unknown rivers
and explore hitherto inaccessible ranges
OF mountains, and penetrate the fast.
nesses OF tropical forests, or pierce the
heart Of frozen continents. The secrets
Of science shall be revealed To this
brotherhood.
Ours, and more, shall be Taylor's
"Views A. Foot" Stevens bicycle can.
not begin 10 follow the by-paths OF nd.
venture, pleasure and profit open 10 our
footsteps. Clarence Kings Mountain.
eerlng In the Sierra Nevada, aud the
recent and daring explorations there by
Hu Maxwell, OF West Virginia, pub.
'lished In the 1NTRLLIGENcER, shall be
safely surpassed by our venturesome
Club OF Fireside ExploratiOnanG Adyen.
ture. Archibald Forbes was a dashing
rider aud war correspondent, but many
trained members Of our club can equal
and surpass him.
Jules Verne could Go Around the
World In Eighty Days. He even vey.
aged under thesea, and took q journey
to the moon. Members OF our club
have done all that and more In the
space Of an evening. Brave and gentle
readers you can do the same. We have
walked through the universe from It's
opening portals, swinging In the prime.
val dawn OF milennials hoary with
antiquity, to the present golden era.
Losing nothing In years and gaining
something In wisdom, we have realized
thereby far more than was pictured In
De Quincy's wonderful delineation Of
Richter's Dream Of the Universe. With
q living imagination, and flreside com
pauions, go thou and do likewise, for the
paths are open and end there Is none,
neither is there any beginning.
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