The Forrest City times., 1890-06-28
THE ARKANsAs PRESS AS
 sQciATIoN.
4 DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE ABSENCE OF THE EriTOHS OF
 THE TIMES
Where They Went and What They
 Saw. and the Rest of It.
CHAPTER lt.

NWitiHutUH tNis aitiCit WI uesiic to say that in tue short space vb have to spare. We cannot do full iuslice to the hospitality of those who entertained us at Hot Springs. Suffice it to say we were royalty welcomed and made to enjoy the time.
 The Association adjourned Friday and an sxcuraion patty of aeyenty- five people started for the northwest. We lost Mir. Landvoigt at Malvern, he going from there to Galveston. Texas, on a visit to Mrs C. l.. Powers, Jr., lis elder daugltes. Alter spending several days with them he returned to Memphis.
 At Malvern we boarded q through train for St. Louis, over the Iron Mountain railway, and arrived at the latter city about eight oclacs Saturday morning. St. Louis, to us. is quite an unintcresting stop over. However, we visited the Geological garden, where i've saw the apimals" and perhaps 10000 children, there being Sunday School picnic in progress. The balance of the time in St. Louis was tiresome, and with one exception there is nothing to record of interest. + happsned We were just in time to take ride on the first ''down-toWnH electric street car. X wire is suspended over the center of the lrack and rod with small wheel extends from the ear to lhe wire. We cannot egnlain the propelling power, but when the lj,tle wheel touches the wire the car glides aloug at a high rate of speed. sending out thousands of bright electric sparks from the track, and car wheels. If waa our first sx- perience on an electric car, and was quite novel ride; and although suf- fering from severe headache we en- joyed # very much.
 Before niehtfall we wore spinning along toward Chicago, over that excel lect railroad, tile Chicago X Alton, which is one of the finest and best equipped in the country. The coaches are all vestibuled, | feature not yet introduced in Arkansas, and one which adds pleasure comfort and . feeling of safety to psssengers, especial ly while passiiig from ono car to an other. We arrived in Chicago Sunday morning, and were met at the depot by that prince of good fellows, Col. W, A. Webbsr, formerly of the Little Rock Progress. He gave us desirable infor- p,ation us to hotels, etc., and after con sulta,ion it wfs agseed that we go in y body to the Palmer House, ono of the fines, in Chicago. The building is J
 magnificent one, with all modesen i'm provements aud oonvfnicnccs such a. electric lights, baths and closets rlsyutors, electric bells. first class water service, and everything one can wisl for when seeking comfort. The rate, run from s2.5o per day, up to most an, price. and depend upoI location o
 room. The barber shop at the Palmer
 House Is the finest in Chicago. Tn, ,laautiful stone floor, laid in artisti
 figures, contains some 300 or more sil Yer dollars. The entire building l. fire-proof, and occupies almost m en tire square on the southwest corner 0 sia.e and Monroe street. It is one O ihe finest buildings in the city, ant represents, with its furniture ant ground upon which t atanqs capita of nearly Si.0o0,N0. It contains 7l' ruoms. and |. is claimed. says our in 1 formant, thst its decoration alon, costs an annual sum of sl0o,00O. Tn, writer was conducted to handsom, room, and enjoyed the visit considera bly. During the forenoon We visited Lincoln Park. This magnificent resort covers, as extendea, an afea of sl' acres. Iii located in the northern patt Of tho city, on the lake shore, and contains ? fine boulevard, sorc beauti full drives, walks, miniature lakes rustic bridges, groves and giattoes also conseryatory aud very respect able aNd ,nteresting zoological col .ect.on. It is the most poGu,sr of the city parks, and the one to be seen b, visitors whose time is lim;tsd. IL car be reached by cable cars from the corner of Monroe and Dearbon streets and this route g.ves onl 4 chance tt enjoy the novelty of riding under th' Chicago river. The tunnel is beauti fully lighted with electric lights There arc several fnc statues whici lend interest 70 the Park. One i, particular. we remember, that oi Schiller, is especially interesting iron the fact of the beautiful surrounding, of flowers. etc. A Tyre of living vari gated flowers is Mlc of the principa scep1s. The park and boulevard sys tem of Chicago is one of the most cx' ,ensive in the world and when com plete,t will e9congass the city on three sides forming a series qf drives almost uhrivaled.
 From Lincoln Bark we went to din nsr, apd after that visited ,he Panor' 3:nas of the Rattle of Gettysburg and of Jerusalem on the day of the Cruel iision. The formeris perhaps, very fine painting, but we couls iiot induce the fellow" in charge 10 turn loose his ell.esqlnepce, and We left in disgust. His mor,'ing psper yasof more in,eres. than the pEsrrgors. The latter pano- rama is indeed a mastsriv work of art, and although we heard no lecture. VIC understood the picture better and en- jnyesi IL; These must he seen to hc ap-