Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-02-05

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The transcOntinens4l tourist who l.
fortunate enoogh to secure tie first-cla<s
Recommendations afforded by one OF the
rneroxded ard not Over-heated Pullman
Coaches which i sometimes used IN c0n-
s.ection with the Northern Pacific railway
system, sees comparatively little to crafty
either romantic or q practical turn Of
Isind, after leaving the envirOsis Of Min
rezpoIis, until be reaches the dirninutiTe
hat rapid hezd-wzteIs o. the Missouri
river, whose immensely augmented cur
rents had, on some previous occzso1,
commanded bis admiration at Omaha
i true that he world see much to
interest him in crossing the DakOtas, but
the scenery il generally Of an expansive
and mOnotOnous character, marked by
tzneness Of topography which even car
RES its impress into the widely separated
and often sparseIy inhabited railway
stations. And when, after many hours Of
patient journering, the monotony is
broken, but not relieved, by bis near
approach to the now famous Bad lands,
end romance is gratified, practicability is
ssill unsated; for the ragged, rugged.
Iaany-hued and appropriately christened
refuge Of South Dakota's newly en-
franchised citizens gives little promise,
CD to date, Of ever becoming the avail
able home Of civilization, security or
thrift
By and by, as the bloody rendezvous
Of Kicking Bear, Big Thunder, the late
Sitting Bull and all the rest Of the red
voters Of Dakota have been safely dis
tsnced BY the Numbering train behind
which the Pullman cars switch along
ike the tip end Of Bad Land rattle
snake, consisting Of several rattles and
a bufton"), the scenes Of desolation give
way to a sense OF admiration az the new
state Of Montana glides into view, fanked
by grandly beautiful ridges Of the Rocky
mountains, through whose many canyons
the aforementioned head-waters of the
Missouri have forced their way in by
gone cons, and still come, dasbing pell
nell through the deep gorges at times
and again, singing peacefully, though
never lazily, as they push their winding
way through fertile val eys. Grander and
more picturesque than ever grows the
scenery az our tourist continues mis- jour
ney. If he has been disposed to make
the most of his opportunities, he has not
been content to remain inside the Pull
man E'ra0e," but has spent many hours
Of observation on the rear platform or
''button end" Of his serpentine chariot,
for the fatigue of which, he finds full
compensation as he emerges from one Of
the many narrow valleys he has SO much
admired, and finds himself on an open
plain OF broad dimensions, to the right Of
Uresque mountain ranges, sits Helena,
the capital city Of Montana, the home of
Senator Sanders and Russell Harrison.
The legislature is in session now, and the
muddle in which the solons find them
selves is vastly amusing those not who,
nor being of the elect for electoral in the
struggle, though they look on with in
tense interest while the official combat
ants are in trining for their eight to a
finish" The tiara Of statehood sits I'M
comfortably awry upon the brow Of fair
of
TO go around" and the "outs" are 50
much disturbed oyer tie apparent success
Of the 1'ins," and the fins" themselves.
are so much disturbed over the posi-
bility Of the fast becoming FIRST" and
vice versa, that the state herself, as a
state. is asphyxiated by the stagnation
Of her paramount interests, pending the
eladiatorial settlement Of fight which.
had it ever occurred among factions Of
the women Of Wyoming or Washington,
would have been accepted az conclusive
proof Of woman's incapacity for self
government ON general principles.
But | was speaking moment ago
about Senator Sanders and Russell Har-
rison, two Of the leading lights OF busy
and gay Helena, both Of whom have
risen into public prominence through
the mutations Of politics during the last
two years.
VI the latter gentleman, it may be
appropriately said in this connection,
tn It he is the son of our worthy presi
dent, and the husband of one OF the
handsomest and most admired bellies OF
the White House He is also widely
known, more or lees favorably or I'M
favorably, according to the partisan bias
Of those most interested, as a newspaper
man Of fuctuating activities, with PEN
chant for controlling the federal patron
age of Montana, which alike intensifes
his friendships and augments his enmi
ties. Like the mayor of Portland, Or,
he is fond OF fast horses, and is exceed
ingly popular with well-known turf men.
To look at him you would never think of