The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-02-04
TRAVEL.

TRAVEL.
Ter place when was at home. but travellers must
b eontent.-As You Like 1t.
When Jacques made his weary tramp
to the Forest of Arden, the discomforts
Of the journey no doubt justified his ex-
clamation, ''More fool I, was in a bet
ter place when I was at home;" and
many generations Of travellers since
Jacques time have been melted to wrath
and bitterness Of spirit by the vexations
attendant upon the means Of travelling
they were compelled to employ, whether
upon business or pleasure bent. After
all, however, it must be said that most
travellers are at heart philosophers
was Jacques, for when his feelings had
been relieved by the inevitable explO-
sion he sighed: "But travellers must be
content"
Marvellous changes in methods Of
transportation, by sea and by land, have
been wrought since the days Of the Bard
of Avon, and Notwithstanding the COM
plexity of modern systems, the ease and
dispatch with which journeys are now
accomplished, is yet almost q wonder,
even to those who frequently perform
them. One hundred years ago trip
from Chicago to the City Of Mexico in
volved an expenditure of time, money
and physical suffering to say dan
almost incredible to the modern
tourist. Now the excursionist compla-
Gently packs his traps and sets out with
the comforting assurance that Q little
more than half week will take him to
the land of the Montezumas without the
sacrifice of a meal or the loss Of an
hours sleep. Great is the steel road and
the iron horse!
Western railway lines have not only
kept pace with the prevailing spirit of
improvement, but in many instances
have e1celled the older roads in enter
prise and effort to please the traveller.
A dozen or more great systems operat-
ing lines of railway west of the Father
of Waters are easily Vulnerable which in
point of excellent time and service equal
the best railroads in the East. True, the
construction of some lines in this terri
tory was a financial mistake, but time
will retrieve it for all.
Among the most efficient and prosper
GUS of these Western lines, it is pleas
ure to notice the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas Railway system, owning and OPP
Grating nearly eighteen hundred miles
of road in the States of Missouri, Kan
sas and Texas and in the Indian Ter
ritory. Emerging from the financial
adversely of some years ago, it has,
through wise management, reached the
front rank Of the transportation systems
Of the country. To accomplish this.
much money has Been expended for
heavy steel, for rock ballast, for engines
of the first class, for commodious build
ings, for special freight and passenger
that such expenditure
was intelligent and judicious, the re-
suits, which are known to the country,
establish without argument. To-day
all passenger trains on the Missouri, |
Kansas & Texas, with the exception of
those run on few short branch lines, |
are equipped with parlor reclining chair
cars of the latest and best construction,
for the occupancy of which the passen-
ger is charged nothing additional. It's
sleeping car service is unexcelled, ele-
CANT Pullman buffet cars running
through between principal Northern and
Southern termini, viz: between Chicago,
st. Louis, Kansas City and Hannibal on
The North, and Denison, Sherman, Dal-
las, Fort Worth, Waco, Houston, Gal
weston, and San Antonio in the South.
Winter tourists round-trip tickets are
On sale from NJ. K. & T. points to
Austin, Corpus Christi, Ell Paso, Gal
Veston, Houston, Lampasas, Rockport
md San Antonio, Tex, and Deming, N.
Mex, at greatly reduced rates, with
30 days transit limit in each direction,
md stop-over privileges at intermediate
points within transit limit of ticket.
excursion tickets are also on
ale, at very low rates, to California
md Mexico points. These tickets are
United to six months from date of sale,
md stop-overs are granted either going
II returning. Mexico tourist points are
Jity Of Mexico, Monterey, Saltillo and
San Luis Potosi. Connection with trains
It principal functions are made, and the
ourteous treatment by all agents and
employees of this line, it's fast time and
,ood service in all respects insure the
continuance Of a patronage once begun
" traveller or shipper.
THERE is much timeliness in the sug-
,estion that nearly all the European