Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1893-08-04
..the oleander City.

toned splash and the buoyancy of
maidens in the first season out.
And surely Galveston possesses
many attractions to the pleasure
seeker; a fact that is understood
for the Saturday trains bring in
throngs. of people from the inte-
rior, vino are enabled by the ex-
cursion rates to take rest and. a
breath of the salt sea air. LIZ you
have but one day to spend | would
advise you to go to the Beach ho-
tel. 1t is roomy aud airy with
tiers of verandas extending al
most entirely around, and with
the sea at its teet you can rest and
listen all day to what the wild
waves are saying" These seats
on the lawn will be filled by ev-
ening. also the porches for every
night the Mexican band dis
courses lis national airs to the
gay crowd assembled.
Those handsome eqaipages
dashing by do look inviting, and
we will take drive down the
beach which Is the finest in the
world.
Here you can ride for twenty
eight miles over a hard bed Of
sea washed sand and shells with
the music of the waves for an ac-
compartment.
That pipe which now and then
rises above the water is the re-
mains of vessel wrecked here
years ago Yet fate was not all
unkind for the ship fell to pieces
in front of this isolated Catholic
Orphanage where the survivors
we're carefully tended by the sis.
ters' These fishermen have Just
brought in their seining net and
are throwing out the most deli
cate OF fish as we'll as small sharks,
sword fish, shrimp and crabs.
These latter run swift race with
he poor children on the bench,
who are SO adept they know just
how to catch the animal by the
back claws, avoiding his friendly
(?) handshake, after (which they
peddle him from house to house
until he finally appears la soup
or solid.
One never tires of the varied
interesting scenes on the beach,
yet we must retrace our steps and
view something of the city.
This street which reaches across
the island, terminating at gulf
and bay, is Fremont. Here we
cross Broadway, one of the most
stylish residence streets. The
esplanade eztenllng through the
city is always green and most of
the year those gorgeous hedges of
oleanders are in bloom.
The handsome Southern homes
look very tropical, do they not.
helf-hidden as they are by date,
palm, orange and fig trees. This
turn on Center street brings US to
the bay whore ships are anchored.
Flags OF every nationality tioat
here ard to- night we shall take &
sail on one of those pleasure
yachtes.
But we must return to the
beach for the sun is sinking and
you must not miss the pleasure of
a plunge in the surf. The
waves won't drown you, no; they
Just rise over your head and you
lose your breath. But the billow
has passed and if you hold to the
ropes there is no danger. Thtre
is no exercise more conducive to
health and spirits than the surf
bath, aud one is well prepared to
enjoy the fish chowdef served Or
The lawn, to listen to the roar Of
The water, the throb of the music
snd to watch the gay throng IN
iar the electric lights.
Bot the sweetest pleasures
must havs ap end and young
America Is restless, So there is
hurrying to and fro, from the
north 10 Galveston, from Calves
ton to Chicago, an now we ap-
preciate the splendid railroad ia
cillties Of this country; for one
can leave this city ct night, and
passing through the leve! stretch
of the Indian Territory and the
mountainous scenery of Arkansas,
reach st. Louis the second morn
ing. Here a restful change to
the Wagner -palace-car on the
Wabash line awaits one. The
splendid appointments of the car
makes one feel at hame, and the
impression is not dimmed when
passing through the yestibuled
coaches you partake of a sumptu-
Gus repast in the dining car.
With its corteous officials, it's
smooth track and fast time, it is
not strange that tha fame of the
Wabash has extended TO the peo-
pie III far away Dixie.