The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1895-12-19

FOLLOWING FANCY.
1sv tAe Up-ts-D.ts PeeDss 1inA fsses-
IRE b Wiassr.
PEOPLE are fanciful and It n Fancy.
after al, that Is happiness, and the mo-
tive which dictates to the world. Some
one fancies that the coy IRE at home
and the environment Of favorite books
u enough to make life worth living dur
ing the winter months. That win do
for the way worn. weary. easily salts
lied, old fashioned man and woman, but
the up to date cavalier and the new
woman require q change
changes in fact. and they seek In the
dull winter days to find the climate they
wearied of in spring and wished would
pass away in summer. Sitting behind
frosted window panes and gazing on
the glistening snow crystals they sign
for the warmth and brightness they
love better now than few short
months ago and, in no other country
may these whims. these fancies be SO
easily gratifed as in America. Abso-
lutte comfort in these days. and In speed
and safety. too, instead OF the wasted
time and discomforts of the not distant
past. Ponce de Leon who sought the
fountain of Eternal Youth on the shores
of Florida consumed many of the pre-
cious days of later life, and died before
attaining the great prize. De Soto was
lured in the same direction and found
at Hot Springs. by the aid Of Ulelah.
the dusky Indian maiden, the wonderful
product Of the Breath Of the Great
Spirit" but before he could return home
and apprise his friends of the great dis
covery and enjoy the certainty OF gold
and youth, which he believed he had In
his grasp he fell a victim to the niasmt
Of the Great River and found grave In
Its muddy depths. To-day the seeker
after health simply boards one o. the
magnificent trains of the Missouri Pa
cific System. and after something to
eat and nap. wakes up to find himself
in this delightful winter Resort, ready
to embrace health which seems to be
invariably renewed by the magic OF the
air and water. In De SOtO's time the
secret of the Fountain of Life was sedu-
lousy guarded by the savages. but now
. hospitable people opens its arms to
receive the tourist whether his quest be
for health or amusement. Fancy some
times tires of Hot Springs, strange as
It may seem, but Fancy says 1.-The fields
beyond are greener" and the climate
Of San Antonio is more desirable and
thus another ride in another palace, and
new scenes and new faces please the eye
and satisfy the restless cravings of this
master Of man. Thus from the Father
of Waters to the waves which wash the
western shore Of this great country the
tourist is led by a within, but most de-
lightedly captive. Mexico has been
described az the Egypt Of the new
world, and the comparison is fitting,
and he who dare not face the dangers
Of the deep, and prefers to retain his
meals as we'll as his life. should make
the journey to the land of the Monte
zumas, and there learn the story Of the
ages within the faces of people which
change less in the passing years than
any other on the Western Continent.
This is the land of Sunshine and Color;
Of history and romance; and as bright
eyes will smile at you from under be-
witching head gear as may be found in
CASTLE or Arragon.
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course, and this journey, as it once was
termed, is now so easily performed as
to have lost all Of its terrors and left
only a most enphatically delightful
trip to be the subject Of many future
conversations. The land of fruits and
flowers and fair women: Fancy can ask
no more after this tour unless it has
been satisfied for once; and still it il
Fancy which takes the wearied traveller
back to the home and the familiar sur
roundings and the friends and loves OF
home. There he may contemplate new
Journeys and new advertisements, but
there fingers in his memory pleasure
he would not part with, and he hopes
soon to again enjoy the comforts at.
forded by this Great System of Railway
which has taken him safely out and
brought him safely home and has moi
robbed him Of the joys which Fancy !
brings. F. p. BAKER.
The effective strength of the British
army Is 222, l5i, the highest yet reach
ed.