Arizona republican., 1896-10-15
THE PASSING SHOW.

She was young, pretty, and fashion ably dressed. When she walked down the gangway of the Dearborn station in Chicago all, the porters cast admir- ing glances at her. The one Ito whom she consigned her valise and bundle of wraps trod on air as he showed her to her seat in the overland train. She looked even more attractive when she had removed her hat and coat. The conductor admitted, confdentially, that he had not seen such a stunning girl in months. She retired early. Next morning she was one of the first to appear in the dining car. When that vision of loveliness showed in the doorway the walters displayed intense eagerness to serve her. The fortunate one who handed her ithe menu card received in return a bewitching smile which he sought to repay with interest. Closely she studied the card. Then she said in tones that could be heard the length of the car: "Got any pork and Ibeans?"
 It was in this same car that a man from western Kansas insisted upon drinking from the finger bowl He didn't look like a jay, either. This in cident caused a commercial traveller to declare that in future he should have more respect for the comic papers.
 
 John J. Ingalls went Eo hear Senator Peffer speak the other day for the first time in his life, and this is the way he described the speaker and the speech 'He began away back-back to Epa- minodas, Artaxerxes, Romulus and Remus. He scared gracefully over the peax of Chimborazo, foated gently down through the middle ages, glided past Napoleon, and about mid might got onto the coinage acts of the United States. And the people there listened as they would listen to chap ter from one of Victor Hugo's novels. D
 The people were Kansans, it should be remembered.
 The drummer is doing yeoman ser vice in spreading the doctrine of Nc Kinleyism and financial honesty. This is the way correspondent of the Chi cago Times-Herald estimates his ser vices:
 Probably it will never be known how much influence the commercial travellers have had in bringing about ldhe extraordinary change of sentiment which has taken place in this western country in the last sixty days. Wher- ever I have been the effect of their work has been perceptible Mine out Of ten-one might almost say ninety nine out of a hundred-of ldhe commer- cial travellers are against cheap money and it doesn't seem to make any differ ence whether they are Democrats ol Republicans. They talk sound money on the trains, in the hotels, in business houses. How keen they are! They are not only we'll grounded in the principles of the discussion, but they Know how to bring forward the strons points. If they meet an opponent, ol doubtful man, they know how tt vanquish him or bring him over. Theil business compels them to study human nature, and if they can't do it success fully they fail as commercial travellers They have at their command all tn, catch-phrases, all the twisters, all ths past illustrations, of a good cam padgner. They are not afraid to tall before crowds. Better than all, Nhe. nave the respect of the men with whom they come in contact. They are locke, up to and admired. Everyone know they are in touch with the busy worl, of commerce and finance, and tha sheir Judgment is likely to be correct Everyone knows, too, that they are no plutocrats, but simply men who worl for salaries. These commercial tray elers have been missionaries of goo sense all through the west. The have scattered seeds of wholesom truth in spots without number. Whe1 the fight is won, let due credit be givel to these lively, bright, hustling, quick thinking, typical Americans of th