Semi=weekly graphic., 1898-01-26
 One Way Go Travel.

AAA-'+~ ~--~ family has crossed the American conti nent in q wagon. or house on wheels, " as he prefers to call it He supported his family as ho went along, visiting the leading places of interest in a territory extending from San Francisco and Tex as on the south to Chicago and Buffalo on the north
 The journey began March g, 1894, at Port Angeles, OH tho strait of Juan de Fuca, 100 miles northwest of Seat tie. It reached its chief stopping place the 1st of January, 1898, in New York city. Not that it ended there Lasley must be tho reincarnation of tho Wan dering Jew, for he says ho is going still on, and that the house on wheels and the tow headed children and the dog will turn up at the Paris exposition in 1900. Tho only concession he will make to the eonventionalities will be involv- ed in the necessity of crossing the At lantie in ship instead of 9 wagon Undoubtedly this original American family will make q holy show rolling along over the smooth highways of France in their unique homemade vehi- Gle.
 The house on wheels was built by the versatile Lasley himself. It is of cedar olapboards and is feet high and 12 feet long. It has a stove in one cor ner and can be divided into two com partments The clapboard walls are lined with cloth and heavy paper. Two babies have been born to the couple in their house on wheels.
 The plan of campaign was this: Las ley Is jack of all trades, and wherever he is can turn his hand to almost anything Mind reading appears to be the lowest depths he reached. When he stopped in neighborhood, the queer outfit always attracted a crowd. Then Lasley's eloquence prevailed He suo- ceeded generally in getting work of some sort, either at farming or at some mechanical tinkering. Besides that he always had on sale his little book, the history of his travels and photographs of the outlandish rig and the whole family. In selling these he sometimes took in money at the rate of "a dollar minute Not the least attraction was the tow headed children peeping like birds out of the little window in the wagon and displaying radiance of complexion and health absolutely dag. zling. Many millionaire would give untold sums to have his pampered chil- dren look like the Lasley young ones In California the family lived awhile on grapes and green walnuts-"v very good food. " writes Lasley, but after two weeks 1t clides. Naturally it would "elide. "
 The house on wheels travelled 6,868 miles on its journey from Port Angeles, Wash, to New York city Lasley says he never shoes his horses in summer, and they never get tender footed It is necessary to be truthful, however, and say that two pairs of horss have suo- cumbed to the arduous labors of hauling the Lasleys by erisseross routes over this continent and have lain down and died. Was 1t because they had no shoes in summer?
 Some of the fakir's observation of travel are gems in their way. He says in little descriptive pamphlet that during the nearly four years they have been on their journey the Lasleys have been invited to attend church only six times Of California he writes, Ranch men are close listed, they believing poor man curse to tho earth-better be dead " Of Texas, "Texas people arc tho most religious we ever met, also the poorest. ," Do the two facts belong to- gether. Again, "It causes us to smile to see the pomposity of some city officials " Many another has had occasion to re- mark the same
 Lasley is Q spare man with Q fresh complexion and shrewd, bright eye It is said the people of NewNork city though~ he really might hssye put on c elean shirt whep. h2, .eached their town hnd not worn the same one in which he started from Seattle. Still, New Workers are apt to be oyeraonsitive in these lit tie matters.