Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1899-09-07
TWO GLASSES OF TRAVELLERS.
One Is the Careless Loafer While the
Other Is on the Alert Mr.. Whites
Trip Abroad and His Fellow
Passenger

" M NhtcJ ESq.f mc1lcO1 MO-
New YORK, Aug. 2s, 1899 .--DEAR
SIR: My son, who was fellow pas
senger Of yours on the good steam
ship Southwark on her outward
bound trip to Antwerp, handed me .
copy of the Mexico Weekly LEDGER
containing an article headed, aWhat
Mr.. White Saw" I was much inter-
ested In its perusal. You speak Of
your experiences az "rambling re-
Marks" while perhaps those who be-
lieve as does the writer that informa-
tion acquired by observation is the
most valuable might change the
opening to "Remarks Of Rambler. y
There are two classes Of travellers
one who thinks he knows it all be-
cause be loafed through strange lands
with bali-closed eyes, slanclng at St..
Paul'e and the Tower OF London, bow
ing to the Louvre and doing on the
Rhine. The other style, the White
style, is always on the alert. New
scenes rouse him to action; the peo-
Piles, the ancient buildings, pictures
and statnary all are quickly photo
graphed In his minds eye and q
wealth of knowledge stored away for
future use. The American tourist has
less prejudice than those OF other
nations; whatever is superior to his
own he instantly acknowledges and
still more quickly appropriates. The
underground trolley, that blessing to
all big cities, was child of invention
born in Bnda- Pesth. This country is
too big, its future too commanding to
allow petty jealousies to Interfere
with frank and generous Judgment.
We know what our country lie. What
has nature not done for II? She is
painted all over with climates.
Matchless in her mountains, rivers,
forests, prairies, lakes and valleys,
small wonder that under free gov
ernment matchless race Of men has
risen. Startling are the figures that
represent the area and capacity of
our land. Montana alone, with fifteen
persons to the acre, would accommo-
date the entire population Of the civil
lized world and with the teeming mill
lions Of China thrown in. II you
think this an over statement, get the
acreage of Montana and you will then
see how greatly the figures have been
under-stated.
The soil OF our Union produces
everything necessary for sustaining
life and in addition everything that
adds to our comfort. Underneath the
soil every variety OF mineral lie found
and the inventive genius OF our peo-
pie has found short roads TO econo-
mize the productions OF the surface
and the hidden sources of wealth.
Envy of the Old World can find no
abiding place In the heart OF a true
American. The mellow tints that age
has given renowned and storied
structures meet with due reverence
here, but the thought that ancient
monuments and castles, around which
cluster the memories and tragedies OF
years, are worth the giving up of the
strong young life of the States never
crosses the minds OF our practical,
progressive people. We tear out the
good that we find abroad, plant 1t
here, nourish and water it with
streams of intelligent, practical ex-
pertinent and reap corresponding
benefit. Education In the States is
fast reaching the very highest plane.
Already some of our young painters
and sculptors are treading on the
heels of their European masters. A
few decades more will give us Ameri-
can schools Of art and artists who will
be called masters. God made this
country for something. In the hours
of darkness light has always provident-
tally shone out. The people work and
work intelligently and their efforts
are always seconded and their arms
upheld By the Power who granted
them this matohless inheritance.
e, O, BRoDHEAD,