Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-21
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II WA6 lne Hlpplu8 OIL - penny su1 y
decided whether the summer outing
should be trip to the Paris exposition
or to the unseen country. Of our own
land, and the attractions of the home
world won. OF one thing the traveller
may be sure, the old world cannot offer
the comforts and Inquiries of overland
travel that the American railroad COM
panies give their patrons. Added to
our Pullman coach on the Northern Pa
lcific road was one of the finest observa-
ton cars. Electric fans to cool the
summer air. q compass to untwist the
mortal who gets twisted up in his bear
ings when away from home, q BARRIERS
chair and bath room. fine library of
the choicest novels and magazines,
writing desk and mail box added to the
most homelike of furnishings, with
rear platform as sheltered and COM
Portable as a veranda, where one can
enjoy the air and sunshine, make
travelling the very essence OF delight.
The ride thru Minnesota from st.
Paul is a delightful one Fertile lands
and cleaning lakes rest and charm the
eye, but no guide book is needed to tell
us when Dakota is reached. Prairie.
endless, level prairie. II needs only to.
be seen to make appreciate the beauty
of our Iowa rolling land, covered with
trees and flowers. On and on we roll
over this monotonous country and the
endles prairie rolls on and on into the
darkness of night.
The homelike observation car is
ablaze with electric lights. The even
ing is passed in reading. writing and
making acquaintances. and the most
delightful of days pent aboard train
came to a close.
To awake next morning and hasten
from the close air of the sleeper out
into the observation car and go CLAIM
ing" on the car veranda opens the day
with a prayer of thankfulness that life
holds so much charm and happiness.
Ito CLAIM, you know, is the Ralston
cially on Narnum's hill, but to stand in
the sunshine onthe bluffy, tree covered
banks of the Yellowstone river and
drink in the life giving qualities of
Gods sunshine is more than a delight.
ITO CLAIM" you know, is the Rolston
Idea of absorbing vitality from the
earth and sunshine; and by the way,
there is an interesting book in the Mar
shalltown library called Zenia, the
Vestal Virgin" that gives a very clear
idea of catching the vibrations of sun
shine and absorbing its vitality, that
ought to be of interest to Ralstoaites.
For more than 300 miles we play hide
and seek with the Yellowstone river,
riding rapidly away from the prairies
| into the more rocky country that tells
us we are nearing the mountains. Sud
1 denly beyond the foot hills some one
spies the snow capped peaks of the
| Rockies and soon we see them in all
| their glorious beauty, only to lose them
lagain as We speed along past log
/ houses and fine cattle ranches. Ranch
life may have its charms. but it must
ihave some terrible loneliness as well.
The second day of long journey is all
ways pleasant one socially. The first
lday the ladies of the car eye one an-
tother askance, and study each others
gowns. while the men smoke and stare
Into space: but on the second day every
lone says good morning., and by noon
/ all are on the most friendly footing. On
4 this second day OF our journey the Ger
A man minister gave the student struE gins
with his! native tongue a lesson in read.
ling. An elderly lady who could not see
Ito read asked a gentleman whom she
Thought reading too much to play q
] game of cards with her. Bless you, he
proved to be Methodist minister jus,
returning from the convocation OF
i Nethodists in Chicago and freshly i'm
4 bued with the spirit of his creed. a
4 party of Bostonians told wonderful
istores of the hub of the world an6
5Eonce in a While saw something not ma
5l.tiNa to Boston that was worth admiring
y young Canadian scored the Beers ant
i ali Boer sympathizers, without frs
+, finding out on which side of the fence hi:
4 listeners stood in the fight. But in spit.
4 .of all laundering and boasting tongue.
4 a promiscuous crowd is always a happ.
lone. We also had tbs pleasure Of en-
sEtertaining celebrities unawares in en-
4 joying the company of Editor Scott o
II the Portland Oregonian,a cultured gen
tleman who had many interesting stor
Il les to tell of the pioneer days of thu
country we We're passing thru. S. A
A Perkins. publisher of the Tacoma Eve
a ming News, vas also one of the party
A Mr.. Perkins is a most delightful gentle
n man to meet. and might be Well called
part of the history of Tacoma. so i'm
portant part has he played in the de
Nelopment of this western world. an
we We're delighted to know that Mar
shalltown was not an unknown spot t
him. as Miss Hattie Perkins, one of gu
teachers, is a sister of this rising youn
! man.
From Livingston to Butte the journe
lis one vast panorama of grand noun
tain scenery. II is in the mountain
! that the lover of Wild flowers can reve
80 the hearts delight. and even thi
early the foothills are covered Wit
daisies and exquisite purple and whit
blossoms. The yellow daisies go scram
bling all over the hills in way that re
sembles handwriting-as If God ha
+ some message to give and had written
with the flowers on the hill sides. TIL
) scenery grows more rough and Wild a
rapidly we climb higher and higher o
the way. More and more dangerou
!. grows the road bed and two engines ar
now needed to carry the train oyer tn
lcurving trestles. thru long tunnels an
back and forth on the upward ciimt
; We climb higher and higher, until tn
train comes to a stop on the great di
vide, $500 feet above the level of tn
sea. and then comes the wild rush dow
j, instead of laborious climbing.
This second day of travel held ia
more of delightful interest than the frs
and reluctantly we saw night creepin
down over the mountains and darkness
ended sightseeing at Butte, the tow
s. | around which cantprS So much Of ne