, 1904-12-07

name these places | could not under
stand. Surely the fame OF Holly
Beach and Grassy Sound extends nan
way across the continent.
By the way, the Wabash station
was located at one of the entrances Oh
the Fair and was built exclusively ioi
travel to the Worlds Fair at a cost OF
SS7. 900. 1t was a beautiful building
and is to be torn down at the close OF
the Fair. Last Thursday, the day the
fair closed, 1900 cars were run into the
fair grounds over this road loaded
with empty boxes in which exhibits
are to be shipped away.
| visited the Woman's Magazine
building on the outskirts of st. Louis.
1t is a beautiful edifce and cost
$500, 600. The magazine has an enor-
NOUS circulation and the subscription
price is but ten cents a year. A large
search light is located on top of the
building.
AS a city ST. Louis cannot compare
with Philadelphia. 1t is poorly light
ed and is not as clearly as the Quaker
City. No street in St. Louis that we
saw could equal Chestnut street in
Philadelphia. The Union station in
st. Louis which is the terminal for all
trains of all roads going in every direc-
ton is far inferior to Broad Street Sta
ton and the Reading Terminal in
Philadelphia for convenience and COM
fort to travellers. st. Louis has a pop
ulation of about $4,000 being the
fourth city in size in the Union, and
next to Philadelphia. 1t is in the
midst of a great and growing country
and it's population will doubtless reach
the million mark ere many years. st.
Louis is ahead of Philadelphia in one
respect and that is that its street cars
are equipped with electric bells which
enables the passenger from any seat to
signal the motorman to stop at the
next street crossing.
On Tuesday morning, Nov. 80, we
left st. Louis for Philadelphia, travel
ing over the same route as when we
went.
On u return trip we passed
through the eastern part of West Vir-
ginia and through Maryland by day
light. 1t is a very mountainous reg
ion and a very different country from
the level fields of South Jersey. At
Parkersburg, w. Va, we passed over
the Ohio river, that we left behind
at Cincinnati. We reached historic
Harpers Ferry in West Virginia at
eleven o'clock Wednesday morning.
1t is very prettily situated between two
great high mountains, and since the
thrilling days of the Rebellion has
gone into decay. At the opening OF
the Civil war 1t was an important post
town and contained a United States
arsenal and armory. 1t came into re.
nown in 1859 when John Brown and
a handful of followers attempted tC
seize it, and afterward it was twice
captured by the Confederates.
AS the Delaware river is approached
we are constrained to exclaim: Dear,
old Philadelphia; it is the grandes1
city in the Union and Jersey is the
test state. As a result of my journey
| am led to remark that no place pre-.
scented such an attractive and inviting
appearance as our own home town OF
Wildwood upon which we dote sc
much. TO realize its charms fully one
must travel, then it is that we are en-.
abled to appreciate the forces and the
energy that is responsible for pushing
Wildwood ahead at such a marvellous
pace.
Philadelphia was reached at foul
O'Clock Wednesday afternoon, having
been gone just a week and seen much
of the country in a short time and al
slight expense.
JED DUBOIS.