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CHAPTER XIX.
Wherein Is One of the Many Private
Panics Which Followed the Bursting
Of the Bubble of Speculation.

Samson and Harry saw the bursting
of the great bubble of '37. Late that
night, Disaster, loathsome and thou
sand-legged, crept into the little city.
1t came on a steamer from the East
and hastened from home to home,
from tavern to tavern. Great banks
had suspended payment; New York
had suffered a panic; many large busi-
ness enterprises in the East had
failed; certain agents for the bonds
of Illinois had abScOnded with the
states money; in the big cities there
had been an ominous closing of doors
and turning of locks; great army
little city was in frenzy of excitement.
Tile streets were filled with shout
ing, half-crazed throng. New fortunes
had shrunk to nothing and less than
nothing in a night. Lots in the city
were offered for q 1.-THE of what their
market value had been. Davis had
known that the storm would arrive
with the first steamer and in the
slang of business had put on a life
preserver. Samson knew that the
time to buy was when every one
wanted to sell. He bought two corner
lots in the city and two acres on the
prairie half mile from town. They
got their deeds and went to the Kel-
SOS to bid them good-by.
After hearty farewells Samson and
Harry set out for their home. They
were not again to see the gentle face
and hear the pleasant talk of Jack
Kelso. He had once said, in the pres
ence of Samson, that it is well to
remember, always, that things can not
go On with us as they are. Changes
come-slowly and quite according to
our calculations, or so swiftly and
Unexpectedly that they fill us with
confusion. Learned and wise in the
weighty problems of humanity he had
little prudence in regulating the af~
fairs Of his own family.
Kelso had put every dollar he had
and some that he hoped to have into
land. BIN, who had been teaching in
one of the schools, had invested all
her savings in dream city on the
shore of an unconstructed canal.
CTO BE CONTINUED.)
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CHAPTER xvIII-continued.


They saddled their horses and
mounted and rode up to the door. Aft.
er their acknowledgements and fare
wells Brimstead came close to Sam
son and said in confidence: 81 enjoy
bein' millionaire for a few minutes
now an then. It's as good as goin
to circus an cheaper"
'"The feelings OF a millionaire are
almost as good as the money while
they last" said Abe Lincoln with a
laugh.
At early candlelight they reached
the sycamore woods very hungry. 1t
was a beautiful grovelike forest on
the shore of stream. The crossing
was a rough bridge of corduroy.
crude log tavern and a cruder store
stood on the farther shore of the
creek. The tavern was a dirty place
with a drunken proprietor. Three
ragged. shiftless farmers and a half
breed Indian sat in Its main room In
varying stages of inebriacy. A we'll
dressed, handsome young man with a
diamond in his shirt-frOnt was lead
Ing a horse back and forth in the
stable yard. The diamond led Samson
to suspect that he was the man Davis
of whom Mrs. Brimstead had spoken.
Our travellers, not liking the look of
the place, got some oats and rode on,
camping near the farther edge of the
woods, where they built fire, fed and
tethered their horses and sat down
and ate from the store in their saddle
bags.
Then with their knives Abe and
Samson cut big armfuls of grass from
the near prairie for the horses and a
bed upon which the three man lay
down for the night.
Samson had that gift of sleeping
with one eye open" which the perils
of the wilderness had conferred upon
the pioneer He had lain down on
the side of their bed near the horses,
which were tethered to trees only a
few feet away. He had gone to sleep
with his pistol under his right hand.
Late in the night he was awakened
by an unusual movement among the
horses. In the dim light of the fire
he could see a man in the act of
bridling Abe's horse.
"Hold up your hands," Samson
shouted as he covered the man with
his pistol. "If ye stir foot I'll bore
hole in ye."
The man threw up his hands and
stood still.
In half a moment Abe Lincoln and
Harry had got up and captured the
man and the loosed horse.
This is part of the entry which
Samson made in his diary week or
so later:
Harry put some wood on the fire
while Abe and l led him up into the
light He was one of the dirty white
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lots, while the younger people were
dancing and being proudly surveyed
by their mothers.
AS Harry and-t ladies were leav-
ing Col. Taylor came to them and
said
"Young man, am the voice Of your
country. / call you to Florida. Will
you go with us next week?"
Harry looked into Bins eyes.
"The campaign will be over in a
year, and need you badly" the Colo
mel urged.
81 can not say no to the call Of my
country" Harry answered. Il will
join your regiment at Beardstown on
it's way down the river"
That night Harry and BIN stood by
the gate talking, after Mrs. Kelso had
gone into the house.
"Bim, love you more than ever"
said the boy "Abe says you can get
a divorce. / have brought the papers
for you to sign. They will make you
free. l have done it for your sake.
Ou VIII UC uluSI ilO OOllSdlIOI. L
want you to be free to marry whom
you will. / would be the happiest
man in the world If you were to
choose me. / haven't the wealth of
some of the city men. l can only
offer you my love-"
"Be careful and, please, let go of
my hand" she said. I'm not going
to say word of love to you. am
not free yet. We couldn't marry If
we wanted to. wish you to be under
no sense of obligation to me. Many
things may happen in year. am
glad you are going to see more Of the
world before you settle down. 1t will
help you to be sure to know yourself
a little better and to be sure Of what
you want to do"
ST think that l know myself fairly
we'll" he answered. "There are so
many better men who want to marry
YOU! l shall go away with a great
fear in me-"
"Tl4ere are no better men," she an
swered. 'When you get back we shall
see what comes of our little romance.
Meanwhile I'm going to pray for you"
"And I for you," he said as he fol-
lowed her into the house, where the
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men we had seen at the tavern.
"I'll give you four hundred dollars
for a hoss in good Michigan money
he said.
eff We can't steal a horse you're
willin' to buy one says.
"'No, sir. l only come to buy says
he.
'T Topped him sudden and asked
him why he was putting on the bride.
"He owned up then. Said a man
had hired him to steal the horse.
"That man has got to have boss,
be said. He'll give We any price ye
want to ask. If you'll give me few
dollars I'll take ye to him.
"'You go and bring him here and
I'll talk to him. said.
81 let the feller go. l didn't sup
pose he'd come back, but he did.
Came little before sunrise with that
well-dressed feller we saw at the
tavern.
"'What's your nameT says.
"He handed me card on which (
read the words Lionel Davis. Real Es-
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WOULD HAND LORD DOI,r
But Some People Will Doubt u,, .
Such a Man Will Ever c.. O
Close Enough.

A young man in Missouri wo,
lecting funds for a benevolent insI %S 60
ton. He tried hard to get q u a'aE
from an old gentleman who was wy
for his closeness. D'
When the young man had state,
mission and asked for the dolos
elderly person asked: y
"Well. young man, how old :.
you?" @
II am twenty-five" said the w.,
"Well," continued the old co.a r'a
man, II am seventy-fiye years oIS @ y
as you are only twenty-five voo,' ~.
think that / will get to see tb0 ~
sooner than you. l will hand him NJ
dollar myself. ."-Pittsburgh DiOn..a ~
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Operations on Old Men,

The venerable DR.. Beverley Rob
son, In a letter to the Medical ReCD
(New York;, protests against some
the operations which are perform
nowadays on elderly persons who
there is scarcely a chance Of SaVl
Too many Of these are done, he say
and the result is only increased di
comfort to the patient.
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Shaw and the Tourist.

George Bernard Shaw recently con-
vulsed an audience by relating a story
Of tourist who asked a rustic
whether he was OH the right track fer
Stratford-on-Avon. The yokel re-
manned silent. "Come, come" said the
tourist encouragingly. "Stratford-
Shakespeare's town-Shakespesre, the
famous poet, you know. Surely you
know ShakespeareW "Yus," replied
the rustic, frightening. "Be you hep"
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The Critic

The brilliant Edgar Saltus Of
happy memory sat in his club one
ernoon when a widower entered
The widower, with a deep sg
sank into chair, pressed a ba
bordered handkerchief to his eyes
groaned:
81 tell you, Saltus, old man, a Oh
never realizes the full value Of
wife till he loses her."
"True, true" said Mr.. SaltuS, "a
especially true if she was insure
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Then the Fun Benan.

Voice Cat the other end)-Is I
you, darling?
Gouty Father-Er-yeS.
Voice-Oh, good! How's the
boys gOut, my pet? l mean to
if he still has it I'll come round
night, but if he hasn't Wen go out
some show.
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TAKE ASPIRIN ONLY
AS TOLD BY "Bbyr,
"sayer" introduced AsplrI,
Physicians Over ?, " "
Years Ago.

To get quick relief follow oo.
the safe and proper directions drsfuN IL
unbroken package of ''Bayer Tatl "a eac
Aspirin This package is ,ets M
stamped with the safety ''Baver ~ pam
The "Bayer Cross" means ~ 0rOss
uine, world-famous Aspirin me- &c gel
by physicians for over teScrlOe
years.-Advertisement. V'ON
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Laborina Under pifficnl4,..

"There must be something WRONG
with the clarinet player In this orcb..
ira. Every now and then he blows a
sour note"
"He's married to the ingenue. Everv
time she kisses anybody on the stage
he fOr9Rts his music"
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From Abraham to AIl.nh,

In the Book Of Genesis it is toId,
Abraham dug ''the Well of thu oaS,
at Beersheba, and from time imm, @
mortal the Bedouins have wota.a,
their flocks from the wells Of RoonS
ba. The occupation of Palestine ' h.,
brought Twentieth century method, :,
the oldest country in the world =.
Abraham's wells are now eoni,'a
with modern pumping MACHINERY
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idle Hours With statisticians.

It is estimated that man who
reaches the age of eighty years spends
two years of his life dressing. No
body has the courage to estimate how
many Of her years a woman devotes to
but, as we were saying, it's a hard
winter that has no soft spots.
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A MateriaIist's Decision on n,h

1t is possible, Lord Grey has hm
to bore ones friends with talk ANN
birds. In an after-dinner speeA !
a Selborne society gathering he !
called an instance when he binp
had talked freely about his mp
fowl. His listener gave vent to
boredom in a pregnant senteDv
Ducks should be talked about m
when they are coOked."-MancheSt
Guardian.
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Speed of Glaciers.

Studying Alaskan glaciers, PM
S. Cooper finds that Muir GLACIER
receded 60 miles in the last III !'D
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Dry Goods.

"Colonel, should a dry goods stor
sell soda water?"
eyes, l guess it's dry enough"
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If you are ashamed of your calling
hire boy to call for you.
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Women in Sculpture Society

WOtlCn III OCuIPtuTS OOCleT
Ten American women ScuFn
have been honOred with memsNg
in the National Sculpture SOE
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Wise men cultivate the art of tak-
ing things easy.
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Armchair Hint,

Economy Hint - When corn
beans are high eat succOtaSh.
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LOIS FOR SALE.

v~-~~~-~~~~>c>>~-~>~~ >~~>>--~-~->-~---~s-~
COR. MINI AVE q GAULr Fl n. ~
hne business loeatios; $3.50; fsfns. n .
Ryon Co.. Ine.. if23 2 u.
MANOR PARK. N. W.. I r. % lots: COED
size: clear: terms: each $3.50. n. D
Ryes Co.. Inc. it23 . a..
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
Central Northwest Continued.

Central Northwest Contained.
DowNTowS--SISE ROOMS AND TWO
ssas .ss . sseor.t.d ,Js%i'as Fac.
SIS, 900. McKEEyER Goss. 1905 Eye st.
Main 4I52. 1iS-S
isT ST. Mr. II Nw.-Three-story; 10 rms.
q b.: fur. h.; gas: laundry: hrst-c'ass
condition; garage room; $500 wILDNAN
CO.. 9th II. Franklin s4o6.
ST.. M. no. CAP.-Eieht rms. b.:
fur. h.: gas: garage good eond.: 81. 500:
Franklin, 640s.
CLIFTON ST.. NR. 18th Nw.-NineI rms.
4 n; steam h.: laundry; fine eond.; sleep.
Ing porch; garage room: 81. 800; 5000
cash. wiLDMAN 4 CO., 9th & II. Franklin
s4os
MATS. AVE, NR. 18th Nw.---T rms 4
oco. D. gas nno elect E,r,se fSr cas- s2o
4 H. Franklin e4pe,
Mr.. ND. AVE. 7TH-Two-story & base
ment Dr.: @ rms. b.; h.-w.h.: garage
space: 81, 200 cash: price. 81. SEQ WILD
MAN & CO.. 9th 4 n. Franklin e4oS.
UPPER 18th sTREET-GRAY STONE
home; very fine condition; six bedrooms;
four baths: electric lights: hst-water heat.
Price. $4,000. McKEEvER & GOss. 1908
Eye st. Main 4752. 1928
DOWNTOWN-A HOME COMPhIStNG ALL
the features you would desire IN home:
II rooms. . baths: detached: modern; garage.
Price, si7,s50. McKEEvER & G0ss. 140i
Eye st. Main 4752. HOS
MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE - ENGLISH
basement house: ten rooms and hath;
norrhes: electric lights: hot-water heat
rrlce. $4,000. McKEErER & G0sS. 140l
Eye st. Main 475a. 1I0s
FLORIDA AVE. NV. Mn. Isr-rwo
stories, brk., rms. bs III Ras and cleo -.
h.a.h., oec. By owner; $1,000. THOMAS J.
FISHER q CO.. mo. 7ss 18th OF. NJ.
Main ESQ.
Mr.. LIST q n N.W.-e 9. q b.: Good rep,
rented $40 mo-: COL; 5000; terms. D.
,. Ryoo o.. lac, l423 ct.
Ne. THOMAS CIRCLE. Il rms.. 3 B.. AL
vacant. Sl2.5o0 THOS. J. FIsHEk q
CO.. 7Ss 18th Nv. $3.50.
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BEAUTIFUL HOME. WASHINGTON HGTS|
Ten rooms and two baths: nodsr-)
Price. $4,000. McKEEvER 4 GoSS. lfaI
Eye 81. Main I7as. liS,5
WASHINGTON DECENTRALIZATION
new home; eight rooms and hath; hHrSl
wOod floors and trim; latest plumbing
turcs: EsrsEe space. Sls.O0a- MckEEYE
& Goss. ltoS Eye st. N. 4Ia2. asa
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS-PEBBI.ED Asf
home; six rooms and bath; concrete ceISr
hot-wateT heat; gas. s., 800. NcKEEVER 4
GoSS. 1895 Eye st. ". lTSc. sl-S
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS-DIsTTNCTIv
home; IL rooms and thru baths: h-sut
fully decorated: two-csr EarsEc. s2l-sl
MckEENER 4 GoSs. i4GS Eye -. n. cd
ISL
AIIkA9rvs Bona coz. "a s1s
VII: z. sAuNpERs q CO.. I.s Ku al
ULEvkI.AND PLRE, . r1,- .I,S
up: b. tls.soo. THos. j. FfSaER 4
W.. W l9th Nv. N. eSSe
NAsHlNroS HElGHTS-Niutvocd Pad
oeoroohf and esth mouse with AvIal
room, din-r room, kitchen and p,nrry n
hrst moor; parQuet hoors; steam heat: eieA
sie 90. porch; erick EsrsEe Pric1
ltth st nv. Main Pas.
ONTARIO RoAD-BRICK: ROOMS AMI
o&ths; hOt-water heat: eiectricity Il
fas: front and double rear porcbss: hs
wood noors and trim: Gear GsraFr PrirN
Sl.1SO; terms SHANNON a LICHs
18Th ST. nv. Main 28lS
m y. CAPITOL q oirsr6 SIS. ac6srI
ORA house. 2. a b.. h-wh., eIee., Ftr
ecssesstcu: $500. MAHoRNTT A tuLLN
NAk, iez1 Eye st. nv. NJ Tsn.
WASHINGTON HEIGHTs-NsIt nom
brick: a.m.L; gHnge space; $4,000. u
NEWER Goss. lt0S Eye o. NEir tT52.
ses-2
hINTwoOD PLACE-io ROOMS a BATfI
steam heat. Prize. tl3, 600
Wk- b, SAUNDERS q Co. itSs ST. ~
tELhoNr ". BrT. isTH q ipt5 srs.
10 roous a . bstss: hwh. tlt SaN
VA. B. sAtiNDERs a CO.. 1888 ct ~
CONN. AVE. Just ovrR BRfDoB-
WON'T a bahia Price s.. ooo.
W. =. sAuNpEHs q Co. ies q sT. NJ
WARRINGTON HEfeHTs-Besutifui teu1
IL rooms. baths; rcod for ~ 'rniur h-urI
tis.5o9. heKERvER q coSS. ltos tyt q
Haiu tTS2 500
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS BEAUTfFr
large home. practically new; n.se
raraEe: possession lube !. friSe. -
MckEEvER 4 GosS, i4oS Eye 81, n. sG
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rms. b.. ami. garage
WV. x. HARTUNG. lios 18th ct. " a7t.
wARDER ST. Mr.. PARK RD.-Cor. home, Z
rms. mod: huilt-ln gar: inciosed pcrchea
$1,000 cash at $3.50. A. n. wiIdman a
Co. 9th q n ats
18TH ST. M. REsERvoIR-A woNDER.
full detached homo In this BEAUTIFUL loc..
tion With every modern convenience. Price,
ta5 200. G. S. BENNETT. 500 Cont. Trust
Bldg Main 65pf
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4IH STREET Mr.. SHEPHERD STREET
New ColonisI type residence, contsinInr Q
rooms and bath. Hot-wHter heat: electrie
ltghts; buiit-in garage. VIM. n. SAUNDERS
a CO.. 1fss st. nv. Main 1o16
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WASHINGTON .HEIGHTs BEAUTfFr1
larFe home. practically nov: n-ee
garage: possession dune !. Frige. t8oI
MckEEvER q GosS, 1905 Eye 81. N..Gy
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Christmas Day Weather

this extreme cold remains, the warmest
part of the day varying but little from the
coldest.
In many of the cities Of the southern
hemisphere Christmas Day is likely to be
such as will cause the sojOurner to long
for some cooler region. There it is mid
summer, the grass is green and the fruit
is on the trees. We of the North could
hardly realize that it is December. In the
pampas of the Argentine Republic every
thing is parched. The white stucco walls
and the red tile roofs in the cities reflect
the intense rays of the sun into the shm-
mering air. In Rio de Janeiro the days
are almost unbearable. the daily tempera-
ture rising to 100 degrees and over at
midday and seldom falling to so degrees
at night Bear in mind that the greater
part of the area of South America lies be-
tween the equator and 80 degrees south
latitude. But wherever in these South
American cities one can escape to an ele-
vation OF several thousand feet a pleasant
temperature may be found.
At Santiago. Chilli, it is more comfortable
than in Brazil, for the nights are cool, even
though the day temperatures rival those
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forced TO write with one eye to the present
and ever changing opinion regarding old
issues still live to-day. while the fuller
sweep OF his eye is cast toward the past
He has acquitted himself admirably. Con-
sciOusly a Republican and swayed. quite
naturally. by many OF the prejudices Of his
party, he is not prevented from criticism
when the Republican aim has seemed un-
worthy and his decisions are reached after
question.
In preparing his history Dr. Rhodes has
made a careful collation. of the data, bio
graphical as well as purely historical
marking the contemporary thought OF his
period, and has arranged his material in
order that the story may be told rather
from the standpoint OF the men who took
an actual part in the affairs Of the day
than from his own. Even his personal
opinions are backed by an elaborate and
fun system Of foot notes
He does not conceal his admiration for
either Mckinley or Roosevelt For the
former. though apparently condemning his
forcing of the issue which led TO the war
with Spain. he had the greatest respect.
As for Roosevelt he has gone far in pre-
senting keen. unidealized portrait
Roosevelt had wonderful BRAIN" he
says; "an indomitable capacity for work
His mistakes We're few; his accomplish
ments many"
STEWART T. BEACH
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Two Administrations

THE MCKINLEY AND ROOSEVELT AD-
ILLUSTRATIONS: 1ssT-i9Os By James
Ford Rhodes. The Macmillan Company.
THERE are two conceivable methods
OF writing history The first, tine
tured vitality with the personality OF
the historian. depends upon the construc-
ton OF vast. panoramic background from
which the writer. through an amalgama-
ton of his researches, reconstructs the
vivid picture OF the past. In the second
the historian is not only the recorder of
the spirit and fact OF his period but of it's
thought as well. His own personality is
submerged in the weight of contemporary
thought brought forward to vitalize the
emotions Of the people
Those familiar with the admirable his
torical series OF DIT. Rhodes viii recall his
strict adherence to the latter method. and
NAV look forward in the present volume
to as clear picture and as full a presen-
tation Of fact as were contained in the
earlier works The difficulties OF his present
task doubtless presented greater obstacles
than those which he has encountered in the
past. With a perspective Of but twenty
Eve years between the beginning Of his
period and the present day he has been
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Continued from Page Ttoenty-nine.

other parts are sweltering in a torrid tenn
perature.
That wonderful land. Japan, whose peo-
pie have made such amazing strides in
catching up with the most advanced civili-
zation of the Occident, and who never have
accepted Christianity. has a most delight
full climate during winter. with a large
amount of sunshine and moderate temper
atures.
The vast Christian nation so long ruled
by the Car, and now in such deplorable
chaos. has varied climate during Deeem-
Der. From temperate conditions in the
southern portion of its European possess
siOns it gradually grows colder as one goes
northward until region of great severity
Is reached At Petrograd the average night
temperature is degrees below zero. At
Moscow it IS colder. the average of it's
minimum temperature being IL degrees
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This adventurous story by the
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Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-07-23
PASSENGER FARES.

American people. including kniayoans dcligh,
m dcnouncing the railroads and DO rot give the lat.
Ter credit Tor many OF thc- a,coinpii -hmcut, Pas
scngcr rate, I'm Europe ar, NJ rcr cent highc-. a
large number OF comparison, ,hov, than they are
m OBJ, United State, Tn, information should in
tcrc-' many American, vino would Ike 60 tour
Europe rather than see America first"
Many trip, were tabulatcd to show the difference
m passenger fares. The to,a' mileage OF number
cot European trips was $50 aud in \mcrica the
mileage va, SAT But the European fares were
>'S}o1 while ,hosy in america were SIy6I5 The
European Ncragc rcr mile wa, So and that 81
the United State, S3A5
The fare from Paris 10 Vienna i, S3l 20 ior a dis
uu,r OF s., miles IRON Omaha To birmingham IS
@Y m,',, and the iarr Is. SS3oS Paris TO Milan is
So mile, and the fare !, iio75. From Chicago to
Gu'a'" s,s mile, and tn transportation IS 1881.
Sleeping or rate, M foreign land, arc proportion
lI, higher
D-'auc, IRON rari, t. Warsaw J., l..7o miles
aud ,h. .arc !, sIop.N From Detroit to Denver IS
I-'o milo, and the iarc is $40 These figures were
taken from The Earth. publication OF the Santa Fc
railroad and give ample reasons why travel in
\mcrio IS not high in comparison with foreign
lands