Show EAST TO WEST from the potomac rofo mic fo to Pitts pittsburg burc past pait Chlea chicago gm our over the tile prairies tu hie tile salt lal lake 0 valley f the traveling eket ek etche elicA by our young t f I 1 DH pecery J rr jr published by us on the tile occasion occasion on his former visit to california a and it d ins his later tour to and through tazewell county va haying having met with general avor fa vor its bright original and di distinct pictures of travel wo we requested tho gentleman to furnish us a synopsis sis pf af his return trip from til ano 0 o al old dominion to his happy home in the salt like valley with which request lio lie kindly complied with the following folluM ing neat nar riar which will undoubtedly be I 1 f 1 Y X nEdrI RECEIVED VID BY OUR RI READERS dadeh boarding tho the midland idland express at Lynchburg li va on oil the morning ing of july vo ire traveled on through a wilderness of t tobacco and cornfields past historic villages renowned forthe for the many bloody batties battles fought in their vicinity and ARRIVED IN washington t v sis six hours liours duration ra it is as not D necessary to worry you ou with a ae description of this great greaf and beautiful city eity suffice it to say that our seat of government apart from its political attraction possesses even now so much that is of interest in architecture and antiquities such collections of art such lavish floral displays and such storehouses of knowledge as to compete almost on even terms with the great centers of commerce all combined washington and its fascinato fas fascinations cinat ions definitely beim being set asi aside de for a f future u and aud more extended visits visit vc we ca n jt bild ling lingering cring look at the proud whito domo dome cf cf the co I 1 U S 1 r RASPED AWAY oyer alig pennsylvania enn sylvania central toward ard that bu busy sy bustling city chicago cago awakening rather early the next morning wo we ascertained from the obsequious porter that ive c were r el the celebrated horse shoo curc curve and had commenced the tile ascent of the the summits and side sides of the All alletha n ny Mountains are n cheke more beautiful catl I 1 for maro delightful in it generous gentleness of climate than in n pennsylvania there they show every V ab phase ase which could possibly bo 0 d desired q r d sensational effects in the celoso 66 contact ott of lofty peaks and the overpowering InE PRESENCE sENCE OF WILD SCENERY no less than the higher artistic pleasure to be had at a proper landen landscape pc distance where tho the grace and b beauty of alio waving trees arc are combined with the strength and wildness wild of weird rocks and glens ahr through bugl 19 narrow georgep over yaw yawn n as pat rush waterfalls ater falla we push on till our tired eyes seek smoky 7 pittsburg PITTSBURG is literally a city of hills from the tops of which aie are to bo be seen some of the roost most charming 1 ing views to the tile west tho the monongahela and find alle hany rivers form the mighty mo ohio and loso lose themselves in in green meadows and behind dim wood lauds lande out in the east the blue tinted mounta iua climb skyward in the north gigantic furnaces fui naces shoot forth their lurid light towards heaven while southward tho the pan bofani ashens aspens gitlia with a glint of glory HUl misty in i sty valleys and shuts out the view only when the tile eye pauses at the drooping horizon THROUGH 11 prosperous OHIO john A alagan logan who has been ou our r fellow traveler from washington receives enthusiastic receptions and ovations fr from loyal and patriotic republicans this continues all day until when night drops her ablo fable mantle oer all tho the earth and our seek rest the last lullaby which lulls us to sleep is a jainta IJ jn distinct echo of blaine and aa lk lagan a na f d r e vc i A at t 9 oc I 1 0 c k t tho next morning wo we bowled INTO the commercial capital of the west the location of chicago is peculiars ly y f favorably favor Ablo to commerce erce ma turc ture comfort and health lie ie alth no other large city of the united states such a variety of position audd its niteis ono one which an artist rt st well would b have ac chosen for its beauty and by a mechanic c for its unparalleled facilities of water of building and of drainage az P it t i is S one of the tile roost most populous ani and li prosperous r spergin cities of america ameri ca c concentrating in itself the productions of a great extent of country and manufacturing ring ilic raw materials of t MINES Td FIELDS to bo be a again ain distributed not 0 only through gho alid interior i butto but to the remotest countries of tho tile globe the city of chicago is extending and enlarging each day improvement 0 on il improvement crowds tho tile wa and every street and square is being being beautified and embellished tho the hills and plains plain 4 once far out from tho city are rapidly being filled with alt it magnificent business it houses auses wd find palatial div dwellings ellings and it can now more than ever bo be pro properly aly called tho the queen city of the ivest west I 1 securing bertha berths on oil the tile chicago milwaukee st paul RR NY we e ilide out from tho tile future metropolis of tho tile united states and arc are whirled westward over ft it route aich is full pf af natural ed beauty all and j benca 1 C ae ai which I 1 never weary in their variety a bety through seemingly see endless ie I fielda e U of coil corn a ana nd wh cat past flour flout J bisbing cities and noble pastures to land jand in ip where we lie and swelter for twelve hours under a 1050 sun in the evening wo take tho the old reliable union pacific to change no more until we arrive at ogden we cross the nebraska ka and laramie plains I 1 blaids once onea desolate and uninviting t but now covered with a spontaneous growth of nutritious grass r s upon which thousands of cattle cattie constantly graze wo leave the plains and wend the tile from the summit of which sniffing a pure and invigorating atin we look down upon landscapes andaca pes of surpassing V beauty arriving at tile utah line we follow 4 T tim r FOAMING 1 10 WEBER through the fumed famed echo and arid weber canyons past picturesque mountain scenery which awakens the tile loftiest loft lofti iest cst imagination to finally halt in ogden on the evenin evening of Z tile converging on common grou grounds rids our jaunts have ended and likewise iny sketches of our |