Show I An Eastern paper tells us that by the division of the census bureau the Western I West-ern States begin attho western lIne of I North Dakota South Dakota Nebraska Nebras-ka Kansas and Texas Referring to this the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle says Tho battleground of the Custer tragedy hlch seems to be only yesterday is today within the group of the North Central S ales Tho Rochester paper Is mistaken Custer fought the Sioux in Dakota two or three years before the Custer tragedy but that took place near the sources of the Little Big Horn and tho Rosebud rivers and it Is at least 150 miles over the Dakota line In Mon tana But tho country Is moving vest surely sure-ly A llttle more than O Al fifty years ngo when a young man went from New York to Michigan the day of his departure de-parture was like a funeral lke a The thought was that he mIght be seen again but It was very doubtful Nona Non-a person gets on a sleeper at night and wakes up next morning In Detroit and from central New nnd York a person can go t Chicago St Paul or St Louis transact a days business and Get home before he Is missed Indeed it only requires week for ono to go to San Francisco and get back In thoso days a trip on Lake 0 trlJ Lakc Erie In n little old sidewheel ste 31chcel steamer was n much more momentous undertaking than to go from New York to Liverpool now In fact tho chances were ono hundred to one greater than the they are now and men would grow very much sicker on Lake Eric than on the ocean because the lake is shallow ia nil chopped and many an old sailor car ride put a btvlo at without any J 1 t < c 1 J i trouble whp la prostrated by n Journey I on tho likes |