d to the saving of time or insure the safety of the traveler. Among
the new inventions adopted by the modern railroads are the "Block"
System, which makes collisions between two trains approaching each other
on the same track almost an impossibility if the engineer is awake and
attentive to business. Under this system when the trains approach a
certain distance of each other a bell is rung in the cab of each
locomotive simultaneously, and will continue to ring until the danger is
over. This with the powerful electric headlights now used, with which
the roadbed is lit up for a distance of five miles, makes a head-on
collision almost impossible, while the air brakes, heavy rails, solid
roadbed, doing away with the sharp curves and heavy grades, all add to
the safety of the passengers and the saving of many miles in travel and
many precious moments. It has always seemed strange to me that so many
Americans rush off to Europe and foreign countries every year in search
of health and pleasure, or to climb the Alps in Switzerland, and to view
the scenery of the old world, when our own North America, the new world,
offers so many better opportunities to study Dame Nature in all her
phases, and I always say to the traveling American, "See America." How
many of you have done so? Only those who have seen this grand country
of ours can justly appreciate the grandeur of our mountains and rivers,
valley and plain, canyon and gorge, lakes and springs, cities and towns,
the grand evidences of God's handiwork scattered all over this fair land
over which waves the stars and stripes. Go to New York and view the tall
buildings, the Brooklyn bridge, the subway, study the works of art to be
found there, both in statuary and painting, ponder on the vast volume of
commerce carried on with the outside world. Note the many different
styles of architecture displayed in the palace of the millionaire and
the house of the humble tradesman, view the magnificent Hudson river and
the country homes along its grassy, tree-lined shores, note the ships
from every clime riding at anchor in the East river. Then speculate on
the changes that have been wrought in the course of the short time since
Manhattan Island was purchased from the Indians by Pete Minuts for a few
blankets and beads amounting in value to $24.00. Then board the
Pennsylvania Limited, whose trains are the acme of modern railroading
and go to Washington, the nation's capital city. Walk along Pen