Beyond the West: containing an account of two years' travel in the other half of our great continent far beyond the old West, on the plains, in the Rocky mountains, and picturesque parks of Colorado. Also, characteristic features of New Mexico, Arizona, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho ... Oregon, Utah, Nevada, and ... California, the end of the West ... the great continental railroad, together with the ... most wonderful natural scenery in the world .../ by George W. Pine.

THE CONTINENTAL RAILROADS.
ent to his requirements. God created in the fullness of perfection, one man and one woman in Eden,
and gave them to each other. These, with their children, make the family-the home. Whoever pretends to be wiser, or wickeder than this, will find
himself contending against the immutable laws which
the Supreme Ruler has established for the guidance
of his children. During my stay here, I found much
to admire, many to.respect-communed with pleasure and profit before its remarkable natures
THFE CONTINENTAL RAILROADS-THE MIDLAND ROUTE
AGREED UPON BY CONGRESS.
Our space will not permit of more than a brief ref
er,nce to the origin, history and completion of thi
great enterprise. But a few years ago it required
six months to make the journey from any of the out
fitting places along the Missouri River to California
with oxen or mule teams. The emigrant crept along
a few miles per day, under the scorching sun, ove
the plains, in a cloud of alkaline dust which his tean
made-a long journey of terrible suffering, to men
and animals, from exposure, hard labor, hunger and
thirst. Should the emigrant be unfortunate, and b
caught out in winter, it would take five months long
er, with sufferings and dangers increased. Notwith
standing the remarkable deprivations and suffering
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