A Farm Philosopher: A Love Story (Illustrated):Effingham is a little City of five thousands people, at the junction of the Illinois Central and Vandalia Railroads. The Illinois Central runs from the far North via New Orleans and the Gulf through South America so we are in touch with the ends of the continent almost in an air line both ways. The Vandalia Railroad is an air line with its connections from the East to Hiwaii and the Phillipines, from the-Atlantic to the Pacific Coast", and thence around the earth Westward to the Al-lantic Coast again.