F264 Mm 7 .OS P-n. *"' ^-^^ ^-^^^^fe' -"^ ^^"^ '*" ■ A ^0^ o.^^ ? - C . r. \\./:#' C^ \J ^f]E P13 :$w^ tHElANDOfWANDBEytiND "^ J^' fHANKpRESBR^. *-4 i«7 $' t.x^ "lai; unrun-5iniln"5oinveucu, , Siuum lit tite iKcU jo gicji."— SillKlm fflieiiier. SPACE there is for all to travel, therefore is the world so wide." The man or woman who loves Nature for Nature's sake, loves the mountains best. It is their rugged crests which show forth the temper of the dav. They smile in sunshine and frown m storm and in the great creases of their rugged faces lie the deep shadows o. the niiiht while yet the noonday sun is high. There is nothing else m Nature which so inspires one to purer thoughts or so truly marks the insignificance of man, as the mountains. Ihe baubles and necessities of life men may buy with money. 1 o the rich may be given the power to surround themselves with luxuries— the handiwork of man —and art the product of painters' skill ; but Nature has spread her can- vas with k gorgeous scheme of coloring, with a depth and grandeur ot background of which the finest paintings ever produced are but the feeblest imitations, the veriest mockeries. The handiwork of man may be shut within walls and viewed by but the favored few, but Nature s beauties are unveiled to all, the rich and the poor alike, and it is not the touch of gold, but the responsiveness of an artistic soul which is the open sesame to their enjoyment. Yet Natiire, prodigal though sdie may be, has bestowed her brightest jewels with far from lavish hands It is but here and there that she has moulded her choicest gems and left them unveiled for man s enjovment. But m no part of the world has she brought into happier combination a greater variety ot love y scenery than in That portion of Western North Carolina and Eastern lennessee where the Blue Ridge Mountains have been, by perhaps some mighty subterranean upheaval, shattered into a half-score ot lateral and cross ranges To be sure the White Mountains have their \\ ashington, the Adirondacks their Marcv, but one may stand in Asheville and on any fair dav count more than a score of mountain peaks higher than these. Prof. J. A. Holmes, the eminent geologist, is authority for the statement that tliere are in Western North Carolina forty-three dis- tinct mountains, 6,000 feet and upward in altitude, or higher than Mount Washington ; and over eighty which exceed 5,000 and nearly approximate 6,000, while the peaks exceeding 4,000 feet are innumerable. They are beau- tiful mountains, too; shapely, and with lines as graceful as those of a model, they raise their proud heads far above the fertile valleys which lie at their feet. Clothed to their very summits with a most magnificent deciduous forest which Professor FeriKJW declares tiie finest on the continent, they f(jrm a picture of natural beauty and grandeur, the equal of which would be difficult to find in any land. There are here and there, howe.yer, stupen- dous precipices, as for instance on old White- side and Caesar's Head, the former presenting a solid, almost perpendicular wall of rock 1,800 in heigiit. Hut these instances are rare, the general contour being one of grace and beauty. The noble chain, which, taking its beginning in the Highlands of Canada, traces its rugged course down across New Hampshire and Vermont, Eastern New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia, is known accord- ing to the locality as the Green, White, Adi- rondack, Alleghany or Blue Ridge Moun- tains : but it grows in majesty as it stretches southward, attaining in Western North Carolina and East- ern Tennessee by far its greatest alti- tude and massive- ness. Here, too, it has spread into a myriad of lateral ranges like the bursting of a rock- et, sending its off- shoots into South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama, where they merge into the lowlands a n d a r e lost to view. It is in the very leart of these mountainous re- gions, at an aver- 'Tlieic aiv, here and there, iiisstaiiee, ' Wliitesiile ' -tupeiidous i)r('(ijiict !>i«^sHe«d.' Uiiiil)liii« (lijwii the niountaiii ^i^le."J as, for age altitude of nearly twenty-five' hundred', feet above the sea, that Nature has reserved her most charming sanatorium, her "Garden of the Gods," the Asheville plateau. Th s- is "The Land of the Sky," the spot where human health and human happiness are in sweet accord, where the blue azure- touches lightly the towering summits of lofty mountains, where the purest of crys- tal water gushes forth from the hidden springs of an untainted soil, where malaria, is unknown and contagion unfeared. Here, too. Nature has arrayed herself in her choicest and most beautiful vestments, and by her smiles and softest touches inspires hope in the invalid and ambition in the strong. Here, as nowhere else, are to be found in greatest perfection, ideal climatic conditions, for neither in summer nor j/ winter are there extremes in temperature, the seasons being marked by the calen- dar rather than liy the weather. 'I'he- temperature maps prepared by the Na- tional Government show that there is. formed by the peculiar topographical conditions existing on the Asheville pla- teau, the ideal thermal belt of America. In the "good old days" of our fore- fathers the trip to the Asheville plateau was made after the fashion of the time- in lumbering old stage coaches — a weari- some trip which only the hardy could undertake. Now. whether from North, West, or South, the approach is one not. only of convenience but of positive lux- ury. The Southern Railway, that superb and colossal corporation whose tracks grid- iron the region south of Washington, has brought Asheville and its contiguous region to within a short distance of New York, for indeed the traveller may leave the metropolis after the day is nearly done and be transported by their magnificent "Southwestern Limited" to Asheville about noon the next day. And what a ride ! — down past the Na- tion's capital, across the Old Dominion, Virginia, whose almost every inch has been consecrated to history by the blood of con- tending armies, and entering North Carolina "where armies' ceaseless tread" wove broad paths in the fertile soil a generation ago. At Salisbury the Asheville train leaves the main stem, which continues on to Atlanta, and, like the "Course of Empire," wends its way to the westward. At Old Fort a brief stop is made, to attach the second or pilot engine, before' giving battle to the giant mountains which, stretching directly across the path, challenge the mighty power of steam. It is a battle royal when the pon- derous locomotives begin the ascent, the second in point of grade in all America, a struggle in which the strength of Nature is pitted against the inventions of man. With throttles wide open and the steam-gauges showing their maximum the ascent begins. Up and up creeps the train, slowly and surely [" A succession of interesting views, ebangiuu witii eveiy mile anil every turn of tlie road."] —winding in aild ont, like the tracings of a huge serpent, passing the colossal piles of granite between which the sparkling Catawba River dashes merrily on its race from moun- tain to sea, tiien around the face of a gigantic wall of rock, over chasms so deep as to make one di/zy, and again clinging to the very edge of the mountain-side. Below one — far below — is the peaceful valley, walled in on the opposite side by the mountains, whose slopes are clothed to the very dome with balsams and giant pines, interspersed with huge masses of / rhododendron a n d azaleas near the val- ley's line. Beyond Round Knob, where a brief stop is made, the ascent becomes bolder and more tor- tuous. Around and around the great train creeps, doub- ling on itself several falls come tumbling down the mountain-sides so close as to almost dampen the train with their spray, and whichever way the eye may turn a new and entrancing scene of mingled grandeur and Uweliness greets it. At last the great tunnel which pierces the summit is reached, and the descent begins. The watershed of the Atlantic is left and that of the (lulf of Me.xico entered. The jiano- rama has been shifted. The ruggedness 111- ride from Aslievillp to the Hot Sprint's i»loii(i' the valley of the beautiful" French Tiroiul river, i.s the most piotnresque in .Xmeriea. 1 times, as if looking for some crevice through which it might dodge and evade the sum- mit. So tortuous has been its movements that from one point the track below over ■^vhich the train has come may be seen on fourteen different grades. The sun beams into the windows on one side the car, and almost before the train has measured its length, it is shining in those opposite, and if Brother Jasper should make the trip he would ever after maintain that " De sun do move, suh. " "I have travelled two (.ontiiients," said a companion of the writer on his recent trip, '•and have never seen from car window a more magnificent spectacle." As the summit is reached, the eye takes in range after range of mountains, following one after the other like the giant waves of old ocean racing for the beach. Silvery water- lades and yields its sway to the pastoral, where one hears the "HimiminK of bees in the heather bells And bleatings in the distant dells." Just where the beautiful Swanna- noa, "Nymph of Beauty," one of the loveliest of moun- tain streams, whose course the train fol- lows, merges into the picturesque and historic French Broad, is Asheville. There is but one railway reaching Asheville, whether one comes from the West via Knox- ville, the North via Washington, the South- west via Atlanta, or Florida „ ,. . . and the Southeast via Col- umbia, and that is by the Southern Railway. In the reorganization of the old Richmond Terminal sys- tem of railroad lines into the new South- ern R a i 1 w a Company, a dift ["Asheville is a eliai niiiig- little city, uestliug m the veiy bosom of the eveilasting hii: cult ami important task was accomplishe'l sippi River, with converging lines frcni Rith- with remarkable celerity and efficiency The steady development of this extensive and complicated scheme proceeded almost unchecked through the entire period of financial depression, and to-day the South possesses a great railway system of 4,791 miles of lines, nearly all of which is absolutely ownedby one corporation, of which Mr. Samuel Spencer is President. No other railroad in the country, operated under a single charter, has so great a mileage. About thirty dif- ferent roads have been merged intotheS;)Uth- ern Rail way Company, the pri nopal ones be- ing the Richmond and Danville and the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia systems. As a map will show, th'j n ond to Panville ; from Golds toro, thrcrgh Raleigh to Greeiitoio; and div eigirg from Salisbury ihroughAshe- v i 11 e , Hot Springs and Knoxville to L hattanc( ga : also from Charlotte to Columbia, Augusta and Aiken, uniting at Col- 1 mbia with the Florida Central and Fcnmsular Railroad, forming a 'hiough line to Savannah, Jacksonville and all Flor- ida, with a transverse line starting at Bristol, Tenn., ;ind extending through Knoxville, Chattancrga, At- lanta and jVIaeon, Ga., to Ga. , uniting again at Everett, Ihe Florida Central and Pen- There is also a di- lines of this great s\ s tem extend from Wash ington, through Dan ville, Charlotte, Atlanta and Birmingham, t( Greenville, on the Missis- Imiidsw ick (ia., with insular Railroad verging line from Rome, Ga., through Anniston, Ala., and Selma to Merid- ian, ]Mi.'-s., and with various other lateral lines. The "\^ashingt(n and Southwestern Vestibuled Limit- ed," a superb tram of Pullman drawing-room sleeping and dining cars, runs daily between New York and New Orleans via the Southern Railway (Piedmont Air Line) coniunction with the Pennsylvania Railroad on the ^(lth and tl e 'L & K" on the South. It also car- ries through Pullmans between New York, jAsheville and Hot Springs. The "Cincinnati and Florida Vestibule Limited," a beautiful train, runs daily between Cincinnati and Jack- sonville, in conjunction with the "Q& C" route and Florida Central and Peninsular RR. Through car service is also maintained between Jackson- ijiAsLevUie.'j' ^' '" " " " ^ villc, Fla. , and Kansas City, Mo., via Atlanta and Birmingham; also be- tween Jacksonville and St. Louis, via same route. There is a perfectly appointed through car service l)etween New Vork, Asheville and Hot Sjirings, and between Louisville, Cincinnati and Asheville, and between Ashe- ville, Savannah and Jacksonville. It is by this line that the "New York and Florida Short Line T^iniited," a veritable club- >f the ami it is yet t house on wheels, runs daily, leaving New York at 3.20 i'.m., and reaching Jacksonville and St. Augustine early the following even- ing. In laving out the Southern Railway system the aim has been to cover as much of the South, east of the Mississippi River, as pos- sible. The lines penetrate into the richest mineral regions, agricultural regions, and timber territory. The Kentucky and Ten- nessee coal- fields and the Alabama coal-fields are reached by numerous branch lines. All of the great iron-mining and manufacturing localities are embraced in the Southern's railway lines. There is scarcely a prominent cotton-growing locality of importance that is not reached, and cotton mills are thicklv sprinkled along all the priiicipa system. The best por- tions of the tobacco- growing and the timber regions are tapped bv these lines, and the branches of road which traverse the Southeast- ern States command a large share of fruit and garden truck business. The isothennal line which passes through Asheville, the com- mercial and tourist centre of the "Land of the Sky," as continued is drawn just south of San Francisco, Califor- nia, north of Salt Lake City, Utah, south of St. Louis, through Lisbon and ^ladrid, Marseilles, Rome, Na- ples, and south of Constantinople. It should not be inferred that there are no variations in climate on the Asheville plateau, for in- deed there are, and the best of hygienic results are attained in a country where there are changes, if, like those here, they are free from the health-destroying extiemes of both North and South. But the climate of Ashe- ville, measured by the \ear rather than the day, is charming. 'I'he mean temjiera- ture for a period cov- ering a score of years has been 59%justone- a degree from tliat (if the entire Western hemisphere, ihe air. however, is dry, and even on the coldest da\'s there is an entire absence of lat quality which in lie North is called liercing, "and which i I e n e t ra t e s to the \ery bone marrow. vSnow, while not an unknown feature of Asheville winter life, falls only occasionally and lasts but a few days at longest. The brightest of sunshine predominates all through the winter, making out-door e.sercise. riding or driving and tennis or golf playing a pleasure. The diurnal ranges of the thermometer are also far less than at many of the famed health-resorts. The average winter tem- ]iei'ature of Asheville is several degrees liigher than that of Geneva, Switzerland, and Turin, Italy, and fourteen degrees warmer than Davos in the Swiss Alps, where thousands of patients are sent each year for pulmonary troubles by the Continental physicians. The oldest medical practitioner in Western North Carolina told the writer recently that during an extensive practice in this countrv, cover- ing nearlv iortv vears, he had never found a single case of local pulmonary con- sumption. He also called attention to the figures published in the disease charts of the United States Census, which showed that while deaths from pulmonary troubles in northern New England averaged two hun- deveioped cases of consumption — too late to be benefited by the climatic cure, which would surely have saved them had they come at the, time the initial signs of the disease showed. themselves. ,- ; The visitor to this region notic.es af, once I a liuiidred foet liigli, and kaleidoscopic clianges from the rugged to the pastoral.' dred and fiftv out of every thousand, in Min- nesota and California one hundred and fifty, in Kentuckv and Western Tennessee over one hundred\ the average number in Western North Carolina was but thirty. This percent- age, too, was largely made up from deaths among those who had come there with well- the electrical bracing air. "Why, I feel as if I was breathing champagne," exclaimed a prominent statesman to the writer during a recent visit. "And does it never rain here?" he asked. "Oh, yes," was the reply, volun- teered by a third member of the group ; " but our well-kept statistics show that we have an thing average of near ly three hundred days a year wlien the sun shines all day, and there were only eleven last year without any sunshine. There is, too, so little humidity even in the win- ter months, that it is no unusual thing for ladies to ramble through the woods with as little risk to health as they would have in June. Another fact," our mentor continued, "which makes every one 'brace up' the moment they get to Asheville is not gen- erally understood. It is the influence of altitude on vitality. Now, physiologists tell us that the heart pressure from within is twelve and a half pounds to the square inch at any altitude, and at the seashore the atmospheric pressure from without is fifteen pounds, decreas- ing in direct ratio as the altitude is in- creased. This is what produces 'that tired feeling' in lower altitudes, a unknown on the Asheville plateau, which, with its altitude of twenty -three hundred feet, has an atmospheric pressure of just twelve and three-quarter pounds, thus allowing the heart and lungs to perform their functions with the least expense of force and vitality, and under conditions which are absolutely normal." Asheville is charTTiing ittle city nestling in the very bosom of the everlasting- hills. It has an active, prosper- ous population of about twelve thousand, hand- some hotels, sub- stantial banks, business blocks a n d churches, and many beau- tiful and modern private resi- dences, in which will be found all the cultured re- finement of the greater social centres. It has a most progres- sive daily. The Citizen, which, under the editorship of Mr. Frank Robinson, is ever alive to Ashe- , '■ A bngof quail isanaverai til tin- iiMfiit ihat fioin one [joint the trai L Ijelow on fourteen ditfereiit grades.''] ville's interests. Its school system ranks among the first in the South, and the school buildings are modern structures of brick, with all educational conveniences and im- proved sanitary appliances. Its streets are well paved — largely in asphalt — lighted with electricity, and it has an excellent sys- tem of electric street-railroads. Altogether it is a modern, bustling, young city, in which the material and social conditior.s are Sl.. j(^ far in advance of the average city of ^^^^^J^ its size, whether North or South. k.'«i^i. Asheville has been termed the Sara- toga of the South, but this is hardly just, for there is not a single point in which comparison of natural advanta- ges can be made which would not be in Asheville's favor. Climate, scenery, health, and atmospheric conditions are all incomparably better at Asheville. It is true that in certain respects there is a similarity, for during the summer months the great hospitable hotels of Asheville and its numerous boarding- houses are filled to overflowing with guests from all over the Union, who find the climate delightful, the social activities on a par with the best sumiyer re- sorts in the country, and opportunities for riding or driving miles over perfect mountain roads and among scenes of magnificence and grandem". No sooner have the summer visi- tors departed, than the advance guard of guests from the North puts in its appear- ance — a forerunner of the thousands wh<>for pleasure, or health, or both, make their home in Asheville for a greater or shorter period during the winter months. The varied attractions of Asheville and the beautiful plateau which bears its name have ■»■ " brought to it as residents many men Jja^ of wealth and culture, who have ^ erected beautiful homes and are liv- ino- deliuhtfullv surrf)unded by many- emerald of its banks. On every side rise hill upon hill and mountain upon mountain, - with many a Heaven- asp i r i n g peak , chief among them being Pisgah, with its sharp, symmetrical cone ; and beyond, in long extended vis'tas, the lofty summits of the Balsam Moun- tains, more than six thousand feet in height. Down to the right, to- ward the north, the eye follows thevallev, backed of the custo ms and pleasures of the old ^^ English manor houses. In no section of Amer- confv.ry sui.^ ns- hui ica is there to-dav such superb opportunities for sport as may be had in Western North Carolina. It is the ereat centre for quail shooting, and each year the Field Trials of the Eastern Asso- ciation are held here. A bag of one hundred quail is a fair average for a day's sport for two gentlemen. So famous has this region become among sportsmen that th.e Southern Railway has inaugurated a special service of hunting cars which may be chartered by private parties by the day or week. The streams, especially on the Murphy and Spartanburg branches, are full of trout, and in the forests the deer, wild turkey and bear hunt- ing so far eclipses anything east of the Rockies that a comparison would be absurd. It is a paradise where sportsmen may spend a day a month, or a season, and be certain of the best of sport among most delightful scenes and in a region where every breath is one of health and joy. Among ;<-'^ those gentlemen who have already erected or are now erecting homes for themselves near Asheville is Mr. George W. Vanderbilt, who, after having travelled the world over, decided upon this region as being the most beautiful of all he had ever seen? Here he began, several years ago, the purchasing of an estate and the erection : of a noble mansion which when completed will far eclipse in point of expense, size, and elegance any private establishment in Amer ica. It^'stands on a noble eminence overlookin'.i the picturesque and lovely valley of the French Broad, whose tortuous course may be followed for miles by its silvery tracings between the deep ,11 liillaiul iiiouiitain upon niountiiiii, "itli iiiaii\ a Heaven- aspiring peak among them."] by its never-absent mountains, until far awav they blend in misty distance with the Great 'Smokies. Then sweeping to the northeast, the valley of the Swannanoa spreads itself in all its placid beauty at the foot of its ever-present guardian mountains, which recede in lofty majesty until they erect themselves in all the grandeur of the unrival- led Black :\Ioun- tain chain. To the • Tlie plantation of Col. Cox.- is a iiioU. 1 une."l I" It is a notile rf'gioii. in which Natiiip has uplifted her mitrluy monuments, anil with a setting of rare lovelinffcs."J right the valley is flanked with the high and graceful S w a n n a n o a Mountain, and in the far distance the Swannanoa Gap, through which the rail- road has invaded Western North Carolina. Toward the south, where all is gentle, peaceful, and in charming color, the mountains withdraw to a distance, leaving an open country dotted with farms, until far away the hazy curtain made by the indistinct forms of the Blue Ridge along the South Carolina border is drawn upon the scene. It is given to but few men to have un- bounded wealth, but it is not strange that Mr. Vanderbilt, with his opportunities, when he gazed upon this scene of transcendent love- liness, should have said : "Here will I erect a mansion which shall emphasize the work of man as this spot has the work of (rod." To describe what Mr. Vanderbilt has done to- ward accomplishing that end would take many pages. The figures would dazzle the reader and the veracity of the writer would be chal- lenged. But a few of the most salient facts are interesting. Mr. Vanderbilt has in his private park somewhat over i So square miles. He may ride thirty-five miles in a straight line from his chateau without reaching the boundary of his jiossessions. He may drive as many miles over roads as scientifically made and as smooth as the boulevards of Central Park. He may hunt in his game pre- serve of twenty thousand acres, through which hundreds of deer will roam, or mav fish in well-stocked streams which are his from the tiny spring on the mountain-top until theV merge into the French Broad. His private nurseries, from which several million choice trees, plants, and shrubs are trans- planted each year, are the largest in the world, and a railroad has been built from Asheville to his cha- teau (three miles) to transport the hun- reds of workmen em- jiloyed and the ma- tt rial used. He has already expended something like $4,000,000 on the cas- tle and the surroimding grounds, and it is estimated that it will cost about $6,000,000 to develop fully his plans. Twelve thousand dollars are distributed by him among the citizens of Asheville every week in the way of salaries and other expenses in connec- tion with his establishment. The residence is 300 feet by 192, with long walled courts and stables in addition, yet a part of the general structure. A detailed ac- count of it would tax the descriptive powers of an architect. It is built of stone, and three hundred stone-cutters and masons have been steadily at work for over three years, and completion is yet a year away. !Mr. Fred- erick Law Olmstead, who laid out Central Park and more latel- the World's Fair grounds at Chicago, h. ^ been in charge of the landscape gardening, which embraces the entire estate. Sunken gardens and green- houses on which fortunes have been spent, a tennis court whose huge retaining wall, 16 feet thick and 40 feet high, is one of the finest I)ieccs of masonry in this country, a bowling green 200 feet wide and 700 long, entirely surrounded by a hand-carved granite balus- trade, and innumerable other features form a font fjisevible which surpasses anything ever dreamed of heretofore in America, ^'isitors to Asheville ask to have the Vanderbilt estate pointed out to them almost before they leave the train at the station. The young million- aire is not at all exclusive or selfish with his Ijelongings, but permits visitors to drive through his grounds and inspect his residence under reasonable conditions. Few people realize that North Carolina is more than 500 miles in length, or that if New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Con- necticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, and New Jersey were made into one State, it would still lack over 5,000 square miles of being as large as North Carolina. Fifty-nine per cent of its surface is forest, and it com- bines within its limits a greater variety of climate than any State in the Union ex- cept California, being semi-tropical along the sea and high and mountainous in the "Western portion. It is rich in minerals as well as in timber, and has not only a compe- tent State Board of Agriculture but a Geo- graphical Survey of National fame which has, through its able reports on the resources of North Carolina, brought several million dol- lars into the State for investment, and has saved the citizens of the State many times what it has cost for its suppoit, by preventing thrt)ugh its reports many useless investments. North Carolina is also rich in agricultural re- sources, and some of the finest plantations in the South are in this noble commonwealth. It is doubtful if anywhere a more perfect example of the modern farm could be found than that of Col. Frank Coxe. It is situated in Polk County, lies along the famous Green River, and is a part of that celebrated bottom land known all over North and South Carolina as " ligypt. " Colonel Coxe has improved it year after year imtil it has now reached the highest stage of perfection. The residence is of the pure colonial type, and upward of a hundred j-ears old, and about it are the thousands of broad acres under scien- tific and intelligent cultiva- tion Living back in the utter- in ost fastnesses of the mountains, remote from all 'except those of their own kind, there still dwell many " i\l 0011 shiners" — a c h a r - [" Liviiiy: bUL-k lu tlu- ul ilif iuoiiutain.s."j I •An almost periieiiiiii/iilar wall of movintains, fifteen luiiiilii-d to thousand feet hlgli."j acteristic class of people — unlike any other humans except themselves. The moonshiner naturally feels that he has as much right to boil his fruit or grain into spirits as the farmer has to cook hominvin his own kettles, Vmt the law places a negative upon his claim. So the mountain chemist is given to hiding, and, at times, when hunted too persistently, to shoot-' ing his pursuers. This is all wrong, because unlawful, but it is hard to instruct the gray matter of his brain on such subjects. It is grewsome to see these lank, leathery, un- kempt, semi-barbarous brethren brought into court, with manacles on their limbs, and summarily consigned to doleful exile in dis- tant dungeons. You will, when you see them and their wives and their progeny, wonder how such a country can produce such speci- mens of humanity, but it is easily understood when explanation is at hand. In that region are reared the best of cattle, sheep, poultry, and fruits, but the moonshiner disdains them. He prefers, or habit and jjoverty compel him to prefer, soggy hot biscuit, vile coffee, ca- daverous, greasy bacon, assassinated in a fry- ing pan. He drinks too much of his own fiery decoction and too little of the salubrious water that leaps, gushes and sparkles on every hand. If one could capture young moonshiner girls and boys, feed them on civilized diet, girdle them with proper com- fort, garment them decently, treat them amiably and educate them wholesomely, the transformation would be thorough, start- ling, and supreme. It would be an object- esson conveying its own moral, and this would be the evolution of man)' Esmeraldas olf the mimic stage, and many a sturdy, comely, valiant, intellectual man. 'J he spur of the Southern Railway running southwest from Asheville to Murphy, a dis- tance (if 120 miles, is famous as one of the most daring pieces of railroad engineering in this country. During almost the entire length of the road the scenery is romanti- cally wild, and presents not only very many charming views, but oft'ers to the sportsman a perfect paradise. The streams are full of trout, and through the vast forests roam eer, bear, and wild turkeys. The country t'uetrated by this line is rich in talc, mineral aint, marble, kaolin, and considerable gold has been washed out. The road creeps around the wild gorge of the Nantahala River, so deep that the rays of the sun only shine upon the surface of the river for an hour a day. Here is a waterfall which makes a clear plunge of nearly 200 feet; there, a sublime vista where the Little Tennessee has cut its way through the rocky barriers which stem- med its course ; everywhere, views which are entrancing and sublime. It is a noble region in which Nature has uplifted her mighty monuments, and with a setting of rare loveliness. "Waynesville, named in honor of "Mad Anthony" Wayne, is 30 miles from Asheville, and is the highest railroad town east of Colorado. It is the com- mercial centre of the far-famed Rich- land Valley, and is located at the fcmi of the Balsam Mountains. It has a superb water-power, and is a pro- gressive, prosperous young city "•* with many advantages. It has fiile schools and churches, ant there is not a bar-room within its limits. The region about Waynesville is one of great fei tility, and is noted for the superun quality of the tobacco raised. It is also a great grain and vegetable * region, and its apples are not f surpassed anywhere for flavor It has an excellent hotel, an( offers many inducements to either the casual visitor or home-seeker. At Andrews City, nearer Murphy, the sports- man will rind most comfcjrtable accommoda- tions at the hospitable hotel of Mr. S. E. Bryson, who is a walking encyclopaedia on that whole region, and one of the most genial hosts as well. Between Asheville and Spartanburg there is much notable scenery, especially at Tryf)n ["Wliere the Catawba river ruohes past in its race from 11 of lock and over masvivi- an-lit-s and liiiih Imt Milistaiitial lit>Ilis."]( and in the country immediately adjacent. Tryon is 40 miles south of Asheville. It is a beautiful little village, with Alps-like sur- roundings. Its population is largely made up of health-seekers from every part of the country. The almost perpendicular wall of nrowrrtains, 1,500 to 2,000 feet high, curved like a horseshoe to the north and west of the village, effectively shuts out all the cold- er winds, while the open country to the south gives the sun a full opportunity to not only temper the air by direct rays, but by radiation from the mountain sides. The thermometer at Tryon seldom goes much below the freez- ing-point, and snow is a rarity— and this at an altitude of over 1 , 500 feet. About Tryon are beautiful roads, and the mountains in the neighborhood offer e.Ncellent opportuni- ties for tramping. There is also an ex- cellent hotel atTryon. Visitors at Asheville can make excursions^ to Tryon comfortably, leaving Asheville in the morning, and re- turn in the evening. The Battery Park Hotel is so closely asso- ciated with Asheville that the names are al- most sj-nonymous. It derives its name from cause out-of-door life is so attractive in Ashe- ville, are broad and almost never-ending. During the warmer seasons they are fringed f Tlif Battel > I'm-lc !l^e^ellt> a most uniting and )m many mile its being located on a spot of historical interest, for it was at the very point where the hotel now stands that the Confeder- ates planted a battery of artillery for the de- fence of the town. The old breastworks still remain, but the grim messengers of death liave given place to flowers, and the happy voices of children are heard from the old ramparts instead of the roar of artillery. Crowning as it does the summit of a noble •eminence in the centre of a hiveh' private park of twenty-five acres, and surrounded by a grove of ancient oaks, it presents a most inviting and picture.sque appearance, and stands boldly in view for miles in almost any direction. It is scarcely a stone's throw from the public square of Asheville, yet is 125 feet above it and so secluded in its own environments that the sojourner within Us hospitable walls may find, if he de- sires it, perfect restfu'lness and repose. The structure is modern, architect- lu-ally beautiful, and singularly free from the stilted conventionalities of the usual hotel. The frontage ["Thechaniiiiig little liuin.- ul Hit- Hum I 'luh .stands uii tli adjoiiiin); tlie conservatories."] measures 475 feet, yet it is so broken with broad porches, gables, oriel and bow win- dows that the dimensions deceive the eye. The porches, which are a great feature be- ui esi|iii- .i|i|)t ,11 .met-, and -tand^ buldh in % lew fm ar.mml." with hanging and stationary boxes of flowers, and in the winter enclosed in glass, thus affording invalids opportunities for sun-baths and long walks without leaving the house. From these extensive verandas the most magnificent panorama of mountain views is spread before the vision. The scenes change with the hours, for the rosy lights of morn- ing, the glare of noonday, and the deepening sh'adows^'of the evening give each in their turn a new and varied charm to the view. To the left may be seen in full view the noble chateau being erected by Mr. Van^er- bilt, and directly in front as a grand centre- piece of the scene stands old Pisgah, with its sentinels on either side, "while down below in the near foreground are the pretty streets and homes of Asheville. "Within the Battery Park all is comfort and elegance. The spacious \. , entrance hall, in which the ot^ce oc- ^"'.z cupies a corner, is a picture of attract- ivenesss with its massive fireplace, broad and graceful stairway, and easy chairs. Here every evening is a bril- liant gathering of guests, who in little groups — the ladies with their fancy work and gentlemen with their cigars — pass the hours in in- formal sociability, lending a pleas- ing and congenial atmosphere, an unknown feature in many of the great hostel ries. On g^ many evenings there are .^^^^tf^j^ special entertainments in the great ball-room — the i«n handsomest of any resort in the country — for it is fully equipped with a stage and all the fur- nishings. No detail has been omitted to make the Bat- tery Park a home in every sense of that much-abused word. The rooms are all large, light, and cheerful, handsomely furnished, steam -heated, many hav- ing open fireplaces, an 1 private porcelain baths. There are also bDwling- alleys, billiard-rooms for both ladies and gentle- men, a shooting-gallery, and all the accessories for popular amusement for old and young. Mr. E. P. McKissick, the manager of the Battery Park, is a gentleman whose genial pr^r- sonality and all-round good-fellowship has given him a reputation as an ideal host which has reached far beyond the limits of North Carolina. He has the rare faculty, to a won- derful degree, of not only managing the prac- tical part of the business with consummate skill, but of making visitors feel from the moment they enter the house that they aie his personal guests. He has sur- rounded himself with most competent assistants, and the chef in charge of the cuisine this season has been at the Alcazar at St. Augustine and Hotel Champlain for several years. It is needless to add that the table and service are up to the highest standard in every particular. One of the enjoyable and popular features of the Battery Park is the Swannanoa Hunt Club. which affords an added pleasure to those who en- joy out-door sport. The charming little club- house f)ccupies a promi- nent place on the lawn of the hotel adjoining the conservatories. The Hunt Club, of which Dr. S. W. Battle, of Ashe- ville. is president, and 'Mr. Henry M. Steele, of Baltimore, is secretary, is the "swell" feature socially of the city, the leading people being members, and its balls, which are held at the Battery Park, are brilliant affaiis, many guests comirg from New York and other Northern cities to attend them. The club has two houses, the one appearing in the illus- tration and one near the Sulphur Springs, about four miles from the city ; so situated as to allow from its veran- das a following view of the hunt for many miles. At the home club the cuisine will be under the charge of the chef of the ho- tel, but ]\Ianager WcKissick, who is himself an artist with the chafing dish, presides at many of the in- ^ formal feasts, which are mem- orable occasions to all who attend them. '1 he club- houses are artis- tically and ap- propriately fitr- nished, the walls being ad or n e d with mementos of the chase and trappings and pictures of the hun t, s pe c i a 1 rooms being fitted up for ladies who ride in or enjoy the chase. Guests of the Battery Park are made welcome at the club as visiting members, with corre- sponding privileges. For those who do not care for fox-hunting, the stables of the hotel provide an ample supply of either saddle or driving horses, and as out-of-door exercise is exceedingly popular and practical at Ashe- ville, and the roads for miles about are so beautiful, there is every opportunity for jilcas- ure in this line. entrance liall is a picture of altracliv witti its massive flre-plaee."] vj w ^ p.' 4 4 Li ■ inadc attracliv porches m will] rtow, IS. and till- inat'iiilicent."j A few years ago a party of Northern cap- italists, attracted by the beauties of Ashe- ville, purchased a tract of over i6o acres upon the sunny southern slope of Beaumont Moun- tain, within the limitsof Asheville, and erected upon it the b e a u t i f u Kenilworth Inn, massive ceedingly comfortable but elegant. The broad oak staircase, with its massive hand-carved newel posts, the heavily raftered ceilings in the same wood, and the large tireplace structm-e, which > from any point of view is pictur- esque from with- out and inviting and home-like from within. Its graceful towers, castellated porte-cochere and many gables give it a romantic appearance which is not dispelled by the surroundings. The park of which it is a fitting centre is heavily wooded with a forest of oak and odorous pines, with the exception of that portion in front of the house, which is an unbroken lawn of twenty acres. As the train from the North approaches Biltmore, the Kenilwortii liter- ally "bursts upon the view" in all the magnif- icence of its attractive architecture and location. The train stops at Biltmore, -which adjoins on one side the Kenilworth Park and on the other Mr. George Vanderbilt's posses- sions. Here the passengers leave the train, and after a short ride in the hotel's easy con- veyances over the well-made road which zigzags up the mountain-side they alight at the handsome entrance, within which all is life, brilliancy and gayety. The interior ap- pointments of the Kenilworth are not only ex- . J lie Kenilwortli, a, beautiful structure. "J r are attractive features of the entrance hall. Bioad halls extend from either side, into ^\hich open the large, exquisitely furnished parlors, the beautiful music room, and la- dies' writing and bil- liard rooms. All the rooms of the entire lower floor open into each other in such a wav as to give a light, cheerful, and home- like atmc sphere. The dining-room, which is unusuallv comfortable and luxurious in Its furnishings, is lighted by large windows on two sides, and instead of being one large room is a series of smaller ones, connecting in such away as to permitoiitsbeingmadelarger or smaller as the exigencies require. The sleeping rooms of the Kenilworth are models of comfort. Every room has a large closet, and many of them liaths. The entire house is steam-heated and|' electric-lighted. From all of the rooms may be had most magnificent views, but those from the sun parlors which are in the large tower are simply beyond description. In one of these Miss a Becket has established her studio, because, as this charming and famous artist says, it is the most beautiful spot she knows of. The social life at the Kenilworth is as fascinating as its surround- ings. One of the finest of orchestras gives morning and afternoon concerts, and plays each evening for dancing. The stables are full of the b'est of horses; and riding and driving over the beautiful mountain roads afford un- limited pleasure and entertainment. In Mr. Lyman Rhoades, the proprietor, is emphasized the expression that a good hotel man, like the poet, is born not made. He has had long years of experience, and under his manage- ment the Kenilworth is admirably conducted, the cuisine kept at a high degree of excellence, and the guests made to feel that nothing is being or will be omitted which may add to their comfort or enjoyment. The journey down the valley of the French Broad from Asheville to Hot Springs is one which ever remains in the memory of him who takes it. The distance is short, scarcely forty miles, but there is not the smallest por- tion of it devoid of picturesque interest. It is, in fact, generally conceded by all exten- sive travellers that it is one of the loveliest trips in America, and no visitor to Western teen separate pools, 9x16, lined and floored with polished marble. The waters possess the same qualities as the baths at Ems and Wiesbaden, Germany, and the Hot Springs of Arkansas, while their accessibility and ele- gance, together with the skill with which they are administered by the attendant phy- sicians, makes them far more desirable. The hotel accommodates five hundred guests and is under the able management of ■-^ma I Messrs. Doolittle and Bowden, form- aH j erly of Richhcld Springs. There is a ^1 daily Pullman service without change between JNew York and Hot Springs v.a the Pennsylvania and Southern Railway, and also between Cincinnati ^^ and the Hot Springs. Hj Passengers leaving New York at 4.30 ^1 ' 1 in the after- 'Sm < noon reach ^^ 1 the Springs before dark I the next / . dav. North CaroHna should miss tak- ing it. For the entire distance th3 Southern Railroad hu^js close to the river, which dashes merri 1 y ovsr boulders as it cuts its way through the wild gorges of the mountains. Here and there are long stretches of placid water, as if the river, tired by its battling, was resting before making another mad rush down its tortuous raje t) ths sea. As it nears Hot Springs the mountains become bolder and hem it in closer an:l closer, as if by common resolve to blojk its way, but with one mightv curve it leaps into the lovelv Hot Springs Valley, and merrily, as if rejoicing in having outwitted the mighty barriers, winds its wav along fertile fields', almost encircling the beautiful Mountain Park Hotel, and then crosses the Tennessee line six miles bevond. at Paint Rock, which in itself is one of the most massive natural monuments on the globe. This rock rises jirecipitatelv from the river level several hundred feet, and its rough and weatherbeaten face is covered with Indian hieroglyphics— said to be the vestiges of an indelible paint with which the surface of the rock was coated by the aborig- ines at some indefinite period between the creation and the Civil War. At Hot Springs the visitor will find the Mountain Park Hotel an ideal place for rest or recuperation. The Springs are famous and their efficacy especially in cases of stubborn rheumatism or gout is wonderful. The bath- ing facilities are unexcelled. There are six- (" At Hot Springs the visitor will find an ideal pl.ice for rest, recupt'ration or health."] Knoxville is situated nearly in the centre of the East Tennessee Valley— a valley larger m area than the State of Massachusetts, upon eentlv-sloping hills on the banks of the Tennessee River, in full view of the highest peaks of the Appalachian Mountains forty miles southward, and within thirty miles ot m 000 square miles of coal formations— the bituminous coal fields of Tennessee. Im- mediatelv around the citv is one vast store- house of hard-wood timbers, valuable min- erals, and the most beautiful and durable marbles and building stones m the South. The citv was founded in 1792, and named in honor of General Knox, first Secretary of W ar of the United States. The jiopulation is about 4^,000, and the citv trade, wholesale, retail, and manufacturing, amounts to $50,000^00 annuallv, there being 200 manufacturers. The offices and shops oif the Southern Railway, Western system, are in Knoxville, which is also a terminal point of several short roads. The visitor fuul.s here all the advantages and improvements ot a modern city — well-paved streets, electric cars, extensive sewer system. It is a city of schools and churches, and the University ot" Tennessee, the Tennessee School for the Deaf and Dumb, and the asylum for the insane, are located here. The Imperial Hotel, at which all visitors to Knoxville who enjoy the comforts of life will stop, is a delightful house, beautifully fur- nished and admirably managed by Mr. R.AV. Farr, who is a Philaeielphian with long exj^e- rience in the hotel business. It is thoroughly modern, and from its beautiful dining-room on the top Moor a broad bird's eye view of Knoxville and the fertile Tennessee Val- ley may be enjoyed. The cuisine is above criticism, and as the markets of Knoxville are proverbially good, the taljles of the lmperi:d are abundantly supplied with an unusually varied assortment nf lYuits, vegetables and / [ u I ki II lio t'lno^ tlie eoiiilorts I III ill I ) meats. The furnishings of the house are new and the appointments equal to those in the best of metropolitan liostelries. The Impe- rial can be unreservedly recommended. Tate vSprings, which may he easily reached from Knoxville, is in the centre of a glorious country, where "health and happiness go hand in hand. " It has been said of this sjiring : "While it does not claim to be a consecrated spring, imparting to those who drink of its waters the vigor and bloom of perpetual 3'outh, it is asserted that it has no superior. Whether there is another like it, or equal to it, are questions upon which it would be in- vidious to express an opinion ; but they are questions wdiich have been negatively answer- ■ed by hundreds of relieved and recuperated in- valids in every ])art of the land." But since this was said, a wider experience and a more thorough test have removed all room for doubt, and this is now conceded to be the best medical water in America. The salutary effects which its use superinduces on the ani- mal economy are truly wonderful. Nature's own remedy — compound and laborated we know not how — its healing qualities are such that no art can equal them ; and if natiu'e herself has anywhere made such another ]>rovision f(jr the relief of nior'oid, ph}-sical, and mental action, it has not yet been dis- disc(jvered. tiuch is the opinion of medical men of highest culture and most extensive practical observation ; and, what is of more value, of thousands who have given it the test of personal experience, ar;d thereby obtained relief fi-om their afflictions — relief that they luid heretoioie sought m \ain There are two line hotels and m. twentv-four cottages at 'i ale bpnngs W\ "1 honias Tom- linson is o\\ nei and piopricto: 'J he large hotel remains apeu all the year around. One of the handsomest private cottages is owned and occupied each se:ison In' Major C. H. Hudson, General Manager of the Western System of the Southern Railway. Many of the best-known people in the country are to be found at this beautiful and healthful re- sort, and those who cannot personally visit the springs may procure the water, as it is being shipped daily in great quantities; a letter addressed to Mr. Tomlinsim at Tate Springs, Tenn., will bring all the informa- tion as to the analysis of the water and its curative ])roperties. The tourist in this region, even if he has but a day at hi.s disposal, should under no circnfinstances fail to visit Roan Mountain. Uniqtie in position, as " the highest human habitation East of the Rocky Mountains," Cloudkmd on the summit of Roan Mountain presents to the eye a marvellous panorama of field and forest, mountain and valley, al- most overwhelming at first sight from its vastness, but growing in beauty and attract- iveness every day, as one becomes more fam- iliar with it. Its horizon extends over 150 miles in every direction, commanding a view of seven difl:'erent States. The area included in this wonderful vision is estimated to be fully 50,000 square miles of varied and stdjlime scenery, a very wilderness of mountains. To reach this picturesque Cloudland, the traveller takes the Southern Railwaj' from Knoxville or Bristol to Johnson City, and then transfers to the Cranberry (Stem -Wind- er) Narrow-Gauge Railroad, for a ride of 26 miles to Roan Mountain Station, passing through the wild and romantic Doe River Caiion four miles long, and 1,500 feet deep. From the station a bracing ride of twelve miles over a beautiful and rcimantic mciun- tain road which zigzags up the steej) in- clines, brings the traveller to the Cloudland Hotel on the vei'y summit. This house is famous as one of the best mountain liostelries of the world. It is new, large, well built, and accommodates rive hundred guests. All the rooms have outside exposures, and the State line between North Carolina and Tennessee runs through the office. The temperature is wonderfully even and deliciously cool. Once only during nine weeks in last June, July and August, did the mer- cury reach 75' The barometer averaging 24 inches, instead of 30 as at sea-level, shows that one-fifth of the atmospheric pressure is removed. Even hay fever disappears abso- lutely, not a case having been known there. Prof. J. W. Chickering, of Washington, an enthusiastic mountain-climber antl botanist, says: "'The beauty of the Roan ]Mountain scenery, words would fail to describe. Stand- ing more than a mile above sea-level, with mountains on every side, we look out upon such a wealth of creative magniricence, both in vastness of extent and minuteness of de- tail, as it would be hard to equal anywhere on the globe. The cloud view.s from the summit of Rt)an Mountain are magniricent, and never twice alike. Often i 1 the early morning, the whole horizon will be one mass of pure white vapor, like the waters of a shoreless sea, with only here and there a mountain top, like an island, emerging above the gho.5tly billows. " At the very summit, where in the Northern Appalachians or the Rockies would be amass of rock, bare and bar- ren, or a crown of huge boulders, is a grassy slope of m ore than 1,000 acres, the soil black and fertile, and the grass of a wonderfully vivid green. This great meadow is dotted here and there with clumps of alder, .and the mountain rhododendron, forming symmetrical domes of dark pink, from six to eight feet in height, while here and there are great masses of the flame-colored azalea, varying from green- yellow to crimson, looking in the setting sun like great waves of fire sweeping over the prairies. "On two sides of the mountain, dee])gorges, or ravines, come almost to the mountain top, so that one may stand on the brink of an almost perpendicular precipice and look down into a gulf 2,000 feet deep at his very feet, and see the clouds in process of creation, »s the warm and moist air rising from the valley sweeps up the gorge, and meets the cooler temjier- ature of the upper heights, the ascen(ling current being sometimes so strong that a newspaper or straw hat, thrown down into the abyss, is brought l)aik again to the throw- er, literally upon the wings of the winds." Roan Mountain will alwaysbe a popular resort. The city of Chattanooga [which, according to D. G. Charles, C. E., means "the place where they pulled the Choctaw out of the water," and which was originally written "Choc-taw-nu-ga"] isadmiral^ly located, both from a commercial and picturesque point of view. The noble Tennessee River, which few people realize is, with its tributaries, 2,500 miles long, winds its way around the north and west sides of the city, and is navigable for ordinary boats many miles in either direc- tion. To the tourist, Chattanooga and its his- toric environs presents many attractions. It has a population of 50,000 or more, and is one of the most prosj^erous, thriving, and busy cities of the New South. Plandsome business blocks and beautiful residences and streets give it a substantial, prosperous appearance. From the standpoint of present interest, Chattanooga's history dates from that mem- orable day in November, 1863, when Sher- if I'liii-' white Hi', iMlh h, I V .m,l I li,-iv :i iiinilMtaill tup i-liii-ri^iliir liki'.'Ul i^l,■lllll alic tiic ghostly billows.-] man's advance had reached a jioint o]iposite the town and General Bragg .sent that ominous message to General Grant; "As there may still be some non-combat- ants in Chattanooga, I deem it proj^er to notify you that jM-udence would dictate their early withdrawal." The story of the siege of Cluiitiinooga, of the battle above the clouds, of the blood}' field of Chickamauga, meaning in the Indian tongue "the river of death." or the desperate and terrific struggle on Missionary Ridge, need not be recounted here; they are recorded by the chisel of History on the granite pages of Time, and will enilure until the end. There are many famous spots, both in this country and in foreign climes, where Nature has spread a panorama at the foot of some noble mountain, that man may gaze upcm and l)e enraptured. It has l)een the fortune <>f the writer to view man}' of these, but for breadth of vision, historic interest, and picturesque loveliness, the outlook from the ])oint of Look- f»ut Mountain, which rises almost above the city, stands without an equal, prominent land- marks in seven different States being within the range of vision on a clear day. The city o£ Cliattanooga lies almost at your feet, yet 1,700 feet below you, the noise and din of its commerce lost to the ear; and the noble Tennessee, tracing its silvery and sin- uous course through its fertile valley, is vis- ible for many miles before it fades from view among distant mountains. Turn which way its ten -square miles ail the baltlelield. Lib- eral appropriations have been made by Con- gress to carry on tlie work, which has included m>t only the construction of a superb boule- vard from the city along the crest of Mission- ary Ridge, a distance of thirteen miles, but the restoration of the great battlefield, in such a way as to illustrate the actual move- ments of the two armies. ,•• Tlie city uf Chattaiiooiija lies almost at voiii- tVet. aiul the noble thfouyrh the fertile vail you may, there is spread before the vision a mingling of the wild and picturesque, the romantic and inspiring, in startling and fas- cinating combinations. No matter at what season or how often one beholds these scenes, they are always entrancing, whether in the clear brigh greens and browns of spring ; the dazzling gold and rich crimson of autumn, or the silver and somber shades of winter. Down the valley, where the "din of Chicka- mauga awoke the Nation." the Government has established a National Park, embracing in -seeti'aivs its^ilvel■y and sinuous coui>e valley, j Congress has already ajjpropriated a half- million dollars. Twenty-three State Com- missions are now co-operating with the National Commission, of which Gen. H. V. Boynton is the able secretary, in locating battle lines and erecting monuments. The veterans and the great army societies on both sides are taking active interest in the pro- ject. Ohio has appropriated $95,000 for her hfty-five monuments, New York is expend- ing $81,000. and other States proportionate amounts. There are already over forty miles of finished roads of first-class construction in and about the park. Histoncai tablets, each with comprehensive text cast in the metal plates for army head([uartei's corps and divisions for both sides and for both days' battle, are already in place at Chickamausra and are ready for Chatlanooi^a. Five steel and iron observation towers, sev- enty feet high, at pronnnent points ;on each field, atTord a wide range of vision. The grounds are a Park onl)- in the sense of l)eing re- ■stored to- their con- dition at the time of the battle. No work has l)een done for purely decora- tive purposes. The old lines of works, and old houses a n d stone walls which were land- ;marks in the battles and which were destroyed, have been simply restored. Chattanooga will of necessity remain the headquarters for the tide of visitors which from this time forward must be a continuing and increasing current. On the noble plateau which crowns the summit of Lookout Mountain, and facing the east, stands the beautiful Inn. Architect- urally a gem, whose graceful lines and at- tractive facj-ade mark it as a masterpiece of its designer, the Inn possesses within its walls all the elegancies and comforts of the finest hotels in America It has a frontage of three hundred and sixty five feet, and along the entire length run wiile and eoinfort:il)Ie ver- [• T^^*T% ^iHj^St- I ■.Viiliitecliiiull.v II Keiii « liosc jf'ui-tl'ul liiu-.s ami attr andas, upon vvhich one may spend hours or days in languid pleasure, with the world at your feet, and breathe an atmosphere so clear and bracing that it becomes a veritable elixir tivi- raciido imirk il ii.s .1 iimsli-i pii-ri- ut its (lf>li,iu-i . "J steam, and also has open fireplaces in both public and private rooms. AVide verandas surround three sides of the house, and i\ high tower, affording an unrivalled view, crowns the \v li In the cdu structioii, fit- t i n y a n d equipment ot" the Inn. the com (() V t ot the < '• u e s t s [" Beautiful and spacioiisin its IntciiDr appoiiitineijts.'*] li a s ]) e e n r i ni aril v (on side red. a n d sj^ee'ial attention has lieen t;iven to the . sanitary arrangements, wliich are as perfect as mod- ern science can make them — over $20,000 having been expended on tiiem alone. A water-supply ol" great purity is abundant, and it is needless to add that its high location makes the drainage perfect. As a health resort Lookout .Mountain has no superior. The air is balmy and exhilarat- ing, the ])ine forest covering its surface fur- nishes that restorative element oeculiar to the pine trees. The absorl)ent ipialilv of the light and sandy soil prevents dam])ness. mal- aria and rheumatism being unknown. The elevation guarantees purity of atmosjihere. most .potent in its infiu,encx^s ,u])on sufferers from lung, throat and nervous diseases. Winter or summer it is a ])aradise. Those who come to it will l)e disposed to single it out for a second visit; and the fact that one of the best hotels in the country is here will complete the allurements to visitors escaping from the North and West to the pleasm-es of a warmer climate in the winter season. .\ 1 1 a n t a. whose name has been so indelibly written on the historical and commercial pages of the life of this na- tion, needs no ex- tended introduction to the r ea der. It stands to-day in the majesty of its 1% strength, a typical ' ' American city, full of energy, enter- ])rise, and patriot- conducted on both the American ' ~ and European plans, and a large jioTtion of the ground floor is lakcn up with the cafe, which is i hanniiigly and richly furnished. of wide-spreading palms give it a scmi- undred II that is julv ["Tlif .\r:iuMii I1..II-I. a iiuliU' strui-U:ri-. 1> (.icil aivhitt'ftmv, j^iukI taste, ami relined eleyrance."! mansion, while just below is the Grand Opera House, and three squares beyond that the Union depot. The Aragon is not only ac- knowledged to be the tinest all-the-year hotel in the South, but would, if located in New ■York among the majestic and gorgeous hotel- palaces of the metropolis, attract attention. Madame Patti-Nicolini, after having spent several days there last winter, wrote an autograph letter to Mr. Frank Bell, the President of the Aragon Company, in which she said that her apartments at the Aragon were the finest and most luxurious of any she had ever occupied in America, antl that every- thingelse was in keeping. "This," said she, "is a little burst of enthusiasm, every word of which is meant." Th ext':3rior of the Aragon i ol che Spanish Roman esque type, the first story being of hand- some (ieorgia marl and the remaining five of brick witl marble trimmings T he main e n • trance is under a massive arch of graceful liii es, and opens intt) the office, a spa- cious room, w a i ;, scoted in cabinet oak nine f e e t from the marble fi o o r. T h ■ ceiling is raftered i: the same beaut if u i wood, which add- to the liarmonious effect. To the left of the main entrance is the ladies' entrance and recep- tion room, in charge of a servant in livery, who receives the cards tropical appearance. It IS modelled after •" that in the Holland House, New York, and is no way its inferior. The main dining- room is spacious, and richly furnished. It is finished in oak with -arge buffets and fireplaces. At one er (1 are t\\ o lai gecllip- tical windows, 30 feet each, making the end entire glass. The ceiling is panelled with heavy oak beams, and decor- ated' in sixteenth-century stvle. The electric features of this room are especially attractive, the centre pillars being entwined with a vine efi'ect in electric light. The breakfast-room is appointed in pure Castilian style, and on the walls are hung beautiful paintings in oil on tapestry. The entire table service is of the finest Haviland china and Gorham silverware, each piece bearing the crest of the royal house of Ara- gon, while the cuisine is above criticism. Every day the best markets in New York con- tribute their quota, to which are added the delicacies and specialties of the South. An orchestra of fine musicians adds to the enjoy- ment of the dinner. The furnishings of the Aragon arc throuehout of the finest and nvist attractive patterns, the tapestries and carpets luxurious The house is new ajid nothing but the most modern in furniture or tittings has been placed in it. Upon the roof a charming roof-garden at- tracts ecich evening, during the summer months, many of Atlanta's best social circles. It is a bit of fragrant fairyland, with palms, blooming howers and tinkling fountains, where nightly one of the finest orchestras in the city regales with restful melodies the chosen few who have access to its beauties. The management of the Aragon is what might be expected in such a perfectly ap- pointed house. In fact, even the traveller who tarries but for a day is impressed with the perfect system and complete supervision which pertains to every department. At no hotel, whether Xcjrth, South, East or West, will the visitor be made to feel more completelv at home, or will he be lietter cared for while a guest. During his many visits to Atlanta, the writer has never seen a dav, winter or summer. «s which was not climaticallv ideal, the average winter day being like those of Indian summer in New York and New England. The opening of the famous Kimball House at Atlanta several vears ago was chronicled far and wide, not as an item of local interest alone, but as of importance to the entire South. It was a matter of general public congratulation, and it is no exaggeration to say that it was the keynote of the new era commerciallv in Atlanta and the Southern Atlantic Coast States. The Kimball is a magnificent structure , architecturally beautiful and located in the very heart of the city, surrounded by the business marts f)f trade and in close proximity to the Union depot, where all the great lines of railroad centre, and from which electric street car lines run to everv portion of the city and out to the delight- ful suburbs and parks. This great hotel can readily accommodate a thousand guests, and its light and airy corridors and spacious arcades on every floor not onlv relieve any impression of crowding, but' afford the guests delightful prome- nades from which they may look down upon the office lobl)y, which. es])ecially at evening, when brilliantlv illuminated. [■'Till- Kiinhall i 1 maprniluMMit ^ti'urtini ry heart u( tln' cit.v."] with its hundreds of electric lights, presents an animated scene of ever-changing interest. This lobbv is famous in the political annals of Georgia, for in it, especially during the sessions'of the State Legislature, more polit ical schemes are made and unmade than in anv other room in the South. On the grcnind floor, which has entrances on three principal streets, and connected with the oflice, are the general ticket offices of the principal railroads, telegraph offices open all night, large billiard rooms, and every convenience for the travel- ling public. The Kimball is perfect in all of itsappointments, its cuisine excellent, and its table abundantly supplied with the best the markets afford. It is run only on the Amer- ican plan, and Charles Beermann & Co.. the proprietors, are well known to the travelling public as thorough, genial, and popular liosts. They are also proprietors of the Markham Hotel, which is, like the Kim- ball, in close proximity to the Union depot, and is a thoroughly comfortable hotel. Tourists visiting the South will find the route from New York to Jacksonville, via Atlanta, a very desirable one, especially if it includes a sojourn in the "Gate City." [■•The tieijs ;luiii]g- c-ottoii piekiiiK soasuii are full ol' life." Tile city of Chariolle, X. C. is historically interesting" from the fact that it was here that the " Mecklenburg Declaration of Indepen- dence" was adopted. It isS alsf the Old North State." Tourists en route to or from Florida will find Charlotte an excellent place to break the journey and will be amply repaid for the time spent here. They will f\nd a most satisfactory hotel there in . ~ ■. ; .•■■'!l''v the Bn f (jrd, 9-\y ii i c h is a mmm^ thoroughly modern build- ing, a n d lias lately been completely refitted ami refur- nished at great expense and with excellent taste. It is one of the handsomest and best- managed hotels in the South, and its present proprietors, .Messrs. Farintosh and Anier, have each had a long and successful e.xpe- rience in Imtel management in the North. They exercise a personal .supervision over all portions of the house. '1 he Buford is a sub- stantial structuie of brick, has about i(x> rooms, and in it are all the modernisms (jf the best hotels, including electric lights, rapid elevator, return call bells, steam heat and open fire{)laces. Charlotte is becoming more and nnu'e popular as a place for Northern people to spend the winter, and the Buford offers a comfortable home to all such as ma\- wish to remain for an extended period. As the dining-room and kitchen are located on the top fioor, all unpleas- ant odors are avoided, and in addition the 'guests have a delightful outhjok. Altogether the Bufoid Hotel is as near jierfect as good management and comfortable surroundings can make it. Brunswick, (ia.. jiresents one of the most remarkable records of develop- I ment of any city in the South. Ten years ago it was a struggling village ilepemlcnt upon shoal-draught vessels for its commerce of lumber and naval stores. To- day it is a thrifty city of 10,000 population, with a shipping business of $14,000,000 an- nually, and giving cargoes to the deepest draught vessels. There is also a regular line of steamships sailing fortnightly from Bruns- wick to Liverpool. This is larg-ely due to its importance as the South Atlantic terminus of the Southern Railway, and to the remark- able success of Col. C. P. (ioodyear in deep- ening its ocean bar by the explosion of dyna- mite, thus in two years changing the depth from 17 feet at mean high tide to 23.(). The peninsula on which Bruns- wick is situated is entirelv siu'rounded l)y salt water, and furnishes 35 miles of deep-draught wharfage. The town is pre-eminently healthful, and with its new system of sewerage and drainage, cost- ing $170,000, will be freed from even the casual effects of autumn malarias. The city and county hav'e a splendid system of graded public schools, modern in eiiuipment and curriculum. One of the most jileiisant features of Brunswick is its chain of a dozen .sea-girted islands, with long stretches of magnificent beach, and rap- idly coming into prominence as ideal winter resorts. There is Jekyl Island, famous the world over as the beautiful winter home of multi-millionaires, and its splendid hunt- ing-grounds, with wild boar, deer, quail and other winged game; Cumberland, with its magnificent hotels ; St. Simon, the isle of tra- ditions, and villages of summer resort ; on all sides the rarest of fishing-grounds. These islands are charming both in winter and sum- mer. Brunswick is equally enticing in its delights of summer breeze and winter free- dom from cUl. As a country <^t triuts and vee-etables the section adjacent to Brunswick is nnich the same as Florida, and ..ranges, lemons ..lives, l.;,nanas, pecans, and ..ther jj;ieat livc-<>:iks I semi-tropi^*al fruits are grown by home gar- deners to remarkable perfection. On the re- claimed marsh a;,d swamp lands celery is grown to perfection. There is much to attract the seeker after ante-bellum lore in this sec- tion, and everywhere traces of the life that has been so fascinating to writers of modern tac- tion. From the standpoint of either business or pleasure F.ruaswick should not be over- looked bv the Southern tourist or the h.)me- seeker. 'it is surely destined to achieve great future commercial importance. That por- tion of the Southern Railway which runs be- tween Atlanta and Brunswick connects at Everett with Florida Central&PemnsularKy. Savannah, which has a population ot 65 000, is distinctly Southern m its ap- pe'arance, and the plan of the city de- sio-ned by Oglethorpe, its founder, has been adhered to. No other American city has a greater wealth of foliage. ..r such charm'ing seclusion and such sylvan perfection, so united with all the conve- nience and compactness of a great com- mercial city. Its public squares are adorned with statues and fountains, and are tilled with gigantic live-oaks, be- decked with the graceful hanging nn.ss of the tropics, with here and there beau- tiful magn..lias. catalpas, and banana trees. Among the flowers the most beau- tiful are the rose and the camel) la-ja- ponica, which bloom lu.xuriantly in mid- winter in the open air. But its natural beaut v is not alLthat- Savannah boasts. Its architecture is va- ried and striking, much of it in the quaint fashion of bvgone davs, but with those characteristics that the art of the present day is eager to counterfeit. It is rich m his- toric memories ; and having passed through four wars, it is necessarily a city of much his- toric interest. To-day Savannah is repre- sentative both of the old and the new South. ]t possesses manv of the chracteristics of the ante-bellum period, with the thrift, enter- prise, business activity, and the wealth that have made it a great cmimercial city. Among its historically interesting public buildings is the old theatre built in the eaily part of the century and now the old- est playhouse in America. The Teltair .Vcademy of Arts and Sciences, the art -allery of the South, occupying the home Ml one of the early governors of the col- ..ny, has become famous within the last tew years. A writer in the Magazine of Art says of it that it is like nothing so much as a bit of Munich strayed from the banks of the Iser to the New World. Christ Church, the oldest church m the • citv, dates fr<.in the founding «.f the col- im\\ John Wesley having been its rector,_ lon'o- before he espoused the doctrine ot Merhodism. It was in Christ Church that the first Sunday School was established by Wesley half'a centurv before Robert Raikes w'ho is honored as the f..under of Sundav Schools, originated the scheme of Sundav instructicm in England. '1 he Independent Presbyterian Church dates back to 1755 and in its dedication. President lames Monroe assisted. The Cathedral of St John the Baptist, \.\\Q(io)ints ui the Roman Catholic see of Savannah, i,s one of the fiiie^t ecclesiastical structures in the S.)Uth. The architecture is French C.othic. in the style of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Pans. Wesley Monumental Church, alth.iugh of modern architecture, is, strange as it may seem, the only known nK.nument to the founder ot Methodism, and stands within a short dis- tance of the great preacher's first pulpit in America. One of the most famous^ and beautiful cemeteries in all America is "Boiia- I- Its p.lbli,- s.,..a.-.-s a.-.- :..lom.-.l » it 1. s.mI.m-. :.,,.: ,..,..„....,.-. j venture," at Savannah, and within its sacred confines have been buried many of the most distinguished S.nitherners. Fenuindiiui is locaied in a sheltered situation on the west side of Amelia Island, the north- ern extremity of which guards the entrance to Cumberland Sound and tlie extensive land- [■'Tlie rt'fidfiu'e inntiii locked harbor, into which open the St. Maw's and Amelia Rivers from Nassau Inlet, the finmer from the west, and the latter from the southeast. The harbor of I'ernandina is one of the fin- est and most commodious on the Atlantic coast. It issimilar to Charleston and Savan- nah in havint^ a Inu'at its entrance, and in re- spect to the draught which can be carried to it.-; wharves the three cities are ,about on a par. Hut Fernandina excels the others in that the wharfing shore is only about three miles from the sea -buoy or open ocean. Throughout the jiortion 'r5i|^^*^^ ^fishing and boatin;,; on the lakes; vis itint;the vineyards, for here thej^rape industry has reaeheil a nio t suceess- fid issue ; or the stock-farms, where intelligent I'are has reniovetl the re- proach that line Jerseys cannot he ^' reared in Florida ; or the Murat I'lace, where for the moment the memor\- -; of its former owner. Prince .\lurat, so.i of the great Marshal, takes us hack to Napoleon's lime — and so on. One niav also visit Wakulla Springs, about iS miles distant, where the spring issues forth in a calm, broad sheet, walleil in on each side by dense, dark, lonesome cypress forests that echo to the crv of wild birds. Down in the depths of its transpaient, crystal waters, it is jjossible to follow with the eye revolving bits of tin, until they are seen resting on the bottom, iSo feet below. In this romantic vicinity is tlw in- visible volcano, where a stream of smoke arises, l^'or all one knows, itmay guard the tradition- al " Fountain of Youth." but what- ever mystery it hides, it has ' guarded its secret well, for uoiie have jiene- trated it. St. .Marks, near the Ciulf Coast, is the terminus of a branch of the road from Tallahassee, and is the summer resort of Tallahas.seers who go there, and to the nearS;. Tlierc-a Island, li> risli and hunt. This hill t'ountrv many points of attraction for the tourist and prospector. The ( )ld Fort Harlee orange- tree, long known as the largest in the State, stood in this neighborhood. The Kennard grove, ]Hach and fruit orchard, famous the world over, is here, as well as the fruit farm, and Col, Liv grove. Mel rose, distant eleven mi extensive ke\"stone ngston's beautiful of middle vields c o t t l)ilCCO, SU<'' Flori.l; )n, to- .r-cane. corn, oats, rye, Japanese plums, Japanese persini- m <) n s, pears, peaches, grapes, li.gs, strawberries, m e 1 - ons, sweet potatoes, and all vegetables. It has hsh and game in abundance. Again in Jackson- ville, with our fiiccs turneilh.iii(ll,Ml :i-:iiM>l Ih.' li.,iizoii.-| is neaohed by a tri]) thiough the canals and the beautiful Alto and Santa Vq lakes. ^ But we will, at this point, diverge to the Cedar Key division, which starts at Waldo and first reaches l-^airbanks. one of the health- iest spots in Florida, with some excellent cheap land, awaiting settlers. Several large, com])act bodies f)f virgin pine limber close to trans])ortalion a\\-ait the sawmill. (lainesville is a gas-lighted eitv, with a street-railway system and two l)aid\ Mr. J. II. King, is, of course, tlie most attrac- tive "feature of the ])lace, and is without ques- tion the most magnificent and costly tourist hotel in the world. Nine miles from Tampa is the Inn, far out in the bay and built over the water on piling. From this point the line of steamers sail regularly to and from Havana, Cuba (touching en route each waj- at Key- West). Visitors to that interesting and trop- ical island will find the Tampa route the most desirable and enjoyable one. Tampa is easily reached fnmi all Northern, Eastern or West- ern points by the Southern Ry. in conjunc- tion with the "F C «5c P. " At Lacochee the Florida Central and Peninsular connects with the Sanford and St. Petersburg Railroad, which runs over one of the most beautiful portions of Flor- ida, along the coast of the (iulf of Mexico. Tarpon Springs, Dunedin, Sutherland, Clear Water Harb(jr, St. Petersburg are all points of resort. This is the region where the "Silver King" of tish, the gamcy tarpon, has its haunts and where he maybe taken if one has the requisite skill and necessary tackle. After one of these magnificent specimens of the finny tribes has been killed, every other kind of fishing loses much of its charm, for it is without cjues- tion the most exciting experience which ever comes to a man with rod and I'cel. There are many resorts on Tampa Bav easily accessible by daily steamers from Port Tampa, where the best of fishing m a \- b e h a d . Wild fowl are also very plenty in the numer- ous inlets. ii-ts of inapniHciiii .mil ^ifttil\ I'lur i.>i.-i- i'"lorida is in these dux > caMl\ a«.cc.^,-,. ■;C from all points North, Fast, South and West via the Southern Ry. and the "F C & P," and tourists will find the accommodations and. train service on these lines equal to any in America. Jacksonville has been called the i;ateway of Florida, and so it is coninieicially and geographically, as here all the great railway and steamships lines centre, and from here as a point of radiation all Florida tourist travel begins ; but let no one consider it a mere entrepot, a place in which to tarry only long enough to get one's bearinus befo taking a fresh start, for it is i: most delightful of Florida sorts. In it are combmed varied attractions of many o leading places of the it is the ideal hostelry of the South. It has accommotlations for Hve hundred guests, and offers them the choice of rooms large or small, single, double or en suite, with or without baths. Its seven hundred feet of broad verandas facing the beautiful park, and shaded by wide- ; a d i n m f o r t a b 1 e house, wilhin twenty-five feet of the beach, which at this p (; i n t is several hundred feet wide and so hard and smooth that licycles or carriages oil over it as they uldover a floor, with- nientc of the tropics and the tonic of the sea. " Fair beautiful Oimoiid, mi emerald green E'er shone with a softer, richer sheen; I'he crystaline river and opaline sea Combine to form a setting for thee." It is a spot with a multitude of never-ending- attractions. Surrounded by some of the old- est and most lu.xurious orange groves in Florida and miles of beautiful "hammocks," as the tropical forests are called, the visitor may spend an entire winter there without exhausting one-half its pleasures or attrac- tions. Of the beautiful Hotel Ormond. of which Messrs. Anderson and Price are propri- etors, too much cannot be said. It is new, handsomely furnished, modern in every re- spect and exceedingly popular. If the trav- eller does not find everything at this ideal house to make "the very living a joy," he will not find it on this earth. No one who is gf)ing to spend even two days in Florida should miss Ormond. Jt is one of the earli- est resorts in the State, and offers particular attraction in January before the rush of the regular season begins. The chief object of life at Ormond is enjoyment. The ultra in fashion is banished, and riding, sailing and surf-bathing fill in time. People who are determined not to enjoy themselves had bet- ter stay away, as it is one of the social laws of the hotel that new-comers are hunted up at once and initiated into all the pleasures of the day. Visits to Pitts Island, trips up the tropical Tomoka, fishing at the Inlet or on the Hal- ifax, drives on the beach or through the beautiful hammocks, are all fascinating allure- Tuents at Ormond. There are many winter cottages here, and the cottage colony adds much to the social life. ^' 'i'he most southerly hotel on the Atlantic out making the least indentation. From the broad porches of the Coquina, there is an unobstructed view of the ocean and the beach for many miles in either direction, (iay bathing parties may be seen directly in front of the house each day all winter long, a novel but none the less agreeable sight to one who has, perhaps only thirty-six hours before, fled from the winter tempests of the North. The Coquina is managed by Messrs. Seiser and Vining, and is one of the best houses in Florida. It offers every comfort, and its table is excellent. It remains open until Tune, for April and May are most delightful months at Ormond-by-the-Sea. ''The Exposition Flyer ' FROM . . New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington TO THE f otton States and International Exposition, ATLANTA, GA.. Finest Morning Train out of New York And leaves Washington after business hours, placing sight-seers, tourists, pleasure-seekers and business men in Atlanta the following morning, enabling them to Spend the Day at the Exposition and return the same evening, if desired, ar- riving Washington noon the next day and New York in time for late dinner. Through F*ullman Cars and New Vestibuied Day Coaches, Together with the Fast and Convenient Schedule of this Train, insure Comfort and Satisfaction to its Patrons. Lv New York, ii oo A. M. SCHEDULE: Ar Washicgton. - - 4 lo P. M. (DAILY.) Lv Washington, - - 4 39 P. M. Ar Atlanta, 10 20 A. M. (Central Time. ) Returning, Lv Atlanta, 5 00 P. M. (Eastern Time. ) Ar Washington, - - 11 45 A. M. Lv Washington, - - 12 15 P. M. Ar New York, 6 23 P M. Washington and Southwestern Limited THROUGH PULLMAN CARS New York, Washington, Atlanta, New Orleans, Memphis, Jacksonville, Tampa, Hot Springs (N.C.), • * Asheville, • • C*The Land of the Sky.") Knoxville and Chattanooga. ...DINING CAR SERVICE.... 18 Hours Between Washington and Atlanta These trains will connect at New Orleans with the "Sunset Limited" to and from California, which will again be operated duringt he season 1895-96. The " U. 5. Fast Mail" now has a through con- nection between Atlanta and New Orleans, making complete double daily service between New York, Washington, Atlanta and New Orleans. Washington and Chattanooga Limited THROUGH PULLMAN CARS Between New York, Washington, New Orleans and Memphis. Fast and convenient schedules between Chattanooga and Atlanta, Jacksonville, B unswick and Savannah, with connections to and from Cincinnati, Louisville and Chicago via "Oueen and Crescent Route." 3477-251 • • Florida South And the VIA Southern • Railway FROM ALL POINTS East, West and Northwest. "United States Fast Mail" "Washington and Soiitiiwesteni Limited" Carry Through PuUman Sleeping Cars between New York, Washington and Jacksonville. THROUGH SLEEPING CAR SERVICE Via Chattanooga and Atlanta, BetA?v^een Cincinnati eind Jacksonville. DURING SEASON J895=96, THE FAMOUS "New York and Florida Short=Line Limited," "Cincinnati and Florida Vestibuled Limited" AM) *' Cincinnati and Florida Special" Will again be operated on fast and improved schedules with additional through Pullman Cars and the service will be of that superior character eiven only by the Southern Railway. The Southern ^^ IS THE ONLY RAILWAY PASSING THROUGH ''The Land of the Sky AND BEYOND' (WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA) AND PLACES THESE Noted and Wonderful Resorts WITHIN EASY AND COMFORTABLE REACH OF THE HOST LUXURIOUS AM) EXPENSIVE TRAVELER. To FLORIDA .,« 5SUTHERN KfllLW/IT... IN THROUGH PULLMAN VESTIBULED SLEEPING CARS, From all points East, West and Northwest, and is the most comfort- able and interesting route to the Tourist and Health 5eeker. 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