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.4. J. THE NEWS AND OiJSKUVKU, SUNDAY MO UN ING, MAY 17, 10 1 Lookout Mountain, at the north, to the 1 fwt rf whlhr t.he nfrpt pant run. the v. and is probably more accessible tban.

any' other point. And a beautiful city' i it is, tix It i rapidlj 5 becoming an educational centre Here Penaod Picture i ketch The visUor'w-ho com 8 to Asheville the idea that the city, would be taxed to hold a large' assembly, "is not aware that -upwards of 75,000 Visitor are annually accommodated within hr doors, with room Co eye look over the city, Victoria and; Iiiltmore, then reaches the Vanderbilt! mansion, and! the view stretches over foot-hills, peaks 'and mountain- ranges until it fades to the south in the beautiful bine haze th.it gives these rugjred tieaka iheir. wondrously soft? we find the Greensboro Female Col- lege, the Brock-man Music School and -j I the State Normal and Industrial CA.l'Vn 4 .1.1.1 1 i IVU VUU HOT IliC XifU1 ll i 1.1 1 l' Jl iKiuw six nunureo young iuuie are kow boarding pupils In'this littJe city. pare and ever-changing tints. Or if the The Battery Tark Hotel alone can eker after Kl.

lasure is ardent in thp There is a million-dollar, steel and iron easily fcandle 350 guests, ami renn-; Pursuit of wild and errand scenerr. he worth Inn. one and'a hall miles irom can easnv aild quickly organize a th wntr- of will hold at party for a jaunt to Mt: Mitchell, the entire trip tiring easily made in least 200. These hostelries are too fa than two days. A similar trip ca Io ip to Si'll- plants but 'this is not in sight.

Only1 two miles from Greensboro we pass the Van Lindley lurseries, famous throughout the entire South. Only a short distance to the right Is Guilford College, the "Quaker School" where they are demonstrating that coreduca-tion of the sexes is the best method. We are now going- exactly southwest arid pass in quick succession HighJ Point with its schools and factories. made to old Pisgah, which looms the south eer watchful tinel of the beautiful bride, onnic the 1 Asheville, nestles to rst Thomasviile and the Baptist Orphan-i I aire Asylum, and Lexington, therlead- ing- resort for Northern sportsmeit bosom of th 1 Hut if tfce visitor imagines, that Asheville is he will change his tnind by evff so brief a visit. Her beautiful scenery, tlie exquisite haze clothes -her mountains in softest raiment, and the ever varying sunsets which greet jtae delighted eye, cause a suspicion tljal-he is mule an ry 'chanter's spell.

Yet her streets are humming, wtp the music of activity and her mt j-opolitan air would da cry soon we cross the Yadkin- river and enter the quaint old town -Sal isbury. We have becn nding over the trunk line of the Southern JJaJlway from Washington to Atlanta, but" now we change'to the Western North far-j olina Railroad, which was built by the 0 credit to cities ten times the population. En the afternoons of any bright day lhtton avenue present a picture noti Soon forgotten, of busy purchasers add strollers for pleasure; of numerous1 Vehicles of every the lieavy dray of the city 'merchant to khe brilliant equipage o' some city Wile who handles Ihe ri Stateat an enormous expense from Salisbury to Paint Rock on the Ten-j nessee line. Maj. J.

W. Wilson, norr Il. Ckimmissioneri surveyed this roa amjt is said to be second to no piec i of railroad construction in the "worldt I We are now going a little north of west, passing through several small pl ices, and in an hours time we Teacik KKOM THE SEACOAST TOTHE MOUNTAINS. WILLIAM J. COCKE, Mayor of Asheville.

moas to heed a word of mention. Be- rrulated oe millfio.i dollars eavh. fur teachers i tell th 1oys niiout the ad effect of the factory alwiavs l)i -sy, turii'jlg out millions cijjarettes daily; shjjiping to all 1 0:1 ti in th cjvilii.el and uncivilized The jichers ami friends from the-eastern part of the Sta'e will find the bands in perfect style as she picks her tthe maze; of the electric, trip to Asheville full of interest and of villle. We are now among S'enurary for the education of the col-i ired race -five large buildings trec-tcd ly Northern philanthropists. At tliis :r.tltution, students are in ir fren nearly every Southern State ami many from the North; scv-eial from the jungles of Africa, pre-I itring for missionary work an-ong the i atives of their own country.

At the same tinie the Centennial Graded utav lie seen, a low red brick nanoa, the Oaks and other hotels could wv will l-efleet their flashing pic-" great educational value. The country v. orldj; they ilnpiy the mhaui- red hills the ciuiviren of the stately swell the number to more than double- urs these combined figures; while the in v'Vn ts, ns soon ns mountains to be seen in the distance. tantslof Mi beautiful show-windows through which they will pass has ex- ation can be Very soon after passing Statesville, means of trainsjioj-f r. smtr uenjn, ww ec r.erieiicel marvellous development dnr- tn ni-r mnnn tn nil trained to art et.c coloring and ar- Trini c-overed.

Bi ly College is now i we cross the Catawba river. In lea; the last decade. in on same siac; utr? wii man an nour we run tnroujrn? v-aiaw i Taking Goldsboro as a starting visitors, 1 1 ba, Clarement, Neton, Conover" and Hickory. There are fine schools at all these places. Prof.

natton, of Hagerstown, Md has leased the eol-lege 'at and we expect him to. lie with tis. A Newton, Maj. Finger, whom all ourvteachers know.jwpi get on. He lives here.

Be sure to look at the Hickory Inn on the left. '-ft quite a popular resort, About ten miles further isConneDy Snrines. where tou can get a mail- 5 1 i 1 Jl. fi -2 mum of restand health at a.mininittnl I cost. They will entertain our teachfr" and friends at a dollar a day if y513.

wish to stop there on your return, el' i 4 --CV r. are now among the jhali-grown moun-j tains and in sight of Morgantoni Ifj we had time to stop! here and visit $hej Western Hospital for the Insane; an 1 I A-f- the State Institution for the Deaf i would be ekceedingly tnterestingi Th Hosnital is on of the best in the world. It is ncarlv a mil and a half around the main building. o- will see ittt the left, just after rng the town, and just beydnd is the, State Institution fot the Deaf wher Prof. Goodwin will f- take the train with a class of the deaf pupil, going to AsheTille to show us.

how they teach the deaf tq talk and pnf. They are taught to use. their eyes! for ears, so that br look in at your mout2 1 at Durham and lie they; can tell what yon are saylngi We i a 1 tinn luui u-a rntiu Tnn 1 sarin 1 iiriin tiir 1 in tnepasi ibwouh iCI- of the children of Kaleijrh. iret a iotned bl- President Kilgo, Prof.aa- are now makinstraiE-htforthembu That the numerous livery -establish- anditheis. Only a few miles fur- tains, due west.

We glide through menta in Asneuue a umnnr ousi- wonn. T. u. a nl nn rudimentary education. Kelt if the CltV v.

toon In neoejpsa efCC- li. xlT ther an the porti't Wl11 call "Univer- Glen Alpine; Bridgewater, Marion and Br this time, the train passes Ral sitjy, chf ige cars for Chapel 1 fill." We Old Fort tantil we stop at Round- Knob 1 'will piss the large and well kept and get oft he train onto the fourth up in all Wtaof" the city caus, thV; cit Is the, Eastern Hospital for the the miles and miles of drive-ways jand' visitor to suspicion a bat he colore! insane, erected- and main-bridle paths that net-work the country soon percHves that he booinji on a tained by the State at an annual ex- eigh and backs into the best railroad station in the iState, and one of the best' in the South. It remains only a few moments 1 when it resume the ot tr trip the mountains. In farm of NIr: Jjukenn a lew minutes to story ot tne notei ngni at tne ioq fi of thousands of dollars trw lefts and beiot we know; it, tne tne great nine ior seen-, well kiown Farm." ery Such as man could never hate for nriles around Uxe city, nut, tnougn natural oase nu is vuij ense I'nssinir throuch a number of there are thousands of visitors in Ashe- Quiet, though rapid, growtn. Col.

Jj. Carr, in full imagined Magnificent, inspiring; and about two minutes, the State peniten- ioiined small stations, we soon cross the At- electric rille in winter, it is In summer that Asheville has threeTseparate. i the Sootherners floe ic to Its lile-givingl atmosphere and eecape depressing warm nights, and mosquitoes. And it is daring the summer morn-inrs and afternoons, ben the air Ja deliciouslv eorl and invigorating,) and at mgnt, nen one wear a wrap while riding, that the drives are fspe-ciallr attractive. To quote the retent word of a Boston school prinei iial.

the' air. is so intoxicating as to make; cne and with this to enjoy of a drive to Vander-j bilts palace and over his elegant) roads, it is na exaggeration to say that Xs, 1 (-r: nL.i lVrv these two pleasures alone make a trip, to AsbevLlle swell wortn tne expente. Bnt to even mention the drives would tax pace. Gold View! What ri pic ture 'xif thnJlang -delight the very words bring to have on Its height and looked beyond i range after range of mountains" until wfiKuxi tn further follow I apace. Perhaps the most popular drive fori seems peculiarly- "for, whispering lovers made, is the Swan nanoa road, 'which winds for miles beside Jiat lovely stream, whose waters mirror the varying tints of the rhododendron, with its pink and white face beyond hope of dfescriptioii.

Wth tw on the righl. Now we "are. at fiavfl over the banks to catch a trlimpse car linB hleh stretch to every lartic Coast Line IL at Selma. Only 'Jary is passed on the leftside, and the Ililllboro, where Cornwalii.i had his engines to ordinary trains, sending its own blushing beauty And withs uv guiug wv iwi.innv uiim i mi uwi hhu t-onege shaded vistas of gently rippling of 'Bingham lieighis, where the far- Mills, will be seen the large mills of on the right. From Raleigh to ary.

Messrs. Jno. A. Wilson who eight the Seaboard Air-Line's waters, the songs of native birds, and laniea liingnajn acnow i niuaicv. perchance the happy-go-lucky chirp une "oer construction i uimore i the leachens' Assembly iiajl at track runs parallel with the Southern of the erteshoooer in a near-by field." expected to oe in runnuig oruer Moreneau vny.

au oi tne ui almost oauy tne trams on the two heaf quarters during' the Revolution- forth great showers of einders, we are r.rywar, and It is said that he would climbing the mountains very cms By recognize the town, if he could it wonld seem, since we ride sis miles, come back to it to-day. Across the to aceomplishj a quarter of on in di-tailroad from the town Btands the Oc- rect line. After travelling oife and coreechee Mountain, the first to' be three-quarter miles, we find orselvea seen on our trip. Very soon we -will oiTtt-track 150 feet ahead of thtrack thp rnrmMn' Alliance headouar- 'at the startinc point, but about-, 260 one thinks of fcJen and forgets care, oy June. j.

eu appoinieo. 1. i. cui anu uipbwu in mi mm. au rrucu aim leave itaieign at tne and is for once at least, perfectly A.

rooms, with gymnasium, baths and soon we reach the suburbs of Raleigh, same time. am tne are very spirited competitors, the engineers and conductors urge on their respec 1' 1 A A 1 tive iron horses and some Very beau-! the building on the, above it. -Just after ileavihg -r Il- i tiful races between two maemificent i-1 r'ght which was erected soon after the" Round Knob, we cross Mill erf ek, the civil war, and was known as the Hor--head waters of the CatawbaV. This mr Graves Military School. Wc very creek we will cross eleven railroad trains -is the result.

Of! course all passengers are full of inler-j est and excitement, but as the trains; on both roods must come to a fuiii stop before entering the town and crossing each others tracks, there is! absolutely no danger. The road are! as straight as an arrow and almost soon pass tne i re-soy ie nan xngu uuinnnK uimro. iivuw; School on the right just before reach- shoot through a another and ing This school occupies the another six or seven in fall have old BiiighanTlilitary School buUd- been gone.thiough. After pespitg the irgs. We are now irTAlamance county, third funnel, if YOU will look dpwll the the leading county in the State in cot-- Royal Gorge to the left, you can ton faetrinr.

i At Haw River are the Kimr's Mountains, ninety miles away. rierfectly level over this entire dis-j lioit ana The' swannanoa tunnel ts toe longest 1 tance. Here our train turns off to the large factories of ex-Gov, northwest and in about thirty minu-t sons and the highest elevation you will tM we stop at East Durham, betweert Only a few miles beyond Burlington reach, length 1,800 feet and elevation two of the biggest cotton factories iii and to the right we pass Elon 2,800 feet. Just one hundred yartis be- the Mate. About two miles lurtner which has grown rapidly oi recent yona tne western ena is tne water ui will very soon receive a vided between the and the we pass iuc ouuicikv i ilia, un ill- years aiMl 1 posing residence of Col.

Carr, and ery large endowment, it is reported, MississippL Springs within ajfew feet I'otcl Carrol na on the right, near the probably more than $100,000., The col- of each other send their' water thouS-station. where we stop just in front of esre in owned and controlled by the ands 'of miles "apart -The Catawba if the largtst smoking tobacco factory- christian denomination. 'towards the East th French the world. The famous Durham Nothing more of special Interest in the opposite direetipn along ulls are painted on the front vf the until about twenty miles away, we see whose banks we are soon descending factory, just as they are on l'yra- the Agricultural and Mechanical Col- the mountains towards Asheville. Af- mitls of Kgypt, and in every promt- iege for the colored in the suburbs of ter pawing Clack Mountain (where fM it is ill piate inrougnout r.nrope, reensooro.

111c i ijjuu a nrjr um uio txiavij uic ioo iu and1 Just beyond this im handsome and well-equipped Coopers and uien lngtis, wejarr've at Ings. Just across the railroad from the Iiiltmore, Mr VanderbfltV model and M. College stands Bennett Sem- town. Eenilworth Inn is on he inary for the colored people, suppor- side up the mountain. Yoa will recog- ted principally by NorthernMetbod- nize it from the picture.

Th bus will Kts. We are now at the busiest rail- be at this station for you if you wish mense factory, a little, further up the road on the same side is the Durham Graded School building. A model kind. Superintemlentt Toms wil! nn hi train u-lth a nmniier of Ills happy Then, too, the Subset and Beaumont drires, as they wind grace reading room, are at the disposal of all aV.d on.thejeft side as the tiaita passes member, and visitors receive 3 cor-j over -a 'small creek, may be seen the dial welcome, while Asheville library city water-works ttt a' short distance f'rUhsa a fl am. from the road.

then, to the richt side tiachers. Hut don look that way tco the geographical centre of the Mate to stop here, lo the lelt la Mr. Vander-long, foi on the right side, you road station.with the shabbiest depot bilt's 100,000 acre farm only as describ-observe the immense cigarette fnc- in the State. Railroads radiate from ed elsewhere. Now only two miles fur- fully around the mountains to Hie east mwA will nntiml Hi hnnrlonM build- tfirV of the DUK6 in Which inStitU Greensboro in five directions, penetra- ther on and you will be at the Asheville and Just over tne cny, give one an artistic bird's-eye view of the plateau in which Asheville nestles, while from Ul Win Ul UWJW, uioftai-im, ners for the studiously Inclined.

ings of Shaw University and Estey tion, four nlen are said to have accu- ting every part of the State. This la depot 1 .15.