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 ^^-'^TT^Ar SOUTH. 
 
INTRODUCTORY. 
 
 The piirjiose of this liltlo paiu[>lilet is to prrscnt 
 to the reader tlie advantages, resources and i»)ssiljill- 
 ties, together will) the attiaetions, llie inoiintairious 
 section of Norili Carolina offers to immigrants, capi- 
 talists, nianiifaeturers, invalids, toiuists and others. 
 THE Old Ncmxii State Yestf.kdw, 
 
 TO-D.^Y AXn FOREVr.K. 
 
 H. A. H. 
 
 ASHEVILLE. N. C, 
 
 MAKCH 4, 18W6. 
 
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ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA. 
 
 A SUMMER RESORT AND WINTER SANITARIUM OF PECUL- 
 IAR ADVANTAGES— REST, QUIET AND REPOSE IN 
 MOUNTAINS fi.OOO FEET HIGH— POETRY. MUSIC AND 
 SONG ALONG THE RIPPLING SWANNANOA— NATURE'S 
 TRUNDLE-BED OF RECUPERATION. 
 
 HISTORICAL 
 
 NOTES. 
 
 F THE earli- 
 I est traditional 
 [knowledge of 
 the mountain- 
 ous section, or 
 tlie Soutliern 
 Highlands of 
 North Carolina, 
 it may be said 
 that it has been 
 handed down by 
 the Cherokee 
 Indians, as stat- 
 ed by Col. Thomas several years ago in an interview while 
 acting as Chief of the Cherokee tribe. Long before the 
 Cherokees came to the Southern Highlands the country 
 was inhabited by a people known as the moon-eyed race, 
 
who were unable to see during certaJn plinsps of the moon. 
 The Creek Indians Inhabited this soctlon before the 
 Cherokoes, took advantage of these moon-eyed people, 
 and during their period of blindness killed them out- 
 right. The Cherokees afterward conquered the Creeks, 
 nearly annihilating the whole tribe. 
 
 lu 1729 the Lords Proprietors sold to the king for 
 $45,000 their whole right and title In North Carolina, 
 which then lay between the parallels of 31 and :«> degrees 
 north latitude, and extended from the Atlantic ocean 
 westward to the South sea. In 1719, twenty years there- 
 after, emigrants from the west of Scotland flocked to 
 the Cape Fear region, and one year later the first settle- 
 ment of the Upper Yadkin was begun by the Scotch- 
 Irish. One among the early settlers on this water-course 
 was Daniel Boone, who In 1754 chased the bear on Benr 
 creek, a small tributary of the South Yadkin, near 
 Mocksville, N. C. Several years later there came an- 
 other class of immigrants to the SUate, known as the 
 Pennsylvania Dutch, who also largely settled along the 
 banks of the Yadkin, and gradually diffused themselves 
 among the valleys of the Cataw1)a and Yadkin. 
 
 After the Revolution Immigration to the mountains 
 became very large. In the year 1795, says Wheeler the 
 historian, the first wagon passed from North Carolina to 
 Tennessee by the way of Warm Springs, and from this 
 time forward this beautiful, wild and picturesque sec- 
 tion began to fill up. On the French Broad at the mouth 
 of the Swannanoa the first white child was born, on the 
 inter-montane plateau, and the name of the child was 
 James M. Smith. 
 
 SOME OF THE EABLY SETTliERS. 
 "O bappy days of iLnocence and ease, 
 Blest with each charm, where every charm conld please." 
 
 Daniel Smith, who settled at the mouth of thn Swan- 
 nanoa In 17S5, was one of the first white men to press 
 
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the soil of the present limits of Buncombe county. He 
 maintained a warfare, generally single-handed, against 
 
 MAIN STREET, ASHEVILLE. 
 
 the Cherokee Indians for many years, and it is said that 
 over one hundred bit the dust from his old Hint rifle. 
 
 John Patton, the father of Montravelle Patton, set- 
 tled here in 1790, and made his first clearing on the 
 Swannanoa, near "Patton's Mills." He was the first 
 county surveyor of Buncombe, and held the position for 
 many years with great fidelity and trust. 
 
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Sarauol W. Davidson, a man of most noble parts, re- 
 moved from Morgauton to the Swannanoa In 17Ht5. lie 
 was a man noted for his Rreat lll.erallty and broad 
 views nis descendants are men of note in the Sutte. 
 James Patton came from Ireland to this country in 
 1783, first settling in Virginia. He came to Bunrombe 
 county In 17"J2. He purchased from James M. Smith for 
 a small sum the present site of Asheville. 
 
 Zobulon Balrd, the maternal grandfather of Cen. 11. 
 B and Senator Z. B. Vance, came to this county In 17'J5 
 from Georgia In a four-wheeled wagon across the moun- 
 tains Mr. Baird built the first storehouse and court- 
 house as well as jail on the present site of Asheville. 
 He was an Industrious and progressive man in those 
 days, and represented this county In both branches of 
 the State Legislature. 
 
 Col. David Vance, grandfather of Gen. R. B. and Sena- 
 tor Vance, came to this county from Virginia, settling 
 on Keen's creek. He was a bravo soldier and a man of 
 dauntless courage. He took an active part in the battle 
 of King's Mountain. October 7, 1780. 
 
 David L. Swain was born in Buncombe county in 1801. 
 By the exercise of native talent he afterward became 
 Governor of the State, closing his remarkable career as 
 President of the University of North Carolina. 
 
 There are the Alexanders, Weavers, Whltsons, Chums. 
 Brevards and others, whose illustrious deeds and courage 
 have made this county rich In personal narrative, but 
 space forbids the further mention of their names or 
 doings. 
 
 THE METBOPOIilS OF THE LAND OF THE SKY. 
 
 Asheville as far back as 1812 was a trading post, 
 where the palefaces and the red men would oftentimes 
 assemble to trade and barter and pass their leisure 
 hours by throwing quoits for bear skins and whisky. 
 Twenty-one years thereafter the place was incorporated, 
 
PINEWALD— GEOUNDS OF GEOBGE W. PACK. 
 
 and for years was known as Morristown. This name 
 however, was afterward dropped, and the spot became 
 known as Asheville, having been named in compliment 
 to Samuel Ashe, of New Hanover. 
 
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AshevlUe is tho capital of Westeru North Carolina 
 and the county seat of Bunconib*^. which county was 
 formed in 17'Jl from Burlce and Randolph, lying immo- 
 1 diately west of the Blue Ridge and the center of the/ 
 
 transmontane section, occupying a beautltul rolling 
 ^ e<.unlry down the Swannanoa and French Broad rivers, 
 whirh streams water it freely, and along the valleys of 
 which are found thousands of acres of very rich lands. 
 Asheville, in the very heart of the Alleghany mountains. 
 situate.l at Lhe conlluence of the Swannanoa and the 
 French Broad rivers, among the foot-hills of the Blacli 
 mountain range, thirteen peaks of which pierce the clouds 
 1 at an altitude above that of Mount Washington, is pre- '■ 
 ' eminently a resort intended by Nature tor the invalid 
 and tourist. Placed at an elevation of 2,339 feet above 
 thf^ sea. in a charming valley, with a genial, soft, yet 
 bracing climate, in the midst of enchanting soenery. this 
 town has always been a place of great resort in summer 
 as well as in winter, and must become more so when Its 
 many charms become better known. It has four or five 
 hotels and numerous boarding-houses, at which pleas- 
 ant lodgings and surroundings may be found. By day. 
 in the season, the streets of the town are crowded with 
 private equipages, parties on horseback and in buggies, 
 enjoying excursions in the beautiful vicinity or going 
 on to other resorts. At night the hotels are gay with 
 music and dancing, and all goes " merry as a marriage 
 bell " The town has several fine churches and well- 
 organized schools. The citizens are cordial and hospi- 
 table, at all times ready to oblige strangers and assist 
 them in their plans. 
 
 This town had so long been the resort of persons from 
 the low country, before the war. that many of the 
 wealthier class built themselves summer-houses here, 
 whither they come each year. Many of these residences 
 are elegant, with neat lawns aiid pretty shrubbeiy, and 
 
nearly all embowered in fine shade trees of the natural 
 growth, or of the fine evergreens transplanted from the 
 higher lands. The court-house is a large building with 
 a high tower— quite a striking object in the midst of the 
 
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 PATTON AVENUE, FROM COURT HOUSE, ASHEVILLE. 
 
 town. There is here also a college and a male academy, 
 with excellent and commodious buildings and fine 
 grounds. All these give a very impressive and charm- 
 inig aspect to this mountain town, especially when seen 
 from any of the noble eminences which surround it to- 
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ward tlie northwest. The climate In buniraer is Blmply 
 delicious, while in winter It is invigorating and health- 
 giving. It is highly recommended as a place of resort for 
 consumptives, many of whom have been entirely cured in 
 the lirst stages of the disease by a residence In this place. 
 The streets are being macadamized, while water- works, 
 'erected to supply fresh water from a cluster of springs 
 on the mountains overhanging, and other useful improve- 
 ments, are being added in every direction. Thousands 
 of people resort to this place every summer, seeking 
 health and pleasure and rest, and from April to Novem- 
 ber the hotels, boarding-houses and private residences 
 are crowded with visitors ; costly equipages go rattling 
 over the streets ; splendid horses prance along the ave- 
 nues, bearing beauty and chivalry, wealth and joy, 
 poetry and song, to the numerous romantic retreats, 
 mountain views and gushing springs which abound in 
 this lovely region. Everj-body is gay in this joyous 
 season, and Nature rejoices with her admirers. Nothing 
 can excel the brilliant flowers of the mountains. First, 
 the graceful azaleas, bending under their load of 
 red and yellow lily-like blooms ; then the pink clusters 
 of the ivy, on their dark evergreen foliage for a back- 
 ground, succeeded by the crowning glory of the season, 
 the rich, waxy clusters, pink and white, of the royal 
 rhododendron. There are great jungles of this hardy 
 evergreen, with its large, glossy green leaves, matted 
 in their luxuriance along every stream, and in July it 
 breaks out with large bunches of flowers, made up 
 of innumerable small blooms coming out from one 
 foot-stalk, the whole making a most gorgeous and brill- 
 iant display. No other summer resort in the country 
 J possesses so many attractions as this place. The 
 ' tourist or health-seeker may gratify his fondness 
 for hunting and fishing in the woods and streams. He 
 will find the country rich in fauna, lloia and minerals. 
 
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He can lake pleasaut walks or rides and drives in every 
 direction to .points of special interest, as follows : Bat- 
 tery Porter, Beaumont, Femihurst, Tahkeeoskee Farm, 
 Eichmond Hill, Elk Moimtain, Tenuant's View, Straw- 
 berry Hill, French Broad River, Swannanoa Kivor, 
 Chalybeate Springs, Yellow Sulphur Springs, White 
 Sulphur Springs, Arden Park, Hickory Nut Falls, Bald 
 Mountain (of volcanic notoriety). Cave of the Winds, 
 Pools, Chimney Eock, etc., Pisgah Mountain (altitude, 
 5,757 feet). Mount Mitchell (^altitude, 6,717 feet). He 
 will luxuriate in a climate which for pleasantness com- 
 pares favorably with that of the cities of Southern Eu- 
 rope, as will be seen by the following table : 
 
 THE CLIMATE OF ASHEVILLE COMPAEED TO FAMOUS 
 ECKOPEAN EESOKTS. 
 
 Spring. Summer. Autuvm. Winter. Year. 
 
 Aslieville 54.3 
 
 Geneva 52.2 
 
 Turin 53 7 
 
 VieDDa 66 2 
 
 Milan 54 9 
 
 BAINFAljIi AT ASHEVILLE. 
 
 Spring 10 1 in, I Autumn 7.1 in. 
 
 Sanioier 13 5 in. I Winter 9.5 in. 
 
 Total 40 2 in. 
 
 This climate is so invigorating and the air so pure 
 that a residence here of a few months will rid the sys- 
 tem of malaria, and some cases of pronounced dyspep- 
 sia have been cured by its effect. Its advantages in 
 pulmonary and throat affections are attested by scores 
 who have sojourned here, and are well known to prom- 
 inent physicians of the country, among whom may be 
 mentioned Dr. Albert L. Loomis, of New York City; 
 Dr. G. C. E. Weber, of Cleveland, Ohio; Dr. Charles 
 Kearns, of Covington, Ky., and Dr. Henry O. Marcy, of 
 Boston, Mass. 
 
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 71.3 
 
 55.3 
 
 ■^7.2 
 
 55.3 
 
 70 3 
 
 54 2 
 
 34.0 
 
 52.7 
 
 71.5 
 
 53 8 
 
 33.5 
 
 53 1 
 
 71.8 
 
 54 6 
 
 38.7 
 
 55.3 
 
 72.8 
 
 55.9 
 
 36 1 
 
 54 9 
 
CMItM;0<i) 
 
 HOW TO GET TO ASHEVILIiE. 
 
 From New York— Leave Pennsylvania d«pot at 4 v. M. 
 (via Virginia Midland), through to Ashevillo in Tullman 
 coaches, In twenty-six hours. 
 
 From Cincinnati— Leave at 8.10 p. M., via Loui.sviiio 
 and Nashville Rjillroad or Cincinnati Southern, reaching 
 Ashevlllc, in Pullman coaches, in twenty-one hours. 
 
 Through cars from Louisville, Ky., to Asheville; 
 close connections at Louisville with all trains from Cin- 
 cinnati, Indianapolis and Chicago. 
 
 j^sHEvnXB 
 n. c> 
 
 From Florida, Charleston and theSouthea.st the route 
 is via Charleston and Salisbury, also via Columbia, 
 Spartanburg and Hendersonvilie. 
 
 From New Orleans and the Southwest the trip is made 
 via Knoxville and Morrlstown, Tenn., and the Warm 
 Springs direct to Asheville, or by Atlanta, Spartanburg 
 and Hendersonvilie. 
 
 Those cominc South via the Shenandoah Valley Route 
 reach Asheville via Morrlstown, Tenn., and Warm 
 Springs. 
 
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TABIiE OF ESTIMATED RATES OP PAEE, DISTANCE AND 
 
 TIME IN TRANSIT BETWEEN ASHEVII^LE, 
 
 N. C, AND POINIS NAMED. 
 
 t-: 
 
 To Ash evil le/inm 
 
 Fnrf. 
 
 Uistanci; 
 
 /in-. 
 
 J oute. 
 
 New York 
 
 $23 55 
 21 65 
 
 21 65 
 
 17 20 
 14 15 
 14 15 
 
 13 25 
 
 22 45 
 22 45 
 20 20 
 
 14 00 
 
 10 70 
 l;{ 30 
 26 r,o 
 
 17 05 
 
 12 25 
 
 12 40 
 12 75 
 
 756 
 
 646 
 
 646 
 
 519 
 431 
 
 386 
 
 758 
 
 617 
 
 437 
 
 262 
 3H3 
 915 
 
 712 
 
 553 
 
 400 
 427 
 
 26 
 31 
 
 • ■ 
 
 25 
 24 
 
 24 
 
 28 
 
 24 
 
 18 
 
 13 
 16 
 45 
 
 34 
 
 24 
 
 19 
 24 
 
 Pa B R Va Mid and 
 
 JaclcBODville 
 
 Jacksonville 
 
 R. & D. 
 S. F. k W., B. & W.. 
 
 Cent. Ga., and R.&D. 
 S. F k W., Cent. 04., 
 
 and R. and D. 
 
 
 S. C. Ry., and R. & D. 
 
 Cuarleston 
 
 Augusta 
 
 R. k D. or Cent. Ga , 
 
 New Orleans 
 
 New Orleans 
 
 Mobile 
 
 and R. k. D. 
 L. & N., \V. Ala. A. & 
 
 W. P., and R. & D. 
 Q.k C , Ga Pac, and 
 
 R. & D. 
 li. & N. W. Ala. A & 
 
 Montgomery 
 
 Atlanta 
 
 W. P., and R. & D 
 L. & N..W. Ala., A & 
 
 W. P., and R. & D. 
 R. & D 
 
 
 R. & D. 
 
 Hot Springs, Ark... 
 
 St. L, I.M. &8o. M. k 
 L. R., N. C & St. L.. 
 W. & A., and R. k D. 
 
 L & N N C & St L 
 
 Nashville 
 
 W. .^ A., and R. & D. 
 N. C & St. L. W. & A. 
 
 
 and R. & D. 
 E T Va & Ga 
 
 
 
 
 T., Va. & Ga.. and 
 W. N. C. 
 
 Explanation.— Pa. R. R. Pennsylvania Riilroad; Va. Mid., Vir- 
 ginia Midland; R. & D., Richmond and Danville Railroad System: 
 S. F. & W., Savannah, Florida and Westnrn Rail wiy; B. & W., Bru'is- 
 wick and Western Railroad: Cent. Ga., Central Railroad of Georgia; 
 S. C. Ry., South Carolina Railway ; L. k N., Louisville and Nash- 
 ville Railroad ; W. Ala., Western Railway of Alabama ; A. & W. P., 
 Atlantic and West Point Railroad ; St. L.. I. M. & So., St. Louis 
 Iron Mountain and Southern Piailway ; M. & L. R., Memphis and 
 Little Rock Railroad ; N., C. & St. L., Nashville. Chattanooga and S^ 
 Louis Railway : W. & A., Western and Atlantic Railroad ; E. T., Va] 
 & Ga., East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia; W. N. C, Western 
 North Carolina Railroad. 
 
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CLIMATOLOGY. 
 
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 ONDITIONS of 
 climate form 
 one of the first 
 considerations 
 in a place that 
 sets up a claim 
 as a resort for 
 invalids. The 
 advantage.s of 
 Ashevilleinthis 
 respect have 
 long been re- 
 cognized and the place was a 
 health r<*sort before the war. 
 Dr. E. A. Gatchell, a well known 
 physician and a man of great re- 
 search, In a letter addressed to me regarding the climate 
 of Buncombe county, says : 
 
 Many of the most prominent physicians in the great 
 cities have of late years turned their attention to the I 
 climate of this region, and It has been steadily growing 
 in favor with invalids and tourists. People come from 
 
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all parts of the civilized world on account of the climate 
 and other advantages. It is especially desirable be- 
 cause of its being an all-the-year climate ; in other words, 
 the four seasons are equally beneficial in promoting the 
 recovery of patients suffering with pulmonary, malarial. 
 
 STEEET SCENE FROM COVET HOCSE, ASHEVILLE. 
 
 nervous and other diseases. Thousands of invalids and 
 tourists now visit Asheville annually in search of health 
 and pleasure. 
 
 During the January cold wave, which swept over the 
 country from Manitoba to the southern extremity of 
 Florida, Asheville, notwithstanding its elevation of 
 2,339 feet, had a minimum temperature surprisingly 
 high as compared with other points in the South. The 
 Savannah river, at Augusta, Ga., in the latitude of 
 Aiken, S. C, was frozen over, while the French Broad 
 
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at Ashevllle was not. At OnM-nvillf, S. C , 1,5(U) I'l-wt 
 below and many miles south of us, the mercury fell to 
 within two degrees of the temperature of Ashevllle. 
 And it is a well-known and conceded fact that a dr5' 
 atmosphere in an elevated region makes a difference In 
 the sensations of from ten to twenty degrees, according 
 to the elevation and dryness. This was noticeable and 
 remarked upon by visitors here for their health. 
 
 THE AIR 
 
 of this region has a peculiarly bracing and invigorating 
 quality, electrical in character; so much so that a dis- 
 tinguished visitor and patient remarked to the writer : 
 "I feel as if breathing champngne." A large propor- , 
 tion of the days during the year are sunny, the average 
 of clear days being 259, comparing well with other 
 mountain resorts. There are many days in winter when 
 one feels as comfortable in the sunshine as he would In 
 June; and in February there are daj's when ladies can 
 go to the woods with their lunch baskets on picnicking 
 excursions. 
 
 DRYNE.SS. 
 
 The rainfall is very small, being 40.2 Inches, while 
 that of Aiken Is 5.j; Atlanta, r.2.7; and Jacksonville, 
 Fla., C5.C Inches. The configuration of the surface Is 
 such that the water runs off very rapidly, and the air 
 does not become saturated with moisture, as it does 
 elsewhere, being as dry soon after a shower as though 
 It had not rained. 
 
 According to the climatic maps prepared by Trof. 
 Charles Denison, A. M., M. D., of Denver, Col., 
 and based on data furnished by the Signal Service Bu- 
 reau, at Washington, D. C, a small tract of country 
 surrounding Ashevllle Is dryer In winter than any other 
 point east of the great plains. During the spring 
 months the air Is shown to he as dry as that of Middle 
 Kansas; In the summer mon|hs the air of AshevlHe 
 ir. 
 
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corrc'sponds In humidity to tlie dry region surrounding 
 San Antonio, Texas; wliile the atmosphere during the 
 autumn is as dry as that of New Braunfels, a few miles 
 east of San Antonio. 
 
 TEMPEKATUKE. 
 
 Ashevllle possesses a winter temperature several de- 
 grees warmer than that of Geneva, Switzerland, and 
 Turin, Italy, and fourteen degrees warmer than that of 
 Davos, in the Swiss Alps, where a thousand patients are 
 sent every winter by the specialists of Europe for the 
 beneficial effects of its mountain air. 
 
 Regarding the spring and summer months, it is sutfi- 
 cient to state that during a period of eight years the 
 mercury but twice rose above 88 degrees, and tliat the 
 maximum temperature of St. Paul, Minn., is from 12 to 
 15 degrees higher than that of Ashevllle. 
 
 I wish especially to impress upon the mind of the 
 reader the fact that nearly all invalids going to the very 
 high altitude of Colorado on the one hand, or to the low 
 country in the vicinity of the Gulf or Atlantic coast on 
 the other, must become acclimatized before real im- 
 provement can take place ; while to any one coming to 
 ^ the medium altitude and relatively equable climate of ' 
 Western North Carolina nothing of the kind is neces- 
 sary. 
 
 HEALTHFULNESS. 
 
 Neai"ly all of the great authorities on climate in its 
 relation to pulmonary diseases agree upon the impor- 
 tance of the following conditions : 1st. Altitude. Prof. 
 Loomis writes that his "best results, when evidences 
 of consolidation were present, have been obtained in 
 mountain regions 1,-500 to 2,000 feet above the sea," and 
 mentions Ashevllle as a place where his "most decid- 
 edly beneficial and permanent results have been ob- 
 tained." 2d. Dryness and purity of air. The air of 
 Ashevllle possesses these qualities in an eminent de- 
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grec. 3(1. Coolness of air tcmperatunj and wariuth ufbun 
 temperature. These also obtain at Abhoville. iLh. The 
 rarefaction and low pressure of the air. .'jth. The 
 Intensity of the light. Asheville possesses tht advan- 
 tage of all the above qualities, and their eCfeet on the 
 visitor is to increase the appetite and strength, cause i 
 sound sleep, and aid toward nervous energy and the ac- 
 tivity of the skin. 
 
 Dr. Huntington liichards, of New York, writing in 
 "Wood's Reference Hand-Book of the Medical Sci- 
 ences," states that Asheville is a "medium-altitude " 
 resort, "and, short of the often inconveniently distant 
 Kocky Mountain Plateau, no better elevated winter and 
 summer resort for phthisical (consumptive) patients 
 exists in the territory of the United States — probably 
 none as good." And J. A. Heagan, A. M., M. D., of 
 Weaverville (six miles from Asheville;, states that in 
 his thirty years' practice he has not seen a case of "spo- 
 radic" consumption. 
 
 It should be remembered that the same conditions 
 which tend to prevent and cure diseases of the lungs 
 will have a similar efifect upon such affections as mala- 
 ria, scrofula and diseases of women and children. Re- 
 garding malaria, its absence from this region may be 
 easily understood when, according to Prof. Henry O. 
 Marcy, A. M., M. D., of Boston, Mass., who went 
 through this entire section in the saddle and carriage, 
 "not a lake or a swamp is to be found In the entire re- 
 gion — a fact perhaps without parallel, for an area of 
 equal extent, In the world." 
 
 In concluding his paper on " Western North Carolina 
 AS a Health Resort," Dr. Marcy says : "The pure air, 
 water and climate hold out a hopeful helpfulness to in- 
 valids from every land. The wise legislator seeking ' 
 far-reaching results would do well to consider the ad- 
 visability of secuilng, under State control, a large res- 
 is 
 
ervation of the higher ranges as a park. Its cost at 
 present would be merely nominal. Like the peaks and 
 glaciers of Switzerland, its indirect returns of monetary 
 gain would be more sure than bonded interest, and its 
 sanitary advantages would be of a value incalculable to 
 millions yet unborn." 
 
 SCKNEKY. 
 "Tliose beautiful States of the South — those regions than which 
 the whole earth offers nothing more fertile or more lovely. — John 
 Bright. 
 
 Who would not take a trip through the mountains of 
 North Carolina, provided the chance was offered ? 
 Everybody would, I dare say. A country dame, on her 
 first visit to the sea, looking over its vastness and men- 
 tally contrasting it with the pent-up Utica that hitherto 
 
 had contracted her powers, exclaimed: "I'm glad to 
 see something that there is enough of." No doubt one 
 passing along the Western North Carolina Railroad 
 might make a similar exclamation on beholding Na- 
 ture's grand and impressive scenery which lies every- 
 where aromid, and say with equal delight, 
 " Is not the scene magnificent ? 
 Beauty nowhere owes to mountains 
 Lovelier haunts than these." 
 The romancer's pen and the artist's pencil have al- 
 ready portrayed with equal beauty the scenery of West- 
 ern North Carolina. This lovely "land of the sky " has 
 been a theme for many years past, and so it will be for 
 
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many years to come. Beautiful tn plcturosque loveli- 
 ness, grand and Imposing In majesty, awe-lnsplrlng In 
 natural, rugged beauty, and simply wonderful In all Its 
 character, the western section of this State can never be 
 fully appreciated until It Is seen and traveled over. 
 Here upon every height lies repose, and every land- 
 scape extends a silent Invitatjoii to the sojourner to 
 stay and enjoy its rest. Hero the majestic forests seem 
 
 to have 
 
 •' A harp for every wind, 
 
 A voice for every sky." 
 
 Here In the hot and sultry days of midsummer, among 
 Nature's grand old peaks and sentinels, with their 6,000 
 feet of altitude, you are refreshed by 
 
 •' The winds stealing genUy through the foreste, 
 Among the leaves that palpitate forever." 
 
 Here you see fertile valleys, where cereals and fruits 
 cheer the heart of man, while the circling mountains 
 shut out the rest of the world from your vision. This Is 
 a country on which the red man of the forest has lavished 
 a wealth of affection, breathed forth in the poetic names 
 he has bestowed upon its hills and streams— names 
 that in many cases have perished or lost their import to 
 the white man. Here your eyes may dwell upon beds 
 of mountain flowers and ferns of endless hue and variety, 
 while wild roses and tendrils from hanging vines greet 
 the vision in endless profusion, reminding you of a ver- 
 itable Arcadia. Hero are hills of majestic beauty, 
 streams of sparkling water, gorges echoing with tiie 
 roar of the torrent, cascades of tremendous force, 
 chasms of wild, dreary fascination; In fact, this is a 
 region of mountain grandeur that will ever and anon 
 tempt the prophetic soul and yearning heart of man to 
 meditate over life's fitful change, and say, in the lan- 
 guage of the poet, 
 
 " But let me often to theBe Bolitudes 
 Retire, and in Thy presence reassure 
 i _ My feeble virtue." 
 
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AVEKAGE TEMPERATTTKE AT ASHEVILLE. 
 
 Degrees. 
 
 January 38 1 
 
 February 39 8 
 
 March 44 7 
 
 April ' 53^9 
 
 May 61.5 
 
 June 69.1 
 
 Ju'y 71.9 
 
 Feet 
 
 August 70.7 
 
 September 63 8 
 
 October 528 
 
 November 43 9 
 
 December 37 3 
 
 HEIGHT OP MOUNTAINS IN NORTH CAROLINA, ABOVE 
 
 SEA LEVEL, NEAR THE WRSTERN NORTH 
 
 CAROLINA RAILROAD. 
 
 Feet. 
 
 Mitchell's Peak 0,711 
 
 Balsam Cone 6,671 
 
 Hairy Bear 6,610 
 
 Cat-tail Peak 6 611 
 
 These are the highest on the Black mountain (main chain), 
 and are in Yancey county. 
 
 Roan Mountain, Mitchell county 6,306 
 
 Big Craggy 6,090 
 
 Table Bock, Burke county 3,918 
 
 Hawk's Bill. " 4 090 
 
 Amos Piatt's Balsam, Haywood conuiy 6,278 
 
 Brother Piatt, Haywood county 6,240 
 
 Jones' Balsam, " 6.223 
 
 Rocky Face, " 6,031 
 
 Rock Stand Knob, " 6,005 
 
 Richland Balsam, ' 6,422 
 
 Chimney Peak 6.234 
 
 Great Pisgah 5757 
 
 Co wee Ledge, Macon county 4,402 
 
 Chimney Top. " 4,563 
 
 Scaly Mountain, " 4,835 
 
 Nona Mountain, " 5,542 
 
 Wayah Peak of Nantehaleh, Macon county 5,494 
 
 Nantehaleh Qap, Macon county 4,168 
 
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Ffel 
 
 TnsquitUh Mountain. Cherokee conntjr 6.314 
 
 Konahelah. Cherokee connty *.*93 
 
 Valley River Gap. Cherokee couuty S.S'^ 
 
 Red Marble Gap. " 2,»i8C 
 
 (;h\mky Gal, Clay connty * ^>^ 
 
 Cbeowah MaxiDiuni, Graham conoty 4. TOO 
 
 Pinnade of Linuville 2.969 
 
 HEIGHT OF PRoillNENT PLACES, ABOVE SEA I>EVEL.. 
 
 fWt. 
 
 Salisbury "*^ 
 
 Stateevllle 9*0 
 
 Morgantou 1.140 
 
 Marion 1 .*26 
 
 Point Tunnel (first tunnel) l.l'Sa 
 
 Swannanoa Gap 2.667 
 
 Swannanoa Tunnel 2.610 
 
 Month of Swannanoa 1 ■•''" 
 
 ABheville 2.2fiO 
 
 arshall 1.'584 
 
 Warm Springs ^ 325 
 
 Paint Ruck 1.264 
 
 Alexander's Bridge 1.79C 
 
 Waynesville 2 766 
 
 Balsam Gap Railroad Pa»» 3.411 
 
 Month 01 Scott's Creek l.»"7 
 
 Webster C. H., Jackson coniit\ 2.203 
 
 Franklin C. H., Macon county 2 141 
 
 Munday'B Aqnone on Nantehaleli 2.931 
 
 Qnalla Town 1.9''9 
 
 Lenoir, Caldwell connty 1 ^^^ 
 
 Kabun Gap 2 16» 
 
 Tennessee River, near Franklin 2.020 
 
 Tt-nnessee River, at mouth of Almka 1 6^6 
 
 Tennessee River, at State Line 1.114 
 
 Month of Valley River 1514 
 
 Valley Town Mrc Walker's 1311 
 
 Sherville, Cbeowah River 2,072 
 
 The Bltick mountains have eighteen peaks more than 
 G.OOO feet high; the highe.st, Mitchell, r.,711 ; Black 
 Dome, 6,707; Mountain House (on Mt. Mitchell i, 5.'24rj. 
 In the Swannanoa mountains, on the left going west, 
 
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Young's Knob is 4,387 feet; Flat Top, 4,378. The ter- 
 minal peak of the range, Silver Cliff, six miles from 
 Asheville, is 3,850. Pisgah, in view of Ashevilie to the 
 southwest, is 5,757. Fifteen of the peaks about Wa^ nes- 
 ville exceed G.OOO feet, the highest, Sam's Knob, being 
 6,491. Til ere are fifty-seven mountains in Western 
 North Carolina above G,000 feet high. Along the divid- 
 ing line between this State and Tennessee there are 
 some rising higher, the average of the whole chain ex- 
 ceeding 5,000 feet. The highest peak of the Smoky 
 mountains is 6,6G6 feet; the Roan, 6,306; Grandfather, 
 5,897 ; and Table Rock, 3,918. 
 
 Boone, the most elevated village east of the Rocky 
 Mountains, is 3,222 feet high; Bakersville, 2,550; 
 Waynesville, 2,757; and Burnsville, 2,840. 
 
 Daniel Boone, the greatest Nimrod of the Western 
 Hemisphere, the dweller in the Blue Ridge caves and 
 scout of the highest peaks, expired at a deer-stand, with 
 rifle in hand, pierced through the heart by an Indian 
 arrow, in the year 1818. Byron alluded to him in the 
 following : 
 
 " Crime came not near him; she is not the child 
 Of Solitude. Health shrank not Irom him, for 
 Her home is in the rarely trodden wild." 
 
 Western North Carolina is a mountainous expanse, 
 measuring about 100 miles in length by an average 
 breadth of mountain plateau of thirty miles, yet in all 
 this area there is not one lake. There are rushing 
 streams and rapid gorges, but no deep lakes for the 
 breeding of malaria — there is no rest for the sparkling 
 waters, they go on forever to the deep blue sea. 
 
 There is no better country in the world for the sports- 
 man than Western North Carolina. Come and see for 
 yourself. 
 
 The Grandfather, the highest peak of the Blue Ridge, 
 5,897 feet, is the oldest mountain in the world. It de- 
 
rives its name of Grandfather from the fact that Ita 
 rocks are of the Archtran age, and the oldest outcrop- 
 pings of tlie globe. 
 
 Geologically speaking, the mountains of Western 
 North Carolina are the oldest in the world. 
 
 The Indian population In North Carolina In the year 
 1700 wa.s about 8,000. 
 
 In one of the mountains near Ashevllle is a seat 
 erected by an Indian maiden, built of flat rocks, where, 
 it is said, she was courted by one of the warriors of the 
 Cherokee tribe. The beauty of the place is in the rever- 
 / berating sounds it gives forth — not even a whisper is a 
 secret. Our young couples should beware of this place, 
 as no secrets are hidden there. 
 
 A FEW INDIAN NAMES AND THEIR EQUIVAIiENTS. 
 
 Alleehany — EUidlesB. Cbickaniauga— River of Deatli. 
 
 Talikeooskee—Raciug river. Swannanoa (Noisy river, or 
 
 Ocklawaba — Slowly moving water iNympU of beauty. 
 
 Minnebaba — Siuiliug water. Yona — Bear. 
 
 Tuckasege — Terrapin. Salucater — Com bread. 
 
 Nantahala ["^^^ *'"■' between, or Tawbalageska— Power. 
 
 < A maiden's bosom. Culasaga — Sugar. 
 
 Potomac — Come by water. Toiusta — Coffee. 
 
 Savannab— Place of beauty. Waka — Cow. 
 
 Colebuiayetb— Raven water. Catate— Wliisky. 
 
 Pocaaen— Tbe land of lead. Kentneka— Negro. 
 
 Satoola — Near at hand. Unaka — Wbito man. 
 
 Rappahannock — The current Chelatuckalala — Fire wagon, or 
 
 comes again. steam car. 
 
 CuUasaja — Sweet water. Colaqua — Gun. 
 
 Watauga — The river of islands. Watahoakaboocha- -Pretty girl. 
 
 I'aptaps'co — Backwater. Scositayouyaw unaka — Mean 
 
 Chesapeake — Saperiorsaltishbay. white man. 
 
 .-Vlimuchuraabut — Long stream. Cbnna steek— Little baby. 
 
 Chowan— Southern people. Occenolla — Good morning. 
 
 Wackena — A creek. Cocliahaa — Where you going? 
 
 </'harho — Ti.bacco. Cochawhata — Where you been? 
 
 Chuteche— A peak. Sutta-^Fish. 
 
 Nickrerurob— An Englishman. Yanka — Fork, pin or needle. 
 
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Entequos — A man. Cholaaquatoolla — I want a chew 
 Counoowa — A woman. of tobacco. 
 
 Kateocca — A wife. Igale — 1 reckon. 
 
 Wattatloowatse — A lazy fellow. Clantnochigatta— T don't know. 
 
 Oo-teighne — Let's smoke. Johnelica— All right. 
 
 Oukwockaninniwock — Let's take Kawhala — Paper. 
 
 a drink. Tala — Money. 
 
 Connaughjost t wane— All the In- Delonega — Gold money. 
 
 dians are drunk. TJnaka tala— Silver money. 
 
 Wessa — Cat creek. Conahana — Hominy. 
 
 Ketla — Dog. Kanigatah— Haven't got it. 
 
 Note. — These names and their significations were obtained after 
 many months' research in this State, as well as in Washington City. 
 
 A physician of Asheville states that with more com- 
 fortable houses, better markets and other improvements, 
 cures of pulmonary diseases are much more common 
 here than formerly. Asheville possesses the best all- 
 / the-year climate in the United States ; in other words, 
 the four seasons are equally beneficial in aiding the 
 physician to cure pulmonary, malarial and nervous dis- 
 eases. 
 
 REASONS WHY ASHEVILLE IS THE MOST DESTKABLE 
 HEALTH KESOET IN THE UNITED STATES. 
 
 Because it has a large proportion of sunny days. 
 
 Because Prof. Chas. Denison's " climatic maps " show 
 it to possess an air as dry as that of Middle Kansas, and 
 San Antonio, Texas. 
 
 Because it has an altitude of 2,339 feet above the sea. 
 
 Because it is within easy reach of all the chief cities 
 of the United States. 
 
 Because it possesses the only all-the-year climate. 
 
 Because it is in a region of the most beautiful scenery. 
 
 Because it has a smaller rainfall than any other 
 Southern resort. 
 
 Because the summer temperature is cooler than that 
 of St. Paul, Minn. 
 
 Because the winters are sufSeiently mild for most in- 
 valids to take daily out-of-door exercise. 
 
Because It is recommended by Prof. Alfred L. Looml8, 
 M. D.. Henry O. Marcy, M. D., Charles Kearns, M. D., 
 G. 0. E. Weber, M. D., Henry F. Blggar, M. D., and 
 hundreds of other physicians of eminence. 
 
 In Swain county, just outside Charlestown, Is the site 
 of the ancient Indian village of Younaahqua or Big 
 Bear. Quallatown is the present Cherokee settlement. ' 
 The Indians now number about 2,000. 
 
 For scenery, for health, for the enjoyment of the 
 beautiful, for a stroll among sparkling, rippling streams, 
 or a tramp up mountains of gorgeous beauty, for pic- 
 turesque drives around hanging clitTs, and for a day of 
 exquisite enjoyment among Nature's sublimest handi- 
 work, commend me to the mountains of Western North 
 Carolina. 
 
 Pli.-VCES OF INTEREST. 
 
 " O happy if ye knew your happy state. 
 Ye rangers of the fields ! where Nature's l)oon 
 Cheers with her Buiiles, and every element 
 Conspires to bless." 
 
 I am Indebted to Mr. Charles Lathrop Pack, of Cleve- 
 land, Ohio, for the following excellent description o( 
 the many places of interest near Asheville. Mr. Pack 
 has been an extensive traveler, not only in this country 
 but throughout Europe, and his descriptions of the sev- 
 eral places mentioned are exceedingly well drawn and 
 true to nature. Mr. Pack rode or drove over the whole 
 of the section described, specially for the purpose of 
 insuring the strict fidelity of this account. 
 
PLACES OF INTEREST 
 
 IN AND AROUND ASHEVILLE — SUGGESTIONS FOK WALKS, 
 ETDES AND DRIVES. 
 
 ANY visitors to 
 Asheville, and 
 particularly 
 seekers after 
 health and lovers 
 of Nature, find 
 their greatest at- 
 traction in the 
 daily excursions 
 which can be 
 made into the 
 surround in g 
 country. The 
 variety of agreeable walks for the pedestrian is sur- 
 passed only by the attractiveness of the roads, paths 
 and trails suitable for riding or driving. For a moun- 
 tainous region, the roads about Asheville are numerous 
 and excellent. Drives may bo extended for miles up 
 and down the banks of the French Broad or Swannanoa 
 river, or across the country, as fancy may suggest. 
 Battery Porter, in the central part of the town, is 
 
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a line hill, commanding a beautiful view of the west- 
 em mountains, and is a popular morning or evening wulk. 
 A roadway from Patton avenue leads to the summit. 
 Hero tho nt'w Battery Porter Hotel in being erected. 
 
 Beaucatcher is the popular name of the small mountain 
 east of the town. Two good roads lead to the gap just 
 at the entrance to Mr. Hazzard's private grounds on the 
 summit. Visitors are permitted to ascend by the drive- 
 way to the lawn surrounding the house, where the finest 
 view of the town Is obtained. The distance from the 
 public square is about one mile, and the climb is highly 
 commended for the view of sunrise or sunset. 
 
 Town Mountain is about one mile northeast of tiie 
 town. The way there is via CJollege street, leaving the 
 public square at the northeast corner. Passing the col- 
 lege grounds on the left, the city reservoir is seen on 
 the lower side of Town Mountain. The road to the 
 summit turns sharply to the left and passes the reser- 
 voir. Many think the finest view of the town Is ob- 
 tained from this road. 
 
 A favorite drive Is across the French Broad river to 
 Richmond Hill about three and one-half miles north- 
 west. The road thither is the first one to the right from 
 Hayward street after passing Battery Porter. About a 
 mile from town the road enters the grounds of Mr. Rich- 
 mond Pierson through the outer boundary gate. The 
 French Broad river is crossed on a private bridge, after 
 which the way passes up an easy slope to the Innergate ; 
 thence along a shady ridge covered with forest trees, 
 like an English park, a final climb leading to the 
 rustic house on the summit. The charm of the view Is 
 its variety and the frequent gleamings of the river, with 
 views of the town and mountains. 
 
 Tahkeeoskee Farm, on the French Broad river, oppo- 
 site the railway station, Is some three miles from the 
 square, via Patton avenue and the Iron bridge. After 
 
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crossing the river, the Sulphur Springs and Waynesville 
 road turns to the left. The entrance to the farm, at 
 which a sign is displayed, is a short distance beyond. 
 The public are welcome, and the driveways are inviting 
 and afford a pleasant view of the river and its pictur- 
 esque and shady banks. 
 
 Strawberry Hill, the property of Mr. J. Adger Clark, 
 is a mile further on, and should be visited for the view. 
 
 Sulphur Springs, further on in this direction, is about 
 five miles from town. The road thither is pleasant, but 
 the springs themselves are unattractive. 
 
 Fernihurst, the property of Mr. Conually, is two miles 
 south of Asheville, the route leaving the main road 
 at the second turn to the right after crossing Town 
 Branch, at the foot of Main street hill. The mountain 
 view is grand, with a pleasant pastoral foreground of 
 fields, river and valley. In the immediate foreground is 
 the junction of the Swannanoa and French Broad 
 rivers. 
 
 Gouche's Peak and Elk Mountain are between four 
 and five miles north of the town, and are favorite points 
 for a morning trip on horseback. The way is via the 
 Beaver Dam road, leaving the main street a short dis- 
 tance north of the post-oIFice. 
 
 Five miles southwest of Asheville is Antler Hall, or 
 Tennaut's, one of the best examples of an old-time plan- 
 tation residence to be found in this region. The rich 
 bottom lands along the French Broad river, with the 
 mountains in the background, over which grandly tow- 
 l , ers old Pisgah, nearly 6,000 feet high, combine to form 
 
 '' a view well worth a much longer journey. The visitor 
 
 • . should take the main Hendersonville highway south, 
 
 • down Main street to the biidge over the Swannanoa 
 river (two miles) ; cross the bridge and turn immediately 
 
 \ to the right. This road divides at the "Haunted 
 
 t House," a picturesque ivy-covered building near the 
 
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Swaiiiiaiioti ford. lu golnj; to Tennant's, keep to tho 
 right hand along the river ; further on tho road loavet; tho 
 river, and after climbing a long hill and passing through 
 two gates, tho house and best point for a view is reached. 
 
 The Swannanoa Drive is one of the best. The road 
 leaves the Hendersonvlllo highway just before crossing 
 tlio iron bridge over the Swannanoa river, two miles 
 south of town. The way is up the river, along its ro- 
 mantic and picturesque banks. In the spring, wlien tho 
 wild rhododendrons, kalmia and azaleas are in bloom, 
 the beauty of this excui-sion is greatly enhanced. In 
 returning, take the road leading to town over the top of 
 Beaucatcher, which is rather steep, l)ut shorter than the 
 way taken in setting out. The Beaucatcher road leaves 
 the Swannanoa at Mr. Clieesborougli's private wooden 
 bridge, the first up the river after leaving the Hendor- 
 sonville highway. 
 
 Arden Park Hotel is ten miles south of Ashevillo, a 
 short distance to the west of the HendersonviUe road. 
 The hotel, with its cottages, attracts in summer a very 
 congenial companj-, and tiie table is home-like and excel- 
 lent. Visitors frequently drive or ride to Arden for din- 
 ner, or remain to the frequent enteilainmonts, returning 
 to town by moonlight. The hotel is closed in winter. 
 
 Alexander's was a celebrated old-time wayside house 
 when the coach road through the French Broad pass 
 was the only means of travel between Tennessee and 
 the West and the Carolinas. Its inviting homeliness 
 and its antiquated air of comfort and good cheer attract 
 many strangers during the warm weather. The distance 
 is ten miles from Asheville, following Main street north 
 and thence taking the road down the river. The trip is 
 more pleasant on horseback than by carriage, as the old 
 coach road is rocky and rough In places where it en- 
 croaches upon the river. The view of the rapids of the 
 French Broad well repays the time spent. The dis- 
 
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A DRIVE ON THE EEENCH EBOAD EIVEB. 
 
 tance to Alexander's by rail is the same as by the high- 
 way. 
 
 The foregoing list of places of interest and shorter ex- 
 cursions is by no means intended to exhaust tlie subject, 
 but only to serve as a nucleus around which the reader 
 may gather such facts as suit his individual taste. Only 
 prominent localities are here outlined, leaving a wide 
 
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field untouched. Few regions afford such opportuniHos 
 (or Individual exploration and discovery as the country 
 about Ashoville; and every lover of Nature who niakoH 
 a prolonged sUiy is sure to And many delightful noolis 
 and corners, byways and pathF that are uiilinown to the 
 average resident. 
 
 MOUNTAIN EXCURSIONS. 
 
 Asheville Is the best stalling point for a great variety 
 of mountain trips, which are unsurpassed In beauty and 
 grandeur of scenery by those possible in any region in 
 the eastern portion of our country, not excepting the 
 Adirondaclts or the White Mountains. Ck)nveyance6 
 and saddle hoi"ses and mules are to be had at several 
 places in town. A guide, or driver who will also act as 
 guide, is almost necessary in ascending Mount Mitchell, 
 Craggy mountain. Mount, Tisgah or Iloan mountain, and 
 the trip to Hickory Nut Gap, Buck Forest or Qesar's 
 Head will be found much more interesting with some one 
 to point out the way and places of interest. Mr. Howeiis, 
 to be found at Mr. J. V. Sevier's livery stable, just be- 
 low the Swannanoa Hotel, is an excellent guide and a 
 gentleman wlioni all will do well to consult in making 
 plans for mountain expeditions. 
 
 Mount Mitchell, the higliest of the Black mountains, 
 with an altitude of C),?!? feet, is the highest land east of 
 the Rocky Mountains. Three days are required for a 
 full enjoyment of the trip, including a night spent at 
 the shelving rocks or cave on the summit to see the sun- 
 set and sunrise. Warm clothing and blankets also, if a 
 night is to be passed on the top, are required even in 
 summer, as the high peak has an atmosphere c»f its own. 
 The way is up the Swannanoa, most of the way along the 
 banks. Some eighteen miles from town is Patton's, the 
 usual place for meals or spending a night. Here, too, 
 guides and saddle animals can be obtained, sm the real 
 ascent must be made In the saddle, a steep climb of 
 
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three or four hours. The scene from the summit Is 
 grand. The writer, who has ascended other mountains 
 in this country and in Europe, can recommend it very 
 highly. 
 
 MOUNT MITCHELL. 
 
 Mount Pisgah, with an altitude of 5,757 feet, is some 
 twenty miles southwest. Jl bridle path leads to the high 
 peak, passing over the bacli of "The Rat." Saddle ani- 
 mals for the ascent should be taken from town, but a 
 good wagon road goes as far as the quaint and popular 
 
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mountain farm-house known as "the Widow Davis's," 
 at the foot of th« mountain. Here good meals and 
 lodging can be obtained. Everything is home-made, 
 even to the hand-woven blankets and sheets. Visitors 
 go to this farm-hou&e the first day, remain over night, 
 make the ascent and return to the house the next day, 
 and on the third return to Asheville. This makes an 
 easy and delightful three days' excursion. 
 
 Roan Mountain, via Bakersvllle, is about seventy 
 miles nearly northeast from AsheviUe. The Cloudland 
 Hotel suggests an airy perch, as it is, being G,250 feet 
 above the sea. The High Knob is fi.aOfi feet above the 
 sea. Travelers going north can go to the ll.)an by car- 
 riage, and thence to Johnson City, and north via the 
 East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad. The 
 rhododendrons on the Roan are a rare sight, with their 
 blaze of color, when in bloom. 
 
 Cuisar's Head, a splendid eminence at the southern 
 extremity of Tran.sylvania. stretching across the South 
 Carolina line, affords a sweeping and almost unlimited 
 outlook over the lowlands. The distance Is fort^'-five 
 miles south from Asheville. A delightful trip can be 
 made via Brevard, twenty-eight miles. The tourist can 
 remain here over night, and drive to Ca'-.ar's Head (six- 
 teen miles) the next day, via Buck Forest, famous for 
 its fish and game. The hotel at Cajsar's Head is well 
 patronized during the summer. 
 
 Hickory Nut Gap claims manifold attractions, and the 
 trip is readily accompli.shed on horseback or by buggy or 
 carriage. Crossing the Swannanoa, the road leads south- 
 east after passing the railway. High Falls Is twenty-two 
 miles distant. Thescenery is peculiarly beautiful. Chim- 
 ney Rock and the Pools should not be out of the trip. 
 By spending the night at Mrs. Sherrill's, near the top 
 of the Gap, the beauties of the region can all lie .seen 
 in two days. 
 
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C^SAK'S HKAD. 
 
The foUcwIng is a list of places of Interest in and 
 around Asheville, with distance In miles : 
 
 Milf$. 
 ISame. 
 
 Tower of SwaDDanoa Hotel 'o town. 
 
 Battery Porter 
 
 Beaumont {altitude nearly 2,800 feet) 
 
 Top Town Mountain 
 
 Femlhnrst (Connally 'a View) "^ 
 
 Talikeoookee Farm 
 
 Richmond Hill (Pearson's View) * 
 
 Gouebe'8 Peak (Dufflelds View) " 
 
 Elk Mountain 
 
 Tennanfs View 
 
 Strawberry Hill (Clark's Farm) 
 
 French Broad River, nearest point. 1 mile ; drives of 1 to 50 
 
 Swannanoa River, nearest point. 2 milea ; drives of 1 to 10 
 
 Lee's Chalybeate Springs (Iron) 
 
 Sulphur Springs (Yellow) 
 
 Blackwell's Sulphur Springs (White) 
 
 Arden Park 
 
 Reams Creek Falls 
 
 Alexander's Falls 
 
 Warm Springs, on French Broad River 
 
 Waynosville White Sulphur Springs ^ 
 
 Hickory Nut Falls 
 
 Bald Mountain (of volcanic Botoriety) 
 
 Cave of the Winds, Pools, Chimney Rocks, eic 2» 
 
 Pisgah Mountain (altitude, 5.767 feet) ^ 
 
 Swannanoa Gap 
 
 Craggy Mcjjintain, to foot. U miles ; to top (altitude 6,090 ft.) 
 Mt. Mitchell, to foot, 18 miles ; to top (altitude, C,717 ft.). . . 
 
 Cesar's Head 
 
 Roan Mountain (altitude, 6,306 feet) 
 
 Hendersonville 
 
 Buck Forest 
 
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POPULARITY AS A HEALTH RESORT. 
 
 BEAT crowds in 
 both summer and 
 winter attest Ashe- 
 ville's growth and 
 popularity as a 
 health resort, as 
 well as a winter san- 
 itarium. Says Dr. 
 Henry O. Marcy, of 
 Boston, a distin- 
 guished physician: "Within the last two or three 
 years I have sent a considerable number of invalids 
 to Asheville, with excellent results." From all parts 
 of the country flock people to this mountain city 
 of peculiar beauty and interest. There were re- 
 gistered last year in the city over 30,000 visitors, 
 and in contemplation of a large increase of invalids, 
 tourists and pleasure seekers, there is a magnificent 
 hotel under construction on Battery Porter, one of the 
 most commanding sites in the city. The increased 
 
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building of summer houses by people from afar attests the 
 popularity of this place as a resort of groat attractiveness. 
 
 The proprietors of the ever-popular Swannanoa, well 
 and favorably known as the tourists' hotel, are making 
 arrangements to meet the increased travel this spring 
 and summer. This hotel is home-like, comfortable and 
 convenient, and the proprietors, Messrs. Rawls Bros., 
 are gentlemen of exceptional address, courtesy and 
 affability of manner. Besides being hosts in the hotel 
 keeping sense, they are hosts in themselves in the way 
 of making guests feel comfortable under the hospitable 
 roof of the "Old Swannanoa." This hotel, recently 
 enlarged and improved both for winter and summer 
 travel, is ever keeping pace with the times in the pro- 
 vision of all the modern appointments and comforts. 
 
 Situated in a valley 3,000 feet high, with mountains 
 around as high again, with invigorating breezes full of 
 pure oxygenated air, with a climate mild, pleasant and 
 invigorating; having the advantages of altitude of 
 counti-y, freedom of its air from dust, excellent drain- 
 age, clear skies, spring water and invigorating breezes, 
 it is no wonder that Asheville recommends itself to the 
 invalid, the tourist and the pleasure-seeker. 
 
 BATTEKY PORTEK HOTEL. 
 
 This new house, built by gentlemen interested in the 
 Western North Carolina Railway, will be opened for 
 the summer season of 1886. It is expected that the 
 house will at once take a leading position. The situa- 
 tion is remarkably good, just aside from the business 
 of the town, yet near enough to be convenient. The 
 view from the hotel porches is uasurpassed. The struct- 
 ure is of wood after designs by Philadelphia architects, 
 and there are modern conveniences, including a passen- 
 ger elevator. 
 
 LIST OF HOTELS AND OTHER BOARDING PLACES. 
 
 Swannanoa Hotel, South M lin street; Battery Porter 
 
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.Mm 
 
 •.'WJcwH«r«s=r-i-j3t 
 
 m^-^v 
 
 SrNSET HOUSE, KESIDENCE OF L. M. PEASE. 
 
 Hotel, on Battery Porter; Eagle Hotel, South Main 
 street; Carolina House, North Main street; Pease's, 
 South Main street, one mile from town ; Mountain Cot- 
 tage, Main street; Anlen Parii Hotel and Cottages, ten 
 miles south of town ; Antler Hall or Tennant's, five 
 miles from town; Mrs. Cape's, College street; 
 
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Chunn's, Patton avenue ; McDowell's, South Main 
 street. Beside these a large number of private houses 
 are open for boarders during the summer season. 
 
 WARM SPRINGS. 
 
 Some forty miles from Asheville, down the valley of 
 the French Broad are the Warm Springs, which have 
 had a considerable reputation for many years on ac- 
 countof the valuable medicinal qualities of their waters. 
 Before the war, as since, the large hotel at the Springs, 
 which was burned in 188.5, was a popular rendezvous for 
 the people of the lower Atlantic and Gulf States. Since 
 the burning of the hotel and buildings, the only accom- 
 modations have been those obtainable at a tew private 
 houses. Recently (in I8861 a company composed of 
 Northern and Southern gentlemen has purchased the 
 Springs property, and is erecting a large, first-class hotel 
 which will have accommodation for several hundred 
 guests. The grounds are being improved, and the baths 
 thoroughly rebuilt in a luxurious manner. The Warm 
 Springs are literally warm pools, rising to the surface 
 near the river. The temperature is from 102 degrees to 
 10-4 degrees Fahrenheit. The water is efficacious in 
 cases of rheumatism, paralysis, and similar muscular 
 or nervous ailments. Nine hundred feet lower than 
 Asheville, the place has an altitude of about thirteen 
 hundred feet, and is very healthful. Passengers via 
 the Western North Carolina Railway from the West, 
 enter the picturesque portion of the French Broad river 
 country after leaving the Warm Springs. 
 
 WAYNESVILIiE, HAYWOOD WHITE SXTLPHUR SPRINGS. 
 
 Thirty-eight miles south of the Warm Springs, and 
 thirty-two west of Asheville, being a day's ride from 
 either place by carriage, are the White Sulphur Springs. 
 From Asheville the trip can be made by railroad in a 
 few hours. Here are situated the celebrated sulphur 
 springs which have gained so much notoriety for the 
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A DKIVE ON THE SWANNANOA RIVEU. 
 
 cure of rheumatism, gout, lassitude, and all of the 
 cutaneous diseases. The new hotel is one of the most 
 modern erections In this section of the country, and con- 
 tains the latest improvements. It will be open by the 
 1st of June. 
 
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ASHEVILLE'S steady and UNIFOltM GKOWTH. 
 
 In 1860 Asheville had a population of 1,400 ; to-day 
 the population is put down at 5,000. The assessed val- 
 uation of property in 1860 was $300,000 ; in 1885 it was 
 $1,095,292. 
 
 I am indebted to the kindness and courtesy of Mr. 
 T. W. Patton for the following official statistics regard- 
 ing Asheville's progress from 1880 to 1885. Here are 
 the figures as taken from the official record : 
 
 ASSESSED VALUATION OF PBOPEKTY IN 1880. 
 
 Number of acres of land in the county 33i,fi33 
 
 Valuation $1,322,294 
 
 Number of town lots *^^ 
 
 Valuation of town lots $517,281 
 
 Aggregate value of real and personal property $2,748,867 
 
 ASSES.SED VALUATION OF PEOPEHTY IN 1885. 
 
 Nunaber of acres oJ land in tbe county 333.633 
 
 Valuation $1,661443 
 
 Number of to wn lots ^'^^ 
 
 Valuation of town lots $1,095,292 
 
 Aggregate value of real and personal property $4,473,217 
 
 These figures speak volumes for Asheville's growth, 
 and point clearly to the fact that within a few more 
 years the figures reached will double those which illus- 
 trate the present. This assertion is strengthened by 
 the fact that within the past month several large sales 
 have been made to Northern capitalists, who propose to 
 erect manufacturing establishments within the city 
 limits. In every avenue of business there is an activity 
 which argues well for the continued prosperity and 
 growth of this charming mountain town. "Onward ! " 
 seems to be the watchword of the people, and to the dis- 
 play of this progressive spirit are due the prosperity 
 and promise evidenced everywhere around. 
 
 COMMEKCIAIi ADVANTAGES. 
 
 The Western North Carolina Railroad, a part of the 
 Richmond and Danville System, affords the readiest and 
 
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most interesting access to a country whicli has been 
 well described by Mr. King In his articles on "The Great 
 Soutli '■ in Scribner's Monthly, and over which the pen of 
 the gifted Miss Fisher, of Salisbury, N. C. has thrown 
 the glamour of romance. It is a region which is to-day 
 largely frequented both by tourists and invalids. Few 
 regions present greater attractions of wild natural 
 scenery, and none in tlie whole range of the Alleghanlos 
 holds greater promise of relief to Invalids in its fine 
 climate, its mineral waters, and pleasant summer re- 
 treats. From almost any point of this railroad, after it 
 enters the mountains, as also from its terminus, deli- 
 cious cool re-sorts may be reached, where living is 
 cheap, the climate and water delightful, and the scenery 
 enchanting. 
 
 This road passes through the heart of the State in a 
 direction almost due west, traversing the counties of 
 Rowan, Iredell, Catawba, Burke and McDowell, to the 
 top of Swannanoa Pass of the Blue Ridge, a distance of 
 more than 150 miles. It is projected and constructed 
 to "Warm Springs, in Madison county, near the western 
 boundary of the State, where it connects with the East 
 Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad, and in an- 
 other direction toward Waynesville and Webster, in the 
 southwestern part of the State, thus forming a grand 
 connection not only with the entire western part of 
 North Carolina, opening up one of the finest regions of 
 the State, but giving also another line of trans- 
 port to the productions of the great West to the sea- 
 board. Since the completion of the Spartanburg and 
 Asheville Railroad, the connections with Charleston, 
 Augusta, Savannah, Atlanta and all points south and ' 
 
 southwest afford expeditious travel from those sections. * 
 
 Said Mr. Edward King in his description of "The ( 
 
 Great South," in t^oribner's Monthly, in 187-1 : 
 
 " Western North Carolina is not only exceedingly fer- 
 
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tile, but abounds in the richer minerals, and needs but 
 the magic wand of the capitalist waved over it to be- . 
 J come one of the richest sections of this Union. Occu- j 
 
 t Pying one-third of the entire area of the State, and pos- 
 
 ) sessing more than a quarter of a million of inhabitants, 
 
 its present prospects are by no means disagreeable ; but 
 its prominent citizens, of all walks of life, are anxious 
 for immigration and development of the rich stores of 
 gold, iron, copper, mica, and other minerals now buried 
 in the hills. Let no one fancy that this mountain re- 
 gion is undesirable as an agricultural country; there 
 • are few richer and better adapted to European emigra- 
 , tion. The staple productions are tobacco, corn, wheat, / 
 
 rye, oats and hay ; all vegetables grow abundantly, and " 
 ; the whole country is admirably fitted for grazing. The 
 
 i level bottom lands are under fine cultivation ; the up- 
 
 ; lands and slopes produce rich wheat ; the ash, the sugar 
 
 maple, the hicliory and the oak are abundant ; and white 
 pine is rafted down the Pigeon river in large quantities 
 yearly. But the exceptional fertility of most of the 
 , ranges throughout all the counties is the great pride of 
 
 the section. The sides and tops of the mountains are, 
 in many cases covered with a thick vegetable mold, 
 in which grow flourishing trees and rank grasses. Five 
 thousand feet above the sea level one finds grasses and 
 weeds that remind him of the lower swamp regions. 
 Cattle are kept in excellent condition all winter on the 
 "evergreen" growing along the sides of the higher 
 chains. Winter and summer, before the ravages of the 
 war thinned out their stocks, the farmers kept hundreds 
 of cattle on the mountains, feeding entirely on grasses. 
 
 RESOUBCES. 
 
 i The valleys of the French Broad and Swannanoa offei 
 
 ' .. for all kinds of husbandry an Inviting field, while the 
 
 climatic conditions are more than favorable. Agricul- 
 
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ture Is one of the great Interests of thesection tributary 
 to Ashevllle, while the forest growth Is a subject now 
 attracting the attention of capitalists. In the country 
 contiguous to the place there are to be found the yellow 
 pine, oak of almost every variety, black walnut, chest- 
 nut, locust, poplar, black birch, cherry, maple, syca- 
 more, mulberry, sassafras, dogwood, and other well- 
 known varieties of native woods. 
 
 Nearly 100 minerals, simple and compound, are found 
 In Western North Carolina, many of them being ex- 
 tremely rare and of great value. In the French Broad 
 valley gold exists in many localities, while future ex- 
 ploration will no doubt lead to other discoveries. This 
 county possesses literally mountains of wealth In mica, 
 this section supplying nearly one-half the demand 
 throughout the world. 
 
 The water power is almost incomparable. The French 
 Broad at Ashevllle is estimated at 125 horse power, and 
 at Warm Spring.^, 170 horse power, which gives for the 
 part of the river from Ashevllle to the state line 100,000 
 hoi-se power. At Brevard, In Transylvania, the horse 
 power Is placed at 45, which adds 10,000 ; and the tribu- 
 taries, like the Swannanoa, Ivy, Laurel, etc., represent 
 5,000 each, so that the French Broad may be set down 
 at 175, (XX) horse power. 
 
 As a fruit-growing section Ashevllle enjoys peculiar 
 advantages. Apples, peaches, pears and apricots thrive 
 well, and find a congenial home among th&se Southern 
 mountains. As for apples, there Is probably no section 
 of country where they (lourish so well as Western North 
 Carolina. The Centennial medal at Philadelphia 
 awarded for fine apples was taken by a gentleman liv- 
 ing not far from this place, and In the following year, 
 at the American Pomoloplcal Society's meeting, in the 
 city of Baltimore, the same individual was awarded the 
 Wilder medal for 100 varieties of the finest apples. 
 
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BAILROAD FACILITIES. 
 
 The great Piedmont Air Line, embi*acing tlie Rich- 
 mond and Danville Railroad, the Piedmont Railroad, 
 and the Atlanta and Charlotte Air Line, and connecting 
 Richmond, Ya.. with Atlanta, Ga., presents not only one 
 of the shortest lines of travel between the North and 
 
 INTEISIOK OF ASHEVILLE CLFB., 
 
 South, but oCfers excellent accommodations to the trav- 
 eling public. The new management, ably assisted by 
 Col. A. B. Andrews, one of the most progressive railroad 
 men in the South, have determined to make this moun- 
 tain road the route par excellence in every particular, 
 equally as regards Importance of country traversed, 
 excellence of sei-vlee, and comfort and luxury of travel. 
 This railroad passes through four great states, and along 
 a line nearly parallel with the mountains through al- 
 most the finest portions of these states. The whole 
 region traversed Is emphatically a ple<lmont region — 
 a Hne undulating country, a country of " hills and run- 
 
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nlng streams," watered by noble rivers, bordered by the 
 Blue mountains, and at one time, before the destruction 
 of values by the war, the most productive and prosper- 
 ous In the South ; and one which te destined, in the 
 not distant future, to form the very body and substance 
 of the several states In which It is comprised. Beside the 
 attractions which the main line presents, its connections 
 at diCferent points with lines of railroad leading west- 
 ward, especially in its connections in North and South 
 Carolina with roads leading into the mountains of North 
 
 ESMERALDA'S TABIN, JBAI.D MOINTAIN. 
 
 Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee, have 
 laid open to tourists and seekers after health and pleas- 
 ure a region of romantic beauty hitherto almost unvls- 
 ited by reason of Inaccessibility. The mountain region 
 of North Carolina — appropriately called "The Land of 
 the Sky "—Into the heart of which one is now comforta- 
 
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 bly, carried in the most luxurious of coaches, must 
 necessarily sooii become a country of great resort, as 
 well for pleasure as for health. No part of the Appa- 
 lachian range presents more attractive scenery, and 
 none such excellence of climate. 
 
 The Western North Carolina Kailroad, the great 
 mountain artery of the Richmond and Danville System, 
 has been the life-giving principle to this region. It is 
 by far the most complete and thoroughly equipped 
 mountain railroad in this country, and the most pic- 
 turesque and pleasant to travel over. This road was 
 first projected over thirty years ago. A charter was 
 granted in 1854, the first ground being broken the same 
 year At the beginning of the late war, Icard station 
 had been reached. After many halts by the way, Mor- 
 ganton was reached In 1866, Old Fort in 1871, Henry's 
 iu 1876, and Asheville In September, 1880. Now connec- 
 tions are made at Paint Eock, the boundary line of Ten- 
 nessee and North Carolina, with the East Tennessee, 
 Virginia and Georgia system of railroads, and, by the 
 completion of the Knoxville and Ohio Kailroad, Ashe- 
 ville is only twenty-four hours from Louisville. 
 
 Col. A. B. Andrews, the President of this road, has 
 devoted time and energy, as well as labor, to its work- 
 ing system, and his far-seeing ability and foresight as a 
 railroad man have Insured great good, not only to 
 this mountain country, which for years was undeveloped, 
 but to the State at large. In his work he has been ably 
 assisted by Mr. V. E. McBee, the Superintendent, who 
 is ever studying the interest of the great tra^'eling 
 public. 
 
 THE PEOPLE. 
 
 The people in the mountains of Western North Caro- 
 lina are kind, hospitable and generous to a fault. In 
 the most humble cabin, "away from the sounds of trade 
 and traffic. In their little mountain homes 4,000 or 
 
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5,000 feet above the ocean's roar, one can see the sim- 
 plicity of rural life exhibited as nowhere else to be seen 
 on this vast continent. Here these good people toil and 
 labor, live and die amid Nature's great handiworli, ob- 
 livious to the great throbs and pulsations of a cosmo- 
 politan life. It may well be said they symbolize the 
 myriads of earth's toiling masses, and as we listen to 
 their passing footfalls, we seem to hear 
 
 " The still, sad music of humanity." 
 
 SWANNANOA. 
 
 BV JACQUES, OF CHARLESTON, S. C. 
 
 Swannanoa, nymph of beauty, 
 
 I would woo thee in my rhyme ; 
 Wildest, brightest, loveliest river. 
 
 Of our sunny Southern clime ! 
 Swannanoa, well they named thee, ■ 
 
 In the mellow Indian tongue; 
 Beautiful thou art, most truly, 
 
 And.right worthy to be sung. 
 
 I have stood by many a river 
 
 Known to story and to song — 
 Ashley, Hudson, Susquehanna, 
 
 Fame to which^may well belong; 
 I have camped by the Ohio, 
 
 Trod Scioto's fertile banks, 
 Followed far the Juniata, 
 
 In the wildest of her pranks— 
 
 But thou relgnest queen forever. 
 
 Child of Appalachian hills, 
 Winning tribute as thou nowest. 
 
 From a thousand mountain rills. 
 Thine is beauty, strength-begotten. 
 
 Mid the cloud-begirded peaks, 
 Where the patriarch of the mounialns, 
 
 Heavenward far thy waters seeks. 
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Tlinmgh the laurols jiikI tlic booohcs 
 
 Bright thy silvery current shlin-s, 
 8lQei>lng now In granitic bnulns, 
 
 Overhung by trailing vines, 
 Ami anon caroorlng onwanl, 
 
 In the mailrlost frolic mood, 
 Waking, with Its sea-liko voices, 
 
 Fairy echoes In the wood. 
 
 Peaceful sleep thy narrow valleyn 
 
 In the shadow of the hlllH; 
 And thy flower-enami'lcd border 
 
 All the air with fragrance fills; 
 Wild luxuriance, gou(>rou8 tillage. 
 
 Here alternate nicot the view; 
 Every turn, through all thy windings, 
 
 Still revealing something new. 
 
 Where, O graceful Hwannanoa, 
 
 Are the warrior** who of old 
 Sought thee at thy mountain sources. 
 
 Where thy springs arc Icy cold,— 
 Where the dark-browed Indian maidens, 
 
 Who their limbs were wont to lave 
 (Worthy bath for fairer beauty). 
 
 In thy cool and limpid wave? 
 
 Gone forever from thy borders. 
 
 But Immortal In thy name 
 Are the red men of the forest! 
 
 Be thou keeper of their fame! 
 Paler races dwell beside thee; 
 
 Celt and Saxon till thy lands. 
 Wedding use unto thy beauty,— 
 
 Linking over theo their hands. 
 
 "RACING WATER." 
 
 BY M\RY BAYARD CLARKE. 
 
 ' Racing water " who can paint thee ! 
 With thy scenery wlM and grand. 
 It would take a magic pencil 
 Guided by a master hand. 
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Here are towering, rugged moiiutaius, 
 Grauite rocks all scarred and gray. 
 
 Nature's altars whence her incense 
 Floats in -vvroaths of mist away. 
 
 At their feet thy murmuring waters 
 Now are singing songs of praise, 
 
 Or in sonorous notes triumphant 
 A majestic ptean raise. 
 
 Down the canon's rocky gorges 
 Now they wildly, madly sweep. 
 
 Or witli laughing shout exultant 
 O'er the rocky barriers leap. 
 
 Then in calm and lirai>id beauty 
 Still and deep they silent flow, 
 
 Witli the verdant bank o'erhanging 
 Pictured in the depths below. 
 
 Tah-kee-os-kee, " racing water," 
 Was thy sonorous Indian name. 
 
 But as " French Broad " thou art written 
 On the white man's roll of fame. 
 
 Perish that, and live the other. 
 
 For on everj' dancing wave 
 Evermore is shown the beauty 
 
 Of the name the red man gave. 
 
 MOUNTAIN BREEZES. 
 
 Nowhere in the State will the tourist and the Invalid, 
 as well as the pleasiu'e seeker, find such excellent hotel 
 accommodations as are to be found among the moun- 
 tains of Western North Carolina. 
 
 A word to those suffering with rheumatism, gout or 
 any of the cutaneous diseases : Come to the celebrated 
 Warm Springs in Western North Carolina, whei'e you 
 will find the " Fountain of Youth," and liot baths unsur- 
 passed on this continent. Beside these advantages, a 
 magnificent new hotel, with all the modern improve- 
 ments, is one of the speeial^attractions of this widely- 
 famed resort. 
 
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Col. E. B. Thomas, General ManagBr t>f the Richmond 
 and Danville Railroad Syst-era, and Col. A. B. Andrews, 
 President of the Western North Carolina Railroad, are 
 repro-sentative, wide-awakt^ railroad men. They an* 
 doing all thej' can to develop this section of the State, 
 Viy giving our people the very best pos.sible railway n<'- 
 commodatlons. The steel rail over mountains and 
 tlirough gorges In this section has been truly a (^iod- 
 send to our people, and It is keenly appreclate<l by them. 
 
 Don't forget to call on Mrs. Stockton if you go to 
 Waynesville. Her table will gratify the most fastidious, 
 and she is indeed one of the few women in the land who 
 know just exactly huw to please. 
 
 The mountainous region of North Carolina embraces 
 an area of 5,400 square miles, of an average elevation 
 of 2,000 feet. 
 
 The new Waynesville Hotel will be a popular place of 
 resort, this summer, under the capable management of 
 host Timberlake. The hotel groimd.'* are tempting 
 Arca<Uan nooks of repose. 
 
 « The Indians, while roaming the forest of North Caro- 
 lina, used to keep the remains of their ancestors, es- 
 pecially their chiefs, in a hut called a " Quiogozog." 
 
 Don't forgot to have "Snowball,'' "Shaklefoot" and 
 " Bonos" dance for you before you leave Asheville. 
 
 Ebtabrook's, on Main street, Asheville. deserves to 
 be called the tourists headquarters, since while It is 
 one of the pleasantest of places to visit, it supplies in 
 great variety the articles which persons are the most 
 likely to feel the need of when on an outing. Here will 
 be found artists' materials, books, fine stationery. s<im - 
 mer reading, fancy goods, Florida and Western North 
 Carolina novelties. Helper's Illustrated Guide Book, the 
 best thing out, always on hand. Lessons given in 
 drawing, and oil and water color painting, at studio over 
 store. 
 
It has boen generally remarked by the traveling pub- 
 lic that the conductors on the Western North Oarolina 
 Eailioad cannot be surpassed for politeness, affabilty of 
 manner or regard for the comfort of their, passengers. 
 Capt. Thomas Murphy and Capt. P. A. Newland are 
 noted for their caution, care, and indefatigable activity. 
 They are both deservedly popular. 
 
 Excursion parties, picnic crowds and flower rumina- 
 tors are all the rage dvdring the :^ummer. One day last 
 year while a coui)le were out gathering the beautiful 
 rhododendrons at a picnic, a certain gentleman from 
 South Carolina found a gold vein; afterward he secured 
 a gold mme. 
 
 The proper caper you know is this, provided you are 
 thirsty. " Oukwockaninniwock" — "let's take a drink" 
 for it's "quite Indiaayou know, quite Indian you know." 
 It's an ill omen to present your best girl with a bunch 
 of rhododendrons before breakfast. Ask Charley Rawls 
 of the " Bwannanoa," the why and wherefore. 
 
 Romantic star-gazing couples should not fail to visit 
 the old Indian seat near tht city, referred to in the 
 Pamphlet. They will do well to remember, however, 
 should they go there, that: '■ Les murailles ont des 
 oreilles." 
 
 Families and invalids desiring a pleasant home-like 
 place, will do well to bear in mind the delightful home 
 of Mountain Cottage. Mr. H. C. Hunt, proprietor. 
 
 Visitors fond of the aesthetic should not fail to take a 
 ])eep into the Mikado room, over Lyon's drug store. 
 Mr. Roger Davis, the artist, has on exhibition some 
 very fine and effective sketches of inviting nooks among 
 the mountains of Western North Carolina. 
 
 Battery Porter, as during the war, .still holds its rep- 
 utation as a stronghold not easily captured. Many 
 a gallant " colonel " in private life meets his fate from 
 fair hands on the scenes of former struggles. 
 
AN ASHEVILT^K INTEBIOB. 
 
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 DLTON ENVELOPE DIVISION 
 :RUY. CLARK CORPORATION 
 CARROUUTON, OHIO MO. 87