Chapter XIV: Introduction (13)

“Why, what ef I’m arrested, an’ he’s hauled up ez a witness. What kin he swar to about buying whiskey o’ me? Nothin’. He’ll hev the whiskey all the same though, won’t he? Ha, ha!”

He filled the jug and four others on the way down. All had money with them, either inside or lying on the corn-cob stopper. It was a cash business. At the proper place he turned the filly in the barn lot, and a few minutes after we were at my boarding-house. Before we parted for the night--it was almost daylight--I reckoned up for him his account of purchases and sales for the expedition. He had a profit in his favor of two dollars and a quarter, and a little more than a gallon of the “dew.” All I had gained was experience.

The ride from Asheville down the French Broad will be to the stranger a revelation of the beautiful and sublime. For over forty miles you wind through the pent-in valley of the river, losing sight of its current only in one or two instances, where, for a short space, the skirts of the encroaching mountains are drawn back, and the track, following close on their edges, leaves woods or bare rolling meadows between it and the stream. On account of the newness of the bed, and the frequent sharp curves, the speed of the train is comparatively slow. There are other drawbacks to contend against. An amusing incident, in which several minutes of time were lost, occurred on our last journey down the river. The train had just attained full headway, when a man in blue jeans arose in an excited manner from his seat, near us, and, grabbing the bell-cord, pulled it in desperation. The train came to a stand-still. The conductor rushed in, demanding why the signal had been given.

“I got on the wrong train,” returned the countryman, leisurely gathering up his satchel, “and I wants ter git off.”

The conductor turned red in the face, and amidst the laughter of the passengers, assisted the man to make his departure in a hurried manner.

On the same trip, while we were rounding a bend below Warm Springs, the hat of a passenger who was standing on the rear platform, was blown from his head. The train was stopped for a time to allow the unfortunate man to run back and find the relic. He searched until he found it and then regained his place.

For several miles after leaving Asheville, low, undulating hills, sloping upward from the river, fill the landscapes. The water runs deep and dark around these bends, and no rapids of any consequence break the smooth surface of the stream; but as further down you go, sweeping along over the rattling rails, piles of huge drift logs, and clusters of Titanic boulders appear at intervals, and the country becomes wilder and more rugged. The foot-hills begin to roll higher, and with steep, stony fronts staring at each other across the intervening space of waters, resemble the severed halves of hills thus rent in twain by the impetuous river. On, on, the scenery becomes more grandly wild and beautiful. Now passes an old-fashioned country farmhouse--extensive portico bordering the front, and huge brick chimneys at each end--with dingy barn; pine log-cabins fast falling to decay around it; rail-fences encircling, and then meadows, fields, and forests sweeping back on three sides. The old road lies before the fence, and a stretch of white sand, shaded by willows and alders, comes down to the restless river. Alexanders, a wayside station, has long been known as a summer resort. As early as 1826 a hotel, located on the present building’s site, was the only tavern between Asheville and the Tennessee line.

The old man, smoking his pipe of home-cured tobacco, and daily seated on the veranda, has not yet become so familiarized with the vision of the iron horse and whirling coaches as to abandon his custom of walking to the gate as the train draws in sight. The women appear at the windows; the inmates of the barn-yard disappear behind the out-buildings.

Then comes a sudden stop to valley scenery, and you are passing between frowning walls of clay and rock, forming cañons. Then across the stream ascends a high mountain--the ancient stage-way at its base, and oak and chestnut forests receding upward--with a deep ravine in its front holding the waters of a mountain torrent that gleam white through the rustling foliage of the steep; then woods of pine above; then bare precipices, festooned with evergreen vines and mosses, set on top with lonely pines, and, above all, blue unfathomable space.

The lower lands are not the only stretches occupied by the mountaineers. Rugged steeps, trending hundreds of feet up from the river, become smoothed into gentle ascents, and on the thin soil, rich from thousands of years of decayed vegetation, log cabins expose themselves to view under the shadow of the mountain still rising above:--lofty perches for farms and famlies; unfortunate situations for children; no schools; no society; no people for companionship outside their respective families; nothing but the wildness of nature, blue skies, lofty peaks, the roaring French Broad--and the occasional fleeting trains.

Something interesting is to be found in the picturesque village of Marshall. Its situation is decidedly Alpine in character. Its growth is stunted in a most emphatic manner by these apparently soulless conspirators--the river, mountain and railroad. The three seem to have joined hands in a determination regarding the village which might read well this way: “So large shalt thou grow, and no larger!” It is sung by the river, roared by the train and echoed by the mountain. Sites for dwellings, in limited numbers however, can still be stolen on the steep mountain side above the town. Such a location is unfavorable for a man whose gait is unsteady; for a chance mis-step might precipitate him out of his front yard, with a broken neck. There is no lack of enterprise and prosperity here. The tobacco interests of Madison county are extensive, and this village--the county-seat--is reaping wealth from this source.

A continued series of rocky walls and dizzy slopes now borders the rail for mile after mile. Their sides are covered with pines and noble forests of hard-wood trees, and ivy, grape and honeysuckle vines mantle the bare spots of the cliffs. Stretches of roaring rapids and cascades become frequent; green mountain islands arise in the center of the stream;--it is one stern mountain fastness. The two most noticeable cliffs are Peter’s Rock and Lover’s Leap, both of them overhanging the old turnpike. The former was named in remembrance of a hermit, who, as legend whispers, lived at its base before the Revolutionary war. An Indian legend has it that two crazy lovers leaped into the French Broad and eternity from the top of the other massive wall.

Before you can possibly become wearied by this rugged panorama, the mountains on the railroad side of the river, losing their foot-hold on the river’s margin, draw back, leaving a wide pleasant valley. The low ranges bend round it in picturesque lines; the French Broad, with majestic sweep, flows through it; the crystal water of Spring creek, liberated at last from its cradling wilderness, passes through bordering groves to empty into the larger stream. The train stops at a railway station. A cluster of small houses stand on one side of the depot, and a little farther down the track are the elegant residences of Major Rumbough and Mrs. Andrew Johnson. Across on the distant heights, can be seen white dwellings--mountain homes in strict sense; but nearer at hand in the center of the valley, almost wholly concealed by the trees which surround it, are visible the outlines of a hotel; it is Warm Springs, the largest watering resort in Western North Carolina.

The main building of three stories, with its side two-story brick wing, is 550 feet long. A new and large addition has been, within a few late years, built on in the rear. The structure presents an imposing front with its wide, high portico supported by thirteen white pillars. A green lawn, with graveled walks and driveways, and set with locust trees, lies before it; and beyond this, in view, flows the river, swift and deep, again, churned into rapids, and at either end swallowed by the mountains.

In the locust grove and near the banks of the French Broad and Spring creek, are the wonderful warm springs. Bath houses are erected over them. The temperature of the water is from 102° to 104° Fahrenheit. The baths are invigorating and contain remarkable curative properties, especially beneficial for rheumatic, gouty, and chronic invalids of all classes. The water, although highly impregnated with minerals, is tasteless. These springs were discovered in 1785, by a company of Tennessee militia, while in pursuit of a band of Cherokee warriors. As early as 1786 invalids came here to try the effect of the water. Now, in the height of the summer, as many as six hundred guests at one time crowd this fashionable resort.

Lately the Warm Springs property has passed into the hands of a company of men well fitted by capital and experience to increase the popularity of the place, both as a summer and winter pleasure resort and sanitarium. Mr. Gudger, the superintendent, was for a number of years in charge of the State Insane asylum, and is consequently well adapted to the business he has entered into. Great improvements are being made in the buildings, and every convenience added for the welfare of guests. This to the votary of pleasure: The next to the largest ball-room in the state is here.

The falls of Spring creek, not far distant up that stream, are cascades of marvelous beauty. A number of the surrounding mountain summits command magnificent prospects. Deer can be started in neighboring fastnesses and driven to the river. As a bridge spans the stream directly before the hotel, the picturesque spots on the opposite bank can be reached. The famous Paint Rock is six miles below. The spot is well worth visiting. It is an immense wall of granite arranged in horizontal layers projecting over each other in irregular order and towering in weird proportions above the road, which lies close at its base between it and the river. The rocks present dark red faces, and it is from the natural coloring that the name is taken. On some of the smooth-faced layers black-lettered names can be deciphered; some left by Federal soldiers who, during the war, swept around this bend and up the river.

Near here Paint creek comes dashing down between bold cliffs to empty into the French Broad. A toll-gate on its banks bars the way, and over-head looms Paint mountain, whose summit, bearing the Tennessee boundary line, is wound round by the road towards Greenville, the old home of Andrew Johnson.

From the railroad between Warm Springs and Wolf creek, in Tennessee, glimpses of some of the wildest scenery of the French Broad can be obtained. Cliffs three hundred feet or more in height lean dizzily over the river. The most noteworthy of these rocky ramparts are termed the Chimneys. They are lofty, piled-up, chimney-like masses of stone standing out before bare walls of the same rocky exterior. At the first bridge below the Springs, Nature has wrought a terrific picture of the sublime. The river runs white-capped and sparkling below; the wild tremendous fronts of rocky mountains, seared with ravines frowning with precipices and ragged with pines, close around. Bending in sharp curves, the railroad penetrates the picture, leaps the long iron bridge and disappears.

TABLE OF ALTITUDES.

SMOKY MOUNTAINS.

Mount Buckley 6,599
Clingman’s Dome 6,660
Mount Love 6,443
Mount Collins 6,188
Road Gap into Tenn. 5,271
Mt. Guyot (Bull-head Group) 6,636
Roan, High Knob 6,306
Beech Mountain 5,541
Elk Knob 5,574

BALSAM MOUNTAINS.

Soco Gap 4,341
Amos Plott (Junaluskas) 6,278
Lickstone 5,707
Deep Pigeon Gap 4,907
Great Divide 6,425
Old Bald 5,786
Devil’s Court-House 6,049
Shining Rock 5,988
Cold Mountain 6,063
Pisgah 5,757

BLACK MOUNTAINS.

Mitchell’s Peak 6,711
Potato Top 6,393
Yeates’ Knob 5,975
Mount Gibbs 6,591
Balsam Cone 6,671
Bowlen’s Pyramid 6,348

LINVILLE MOUNTAINS.

Short Off 3,105
Table Rock 3,918
Hawksbill 4,090

Hibriten (Brushy Mountains.) 2,242
King’s Mountain 1,650

BLUE RIDGE.

Fisher’s Peak, state line 3,570
Blowing Rock mountain 4,090
Blowing Gap 3,779
Grandfather 5,897
Hanging Rock 5,224
Humpback, Mt. Washington 4,288
High Pinnacle 5,701
Swannanoa Gap 2,657
Bald Mountain 3,834
Sugarloaf 3,973
Chimney Rock Hotel 1,059
Saluda Gap 2,300
Jones’ Gap 2,925
Cæsar’s Head 3,225
Rich Mountain 3,788
Great Hogback 4,792
Whiteside 4,907
Black Rock 4,364
Fodderstack 4,607
Chimney Top 4,563
Satoola 4,506
Rabun Gap 2,168

CRAGGY RANGE.

Big Craggy 6,090
Bull’s Head 5,935
Craggy Pinnacle 5,945

Tryon Mountain 3,237

SOUTH MOUNTAINS.

Propst’s Knob 3,022
Hickory Nut Mt. 3,306
Ben’s Knob 2,801

Pilot Mountain 2,435

NANTIHALA MOUNTAINS.

Rocky Bald 5,323
Wayah 5,494
Nantihala Gap 4,158
Picken’s Nose 4,926

VALLEY RIVER MOUNTAINS.

Medlock Bald 5,258
Tusquittah Mountain 5,314

VILLAGES.

Asheville 2,250
Hendersonville 2,167
Brevard (about) 2,150
Waynesville 2,756
Marshall 1,647
Burnsville 2,840
Bakersville (about) 2,550
Boone 3,242
Jefferson 2,940
Murphy 1,614
Valleytown 1,911
Franklin 2,141
Charleston 1,747
Quallatown 1,979
Webster 2,203
Warm Springs 1,326

COWEE MOUNTAINS.

Yellow Mountain 5,133
Cowee Old Bald 4,977
Rich Mountain 4,691

Cheowah Maximum 4,996

RIVERS.

Little Tennessee (Tennessee line) 1,114
Big Pigeon (Fine’s Creek) 2,241
Big Pigeon (Forks) 2,701
French Broad (Tennessee line) 1,264
Watauga (Tennessee line) 2,131
Broad river (Reedy Patch) 1,473
Mouth Little river 2,088
Mouth Valley river 1,514

W. N. C. R. R.

Salisbury 760
Morganton 1,140
Marion 1,425
Swannanoa Tunnel 2,510
Swannanoa Mouth 1,977
Richland Creek (Waynesville) 2,608
Balsam Gap 3,411
Scott’s Creek (mouth) 1,986
Nantihala River 1,682
Red Marble Gap 2,686

From Professor W. C. Kerr’s report of altitudes. The railroad altitudes were obtained from J. W. Wilson. Only those mountain and valley heights of particular interest are given.

AREA OF COUNTIES.

(From State Report.)

Square miles.

Alleghany 300
Ashe 450
Buncombe 620
Burke 400
Caldwell 450
Catawba 370
Cherokee 500
Clay 160
Cleaveland 420
Forsyth 340
Graham 250
Haywood 740
Henderson 360
Jackson 960
McDowell 440
Macon 650
Madison 450
Mitchell 240
Polk 300
Swain 420
Transylvania 330
Watauga 460
Yadkin 320
Yancey 400

POPULATION OF THE WESTERN COUNTIES, 1880.[A]

Total. Colored. County-seats.

Alleghany 5,486 519 Gap Civil
Ashe 14,437 966 Jefferson 196
Buncombe 21,909 3,487 Asheville 2,116
Burke 12,809 2,721 Morganton 861
Caldwell 10,291 1,600 Lenoir 206
Catawba 14,946 2,477 Newton 583
Cherokee 8,182 386 Murphy 170
Clay 3,316 141 Hayesville 111
Cleaveland 16,571 2,871 Shelby 990
Graham 2,335 212 Robbinsville 47
Haywood 10,171 484 Waynesville 225
Henderson 10,281 1,388 Hendersonville 554
Jackson 7,343 752 Webster 107
McDowell 9,836 1,897 Marion 372
Macon 8,064 669 Franklin 207
Madison 12,810 459 Marshall 175
Mitchell 9,435 503 Bakersville 476
Polk 5,062 1,144 Columbus 71
Rutherford 15,198 3,288 Rutherfordton --
Surry 13,302 2,075 Dobson --
Swain 3,784 550 Charleston --
Transylvania 5,340 517 Brevard 223
Watauga 8,160 746 Boone 167
Wilkes 19,181 1,924 Wilkesboro 200
Yancey 7,694 325 Burnsville --

[A] United States Census Report

MONTHLY, SEASONAL, AND ANNUAL MEAN TEMPERATURES FOR A PERIOD OF
YEARS AT SEVEN STATIONS, AND THEIR AVERAGE FOR THE WESTERN
DIVISION.

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Asheville |37|39|45|52|63|69|74|71|66|53|43|37|53|72|54|38|54.3| 6½
Bakersville |34|37|38|54|61|66|72|74|65|50|43|36|51|71|52|36|52.5| 1
Boone |33|34|36|49|57|65|69|70|62|47|34|30|47|68|48|32|48.7| 2
Franklin |38|42|45|54|63|70|70|70|65|52|42|41|54|70|53|40|54.4| 2
Lenoir |36|40|45|56|66|73|76|73|67|55|43|37|55|74|55|38|55.5| 3
Murphy |38|42|45|56|65|71|74|72|66|53|41|38|56|72|53|39|55.2| 2½
Highlands |29|33|46|52|58|64|71|69|61|49|48|29|52|68|53|30|50.7| 1
Western | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Division |36|39|41|53|62|69|71|71|64|51|41|36|52|70|52|37|53.1|
------------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+----+------

AVERAGE MONTHLY, SEASONAL AND ANNUAL MAXIMA, MINIMA AND RANGE OF
TEMPERATURE FOR A PERIOD OF YEARS AT FOUR STATIONS AND FOR THE
WESTERN DIVISION.

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{|Maxima|63|65|71|80|82|83|86|85|81|75|68|63|82|86|81|65|86|
Asheville {|Minima|10|10|12|30|42|49|61|57|45|29|17| 7|12|49|17| 7| 7|6½
{|Range |53|55|59|50|40|34|25|28|36|46|51|56|70|37|64|58|79|
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{|Maxima|57|58|64|73|75|81|84|82|79|74|55|51|75|82|79|58|82|
Boone {|Minima| 4| 6|11|26|38|50|57|53|40|32|30|22|11|50|30| 4| 4| 2
{|Range |53|52|53|47|37|31|27|29|39|42|25|29|64|32|49|54|78|
+------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-----
{|Maxima|62|66|71|82|85|88|91|87|85|82|67|63|85|91|85|66|91|
Lenoir {|Minima|14|15|14|36|47|58|66|52|50|29|18| 9|36|50|18| 9| 9| 3
{|Range |48|51|57|46|38|30|25|35|35|53|49|54|49|41|67|57|82|
+------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-----
{|Maxima|64|67|73|81|88|88|89|89|84|78|65|74|88|89|86|74|89|
Murphy {|Minima| 9|14|15|35|47|59|64|57|44|24|11| 6|15|57|11| 6| 6| 3
{|Range |55|53|58|46|50|29|25|32|42|54|54|68|73|32|75|68|83|
+------+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+-----
Western {|Maxima|61|63|69|78|82|84|86|87|82|76|63|63|82|87|82|63|87|
Division {|Minima| 8|10|13|30|42|53|61|56|43|28|19|12|13|53|19| 8| 8|
{|Range |53|53|56|48|43|31|25|31|39|48|44|51|69|34|63|55|79|
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COMPARATIVE TABLE OF MEAN TEMPERATURES.

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| Year. | Spring. | Summer. | Autumn. | Winter.
-----------------------+---------+---------+---------+----------+--------
| ° | ° | ° | ° | °
Western Division | 53 | 52 | 70 | 52 | 37
Asheville | 54 | 53 | 72 | 54 | 38
Bakersville | 52 | 51 | 71 | 52 | 36
Paris, France | 51 | 51 | 65 | 52 | 38
Dijon, France | 53 | 53 | 70 | 53 | 35
Venice, Italy | 55 | 55 | 73 | 56 | 38
Boone, North Carolina | 49 | 47 | 68 | 48 | 32
Munich, Germany | 48 | 48 | 64 | 49 | 32
=======================+=========+=========+=========+==========+========

The tables of temperature given are taken from Dr. Kerr’s State Geological report.

WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA.

BY DR. W. C. KERR, STATE GEOLOGIST.

1883.

_Used by permission of the State Board of Agriculture._

(Engraved especially for this book.)

_Scale._ ]

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SWANNANOA HOTEL,

ASHEVILLE, N. C.

AVERAGE TEMPERATURE.

+----+----+----+-----+----+----+----+----+------+----+----+-----+
|Jan.|Feb.|Mch.|April|May |June|July|Aug.|Sept. |Oct.|Nov.|Dec. |
|38.1|39.8|44.7|53.9 |61.5|69.1|71.9|70.7|63.8 |52.9|43.8|37.3 |
+----+----+----+-----+----+----+----+----+------+----+----+-----+

Location 35 deg. 36 min. N. lat. 2,250 feet above the sea.

The recent additions and improvements to the “Swannanoa Hotel” have made it complete in all its appointments, and the owners and proprietors, Rawls & Carter, are determined that it shall always maintain its rank as the leading and largest hotel in Asheville. The Swannanoa is now kept open the year round. Northern visitors to Asheville for the winter and spring months, as well as for the summer, who stop at the Swannanoa, have their wants carefully studied and attended to. The rooms and halls are large and well ventilated for the summer, and yet arranged to be well heated in the winter. Superb views of surrounding mountains from the rooms and porches. Mountain, Well, and Cistern Water, Hot and Cold Baths, Electric Annunciator, Laundry, Barber Shop, Billiard Rooms, and Telegraph Office across the street are some of the comforts of this popular resort. In the summer, a band of music is engaged for the entertainment of the guests. Headquarters also for capitalists seeking investments, and other business men visiting Asheville. For cut of hotel see page 211.

For further particulars, apply to the owners and proprietors.

RAWLS & CARTER.

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EDWARD J. ASTON,

REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENT,

_Asheville, North Carolina_.

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|GRAIN, { ADDRESS } MINES. |
|STOCK AND { WALTER B. GWYN, } MILL PROPERTY, |
|TOBACCO { _LAND AGENT_, } TIMBER |
|FARMS, { ASHEVILLE, } LANDS |
| { North Carolina. } |
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MARTIN & CHILD,

_REAL ESTATE AGENTS_,

ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.

For the sale of farming, grazing and timber lands, mines, mill property, city property, &c.

_Strict attention given to titles._

All properties placed with this agency for sale fully advertised free of cost in this country and in Europe. Parties wishing to buy or rent property of above description, write for descriptive circular and price list.

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FRED. C. FISHER,

ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,

WAYNESVILLE, HAYWOOD COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.

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For fine Stereoscopic Views of

“THE LAND OF THE SKY”

OR

THE BEAUTIES OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, EAST TENNESSEE AND NORTHEAST GEORGIA SCENERY,

SEND TO

NAT. W. TAYLOR,

Photographic Artist and Publisher of Steroscopic Views.

One dozen mailed to any address for $1.50, post paid.

Send for Catalogue.

SILVER SPRINGS HOTEL.

J. L. HENRY, ESQ., Proprietor.

(ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE FRENCH BROAD, NEAR THE ASHEVILLE DEPOT.)

This Hotel possesses all the conveniences and advantages of a
suburban location, and complete appointments.

The verandas afford pleasing views in every direction. Within the
large lawn are several mineral springs--Iron, Sulphur, and
Magnesia. See illustration on page.

ARDEN PARK HOTEL.

10 miles from Asheville, 12 miles from Hendersonville.

Supplies all the attractions and conveniences of

A RURAL HOME,

Reached by daily stages from both Asheville and Hendersonville. For particulars address

ARDEN PARK HOTEL, ARDEN, NORTH CAROLINA.

FLEMING HOUSE,

JOHN T. PATTERSON, MARION,
PROPRIETOR. MCDOWELL, CO., N. C.

The largest and best hotel in McDowell county arranged for the
accommodation of summer boarders. Good livery attached. Sample
rooms and other conveniences for business men.

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SPARKLING CATAWBA SPRINGS,

CATAWBA COUNTY, N. C.

THIS FAVORITE WATERING-PLACE WILL BE

OPEN MAY FIRST, TO SELECT GUESTS.

Situated 55 miles northwest of Charlotte, 60 miles west of
Salisbury, and 6 miles from Hickory, on the Western N. C. Railroad,
in the shade of the Blue Ridge. The location has special
advantages, being surrounded by a beautiful and extensive woodlawn
of native growth and carpeted with green. The bracing mountain
atmosphere, with the health-restoring properties of their waters,
render these Springs a most desirable resort for INVALIDS and
PLEASURE SEEKERS.

The Mineral Waters embrace

BLUE AND WHITE SULPHUR AND CHALYBEATE,

and from the known benefit derived by well attested cures in their
use as an alterative and tonic influence over the lymphatic and
secretive glands, they are unsurpassed, and never fail to increase
the appetite, the digestion and assimilation, thereby imparting
tone and health to the person.

_BY THE USE OF THESE MINERAL WATERS_,

Diseases of the Liver, Dyspepsia, Vertigo, Neuralgia, Ophthalmia or
Sore Eyes, Paralysis, Spinal Affections, Rheumatism, Scrofula,
Gravel, Diabetes, Kidney and Urinary Diseases, Consumption and
Chronic Cough, Diarrhœa, Constipation, Piles, Asthma, Diseases
of the Skin, Tetter, Indolent Ulcers, Amenorrhœa,
Dysmenorrhœa, Leucorrhœa, General Debility, Sleeplessness,
and Nervous Prostration, from mental and physical excess, have
disappeared.

_Analysis of Water_: Spring No. 1.--Chlorine, Carbonic Acid,
Silica, Phosphoric Acid, Alumina, Sulphuric Acid, Magnesia Oxide,
Lime (trace), Iron (trace), Magnesia, Soda Salts (large), Lithia,
Potash, Bromide. Spring No. 2.--Chlorine, Silica, Phosphoric Acid,
Alumina, Arsenic, Sulphuric Acid, Oxide Magnesia, Soda Salts,
Potash, Bromide, and Magnesia. Spring No. 3.--Chalybeate. Spring
No. 4.--One of the finest Freestone Springs in the State. All
within the grove but a short distance from each other, etc., etc.

The improvements consist of two large three-story buildings, and
fourteen cottages, capable of accommodating, comfortably, 300
persons.

All the Amusements usually furnished at first-class
watering-places, will be found here. A good supply of Ice always on
hand.

PLUNGE, SHOWER, WARM SULPHUR, TURKISH, HOT AIR, and MEDICATED VAPOR BATHS, Furnished when desired.

Another Mineral Spring has recently been discovered one mile from
this place, which Visitors will have the benefit of.

_BOARD: $30.00 Per Month. Deductions Made for Families._

REDUCED RATES have been Arranged on all Railroads to this Point.

_How to Reach the Springs_: Take the Western N. C. Railway at Salisbury to Hickory; take Carolina Central Railroad to Lincolnton, thence the Chester Narrow Gauge to Newton; take the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railway to Statesville, thence the Western N. C. Railroad to Hickory; or take the Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge at Chester or Gastonia, to Newton. Good conveyances will be at Newton and Hickory for passengers on the arrival of each train.

Dr. E. O. ELLIOTT, Proprietor.

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McINTOSH & CO.,

DEALERS IN

DRUGS, MEDICINES, and CHEMICALS

PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, DYE-STUFFS,

ETC., CHOICE PERFUMES.

PURE WINES AND LIQUORS

FOR MEDICINAL USE.

FRENCH AND AMERICAN POLISHED

PLATE AND WINDOW GLASS.

FINE CANDIES AND DRUGGISTS SUNDRIES.

_Highest Cash Price Paid for ROOTS, HERBS, SEEDS, etc._

WAYNESVILLE, N. C.

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HAYWOOD

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS

Near Waynesville, N. C.

OPEN ALL THE YEAR.

_THE MOST PICTURESQUE PLACE IN NORTH CAROLINA_

_2,716 Feet Above Tide-water_; _32 Miles West of Asheville_,

A DELIGHTFUL SUMMER RESORT,

IN THE VERY MIDST OF THE GREAT BALSAM MOUNTAINS. TERMS REASONABLE.

PLACES OF INTEREST AROUND THE SPRINGS.

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NAME. |Altitude | Number
| in feet.| of miles.
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Waynesville, C. H. | 2756 | 1
Love’s View | 2950 | at the place
Spring Hill | 2850 | at the place
Mount Maria Love (Rocky Knob) about | 5000 | 1
Jonathan’s Creek (trout stream) | 3000 | 6 to 10
Cataloochee (trout stream) | 2500 | 20
Tennessee Line | 2000 | 32
Indian Nation | 2300 | 20
Soco Falls, about | 4000 | 16
Soco Gap, about | 4250 | 15
Soco (Bunche’s) Bald | 6200 | 18
Bunche’s Creek Falls | 4000 | 20
Scott’s Creek, 8 miles; Balsam Tunnel | 3200 | 7
Crab-tree Bald, about | 6000 | foot 13, top 16
Chambers’ Mountain, about | 5000 | 9
Pisgah | 5757 | 18
T. Lenoir’s Farm | 2800 | 12
Pigeon River | | 6 to 12
Pigeon River Ford | | 12½
Cold Mountain | 6063 | 10
Lickstone Mountain (carriage road to top) | 5800 | 7
Caney Fork, Balsam, and Great Divide | 6425 | 10
Mount Serbal (Westner’s Bald) | 6100 | 8
Mount Junaluska (Plott) | 6225 | foot 3, top 5
Mount Clingman, about | 6690 | top 50
Mount Buckley, about | 6650 | top 52
Webster, 20 miles; Franklin | 1900 | 40
Hendersonville | 2167 | 45
Charleston, Swain County | 1700 | 38
De Hart’s Springs | 1600 | 48
Micadale | 3000 | 3
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Splendid drives all around the Springs. Scenery not surpassed, if
equalled, east of the Rocky Mountains.

W. W. STRINGFIELD, Proprietor. Waynesville, N. C.

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CÆSAR’S HEAD HOTEL,

SITUATED UPON

CÆSAR’S HEAD MOUNTAIN

A spur of the Blue Ridge, in Greenville county, South Carolina, 3,500 feet above Tide Water. Climate unsurpassed, Scenery varied, grand, and beautiful. The thermometer ranges during the hot months from 50° to 70°. Freestone and Chalybeate Springs. Temperature 52° to 54°. Twenty-six miles north of Greenville, South Carolina, and twenty-four miles west of Hendersonville, North Carolina. Easily reached by daily hacks from either place, over good roads, which have been lately improved. A Post Office at the Hotel, and daily mail. Accommodations good, having been enlarged and improved. Terms moderate. Billiards, nine-pins, and other amusements for guests. A resident physician. See author’s notice.

F. BARTOW BEVILLE, E. M. SEABROOK,
SUPERINTENDENT. PROPRIETOR.

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Pre-eminently Popular.

WHEELER & WILSON’S

Standard Sewing Machine.

The SILENT,
SWIFT,
SIMPLE,
S UBSTANTIAL No. 8

Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Company,

NORTH MAIN ST., ASHEVILLE, N. C.

SOMETHING CHOICE!

Lovers of the weed, who enjoy a really good smoke, should always ask for HOLMES’ GOLDEN LEAF, HOLMES’ LAND OF THE SKY, HOLMES’ PISGAH. These brands are manufactured from the celebrated Tobaccos grown in Western North Carolina, free from all perfumeries, adulterations, or impurities, and are prized for their SUPERB SMOKING QUALITIES. Ask your dealer for HOLMES’ TOBACCO and take no other. Orders from the Trade Solicited.

E. I. HOLMES & Co., Proprietors. Asheville, N. C.

J. A. FRANK’S

CHARLESTON HOTEL, SWAIN COUNTY.

A comfortable house neatly furnished.

_HEADQUARTERS for TOURISTS and BUSINESS MEN._

THE FRANKLIN HOUSE.

FRANKLIN, MACON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA.

A warm welcome and comfortable entertainment for all travellers; a
good livery stable connected, stages and carriages sent to any
point. Horses and mules bought and sold.