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if 0TELS AND SUMMER RESORT8.HOTELS AND SUMMER RESORTS. HOTEL8 AND SUMMER RESORTS. HOTELS AND SUMMER RESORTS. HOTELS AND SUMMER RESORTS. HOTELS AND SUMMER RESORT*. r [hot- eH r ysiiiiw.wwi ,, i . . ii THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN*. SATrnnAY. jpnk a. i»m. tr — Why fret and fume by many cares oppressed. Within the hot-house of a city's walls? Fly forth and be by nature’s beauty blessed, And choose her favorite haunt— TALLULAH FALLS V= J From Babbling Brooks to Thundering Torrents. A MOUNTAIN stream rising high up on the southern slope of the Blue Ridge in northeast Georgia tumbles down the moun tain side and gathering force from n hundred tributary brooks and rills flows calmly on a broad and noble river between green banks and past fertile valley farms through miles of wooded wilderness until at last sweeping out from the shadow of the' everlasting hills it enters the narrow gateway of the Grand Chasm—a .thousand feet deeper than Niagara—the brown and serried heights-of which towering'in majestic grandeur far up among the clouds stand like grim sentinels silent and serene above the imprisoned tossing torrent, no longer the babbling brook, no longer tile peaceful river, but a mountain of moving maddened water irresistible in force, sublime iti its wild gran deur, nfwul in its thunder ns it hurls its angry tide through the walled gorge against the unyielding sides over mighty hidden boulders, down with sullen thundering roar over the awful suc cessive steps veiling their profundity in clouds of snowy mist. On, still on, dashing, leaping, breaking into countless cascades in its ceaseless struggle through the depths of the fearful chasm until at last the troubled waters fiud rest in the lower levels more than a thousand feet below the rugged heights. Here the grandest, wildest scenery on earth defies the artist’s brush or poet’s fancy. I’ve stood upon the ocean’s strand and heard its mad waves roar In wild triumphant glee against the all-enduring shore; And yet such grandeur pales before these grander, wilder mounts, And ocean’s waves less glorious seem than these eternal founts. Beautiful Tallulah Falls “ The Niagara of the South in the Switzerland of America. ” Summer at Tallulah. D URING the summer months beginning in'early June, the cliffs, from their summits down to the water, n disthneo of 500 to 1,000 feet, aro almost tropical in the luxuriance and, richness of beautiful Bowers. Glowing in sunset splendor, streaked with all the hues of the rainbow, it is a sight of peerless grandenr and beauty. Notes of a Tourist A MOUNTAINEER, some forty years of age, Stood looking down into the grand chasm at Tallulah, speechless with nmazement. lie maintained silence for some moments after I addressed him, and then said in suppressed tones: “I reckon you won’t wnnt’er b’liove it, but I was raised in twenty miles of hore, an’ all my life I been bearin’ tell of this place, an’ this is the first time I ever enmo up! I thought the falls was jes’ some water tumblin’ over the rocks—but—geo* minyt I didn’t have no idea er whole river was failin’ off a mount’n an’ outor sight with a noise like forty thousan’ freight trains!” It was hard to believe, sure onough, but I am satis fied he sj>oke the truth. Not ono per cent, of the people of Geor gia hi.» ever seen Tallulah Palls though within a few hours’ ride of them, and it is not likely that ono per cent, of the people ‘ of them. They have been lesser attractions at A of the United States have ever heard too busy disproving advertisements of home and abroad. Moat Beautiful Waterfalls in America. A ITER shooting Indian Arrow rapids the Tallulah river falls six hundred and fifty feet in the first mile of its. descent through the Grand Chasm, plunging down a succession of gigantic steeps, the most prominent of whicji have been appro priately named as follows: I/eau D’or (often incorrectly spelled Lodore, from its sim ilarity in sound to the subject of Southey’s famous poem) is a French namo signifying “Water of Gold.” L’eau U’or is first below the rapids and hns a fall of forty-six feet. Tcmpestn, named fro*n the fancied resemblance of its tur bulent waters to the billows of the ocean, lashed into fury by the tempest, is next to Hawthorne Pool ami hns a fall of eighty- two feet. * Hurricane, whose nnmo suggests its character, is next tp Tcmpestn. Through a narrow flume, sharply defined by perpen dicular clifTn, the tempestuous river surges witli a frightful ve locity and plunging over the rugged brink with, a roar like an approaching hurricane, falls a distance of ninety-one feet Oceana, following IIurricAnc, tosses and tumbles, like the white capped waves of tho ocean, over the ribbed surface of a broad and gently inclined ledge of rock for some fifty feet, and becomes Hridnl Veil, the last of the falls, twenty-eight feet in height, and is just above whero the river forms the famous horse-shoe bend. This fall, takes its name from its remarkable resemblance to tho snowy ripples and fairy-like folds of a bride’s most modest adornment. % Tallulah Lodge Improving in the beauty of its colonial architecture, thoroughly equipped with all improvements and appliances of an up-to-date hotel. Noted for its excellent ser vice. J. C. S. Timberlake, Mgr. HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS The Cliff House A modem hotel with every con venience and the service the best. Nearest the Falls and most con venient to railroad station. Wat son & Son, Mgrs. Hotel Willard An up-to-date sununer family hotel run on strictly first class plan. Mrs. W. D, Young, Propri etress, is an experienced in-kcep- er. Thomas Villa The Villa receives a large share of tho hotel patronage at Tallulnh each summer. It is convenient and is noted for its superior table service. Mrs. Hunnicutt, Propri etress. Oakhaven Airs. L. M. Moody has conducted the Oakhaven on such a high plane that it has become very pop- popular with visitors to Tallulah Falls. THE TALLULAH FALLS RAILWAY —————— PENETRATES THE HEART OF THE — Great Blue Ridge Mountains A SUMMER RESORT COUNTRY “PAR EXCELLENCE” You Can Reach the Following Named Resorts on This Line: DEMOREST, CLARKESVILLE, TURNERVILLE, TALLULAH LODGE, TIGER, FRANKLIN and HIGHLANDS, N . G CLARKESVILLE. A beautiful little mountain hamlet nest- ling in the heart of the Blue Ridge—one of the oldest and most popular resorts in Georgia. PASSOVER— • Poised restfullv at a magnificent alti tude—the highest, railroad point in the entire state—the tracks of the Tallulah Falls railway at Passover arc 2,300 feet above sea level. L — RABUN GAP- Celebrated in oratory as the extreme northern point °f the Empire State—a picturesque hamlet surrounded by the dumpling far ms of the Tennessee valley. DILLARDS— A twin sister of Rabun Gap endowed with all the charms that nature could be- ; stow upon it. TIGER— Taking its name from the Tiger Moun tains in whoso shadow it rests—famous for its mineral springs, its splendid air and its other natural attractions. CLAYTON— A second' Asheville, reposing in the nest of high mountains, inviting for the pu rity of the air and water and for all the beauty of landscape that the eye could de sire. HIGHLANDS, N. 0., Is only 1<> miles from Dillards on this picturesque railway. The hack fare from Dillards is only one-fourth that of any other route. The next nearest rail- | road point is 35 miles distant. FRANKLIN— Another hamlet offering manifold attrac- I tions to the tourist is only 14 miles from Dillards, and long before the season is over there will be a railroad station. DEMOREST— Is a College town dotted with beautiful homes, boasting a splendid lake with boats, bathing, fishing and other attrac tions. The Atlanta and Athens Y. M. C. A. have selected this beautiful little Georgia town as their camping ground . for the seasou. J For fall descriptive and illustrated literature, address W. S. ERWIN, Manager, Cornelia, Ga.