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Psalm CXLV. 1, David praiseth Clod for His fame. 8, for His goodness, 11, for His kingdom, 14, for His providence, 17, for His saving mercy. DAVID S PSALM OF PRAISE. 1. I will extol Thee, my God, 0 King; and I will bless Thy name for •ever and ever. 2. Every day will I bless Thee; and I will praise Thy name for ever and ever. 3. Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised ; and His greatness is un searchable. 4. One generation shall praise Thy works to another, ard shall declare Thy mighty acts. 5. I will speak of the glorious honor of Thy majesty, and of Thy wondrous works. 6. And men shall speak of the might of Thy terrible acts ; and I will declare Thy greatness. 7. They shall abundantly utter the memory of Thy great goodness, and shall sing of Thy righteousness. 8. The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion ; slow to anger, and of great mercy. 9. The Lord is good to all; and His tender mercies are over all His works. 10. All Thy works shall praise Thee, O Lord; and Thv saints shall bless Thee. 11. They shall speak of the glory of Thy kingdom, and talk of Thy power. 12. To make known to the sons of men His mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of His kingdom. 13. Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and. Thy dominion endureth throughout all generations. 14. The Lord upholdethall that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down. 15. The eyes of all wait upon Thee; and Thou givest them their meat in in due season. 16. Thou openest Thine hand, and satisfies! the desire of every living thing. 17. The Lord is righteous in all His ways, and holy in all his works. 18. The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon Him, to all that call upon Him in truth. 19. He will fulfil the desire of them that fear Him : He also will hear their cry, and will save them. 20. The Lord preserveth all them that love Him : but all the wicked will He destroy. 21. My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord : and let all flesh bless His holy name for ever and ever. The little “Riverside Route,” as the Rome Railroad is called, is not only one of the most popular in Georgia, but is also lined with beauti ful scenery. Shortly after leaving Kingston, on the Western & Atlantic Railroad, it reaches the valley of the Etowah river, and from there to Rome it is almost continuously in sight of the river. The scenery which is shown on a succession of magnificent farms and the beautiful river, one never grows tired of. Os the Rome Railroad al most the same thing may be said as of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, that “it is the biggest thing for its size in Ameriky.” Stop at the beautiful Whitlock House, Marietta, the “gem hotel” in the beautiful “Gem City” of Georgia.’ Only via the Western and Atlantic railroad can you get to the healthiest county in Georgia, ii not in America. The E. T., V. & G. Railway’s Caved-in Tunnel Under Missionary Ridge. Work on the E. T., V. &G. tunnel under Missionary Ridge, is still pro gressing, and it is thought that it will probably be finished within a very few days. In the meantime, the E. T.,V. AG. trains, between Chatta nooga and East Tennessee Junction, near Chickamagua Station, on the Western A Atlantic R. R., run over the Western A Atlantic and connect with the E. T., V. A G., at that point. It is pleasant to notice such mag nanimity as the Western A Atlantic has shown in this respect, and the edi tor has frequently heard the Western A Atlantic’s management compliment ed for its action towards the E T., V. A G. R. R. By the way, while upon this subject, we have had called to our attention an instance of how smart the passenger agents of the present day are in keep ing abreast of the times in turning ev erything to account for theirown lines. A party came into the ticket office of the Western A Atlantic Railroad, at the union depot in Atlanta, and wished to buy a ticket to some point in Texas. The regular fare was quoted and he asked if this could not be shaded, but received a negative reply. He then said that he would go to the East Ten nessee office and see if he could get a better rate, and if he could not, he would come back and go over the W. A A. He returned within an hour and said he could not get a better rate quoted than had been quoted him by the W. A A. ticket agent, and that he told the East Tennessee folks that he wanted to go over the W. AA. R R. if there was no difference in the rate. He was then informed that they could sell him a ticket over the W. A. A. R. R. He said he supposed there was some mis take about is; but they assured him that there was not, and he came back to find out from the W. A A. ticket agent how such a thing was possible. When he was informed that an East Tennessee ticket from Atlanta to Chai tanoaga would take him over eight miles of the Western A Atlantic Rail road, from East Tennesssee Junction to Chattanooga, his comments were rather funny ; but he bought his tick et from the W. A A, agent all the same. Railroad Casualties. That was a very sad accident which the East Tennesse, Virginia & Georgia Railroad train had while running over the Western A Atlantic track just out side of Chattanooga on the 15th of Sep tember, which resulted in the death of engineer Buckley and fireman Farris. These two clever men will be missed in more senses than one by their asso ciates as well as by the E. T., V. A G. R. R. Co. One peculiar feature of the accident was that although it was supposed that the engine was knocked off by a cow, which it struck while running at a very high rate of speed, yet, really, the engine did not leave the track until it THE KENNESAW GAZETTE. had passed three hundred yards beyond the point where the cow was struck. It is possible that the end of the pilot i was bent, and as this was of iron, it struck some cross-tie or portion of the ballast which was higher than is gen erally the case, and that by this means the engine and train were thrown from the track, the postal car being hurled over fifty feet from where it left the track. The difference between the pattern, etc. of the pilot which is generally used by the Western A Atlantic and that by the E. T., V. A G., has some times been noticed. The framework of the W. AA. pilot is of wood, and the slant forward is very gradual; whereas, that of the E. T., V A G is said to be of iron, and slants downward more rapidly. Had the pilot been of the W. A A. 1 pattern, it is possible that the cow would have been thrown upward and lodged against the end of the engine, or have gone off to one side, and even though the pilot had been damaged, there would not have been strength enough in the wood-work,as there was in the iron, to have caused the engine to have leaped upward and left the track. However, this is a matter of seme speculation, and it is to be hoped that we may be spared the recital of such horrors in the future. The second day after this accident, the E. T., V. A G. trains had another. An E. T., V. A G. freight train com ing at a rapid nite of speed overtook an E. T., V. A G. passenger train, and ran into the rear end, damaging the sleeper slightly, and knocking off the headlight of the engine, breaking the freight train into two or three parts, and throwing several cars off the track. Fortunately, however, there was no serious damage done, and the track was soon cleared. The Western A Atlantic Railroad does not claim to be a ‘‘great system,” but claims to have more attractions for the tourist than some “great sys tems” several times its size, and offers more advantages in the way of smooth road-bed, sure schedules and union depot terminals, than its “great sys tem” competitors. It depends upon its natural as well as artificial advan tages, and equally with its honesty of dealing with the public, for its patron age, and its past record is the best guarantee of its future course. One of the nicest hotels in the south east, for fall tourists and invalids to come to, is at Grovetown, on the Geor gia Railroad, about fifteen mileseast of Augusta. The hotel Rosland is “a daisy” in every respect. It is sufficient recommendation for Grovetown to say that a portion of the family of Mr. George M. Pullman, President of the Pullman Palace Sleeping Car Com pany, has, during the past couple of winters, spent several weeks at this point. Sixty-eight different kinds of miner als and ores found on the line of the Western and Atlantic railroad. Charleston. The historic “City by the Sea,” whose defences underwent bombard ment from Sir Peter Parker’s war ships during the Revolutionary War, and which afterwards underwent bombard ment from the batteries of the beseig ing Federal army, for almost the en tire four years of the Great Civil War, and which is now the centre of attrac tion for scientific men by reason of the great earthquake during about the first of September, has more interest with in itself to tourists than probably any other city in the southeast. Forts Sumter and Moultrie, Morris Island, Janies’ Island and Johns’ Is land, Castle Pinckney, the beautiful Magnolia Cemetery, and all the still remaining types of former civilization in the South, afford abounding interest. This is getting to be quite a resort for winter tourists to come to and spend at least the early portion of winter and spring. They should remember that from Cincinnati to Charleston there is only one change of cars, if they take the sleeping car line which runs from Boyce to Atlanta, over the Western A Atlantic Railroad, making close con nection in the union depot at Atlanta with the Georgia Railroad train, which has a through sleeping ca. to Charles ton The schedules over the Western A Atlantic, Georgia and South Carolina Railways are proverbial for their reg ularity and certainty, and passengers not only have a pleasant and safe jour ney, but also pass through scenery and points around which there are some of the most famous associations chronicled in American history. Hardly a mile north of the western end of Kennesaw Mountain is the resi dence of Mr. G. W. Hardage. This house was the head-quarters of Gen eral Leonidas Polk, just before he was killed by a cannon shot on Pine Moun tain, June 14, 1864. After his death his body was brought down to this place, and, for some couple of hours or more, lay in an ambulance which stood under a magnificent oak tree which is still standing in front of the house. Thus this unpretentious little country home is sanctified by the most sacred memories of the warrior-Bishop of the Confederate army. If you are going to travel between the northwest and Atlanta or Florida you should by all means go over the Western and Atlantic Railroad through the wild and historic scenery at and near Allatoona Pass, and amid the Allatoona Mountains. The Western and Atlantic Railroad passes through scenery which must always be im pressive to lovers of the gospel as it penetrates the mountain fastnesses at and near Allatoona Pass, and every lover of the stirring song, “Hold the fort, for I am coming !” should travel through the scenes where the moun tain signals were exchanged just be fore the famous battle of Allatoona. Marietta is the sanitarium of North Georgia. i The Kennesaw Route is the quickest. 7