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“N. F. ”
That is wli.it the “Sidetrack” is. It
has demonstrated the superiority of
brains over beef, and has gotten a
number of the big railroad systems
seeking its alliance just like it has al
ways had the preference and affection
of the great American traveling and
shipping public. Merit will always
win, and common sense has had its
crowning triumph in the overwhelm
ing popularity of which the “Side
track” is now the proper recipient.
The soldiers like it because it is the
shrine of patriotic associations and
memories dearest to martial .minds.
The tourists like it because it per
meates or sends its sleeping and palace
car lines into scenes of beauty and com
fort.
Invalids like it because it runs
through America’s region of health.
Capitalists like it because directly
on its line or that of its little sister
sidetracks are the finest beds of mar
ble, manganese and iron ore, and of
scores of other minerals, which are to
be found in America.
Serious people like it because there
are so many things along or around it
which afford food for thought and solid
reflection.
Jolly folks like it because it is al
ways in a good humor, and turns ev
erything about it to good account,
checkmates every attempt made against
it, and turns every practical joke
which its competitors attempt to play
upon it into a scene of drollery where
the laugh is on the other fellow and
not on the “Sidetrack.”
People in a hurry like it because if
they travel over it they are certain
“to git thar” in time.
Leisurely people like it because
there are so many places along its line
where they can stop and spend a few
hours, or a few days, or a few weeks,
in the pleasantest possible manner.
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The ladies Tike it because its officers *
and employes are so obliging and do
so much to add to their comfort and
' pleasure, and because everything
around it seems to be gilded with beau
ty and pleasure.
Sweethearts like it because there is
a tunnel on it.
The “Sidetrack” has had a wonder
ful experience in the railroad world.
It is a great lover of peace; but it goes
on the principle —“have brains enough
to shun a fight, or pluck enough to
see it through”—and whenever it is
forced into a fight it “sees it through”
to the extent of walking off with the
spoils after the fight is over.
It likes its friends, and stands up to
them; and it has now merely to shake
its warning finger at its rivals in order
to make them behave themselves.
The “big boss” of one of its rivals,
by the way, who is fond of dramatic
surprises, used to spring these very
frequently on the other lines for the
purpose of forcing some conclusions
i which he desired, and he generally
succeeded until he ran afoul of the
“Sidetrack,” and then —well, he didn’t
succeed. His man, Friday, had for
his motto “G. B.”; but after he had
circumvented nearly everybody around
him and then tackled the “Sidetrack,”
he found that its motto was “N. F. :
The “Sidetrack” told him — Noli me
tangere.” He tried to render this of
no effect; but finally after a great
struggle concluded to split the differ
ence and adopt it in part. Then he
agreed to the “me tangere” portion of
it; but told the “Sidetrack” that it
very well Knew that when it required
him to “No —U,” it was making a very
unreasonble requirement and one that
it was impossible for him to carry out.
The “Sidetrack” agreed to the com
promise, and “me tangere” has been his
motto since that, in his dealings with
the “Sidetrack;” but he has refused
to practice the other part of it in his
dealings with “the boys.” He has
been feeding “the boys” with promises
for sometime past; in fact, he has es
tablished the reputation of being “the
i most promising man” in the business.
But “the boys” are beginning to find
out that his promises, like “stool-leg
soup,” are very thin, unless a good
many other condiments are put in to
help make the soup.
But, hello, we suppose everybody
understands that “N. F.” means “no
body’s fool.”
The Railroads as Educators of
Artists.
The railroad corporations of the pres
ent day are becoming the means for
the education of a large and meritori
ous school of artists. Where but a few
years atro an artist could make only a
scanty living/and where the number
was very limited their name has now
become legion.
We find in New York city, in Bos
ton, in Buffalo, in Chicago, in Cincin
nati and other cities large establish
ments which do artistic work, and de
rive their patronage almost exclusively
from the railroads.
- It is stateckthat.one of the large rail
way systems in the north west gave
' $22,000 for the preparation of one il-
THE KENNESAW GAZETTE.
lustrated publication regarding the at
tractions of its line. Other sums near
ly as large have been brought to our
attention, and the style of railroad ad
vertisements of the present day is be
coming one which combines the very
highest order of artistic execution.
The Western & Atlantic Railroad
Co. is beginning to take rank with the
very first of the railroads of America
in the high order of its advertising
matter. Its “Mountain Campaigns in
Georgia, or War Scenes on the AV. &
A.” has been pronounced by the high
est authorities to be about the tastiest
and most sumptuous publication ever
issued by a railroad company. It will
give the reader some idea of the ex
traordinary success <d this publication
when we state that over four thousand
letters have been received at the pas
senger department of the Western &
Atlantic Kailroad asking for copies oi
it. Some of these came from Switzer
land, some irom England and one
from far off Alaska. These were in
addition to the multitude of requests
made in person to its officers and
agents.
Its “Battlefields Folder,” of which
we gave an account in our last issue,
is the prettiest folder ever issued by
any railroad company.
The Western & Atlantic publica
tions which are being issued, and which
are in course of preparation for the
winter, are superb in every sense in
which you may properly use the word.
Southern Winter Resorts.
Anu still they come. Year after
year the South is becoming the refuge
of invalids and the section of elegant
leisure for tourists.
The fact that Florida has thousands
of people, is a matter of yearly note;
but Marietta, Aiken and Thomasville
are now coming to the front as being
the choicest excursion points in the
South.
The atmosphere is not so damp, the
temperature is equable and, about Ma
rietta, particularly, the scenery is not
only historic but beautiful and grand.
One point to which attention is now
being directed is the fact that, in the
past, invalids have stayed too short a
time down here. Those who come
with the seeds of disease in their sys
tem should remain in the sanitary re
gion until the Hsease is eradicated.
The first few weeks, or months, as the
case may be, merely serve to lift off a
part of the stratum of disease, and re
move the immediate cause of pain and
annoyance; just as their stay too long
in the damp, cold regions of the north
had served to invite the disease and fix
it upon them. Therefore, the voice of
wisdom imperatively calls upon those
sufferers to remain in the South until
the cause of trouble is removed from
the system.
The high, dry temperature of Mari
etta and of upper Georgia generally is
a tonic which restores, strengthens and
heals the lungs and brings back the
sufferer to the bloom and vigor of
health.
The American people are getting
smarter than they used to he. They
are learning more about the laws of
health and the economy of life; hence,
the fact that northern people are mov
ing down to Marietta and taking up
their residence there is a practical evi
dence that they recognize the propri
ety of the necessity of adopting such
measures as will restore and maintain
health.
As a northern gentleman said to us
a few weeks ago: “The Yankees will
be in possession of Marietta before you
know it. Thev are moving there and
are becoming the most enthusiastic
residents of the city.”
The class of people who are moving
to Marietta are among the most culti
vated in the northwest; and the “Gem
City of Georgia,” or “Little Paris,”
just as you may choose to term it, is
certainly beginning to command at
tention as being not only the centre of
health and pleasure, but also of cul
ture and refinement. Its unrivalled
advantages of being on the direct hi<ih
way of three through sleeping car
lines, and the fact that it is within less
than an hour’s ride of Atlanta, with a
half dozen passenger trains per day
each way, proves that it has hardly a
rival in the country, when we enu
merate advantages.
If you are going to travel between
the northwest and Atlanta or Florida
you should by all means go over the
Western ami 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 1” should travel
through the scenes where the moun
tain signals were exchanged just be
fore the famous battle of Allatoona.
Psalm LVII.
1. David in pravor fleeing unto God coniplaipoth
of his dangerous case. 7. lie eneourageth him
sel' to praise God.
To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Mich
tam of David, when he tied from Saul in
the cave.
BE merciful unto me, O God, be merciful
unto me; for my soul trusteth in thee;
yea, in the shadow of thy wingswill ImaKe
my refuge, until these calamities be over
past.
2. I will cry unto God most high; unto
God that performeth all things for me.
3. He shall send from heaven, and save
me from the reproach of him that would
swallow me up. Selah. God shall send
forth his mercy and his truth.
4. My soul is among lions; and I lie even
among them that are set on fire, even the
sons of men, whose teeth are spears and ar
rows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
5. Be thou exalted, () God, above the
heavens; let thy glory be above all the
earth.
6. They have prepared a net for my
steps; my soul is bowed down; they have
digged a pit before me, into the midst where
of they are fallen themselves, b'elah.
7. My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is
fixed; I will sing and give praise.
8. Awake up, my glory ; awake, psaltery
ami harp; 1 myself will awake early.
9. 1 will praise thee, () Loud, among the
people; I will sing unto thee among the na
tions.
10. For thy mercy is great unto the heav
ens, and thy truth unto the clouds.
11. Be thou exalted, O God, above the
heavens; let thy glory-be above all the_
earth.
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