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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. - - 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. 5