Frostburg mining journal., 1889-05-04
CORRESPONDENCE.
WAY DOWN SOUTH.


To the MINING JOURNAL.
The train was twenty minutes late
leaving Cumberland. twenty later than
that at Grafton, and So on all on ac-
count of hot box. which the railroad
employees had industriously worked
on at every stopplng-place. The con.
sequence was that when ''yours truly
arrived in Cincinnati, after his tire
some journey, he found he had miss
ed connection with the Louisville
ard Nashville railroad, and would he
obliged to stop for twelve hours IN the
Queen City of the West.
On the train had scraped acquaiut'
auce with a giantess, who was on her
way from Bunnells museum, New
York, to Worth's, Cincinnati. She
was very pleasant and lady-lke. We
arrived in Cincinnati and found | haG
missed connection, she asked me If |
would mind escorting her to the mu-
scum on Vine street, for she "did not
like to walk on the streets alone, people
stared So" They stared more so when
they saw me with her, as looked like
Nose Bear walking with Long John
Chaney. We had quite an affection
ate parting. She thanked me very
kindly for "my courtesy as she
termed it, and gave me her photo.
In Cincinnati | met with Will Gun
ming, formerly of Eckhart. He is in Il
position of trust with the Adams EX-
press company, and looks very well
indeed.
Cincinnati is as smoky as Pittsburg
used to be. which is saying a great
deal. There is an arcade here which
consists of narrow street rooted with
glass, stores on each side, mostly jew.
elry and art stores, and where there
ara no stores the wall is covered with
mirrors. 1t is a great place for prom
enadlng, especially on rainy days.
just gaze IN II mirror. a palr of
laughing eyes are reflected, one of
which closes in roguIsh wink turn
suddenly and a very modest aud de-
mure Sunday school maiden is passing,
stares at you should you smile or tip
your hat. The trick of it is this: You
must wink back in the mirror, and the
Irritation eau be carried on indefinitely
this way on the inStalment plan. Oh,
the Emery arcade Is a fine place.
The Fountain square is also a great
place of resort. | stood looking at it
and thinking of jeff" Brode and
Alden Dillon's first drink there from
the turtles mouth; and of their offer
ing nickle to Il Outstanding police
man for it, thinking him the owner.
In the afternoon ! went Across the
Rhlne," which consists Oi II settlement
of beer gardens over the canal. Here
you can enjoy good concert just for
the price of glass of beer, five cents ;
and it's good beer. too. All visitors to
Cincinnati "Go over the Rhine And
it was the last word of advice Alden
whispered to me when jumped the
town.
That evening, at 7:50. we left Gin
Ginuati oyer the l.. q. n. R. r., and
one of the queerGst things Of the Jour
ney was that in Cincinnati the whites
and blacks both attend the same pub
lie schools, while on this railroad, right
from the city depot, the colored people
are made to ride i'll car to them
selves.
The ride from Cincinnati to BIrming-
ham is through a very pretty and fer
tile country. But it's like IA game at
marbles. the "blacks" predomiuate.
Nashville is one of the most beautiful
cities have ever seen. The soldiers
graveyard Is just outside the city on
either side of the railroad. Ii is sol
emn and ghostly sight ; the rows OF
small white stones appear As far as the
eve can reach.
"On tame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac of the Dead.
The trains next longest stop was at
Decatur, which is fairly booming.
New buildings are in course of erec-
ton all over the city, and the large
machine shops, which the railroad
company is building, will give employ
ment to four or five hundred more
men. This is where our former sheriff,
, paE. Houok, resides, ! dld not get to
see him, bur hear that he is doing very
well in his southern home. The visit
OF yellow Jack" last summer does not
appear to have hurt the city to any
extent, Judging from the signs OF prog
ress everywhere exhibited.
Birmingham is reached at last. The
mines and slack heaps a few miles from
the city makes the landscape strangely
homelike. The city itself is "A "hust-