The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1891-08-07

closing Of the National EdIferisi Con.
vesfien---vlsifs 10 Duluth and West
Superior and lewa.

The National Editorial Conventio
closed its seventh annual session
on Friday evening the 18th inst
and the next morning the editor
and wives, daughters and swee
hearts began to scatter to all point
of the compass.
The excursion to California wa.
abandoned as the Convention vii
probably go there next year
About 16S of the press brethren
and sisters went to Yellow Stone
Park, and were crowded into the
room that could be comfortably
occupied by 100persnns. Not car.
ing to be damned" we declined
that trip, and went, in company
with about 300 hundred others, to
Duluth, Minnesota and West Su.
perior, Wisconsin, two beautiful
cities. situated on Lake Superior,
and were the guests of those hos.
pitable cities two days. 1t is need.
less to say that we were Sumptu-
ously entertained, for Duluth and
West Superior people never do
things by half measure, as will be
shown by the marvellous growth
of those places. Six years ago,
where now stands the city OF West
Superior, with its $4,000 inhabi-
tants, lis magnificent hotels and
mammouth iron and steel manu-
%lacturies, was a pine forest. Du-
luth is an older city, but has grown
from a village of 5000 inhabitants
to 10000 in less than ten years.
An immense business in wheat,
coal, iron, lumber and real estate,
makes Duluth of a necessity a cen
ter for vast capital and great bank
ing interests. Undue neglect of
the subject of parks is often an I'M
fortunate feature in the busy up.
building of many cities, but it is
the history of Duluth that its won
derful growth and business de-
velopment is fortunately going
hand in hand with an unusual ap-
probation on the part of the citi.
zens OF the beautiful and pictur-
e>que. No other city in the land
possesses so exceptional a park
system as Duluth has received from
natures lavish hand. It's Park
system combines the grand and
picturesque, the useful and beauti-
full to an unprecedented degree in
the history of American cities.
Time and space forbid that | should
enter into a description of those
magnificent parks, which EN-
brace hundreds of acres of land,
but will speak especially of Glen
wood Park, 40 acres in extent,
within the confines of which and
through a savage ravine and down
a series of bold and picturesque
cataracts the mountain torrents
breaks its rocky barriers and hur-
ries madly on to the great inland
sea. AT one part The stream hurls
itself over a rocky hillside brisll-
with somber pines, until it is
hurried in a foam colored pool a
hundred feet below. The view
here of the lake, down the
converging, pine brisrling walls of
the ravine, is indiscribably beauti-
We left West Superior Mon.
day evening, and in six hours
reached st. Paul, a distance of $50
miles, and there | stayed in bed two
days from a severe cold, contracted
at the lake cities, where the Their
In0meter was down to so degrees.
While | yet had fever | started
Wednesday evening, via Chicago,
10 Maquoketa, Iowa, to visit an old
and only uncle, MI. M. NJ. Mayors.
We reached his hospitable home
Thursday evening, and after buy
ng some winter underware | felt
much more comfortable. / then
met many ex-Federal officers and
TX soldiers, who gave me a cordial
welcome to their beautiful city,
and | am especially indebted to
MIR. w. c.. Gregory, a leading law
yer ofthat place, and Mr.. A. Organ,
! leading merchant and Mrs. Ii.
h. Hutchins Tor much kindness
Us. While there we visited
The largest Shetland pony farm in
The United States, there being
about 200 Shetland and as many
Welsh and Iceland ponies in the
herd, which vary in size from a
house cat up to a half grown mus
.ang. and IN price from 800 to
800 each. | wanted a pair of the
Shetlands, but my purse
vas too short of the spare cash,
1900 besides express charges to
ny home. When | draw a prize
n the Louisiana lottery, then |
will invest. AT present it suits my
business better to invest in a pony
press. We spent most
# the day among the ponys and
wandering around the blue grass
meadows and are indebted to Mr..
nd Mrs. w. @. Branscomb for a
rlendid dinner and other atten-
ions shown US. We remained in
until Monday morning,
when We took leave of our rela-
i've and new made friends and
tarted for this place, which we
cached the same day, and have