The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1892-01-02
PALACE HOTEL,
I ALANE Z 1IOI EI1y
san FRANCISCO, DEC. 10, 1891, !

SAN RAM I>|o' LEV 49, AO'1'
70 the Editor Of lie FLoRID1AN;
lam in receipt OF the papers containing
lo,,erc trom Montreal of November 2nd
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hau 'he i'ie"e'''N
and accompanying hlm ana MI hirst on
an inspection Of the Worlds Fair grounds
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Of Illinois, provlted sac raises suflclent
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feet VIDE ana Of any ues![eu ItnSlh is
available in Midway PaisanCc
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vec srec'ato~- ~ lie HIiui1g CGag-ess. 9
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tnr Colorado Snrings N+ni,on @n6 C,haT.
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\ Colnmh;a REtrar:ng onr stnns - De, ,,r
lsnG we came thrnn9l ~ .an pronr;oal W. u,
rio tho Sor.horm p ,c;fic ;n o. honrs l""'-''00
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crossino fLa s. k;r.I mountains frc,,, ~ =
epon into California i Nj Shosta I-n.;l
within few wears his countrv u.,c reochaI
BIZ an eiobty mile erarc ride ard onl,.
those with line and money At thri- d;e,
possl conld affo,d the nynrv n e,ch 9
trip, but now the mighty shadows Of The
mountain Ale crossed by the lines of the
4 Southern Pacific Comoanv
Our friend Mr., w. II. Jackson the cele-
brsted scenic nhotooranher OF Denver who
has probably seen more of this Wec,ern
country than any one in il gentlemen ot
the keenest artistic taste comedies to
Shasta unparaTe'ed grandeur. There is
one mountain in Colorado and one in Cen
tral California claiming q greater elevation
Than Shasta, h,lt they are 81 surrounded
and blwarked by high ranges. espec,ally
the one in Cahfoinia that their great Gle
vatlon is lost in their environment. Shasta
mas no rival within "a Illus of fifty miles
1t stands supreme. solitary and alone. the
embodiment of eternal strength. of cold,
white des0lation. like some remnant
o. burnt-out world, and vet standing
here and there laHa ane r;h T'o, tb;s ss mpnsta5
"U lHcIc ii lava no, CulS IEOuSU0I
draws your attention, fascinates you,
elarms you, and compels YOU to gaze
upon it until the eve is dimmed with
eSs When seen as we saw it at even
uae, when twilight shadows have dark
ened the valley below, this monarch
among mountains. this vast pyramid of
irost and storm.swrnt RIDGES. is trans
formed into a great beacon Iight of glory.
Where the wa,m. mcllow-ljght loves to
lnger, where the richest halo of cold and
Enmson eucirclc il with their loving
oands, where the last and best treasures
Of the decliuinr sun are poured out in q
SonGrous plotlsion until it is driven by
Ae night l1venders and prays bevond the
lorzon; then the TRANQUIL licht OF the
u'sown It's furrowcd hoary stones. soon
the't comes ont from behind tlc NIGHT
n!d a fam, flash of radiant silver that
CLEANS acyo>, thr skv and Gins the Ii~ht
Of the stars. the ,igbcr neaks are atiame