The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-08-15
THE CHARMS OF OESAR'S HEAD.
n FAITHFUL SIX ErCIi or NA
TUltI%S GREAT EREAK,
The Profile in the White Mountains
and CAESARS Head in the Hluc
Ridgc-lA New Version OF Brutus
and the Roman Emperor.

and the Roman Emperor.
Dr. Lansing burrows in Augusta Chronicle.
C-ESARS HEAD, >. g., Aug. d.
who can tell how many centuries this
grim yet placid face has yuZcu down
upon the iar-rcaching plain OF the
Palmetto State? Through tho rosy
summer and the blunchrd winter it
has turned It's stony stare. silent and
lmmovablc, through all the change
tut histories of men. There have bccn
scenes OF peaceful pastoral life when
men have wrought for generous hur-
vests amid tntsc fertile fields and
scenes OF dcsoiatlou when men turned
IN the rage of war upon their broth
rcn Unmuvcd by either, this strange
lace has simply regarded them with
out irown Tor their mnrd,rous hate or
smile for their he Nthiui industry.
There are two q these remarkable
SimulatiOnS OF the human face carved
in lasting stone in the United States.
The other is far up in tho White
| Mountains of New llumDshirc, known
as the Profile. Like this head. it is
pcrched upon the summit Of IL bare,
inaccessible clilf OF the hardest granite
The features, when viewed at the
proper angle, are clrur-cut, aud repre-
sent an old man with reccding mouth
and prOtruding chin. The head il the
Blue Ridge Is equally clear in its out
lines, but Is the physi02nomy OF Il vir
| lie man, without suggestion OF dccrcp-
il age. The hOld Roman nose is what
has associated it with the ambitious
Caesar. That and the expansive fore
head and orators mouth, wcll-markcd,
! although compressed, combine in an
admirable presentation Of the man
who swayed empires. The New llImp-
!
the hard-iiviuT, Cconumical farmer
~-draSginT subsistence from those re-
| iuctant fields. The South Carolina
| profile Is Il warrior. with Il look Of
command. inspiring with awe for its
ma jcsty. The one is Puritan, the
other IS Cavalier. The one is the type
| OF Now England srnLimcnL-stcrn,
self contained. earnest; the other is
the type OF the Southcrn-dashing
heroic commanding. The worry rocks
pirtahc Of the characteristics of the
people who uNcll in their shadows.
The head Of CrSur lifts itself above
! the great plain that stretches to the
sea, upwal DIS Of 900 feet. From its
crown one may behold II vast cXpanSc.
| Let the day be cic;lr and the ordinary
eye shall behold Stone Mountain. near
| Atlanta, on the one side, and Kings
| Mountain, near CharlOLtc, on the
other; and these peaks arc 3OU miles
apart. intervening the rolling cuun-
lry lies: hillowins itself into little
mountain ranges or isolated hills, and
sparkling with homcstcuds upon
which The sun tails. flashing them inLo
Jewels SrL in the vast sweep Ul green.
One looks down upon mountains that
.'"r hiH| Hud steep enough Ia di$rnu,'-
age any ordinary climber, and looks up
ab Il Sky 80 iauitlcSSiy blue thiU moth
ING can be seen but God. To lie upon
the bare rock alone, in the unspCaSa-
bic silence, and iuD!. down upon Il
world whose hum Of industry and walls
OF sorrow cannot reach the aiCrtCSt
car. is the emphasis Of solitude. One
nctcr feels the iitLIGmrss OF man 50
much rs thus, when with nothing but
"grccn cuiI. below, .E~.c uuiuLnc,s
ubUvr.' and is SO TAI ,Y.aa that the ia-
miIiar earth loses its distinctivnncsa
and becomes as mach Il wonder as the
uniathomahic depths that are above.
The elm with It's head wrought in
the gnciSs is not the only object Of in.
Lrr"~t. IL Is upon tho great rocky
! wall that forms the famous cscarDmrnt
| 70 the westward the earth is tumblcd
into all sorts Of shapes, the mountains
are tnmultpusly thrUwn together, pre-
acnting steep sides. ntGriaccd with Il
mighty tanglc Of m0nsJrous grow tbs,
and gHrniohcd with numbcrirss
strcamlcts That east themselves in rap
turOuS abandon down into invisible
| glHdcS. There are wonderful Vistaa
through which the biuc )i distant
peaks and ranges intrud2 them nsclvcs
ike monitors Of the divine. Cutaructs
lcaplnH from elevations Of Il thousand
lccL are not rare, and lesser fa Is
more beautiful in their uttcnuatcd
spray, abound, Over all whispers Il
cool and gcntle air that is never felt
in the plains beneath for there it, be-
comes that mysterious upper sLratum
in which the white fleece Of the sum.
mcr clouds iloat in their lumgOurOus
case. The scent OF the Ealsilni, the
faint signing Of the spruce trees. the
dead silence Of human voice and move
mrnt cntlcc to drOw~lnras even while
"--.t the morning pouring everywhere
It, golden glory on the air.
wakcns men below to the active in
dustries Of life.
There is one pccul arity among
mountains. | doubt If | have ever
roamcd through them without finding
dozens OF places known Us "Lpvcr's
Leap" The worn-out legend Of the
Indian brave carrying away his will
my captive ana ruLhlcSsIy pursued un-
Til he comes across IL tremendous pre-.
cipicc over which he casts him. cl
with his dusky Mary Jane. is wei
known III these parts. That reckless
jumping Indian must have lived every
where. and always had relay o
madcns to jump with him. He wen
over C;r,nls Head, so they say. lIC
has gonc over every cliii ever saw.
wonder, too. how many Bri"ai-vci
Falls there Hrc--thin diprhanOu.
sheets that tumble over convention,
rocks with an uncomfortable dampncss
We need Il revised mourV;,in nomcn
clahurc, and some fresh legends.
DR.. Mics, whoi II me del inn-kccpcr
; and who controls the Iutcl on the cil
at CAESARS Head, told me- new lc
; grnd. He has II comfortable Old no
tel, after the hOSpitablo primitive
sort, pcrchcd high ,,p in the sweet all
{ rf the mountain SUBMITS. He wei
comes the guests himself with Il grave
pose that gives assurance Of The SincCri
} ty OF his greeting. He looks after tho
comfort OF his guests himself, answer
ing the same questions, and aNor0ing
the same information .is TO distances