The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-02
CAY SOJOURN BY THE Sea
Pleasurc-SeekerS and Health.HunterS
at Atlantic City.
SOME VERY FAST RAILROADING
jerseys Great Seaside Cosmopolis Be.
gins Its Season by Gayety Rather
Early but Begins 1t In Genu.
inc Earnest.

Atlantic City, March 1.-The gloom
full and Oppressive pessimist who per-
sistently croaks of hard times and
dolefully asseverates that the nations
prosperity has gone to the demnitiOn
everlasting buw-wows, is shamed out
of his dismal bewailngs as soon as he
finds himself in the briny and brilliant
atmosphere of this great seaside cos
mopls. The very air seems with ca
ressing fingers to "knit up the ravelled
sleave of care" the swishing surf sings
wooingly restful song to the tired
senses; the genial warmth of the earth
nearing sun stirs the sluggish blood to
quicker pulsings; and the inspiriting ac-
tivities that pervade the place beget
fresh impulses and enkindle new ambi-
tions in the most mind-weary of NOR
tails.
A stroll on the thronged boardwalk
just now is an inspiration and de-
light. This magnificent esplanade
skirting the white-beaded edge of the
horiZon-reaching sea for four unbroken
miles, is the daily rendezvous of beauty
and fashion, as well as the daily resort
of the invalid and valetudinarian. Here
meet and mingle the cosmopolite and
the countryman, Beau Brummel and
Farmer Hayseed. the belle from vocif-
erous Broadway and the bright-eyed
maiden from the quiet Pennsylvania
hills. With each recurring year the
wholesome custom grows of resorting
here for winter residence or an early
spring. time vacation, and the propi-
tious opening of the Lenten season now
beginning augurs favorably.
Some Climatic Advantages.
The magnificent climatic advantages
of Atlantic City render it easily the
foremost of American health resorts.
The balmy and invigorating air, laden
with briny ozone and impregnated
with the balsamic odors of the encir-
cling pine forests, is distinctively cura-
tive in pulmonary, malarial and nerv-
Gus disorders, being especially effec-
tive in the amelloration of la grippe.
The diversity of recreations and
amusement attract to it every shade of
temperament and taste from the grav-
est to the gayest. More than hundred
hotels and boarding cottages have
opened their doors to the entertain
ment of visitors at rates ranging from
81 day up to figures that would make
a frugal millionaire dizzy.
The facilities for getting to and from
this enchanting bit of Lotus Land are
superb in their completeness and in
every detail-for have we not the
Royal Route to the Sea-" that magni-
ficent branch of the Reading Railroad
system, the fame of which extends
from the eastern coast to the placid
waters of the Shutdown seas? Every
body who travels-and everybody trav-
els nowadays-is familiar with the
unique renown of the flyers that run
on this celebrated line, and I cannot
forbear quoting from the Atlantic City
correspondent Of the Philadelphia
Evening Star this account of a remark
ably quick run:
Very Fast RailroadinS.
"The people reaching here on Sat
urday last on the o'clock p. m. Read
ing train have it to say that they tray
eled the entire distance at a rate of
a mile in less than a minute. BY rea-
son of the ice blockade in the Delaware
the train left twenty-five minutes late,
and yet, including stops at Hammon-
ton, Egg Harbor and Pleasantville, it
pulled up to the depot here only one
and one-half minutes behind time. In
other words, twenty and one-half min
utes had been made up in the tifty-five
and one-half miles, which distance, in
elusive of the three stops, was COW
cred in fifty-seven and one-half min
utes. Certainly five minutes at least
were consumed in the slowing up, stop
ping and getting off again at three sta
tions, so that the actual running time
was more than a mile minute. This
Is a remarkable record for the distance
and Is probably the fastest rate of tray
cling ever accomplished across jersey
But the Star man rs in error i'm set
ting this down as 'record breaker"
the same ffty-five and one-half miles
having been covered at least once in
ffty-two minutes. On the Readings
straight smooth track a speed of mile
q. minute Is not deemed notably rapid
and a mile in less than fifty seconds Is
no uncommon achievement. The ele-
CANT train equipment of the Royal
Reading route" not less than the phe-
nomenally quick time, attracts to 1t
a very large preponderance of the
travel, and am informed that through
tickets to Atlantic City are now sold al
most everywhere along the lines of the
Reading, and also on those of its con-
nections, such as the Baltimore and
Ohio. Lehigh Valley, New Jersey Cen
tral, Beech Creek, Fall Brook and other
road. j. Nj. IL.
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cure all impurities of the blood, from n
common pimple to the worst scrofula sore