The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1895-01-24

them all, and | did until they came out
OF the undressing house, transformed
and trausmogrified into wafer nymphs,
and then l dident know anybody, not
even my lifelong wife. ! stood off at q
respectful distance and ruininated. As
they toyed and struggled with successive
waves and screamed and shouted with
hilarious Slce, even the older ones re-
newed their youth like the eagles and bid
defiance TO rolling years and rolling bill
lows. Suddenly the dream of my youth
came over me ana | wandered away
down beyond the curve of the beach and
all alone in my primeval glory laved and
lbathed in the green waters of the Gulf
of Mexico. 1t carried me back 10 the
rude and crude froics of my boyhood
when the springboard and the mill pond
were my delight Half a century has
passed since l saw that mill pond, but it
is there yet, and the water is still falling
over the dam and singing the same old
song
Men may come and men may so,
But l go on forever"
The sea, the gulf, the lakes and rivers
and brooks are the only living, moving
things in all nature that suffer no change
from the iron hand of time Such as
they were at creations dawn they are
now. But | am not rs brave as i used
TO be, and so l kept within easy reach
OF Il long, projecting root that reached
out some twenty feet in the water and
rose and fell with the waves. l was
afraid of the undertow and grabbed the
friendly root as oft as the breakers came.
Oh, it was glorious. But all pleasures
Nd in, Il, tt,.,
ten and | were invested in those usual
garments of which we had been Invested,
and after picking up few shells de-
parted these coasts homeward bound.
The ladies' sang Life on the Ocean"
and Go Tell Aunt Sallie," and "Who
Killed Cock Robin and other watcry
choruscs, when suddenly a hat with gay
ribbons flying took notion 10 sail away
into the vessels wake, and we thought
it was gone for good, but the pleasant
Swedish boatnan smiled and said II
find becm again" and 50 be had TO round
TO and stai'hoard and larboard and ship
ahoy and do other nutical things to get
it. 1t was a happy afternoon, and the
five little children were the happiest of
the lot. Mothers come here for frail aud
Sickly children-men come for their
wives and wives for their husbands.
Every family has an invalid | saw Il
sweet little girl of three years aslccp
upon a shawl that was spread upon the
sandy beach. She came sick and pale
and with a consumptiye cough, but be-
licvc will get well. l saw young lady
who has nearly lost her hearing from Ion
continued grip, and she is improving
every day and is as merry as lark. |
met man from Cincinnati today and he
comes TO spend another winter because
his asthma was so relieved while here
last winter. The winter residents have
all returned and brought more with them.
People are getting more and more like
the birds, wild ducks and geese and mock
ing birds and robins and wild pigeons
all migrate to escape the rigors of a win
ter climate, and why should not man.
kind, especially those who are afflicted
with some diseases that six months of
winter aggravatcs? What is wanted by
the public are cheaper rates for winter
tourists. The railroads ought 20 give
round trip rates for nearly one fare, and
they would make money by it. The tour
lists ought to have as much favor as the
eXcursionist. The small discount the
railroads make is no engagement to
travel. The fare from Atlanta to San
ford is S13.10, and it is SO for round
trip ticket. 1T should not be more than
$50, and | am sure the travel would be
doubled. But what is wanted on the
gulf coast is more accommodations for
winter visitors. Clear Water will soon
have a. nice new hotel and it will be filed
but there are many people who want cot
tage privileges, and would rent them if
they We're here. Every mail brings in
quiries, Can ! rent cottage?" No, not
now. Every one is occupied. DIR. Blount,
of Macon, and his son and sons wife
rented one last winter and remained all
summer, and they say they never spent
pleasanter summer anywhere. The old
doctor has been all over the world and So
journed in many countries, and declares
he has at last found Il resting place that
suits him all the year round. But if
man had n thousand dollars TO spare he
could buy a lot as elevated as the bluff
and only one block away and build him a
cottage and have two or three hundred
dollars left. These back lots are gen
orally 75x160 and on the same elevation
with the bluff and can he had at prices
ranging from $500 to 800. The bluff lots
that overlook the bay are getting scarce
and command from $40 TO SD a front
foot. Six of them have been sold since
] came here, and four of them improved
with handsome residences.
The little town is looking up. There
ore two good schools with competent
teachers. More boats have been built for
pleasure, and some of the wealthy resi-
dents own naphtha launches. The rent
of good oarboat is about 81 month,
but this is generally shared by at least
four persons A Chinese laundry has Just
been opened. Negroes are scarce and
they charge high for their labor. The
white country people are very friendly
and kind They bring milk and eggs and
chiakens and fish ard oysters and peas
and beans and cucumoers and tomatoes
and other vegetables TO your door every
day. Winter gardens take the place of
summer gardens in Georgia and it will
not be long before the market will be
supplied with strawberries. SO many
persons write to know what they can get
to do here while seeking health and