Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-07

in the United States, the old colonial capt.
tai. and the seat of William and Mary
College, Is midway between jamestown and
Yorktown
The northern edge of the great Dismal
Swamp is only few miles from Norfolk,
and in that vicinity is the greatest truck
ing region of all the world.
Indeed, the jamestown exposition Off
Gals consider it particularly fortunate that
the site of their mammoth display is sur
rounded on all sides by a region rich in
scape. All about the grounds places
that no tourist can afford to pass by with
out inspection
Dismal Swamp Region.
Lake Drummond, in the great Dismal
Swamp region referred to, is a place hal
lowed by legend and verse. The lake it
self is seven miles long and lies deep-hid-
den in the middle of a cyprus and juniper
morass. Its waters the color of brandy,
and it is dark and dismal to indescrib-
able degree. In his immortal poem Tom
Moore told the story of the young girl and
her lover. who were lost in the swamp, and
he concludes In this way:
But oft, from the Indian hunters camp,
This lover and maid true
Are seen at the hour OF midnight damp
To cross the lake by fire fly lamp
And paddle their white canoe"
Lake Drummond is easily reached. trains
leaving Norfolk four times daily over the
Norfolk and Western railway for Suffolk
which is the nearest station.
Yorktown briefly referred to above. is
another side trip that will in all probability
be very popular. The exact spot of the
surrender of Lord CORVALLIS to the CONT
mental army in 1871 is marked by monu-
ment. and there Is another fine shaft dedi-
Gated to the soldiers who won the victory.
At Yorktown also may be seen the ruins of
a church built in 1860. the first custom house
ever opened in the United States, the cave
in which CORVALLIS took refuge when the
town was bombarded, the old Nelson house
and other places Of great interest.
Gorgeous Natural Halls.
Another place of interest that the pleas
ure-seeking tourist will not miss seeing is
the Luray Caverns. gorgeous natural halls,
which are one OF the wonders of the world.
and at night fairy palace glistening with
staiactites. Then there is the Natural
Bridge. a wonderful structure overlooking
the James River valley on the western slope
of the Blue Ridge mountains. 1t is a single
block of limestone. with many varying
shades of color. and is 2l5 feet high 100
feet wide and has a 90-foot cpan In addi-
ton to a splendid daily schedule by which
these places and others may be reached. the
Norfolk and Western will special last
trains from the north, west and south direct
to the exposition grounds
trip that will probably be in high favor
with exposition visitors will be that on the
Chesapeake line plying between Baltimore
and Norfolk. Steamers leaving Baltimore
in the evening arrive at Old Point Comfort
from there go to Norfolk, passing through
Hampton roads Persons travelling south
via that route are allowed the privilege of
stopovers on their t--.lets thus affording
them an opportunity to visit the hotels and
fort at Old Point Comfort, as we'll as Vir-
gina Beach, Cape Henry and Ocean View.
Direct and Short Line
The Chesapeake and Ohio is the direct
and short line from the west, northwest and
southwest, and the only line traversing the
historic peninsula from Richmond to Hamp-
ton roads and landing passengers directly
at the exposition wharf, as well as at New
port News. Old Point Comfort and Norfolk
No railroad ride in the United States for
variety of beautiful an dgrand scenery, for
continuing interest and for historic associa-
ton, both of peace and OF war. can equal
that from Cincinnati and Louisville to
Hampton roads over the Chesapeake and
Ohio.
The travelling public will undoubtedly be
interested to know that the Merchants and
Miners line offers a direct route between
the north and the south. The routes of. the
steamers on the several lines of this COM
pany are particularly noted for their beauty
and diversity. plying as they do the waters
of the Chesapeake and Delaware bays,
James and Eliza beth rivers, Narragansett
bay, Providence river, Vineyard sound and
the famed Massachusetts bay and Boston
harbor, Savannah river and the Atlantic.
During the continuance of the exposition
the Peoples line will operate between Nor
folk and the Jamestown exposition ground
a feet of fast and commodious excursion
steamers with special daily excursion to
jamestown Island, leaving Norfolk al $50
o'clock am.
Hunting and Fishing Section.
The finest hunting section of the south
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lantic coast are along the lines of the
Norfolk and Southern railway. Eastern
North Carolina has been frequently describ-
ed as the ''sportsmen's paradise" Its waters
swarm with wild fowl from the famous
canvas back to the toothsome reed bird
and the streams abound in fish of almost
every variety. In the forest are all kinds
of game-bear, deer, squirrels, rabbits,
opposums, 'coons, foxes and wild cats-and
on the uplands found wild turkeys,
quail, woodcock, doves, larks and the like.
Steamers make connection at Norfolk
with all early trains for Richmond, Peters
burg, Virginia Beach, Ocean View and the
south and southwest, and at Old Point with
the c. and o. railway for Richmond and
all summer resorts on the lines Of that
road and with the steamers Of the Old
Dominion Steamship Company, thus az
fording an all-water voyage from wash
ington, D. c., to New York city and Rich
mond, Va.
The Friede lift will be to the jamestown
exposition what the Eiffel tower was to
the Paris exposition, the Ferris wheel to
the worlds fair at Chicago and the electric
tower to the Pan-American exposition. 1t
canot be described, except in so far as d.
mansions go. 1t is built of steel and cost
$4,000. 1t has eight airships, and each
will accompany twenty-four persons. 1t
wouldn't be fair to tell any more about it.
The visitor should have the privilege of
testing 1t without advance information.
Luxury of Modern Travel.
Visitors will find that in all the luxury of
modern travel in this ease-loving age moth
ing can surpass the service of the Norfolk and
Washington Steamboat Company between
Washington. Fortress Monroe, Newport
News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Va, and the
South. Every day of the year. winter and
GUNNER, spring and fall. the trip is made
the company's new palace steamers New
port News, Washington and Norfolk CIV