The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1913-08-30

Conditions will socn change, however,
in North Carolina, as cumpolsory
school attendance law has been passed.
The return trip home was made over
the G. c. &c O. Railroad, said to be the
most costly railroad ever constructed in
America $3.50, 900 a. mile. It is said to
be owned by T. F. Ryan of New York.
This great new highway of commerce
the model of railway engineering tun-
nels its way through the very heart OF
the Blue Mountain Ridge, with a per-
fectly compensated track whose maxi
mum grade IS LIZ per cent and descends
from the crest OF the Blue Ridge at AL
ia Pass, N. c., to the Catawba river 1900
feet below. One loop of the railroad,
miles in circuit, carries you through
many tunnels aud back within 200 yards
OF the track from which you started, yet
a thousandf feet vertically below. A train
of loaded coal cars, loaded at Dante
Virginia), mile aid quarter long,
passed us. Three great mallet type en-
gines, each weighing 220 tons (without
the tender) propelled this marvellous
train. One engine was attached to the
front, one in the middle, one in the rear.
These are the largest engines ever con
structed and it is said that the C. G.. &;
O. had to release from liability all rail-
roads over which these giant engines
came before they would be accepted as
freight.
NOTES PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.
Roam mountain at present has some
distinguished guests. Cora Harris, the
famous novelist, is one of them. We
have met and conYersed with this won
derful woman, who: just now, is very
much in the public eye. Her novel. nIn
Search OF a Hng "a being
published in The Saturday Evening
Post. The local subscription to this pc
riodical in Roam Mountain has jumped
from Toto 100 since her story began.
The GlDDens family, of New Orleans,
also well-known in Bay st. Louis, are
guests of Roam Mountain, the father,
mother and Misses Gladys and Hatha
way. Their coming has enlivened very
much the social features of the village,
and they have been the recipients OF
many courtesies.
Mrs. Conway, of Vicksburg and her
charming and accomplished daughter,
Miss Maribelle, recently graduated at
Stewart Hall, Staunton, Va, are among
recent arrivals.
Mrs. Marye Dabney and daughter,
Miss Suzanne, of Vicksburg, are sum
mering here.
The hotels and boarding houses are
filled with guests from everywhere, all
OF whom enjoy the cool, bracing days
and the chilling nights. Besides these
and other distinguished guests Roam
Mountain possesses some noted types OF
characters.
Uncle Elisha Hendrickson is one of
the most pronounced types. He belong
ed to Pickett's charge at Gettysburg and
recently celebrated the fiftieth anniver-
sary there with that thin gray line OF
remaining comrades. He is the honest
miller of the village and a man whose
probity is relied on by all.
One of the most interesting person
ages in our community is Pierce w,
Julian, at once general merchandise
dealer, debater, naturalist, humorist,
philosopher, chronicler aud orator. He
has delighted many audiences locally
with his recital OF folk lore and several
think he is hiding his light under a
bushel by keeping off the lyceum plat
form. He is now, however, preparing
manuscript for three lectures, setting
forth the folk lore of East Tennessee.
Two very interesting mountain climbs
have been made with Mr.. A. S.. Berto-
let. who is spending another summer
here. He is naturalist OF the highes,
order and finds much pleasure in the
pathless woods. The two outings were
IN search over the mountain heights fol
edible fungi, which grow very profusely
this summer. The lessons learned first
hand from the unfolded book of nature
away from the haunts of men are more
delectaDle than texts and in our jaunts
we found the Caesar amanitas mush-
room, SO dear to che ImperiaI's stomach
in the long ago that botanists named il
after the conqueror of Gaul. Our
search was aDundantly rewarded and q
half bushel basket was comfortably I'LL
ed. Mr.. Bertolet, most modest man,
is finished scholar and finds great de-
hight il the solitudes and 10 the wilder
ness. On being asked why he did no.
build lodge here In these mountains,
become an anchorite and instruct men
IN the mysterious things Of nature, he
very aptIy quoted the aphorism 81
Schopenhauer, When yon try to teach