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RECREATION. 



Summer 



Vacations 



With the Summer comes thoughts of the vacation, where and how to go. 

 Exceptional facilities are afforded by the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern 

 Railway's excellent service for travel to the resorts on the St. Lawrence River, in the 

 Adirondack and White Mountains, the Atlantic Coast, Lake Chautauqua, Niagara Falls, 

 Colorado, and resorts in the west and northwest. Ticket sales begin June 1st, close 

 September 30th ; good until October 31st for return. 



Tickets over the Lake Shore give option of rail or steamer either way between 

 Cleveland and Buffalo, without extra cost, except those sold locally between those cities. 



BOOKS FREE ON REQUEST. A finely illustrated descriptive 

 book about Lake Chautauqua, also book giving choice list of routes to 

 the east, with rates from Chicago, Toledo and Cleveland. 



For tnese books or desired information about travel over Lake Shore write to 



A. J. Smith, g. p. & t. a., Cleveland, O 



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SOUTHERN RAILWAY 



THROUGH 



THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN NORTH 

 CAROLINA 



"THE LAND OF THE SKY'* 



ASHEVILLE, THE SAPPHIRE COUNTRY AND HOT SPRINGS 



Nowhere east of the Rocky Mountains is to be found anything approaching it for spring, summer 

 and fall, and all-year-round retreat. 



ASHEVILLE AND THE SAPPHIRE COUNTRY 



With an average mean temperature of 59 , there is perfect freedom from torrid heat and the ter- 

 rors of winter's grasp. Her skies rival in their azurine tints those of Italy, and there is a vitality and 

 tonic in the atmosphere which makes an instant impression on the visitor. It is a region more 

 charmingly beautiful than Switzerland. Here range after range of heavily forested mountains 

 paralled each other like waves of the sea, where interlacing valleys are rich with verdure and 

 flowers, and where silver streams murmur unceasingly. 



HOT SPRINGS, N. C. 



A place where rest and recreation can be most happily combined. The climate and baths are 



especially applicable for nervous and rheumatic troubles. The pure mountain air, charming 



scenery and luxurious thermal baths are among the attractions which justly render Hot Springs a 



favorite resort for people seeking health and recreation. 



Reached in 24 hours from New York in through Pullman drawing-room sleeping cars, via Southern 



Railway. 



FOR FULL PARTICULARS CALL OR ADDRESS 



New York Offices: 271 and 1185 Broadway 



ALEX. S. THWEATT. Eastern Passenger Agent, 1185 Broadway, N. Y. 

 W. A.Turk, Pass. Traffic Mgr., Washington. D. C. S. H. Hardwick, Gen'l Pass. Agt., Washington, D. C. 



