A spur of the Blue Ridge, in Greenville county, South Carolina, 3,500 feet above Tide Water. Climate unsurpassed, Scenery varied, grand, and beautiful. The thermometer ranges during the hot months from 50° to 70°. Freestone and Chalybeate Springs. Temperature 52° to 54°. Twenty-six miles north of Greenville, South Carolina, and twenty-four miles west of Hendersonville, North Carolina. Easily reached by daily hacks from either place, over good roads, which have been lately improved. A Post Office at the Hotel, and daily mail. Accommodations good, having been enlarged and improved. Terms moderate. Billiards, nine-pins, and other amusements for guests. A resident physician. See author’s notice. F. BARTOW BEVILLE, E. M. SEABROOK, SUPERINTENDENT. PROPRIETOR. * * * * * Pre-eminently Popular. WHEELER & WILSON’S Standard Sewing Machine. [Illustration] The SILENT, SWIFT, SIMPLE, S UBSTANTIAL No. 8 Wheeler & Wilson Manufacturing Company, NORTH MAIN ST., ASHEVILLE, N. C. SOMETHING CHOICE! Lovers of the weed, who enjoy a really good smoke, should always ask for HOLMES’ GOLDEN LEAF, HOLMES’ LAND OF THE SKY, HOLMES’ PISGAH. These brands are manufactured from the celebrated Tobaccos grown in Western North Carolina, free from all perfumeries, adulterations, or impurities, and are prized for their SUPERB SMOKING QUALITIES. Ask your dealer for HOLMES’ TOBACCO and take no other. Orders from the Trade Solicited. E. I. HOLMES & Co., Proprietors. Asheville, N. C. J. A. FRANK’S CHARLESTON HOTEL, SWAIN COUNTY. A comfortable house neatly furnished. _HEADQUARTERS for TOURISTS and BUSINESS MEN._ THE FRANKLIN HOUSE. FRANKLIN, MACON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. A warm welcome and comfortable entertainment for all travellers; a good livery stable connected, stages and carriages sent to any point. Horses and mules bought and sold. D. C. CUNNINGHAM, proprietor. * * * * * THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD CONNECTS: At Salisbury, N. C., with the Richmond and Danville Railroad. At Statesville, N. C., with the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad. Also, at Paint Rock, with the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railroad. Thus offering an _All Rail Route_ from NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, and WEST, to “THE LAND OF THE SKY.” TRAVERSING THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SCENERY ON THIS CONTINENT. ☛ During the Summer season, Excursion Tickets can be Purchased at all the Principal Cities. A. B. ANDREWS, V. E. McBee _President_. _Superintendent_. M. SLAUGHTER, _General Passenger Agent_. THE HERREN HOUSE.