The Land of the sky, and beyond . tothe square inch at any altitude, and atthe seashore the atmospheric pressurefrom without is fifteen pounds, decreas-ing in direct ratio as the altitude is in-creased. This is what producesthattired feeling in lower altitudes, aunknown on the Asheville plateau, which,with its altitude of twenty-three hundred feet,has an atmospheric pressure of just twelveand three-quarter pounds, thus allowing theheart and lungs to perform their functionswith the least expense of force and vitality,and under conditions whichare absolutely is charTTiing ittle
The Land of the sky, and beyond . tothe square inch at any altitude, and atthe seashore the atmospheric pressurefrom without is fifteen pounds, decreas-ing in direct ratio as the altitude is in-creased. This is what producesthattired feeling in lower altitudes, aunknown on the Asheville plateau, which,with its altitude of twenty-three hundred feet,has an atmospheric pressure of just twelveand three-quarter pounds, thus allowing theheart and lungs to perform their functionswith the least expense of force and vitality,and under conditions whichare absolutely is charTTiing ittle citynestling in thevery bosom ofthe everlasting-hills. It has anactive, prosper-ous population ofabout twelvethousand, hand-some hotels, sub-stantial banks,business blocksa n d churches,and many beau-tiful and modernprivate resi-dences, in whichwill be found allthe cultured re-finement of thegreater socialcentres. It hasa most progres-sive daily. TheCitizen, which, under the editorship ofMr. Frank Robinson, is ever alive to Ashe-. , ? A bngofquail isanaverai til tin- iiMfiit ihat fioin one [joint the traiL Ijelow on fourteen ditfereiit grades.] villes interests. Its school system ranksamong the first in the South, and the schoolbuildings are modern structures of brick,with all educational conveniences and im-proved sanitary appliances. Its streets arewell paved — largely in asphalt — lightedwith electricity, and it has an excellent sys-tem of electric street-railroads. Altogetherit is a modern, bustling, young city, in whichthe material and social are j(^far in advance of the average city of ^^^^^J^its size, whether North or South. k.«i^i. Asheville has been termed the Sara-toga of the South, but this is hardlyjust, for there is not a single point inwhich comparison of natural advanta-ges can be made which would not be inAshevilles favor. Climate, scenery,health, and atmospheric conditions areall incomparably better at is true that in certain
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