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HY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ANDERSON, S. C., THURSDAY MORNING. JUNE 5, 1884. VOLUME XIX.-NO. 47 muli wura in IM WAK. BETWEEN TWO ARMIES. A WOMAN'S PERILOUS JOURNEY IN A V"3" TENNESSEE. Il/rl C ??., of Memph?, Tenn., in Cluirlciton Weekly Newe. Persons living remote from the Beat of .var can have but a faint idea of the bard ?Btiipa to which these were subjected whom fate threw between the two armies. The town of Holly Springs was situnted tifty miles Southeast of Memphis and di rectly on tho line of every expedition tent out after the occupation of the latter city by the Federal troops. Holly springs was entered more than fifty times by bodies ranging from n marauding par i of a few hundreds to an occupation by brant's army, fifty thousand strong. In I860 evory foot of tho way between Mem obis and Holly Springs was in the high est state of cultivation. Cotton and corn Jields and lovely wooded pastures followed ^ach otbor in graceful succession, and [the traveller was rarely out of sight of a snug farm-house. In 18G3 the country [was worao than a wilderness. On the desert or in the midst of the ocean the traveller is alono with his God ; but here ns be journered on he constantly met [nothing but blackened chimneys which etood the monuments of dead hopes, and jo felt himself surrounded by the ghosts if a happy post. Within the fifty miles [there was hardly even *\ fence standing iot a cow nor a horse, nor anything. Ir, tho town of Holly Springs were .tbout two thouband old men, women and children, with no visible means of sup port. There was not an able-bodied mau in the town, and if there had been he would have been entirely without occu pation. There was not a store in the town, nor a fenced field in all the Bur rounding country. Every mouthful of food had to bo hauled fifty miles in a wagon, over badly washed, dirt roads, which had not been worked for years, and which were, in some places almost impassible. Provisions were sold in Memphis at enormous prices, and for 'greenbacks," which the Southern peo ple had no means of procuring. These were the circumstances under vliich was undertaken the journey which [ am about to describe, the only excuse for which was stern necessity. Late one Afternoon in October of 18641 was startled by the sight of a horse and wagon. It vas tho first I had Been for many months, ind proved to be that of a friend, who, ,'ith his wife and two babies, had driven brough the country from bia farm, fif een miles below Memphis. He told me the object of his journey was to buy some 3tton which was hidden away in the :mntry; that on his return to Memphis io would send out a large government trag?n with six mules to haul the cotton, it would be empty, and if I would go villi him to Memphis he offered to let ie fill it with supplies. I accepted his offer joyfully, for we bad been paying jjust one hnndred per cent, for tho haul ing of goods. A fter a few days spent in lutual sympathy and consolation (we cnew nothing of enjoyment in those days,) ,V? set out one afternoon at three o'clock, intending to Bpend the night at Mount Pleasant, a village fifteen miles oiF, and to reach Memphis.(he next day. There were six of ns, the gentleman, his wife md two babies, and I, with my year-oid [urchin, aa big, heavy, restless a child as per belabored a delicate mother. I was ?L "2 We had gone but a few miles whoo suddenly and without warning it began ?lo rain ; gently at first, but as night came on it poured nteadily and heavily. Being in an open wagon and having but one umbrella among us, wo despaired of reaching our destination, and began look ing about fora refuge from the storm. Alter to what seemed to usan intermina ble time we saw a large frame house some listan co back from tho road. \ AB it was iot yet dark we made our. way through (be wonda to the place, and were.over joyed to learn that we could be taken in mr the night. We were shown into a large, comfort able room with a big wood ure, and we mothers began with ' eager hands to un roll our drenched babies, and to lay them, warm and dry once more, in the softest embraces of a snug feather bed. Oh, how good it was to be- under shelter, to relax the tired grasp and unbend the {weary knees 1 AN EXCITING ADVENTUBE. After a half hour of delightful rest my lady companion was standing at tho win dow, when she Joyfully exclaimed : "There comes a Confederate soldier I" (Tn another instant she torned as palo as leath. and running towards me, cried out, 'Oh, he's drunk, be's drunk I" I tried to comfort her, and assured her that be would ?jot be allowed to come Into. onr room ; bat it woe a vain assur ance, for lu a moment we heard him in ie hall making directly for oar room, cursing and yelling at every step. He barst in, accompanied by his mother and pis poor young wife, who tried in vain to [estrain him. He had a largo knife in ^is band, and his ooo thought was to kill omething or somebody. In the wildest consternation we niotb Irs snatched np oor babies, who would Udly have slopt through the hubbub, ut who now, by their screams were a obie accession to the confusion. My lend, Mr. B., was a man of great cool ?ess and courage, so he went io the Irunken man with perfect confidence, ad accosting him kindly eud*a*?ed to ivert his mind from its murderous ta it. His words seemed to be having (te desired effect, when, unfortunately, e laid hie Land on the man's arra. The ?nd was thrown off with ? yell of rage, nd before Mr. B. could spring beck tho raohard's knife waa at his throte. fotbing bot the greatest strength aud ~?hty could have saved him. ARera ?le he overcame tho man, whose ie had expended itself, and he was re loved from the room. .After this adventure Mr. B. resumed ?is seat with perfect coolness ?nd con ?ot; but not so with his poor wifo who, luring tho whol o engacemon i, h ad been JU|l'ng tho baby 's head into the druck ud *t ev?y assailable point, assuring aim that her husband was a harmless creature and would not hurt him. Noth ing would induce her to remain another moment under th? roof ?JtA ??|hnt*rw [01 man." So once moro we ?oabw our Mves in the rain and dark, going we Sft¬, whither. JM had to trust to the Instinct of the ^lo , take us back to the hlghwWi ?fte* following which for several miles ^? arrived at tho village of Mount Pleas ffiggY? applying for shelter at tho only ?ouse in the place which took in stran ??T, wo wero informed that we could * ccomr?:datftd if some of us wottjd17 r.?? H.6 fliM,r; B* toi? time I bad M. - m headache, which was so aggravated JJlte jolting of the wrgon that! gladly ?nscntcd to ek-jp anywhere thai I could rrm?,et aD<i get my T* boy ^ of my fc^ng" very early in the morning, we ired in Memphis - closeiof V'.w.u.ojr,..w"a?at aDy olher adventure. At thu Urne the purchase of goods was hedged about with many difficulties. Kouhad.to beg thom before you could buy them. The General In command of the post bad refused to grant ?ny penults, but be ing temporarily absent, his substitute granted a number to his friends, of whom my brother happened to be one. After a permit was obtained it ww subjected to a board of supervisors, who hacked it to their heart's content, and it frequently came back to ila owner so much mutilated as to be hardly worth having. Theso permits were limited to a very few days, and if by any accident the owner was detained beyond the limit they wero for felted. Mr. B.'s wsgon and mules were on his plantation, fifteen miles belo* Memphis, and Nonconnah Creek Laving bees ren dered unfordable by a recent freshet, I waited in the gre**e*:t anxiety, day after day for theil arrival. Finilly the last day of grace arrived, and I found myself obliged to have my effects hauled on drays outside of the picket lines, there to awr.it tbo coming of the wagon. The picket lines were three miles from tho city, and if I could have gone so far on my way home it would have been conve nient enough ; but while my road lay directly East, the wagon was coming from the South, and I bad to go to meet it. PAS?lNv' THE PICKETS. On every road leading out of the city there wero stations where travellers effects were overhauled, and every pack age compared with the permit. Io addi tion to this, we were subjected to a most disagreeable personal examination. For t'.<?fite!y the woman whe performed this mo.it disgraceful duty was out of the way, and a young officer had undertaken to perform the task of personal inspection. I could not resist the temptation to tease the young fellow a little, and insisted on his undressing the baby, who I assured him from his weight might have any amount of gold and silver hidden about him. He positively declined to touch the baby, and thoroughly ashamed of his undignified position and occupation, passed us by with a very cursory exami nation. On arriving at tho farm house where we were to pass the night we were de lighted to find that the wagon had already arrived and we soon had it filled with mea), flour, bacon, dry goods, chil dren's toyn, ?kc., reidy for a very early start in the morning. Next morning, just at daybreak, I took my seat on a hard box, hemmed in on all sides by packages and barrels, with my baby in my lap, and no companion but the driver, an old family servant. These were the circumstances under which I set ont on my long, weary, perilous journey home ward. We were obliged to make a wide cir cuit in order to keep outside the picket lines, for if we bad once gotten inside of them we would not have been allowed to come out again. There was no road, so we had to find our way through woods and hollows, after retracing our steps. Whenever we came in sight of a picket station we were halted, catechised and overhauled. I nnderweut six of these detentions during the day. Once when j j a number of negro soldiers had been 11 nursing and romping with my baby, I found that his shoe was gone, and from J1 that time his chief occupation was in 11 kicking off his stocking. After many worries and detentions we at last emerged from the woods into our homeward road, but the tat beams of = < the setting sun as they shot down the 11 loag, dusty trr.cke, reminded me that thc j i day was done, and we were just six miles from Memphis. We pushed on for six miles more, but our team was jaded, we bad eaten nothing all day, and the air growing chill we determined to seek a melter for the night. But where should we stop ? I knew that the country was infested by robbers and desperate char acters of every kind, and I remembered with horror our encounter with the drunkard. I would ssy to myself, "I will certainly stop at the next place," but as I ap Eroached it my courage would fail, and would decide to drive on a little further. At last the old man grew so tired and ileepy that he began to remonstrate, and seeing a light about a quarter of a mile iway in the woods I ordered him to make for it. In response to our application j ? we were told that we could not be ac-1 < 3ommodated, so we bad to fiad the main road and take np cur weir? journey igain. After going what seeded to us for hours, we drew up in front of a little white house, and in response to our "hal lo," a woman's voico said, "Who's there?" I shall never hear a sweeter coico than that woman's I All my fears ?vere gone in a moment, and I walked into the house perfectly confident that I mould receive care and protection, and [ certainly did need it. I had sat all lay long in one position, on a hard box, with a heavy baby in my ?rms, who, at ?very jolt of the wagon, pounded me as '.hough I bad been in a mortar. I could not sit up for a moment longer, but went lupperless to bed, while two sweet girls [Bhall I ever forget them ?) took charge )f the child. TH BEATEN EU "WITH DEATH. The dawn of day ssw us on the road Bgain, but a good night's rest and the soneclousneas that this was to be our last lay renewed our courage and we plodded m very cheerfully. Tho san waa setting is we pasead through Mount Pleasant, mt wo determined if possible to reach mme that night. We were hardly out if sight of the town wheo I saw two men ipproacbing on horseback. I thought ihey were romping, ss every little while they would come together and a bat would be knocked off in the struggle. But I was soon undeceived. One of them was our old friend, the drunkard, ind the other a young man wild with kink and flourishing a huge army pistol. They rode up to us and cried halt I The latter demanded whiskey, ?nd flew into ? rage when iny driver told him wo had none. His companion, however, who was sober, gave me ? reassuring nod, and luoceeded In enticing him away. We had gone but a few ateps when again the cry rang out "halt I" I told tbs driver to go OB, but In an instant the man waa st my abie, and placing Wi.pistol against my temple threatened to blow my brains out, I ?new tho pia^iWj??6* *nd cocked, and felt &M M *?.-,' w? frag?ed across tey forehead by hie un steady hand, but I lifted op my heart in prayer io God, and with Mrfo^mness w?&lod t?**)the Mm. When his risroxysm was over his friend took him away, an,d wo werp soon cot of hh reach. fWo sSW hid betel* us the most tlrs Bomo part of thejottrney. The road lay aver long steep, bft?iy washed bills, sod ourtropees was wistow. J^oug" lt mustio midnight wheo wo arriv?t the little settlement called Hudson???. SsV Wo were told by tbs tomat? that may could give na no provender Jot the mnTeTaJi?itt?kw than haw the poor things suffer we determined to posh on for home. In order to retch the main road wo had to go through a deep, rocky hollow, and in pulling up the hill a part of the DftRIec3 qavo way and wo wnro brought to a dead stop. What were *? to do? We could not stay there and we could not go on. I sat down by the roadaido moro despondent than I c.n exprese, and felt that I would forget cc ld, fatigue and danger if I could only be in motion once more. The brave old darkey plodded off io a neighboring bouse, and after what seem ed a long time came back with a mao carrying a lantern and an axe. They managed to patch up the harness, and once more we enjoyed tho blessed privilege of "moving on." We soon came to "Cold Water" bottom. A wood en bridge crosses what ia in summer an insignificant stream, but a wide waste of white sand beyond shows that wheo swollen by winter rains it becomes a rest less torrent, laying waste many a fair field. As tho pale moon abono on thia ghastly plain, and I looked at the dark fringe of trees which surrounded it, I exclaimed, "What a place for robbers 1 Here they could survey their victima and count them with perfect accuracy while they themselves lay bidden by the woods." SURROUNDED BY HIGHWAYMEN. As though my words had conjured them up, just as we reached the middle of the plain I saw them ride forth-two, four, t'x, eight, twenty! As our wagon dragged its noiseless way through the sand the men approached ns os silently, and I felt that I was going to my doom. I knew well who they were. All along our borders there were bands of dS3p45~itr? ~~r. j TobbrlS, CGB^iBt-i?g Os deserters from both armies, and nomo who bad Qed from conscription. Thcro was no ?aw to restrain them, and the? bad become accustomed to bloodshed. 11 In perfect silence they surrounded us, 11 and then cried "halt I" They were pro ceeding with great coolness to appropri ate my effects when one of tho men said impertinently "Who are you, anyhow?" The sound of my name had a magical effect. There leader knew and admired my husband, and while carefully conceal ing his identity ho restrained bis men, and oven offered me an escort through ibo woods. Another danger past, we took fresh courage and jogged along patiently till, about midnight, from the top of a high hill, ive caught sight of the moonlight mining on the roofs of Holly Springs. Exhausted as I was, I stood up and screamed and clapped my hands for joy. Another hour brought us to the foot of 3, long hill which forms the northern limit of the town. Half way up the mules called a halt, and on examination we found that the right wheels had gotten into a quick sand and tbs tired team could not dislodge them. I thought at first that I would just run away borne and leave the wagon, but I could not give up thus all the results of my toil and suffering, and BO, without EI ray of hone. I went up to the first lionso and called out a faint "hallo." To my great surprise an able-bodied man came out (he was at home on fur lough,) and informed me that be bad ?nat helped another party out of the jame trouble. He waxed bis wife and juilt a good fire, acquainting me with the fact that he would have to pry up the wagon and put a plank floor under it before It could be moved. This was my last adventure, and as I laid my tired head upon my pillow that light (or rather morning,) I prayed that the Lord would "shorten those days" and teed KS peace. The Emperor's Kingdom. - - ?ru Jg Emperor William of Germany^haa'f celebrated his eighty-fifth birthday, and tie is hale, hearty, with good digestion, ind a fair capacity of business. While tiing of Prussia he said to his physician, 'Carry me past seventy, and I will give rou a title." On his seventieth birthday the King made the doctor a baron. "Carry me ap to eighty," said the monarch, "and I will elevate you still lieber." The physician was made a prince of the Empire on the Emperor's iigblieth birthday. "My children. I'm ashamed of you. Do you wish to livo forever ?" exclaimed Frederick the Great, when once his guards wavered in battle. The Emper or evidently does cot sympathise with his ancestors sentiment. The amount of fatigue which the aged monarch can endure ia such as would itagger a much younger man not gifted w ith a similar working constitution. He rises early, devotee the forenoon to affairs jf State, drives out in the afternoon ina one-horse cabriolet, and devotes the avening to hospitality and official work. Kaiser Williams >rlooka every inch a king." He ia six feet in height, well proportioned, and weighs 260 pounds. His mother, the Queen Louise, who bearded Napoleon in behalf of her con jnerod country, was the handsomest woman in Europe. The Emperor in his best days was noted for his manly beauty. An anecdote brings to light tho genial tide of the royal octogenarian. While staying at Ems to drink ita famous water, tho Emperor visited an orphan asylum. After listening to the recitations of the children, he lifted a bright little girl of six years into his lap, and said, "Now my little fraulein, let me see how yon have been taught. To what kingdom does this bolong?" and he held np an orange. Looking np timidly into the Empe ror's face, the little one replied, "To the vegetable kingdom." "Very goon, little fraulein. And now tell me to what kingdom does this be long?" and ho held up a gold piece. ''To the mineral kingdom." "Better and better, little fraulein. Now look at me, and say to what king dom do I belong?" . At Tho little girl hesitated. Was the great Emperor an animal ? They were a little startled. With a half-frightened look she turned to the Emperor and said, "To the kingdom of heaven." the trott _ A nd Sy GU think itls time I waa there, do you not? Well, the day ia not far dis i&nUn~Y4nttk*i Companion. - A New York correspondent, writing to the Philadelphia Record ot the Buffalo Bill show, says : "I asked tho'King of the Cowboys' why lt was that cowboys sod other* who lived on the plaina wore their hair long: It seemed to roe rather effeminate than otherwise, and, If it we;o done for picturesqueness, I wondered fiat soon asea as they stopped to corridor anything of that tort; but ba told me that lt waa fur Ihne reasons : One, that it waa vary hard to get the bair cut on the plaina; two, that lt kept their earn from freaatn* ic tba. winter And kapi them from taking cold, as it fell around their necks; threo, tbat they would be considered eowarda by the Indiana if they?* s^ssSSS?k\iSS^ an once thinks a tte* a coward tust pian eas never ba?? aoy influence with bim.", : - Even tba milk of human kindness ia bfidly adulterated these days. IN FOREIGN LANDS. Oorretpondenoa of the Intelligencer. "If thoa would view fair Melrose aright, Qo visit it by tko pale moon's light/' wrote Sir Walter Scott io his matchless description of Melrose Abbey by moon light, to be found in the second canto of his "Lay of the Last Minstrel ;" but probably not one tourist in a hundred is so favored, and at the time of our visit we nero compelled to content ourself with the rich glow of the twilight, which makes it possiblo to read ordinary print at 10:00 p. m., in the summer time and is aa near an approach to moonlight as conld be obtained. It requires no bril? liant imagination, however, to seo that in the soft light of the summer moon, these ruins must be indescribably beautiful. Melrose Abbey was founded in 1136, but was destroyed by tho English and rebuilt in the 14th century. It ts located in the village of Melrose, just at the foot of the Eildon H?ls ; which, according to the legend, were "cleft in three" by the power of a familiar demon, under control of Michael Scott, the wizard. The entrance is net "by o steel clenched pos tern door," but by an iron gate at the West end of the grounds, where the fee for admission is collected. The ruin is complete. It ia totally unoccupied and the roof bas nearly all fallen ; but onough remains of its wells and arches to sh JW Its wondrous architecture and to give 10826 Ulcf whai lis bssuty must have been before the band ->f time and the seal of the reformers of th) 16th century bad crumbled its "massy nave" and de stroyed nearly all of ita images. The ruin as it now stands is 258 feet in length and 75 feet in breadth, with a transept 130 feet in length and 44 feet in breadth. The Western end ot the nave ta entirely gone, but a large portion of the wall of the South asile with several chapels still rennin. The Eastern portion of the asiles, together with part of the chancel and the extremities of tho tra nc nt, are covered by the original groined robt, and Bxhibit a beauty of design and delicacy of carving which is unsurpassed. The tall, slender columns, which "seemed bundles of lanceB which garlands had bound," with their graceful, pointed irehes and their beautifully carved espi als, render it easy to accept tho theory that the Gothic style of architecture was originally an imitation in Btone of those forest temple, in which the columns were formed of clusters of saplings bound to gether, with their branches interwoven lo form the roof. The principal remain ing entrance to the Abbey is through a ine Gothic doorway, just beneath the great South window In the trausept. This window is 24 by 16 feet and its mullians ind tracery are in a complete state of jreservsUon. Just above its arch is a liehe which once held a figure of Christ, he six niches on either side being filled vit h figures of tho apostles. The great Bast window is, however, the grandest feature of the ruin, either from the inte rior or exterior. It 1B 37 feet high and 16 feet broad and its tall, slender millions and light tracery are best de icribed in Sir Walter Scott's lines : 'Thou wonld'at have thought some fairy's hand. Twixt poplars straight tho osier wand Tn many a freakish anot bad twined ; Then framed a spell when the work was done, Ind changed the willow wreaths to Btone.' vviiuin i ho eon u cu i are buried many of Scotland's gallant sons, including far** lies of Douglas, Scott and others. E ire Sba heart of Bruce is said to have at .as'. Sand a resting place after the failure of ills friend, the Douglas, to carry it to (Palestine. A flat, mossy stone is report ed to be the tomb of the wizard, Michael Scott, tho wierd description of whose funeral may be found in Scott's "Lay of the Last Minstrel." The cloisters wore >riginally North of the nave, but only teven of the seats remain. The arches ind the frieze are exquisitely carved, in imitation of plants, flowers, etc., no two >f the many designs being alike. 'I do love these ancient ruins ; We never tread upon them but we set jnr foot opon nome reverend history ; And questionless, here in these open courts, Which now lie naked to the injuries Of stormy weather, some men lio interred Who lCTed tbe church so well sud gare so largely to it, J That they '-.hought it Bhould have caco- < pied their bono: 1 Forever, but all things have an end, ? Churches and cities, that have diseases like to men, Must have like death that we have." From Melrose to Abbotsford is about hree miles, the road being bordered by ledges and cassini' through a delightful ?ountry. Abbotteford is now the prop jrty of Mr. Hope Scott, who married the granddaughter of Sir Walter. It is irreg liar in construction, having been built it duTerent times, without any complete trchitectural plan. Tho general effect, ?owevor, is good, the gables, spires, tur rets and pinnacles being pilod in admir ible contusion. The visitor is first shown oto Sir Walter's study, where most of sis literary work was done. It is a small -oom, fitted up with shelving and lined iritb books on three sides, and still con ains bis writing table and chair. The ibrary is lbw largest and most elegant of lie rooms. Ita ceiling ia elaborately served in oak and the cases on the wails :ontain about 20,000 volumes. The Irmory is entered from the vestibule and a literally filled with weapons of various utilons end ages, tastefully arranged on the waits, and in the cases. Among the mrioaities we notice Rob Roy's gun, Montroso'a sword? the rusty keys of the >ld Tolbooth afc Edingburg and many ithers. The great ontranco hall is also idorned wita lillee end curiosities. Sere ere severel figures in armor, with inge two bended swords neerly as tall aa themselves, end meny otb** mementoes >f tba rpde warfare of the middle ages. \ rou nd the cornice ere the armorial Meringe of the Douglasses, tho Scotts, ho Kera end ssaoy other stout border ;lans who, os the inscription tells us I j 'Keepit the Mercbyo of Scotland In the ? rid tym? for the, kyngo." The grounds1 ibo'it tho houao are beautifully laid ont io4 giro many fine views. It ls im posai - ?le to visit without interest these rooms ind places so familiar to the greet "Wis-, , ird of tba North," and it was with our, love for bun end our appreciation of hie" rork greatly increased that we bede ad?en io AbbotUford and Melrose and took tho train for England. Newcastle, our first stop after crossing the bolder, ls, an ancient (town end Is now jua o? tho wost import&nt in Northern Bs^deadV ' lt? coal tende ia enormous, h - coals ta Newcastle" having1 the eynonym for taking things ?y wcro not needed, etta .fm ires of iron, glsw, pottery, etc. working classe*; and having inter flowed sevoral workingmen and trades I i ix gout*. H This city stands on an omiuonco nearly encircled by the river Wear, and on the heights are the castle- and the cathedral, both dating hack to the eleventh century, and forming a striking picture. Tho castle has lost ita warlike uses and ls now tho seat of Durham University. The cathedral, which is tho finest of thc great Eoglish churches which we have seen, is a grand speclman of Norman work, to which bas since been added other por tions in diff?rent stylos of architecture. Besides the original transept it nos ess os an Eastern transept, added in tho 18th century and richly decorated. The nave, with its raavsive piers and semi-circular arches, would bo almost stern in its solidity, were it not for the peculiar sig tag and laticed ornamentation of the pillars and thc rich carving of the choir screen. About 60 miles South of Durham ls York, which was an old town when Agricola (A. D. 78) occupied it. It has bad a wondrous history. Hero Hadrian lived and Severus died, and here, accord ing to some authors, Constantine the Great was born. Here the first Englieb Parliament was held and for many years this ancient city was one of the most im portant in the Kingdom. The walls of the city aro over two miles in extent and after having withstood many sieges have been permanently breached by the mod Bru railway train. They are of different elates and styles and are now used as a public promenade. York Minster is of course the chief attraction. It stands on tho site of an sid Saxon church, in which, in 627, King Edwin, of Northumbria, was bap tised. Within the crypt may still oe seen rort'.ons of the original wsl!, sur rounded by another, built in the eighth century and the whole enclosed by the ivalls of the existing edifice, portions of ivhich were erected at different times luring tho 12th, ISth, 14th and 15th i ;enturies. Its total length is 624 feet, i being the largest in Northern Europe and I ho third largest in the world. It ls < especially rich in stained glass, its great i Bast window-76 feet in height nv 82 feet ' in width-still retains its original glazing i [1405-8) and is regarded ny many as | ;ho finest in existence. The nave, with < its immense col u m nu, some of which are 1 >ver fifteen feet in diameter, and its syra netrical arches, over 100 feet above the i lavement, is one of the most impressive i n the world, and the effect which this i ityle of architecture must have had upon < ho popular mind in tho ages of the past, i s :- 'icalculable ; and even now there is < in indescribable majesty and power in 1 h - o mighty aisles which at most com- i n\n one to worship. But we will spare ( tur readers any further infliction in thin etter in tho way of church architecture i ind hurry on to Sheffield, which, while i t may not possess Uninteresting associa? i tiona of these old cathedral towns is far : nore practical in its influence on tho I rreat nineteenth century. Sheffield is the centre of the iron and I ?teal industry of Great Britain and its I brests of chimneys pour upon the town a I iloud of Brooke which blackens tho air, as 1 veil as everything cine Here, as else- f vhero iu the United Kingdom, "overpro- | luction" ia the cry, and a corresponding i itagnation in business is the result, i American manufactures have also been i irgely introduced in the past few yearn, I lad although requiring at home a heavy t 'protection," find no difficulty in com- I leting here with "tho pauper labor of 1 Surope." From Sheffield we take a fly- < ng trip to "Chatsworth," on? of the i country seats of the Duke o? J * onsbire, < ind regarded as the finest recuenco ic t Sngland. Certainly its richly decorated 1 nansiou with ita vaiuabie collection of j ?tat?es, pictures and books and the ex ll ensive gardens and conservatory, com- ( irising over 100 acres, the whole in the | nidst of a vast park where herds of cat- \ lc-, sheep and deer are seen feeding in 1 ivory direction, would seem to leave lit- 1 .lo more to be desired. Birmingham, another of the great man- 1 ifacturing centres of England, was our 1 ?ext etoppiog place, and is only a few c lours ride from Chatsworth. Here is s ocated the immense manufactory of s .Gillota" steel pens, famous the world } iver, as well as hundreds of other impor- j ant industries. Liko Sheffield, however, ?1 ts trade has been seriously injured by the 1 ntroduction of American goods ; and a t ?. -. ..,"._. "_" J. ...V ~r i?_-r - r Vw jV.U.U Hgv Dvtuo WA twa ujauumvturora 1 ittompted to place their goods upon the c narket bearing an American stamp : but t ho fraud was soon discovered and the i mterplse failed. Many of its shops are t >ow idle and many of tho best and most i interposing young workingmen have t >een driven by the arbirtary "Trades t Unions" to seek room for development in \ m erica, c Here, as elsewhere in the Kingdom, i ho condition pf the "toiling millions" t vas made a subject of investigation, i Che average wages paid to ordinary J aborera throughout England is about j ino pound sterling or a little less than i ive dollars per week. Mechanics and 1 ikilledlaborers receive from $6.60 to $8.00 1 ier week. The price of meats ia from i 16 to 80 per cent, higher than in America, t lour about 10 per cent, higher and man- f ifactured goods from 20 to 40 per cent, s ower. The cobar and industrious are, \ LI a rule, comfortable and contented; I .-/hilo those who se? fit to spend their c luatenanoe in riotous living, find corres- \ londing grief and tribulation. The i iharp competition they have already exr t ?erienced from American manufactures, t isa caused many of the English people 1 o give up the nopes they formerly en? < ertainedasto the results of "Free Trade" n Am?rica, and large quantities of Brit* 1 sb capital are seeking investment beyond I be sea. ' From Birmingham to Stratford ia about \ ?0 miles and to an admirer of tho immor- i al "Bard of Avon" ia a delightful pil* .1 ?rimase. Like most of the counties of i antral England, tho farms are under a i ilga atate.of cultivation and the land- I ?capo views are most pleasing. Tbs old i Shakespere bouse, which became nation- i tl property in 1847, ia restored so as to i iresent as nearly as possible the same ap . i isa rance aa when the great poet was i >orn; and the different rooms contain I nany old and interesting relics. Strat ford Church, In . which Shakespere ls inrled, ia beautifully situated on the janka of the ATOO, and is approached by in avenue eh ad ed with lime trees. Much | if the carving both in tba choir atalla, ( tod on tho walla is quaint and curious , md exhibits a freedom of design which . vould be suited to the church archltec* j ure Of the 18th century. The gravo of ( Jbakespere is In the chancel and is coy* . ired by a plain alan, bearing the familiar ; idjuratlon: i "Good friend for Jesus' sake forbear ? To dig tho dust enclosed hoare. Blsoe be ye man who spare thee atones And curst be be who move* my bones." j Sear bj are buried other members of his . amily. It ia a place where one could : linger long, hu t|wo tana "on to London." .' TliAVELEB. j - Tho human heart is made for- Jove, ui the household hearth for fit-o ; and for j truth, aa the household lamp for light. , - "George Washington hud no plume," < taya a ??publican exchange Hoi seither did Georgs hire ft substitute or show tho white feather. < ?57' :' Short Talk With the Boys. DY M. QUAD. Now, my lad. if you hare arrived at the age of 16 ft ia time you began to thiuk of ? trade or profession. This Isn't a country in which you can lire on your fathers name for any length of time, sud even if yon are calculating on coming into possession of a comfortable fortune at your majority you may see the day be? fore you are 40 that a trade would clothe and feed you. Ninety-nine out of every hundred young men of to-day must make their own future. What that future will be depends, first, how you start in. It is easy enough to answer that you intend to become a merchant, lawyer, doctor, editor, dentist, machinist, carpenter, watchmaker, and so on, but just wait a minute and examine yourself. Take your horse to the blacksmith shop and you may see the smith look over a hun dred ready-made shoes before he gets one to fit. AU are horse-shoes, but a perfect fit is tho question. Now, then, examino yourself and seek to discover what par* ticulnr forte yon have. You wore born to fill a certain place in the world. It may be that of a carpenter or it may be that of a poet. Make no mistnko in starting out. When you hear a man who has noth ing in particular tc? work at wishing tbat ho bad learned a trade, be is talking nonsense. Ho had no fitness for one. Had ho set out to learn moy of the dozen you can nanto he would have been a fail ure. Every city bas d?reos of lawvers and doctors who live starvation lives, P-Cd more or les? preachers sud srils*;; who are seldom, if ever, mentioned by name. These men are m intakes. They have no heart in their professions, and nover belonged thora. I can name you carpenters, painters, blacksmiths, wagon makers and others, who aro out of work balf the time, and the other half is mostly consumed in kicking and complaining against the times. It is their own fault, rliey are both workmen. It is like put Ling an accord?on under a piano and ex pecting it to play piano music. Had each learned the trade ho was fitted for lie would bavo excelled. You have the same idea of being u merchant that I had at your age. It was limply to buy and sell goods. That leonis easy enough, but the merchant ?rho hasn't a "knack" at the business is loomed to certain failure. Not ono out if fifty clerks ever become merchants. Probably not moro than three or four out >f fifty aro fitted to do business for them IOIVCS. A boy's idea of hoing a doctor is to J?BU the Bick, cure them if possible and ;ollect fifty dollars, and the one wbo inswers that he is going to make a law ler of himself thinks of nothing but big fees aud verdicts in favor of bis clients. But, as I told you at the outset, if you lave arrived at the age of 16 or 10 it is imo you looked matters square in the face and had some idea of your future, [f you were to answer at onoe you would lay that you would take a profession in preference to a trade. A profession means several years of hard study, quite i largo cash outlay and then trials and .chulla to get a start in rosiness. It bi one thing to graduate ?s a lawyer or a doctor, and quite another a pick up clients and patients. If you lave fully decided on a profession be careful of your first move. If you have i large head your grand-mother has loubtiess many times exclaimed "What i great lawyer this boy would make." Don't try to make one <*n the elie cf rour head. We've got any number of hat class in the country now, and they san't pay their grocers' bills. If you can mil a silver out of your finger without winking it may be a sign that you would nake a great surgeon. It may also be a lien that yon aro born to be a butcher. How will yon know what to pursue?! ?four own feelings are the safest guide, [f left to your parents and to clrcumstan ?es you may be forced into a trade or irofesaion which you can never mako a luccess. When you como to realise that .ou must make your own way in Ufa rour particular forte will be apt to re real itself. One of the best lawyers in Detroit was intended for the ministry ; mother served three years as a journal ?t, but all the time feeling that he was mt of bis element ; another was forced ty his father to learn the trade of har less maker. I know a machinist who at int studied medicine ; of a watchmaker vho tried to become a lawyer ; of a car jenter who threw away three years of tis life trying to become a dentist. After yon have eelected your profession ir trade, what theo ? Strive to master t in all its details and to excel. If you lecome a carpenter don't be satisfied vhen you can saw and plane and match. Don't bo satisfied with f 2 per day. Make 'ourself worth (8. Master details and nish yourself from carpenter to builder. Don't imagine that a man in search of a awyer walka down the street and drops n at the first sign banging out. It io he lawyer who has climbed above his fellows that he seeks out If our friends ire ill we waqt the best doctor. . We saut the man who has made himself tho test by study and energy. The black smith who is content to meud old wagons viii never iron a new one. Tho machin .t who stands at the lathe to do about io much work in ten hours need not hope o be better off. It is the men who put ?heir heart into what they do who suc ceed I can name you twenty instances in Detroit where skilled workmen have ?een taken aa partners in large factories. Che clerk who is capable, honest and jressr vering is bound to win in higher po litl?n. The joiner who does bis ^or?: io last for years instead of months is lever Oat of work. There are house Minters who are satisfied to stand on a [adder or scaffold at ?2.50 per day. There ire other hotise painters whose energy ind enthusiasm nave- made them sign* irriten nod decoraten and raised their ?veges to 940 per week. It Ie not so nach what yon do, bat how yon do it, that brings prosperity. tie of better flavor and "keep" longer .bun one that ia allowed to beat itself to ieatfa. It ia killed easily by Inserting.a pointed knifo at the base of the bead, ?here it joins the body, so thai the blade >f the knit?-will pierce or sever what is reo orally known aa the back boney Thia ?Ul WU the largest flab almost instantly, md allow it to bleed a little, Soma ax*, patieaoad anglers insert the knifo through ina gills and ?at tba throat, bot it rcqul res i perfect fcnowlndga of the anatomy of a Ssh to touch tba tight spot every time, ind it will not die so quick. The least around in the gills is ante death to a flab, sven if left in the water,-so one can imagina how sensitive they abat be to nain, when out of their element. If rou have not a knife bandy, a sharp blow upon tho back of tho head will bo rolBelent Ihr the purpese.-i^r/wf, fbrge vid ihrm. - 800,000 bushels of wheat aro need Prohibition in Anderson. The following communication, taken from the Temper?nos W?rter, ls publish ed by request of tho Womens' Christian Temperance Union of this city : ANDERSON, 8.0. Dear Worker: Ono of God's noblest creatures aud Prohibition's greatest work ers has been to our city, and accomplish ed a great work for us by organ i si og a Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Mrs. Chapin lectured in the Baptist Church on Sunday afternoon (18th inst.) on the subject of Temperance to a pack ed boose. Her address was listened to with profound attention, and ber practi cal arguments, together with a graphic description of tho fearful results of in temperance which had been witnessed by herself, made a lasting impression upon tho audience, and many who had gone there through idle curiosity wont ont with very different ideas of this great movement of prohibition than they had over entertained before. In the course of her remarks, oho said that Anderson had done more harm to the cause lo the State than ali of onr enemies. "Everywhere I go the opposi tion meets me with the assertion that ?rohibition was a failure in Anderson." ustioo to some of our good people end to the cause Mrs. Chap?n represents, and that we as tempor?neo people hold so dear, compels me to ask the use of your columns to place before your readers the exact state of the case. Let me say in the outset thai prohibition, as far as it went, was no* ? falter? lc onr city, bot, on the other hand, was a complete sue* CV*J?I. a. cjwu nea iv Wusitv-rn tictac tu? tan was not enforced as it should have been, and this waa tho cause of our defeat last year. A few cases of drunkenness, and some violation of the law by liquor ?ell en during the year caused some of our vacillating friends at our last election to place their silver alongside of the liquor men, and we were defeated. They used the stale argument, that if whisky had to be sold we ought to have the benefit of the revenue. But let us go to fcc tu and figures, arid seo if no-license was a failure. I have taken the trouble to ex amine the records of our city undor both administrations with tho following result: The no-license Council wont luto office August 26tb, 1881, and from that time until 26th of August, 1882, (one yoar) there were 26 arrests for drunkenness and fines to tho amount ot $84.75. Since that time (license administration) up to tbe present (21 months), there havo boen 887 persons arrested and imprisoned, with fines amounting to 12,478. Now can any fair minded person looi. at these figures, and say that prohibition was a follare in our olty ? Again, from Au gust, '81 to '82, our boys and young men were not to be found loafing in or around bar rooms oithor during the day or night. Our chief of police informs me that at present it is fearful to see tho amount of drinking at night by our yoong men. Some of the rum mills run eil night, and I am reliably informed that como or the boys of our best families are to be seen in these places long after the hour of midnight. This waa not the case ander the no-license government, and the boys were at borne, and under home influence. In 1881 and '82 farmers who came to town with their produce returned to their families sober, and with bread and clothes for wife and children. Now they return home debauched and oftentimes making the night hideous with their maudlin yells, aad in many instances in* stead of Dread and olothing these mis* erarle fernilee of debaochr-? feth?rs end husbands receive blows end curses. With these facts staring him in the face can any mac say that prohibition ( though not enforced to the letter) is a failure? We have now in our little city ll bar rooms, about 1 to every 200 of our in habitants, but we aro going to make an other effort to throw off tho yoke, and be free again. Truth ls mighty and will prevail, and with God's help we will yet fall into line with other towns of oar be loved State. This article is already too long, but allow me to odd a word about our tem perance work In the State. Two years ago Anderson was called the banner County of tempor?neo in the State, bat I am sorry to admit that we have lost the right to that distinction. At one time we bad 12 or 10 Divisions. Now wo have only 7. But the cause is not dead in the County. There is a growing sentiment ?a our favor, and I am aati?ne? toas il the question could be decided by a vote the people would sweep alcohol from our midst by an overwhelming majority. The people only need to bo organized, and we need such a men as Brother Ohreitzborg to accomplish that result. He is well known and beloved by our people, and he could do a good work for prohibition in the up-country. A score of such faithful and energetic workers would soon redeem South Carolina from the baneful influence of the whisky trafile. . - ? . "# # * .. Yours, tor Prohibition, L. P. SMITH. Boprodaotlono The reproductive power of nature it marvellous to contemplate. Too plant an car of oom and it produces its sind fifty fold ; yon set ont a cutting from an apple tree and it produces ten thousand fold. A blade of gnat in time spreads all over the lawn. Through all the vost range of nature the law of multiplica tion is the rule. From Inanimate lifo at least we call it such-the multiplying law can be applied to animate life. Everything in the universe is trying to reproduce itself. It is en instinct, a pas elun with all things that have an exist ence. You have noticed the crowds that flock to photographic galleries, Xf short sighted, yon may say it le haman vanity takes them there. It la art altogether to, bot largely is a stronger power. They gp to reproduce themselves,. even in shadows. The Instinct Is the same; lt ie reproduction all the time in one way ot another. Tbe man resembles the bledo of corn ; the family resembles the apple tree. The edict to.increase and multiply ?rae written in nature, before lt was written In books. It is as violent lo a potato or an onion as it is on a poet or a philosopher. Pot the two former in a cellar and the two latter in n parlor, and all will sprout or spout, alike nader .the all-powerful law or reproduction. . .-: . - '?>?.?; .?? - The mention of "forty stripes sa va one" often recurs In the Bible, and why tbirty-uino ehonld havo boen selected a* tho oamber in preference to any other, has repeatedly attracted attention and catted Sos explanation. The real expia, nation Is found Itt* th? lew of Moses, who oommnnded tho culprit to bo beaten with a certain number of stripes not io exceed forly. These mast be given ip. the pres> *aee of the Judge to pr?tent the possi bility of crael punishment. -- A woman In Lincoln, Ul., left ?200 in cash by , will "to tho widow in Lin coln who should first secure ? husband." One widow scaned a husband and Mar, cash in forty minutes efter tho . will wael , ***** ' jp. General Hood's Romaneo. A writer In tho Washington Chronicle relates the following dramatic incident n General Hood's life : There was visit* ng Mrs. Jefferson Deris in Richmond, it that time, a lady belonging u a fami* y in tho South of very powerful convict ions, who, in beauty, cleverness and am? . cition, has never had her superior in that lection. She wea engaged to be married o Conejal Hood. With ell a women's taturel ambition for her promised hus? >and, she determined, if possible, to help lim to e position where nie unqualified ibilities as a fighter would find a proper phere. The Instant a change in tba commander of tho second great army of he Confederacy was noted, she saw her importunity. "I will try to heve you r|ven the commend of the Western lrmy," she wrote him, "end yon must uoceed I" General Hood was then about 18 years old, and bad first distinguished limself in two of the greatest battles of he wer es a division and corps commun ier. He was a min who was always eady to fight, no matter against whet ?dds ; and as the Army of tho Tennessee ould not bo recruited much more it was leclded at Richmond that some one hould commend it who would risk two r three torrible battles, and, ir it were possible, get Sherman's corps far enough part to fall on them and defeat, each ne et a time. So General Hood was elected. Every one knew he would ight whenever he got the chenco, and bet was mainly what waa wanted at lichmond. It was a proud day for tho tately woman he loved whee ii w=s aa-, ounccd tbat General Hood was to be s'sed nro*??'o0*Uy io tbs grade of full lenora! and given to this well-trained rmy. On the 17th of July (I believe bat was the date) General Johnson was elleved, end it was understood that hereafter there would be no more flank* ag or strat?gie operations, but some srrible battles. Hood did bis best, but be tranecendont genious of Johnson. . res lacking, and the final battles of the 1th end 15th of December, 1864, in rant of Nashville, nearly destroyed bis rmy. After this occurred General Hood res sent for to c?me to Richmond et nee. The day after his arrival be re* el ved a note from the lady mentioned, ?questing him to call on her at bis ear test convenience. There happoned to e en officer with General Hood whom e knew very well when the note reached im, and he asked the officer to go with im to the house where Miss-was. ifter a few moments of waiting when ley were announced the lady came in Rh a packet in her band. "General lood," she said, looking straight into is eyes, "when I became engaged to on I had the fullest faith in your ano* ess, I tried to help you, and did assist i having the command of the army of 'ennessco given you. You have failed; by or bow Is now beside tho question. can never bring myself to bear the ame of a man who wears the prestige f defeat, and I sent for yon to say tbet ar engagement must be at an end. [ere are your letters and some things DU gave me. Now, good-bye T'While lis waa being said General Hood was anding on his crutches, for his left lefi as gone and one arni iehottercd.. Ho trued very whito but said nota word, or did he look at the hand outstretched ? bid him good-bye. Hs gravely bent Is stately bead and want out from her resence forever more. But. he never irgot nor forgave the bitter, cruel words, ad years after, in speaking of the mat* ir, he showed deon emotion. It was so turd to bear, for hs had dona all t;,s.fc ie most distinguished courage could do ? win. It was an awful position for the Efieerwho went with him. When thocon* Brsation commenced ho rose and walk i over toa window in order that he light not be witness to what he foresaw ould be a most painful scene. But he >nld not help hearing, and never until Ls dying day will be forget one of the tost remarkable incidents of the war. enoral Hood in 1869 married Mise [arie Hennen, a daughter of Hon. D. ?. Hennen, of New Orleans, Ohe was tall handsome woman, worthy of her Ulant and chivalric soldier husband, be ead death of both husband and ? ife 'in quick succession of the yellow ivor in 1878 is still fresh In tho public ind, as is the fact that they left ?Ino' ttle children, tho eldest only nina yea? d, to the care of strangers. She Was ?a . i^v?lehW . .. A tramp struck Detroit the other dry ho will grow rich where others orJwBg ass wlllfreezo and starve. It has long nen a wonder that hone of these niou terned to know how to take human ni-' iro, but here ls a man at last Ho was Esterday working several streets id tho urthTO part of the city. Ho mad? hi? ill at the front door. Selecting hh ouse, and when bia ring was answered; e would remove his bat and ino tn "Beg pardon, but Ia thia place fin? tlet"^ "No,Blr.? "Ah! exc?seme. I was told it wea >r sale, although I could not undenJ^H hy you should want to part with andi ne property. This Is one of tho ; est streets in Detroit." "Yes, I think so." "The air most be sweet and par? ere!" "Ob, yes." "How nico everything around ; ouse ls kept np I Any stranger could t once see that tho family had tacto end altare. Sorry tho place is not io? c .-.Did you wish te buy?" "Not exactly, but I know a genta^H -ho ia looking for ju3tsuclta,pla<yeaBBh volunteered to run about I * ira. I presume you want At 1 00.? "Oh, my, no! my ht lace et about $9,000.' . "Only $9,000 f Rf g ? ope be won't be foolish t t Belling at that figure: S well get $16,000. .1 i eighbors .ry to ito i i fat ha 1 Poor JaiUatt?? rand flower vaso j; riced one lu New York: .tl od it was SSOO," . .^Y-e-a," she .-replied, miling. "If X was an r