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VOTES of travel
in EUROPE
BY T. D. 0 KELLEY.
5-From Melrose to the North sea,
No. the path of
Bein'* right in ma¬
rauding armies, both Scotch and
English this old abbey has suffered
much in every century since its
first foundation; but somehow it
fias managed to exist, at least in
part, down to the present day.
yie were somewhat disappointed
at its appearance; and we dare
say most of our readers would be
also who may. have read the
glowing descriptions given it by
some tourists. Its chief charm is
not what it is, so much as its as¬
sociations in song, romance, and
in history; not its beauty now so
much as the indications of its
former beauty. It is a Gothic
structure that at one time must
have been very magnificent. One
of its windows is 57 feet high by
28 feet wide and gives abundant
evidence of a very high degree of
ornamentation.
Our guide, a woman whose bus¬
iness seemed to be to guard the
entrance and sell photographs to
visitors, was not very well in¬
formed in ancient lore, but she
managed tt#show us a loose stone
lying upon the ground which she
said marked the place where was
buried the heart of “Robert, the
Brace,” after the death of Sir
James Douglas (Black Douglas),
ilio had promised to carry it to
(Palestine for burial. In the in¬
terior were also buried Alexander
II., Michael Soott, and many of
the Douglas family.
From Melrose we went by car¬
riage to
Abbotsford.
tie home of Sir Walter Scott, a
most interesting place to any one
who likes either romance or histo¬
ry' It is a turreted, half castle¬
like structure on the south-eastern
band of the Tweed, and is itself
evidence that Scott was very
proud of his baronial honors.
We were conducted first into
bis study, where were some books,
bis old study chair, writing desk,
and a few other things of interest.
H e were next carried into the li¬
brary, said to contain near 20,000
volumes. In this room were also
a few chairs presented Sir Walter
by royal personages, several paint
%s, and a number of curiosities
“~ a gold snuff-box, Napolean’s
portifolio taken from his carriage
alter Waterloo by Wellington and
presented by him to Sir AValter,
the knife and fork Scott ate with
""hen he was a child, etc., etc.
From the library we went to the
armory, in which we were shown
all kinds of weapons of warfare of
°rmer times—swords, spears, a
Wonderful variety of guns, Napo
e °n s brace of pistols, Rob Rop’s
Sow etc., etc.
it must be borne in mind
hy our readers who may have
^ad °y Scott’s that the book hero entitled of that “Rob novel
^ as once a real character, just
as
so as Jesse James, Buffalo
lL > Pawnee Bill, Oklahoma
p ra nk, Rube Burrows, of
faose or any
vkich other western roughs, of
heard. you have all doubtless
In the early history of
Jutland s bore the striking Gaels of resemblance the High
a
many respects to the cow-boys
of our “ Wild AYest” only few
Sears a
ago.
e room we entered was
aft* Con taining a variety of things
( ^ us t) of Sir AYalter taken
r eath, other casts, Ro
some
fuU suit of steel maiI
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etc. of clothes he wore,
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The last department we entered
was a small, nearly vacant room
in which our “cockney” guide
found a collection of rough, knot¬
ty walking sticks, which he offered
us for sale, and said they were
grown on the place. Some one of
our party asked if they were ash.
He said “No, they are not hash,
they are 'azel.” All three of us
bought one apiece, and carried
them with us through all our trav¬
els clear back to Georgia.
We left Abbotsford feeling sat¬
isfied with our visit, and that ive
had been to the home of a truly
great man. The place he occu¬
pies in the hearts of the Scotch
people is wonderful. When we
got back to Melrose we fell in
with an old sculptor who could re¬
member seeing Scott when a boy.
Dr. Scomp asked him who lie
thought was the greatest novelist
that Scotland ever had. He re¬
plied, “Sir Walter.” Who w r as
the best poet; he said “Sir Walter.”
Who was the best Scotch histori¬
an; he replied promptly, “Sir
Walter.” Well, continued the
Doctor, who was the greatest man
that Scotland ever produced?
“Sir Walter Scott,” promptly an¬
swered the enthusiastic old man.
We went from Melrose by rail
to St. Boswell’s Junction, and
thence a mile on foot to Dryburgh
Abbey. This is an old ruin, and
is of little interest to the tourist
except as the burial place of Sir
Walter Scott, his wife, and his
dog. In the grounds is an
yew tree, which is said to be six
old. ~~
or seven hundred years
it is that old, it is only a baby
compared with one at Fortingal
near the northern extremity of
Loch Tay Scotland, which is
claimed by experts to be three
thousand years old, and to he the
oldest authentic specimen of veg¬
etation in Europe if not in the
world. Some, however, dispute
its claim to 3,000 years, and say
it is only 2,500 years old. In other
words the dispute is whether it
was a shrub in the days of Solo
mon, or merely Zerubbabel; the
seige of Troy, or the Peloponne
sian war.
But to return to our travels.
Leaving Dryburgh to Its own
quietness, which is disturbed only
by the gentle mumrnur of the
Tweed and the chirping songster
in the yew-trees, we returned to
the station, and thence by rail to
the beautiful
Edinburgh
After tea Henderson and I went
into a large covered enclosure
near by called the “A\ averly Mar¬
ket” where there was a great col¬
lection of people. In there we
saw our first and only band of
music composed of Scotch bag
pipes alone.
Next morning, Sunday, church service at .11
o’clock we attended
at St. Giles' Cathedral, which is a
magnificent building owned and
used bv the Established (Presby¬
terian) church. The preaching
was good; but the writer, like
most travelers, devoted his atten¬
tion to the method of worship, to
studying the beautiful interior of
the building, and meditating upon
its associations. Dr. Scomp re¬
minded us that in this building it
was where John Knox the great
Scotch reformer delivered some
of his most soul-stirring exhorta¬
tions, here in 1643 was signed the
Solemn League and Covenant,
and that it was here Jenny Ged
des threw her “cutty stool ’ at the
dean’s head when he attempted to
read the English liturgy in obedi
ence to the royal mandate.
From St. Giles we walked forth
to teke an afternoon stroll. AVe
went by way of High Street an
Holyrood Palace, to Arthur's Seat,
a very high precipitous rock, from
which we had an excellent view of
the beautiful city, which lay be¬
neath and in front of us, also of
Leith and the Firth of Forth.
The people of Edinburgh say,
and we are told that many of
them believe it, if you wish to be
“beautiful forever,” yon have only
to climb to the top of this emi¬
nence at sunrise on the first day
of May, and wash your face with
the dew on its top. This is good
for twelve months, when of course
you will renew it. We do not
say whether it is true; but it evi¬
dently has this advantage over
other puffed-up processes, it is
healthful and saves you the “sax
pence.”
We returned to the city and
spent the late afternoon in the
elegant Princes’ Street Gardens,
not in walking but in writing to
loved ones at home.
About sunset we set out to at¬
tend night service at church.
Before we had gone far we met
quite a crowd coming in the op¬
posite direction, and found by
inquiry that they were returning
from church. Looking at our
watches we found it was 9 o’clock,
though only sundown. Never
before had the effect of a northern
latitude come upon me so forcibly.
We returned with the crowd
far as the Waverly, and made
frequent observations during
night. At 11 o’clock
was in the sky, at 1 o’clock
light had appeared in the
Just think of only two
night! What must it be in
chill climate in winter, when
result is reversed, two or
hours day and all the rest
The next day, Monday, was
extremely busy day. We set
at 7 o’clock, and it would tire
of all the things >
readers to hear
we saw. We mention the follow¬
ing, without being which they
about the order in
come. We visited the birth-place
of Scott; John Knox’s house, and
sat in his chair; saw the house
Regent Murray, and the balcony
from which the Duke of Argyle led
saw the martyr Montrpse to
the stake, to which Argyle afterwards: was
himself led 11 years Holyrood
and then we went to
Palace. In the Picture Gallery
of this we saw the portraits of
Mary, the Georges, the James,’
etc.; we walked through the Au¬
dience Room, Queen Mary lier s pn- bed
vate apartments; also saw
and bedding, and that of Charles
I. The most interesting apart¬
ment was that called Mary s Sup¬ that
ping Room, for it was there
the unfortunate Rizzio was first
stabbed. In another room we
were shown where Rizzio lay blood all
night weltering in his own
and we saw also the window' of
the Abbey under which the uu
fortunate Mary married that
biped beast, Lord Darnley.
\Ve went from the Palace to the
Castle, which we found dressed guarded
by Highland soldiers, and m
kilts of brilliant red orna¬
mented stockings, with their
knees bare. Inside _ we saw
“Mons Meg, the great large cannon, enough
the bore of which is
for two people to crawl into at
once, and also the rock balls shot
out of it. In the Crown Room
we saw the Regelia of Scotland,
among which was the crown of
Robert Bruce.
AVhat we saw in these two
builiin° r s, Holyrood Palace and
old Edingburgh castle, with their
associations, is enough to fill a
whole volume; but we hasten on.
Returning to our hotel, we
hastened to Leith where at about
5 o’clock we boarded the
“Glasgow” hound for Amsterdam,
and we were afloat upon the
North Sea.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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THERE IS NO DEATH.
There is no death 1 The stars go down
To rise upon some fairer shore,
And bright in heaven’s jeweled crown
They shine forever more.
There is no death! The dust we tread
Shall change beneath the summer showers,
To golden grain or mellow fruit,
Or rain-bow tinted Rowers.
The granite rocks disorganize
To feed the hungry moss they bear;
The forest leaves drink daily life
From out the viewless air.
There is no death! The leaves may fall,
The flowers fade and pass away—
They only wait through wintry hours,
The coming of the day.
There is no death! An angel form
Walks o’er the earth with sileut tread.
He bears our best beloved things away,
And then wo call them “dead.”
lie leaves our lioartb all desolate;
He plucks our fa.rest, sweetest flowers.
Transplanted into bliss they now
Adorn immortal bowers.
The bird-like voice whose joyous tones
Made glad this scene of sin and strife,
Sings now her everlasting song
Amid the Tree of Life.
And when He sees a smile too bright,
Or heart too pure for taint of vice,
Ho bears it to ,.uit wo M of liglu,
To dwell in Paradise.
Born nto that undying life,
They leave us but to come agalu.
With joy we welcome tnem—the same,
Except in sin and pain.
There’s no such thing as death
To those who think aright.
’Tie but the racer casting off
What most impedes the flight. #
Aud ever near us, -hough unseen,
The dea • immortal spirits tread,
For all tho boundless universe
Is Life—there are no Dead!—Ex,
Burke county is to have a new
cavalry company at Waynes¬
boro, the organization having
been completed and the members
measured for their new uniforms.
It will be a fine crops in every
respect.
The Griffin News says very few
notes and* mortgages remain in
the banks in that city against far¬
mers, owing to a prosperous year,
having paid their obligations be¬
fore they fell due.
The Elberton Gazette would
have the farmers remember that
they are now striking for inde¬
pendence, and that a large crop
of grain next year will help them
out a great deal. It should be
put in as early as possible so that
it will get good root before tho
cold weather sets in.
The marriage of ex-Secretary
of State Thomas F. Bayard to
Miss Mary W. Clymer, of Wash¬
ington, is announced by authority
to take place at the home of the
bride on Thursday, November 7
and after the wedding tour the
bride and groom will take up their
residence at Delaware Place, the
charming homestead now occupi¬
ed by Mr. Bayard and his family
at Wilmington, Delaware
There is only one way of mak¬
ing a politician know that you are
opposed to his methods, and that
is, don’t vote his ticket.
It often happens that statements
which are given for “what they
are worth” are worth nothing.
Make all the money you can
and do the best good with it, re¬
membering that he who lives for
himself alone lives for the mean¬
est man in creation.
One of the New York newspa
pers stated the other day that
the amount spent for amusements
in that city each night was $17,
000, at a low estimate, This
would be about $150,000 a week,
or $6,000,000 for a season of forty
weeks. *
Sir S. B. Lewis says the fore¬
cast of the British wheat crop
must be considerably discounted.
The acreage is 120,000 acres short
of last year, and . the crop short
150,000,000 bushels.
0NE FACT
Is worth a column of rhetoric,
gaid an American statesman. It
is a fact, established by the testi
• mony of thousands of people, that
| Hood’s Sarsaparilla does cure
| scrofula, salt rheum, and other
diseases or affections arising from
impure state or low condition of
the blood. It also overcomes
that tire ventrem*th°to
appetite, part ana of the gives system, strengtn Try it, 10
every
WORDS TO FRIENDS:
Job work solicited and satisfac¬
tion gvaranteed.
‘ Reliable attention given advertis¬
ing.
TERMS REASONABLE.
A fireproof poeketbook is ono
of the latest inventions. It is
probably intended to prevent
money from burning holes in the
pockets of the ownors.
On a recent occasion, George
Bancroft, the historian, told a
bevy of young girls that the se¬
cret of long life lay in never los¬
ing one’s temper. “If you will
never get angry,” said the histo¬
rian, “you will live to be 90.”
How it began: “Dear Mr. Jones,
my dear George, my darling
George, my own darling Georgie.”
How it ended: “My darling
Georgia, dear George, dear sir,
sir.” (Then she sued him for
damages.)
It is said that Professor New
man was one day holding forth
on the advantages of a vegetable
diet, and urged an argument that
if a man eats pork he will grow to
look like a pig, the beef eaters
like a bull, and so on. Where¬
upon somebody rather confoun¬
ded him by dryly adding: “Yes,
Mr. Newman, and ho who con¬
fines himself to vegetable ... diet ...
will be m great (laager of In,ally
resembling a small potato or a
oabbagehead.
This is a good time to bear in
mind Dr. Deems’s motto. The
doctor, while pleading in a public
speech for conscientious voting,
was interrupted with the question
“Suppose it is morally certain
that you cannot elect thp candi¬
date whom you consider the right
man, what then?” “I am not
bound to elect the right man,"
replied Dr. Deems, “but I am
bound to vote for him!”
Outlie 21st of November, at
Fayetteville, North Carolina, will
be celebrated the hundrotli anni¬
versary of the adoption by that
state of tho constitution of the
United States. North Carolina
was late in adoping the constitu¬
tion, but when she came it was
with both feet, so to speak. The
approaching centennial will be a
most interesting occasion, and it
is presumable that it will be en¬
livened by a repetition of the his¬
toric remark which the governor
of North Carolina is said to have
fired endwise at the governor of
South Carolina.
McELBEE’8 WINE OF CABDlH for Weak Nerves.
The Stato exchange has been
located in Atlanta and J. O.
Wynn, of Atlanta, elected busi
mess agent. All communications
should be addressed to him at G7
E. Alabama street, where his
office is located. County trustee
stockholders are requested to
send him their addresses at once,
so that trade bulletins, may be
mailed to them.
Rev. Dr. Talmage, of Brooklyn,
preached his farewell sermon on
Sunday, fir prior to his departure
Europe and the Holy Land’
Mrs. Talmage and his private sec¬
retary are to accompany him.
To-day, important elections will
beheld in Virginia, New Jersey
New York, Massachusetts, Ohio
Iowa and Nebraska,—It is almost
certain that the Democrats will
carry the three first States, and
they have a fighting chance in the
next three. They will undoubt¬
edly make gains in all of them.
Judge Richards instructed the
jury at Nashville, Tenn., yester¬
day, that lotteries and raffles were
illegal, even when conducted
through churches and church
fairs.
The Augusta News denies that
bankruptcy is ahead of that inu
nicipal government, but admits
that greater economy must be ex
ercised in the future management
of public affairs.
Th e s t a t c SU p r(B f ne court has
; ufd rendered a decision which
settles the injuries right received of a convict by him to
sue for
f rom the convict lessees, their
age nts or employes.
Best chewing & tobacco in town
at New York Store.
No. 37
CONSUMPTION IN MEN AND CATTLE,
It will be a curious outcome of
the evolution of science if the
world shall bo forced to accept
some of the sanitary laws pre¬
scribed by Moses for the guidance
of the Jews; but it it is uot an im¬
possible outcome. One-fifth of
the deaths among the civilized
peoples of the world are the re¬
sult of the consumption, and
scientific investigation lias ap¬
parently proved that a large pro¬
portion of the cases of tubercular
disease among men are due to a
tubuculons taint in the meat or
milk they consume. The disease,
originating among cattle, is com¬
municated to men. But there is
one race among us which is al¬
most exempt from the ravages cf
consumption, if one of tho most
prominent of English physicians
may be believed, Dr. Behrend,
who is accepted as an authority.
This physician states that during
a practice of thirty years, largely
among Hebrew patients, lie lias
not yet met with a single case of
phthisis in members of that faith,
. immMlit from its attacka
r
behlg mldoul)tedly doo to tlle
JewMl me tliod of examining and
slaughtering cattle.
Attention lias frequently been
called to the extent of lung dis¬
ease among cattle in this country,
particularly among those crowded
in the pens of great slaughtering
houses near the large cities of tho
North, hut the disease is hardly
so prevalent as in Europe. In
London it has been asserted un¬
der oath by meat inspectors that
80 per cent, of the meat sent to
market there had tubercular dis¬
ease; and tho markets of the city
of Glasgow, Scotland, have been
so Hooded with tuberculous cattlo
for consumption as food that tho
courts have been asked to uphold
tho right of tho liei^th depart¬
ment to order the destruction of
all carcasses of animals found to
be affected by pulmonary tuber¬
culosis, whether other organs
besides the lungs be affected or
not.
The identity of human and bo¬
vine tuberculosis has been fully
demonstrated, and it has also been
shown that it may bo communi¬
cated by ingestion, the agent of
distribution being the circulating
blood; so that there is danger to
tho consumor from any part of the
flesh of the animal—even though
it should not bo visibly affected
—as also from its milk. The
New York board of health,
alarmed at the spread of consump¬
tion in that city, recently made
investigations which led to similar
conclusions, it being declared
that those measurers of precaution
alone answer the requirements
which embrace the govermental
inspection of diary cows and of
animals slaughtered for food, and
the destruction of all those found
to be tuberculous.
The question is not so pressing
in this section as in some others,
but even hero it may be found
necessary after awhile to estab¬
lish a system of inspection that
will insure the public against the
purchase of meat which may
have hidden in it the germs of the
most dreadful of diseases.—Tele¬
graph.
A VERY LARGE PERCENTAGE.
Of the American people are troub¬
led with a most annoying, trouble¬
some and disagreeable complaint
called “Catarrh.” It is not neces¬
sary to be so troubled. It is dem¬
onstrated beyond of question Flax that
Clarke's Extract Cure immediately (Papil
lon Catarrh re¬
lieves and permanently cures Ca¬
tarrh. A thorough and fair trial
will convince you.
Use Clarke's Flax Soap for the
Skin. Catarrh Cure, $1.00.
Soap 25 cents. At all Drag Stares.
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