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death or ex-sexatoh Ans.
An Old anil 1'ronthient Ctllten of Illinois
llrealhes ills I-ast.
Judge Ilavid Davis died at his liomo In
Uloomington, III., on tlio :27th. He snnk
Into a enmutose state twelve hours before
the end Itnd passed painlessly uwny, stir
rounded by hi family. The cause of Mr.
Davis' death was Uright'a disease of tlio
kidneys, ngravated by a weakened condi
tion of his systoni. dating from tho time
when ho becamo affected with a carbuncle.
The following brief biographical skotch of
the deceased is from t lie Omaha Bee:
Judge David Davis was a prominent and
distinguished figuro in the politics of tho
country for tho past twenty years. He
nn born in Cecil county, Maryland, March
11, 181 fi, was educated in Kenyon collego,
and studied law in the New Haven law
echoed. He fol'owed the tide nf st tiers to
the west in 1S30 and settled in lSloomius
ton, 11H.. winch has ever since been his
home. Ho was n member of tho Illinois
legislature in 1S44--1!, and a member of
the constitutional contention which
drafted the constitution of that state in
1847. Tho following year ho was elected
judge of tho Hight judicial district and was
re elected in IS.") and again in 1SIJ1. On
the bench he displayed signal ability nud
impartiality, and was elevated to tho
United States supreme bench by President
Lincoln in October, 1SCL'. The iiuti-Grmit
movement which beg n in 1870 and cul
minated in the nomination of Hornco
Gteeley two years later, found in .Tudgo
Davis a strong supporter, and his admir
ers in both the independent republican and
democratic parties strongly urged him for
the empty and fatal honors which foil to
the founder of tho New York Tribune. Ho,
however, secured that yenr tho nomination
of tlio nntionnl labor reform party for tho
presidency. During tho stirring and anx
ious days following the election of 1870-7,
nnd befoio the result wasdeterniined to tho
satisfaction of either party, the republic. ins
of Illinois epiietly acquiesced in the move
ment to elect Judge Davis to tho United
States senate. Th's had a two-fold object
to retire him from tlio supreiucbcneli and
make certain tlio election of It. 1!. Hayes
to the presidency. Tho plan worked suc
cessfully; ho was elected to the senate and
Hayes was declared president. During his
term in the senato that body was closely
divided politically and on party questions
tho balnnco of power was held by .J ml jo
Davis. 'I herepublicansnominated him for
president pro torn nnd lie was elected over
Thomas F. llayard, tho democratic nomi
nee. Judge Davis was married in 1883 to a
lady many years his junior. He was re
markable for great mental powersand phy
sical dimensions wcighiugntone time over
400 pounds. Ho has been in poor health
for the last twoyoars, and his sufferings re
duced him to a skeleton. His weight at tho
time of his dentil was not much over 150
pounds. Ho leaves an estate valued at
about 300,000.
A lriSAPOV AdATXST JIOYCOTIEHS.
llinghampton (N. Y.) dispatch : A now
weapon agamst tho boycott was brought
out hero to-day. John II. Dann, John
Doyle, Edward Uames and Georgo Sauls
paugh, cigar mnkers, wcro arrested under
the federal laws for boycotting Fred J. Hill,
a cigar manufacturer. It is claimed that
Hill, by paying his internal rovenuo tax,
therebv acquired tlio right, under tho inter
nal revenue laws, to manufacture cigars
and that the right so acquired is a right
secured by tho laws of the United States
within tlio intent nnd meaning of section
fifiOS, under which tlio action is brought.
This section provides that if two or more
persons "conspire to injure, oppress,
tin eaten or intimidate any citizen of thu
United States in Iho Trco exercise or enjoy
ment of any right or privilege secured to
him by the constitution or laws of tlio
United States they are subject to an ex
treme penalty of 5,000 lino nud ten years'
impriuoument.
MTl. SPAHK'S UEPZT.
Commissioner Sparks, in reply to a re
quest from tho secretary of tho interior tor
a recommendation in tho matter of the ap
plication of the state of Kansns for a ro
consideration of tho provious decision of
the interior department upon tho claim of
tho state to select additional lands under
tho agricultural college act of 1802, has
recommended that tlio application be
granted. Under this net tlio state claims
the right to select 7,082 acres of land in
nddition to a like number selected in 1804,
nlleging that the Innds wero not legally in
creased to tlio double minimum prico aa
held in the urovious decision.
At Watervllle, Maine, eleven men, em
ployed by Norton & l'urlnijton, partook of
liasli for breakfast and were pn rated by vio
lent purfjiuji and vomiting, exhibiting strong
symptoms of iKdsoulns;. Their recovery U
deuhtful.
STANFORD AND MEISSONIER.
Tho Callfornlau Gives tho Painter
I'oltits on Ills Arts.
Mr. Stanford, of California, has a portrait of
himself by Melssonler, palutcd In l'aris when
the senator was there a few years back, writes
a Washington coi respondent of The C'f-icm-nalt
Xnqit,rer. Hie price was $10,000. It Is
not considered to bo a good literal likeness,
and very few portraits of Americana by French
artists arc. That Intuition for truth and the
habit of getting at It which portrait painters
of the British and American schools possess
the French gives way to his artistic ills-iiosl-tlons;
ho is iiluuis fcurchliig fur tomctli.ng
which Miall Improve one's nature. 1 have of
ten spoken of the American inventor In France
who wanted rome poriruits made fora machine
he was building to spin hilk automatically. lie
went to the best pattern-makers in l'aris, and
not a pattern could he get precisely like his
model, which uli tho French with them knew
but little more about than lie did. Filially lie
had toeetid to the United States for the work
he des'red to do In France. .Mr. Stanford
gave Melssonler a crood many sittings, about
tbree hours for each. A curious incident hap
pened with regard to one of tho most co.e
brated pictures of the artist. Ho had painted
for Mr. Stewart, of New York, tho dry goods
man, one of his largest and most Impressive
pictures a battle, where Napoleon Is sending
In his Guards, and as they go pasthlm they all
salute him. Mr. Stanford hud spent $40,000
in photographing horses In motion. He ob
served, among other things, that when horses
were In rap d motion, or galloping, they never
struck ou their toes, but on their heels firmly,
because they would have fallen ami
broken their necks. He observed that the
foremost figure of the officer, whose saber Is
up In the air, was coiug In such a way that his
horse would 6trike ou the too. So, seeing the
first draw-lnsr of this at Mebsonler's studio,
while the artist and sister were converging ou
the subject of how tho horses moved, Mr. t' au
ford i-ald: 'Will you bnug that hors. forward
a few feet In the tarae action he Is now mak
ing!" ''I was," said Mr. Stanford, "certain
that the horn would not strike on bis heel if
he continued the action." Melswnler continu
ed the movement, and In a moment he jr
celved that what the two men had beeu talk
ing about eouviuceU lilm, and his especial forte
was draw lug horse ; he had horse models with
all tholr anatomy movable, especially about
the legs and feet. He turned to his model and
brought the auluul forward, and he suddenly
perceived that his great canvas had made an
anatomical mUUke. He put his bands into
his hair and began to race around his studio
tike a man who had lost his wits.
POSTAL CLE111CS OX TltKIIt J7AII.
Eeorts That the lleslfinatlons of Sereral
tlumlreil 11 ill be Sent to U'aslilntiton.
Indiannpolis special : The opinion is gen
eral in this division of the postal service
th.it several hundred postal clerks will go
out next week. The executive commit too
will meet Friday, nnd there seems to be no
doubt that the r sig uitions in its keeping
w II lie promptly forwarded to tho post
master general. AH of the members of tho
brotherhood in this division feel especially
bitter toward tlie chief head clerk in this
city, and they are induUi'ig in some pretty
harsh criticisms, alleging that ho wormed
himself into their confidence, nnd used his
piihll ion to betray them. This feeling led
to u spirited scene at the depot betweu
II. it tl Chi k Wolfe, or the Pittsburg nnd
Western, and tho local chief head clerk, in
which the former was outspoken in his con
demnation. Now it is stated that a ma-j-ir.ty
of the executive committee weie in
cluded in tho dismissals the other dav, and
fro in t bis it is argiud that there is no dm, bt
that nil the members will be ordered out.
It is further stated that the head c er's
liavo r solved not to "double" their
runs to till out the breaks caused by the
dismissals, and this will probably precipi
tate a crisis, even if the executive commit
tee is slow to net. It is believed that tho
postal a at Inn i lies tire ant icipat ing a lire ik,
tor within the past few dnys.it is reported,
si'veral ex-ilerks who were dismissed Tor
cause" have been iipprniched with a
(imposition looking to their re-employ-nient
a clers. Trouble oNonie kind may
lie mil tip iled in this div'sion, also tho
Sixth, a nl possibly it may extend where
ever t lie secret orgauiza lion exists.
A committee will be selected to visit
Washington and wait on the post master
seiieral for the purpose of procuring from
him a definite statement as to what the
clerks may expect in fut me as to their of
ficial to. ure. An ollicer of the hrother
Imod states that tliiseommiltee will surely
lie sent, despite the action already taken
by tho department in removing clerks, and
the intention of the organization will not
bo changed, een should fin ther removals
bo made befoi o tho meet ing of Friday.
THE S T. I TUMI'S TS Of PAHXELL.
T.ovtl SalhOnry Dennnnres Tttcm as Utterly
Untrue.
LoxnoN, June 29. Lorn Salisbury has writ
ten for publication a letter dciningiu detail
every assertion made by Mr. l'arnell concern
ing the alleged negotiations made on behalf
of tho late conservative government to secure
Irish supjioi t In return for the conec.-slon of
borne rule. He pronounces every one of the
statements ns ''baseless fabrications." He
lays: "It Is false that Mr. l'arnell was given
reason to believe that if tho conservatives wcro
In power after the general elections they
would give him a statutory parliament. No
body connected with the government gave any
",ich Indication. It K fube that I ever showed
the slightest leaning in favor of such a con
cession. It Is false that Lord Carnarvon urged
such a concession on the cabinet; It Is there
fore false that the cabinet did not refuse such
a concession until the polls went against us.
It is false that Lord Carnarvon urged a
statutory parliament for six months; It Is
tl,fr,.f,i,. inlse that he Ultred It without
the cabinet opposlnir It to any extent. It Is
false that niter the result at the polls
were ascertained the cabinet swerved around
liecauso It never hint the Miglilosi in
clination toward a statutory parliament, 1
mwil lmrcllv add that the story that the land
purchase bill was passed in deference to a
wish expressed in an Int-rvlew on August I Is
olmnU- imnossilile because the bill had al
ready passed the house of lords and tho gov-
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ernmeni, mm punuciy picuru unu n mu
hill Tim I'fivcrnnient resolved unou the pur
chase bill as soon as it entered olllcc, a mouth
before August 1."
A BLOODY ltlOT.
Fahis, June 29. Thirty thousand people
went last night to witness the performances
In tho Immense bull circus at Nimes on the
departure of Gard. The entertainment had
been extensively ndvoi Used io be given under
electric ii.:nt.
'I he limits wtnt out soon after the perform
aneo beiraii, and owing to the defective ap
paratus could not be relit. The people became
enraged, and tore down the fittings of the cir
cus and made a bonlirc in tlio arena of them
and the fuuiituie.
Troops had to be called to restore order,
which they onl succeeded In doing after a
desperate conflict with the people, many of
thom were wounded and arrested.
PltOSIXUTl.l Till: IHtlCCISTS.
Sioux City special. Judge Wakefield has
taken tho.cascs against druggists of this
county for not complying witli tho require
ments of the state liquor statutes under
advisement. The court was occupied all
day in henriug arguments on a motion of
defendants to dismiss the cases. Consider
able interest is manifested hero ns to tho
outcome, in connection with these cases
it is certain that tlio temperance peoplcnre
pn paling to make an nlta l; all along tho
line. Just whnt hbupn the prosecutor will
usMimc and under what leadership carried
ou docs not yet nppenr.
iu:i:cin:ii ,tvr (ir..trs tovk.
Livirpoiil dispatch. Henry Ward
Dcedier was interviewed last evening alter
the great liberal mass meeting and was
lihked by a reporter of tho Liverpool Post
what he thought of Mr. Gladstone's speech.
He siiii!: "Mr. Glndstone's speech was
luminous and powerful. It delighted mo.
I told Mr Gladstone I was too much over
come to expiess my appreciation of his
speech, nnd that it bad given me a greater
insight into Irish affairs than I ever had
before. Mr. Gladstone said in reply: 'I
take thnt as a complimout. for you aro
as competent to judye ns nnybody.' "
XEdiions o.v Tiir.in muscle.
Savannah, Ga., June 2S. Tho Coachmen's
club, an organization of uegro drivers, started
on an excursion to licaufort, B. C, to-day.
While crossing Callbogle Sound, (Irlllln Devln
shot and killed Bob Watts. In the fight that
followed four negroes were bndlv ciP, one Bon
Chlpp being seriously wouuded. A question
of jurisdiction is likely to arise, as It Is not set
tled whether the steamer was in Georgia or
South Carolina waters at the tune of the kill
ing. Devln and three others are under arrest.
The coroner's jury rendered a verdict of wUful
murder.
THE AUICAXSAS DEMOCItATH.
The Arkansas democratic state conven
tion mot at Little Koch on the 30th. The
convention nominated the following ticket:
For governor, Hughes; tronsuror, Wood
ruff; laud commissioner, Cobbs; attorney
general, Jones; ji.dxo of tho supremo court,
Battle; secretary of state, Monro, and sup
erintendent of public instruction, ".'homp-
A llECKr.ESS MAS .TUOOED.
Ottumwa (lown) special: Kinsley Jor
dan, oraa he Is commonly known, "Stormy
Jorden," the most notorious saloon
keeper in the state, has just been Jailed for
violation oi tho prohibition law and will
have to serve 300 day in jail. He kept
the notorious saloon at tho Ottumwa
depot whcBo sign bore the legend, "The
Iload to bell."
It Is reported iu London that Mr. W. E.
Grant Duff, president of the Madras provlnoss
3f India, Intends to resign as a protest agalust
Gladstone's Irish poller.
CROCKER'S EYESORE.
Tito Vciu-c Unlit ty tlio l?nllron
Mnsjnnto About a Xclglibor's Tot.
Tlio stranger in San Francisco wh.
goes about to view tho dwellings o
tin rich is struck with wonder at i
singular monument which rears its un
sightly shape on Sacramento street, be
two- n Taylor and Jones. On all side!
bnt one il looks like an overgrown ici
house, and an it stands within the broac
shadow of tho palatial homo of Charlc!
Ctoeker. the observer who docs no
look beyond appearances is disposed U
vow eternal stilniinition ot a love foi
cooling beverages which manifests
itolf by tho keeping of a sheltered ico
1) rg so near lo one s door. This eon
clus on, however, is erroneous. Thr
other sido of the tny-terous structut
tells the story. It is entirely open U
tho street, ami as the ee plunges intc
a genuine citl-dc-mtr, it also rellecls tin
surprising f ict that then is no rooj
overhead. Tho enclosure is no ice
house, but a mere pen, minus a gate.
It is formed by a havy, leaden-coloroc
fence about twenty feet high, with f
level and continuous coping on top. and
strongly braced at short intervals ob
the outside. It encloses, in fact, a
building lot, thirty-six feet wide bj
ninety long, in which a variety of ex
uberant weeds hold riotous sway tin
year round.
About nine years ago a houso stood
there, the property of a wealthy under
taker named Yuhtr. When Charier
Crocker had secured tho wliolu of the
square plot which his residence oceit
pies, except this parallelogram, ho w-m
willing to pay dearly for it. Mr. Yung
knew that the lot was worth a gr 'a'
deal more to his atllonit and powerful
neighbor than to any one else. Whet
Mr. Crocker made him tin oiler he de
manded a much higher sum. After a
while tho would-be-purchaser resolved
to nay the price, when lie found that it
had again been raised. This experi
enco was repeated several times, Mr.
Crocker's final oiler was $20,000, but
Yung wanted t?2.j,000. Then tho mil
lionaire found himself at the end of his
patience, and lie registered a solemn
vow never to buy tlio lot from its thoti
owner. Futhcrmore, as tho presence
of a dwelling so near his own mansion,
into whoso ample rooms it looked, win
a causo of hourly annoyance, he gave
orders to have a tall' fence erected
around the lot, shutting out all view
on tlirco sides of it. The lot was then
a good deal lower than tlio grounds
surrounding th. Crocker mansion, 'llio
fence was built almost thirty feet high,
and intercepted every r.iy of sunshino
that did not descend almost vertically.
Mr. Yung may have repented of li is
obduracy, but ho made n sign. The
vengeaneo of Mr. Crocker was compar
atively complete. The enemy beyond
the fence did not venture into litiga
tion, anil after a year or two the house,
which has been put in blinders, as it
were, was removed and the lot was left
vacant. It was subsequently, leveled
up to the grade of tlio Crocker grounds.
The fence was blown down, but a new
ouu was erected a score of feet high.
It is still there. Charles Crocker
professes the greatest indifference as to
whether the lot ever becomes his or
not. Intimate friends, however, con
fess that it has been a sort of hated
thorn in his side, and it will probably,
thirefore, be. good news to him to learn
that there is at last a prospect of its
being plucked out, ami without it be
ing necessary lor h m to biouk his vow.
Mr. Yung, the undertaker, is dead.
and his widow is well enough lo do to
disdain the consideration of a few
thousand dollars as it hopeful incentive
to the keeping of a persistent clinch
upon a property that is to her useless.
People on California street hill wcro
astonished about two we-ks ago to see
the sign "For sale-' posted tip in lofty
conspicuousness on Mr. Crocker's dis
mal fence. The agents are a well
known linn on Montgomery street.
Inquiry at their ollhv revealed the fact
that Mrs. R. Yung, the relict of the de
ceased undertaker, is far less oxhorbi
tant in her expectations than ho was.
She asks $1'',500 for the lot, which is
equal to $!?G! a front foot. It is under
stood, however, Hint tlieso figures are
far from being her ultimatum. Sau
Francisco Chronicle.
Advertise Your Town.
In this busy, hustling ago, when
everything goes at lightning speed, tlio
man who sits supinoly down and waits
for tho procession to catch up, is apt
to find, when lie wakes and rubs his
eyes, that tho procession has gouo by
while ho slept, and that lie must do
some pretty tall running to overtake it.
As with the individual, so it is with the
city or town. To rely upon natural
advantages is to allow those advantages
to go unimproved, and to cultivate a
largo crop of lost opportunities and
faded hopes. The man who undertakes
to do hus.ncss without advertising, in
somo sort, has leisure for much revorio
and contemplation, and pleases tho
sheriff, who is sure, sooner or lator, to
form an attachment for him; hut ho
dos not create nnv sensation until tho
sheriff makes a puhlio announcement
at his expense, or tlio newspapers givo
him a free advertisement. Tho city
that thinks it can grow and thrive with
out the aid of judicious and persistent
advertisement, will find itself dropping
back towards tho rear of tho proces
sion. Texas Farm and Jlanclu
Tarred Floors.
Somo months ago tho floors of mnny
Austrian garrisous wero painted with
tar, and the results havo provod so uni
formly advantageous that tho method
is becoming greatly extended in its ap
plication. Tho collection of dust in
cracks is thus prevented, and a conse
quent diminution in irrltativo diseases
of tho eye lias beeu noticed. Cleaning
of tho rooms has boon greatly faeilitat
ad, and parasites aro almost completely
excluded. The coating of tar is inex
pensive, ruquiro renewal but once
yearly, and presents hut one disadvan
tage, viz., its somber color. Medical
News.
A recent rain-storm In T.aas Is dcK'rlbed as
having uvea "a regular root-soaker and jjuliey-WMbur."
GAMVAY.
A Port Withcmt Commerce Sit
uated in a WondoiTully Pict
uresquo Country.
An Ancimt atid Ivy-Olad Ruin that is Now
nnd Then Haunted by a Wick
ed Druidoss.
Tho Scenery of Aclill.
A foreign enemy wishing to settle in
Ireland could not select a hotter point
than (5 al way bay, writes a correspond
ent of 'I he New York Times. At tin (
center of the island on the northwest
coast it is within three days' march of
Dublin, so that in the period before '
railways the power which held these two
cities cut Ireland asunder, especially if
Atlilone on the Shannon wero secured.
By such a lino Ulster and Connaught I
were separated from Leinster and Mini
ster. The name Clalway indicates that
it was settled by foreigners, but it is
uncertain whether the name was appli
ed from early Norse settlers or the
Welsh-Norman adventurers of the
twelfth century. And as it is so cen
tral Calway is to-dav the best place for
etl'eeting a peaeeful landing, guide hook
in hanil, from a transatlantic steam
er. The line of steamers that once
plied between Now York and this
old town was discontinued, owing lo
continual mishaps, occasioned, it is
lirnily believed in Ireland, by treacher
ous pilots in the pay of owners of rival
lines at Liverpool. " In consideration of
the great saving of time to passengers
by landing them hero rather than in
Liverpool the harbor of tialway was
arranged lor an extensivo American
commerce and a hotel built. Hut when
a steamer was run on tho rocks in broad
da light tlio company gave up. and
tialway relapsed into a port without
commerce. Yet there is hardly another
place in Ireland where the tourist can
see at short notice so much beautiful
scenery, so many old castles and abbeys,
such a wealth of remains of the pagan
and early Christ an epochs. Tlio
At ran islands lie before tho mouth of
the bay, and as one enters tho mar
velous tones of the Clare mountains de
velop themselves on the right. They
recall tho prowess of Clare's Horse on
tlio losing sido at the battles of lilen
Iieini(l700 and Hannllies (170(5), and
the spirited song by Thomas Davis:
When on Hamdl es' bloody field
The lialUod French w. re loreed to yield
The victor Saon backward reeled
lief ore the charge of I hire's drairoous.
The Hags wo eo.Kpiered in that fray
Look lone In Ypres' eliolr they tin. ;
We'll win them company to-day.
Or bravely die like Clare's dragoons.
While resting from tho fatigues of
the ocean at Gal way there is it choice of
short excursions north and south which
can be made witli light luggage. If tho
weather be good the coast of Claro to the
southward mav bo explored in a jaunting
car down to kilkce. where the scenery
is magnificent. Thence tho lower
Shannon 111113 ,)0 Iraversed to Limerick,
which has a cathedral remarkable for
its ponderous columns and ancient
tomb inscription?, a castle called King
John's, and in its neighborhood various
ruins worth seeing. Such a one is the
picturesque Carrigogunnel. about ten
miles out of town, which has tlio merit
of a ghost. A wicked Druidess lived
there long ago, and used to light a can
dle (coinneall) every night to the de
struction of all who saw it, for this can
dlo was a very basilisk for lulling peo
ple. St. Patrick, however, "put his
come-hither over her," as tlio phrase
goes in Ireland, and, finding ho could
not convert her to Clir stianity, treated
her like tlio serpents. The ghost, how
ever, haunts the lovely ivy-clad rock
and lights a spectral caudle now and
then, just to show people that pagan
ism is not entirely dead and to put to
utter confusion those scholars who
maintain that Carrieogtinnol never
meant "rock of the candle" at all, but
"Council's castle." From Limerick
3o 11 can take a fro'ght steamer up the
Shannon to Atlilone ("Luan's ford ). or
Hie railwa3' by Knnis to Atheniy (Ford
of the kings" and so complete 3 our
little orbit hick again lo Gal way. If 3011
goup tho Shannon there aro points of
interest all tho way. Lough Uearg is
a fin expansion of the river a Tup
pan Zee on a smaller scalo which of
fers at least one island of archueologi
cal importance, Kms C -aUra, and
about ten miles befoi o reaching Atli
lone there is the ancient monastery
and cemetery of Cronmacnoise (Mead
ow of the Sou of Nos). Hero are
two specimens of the round tower in
close proximity to religious buildings.
Tlioy hear out tho tbeoiy of Prof. W. iC
Sullivan as to their purpose in Chris
tian lands. Wherever a round tower
stands tlio sound of a bell on its sum
mit will bo heard over tho greatest
amount of land. Tho early sa nts bar
gained with tho kings of Ireland that
they should havo jurisdiction spiritual
as far as the sound of their hell. Like
the founder of Carthage, who out the
hido into strips, tho oiirlj saints wcro
ciinnv;thoy always selected tho meeting
places of a series of plains and raised
as high a tower as thoy could all'ord,
in order to claim as much territory as
possible. This explains why round
towers aro almost never on hilltops,
like castles. Atlilone has a curious old
fortification and a big barracks, whore
several thousand soldiers aro always
quartered. An Irish regiment could not
bo kept hero becauso the men hid them
pelves in tho town and made riots when
the guard came to arrost tliom. Tho
English soldiers wero assaulted at first
because they insulted women ou tho
streets, hut there is no trouble now.
In fact, between tho Knglish and Irish
lower orders there is no real liatrod.
Tlio trouble has been that tlio ruling
classes havo incited them against cash
other for their own purposes. As do
mocraoi increases tho pcoplo begin to
see who are tho.r true friends, and no
longer play into tiie hands of the com
mon 01101113.
A flight northward can bo pleasantly
managed from Gnlway as headquarters
by taking a steamer up Iougli Corrib
to Cong, and driving over Into Conno
niara. The lough offers some very line
Hcunury in the oourso of thlrty-livd
imlen. with tho ruins of a church on
Inchagoll ("Island of the foreigner")
and a great profusion of other pictures
que islets. Cong has an old abbey and
a famous domain that, of Lord
Ardilnun. once the llrewer Guinness,
lie took Ids title from a sterile ishvid
oil' the coast, whose Gadie name means
"Height of the sea-gulls." Though
Lord Ardilaun lias r pencil roads and giv
en much employment to workingincn at
Cong he is unpopular there. 1 met Ids
agent walking, followed by two well
appointed constables with their rilles.
Ardilaun, it appears, has evicted ten
ants, and pays low rates to his laborers.
Near Cong, "on Lough Mask, is tho
sterile region where the Joyce family
was murdered, and at least one inno
cent man hanged for it. Mask castle
is a line ruin; it overlooks the spot
where the monks in the old time had a
pleasant little monastery, leaving door
wax s with very curious capitals, and
also the place where two bailiffs wcro
sunk in the water after being done to
death by enraged tenants. The land
looks incapable of supporting a popula
tion without any rents to pay. Cong is
a good palce to lish from, but its aeoiu
niodations will not lure tho traveler to
stop.
From Cong the best way is to take
an outside car round the head of Lough
Corrib so as to met the post, which
runs twice a day tho forty miles be
tween Gnlway and (M.fden. My so
doing one sees the .southern spur of the
l'artry mountains and a range in the
heart of Conneniara (Hound of the
Sea) called the Mamturk. or Moar
Pass hills. The driver will show ou
the spot at which poor old LordMouut
moiTcs was shot, and if the day bo as
dreary as when I passed, the uninhab
ited nianse of that victim of an assas
sin's mistake will seem particularly
tragic and a lit home for ghosts. The
wind would burst downward on the
isle dotted lough, driving tho water
here in a long line of white upright
figures of spray, there whirl the foam
spectres round and round like a horri
ble dance of banshees foretelling death.
Mat. as if to console us for the horrot
of the scene, a hills'de, which sudden
ly opened on the view, was one solid
mass of yellow blossoms. Thu furze
is always beautiful, but I never saw it
so resplendent as just there, with the
L'rav islands ot Corrib Halt seen tnrougn
the sleet and the mildewed trees of
Mountniorres' park swaying about the
abandoned house. Let it rain or sleet
or snow, tho bright llowers of this
weed do not shrink, but teach a lesion
of cheerfulness whatever may be
tide. As wo toiled up the zig
zag road awav from the lough
the sooner v becamo more and more
Alpine nothing but brown moors band
ed with peal bits, knobs of gray stono
houses hero and there, which were
more like burrows than dwell ngs, haV'
ing neither chimney nor barn, nor po
tato-pateli human hub tations upon
which one might walk inadvertently,
taking them for slightly steeper hillocks
on the mountain s.uo. Long hcloro tlio
Cross roads wero reached the driving
rain turned lo sleet, then to snow. All
the mountain tops were white and we
had tho pleasure or undergoing a trlglit
f ill wint -r storm in mid-Mav. Mulfeted
first from one direction, then from an
other, at limes tho slight vehicle nnd
patient nag seemed about lo bo blown
trom the road. Lake Culliu (Holly
lake) is the loneliest of waters, and
bears the worst reputation among tho
boatmen who come up to it front Cor
rib, as we could imagine well enough,
seeing tho riot of squalls and whirl
winds that danced about its only build
ing of note, a ruined keep 011 lnish
K rk. Most of these lands belong to
Lord Ardilaun. At Jlie Cross roads, a
desolate hous-o ou a moor filled with
wind-swopt pools, one enters a groat
hunting property, where those who can
pa3' for it and llfeir invited friends shoot
hare, grouse, and other small ganv.
The post-road lo Clifden takes one past
several lakes of nolittlu beaulv, of which
Glendalougli (Vallov of the 'J wo Lakes)
and Mallynahinch (Valley of the Island)
are the most notable. The latter has a
ruin on an island which never could
have been a village, showing that H11II3'
was sometimes used in a narrower
sense. Iunislaokeu (Isle of Stones,
perhaps of cromlechs) is an island off
the coast thereabout which used to af
ford grout quantities of sea-wood, but
no longer does so. Among people so
wretchedly poor the failure of this crop
has contributed not a Id tie to tho recent
distress. While want rema ns ehrouio
here much bus beeu done in Ireland and
elsewhere to supply tho Aehil men and
others on the coast with seed potatoes
and stores. The population is too largo
for the barren laud, and ceems iiunbie
to wrest from the sea a means of the
livelihood. Th i rain wan still falling
when llallynahiuch was loft boh ml; but
ou (lie moor to the left two witchliko fig
ures wero seen, their heads half wrapped
in plaid shawls, their limbs showing
through wel, short skirts.and Ihoirsniiiii
red feet and legs Hying from tuft to
tuft of tho mo.ss. Thoy wen natvo
girls driving the small coal-black cattlo
of thcno wild uphin Is, and the sight of
tho driver, an ancient frond, put them
in tlio wildest spirits. They swooped
down on the car and were soon seated,
la'ighlng and singing, brushing the wet
from tho.r tangled hair and tho r hair
from their i(n checks, but not forget
ting to smooth tho skirts of rough
homespun modestly about lliolr bar j ex
tremities. They were red dout of peat
smoke, like tho'noteou thoy brow hero
in spite of all the constables; of good
health, good humor, and all thut inde
scribable fragrance wlnoh comos from
living almost completely out of doors,
l'resontly wo drew up before their own
home. They seized various paroe s com
ing to them from Galway, and iu a
twinkling thov oluuged into a oomfort
able-looking cabin of largo size like a
brace of colts, w.th a flourish from their
red heels. Thu men and boys of tho fami
ly wore shoes; doubtless 011 Sunday these
same head-long lasses turn out as well
shod as an y in Councillor. A few years
hence these girls will be in the United
States puzzling an American inistr ss
by their iguoramo on some points and
unnatural etitoness 011 others. If she
cor Id see the interiors of some of these
cabin she would only wonder how thoy
ever learn x us tho rosoiirvos of ''mod
ern inipiovonieiitSjiLjIuoh is being
done iu Ireland tovoMfll children u
good schooling in the elomonts of book
wisdom, but there is 110 provision for
the training of servant girls, wherefore
there is much wailing !n American
households, gre nl niistiuih'islaiiding.aiid
man' chances ol profitable places lost
to this class of emigrants, lor this
reaon it is to be feared that our young
friends when better clothed, fed. nnd
housed than they are now, will be no
longer so jollv and devil-ina-care.
l roni Clifden as a starling point
there are various trips to make among
the islands, such as tho Aran group,
which contains litany anc ent fortifica
tions dear to tho antiquarian soul, na
well as nianv remains of Christian oc
cupation. The inhabitants still iho tho
corraeie, or skin boat, with nameworic
of osier, hut tarred canvas is now
cheaper than leather. Hero are the fa
mous "bee hive" stone huts of early
monks, by which architects set great
store as elementary in the study of
building, and a TeainpuU Meiiau. or
church of St. Menan, supposed to be of
the sixth century, the wiio'e structuro
about as large as a drawing-room in an
ordinary New York hous . Tho Arran
group alone will occupy a wvok if tho
tourist bo an arclueologist, for its anti
quities are us numerous as thoy aro
original. The scenery of Aehil is very
bold, and it has its own nutum'ties.
Clew Mav. tho ishuds Turk (boir).
Molin. and Clare the town of W est
port, and thence by rail Ivillalii, whero
the French landed in 17!)S, aro but a
part of the places which call for ex
amination. Ireland is indeed so won-dorfulh-
rich iu spots worth seeing that
one needs a sepa.'ato guide-book for a.
comparatively poor region like Con
naught alone.
A Prayer lor Vengeance Answered.
A strange occurrence lias lntohy como
to light iu this country that presents
some rather interesting features, writes
a Carthage, Tenn., correspondent of
The Xushville Ainericitn. It has had
the effect to cause maiv who havo
heard the facts to believe in special acts
of Providence, and is as strange as somo
remarkable faith-cures. On Defeated
creek, near Montrose, about e'g'it miles
from this phu-o, there lived until lately
an old man named William Hew tt.who
for several years has lived a wandering
life from place to place, having no set
tled home. A few years ago tlio old
man made a purchase of a tract of land,
and together with two .small boys paid
a port. on of the purchase monov. From
some shrewd manipulation, however, of
one of his eldest sons, Jack Hewitt, tho
balance of tho purchase money was so
paid as to place him in possession of
tho property with the deed to himself,
while Iho ohl man lost his home. Tlio
old gentleman considered himself nmst
wofully mistreated, and he was so dis
turbed over the affair that ho quit tiio
premises entirely and led the erratic,
life spoken of, having nothing to do
with his people. This went on for sev
eral years, when recently tho old man
was taken sick, and after very consider
able persuasion lroni friends lie con
sented to go back to his sons. For sev
eral weeks ho lingered iu his sickness,
but saw that he must die. Even iu his
weakenad condition there was one pr.1.3"
er which was always on tho old man's
lins dav after dav. and that was that as
soon as lie would dio every house on tlio
place should be burned up. Tee strange
prayer was very little heeded by his rel
atives and friends and was looked upon
only as an evidence of childishness and
old age. On last Frhhy tho old gen I Io
nian died, and was laid out iu tho'house,
a corpse, waiting to he buried. A 1111111
bor of tho neighbors and r latives went
in to remain with the body and ren lor
11113' assistance necessary. It wa3 a few
hours after the old man died when
3onieono discovered tho kitchen, which
sat oil' from the main building, to ho on
lire. Immediately the company ran to
tho scone, currying a quality of water.
Considerable elfort wasniude to quench
the fiaines, but as related by eye-witnesses,
whenever the wator was pour d
on the burning house the llanics would
Hash up as though the water had been
oil. Nothing could 1m done with tho
angry names, and soon they spread to
the main building. Tho corps was
taken out and set down in 'he 3 aid and
oveiy elfort niiido to slop the Humes, but
to no avail. The two houses were burn
ed to the ground, and us these were tho
only houses on the place the ol I man's
prayer had strangely been answ red.
These faels are vouched for by oyf wit
nesses and responsible parties who
know all the particulars.
An Enterprising Journalist.
"I was snowed iu onco at Bristol, a
littlo station on the Northern Pacific,"
said a man from Cincinnati to a writer
in The St. Paul Globe. "It was in tho
winter of 1885. Wo wore there for
about iivo days. Wo had plenty to cut,
such as il was, hut wore all anxious to
got something to read. Tho large ma
jority of passengers on tho tram wcro
men, and wo all wanted 11 late daily
paper, but wo could not got it for lovo.
nor 11101103.
"There was a l'ttle wcokly paper
published in Mristol, and it tried to fill
the want. Tho first day of tho snow '
blockade thu weekly paper was issued,
and nearly everyone on tho train took .
0110. I suppose tho paper had a larger
circulation at that time, than it has had
since or over had before. Tho ed.tor,
proprietor, and roportor, all in ono.was
a wido-awako follow. IIo saw that
there was a demand for a daily paju r,
so ho got one out every day during our
stay, lie came down and got our names
and residences, ami published them.
This, of course, made ill paper soil.
Tho next dav ho got sonieth.ii'r of our
histories nnd wrote thorn up. Iho next
day ho wrote up how wo passed tho
time. Mv this time lie had exhausted
all his white paper.
'Ho didn't givo up. Not much. You
don't find a newspaper man in tho
northwest that will givo up for such
littlo trillos as that. Ho went out ami
got somo brown paper, used in tyinj, up
bundles at tho groo ry store, and print
ed his edition on that. Ho got all the
brown paper and wrapp ng paper ia
town, and then ho wont for tho, wall
paper and printed his last edition oi
that. Wo bought thorn ovory diy;,mor4
as littlo souvenirs of the snow btoukada
than for anything else, aUhougUIJt)iuM
1 rend ovorytn.ng huh was imutea.
from 11 reolpo on cookies to the lajriil, iia'J
tiues about pre-emption of ocrtaHrtrfttiln a
of land. When wo got out of towii Ma