U -' a " '" . ' . 8 ' ' -,.-,.,.,, .,4 -rx--tjVrW" l- rjsi s 'ir ,,.-" , 'i jj",uCris --,, ? "?nT7 -"r.;L-cr: .r- 2 -VMaTS-jv TO LAyOABTgn DAILY iyTMJJGgNOJBB, SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1890. .r. . .t.-i" " j. 1.4-" i: V K lWfTWOKIHmiAWBb AadtteanMsa ssssWevea. ttvtsasadls WleSslraaaOals. SMIVW -1 THC BLAnHCY ajn i OaleM roans' sear of eW'tsara nMIMMBMrlMHUUOCI Ne skTa heart Is free, Osassae hears thsaseel wens' of tteBserasy. for the Harney's ie crest a deealvtr, That a giritfclete touts thcret though roe leavs hsrj All thsuicta touts about, m she's quite ges hsrself-wHh your Bssmey. Ob I str, would you And this urns "Blarney f There's a cattle net tar tram Kinarner, On the top of its wall (But Uke can you dent fell). There's a atone that contains all this Blarney, like a magnet, IU Influence auch la. That attraction It gives all It touches. If you kiss It, they say, ' Frem that blessed day Toe may UsOwhem you please with your Blarney. Samuel Lever. MYLES O'HANLON. k.TBUK STOBY OF BT. PATRICK'S DAY. Gbpyrlsr 1890, by American Frees Association. ( IT) T WAS St. Pat- linspittle. The air was crisp and I the day bright, and tbe little church was filled te overcrowding with shamrock bedecked chll- idrcnef Erin. The geed priest dcliv- cred an oration en their patron Lsaint, and when the mass was e v e r and the I--reed intentions made the rosy chfceked, coyly dressed country girls and tall, bread shouldered young men, all "decked in their best," streamed out of the Tillage church and crowded the lit tle chapel yard, forming a splendid grouping of the brawn and beauty of tbe bees and daughters of St. Patrick. Many passed out through the chapel gate and encountered the usual string of beggars who haunt the reads that lead te the churches en all holidays, but par ticularly en this one. Among these who made such speedy exit was Myles O'Hanlen. He was net in excellent humor, in fact he was un usually morose, and ill tempered, and he passed quickly through the throng and entered the publie house of Terence Mur phy. In the I'taproem" there was no one but the lady of the house, and when Hyles entered she looked at him search- tegiy. "Wishal My let), en' is it going te break your "pledge, ye are?" she asked. "Yes, ma'am," replied her visitor. "I'm net feelin' well; en, if ye plaise, I'll take a small tint of whisky." The old lady was net in a particular hurry te serve her customer; she was rather inclined for gossip, and asked: "Was Knte Cennell at mass, Myles? They tell me yo're pulling a string together. But if I were you I'd go slew. Dan Cennell is a hard man, an' the boy tliat gets Kate'll have te mind himself better than te break bis pledge." "Mrs. Murphy," said Myles, "what's between meself an' Kate is our own af fair, an' you'll eblige me by net mention in' it agin. I'm net break in' me pledge. But I have the colie an' want something te kill the pain. Sure. Father Dunlea himself would forgive, me for takin a little medicine." This appeal was irresistible; the land lady poured out the whisky and Myles, having taken the medicine, left the house. He did net return te the chapel yard, where n meeting of the athletic as sociation was te be held when. the priest had finished breakfast And many an inquiry was madoferhim,for Myles was the president of the association. Through the laneway that led te the priest's heuse Father Dunlea could new be seen coming towards the meeting, and till the president did net put in an ap pearance. The committee could net un derstand it. They had seen him at mam. What had beceme of him? Beys were eat te his home at Garrettstewn, about a mile away, and through the village, and one member of the committee, know ing of Mylca' infatuation for pretty KaU Cennell, hied him te her father's cottage with the bope of finding there the miss ing one. But all were unsuccessful, and the meeting began and ended without the presence of their popular president. In the afternoon there were te be ath letic sports en tbe beautiful strand at Garrettstewn. All the country side was te be there. But 3 o'clock came and passed, and he was still absent from his duties. His friends began te feel uneasy, and his old father, who came te the strand te see his boy win some of the prize, was particularly anxious about him. There were athletes from Kinsale and Timoleague and ether towns and vil lages; and en the sandy beach, beside the frowning cliffs of Kilceleman, shel tered by the picturesque weeded hills of Garrettstewn, and facing the ever heav ing ocean, were gathered tegether thou sands, of. Ireland's prettiest daughters and finest sons. There were there people of every class of society, from the popu lar landlord te the laboring man, from the parson te the priest's altar boy. But where was Myles O'Hanlen? The question was en a thousand tongues; but it seemed te be unanswer able. He was considered te be the beat Sall I SIS v sHMmy'il-.. IBWaaBBp'eSBBBBBBKaiaBBBBBBBBBBBBBB. A29aasralaBsBBBBBBBBBBBEB "3tsHva7rV8HMB in 'r s awr - waj w t t st. mn n i . i ' x n i mat ' them with llfl m --tJtLf&SrzQSsjS&M usUa NMNrMMMwtWHi'uw pans, stuui Mai the neighbors relied te keep Um laurels Cearcteat but the sports be gan aad ended; net one prUe rsssslnml in the parish ef Ceurcies, and sed"Wre Mn Meartaef Mm geed people of BaHln ptMlaand Garrettstewn. Bt new that it was' all ever, Um friends of Kyle. gathered together la Wile groups and' VHassVwavYs'ea weJsW sWVaeKvXSBflB UI B9r asaraHBv'vs VMtMsTDanJeavnwMsnzkMsly nervous about Mat as was hi old father, aad, in reply te a query front soma uncharitable rival, ha said Indignantly: "MytaiO'Haalonknetdriakiac. Ra has the pledge nines ha was a child, and early tail saerBHut, whan the dew was upon the grass, he picked the shaauxk I'm wearing aad aaid te bm: 'Father, I'm thiakin' well keep the association cupia Oearciea today.' But what has happened the boy I cant understand." This silenced the evil thinking ones, aad proved that at least it was the in tention of My les te be at the sperta. Something must have 'Nffjpened te him. Se thought everybody, ,1Mn one could suggest a sehiiiea of thejayap tery. Suddenly old Tim OUnaJeny Myles' father, went te ratMttr Dunlea and said te him: "Beger, yer reverence, I'm thinkin' that maybe euld Dan Council's daughter has semethin' te say te it." . "Why?" inquired the priest. "Because, yer reverence, she refused him last night There was a dance up at Mell Daly's, the match maker's sav ing yer presence an' I hear tell that euld Cennell gave Mell tin ehillin's te make a match for Kate wid Johnny Hurley, the butcher." This did net threw much light en the subject But Father Dunlea knew well that Myles had "a tender spot in his heart for Kate;" lie was looking forward te having a fine wedding at Shrovetide, and although Cennell did net like te give his daughter te a man who had net a farm, he believed that this breach could be filled up, and he had decided te use his geed endeavors towards that end. Turning te old O'Hanlen he said: "Tim, when did you hear that Kate refused him?" "I didn't hear it at all, your reverence; but be the signs of Myles' face last night an' this morning I guessed it. But 'twas himself told me that the euld fellow gave Mell Daly the tin shillin's. He was look leek in' very bad, sir." Here the old man ceased talking, but just as the priest was turning from him and about te leave the strand he hobbled up te him and said: "I beg yer reverence's pardin. But I didn't bee Kate Cennell at the sports, yer rever ence." Te Father Dunlea there was. mere in formation in this sentence than in all the surmises that had yet been spoken, and he hastily questioned himself: "I wonder could they have run away?" He decided te have that thought speedily answered, and walked quickly in the direction of the village. Arriving there, he did net delay te go home and have dinner with the party he had invited at the sports. He went into Terence Mur phy's public heuse and, asking the land lady for a sheet of paper and an envel ope, he wrote a short note te bis sister desiring her net te delay the dinner for him, but if he was net there in time te explain te his guests that he was de tained en urgent parish duties. Having sent this letter by a boy, he said, geed humoredly, te Mrs. Murphy: "Well, Mary, you didn't de much busi ness today?" "Ne, your reverence; the boys were all down en the strand at tbe snorts. Serra the wan had a tint of whisky but Myles O'Hanlen." The priest started painfully, and in quired: "Did he drink much, Mary?" "Oh, no, yer reverence. Twas just after mass he came in an' told me he had a colic savin' yer prcsemaj an' he only took it for physic.". KBSl A LITTLE MEDICINE. -This allayed the pastor's fears a little; but he went Btraightway from Terence Murphy's into every public house in the village, and was relieved te learn that Myles had net been in any one of them that day. But he learned something clse that concerned him gravely and seemed te eorrelrarato hU first thoughts en hearing that Kate was net at the sperta. Eddy Green, the keeper of the hotel, told him that when he was coming home from Kinsale, about S o'clock, he saw Myles and Kate at the cress near the Sandy Sandy Sandy ceve reed, and that they seemed te be talking very earnestly about something. Quickly Father Dunlea went te Con Cen nell's heuse, but bin hurprise was as great as his joy when Kate herself opened the deer. "You're welcome, father," said the lovely girl, as she dusted n chnir for the reverend gentleman. "I'll tell me father you're here." DID YOU RETUSE TO MAKKY MYLES O'HANLON?" "Ne, my child," interrupted her visl ter, ;i wish te speak with you. New, Kate, I want you te tell me the plain truth. Did you refuse te marry Mylen O'Hanlen last night?" Tbe girl blushed and toyed with her apron and steed liefere the priest looking sheepishly and silently at the ground. "Why don't you answer me, Kate?" "I did net refuse him, father, but" "But what, Kate?" "Me father teuld him that he would never let me marry him, as he hadn't a farm, and he gave Mell Daly ten shillings te make a match for me with young Hur ley, the butcher." At this the jeung girl burst into tears, and the geed priest teethed her as best he could. When bhe had grown com paratively calm he said te her: "Did you see Mylea today?" "Yes, father; I met him after masi and we took u walk." The girl was answering his questions truthfully, he believed; but he was new Certain that Mm knew something of the ceases that kept Myles away from Uie sports, se be asked her: "De you knew. Kate, that Myles was net at the sports today and that the par ish relied en him te win the association cupT "I de. father." "Well, as you saw him last, de you kaewwhere he is?"' This question was a little tee straight and Kate winced under the priest's keen gase. But he repeated it and she re luctantly answered, "He was sick today, sir, aad maybe he went into Kinsale te see a doctor." "I have been told that he was feeling unwell and what you say is quite pessi. ble; but what I want te knew is this de you knew where he is new?" Again the girl lowered her eyes end nervously rolled up and unrolled her apron string and kept silent. Again Father Dunlea repeated hk question, and Kate, timidly, yet with determination, replied: "Yes, father, I de; but I can't teu you." Thid reply was mere than the geed father expected; It was new bis time te feel nervous, and he positively quailed before the superb beauty of this young girl as she steed there, in defiance ef him, defending her lever's secret After a moment or two he said, "Kate, I de net think you are wise te withheld this from me. Yeu knew hew I love that boy, and it was a pleasing thought for me, when I knew that ye were lov lev ers, te let!; forward te marrying you. I. was well aware that your father did net like Myles, because he has net a farm; but 1 hoped te be nble te talk .him into it New, my dear girt, please tell me where is he?" The girl blushed furiously during this speech of Father Dunlea; but she had premised te keep her lever's secret, and shn was in a quandary of norveusners as te what she should say. At last her Irish genius came te her rescue and she said: "I cannot tell you where Myles is, your reverence. But he'll be back again in a couple of days, and then he'll tell you himself." And as she said this a ilush of positive triumph covered her face. Father Dun lea was satisfied. He had as implicit faith in Kate Cennell as had he in Myles O'Hanlen; and he went te his dinner party with a light heart. The disappearance of O'Hanlen was almost the only topic of conversation in the parish of Ceurciea for three days. Rumors of all kinds filled the air. And among them was ene that he had com mitted suicide "because old Cennell would net give him his daughter." But a surprise was in store for them. On the morning of the third day Myles walked into the village hale and well, and look ing as happy as a prince. There was with him a stranger a foreign looking man and they both at ence proceeded te Father Dunlca's house. In about an hour's time all three the priest, the stranger and My les were seen walking across the lawn that divided the presbytery from the landlord's demesne, and the busy ones of the village could net understand what was en the tapis. Seme time afterward Mr. C (the land lord), accompanied by Myles, the priest and the stranger, came down along the read towards the village, but stepped at the little laneway which led te James O'Brien's heuse. The village was en the tiptee of ex citement te learn what all this meant Seme said that perhaps the stranger was going te buy the farm, as O'Brien in tended going te America. But before evening they all knew what had happened. The farm was bought, but it was Myles who purchased it. It was the best farm in tbe parish, and ev erybody was secretly pleased that their favorite should "coine into the place" when Jimmy O'Brien went te America. But everybody was anxious te knew hew or where Myles get the money te pay for it. Perhaps I had better tell it for him. His friend, Teui McCarthy, had been in America for several years, and had at the geld diggings accumulated a large fortune. He came home te see his par ents, but they were both dead, and Myles was the only friend of his boyhood who remained. . A MEltltY WEDDINO WAS CELEBRATED. When en St. Patrick's eve old Cennell refused te allow Kate te marry him "be cause he hudn't a farm," Styles made up his mind that he would get one. He remembered McCarth v'h offer te lef riend him; and knowing that his friend was aleut te return te America in a few days he decided te abandon the sjierts and go te Cerk, where he would find the Irish American. Te him he unfolded his ocheiue and McCarthy was mere thnn pleased te be permitted te help his friend. Myles told him that he only wonted it as a lean. But his friend baid "very well," and looked serenely aimihcd as he con cen tinued: "I won't hail until after your marriage, Myles, and I shall go with you te purchanse the farm." And se it happened that old Council's objections were removed; n merry wed ding was celebrated by Father Dunlea, and Tem McCarthy's wedding present te Myles and Kate wns the lease of O'Brien'," farm. Rebert F. Walsh. lletlirred by American Daite. "Sure an' thini American bastes de bother me," said u newly arrived Iiilcr nian; "fcpeshilly the feathered keinds. The first wan I seen of the keind was a forkentine (porcupine). I treed him under a hay stack mi' phet him wid a barn shovel. The flrt time I shot him I missed him, an' the next time I hit him I hit him in the same place I missed him befeie." Like many ether birds, magpies live te be very old In a statu of freedom, tut de net reach ever 20 or '25 yearn in captivity. M.LANA. ( aWl ' rtjX"jav (B5msial(sn laT HIBi PviawV -rSM-fiaiaC- Jvassfp""1 Psr""""' III mm sBaaMv 7 1 lim 1 I I IB nU aaaU ansa1 " ADaaa, fair, your Hfct brewa hair Bests taagUag en your seek se rara Our Irish skies sra la your era. My Elleca ega Kachrss. Where'er I ream, o'er land or fessa. With ms, for aye, sMdss one taeasM, That Ged, from out his heart of lore, Fer me a joy has wrought. Allans, dear, you're ever near; Yeu bring me hope, aad lev sad cheae. My Irish fay, my bloom of May, My Eileen ege Machrea. Where'er I stray, by nia-ht or day, I knew Ged's aacds watch your sleep And Ireland's fairies threscug round Sweet TlrRita svsr keep. -aCVOoaaer TITE HUSH OF CAROLINA. JACKSONS.COLQUHOUNS, M'DUFFIES, M'KEMYS AND ADAIRS. Bew a roellah Kins Accidentally DM a Wlae Thing-, te the Beneflt of Ireland nil America The Bleed of Twe Bacea Combined te Make a Splendid Third. King James II, of denbtful memory, did at least ene very geed thing, though some writers assert that it was done by accident and because he was just then angry with his noblemen. The wars of Tirlegh O'Neill and ether chieftains of the north against Queen Elisabeth and the horrible retribution exacted had left Ulster almost an uninhabited waste. King James refused te grant the aban doned lands te royal favorite and great soldiers as his predecessors had done, or te discarded mistresses and court syco phants as William of Orange afterwards did. (See Macaulay's account of the lat ter.) King James declared be would have the country settled with men, and that the cultivator should own the land or have some permanent tenure. It was a perfect success. Some tracts were settled entirely with English and Scotch, ethers with enterprising Irish, but still mero with a mixture of the two. Each race supplied What the ether lacked, and the result is the Scotch-Irish race. There is a theory that the true Irish came originally from a southern land and retain many of the faults and virtues of a southern peo ple. The Highland Scotchman, en the ether hand, was almost tetully destitute of wit and humor; poetry he had in rude abundance, but very little appreciation of art. His contribution te the common stock was the habit of untiring industry. Beth races agreed in undying opposition te tyranny. What a pity there was net in England wisdom enough te allow two such races te blend' in pcace a pity for Ireland, but her less has been America's gain. "Their factions," says Sir Walter Scott, "have been be long envenomed, and they have such a narrow ground te de their buttle in, that tfaey are like people fighting with daggers in a hogshead." In Ireland their disposition te contend for what they believed right was turned into a curse; in America they seen made common cause against their common op pressor. And the "bow of it" is one of the most curious things in history. If any one had said in 1693 that a Brit ish parliament could succeed in exiling 800,000 Protestant Irish and perhaps an equal number of Catholic Irish in such a way as te make them fight side by a'de with Catholic Frenchmen and nen-sve- CABIUCKJlUtaCS. tarian colonists against the United King dom, h'e would have been denounced as a feel. The wise men would have told him that legislative felly might dq won ders, but it could net work miracles. Yet that is just what parliament accom plished; for scarcely was the ink dry en the treaty of Limerick (which provided that Catholics should enjoy in Ireland "such rights as they had enjoyed in the reign of Charles II"), when it was vio lated by a scries of laws that new make honest Englishmen blush. Itisneedleei te repeat the block details. Says one Brit ish writer: "The laws were se many and se atrocious that an Irishman could scarcely draw a full breath without breaking a law." At the sarae time they fell upon the Presbyterians of tbe north, declaring all their marriages illegal and arresting ministers for "living in adultery" with their ewn wives! On top of this came statutes forbidding Catholic or Protest ant te manufacture or expert te any ether country than England. The result was a general flight of the bravest and best the "wild geese," as they were called, from the south te France and Spain (where such names as O'Doneju, O'Denneland MacMahen still attest theu talents and valor), and the men of tin north te New England and Pennsylva nia, where such local names as Antrim and Derry, Sligo, Tyrene and Belfast show the origin of their families. Later there was a combined movement of Celt and Saxen Irishman, Catholic, Quaker and Presbyterian te Seuth Caro lina; and of all colonies sent out by the prolific isle this probably contained the largest proportion of talent, courage and persistent energy. At any rate it may chalienge comparison with any ether. It is bcarcely possible te make a libt of the names of the emigrants te Seuth Carolina in 1750-70 without its seeming te be a partial list of America's eminent patriots Jacksen, Calhoun, O'Kelly, McDuOie, Polk, Crockett, Housten, Adair, McKemy, McWhorter, O'Farreli, O'Urady, McXairy. All these are of Irish extraction, and still (etne of them Americanized by dropping the O' or the Me) adorn the annals of their states or the nation. In 1703 u thiolead of eiukrautu left SBBBBBBBsai Uarnckfergus ter Charleston, aad it is claimed that every family in it has since been represented, aad some of them many times, in the congress of the United States. On this ship were An drew Jacksen, his wife and two sons, aad two years after their location at the Waxhaw settlements, aad after the father's death, was bera a third sob, named for hi father, who was destined te. humble British pride at Mew Orleans, aad te slaughter (alas that Rasas beset) hundreds of his father's eeuatrymea who was ia the nuiaa of the Invaders. AMAZONS OF DAHOMEY. FEMALE WARRIORS WITH WHOM THE FRENCH SOLDIERS MUST FIGHT. Tha Are Trained t Anas, aasl Vara ta Frlaelsal ran af Their MCesareh's Army. The atrle Balsa wtta Which Their tin Here, indeed, te a novel state of affairs. France is at war with Dahomey, and the chivalrous sabreurs and tirailleurs of a nation noted for its politeness and defer ence te woman are te march inland from the west coast of Africa with the inten tion of carrying Agbome by storm. Ag borne is the capital of Dahomey, the resi dence of the king, and is defended by an army of 4,000 amazons. It.wlll become necessary in the ensuing conflict for the French soldier te fight and fight hard, for the fee he is te meet, although be bo be lenging te what is known as the weaker sex, has as far as possible been kept from any knowledge of the foibles and frailties of feminfnlty, The amazons of Dahemey hare a his tory and a record. Something like a century and a half age the king of the country fled te his capital after sustain ing defeat by a powerful enemy. His warriors were slain, his allies dispersed end the situation seemed utterly desper- ate. As a last resource the monarch armed 2,000 women and sent them out te de battle with the enemy. The female legion retrieved the fortunes of their king by the display of a valor which the men had net shown, and eince the event ful day en which they swept as victors through tbe dismayed ranks of Daho mey's invaders the amazons of the houce heuce houce beld guard have been the chief reliance of the potentates who have succeeded King Agaja en the throne, The corps of amazons consists of 4,000 women who are sworn te chastity. Ne femaloef the country can marry until she has the king's consent, and if, upon view, he decides that she is better suited for war than for wedlock, her engage ment is annulled, and she is entered en the roll of soldiers. Frem that en till the day of her death she is mera closely guarded from temptation than the fair est bud in the highest social circles of civilization. It is death for her te violate any of the rules te which she Is subject ed, and she is mero isolated from the ether sex than a nun, The man who dares keep the read ,when n squad of amazons approaches, docs se at the peril of his life. The tinkle of the amazen bell warns all males te retreat or dodge down seme byway until the warrior women have passed en. Only the fa vored few who are allowed te carry the lien stick of the king dare meet his ma jesty's body guard face te face Although the amazons can never wed, married women who enter the regiments are allowed te keep up their doniestie re lations, but all their female children are amazons from birth, and the only future before them is the celibate life of the sol dier. Although it Is a capital crime te ap proach or ceu't a member of this famous body guard of Dahomey's monarch, love is the same the world ever and laughs alike at locksmiths or the most dreadful penal ties. Net along age the king learned that 100 of his amazons had entered into matrimonial relations in violation of the laws and without his consent. All the guilty women were killed at Agbome, and their husbands shared their fate. On their march inland the French will find themselves much troubled by the lock of water. It is scarcer and gener ally worse than the rum, being half mud. It they catch the king of the country they will secure a man who has a long string of titles. Ue is described as "big ness with no way of lifting;" "a rock the fingernail cannot scratch;" "the lien of liens." In the French chamber of deputies re cently M. Etienne stated the cause of the disagreement between the two no tions. He said that the king of Da homey had refused te recegnize the French protectorate ever the slave coast, and had invaded that territory, but had been repulsed. He also said that if the king refused te satisfy the demands of France it would be necessary te take vigorous measures, net with a view te the conquest of Dahemey, but for pur pur pur pose of giving a salutary lessen te the king and people. The Cumins Ceneus. The count of people in the United States will be made for a certain day in midsummer, probably late in June, and experts are already giving seme ingeni ous estimates of the result. They vary from 04,000,000 te 08,000,000. One part of the latter estimate is of great interest. It is as follews: SInce 1880 the number of immigrants in any ene year lien only twice fallen below 400,000, and that but a trifle, while it has risen as high as 788,093 In 1883. The registered immi gration for the ten jcars Is certainly abeve 0,000,000. Add the unregistered from Canada und elsewhere, and the total cannot fall below 0,000,000, of whom at least 3,000,000 were between the ages of 10 and 40. Of se many at the marrying ages (for a child of 10 in 1881 is new aged 10) there must have been at least 1,000,000 mar riages, averaging flre years duration each; and previeus censuses show that of such newly formed families of for eigners the average is two children each living at the end of five years. Add, therefore, 2,000,000 for the native child ren of newly arrived foreigners. Total, 7,000,000 added by foreigners alone. De ducting their deaths nud the great mass of them ceme in the prima of life and health the total would still remain above 0,000,000. It is assumed that the increase of the 00,000,000 and odd of 1880 has been at least 23 percent., while some put it as high as 23 per cent Thus they make the total 07,000,000 or 68,000,000. It will be interesting te use hew the facts dncidu. " vfasflaWf ' v5 A PLUCKY TELEGRAN1Eh. SOME OF THE ADVENTURES OF GEORGE KENNAN. Three Tsars Ueyend the Pale of ClvUhm ClvUhm Uea Hew the Catastrophe te De toef aed His Comrades of the Jeanetls Kxpo Kxpe Kxpo dltlea Might Itnve IWn Averted. (8pedai Ootrapendenee.1 New Yerk, March 18. Se much at tention has been attracted of late te the subject of Siberia and the Russian exile system by the writings and lectures of Mr. Geerge Kennan, and there being a movement en feet In America te amelio rate if possible the condition of the unfortunate victims of Russian rule, that it seemed te me recently en inter view with the new famous traveler might Unearth some bits of his personal experience that are net known te the general public, Mr, Kennan is apparently between forty and forty-five years of age, but poe tesses that peculiar elasticity of move ment, net te say temperament, which makes him appear much younger. His figure Is slight but sinewy, indicating a geed deal of reserve power mingled with that peculiar nervous force that is often found in journalists and telegraphers (he belongs, by the way, te tbe latter school), and his face is strongly marked with the resolution that has carried him through se many difficulties. Withal, he is evi dently a keen observer, retentive in bis memory, exact in his facts and admira bly descriptive in his style of narrative. I asked him te give me off hand a brief story of his II fe and hew as a young American he becatne se much interested in Russian travel. Plunging into the subject, in medias res, as the lawyers say, he answered: My father is probably the eldest liv ing telcgrapher in the United Slates, be ing new 87 years of age. As the man ager of an oftlce en the Wade, Speed and O'Reilly line in Norwalk, O., where I was born the first line built In the west he taught me the Mone alphabet. and. en my sixth birthday, befere I was able te read manuscript, I sent my first dispatch. At the age of 13 I was reg ularly employed in a telegraph office. At the outbreak of the war, though but a mere boy, I went te Wheeling, Colum bus, and finally te Cincinnati, being all the time anxious te get into tbe tele graph corps at the front, then under the control of Oen. Staeger, an old acquaint-, nnce of my father. In this, hewever, I failed. Mr. Perry Maedenald Cellins mean while had projected an overland line from America te Eurepe by way of British Columbia, Bchrlng straits and Alaska te Siberia, the object being te obtain communication with Eurepe without employing the ocean cable, which at that time was net working with regularity. After surveying the route he came back, interested the West ern Union company, and an agreement was made with the Russian authorities te construct a line te California, thence te Bchrlng straits, up through Alaska and en te the mouth of the Atnoer river. Here the Russian government was te meet us with" its lines from St. Peters burg. Tills enterprise attracting my at tention, I wrote te Oen. Staeger, asking for a position in ene of the exploring parties te be sent out. He did net reply te the letter, but ene night came te the instrument in his office and, being a practical operator, inquired for me. I answered ever the wires. He asked: "Can you get ready te start for Alaska in two weeks?" "Yes," I replied, "I can get ready In two hours." "Yeu may get" was the message, that came back. I was then 18 years of nge. Proceed ing te California with ene of the parties of the expedition, I remained there un til July, 1805, when with three ethers I started en a small trading vessej for Kamchatka, landing en its peninsula after a tedious veyage of forty-seven days. Then began a life of adventure and hardship which lasted two years, and took me ever Siberia from Behring straits down te the Okhetsk sea, our ob ject being te locate the most desirable route te the mouth of the Ameer river. During this period I traveled six or eight thousand miles, en deg and reindeer sledges, horseback and in canoes, fre quently camping out of doers six weeks at a time in winter. After the successful laying of the sec ond Atlantic cable, I received notice in the autumn of 1807 that our enterprise hed been abandoned. As the circum stance have net been published, they may be of Interest. We had a large force of men at work, and wo're cut oil-from communications from the civilized world. Occasionally, however, a vessel would, come into the Okhetsk sea, and every spring we would go down te the coast te watch the horizon for the smoke that rose while the crew were trying out their whale oil, hoping te get news from the civilized world. We had a whale beat in which we could go out a short distance te sea, and, in the summer of 1807, ob serving in the far distance a welcome cloud that indicated the presence of a whale ship, wu manned our little craft and started te beard her. As we approached the captain paid lit tle or no attention te us, thinking we were only a party of natives. Finally, however, we succeeded in climbing en deck, and walking aft I said te the cap tain; "Geed day, sir. What is the name of your vessel?" Yeu never saw a man leek mere astonished, for, being dressed in the costume of the country, he did net cxcct te find in me ene of his own race, or hear his own tengue spoken. As seen as he could catch his breatii he exclaimed: "Geed Lord! Has the universal Yankee get tip here? Where did you ceme from? Hew did you get here? What are you doing?" And then followed a welcome welceme welceme the warmth of which you must imagine. His name was Capt. Hamilton, and bis bark the Sea Breeze, from New Bedford. On pirtlng the captain gave us a bundle of newspapers, some of them a year old, and presented us with a liberal supply of previsions. As seen us we reached shore we built n camp lire and sat down te re new our acquaintance with the eutsidu world. In the course of an heurVr two otte of the party stumbled upon a para graph in a San Francisce journal stating that, inconsequence of the success of the bocend ocean cahle, all work en the Russian-American telegraph had been aban doned. Tills was the first notification that our duties were at an end. During the following September ene of our com pany's vessels arrived with orders for our return te the United States. There being still some hope that tbe Russian government might be induced te build the line clear up te the Behring straits, in which case it was thought the American company would go en, I was left in Siberia, meanwhile collecting and shipping te San Francisce the vast maa of material then en hand. About the beginning of winter I re ceived orders te return te the United States through Siberia, and with another American named Price made the jour ney te St. Petersburg, a distance of near ly six theusaud miles, using sleighs and reindeers, and traveling the last four thousand miles night and day. In that city we learned that the enterprise had been entirely abandoned, and accord ingly returned te the United States, reaching home iu March, 1808. ' During (hew two years and a half 1 aad leemea the rtusman become interested in Siberia Russian people. Since then 1 hare i a number of trips te the Russian emntsa en my own account, made a critmt study of the country and its Inrtltutieaa. taken iu periodicals, and remained ai- ' close touch, se te speak, with the priaeK , ml flvent Mint tinva nrviimut tlie. ' When the Jeanette sailed thretkjsi Behring straits and disabneared la sM Arctic ocean in 1883, 1 had an lnsUaette) feeling that she would be test, asst , strongly urged en Mr. Bennett the tat portance of organizing a system of rehat whereby natives along the coast would p te keep a sharp lookout for the survives ' of the expedition if any were found. Net ( i emy mat, nut i propesea te nun aireesv ly, also through the manager of Thau Herald, then Themas B. Connery, aad' aad' threugh Chief Justice Daly, of the! American Qeeirranhlcnl anrletv. te males a personal search along the northern coast and with the facilities which I knew I could command, de all that i could de te rescue these In neriL Taa preposition, however, did net meet with" approval and tbe matter was dropped. X: Lieutenant Commander Gerrlnge, who A became se much interested in the eubf jeet that he proposed, net having the'. 1-f.iiiT mnnpv. in anil n vuijw.ffsu iwij Egyptian curiosities in order te Drecnre U a fund of say $5,000 In order te previde: the means for making n trip te the north-Vj era tuum, um i ucciineu u taae WSS-. money from such a source and at such a,'' sacriilce when mero wealthy peeassV- rvilll.l Cilfeltv atnnd In lliil tiM.nl, ?Vi vw..... .w.j UH.UV ... ..U W.VWWM , j Alter tins imer Justice Ualy suggested $ me matter te Air. unaries A. Liana, of v' The Sun, and for a time there seemed t', v jivung vi vja7vvis.sws Ava tire iibUV jmmy. f a-Bj afteeaiovleeAeaA st A-Sm& Tneftutltj BWeaA hsUkbW. iwmiea a aM AWauu1Ulxa. .- U- .-...... uiuiuiinunui uieaiuuinw, uui was ' the negotiations were pending President" Garfield was shot, and attention thus be ing diverted the idea was abandoned. la. the meantime the living and dead-weraj '? found en the Siberian coast after tbe dsti aster, as I predicted, and I shall alwaye believe that if my plans could have bees carried out the worst consequences of tba, -catastrophe might have been averted. : The sad event, however, was net with out Its compensations. The letters t The New Yerk Herald from Mr. Jehn P. ' Jacksen, who was sent te Russia; bit d scriptien of Siberian scenes along I route he traveled, tbe narrative of 1 gincer Melville and the Investigation beV3 fore the congressional committee, sal ; served their purpose in making icons mero or less acquainted with a lay J gten comparatively unknown. My ewavv public addresses showed in the popular 'j interest Uiey elicited mat tbe people i eager te knew mere concerning thbn derful country and its institutions, ciallvthat Dart of its political connected with the history of the Sibttv iau exile, and tbe interest is by neBMaasI abating. a: While there has been much exagfersVi Uen with regard te tbe treatment of J elan prisoners of state, it is net in mastf ' cases as severe as It has been describes! 1 In all of my trips I have met political eav ' lies who were in comparatively ceatfeflvvq able circumstances, ana they are i any means exceptions te tbe 'ntbM Therefore I have defended the government when It has been mk sen ted, at the same time that I have sented the shadows of a most picture. That these efforts are beeriaip fruit is proved by the fact thatceaaaHasfj measures are new being taken ova I ber of philanthropic citizens of Phil phfa, who have begun the circulation;! a ietitien throughout the United I asking for an amelioration of tbe evils of Siberian exile, and thedecv will be presented some time next 7ml te the proper Russian authorities threaajfl the International Prison asecitibBVas?' its meeting Iu St. Petersburg. And;ils my juugmeni, cenciuueu air. rrsnu . the czar, who is net se bed as hea? pointed, win give need te it. rar t. U. OB lONTAIKsV A Muule City of Ilia West. V'-ij? ' Rlmrmnn la n rtfv lmllt in A. nlcrht. .tt lies opposite the town of Chaniberlsinyv wlilcli nlt-uiifnrl aii llin nnnt linnlr nt the' ... , , " ,..... ,. " Til AHKAOuri river, uirccuy across irem vow Sioux reservation. News of the Issuance) th A TOWN TWELVE IIODBS OLD. p of the president's proclamation epeniaa the reservation te settlement reaches)' Chamberlain at 4 p. m. ene day recently, The boomers crossed the river at eat and went te work. They selected a tewst; site directly north of the Lewer Brnla 5 agency. ?j All night laborers kept at work, ai in the morning what had been a level li tract of prairie the prerieus afterneeayt; was covered with buildings. The lOkf lowing day wagons were engaged hauH;, ing in goods, nnd in a short time th,s magie city nau uecoine a uusymars mi trade. A municipal government was- ArnntiUnjI nsid tlui IsflttllsiT. nw a I tfswl 4 lmssV -. er ' i I n I'M "Hsa ST M.aj amass ssssssssssssssssl name of Sherman. The illustratleaSp shows the appearance of the place en the 'i morning of the first day following tba t pcaceiui invasion. "ra A New Hrldire Aenm the Hudaea. rl rru- l.l. i r.. IT.. J x l. -....a 4JIU MOlUliU I1UUDUU 19 MJ W BHM1U!M' by a new bridge, it is te be located a Kj short distance north of PeekskiU. N. Y.. 5 and in cressintr the river will extend . ..! . .U 11 1. 1i ireia Aiuuuiiy e nine, uu uiu vebk uwu, te the site of old Fert Clinten, en the ...Act ImnL Ttsll v1i..Aa am. titr-n MMWn nnlnrlm rt finllfl rnclr. Tlin fHstAriRO he -w-- - - - - - --- ---- - tween the piers n.t the water's edge is ; 1,620 feet, which will be crossed by a single span in length 25 feet greater than that of the Brooklyn bridge. The struc ture will stand lOU feet abeve high water ' mark. This bridee is intended te be used chiefly for railway traffic, and the chief Item of transportation will be coal for New England consumers. It will ..be completed in aueut two years. ,,,. . Despite the fact that ids first air shia went te wreck, no ene knows wnere, aaa-sgc mat Willi It UlaiipiNlireu I'lUlcnuiwutH,' j the M'clilran aeronaut. Inventor P. C'H'i r'ntnulw.ll l.na rnnstrilctpil a new VOSEel tnr niivlrrnllni- tlie Illr ill which he llSS se much confidence that he will tuake' the trial trip himself. It U te be inflated r with natural gas and ill leave the earth ' .4 -i .. t..IIj Wlifrtt It will enma down is problematical. 111 iiiau-ttui w.. ......... .- - "- - . ?' , -,'). iya&J&l!ii&ii vaS; f 1 '--. t ,.. j-ve,-vte !,-, j i ! jA jI.i.A srf,';fc Vl7.'- "?t-- .te'Mfvzxi p. e. , AT-'0'BJABrfaiSJ. !.-. jv. M?ite"i.'-i.-. . t,.., - - 4A -j ,xti -. -.,.ifX A,'ji&- at&f
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