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like a magnet, IU Influence auch la.
That attraction It gives all It touches.
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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
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rival, ha said Indignantly:
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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.".
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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.
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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
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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'
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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.
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