J? is? rrZ W j s KJ ," W . - Hummingbird Castle. BY ERNEST H. HEINRICHS. IWlUTTtN FOB TBI DISPATCH. TJMMINGBIED Castle was the most interesting land mark in the 'whole country, because it was the most myste rious and people knew less abont it than about any other place in the entire neighbor hood. How long the magnificent building, with its jundred turrets, its many arched windows, its large portal and magnificent hall, had been standing on Hummingbird Hill, nobody knew. Some of the oldest people said they remembered when 'it was not on the hill, but when they were asked who had built it they shook their gray heads and said they did not know. Xeither knew anybody who ljved in the castle, or who had ever lived in there. Even the most imaginative of the country's storytellers was not bold enough to state that he knew all about it because he had been there. So it was that Hummingbird Castle was, -and it seemed to remain a mystery. The castle was a beautiful structure. It stood on the very summit of the hill from which -the building derived its name among the people, and the fact that no one know how it-had originated was enough to make the castle the subject of many roman tic stories. Hany a daring young man had ventured up the steep ascent of the hill to get to the summit and explore the immediate vicinity of the castle. But it was in vain. Very few got as Sax as the enclosing walls be fore they turned back and retraced their steps into the valley. One thing, however, was well known, and that was this: Every man who had ever attempted to find out the mysteries of Hummingbird Castle had died before he had been able to give an account of his investigation. Often the people found the dead body of a man at the foot of the hill, and all knew at least they thought they knew that he had been killed by the mastsr of the castle. From all these mysterious signs, how ever, which clearly tended to prove that it was best for everybody to remain away from the castle, the people became more and more anxious to know. They were not de terred by the fates of so many people who The Procession to Vie Castle. had ventured before them. They did not care, it seemed, that death was staring them straight in the face. Their sense ot curi osity was aroused; they became inquisitive to know what was going on in the castle, and hence they defied everything to gratify their desire of inquisitiveness. There are a good many people like that in this world, who want to know everybody's business, although it does not concern them in the least. So it was with the people of the country around the Hummingbird Cas tle. It was not essential that they should know what was going on in the castle, who lived there. If they had minded their own business it would have been much more to their benefit and to their quiet of life. But nol They were filled with idle curiosity and they must know. In this manner time had gone on. The people around the Hummingbird Hill con tinued to look with anxious wonder up to ward the rastle, and everyone sighed and said, "I wish I knew what was in there." The father would always include into his prayer at the dinner table the sentence: "Pray, dear Lord, let us find out who lives in Hummingbird Castle." The schoolmas ter and teacher in the school said to their pupils that they must try and find out the mysteries of the castle; aye, and even the preacher in the church never closed his ser mon on the Snnday morning before he in Yoked the people not to forget and let him know what was in the castle, if anybody happened to get there and back without be ing killed. In the last few years so many people had died in the attempt to climb to the top of the hill that it looked as if the population of the country would soon be swallowed up by this craving of curiosity. But even that did not make the peonle hesitate. And al though there were funerals going on all day to bnry the broken bones that were scat tered around at the foot of the hill the peo ple did not get any the wiser. It so happened, however, that there was a map living in this countrv, who was full of wisdom. His house stood at the outskirts of h small village, where he resided all by 'himself. No oue went ever near his house, because it was rumored around among the people that the old man was a wizard. He had no friends or relatives in all the world, it seemed, excepta young man about 20 years ot age, whose name was Goldenhair, on ac count of the mass of beautiful yellow curls that hang from his head down upon his shoulders. Goldenhair and the -wizard were often sitting in their little room in the small house together, where the old man would teach his yonng friend the wisdom that was contained in the many books that were stacked on the large shelves around the wall. One day it was just after Goldenhairbad finished his very difficult lesson he said to the old wizard, whom he always addressed as Professor: "Professor," he said, "I am very sorry for the people of our land and I wonder whether nothing can be done to help them?" , "What is the matter, my dear boy, what do these people have to do with you?" "Well I am sorry lor them. Of course you know all about Hummingbird Castle and the fact that no one can get into it. Kow, the people around here are jnst crazy to get inside of that building. Ever so many have climbed up the hill and at tempted to get over the wall, butso far none of them have succeeded; jn fact, all of them have died. Their bones have invariably been found at the base of the hill, smashed against a rock or a tree. Now, what I would like to do is to convince them that the whole thing is foolish and that there is nothing in the castle -worth seeing so mnch as that anyone ahonld venture1 his life to get to it." "But, my dear boy, how do you know that?" "Well, of course I am not sure, but it seems to me that a man's life should be worth more than all the secrets of all the mysterious castlesin the entire world." That u right, my hor. I like to hear 1 fee i. aA &fe you talk that way, and if the inhabitants of .Hummingbird uastle naa Deen as -wise as you, Hummingbird Castle would not be in existence now." Goldenhair looked at the wizard in amazement "You seem to know all about the castle, Professor." "Yes, I do, and I now will also tell you: I built that castle myself for the King of Colorado. This king had a daughter, who was the most beautiful child in this world, but she was also the most inquisitive. Even when she was quite a little jrirl she would poke her little nose in everybody's business. If the lords of the Kingdom of Colorado sat in counsel, and put their wise heads together to expound upon the benefits of the country, this little inquisitive princess would run straight among them and ask them the most curious questions. Of course, this made the lords mad, and they at last resolved that the princess should be killed. They went to the King and demanded his child's death ot him. "The chief mover in this frightful plot, however, was an old lord with a bald head and one eye, who was incensed against the child because she had once asked him why he only had one eye and why he did not have any hair on his head. However, the king, when he was told that he would have to kill his child, became very grieved. Ton see he loved his child with all her faults, just like any other father would, you know. He did not know what to do, because the lords were inexorable in their demand. In this perplexity I came to the king's rescue. I went to him and told him that I would take charge of his child and cure her of her bad habit. I went before the lords of Colo rado and told them I would take the child away from the country. They were satis fied with this, because they said they did not care what became of the princess so long as she was not there to insult them. So I took her to this castle, which I built some hundreds of years ago for my own pleasure and amusement. Of course, you who know that I am a spirit and nota man, that I am an immortal wizard and not a being of clay and dust, you know that I can do that. "But now, to return to these people in this land. I am going to give them a good les son. They have worried themselves so much to find out the mysteries of Hummingbird Castle. Now I will give them a chance to do so. But how I will punish them you shall find out later on. You have been the only one worthy of being my friend, be cause you did not stoop to waste your life by troubling about the inside of a house that did not belong to yon, and you shall get your reward. Now, go into the market place and tell all the people to assemble there and wait until I come, because I will show them the way into the Hummingbird Castle." Goldenhair went and did as he had been bidden by the wizard. The people hailed him with delight when they heard what he had to tell them, and there was a procession going toward the market place in a very short time that was truly astonishing. Old men and gray haired women, and people of all ages were in the train, rushing and pushing with an eagerness and anxiety as if they were en gaged in the race for eternal life and salva tion. At last the wizard appeared. He went to Goldenhair and whispered a few words into his ear, then turning around to the multitude he shouted: "Do you still persist in your wish to see the inside of Hummingbird Castle?" "Yes," all of them said in one voice, ap parently. "All right, then," replied the wizard; "mind you, there is not much to see there, and yon are taking a great risk! Co you still persist in going?" "Yes!" they all shouted again. "But supposing yon all get killed?" "It makes no difference to us," they cried, "we want to see the castle, and that settles it We don't care for our lives, but we waut to know." "Then all the blame' falls on your own heads!" replied the wizard. "Now, if you follow Goldenhair he will lead you into the castle, but I must say good-by, for I have other business to attend to." Then he vanished and Goldenhair turning around lead the whole procession toward the hill. When he arrived there he walked around the hill three times. After the third time, he touched the ground with his stick and behold it opened up like a big cavern. He entered this opening and he beckoned everybody to follow him. When all were inside he walked along until they got into the center of the hill. Arrived here, Gol denhair took .'a whistle from his pocket and blew it Immediately after, the ground on which Goldenhair and all the inquisitive people stood was raised up like an elevator. This ascension lasted for about three min utes when suddenly everything stopped. Goldenhair and the people looked around and they found themselves in a large, beautiful marble halL In the very center stood a massive altar on which they could recognize the shape of a beautiful young girl, dressed in a long milky white garment At the head of this marble altar stood the wizard. He beckoned Goldenhair and the people to come forward and stand around the marble altar. When all was quiet, the wizard said: "Do you see this girl? She was at one time as inquisitive and curious as all yon foolish people are, and she has undergone a punishment that has made her wiser. Now you are in Hummingbird Castle, you see what there is here. Is it worth the climb up the steep hill and stand the chance of being killed? N.o! you. all shake your heads for you know that I am right" Then he told them all the story of the in quisitive princess, and when he arrived at the end he sajd: "Now are you satisfied?" "Yes!" all answered. "Then go out of this door!" A large door went open and the people walked ont Bnt no soonerhad thevstepped into the grounds when they were all changed into monkeys. They ran around and climbed the trees, and acted just like the animals whose shape they bore. The wizard and Goldenhair were standing in the large hall of the castle and looked at them, and Goldenhair became frightened. "Do not be afraid, mvboy," said the wizard; "you were the only one who knew how to mind his own business and curb the feeling of curiosity. Come here, this young lady has suffered long enough. We will take her back to her father in the kingdom of Colorado, and you shall be her hus band." The wizard had no more than spoken these words when he went up to the marble altar. Taking the young lady by the hand he assisted her on to the ground. Then all three returned to the kingdom of Colorado, where all were received with great rejoic ing. The lords forgave the princess, when she promised them that she would not again be too inquisitive. t Horsford'a Acid Phosphate. Beware -of imitations. The Enchanted Princess. THE ACTORS IN SOCIETL Grace Greenwood Champions the So cial Eights of Stage People. SEVERAL WHO .GRACE SOCIETT. The Seal Dramatic Element a Social Gain in Every Eespect. HOW HIGH LIFE GALLfe GREAT ARTISTS rwBmrw fob th dispatch, i As a woman intensely interested in the well being and the -rights, moral and prac tical, of my sex, I honor the drama as the' one field of labor in which women have just and fair treatment, in the way of honors and wages. Actors I respect for their sturdy loyalty to their profession, through good and evil report, their generosity and their esprit de corps. They are a "peouliar people," living still in a world of their own, though no longer compelled to to live; clannish, not madic, given to superstition to a degree, but seldom hard or heartless. Often improvi dent and prodigal, their natures are pecu liarly open to appeals of the unfortunate for sympathy, pity and free-handed charity. The benefit performances in which they come to the help of one of their number fal len on evil daysrare noble demonstrations of good will and good fellowship. There is no danger of actors .too slightly esteeming their profession, or underrating its importance and the dignity of its ex ponents. The veriest "barn-stormer" of them all reverences the art by whioh Shakes peare lived, and through which he lives on 1 forever. I really believe there is no profes sion equal to the dramatic for the standing by and sticking-to -principle. This charac teristic loyalty has been nobly shown by Edwin Booth, in his munificent gift to his fellows, of the Players' Clubhouse. Some actors could also "give points" to business men in commercial honor. I lately heard how "Uncle Joshua "Whitcome," having been obliged by a rnn of ill luck, some years ago, to leave some debts behind him in Canada, returned with some of the first gold taken out of his old "Old Home stead" bonanza called in and paid off every claim with interest A startling story, that, for Canada-bound cashiers. SOCIETY BECOONIZING ABTISTS. The present seem to be the palmy days of the legitimate drama, socially considered. At last the word, so long unjustly and un wisely withheld, has been spoken by Soci ety to the artist "Come up higherl" I mean spoken in good English, for years ago it was uttered in all the Continental lan guages by nobles, princes and popes. In England painters have hitherto been more highly esteemed than actors, though within the present reign the refined artist, Sir Edwin Landseer, once felt himself com pelled by his self-respect to leave Windsor Castle, where he was painting the Queen's portrait, by her own appointment, and -go back to London, without ceremony and without dinner, because on the advent of some German potentate, reigning over a square mile or so, he was informed that his plate would be laid at the second table. I do not think the slight was ever repeated in his case.or in that of any other great painter or sculptor found worthy to sit at the Queen's table when there was no company; butln the very center of intellectual cul ture and histrionic taste dramatic artists have until lately suffered a degree of social ostracism which only genius of a high order and, in the case of the actress, per sonal distinction and a reputation abso lutely immaculate, could overcome. Royalty has stood on a supernal height, even "above the greatest. and most virtuous of .actresses. .The stately Siddons, often "commanded" to read Shakespeare to"good Queen Charlotte," was never allowed to sit in the awful presence, but expected to stand, hour after hour, and did stand, with loyal Eluck, even when in a state of delicate ealtb, till one day she fainted and made a splendid fall not set down in the stage di rections. She never murmured at these hard lines, nor fretted over the rigid laws of state etiquette which barred her from a regular presentation at court, thus an im possible honor for one who out-queened all the queens of her time; but in a later and somewhat more liberal reign, a great trage dian, llacready, protested bitterly against such invidious and odious distinctions. He had no boyish or flunkyish desire to don a court suit, having finer costumes in his the atrical wardrobe, or to witness court pa rades and ceremonies, which he knew he could surpass in splendor on his own stage; bnt the.fact that he was considered unwor thy to kiss the fair hand of his young sov ereignthe hand that he saw night after night lead the applause of a multitude over his scholarly acting and picturesque stage effects was most galling to him. He felt this barring-out to a morbid degree. It even gave him a sort of contempt for the profes sion he had followed with so much dignity and artistic fidelity. He said that accord ing to English aristocratic custom, as to old English law, all plavers were "vagabonds," and so must always be regarded. He would never allow his children to see him on the stage, lest they should lose their respect for him. HCTW DICKENS DEFIED BOYAITY. When Dickens at the head of his com pany of distinguished amateurs, playing fora dramatic fund, were "commanded" to Windsor, to amuse the Queen, and a lot of kings and such he declined to go, unless he and his friends could be received as guests. That was a bold step forward for the profession, fancy the brilliant wits of Queen Anne's time taking such a stand! It has always been easier in England for musical genius to make its way to the upper most social circles, to rise by the gentle force of the "concord of sweet sounds," even to the championship of royalty, like "the lark, at Heaven's gate singing" yet in the case of a peerless prima donna, the question of morals or reputation is para mount The superb Grisi was accepted solely as an artist, praised and paid, and sent down to supper with other paid enter tainers. Patti, Marquise de Canx, wJl everywhere received, though she did earn her living, provided for her own table in Paris, and her husband's at Monte Carlo; but Patti, the self-emancipated, was quietly ignored; and though Patti-Nicolini has been rehabilitated to a degree, yet having been divorced, and the cause of divorce in others, she will probably never be admitted to the Queen's drawing room, or invited to the most moral and exclusive houses of the nobility, while the" irreproachable Albani and the prudent Nllsson are welcome guests in the palaces of dukes, princes, and pre lates. I think such discrimination in favor of propriety and purity ol lire is just and wise. v Many English singers and actresses have married what is called well been lilted from the stage, whereon they were worshiped for their beauty and genius, to the upper circles, where they were looked upon with more or less coldness and jealousy; and in nearly all cases that matrimonial robber of the public, the aristocratic husband, has made absolute abandonment ot the old life and its associations' a sine qua non. How awfully tiresome the charming singer who became Duchess oi St Albans, and the im passioned young actress who was made Lady H iJeecher must nave rouna tne auu round or aristocratio duties and fashionable pleas ures! An ex-prima donna, a great singer and actress, who, unhappily for the musical world, married off the stage and into a rich and aristocratic family, just after her first splendid season, told me years later that she never went to Tne opera witnout a wild, sad longing to leap on to the boards and do the thing herself. This was Adelaide Kemble Sartoris. CTJSHMAlf A SOCIAL, QUEEN. The charming artist and lovely woman Helta Faucet was after her marriage to Sir PITTSBURG - -DISPATCH, Theodore Martin, graciquslyirecelved into high society, and of late years has been a favorite with the Queen; but I think our countrywoman, Charlotte Cnshman,was the first actress, who, while unmarried, poor, comparatively unknown, and not beautiful, achieved a great, all-round success, and was welcomed and courted in exclusive circles recognized as a social equal, sometimes as an intellectual superior. I knew this great actress intimately, Vas much with her in America and Europe, and I estimated her intellect, independent of her histrionio talent, very highly. It was many-sided, eagerly interested in all branches of art, in literature, science, and politics in all directions and modes of human progress. Because of the pathway she opened by her rare social talent and tact, it has been easier for her successors, Genevieve Ward, Helena Modjeska and Mary Anderson to take the place in English society to which their genius entitled them. If Victoria were like Queen Charlotte, it would still be hard. If the Prince of Wales were like George the Fourth, it would be too easy. The liberal and kindly heir-apparent, whatever he may do in Paris, has learned to discriminate when in his own capital and among his future subjects, in favor of such actresses.as I bave'mentioned women of respectability and refinement, and so has done much to set the fashion in London, where true artists can no longer be treated with supercilious condescension, or timid tolerance. Yet actors and actresses are less frequently found in the great London mansionsof high rank and fashion than in the modest houses of musicians, painters, authors and journal ists, where meet brilliant mixed circles of art and literature, which rather spoil one for ordinary society. At the hospitable house of a well known Scotch gentleman and journalist, Mr. Forbes-BobertsSn, we for several seasons enjoyed delightful, in formal gatherings, in which we met the finest talent and distinction of that choice but infinitely varied department of London life, known as "Upper Bohemia." Her6 a HAPPY AND HABMONIOUS family circle gave guarantees of refinement, purity, good manners, and "good report" i a gracious father, a sweet mother, clever, genial sons, and beautiful daughters. Yet three of the Forbes-Hobertson "boys" are actors Mr. Macready's "vagabonds" but intellectual and polished gentlemen, scholars, and artists for all that One of them, Mr. Ian Forbes-Bobertson, for some years with us, could be persuaded to adopt America for his country, were she not be ginning to look too big for adoption. He is a good fellow,. and I hope he will excuse the new States that will come tumbling in. Mr. Irving is too studious and busy to have much time for general society, and cer tain great people seek to monopolize him; but wherever he goes he seems the same grave, thonghtful gentleman courteous and utterly unpretending. We frequently met Mr. and Mrs. Kendal, the admirable artists whom Mr. Frohman, of the Lyceum, who always tries to secure the best actors, both as to talent and charac ter, for his beautiful theatre, is to bring over next season. They would have come to America before this but for "the babies." Mrs. Kendal once told me that until her children had grown out of her arms she could not have the heart to leave them. She is a most sympathetic actress, retaining much of the girlish charm which distin guished her as Madge Bobertsori. If society thinks it graciouslycondescends in meeting on terms of equality such ac tresses as Mrs. Kendall is, and as Char lotte Cushman was, it makes a stupid mis take. Society idles; artists work; society is monotonous; their life is varied as hu manity; society is flatly real; they are ideal, piquant and inspiriting. 1 POPUIiAE IN PABXOBS. Two young American actresses I have met in New York literary societies who have mnch impressed me as- good women and true, as well as artists destined to very un usual honor and success. One is the lady now taking, Boston by storm in great Shakespearean roles Miss Julia Marlowe, a brave girl, who is putting Mary Ander son's laurels in jeopardy and the other is Annie Bussell (Mrs. Presbury) of the Mad ison Square Theater. She graces the draw ing room as she graces the stage a vision oi dreamy, pensiveyet sympathetic loveli ness all unconscious of her most rare and delicate charm modesty. The poetic ideal beauty of her "Elaine" is' something sweet to remember. Tennyson would have been content with it. Certain New York actors are very popu lar in society; none more so than Mr. Hen ry Edwards. He is well known as a fin ished, conscientious actor of the old school, especially good inTiigh comedy; bnt few are aware, so modest is he, of his scientific" at tainments. He is, in fact, one of the most distinguished entomologists of the world If anybody doubts the social gain to be derived from the real dramatic element, let him at some crowded fashionable reception, after hearing and witnessing a highly tragic or deeply pathetic effort by some ambitious amateur, listen to the quiet recitation ot some simple poem by Mr. Edwards. It will fall upon the weary spirit "like the benediction which follows after prayer" a long one on Thanksgiving Day. That fine young actor with the quaint, Puritanic name, Eben Plympton, also re cites admirably, with a simplicity and a manly earnestness most inspiring and satis- &l I think it would be a good thing for so ciety and the drama to 'mingle and commin-j gie, unless advances snouia come soieiy irom a certain fast and furious fashionable set, when I should tremble for the morals of my friends, the actors. Grace Greenwood. A SCOT'S STRONG SIGHT. t A Highlander Wlta Marrelona Ere and Ready Wit.' Scottish American. Highlanders makegobd oldiers, good policemen, and faithful watchmen and shepherds. Forgathering with one tending his sheep on the verdant slopes of a high Northern mountain one day a company of English tourists thought to have some en tertainment at his expense, and began by remarking that he seemed to be enjoying himself. 'Ou, ay," said the shepherd. "I'm shoost lookin' abootme here." "And what are you looking about you for?" inquired another. "Oh, shoost because it's a fine view from this side o' the hill." "Yes, but what can you see from here?" "Well,if there was no misfta day I would see ta town and ta boats and ta loch, and many more things, whatever." "I suppose you can see a great distance from here on a clear day?" remarked one. "Oh, yes, gentlemen, a great distance in deed," said the shepherd. "I suppose on a clear, day now you could see London irom this extreme attitude?" exclaimed one of the Cockneys, quizzing the countryman, and nudging his compan ions. "Och,ay,and mnch farther than that tod," replied the shepherd, who had perceived the nudge. "Farther than London?"gasped two of the somewhat alarmed tourists. "Ay, to be surely, and farther than Amer ica too," replied the Highlander. "Farther than America?" shouted all the Cockneys together. "Impossible!" "It's shoots true-what I tell you what ever," said Donald; "bot if you'll won't believe me, sit doon there, and took out your flasks and took a dram, and wait for twa oors and more, and if the mist1 will clear awa you will see the moon from here." Iiike a-Perfect Utile Gentleman. Buffalo Courier. A little girl dropped a package she was carrying, and the contents several pounds of sugar were scattered on tne pavement The passers-by laughed. Some said: "Poor girl, it's to bad," but no one offered to as sist her, until a newsboy came along and saw the wreck. He promptly stopped, and kneeling down, he took a couplo of his evening papers that he 'had paid for, and wrapped the sngar np neatly, and tying the bundle gave it to the little girl and started oft ' SUNDAY, APRIL v 31, KILiARNEY'S LAKES. Wakeman Climbs to the Summit of Carrantnohill and Views a PANORAMA OP RARE SPLENDOR. A Grand Series of Charming Prospects That Bewilder the Beholder. WHERE THE ARTIFICER BUIIDED WELL , rCOBBSSFOKPXKCE Or THE DISPATCH. 3 KlLLABNEY, IRELAND, April 9. An excellent general idea of the topography of the Emerald Isle was once suggested by a writer who likened it to a terraqueous trench er, rhomboidal in form, the circle inscribed within its lozenge-shaped parallelogram comprising a vast field of limestone, flu mountains of granite, clay-slate and quartz of the island being found outside the de scribed circle in the angles of the rim of this "terraqueous trencher." A glance at the map of Ireland and the general contour of its mountain ranges will show the excellent exactness of this idea. I tramped from the old city of Tralee, the capital of Kerry, and the ancient seat of authority of the powerful, brave and unfortunate-Desmonds, in order to stand upon the very highest elevation in Ireland and contemplate the Killarney region. For here, winding between the heads of those grandly great and magnificent bays of Din gle and Kenmare, bosomed , between, or at the edges of, the noblest mountains of Ire land lies that trinity of enchantment, the lakes of Killarney. Their majestio power and charm sooner or later brings every world traveler to them; but the thrill their very name causes in every Irish exile's heart ir",beyond the power of conception or expression by one. of other nationality. I once got the faintest echo of this heart passion in America, under most unromantic circumstances. Early one Snnday morning I was strolling along the Hudson, when on coming to the little Biverside Park at the foot of West Eighty-seventh street in New York, I found its only other ocenpant to be an Irish laborer, engaged during the week among the blasting gangs in that vicinity. He was smoking his pipe and gazing dreamily across the placid river upon the hazy Jersey heights above. I sat down be side him, and we were soon TALKING ABOUT IREIiAND, of County Kerry, of which he was a native, and, of necessity, of Killarney, its fondest pride. Finally silence followed; he puffed at his pipe; and we both looked across the river again. I felt he saw Killarney even in this mean mimicry of blue and heights and haze, and I said, quietly: "It looks a little like Killarney, doesn't it?" As if his thoughts and longings were in supportable, he sprang from the bench, dashed his pipe to the ground, and flinging his arms above his head with an indescriba ble gesture of desperate protest at change less absence from things loved, blurted out, piteously: "Manim asthee hu, Cill-airneadh!" (My soul is within thee, Killarney!) I thought oi this yesterday among the Kerry peasantry over behind the Carran tnohill, where you will hear little else than Gaelic, and where they will tell you strange legends about this highest mountain in Ire land; not the least interesting of which dis close the Gaelic meaning of its name. A carrau is an ancient reaping hook and tuat hail means left handed. Thus Carrantnohill means a left handed, or inverted, reaping hook. And if you will climb the majestic peak as I did, and descend through the grewsome Hag's Valley, you will see that its concave edge is a tremendous serrated rim, whose mighty clefts and projecting crags form innumerable jagged teeth, cut as clearly against the clouds as ever teeth were cut in the ancient utensil, whose simi larity in reversed form gave the mountain its name. I was told bv a score of the peasantry that any attempt to scale Carrantnohill would result in my being ,"kilt entirely." But as I had climbed every height in Ire land, from storied Tara Hill, away around the eastern, northern and western coasts, I set out before daylight without trepidation. Although the spring is now well advanced in Southern Ireland, at about 2,500 feet above the sea I reached the worst impedi jnept where snow began. For here were countless bog-pockets, filled with melted' snow and ice, into whioh I frequently plunged to my waist. Wherever I turned AN IMPASSABLE BARRIER of slush and -sinkholes seemed ready to impede my passage. Two hours were con sumed in surmounting this difficulty; but that overcome, whatever dangers I might have ignorantly escaped, no discomforts at tended the remaining truly Alpine ascent not easily overcome by one of ordinary nerve and muscle. The day was clear and balmy, and already even in the highest al titudes the softening influence of the sun upon the almost crystal encrustation was perceptible. Here and there black crag points jutted through the shrqud-like mountain-cap, and a good footing was al ways securable through trifling dexterity. At 11 p'clock.I had gained the summit, and was at'the noblest height that man can at tain by mere leg force in Ireland. If for no other reason than to secure an exact mental photograph of the physical contour of the Killarney lake region, the rewards of such s task as this ascent infinitely exceed the effort expended. Bereft of natural magical charms or the glowing imagries of a hundred spellbound writers, imagine then a configuration of lakes and rivers shaped like a crescent, its upper horn to the north, the outer rim of its middle arc to the east, and its lower horn lying to the south. Two silvery streams flowing into the point of the southern horn, are the Gearhameen and Owenreach rivers. These, with innumerable minor streams from mountain cascades, are the first feed ing waters of the Killarney lakes. A little distance below, that is north of their con fluence, the first lake, known as the Upper Lake, begins. This is the smallest ot the three lakes; and is but two miles in length and a half in breadth. From this there runs northeast to the middle, or Tore Lake, a wild and beantiful stream known as Long Bange. Tore lake at the middle and eastern side of the cres' cent is next larger in size. It is a trifle over two miles long and one mile wide. Almost at its very entrance the Long Bange stream divides, giving the middle, or Tore lake, a portion of its waters, and pouring the re mainder into the southern projection of the Lower lake. The latter, called Lough Leane, is about four miles in length and two and a half in breadth. Its trend is to the northwest, and its waters are carried through another silvery channel, streaming to the northwest from the extreme northern horn-tip of the Crescent, by the beautiful river Laune to Castlemafne jfarbor in Dingle Bay. THE LAKE REGION. Thus a line drawn from the confluence of the Gweestin and Laune rivers around through the center of the lake basin cres cent, and terminating atr a point on the Owenreach river, midway between Bou'g hil and Carrantnohill mountains, would not exceed 24 miles in length; yet it would amply define the extent in length of what may properly be termed the Killarney lake region. It is simply an extended mountain glen filled with lesser glens, lakes', streams, gorges, crags, cliffs, forests, cascades, pools, burns, bogs, tarns, ruins, legends, guide robbers and beggars galore. But you not only see this matchless glen from where von stand with me on the now white peak o I Carrantuohill, but being over 3,400 feet above the level of the sea. with your field- class, andmuch with the naked eye, ydu nave we moat commanding, me mosi en- tranciugly beautiful," and 1y far the most 1889; grand and impressive encircling series of prospects which can be found, whatever ydur travel or toil within Great Britain. Away to the north across the steely gleam ot Dingle Bay, a score of miles or more, Slieve Mish, with its peaks of Cahirconree and Baurtregaum, nearly 3,000 feet in height, stands between your sight and the magnificent mouth of the Shannon. Further still to the northwest the lesser peaks of Mullaghareirk rise to the edge of the green plateaus of Limerick. To the, east, first over billowy mounds, and then following the dark, sinuous thread of rail way through village and hamlet, the fertile fields of Cork stretch to and beyond Mallow, and thence on and on to the horizon rim, where can almost be seen the lone castle ruin of Kilcolman where Spencer, lived his eerie dream-life, weaving together the chaste and charming' imageries of the "Faerie Queene." To the southwest you can see over the peaks of all mountainsin numerable castles and cabins, vales and streams, and like a brown Gipsy in its groves, dauntless old Blarney Castle, with the shining spires, as if deli cate flashes of flame, of fair Cork City be hind. Sweeping around to the south there lies beneath your vision, and between you and the sea, vast and varied physical out lines, where hide countless glens and val leysthe lone and sacred silences of Gou-gane-Barra;-- the untrodden fastnesses of Caha mountains; the wondrous walls of Bantry: the wierd wilds of that marvelous "rough glen," Glengariff; and across the gleam and glint of Kenmare Bay, the heights of Slieve' Mickish, with the solemn headlands beyond. Beneath you to the west is the grandestof Great Britain's natur al parks, whose scenic wonders are not yet half known, the lake-dotted, forest-spread wilderness of Iveragh; beyond to the south west, and out at sea, the lone but mighty Skelligs; and, finally, north of these, far Valencia, from which the news of the old world is flashed by cable to the new. CHARMING SCENERY. From this splendid height of Carrantuo hill not only can the dauutles tourist com mand prospect of scenery, certainly the most varied and perhaps the grandest and most beautiful in the world, the diameter of whose area radius will exceed 100 miles, bat from a single point of observation can almost at a glance comprehend the chief charms of the chiefest scenic charm in Ireland. The greatest men of the world have for two centuries visited Killarney. If one will take the trouble to investigate the matter, it will he found that those most famous in literature have been drawn here. Each has left some gem of description as tribute to Killarney and their own captivity. Even Thackery, unable to find words adequate in expression of his impressions, bursts forth into a delicious'bit of literary integrity and savs: "The fact is, and I don't care to own it, they are too handsome!" One writer is overwhelmed by the grrandeur of the envi roning' mountains. Another finds Killar ney's magic in the many entrancing islands of the little lakes. Another feels the spell only through the lakes themselves. Another has never seen such mountain climbing, water-kissed forests, and these were his theme. Another glows and flows about the wondrous arbutus and ferns. Another, like Croker, dwells on the startling echoes of her glens and the still more startling legends of the peasantry, beggars and guides. While another is touched by the solemn shadows of Muckross, or melted to tenderness, as with Moore, who sang in fadeless verse: "Sweet Innisfallen, long shall dwell In memory's dream that sunny smile, Which o'er thee on that evening fell When first I saw thy fairy isle." But Killarney will ever remaiu a shrine for lovers of the beantiful because each soul coming here is, even though imperceptibly and imperfectly, impressed with all of, and more than, these. And that fact as an en tirety is scarcely fully revealed until one stands here upon Carrantuohill's loftiest Eeak. For it is then that the just and equa le distribution of nature's highest and most impressive elements of beauty in this wonder-spot of Erin come so clearly and wholly to the sight of eye and mind. HE LOVINGLY BTJILDED. The spectator at Killarney will find wood, water and mountain in every conceivable form and aspect, so diversified, and in such unlimited change, that it is impossible for the eye to rest from any point upon any spot where some combination of the three does not return a picture of beauty or grandeur. Entirely aside from historic or religious as sociation of thought, and with every ruin, shrine or legend, so quickening to the im agination, expunged, for this simple physical fact alone, the Killarney region will ever re main the most beautiful spot in the world. Forest is here in trackless waste where the red de"er hide; in grove, in copse; in matted masses hanging from in accessible heights. Shrubbery is here in such luxuriance that its richness and pro fusion cannot be elsewhere equaled outside the tropics. Water is here in such glints and gleanings as no pen or brush can ade quately depict; in lakes that startle one as if in sudden awakening consciousness or sur passing dream; in torrents solemn and mighty; in cascades filmy as streams of lace; in rivers tortuous and wild, songful and murmurous; in pools deep, dark and silent Mountains are here with soft and billowy ascents; with crags and cliffs majestic, where eagles nest and scream; with peaks above the clouds. All these in all forms are Kil larney's so tenderly, so sweetly and so sub limely intermingled, that the reverent heart, full of its surpassing loveliness, can no less than throb with loftiest exaltation and ex claim: "Here.stoe'd the great Artificer, and lovingly builded and blessed!" Edgar L. Wakeman. A SUSPICIOUS CUSTOMER. A Millionaire Carefully Watched By the' Proprietor of a Bookstore. Chicago News. The other afternoon a very modest look ing gentleman sauntered into McClurg's bookstore, and began looking at the treas ures in the English corner. Mr. Millard eyed the stranger with suspicion, for the reason that not very long ago a modest look ing gentleman pocketed several treasures, and made off with them. But Mr. Millard was not long in discovering that the quiet stranger knew somewhat of books, for he talked very intelligently of the best edi tions. Mr. Millard began, in fact, to feel sorry for the man. "Here," thought he, "is a gentleman who is a bibliomaniac. See how fondly his fire less eyes gloat on these extra illustrated Dibdins? What envious, what hopeless pangs are now surging in his bosom! Poor devil, it is my duty to steer him away from those incomprehensible prizes and up against some books within the compass of his means." But the stranger would not be steered worth a cent. He would inspect nothing but the costliest treasures. I am sorry that youhave sold the Washington'Bnrns,'-" said he, ruefully. "I would have taken it and been only too glad to get it." "Our price was ?150," suggested Mr. Mil lard. "Cheap enough," said the stranger quiet ly. "And now may I ask you to send these five volnmes to me at the Bichelieu Hotel? The clerk will pay the bill. By the way, what is the whole amount?" "Two hundred and thirty-five dollars," said Mr. Millard, impressively. "Well, send them to the Bichelieu at once," said the stranger, "andthe clerk will pay the charges for me." A far-away, a distrustful, a bilious look stole into Mr. Millard's keen eyes, J'What name, please?" asked Mr. Millard, firmly, but courteously "George W. Vanderbilt, of New York," said the modest stranger, demurely. The Beit Anti.Fnt Medicine-. Philadelphia Times. Horseback exercise is resorted to more and more as an anti-fat rej,imen. There are a number of well-known men with a tendenoy to portliness and many business engagements who go at night to riding schools and canter and trot around for an hour or two in the saddle to shake up their livers and get exer cise to help keep dow,n"their weight. John C. Bullitt, the corporation lawyer, is a treat believer in this method of keeping own Avoirdupois. THE FIRESIDE SPHHI A Collection of EisnaM Ms for Home (Mil. Address communications or this department to E. B. Chadbotjbjt, Zeurlston, Maine. 659 CENTRAL ACROSTIC. Held in many churches at this season. .2. The two middle letters of the names belong ing to the several members, arranged in regular order, will give-the answer. W. T. O. 550 A REVERIE. While mnsine, I sat by my office Are Watching the flames burn low, then hlgheiv From the coals a genie seemed to rise, With form transparent, and piercing eyes. Few clothes he wore, bnt on his back He bore what seemed a mvstic sack Filled to the brim with heids and hearts Of Uving.thlngs, and other parts. No word he spoke, bnt looking 'round, An Eastern arrow soon ha found: From his mystic store a head he. took And clapped It on with knowing' look. When before us rose, with feathers sable, A monster bird well known in fable; But ere the bird away had flown, A tall affixed changed it to stone. As the Inert mass before ns lies. An extra head soon makes It rise A badger fierce, with teeth and claws. Menacing all with snapping Jaws Bnt "a change of heart'fsoon ends the strife, Removing beast, destroying life; Now what remained was nothing new, For builders use It, and others, too. What more this being, strange and fell, Had done for me, I cannot tell; With sudden start I then awoke. He vanished quick In flame and smoke. M. C. WOODFOBD. 561 CURTAILMENT. Pluck a pretty little flower, t Just curtail it. in that hour. What is left. Ill venture odds, Is among roar honsehold gods Jnst one letter more release, 'Tis among the gods of Greecs; Once agaip, there will appear. One a king within his sphere, i One time more, and I am done In a corpse what poets shun. W. Wilson. 563 A PUZZLE IN- SQUARE BOOT. The following represents the complete solu tion of a problem In square root. The puzzle Is to discover the figures represented by the dashes: -43-3 i J. H-'FEZASDIE. 564 CHAEADE. Ann, the farmer's merry danghter, Laughing, blushing, f nil of health, Refused the hand of Mr. Dainty, Tho' he had enormous wealth. "Why should I marry himT" she queried, ''Although he Is a millionaire, I'll not throw away mv freedom On a man for whom I care. 'No more than I do for Towser Who surpasses him in brains, Man! said 1. He doesn't know Enough to come in when it rains. 'I'll not marry such a total. Though with gold his clothes are lined; He needn't think to use his money As a last to change my mind." And sbe went about her duties. With her heart and mind at ease, Attended to the prime and bntter. Fed her chickens, ducks and geese. Would that every beauteous daughter Had Ann's spirit, wbo, nigh-sonled, Scorned to sell herself in marriage To a brainless, foppish whole. Dkomio. 563 CENTRAL DELETIONS. To each human man and woman ' Nature-gave a heart, no doubt. Yet, what being can help seeing That the beast is best without? E'en the negro there, should he grow Heartless in an evil hour. He's a tyrant tben environed With tbe attributes of power. Thonghtful childhood sees the wildwood That would over earth expand, If our world had been hurled Heartless from its Maker's hand. From a stupid turnkey Cupid Filched the heart with fingers deft. His effrontery left a country Of all gratitude beref r, Stoics shiver at bis quiver, Yet admire the imp whose art Made Leander a commander When tbe priestess stole his heart. Thus while living gay or grieving. In those hearts tbere will abide Hopes that dwindle and rekindle. Ebbing, flowing like the tide. W. Wilson. 665 HALE SQUARE. 1. Took a winding course. 2. Effort. 3. Charged ou oath. 4. A plant with neither ' stamens nor pistus. a. ventured, a. At any time. 7. A twig. 8. A suffix. 9. In Tbe Dis patch. Pat Biot. 566 EAEA AVIS. No doubt but that the studious mind New wonders in'nature can always find, But the strangest thing I ever found Was a bird with a head like a circle round; And what was strangest of all to me Its bill was where its tail should be; While tiody and head were open wide, I found no wings on either side, Bnt head and bUl were joined together. By what was once, no doubt, a feather. Resembling a stork, Its legs were long, Though I saw them not, nor beard its song; Nor can I tell whether fit for the table Its flesh may be, but trust you are able To see it yourself, and tell me its name. If to solving skill you lay anv claim. W. C. WOODTOBD. PRIZE WINNERS. The prizes offered for best March answers were won by J Bosch, Salem, 'O., and D. J. Amond, Allegheny City, Pa. ANSWERS. 651 Turkey. 52 S, 'sn, she. 55j A x. B u it CH E A P P O E S Y SECTS A C 11 E S . 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