I) 3 EH E Rambles in Ireland By Seumat Mae Manui In Kickham's Country 'Oouyrlnnt. 19tB. by V. . I'huqtuan. Tho loveliest, most beloved of Irish writers tho ono that best knew our people, and felt for, and felt with, our puoplo, nnd who accordingly found tholr hoarts was undoubtedly Charles Klckhatu; nnd his bcnutlful novel of homely Irish llfo, "Knocknngow, or tho Homes of Tlppcrary," Is tho most dearly-prized story In Ireland. Finding myself in tho south of Iro-lan-1 I must needs mt'Vo pi grimage to tho Kickham countrj nd that was why, on a beautiful SuUay afternoon of Mcy, I bowled along a road, pass- ln.g a half-acro field which is popu larly supposed to bo in no county, though tlireo counties run up to Its i three fences. Tho sight of a big, baro, gaunt building, with roof broken nnd wlndowlcss, grinning llko a death's head at tho passer-by, soon afterwards arrested my career. "What is it?" I asked of a country boy. " 'TIs a house, sir, that wns built by a chap from America five-and twenty Tonrs ago." "And did ho desert it?" "Faith, ho had to!" "Why?" "Well, he built tho houso upon gen tlo (fairy) ground, and from the day tho roof went on it, it was crammed full o thlm lads." He accompanied thp reference to ''tnlrn lnds" with a jerK ot nis tnumn over snouiaer. An they neither glvo him palce, night nor day." "And ho wont back to America again?" . "No, then ho went to tho dlvll." Mulllnahonc, a quiet, out-of-the-world village where Charles Kickham spent almost all his life, was entered by n street that presented tho appearance of having had .all haunted houses, for most of them were roofless, nnd all of them wlndowlcss, presenting a! ino3t melancholy appearance. , All the houso owners on this street I found, lator, had been ovlctod al most a quarter of a century ago, bo-c-auso, in tho Land league days, mak ing a bold stand for tho sake of other than themselves, they gave thdlr ad herence to tho "No Rent" manifesto, adopting tho plan of campaign, they., woro summarily bundled out by the landlord and their houses wrecked. 1 spoke to ono of them who, fortune fa voring, had managed to acquire a shop In another part of the village and to prosper again. He told mo that almost all of the ovlcted tenants were still living, or trying to llvo, In or around Mulllnahono, and were expect ing soon to bo reinstated In their property, and to resume tho happy life they had known ero, for principle's aake, they wero cast upon the world. These bravo follows, and many an other band 111: them In other parts or Ireland, aro crippled heroes of tho land war. It was their readiness to sacrifice themselves, and their actual sacrifice, which, an object lesson to tho landlords of Ireland, showed them what the Irish tenants wero prepnred to do brought landlords to their lenecs, and Baved tens of thousands, aye, hundreds of thousands of their rack-rented fellowB throughotit the land. It wns their action, too, that forced from tho British government fresh land acts nnd loft their happier fellows In ensler nnd cheaper posses sion of tho Innd. Theso evicted ten ants bands of whom are to be found In various part of Ireland nobly Htaked their all in defense of the cause and lost. Yot thoy suffered, nnd suffered In silence like the bravo men they were, and It was their triumph to seo that though they lost, all Ire land won. "Is it do I know Charlie Kick?" said a young man upon the street to whom I put a question. "Well," reflectively, with a loving Bhako of his head. "I think I did. 'TIs many's the time when I was a lltt'o bare-footed gor soon, njcsolf an' the other little lads, when wo wero playing hlde-and-seok, would go In and out under the table lio was wrltln' on In the garden." Ills ye kindled when ho heard from inv lips the name beloved. And I observed tho Barao ,whon I mentioned Kick- liam'a name to any other of tho vil lagers. Howsoever Indifferent they might bo in answering questions on other subjocts, I had but to mention Kickham and they oponed tholr hearts to mo When I wont to tho chapel-ynrd to visit tho gravo of the poet and novel 1st I was followed by a few of his old Fenian comrades and disciples .who had got wind that a stranger, much Interested In "Charllo Kick," had nr rived In tho village. They shook mo warmly by tho hand, and ono of them whoso head was frosted by 70 win ters and more, but who wns still of erect carrlago nnd bright eyo, showed plainly that hla heart glowed, Blnco n stranger had Journeyed from afar to pay homage to tho momory of his hero aim! leader. Theso men took oft their lu(t8 nnd knolt by tho graveside with mo and prayed ntlll another prayer for him whom they had honored and loved him who, his hopes for Iroland unfulfilled, his yearnings unsatisfied, his long and trying Btrugglo uncrown d with success, nt length laid his hones to moulder under this green eod. These men, who now put up to Cod a prayer above his grave, had taken from Charles Kickham tho oath to answer their country's call, and were to have stood sldo by sldo with him In the gap of danger when free dom's tocsin sounded tho call to arms. Dut cro their (ond dream could bo ac complished they were fated to seo their hero claimed, first by a British prison and then by death. As I looked up to tho Celtic cro3s hat was reared abovo tho patriot's I gravo I noticed some straws sticking! out from tho clrclo which bound tho arms, nnu, climbing nioit to sntisiy myself, discovered thnt thero n black-1 bird had built a nest In which two lovely black-spotted, green eggs lay innocently. It touched mo to find thnt tho beautiful songster of our glens had reioscd her loudest trust thus In tllo arm of tho dead patriot's cross. And 1 Instantly recalled, too, that charming Incident in his most charm ing novel, whoro "Wattlotdcs" wheed les the sllco of plumcnko from Willio Kearney by dangling before him tho prospect of bolug shown "a thrlsho's nest with flvo young wans feathered an' all," when Chrlstmns snows wero on tho ground. Tho blackbird thnt built her nest and laid her eggs abovo Charlos Kickham's grnvo did him n grcnter ' honor even than tho loved onc8 WUo ijftod over him tho beautiful cross. I was curiously reminded of our old friend "Wnttlotoes," when a lady, who spoko with affection of Kickham nnd l of Mulllnahono a Kilkenny woman- told mo an Incident that happened In her youth. A stmplo herd boy of her father's, who hatted from Mulllnahonc, presented himself for confirmation at their parish chapel, but tho poor boy mndo such a hopelessly bad showing wlun tested on his religious knowl edge that Father Mat, Impatiently Jumping from his Bent cried out: "Is thero a Sod at all in Mulllnahono?" To which tho poor boy, anxious to bo as accommodating as possible, meek ly and sincerely replied: "No, your roverenco, thero Isn't any." Tho reply would havo done credit to "Wattletoos." Apropos of tho same subject If I may still wander I can not forbear setting down hero a more recent confirmation story which 1 then henrd, and which was also truly Wattletoos like: "Hilly Klrwan," said Fathor Tom, quoting n question from "Tho Prin ciples of Christian Doctrine," on -which ho was examining tho class, "what Is tho first thing you should do upon ris ing In tho morning?" "Tackle tho donkey, father," roplled Hilly, "an' drive to tho cralinory." 1 strolled through tho few streets of Mulllnahono, n quiet, lovely, home ly village, whoro ono might cnstly pic ture all tho fun nnd nil tho sympathy, and all tho warm-henrtedness of Kick ham's "Knocknngow" still flourishing In tho breasts of this kindly people. I went through Kickhnm's old house, now Inhabited by a Mr, Norton, one of the ovlcted tonants referred to, nnd ono who very kindly showed mo nbout and told me of Kickham's haunts and habits. I sat by the fresldo where the gentlo poet nnd hot revolutionist had had his eyesight impaired, and fnr more seriously, his hearing, by n pow der explosion; and I walked In the garden where tho novelist had walked as ho thought out his plots; and 1 sat in tho shady bower where ho had sat whllo ho penned them; and 1 journeyed to tho threo ash trees be yond tho town to which Kickham Journeyed every evening; and I sat In tho fork of the trees where ho WnB wont to sit in meditation. Tho white-haired tailor, who lived opposite to Charles Kickham's house, hearing that an ndmlrcr of Charlie's had come to town, sent mo pressing messages to como and see him, nil Impatient to talk of his old friend whom ho loved and admired. When I visited him ho particularly pressed upon mo In order that I might take a copy from It" a faded portrait of the patriot which had been presonted to him by tho patriot's brother. On his hero's shining qualities tho old tailor lovingly dwelt, whllo tho moist gleam of sorrow shone In his eyo. To. tho poor of Mulllnahono Charles Kickham and all tho Kickham family wero charltablo In remarkablo do- A PRIMER LESSON By OCHWARTZ. THE MEAN MAN Man. Mud Pud-die. La-dy. See the Man. See the La-dy. And oh, sec the Mud Pud-die. Why docs not the Zob lay his Coat down so the la-dy can step on it? Be cause his Nanie is Jinks and not Sir Walter Raleigh. And then too he. has iust couched uo 15 Bucks for the Wran-ner and he has on-lv a PluRfrcd Beer Check left. And Mr. Jinks knows that he can-not "al tough, it thus serves as a chuw buy an-oth-er Coat with the Plugged Beer Check. So he lets the b cud. llko unto dry or strong beef J J , r, . .. in America. Lu-uy owiiii. Mr. Tinks is a Mean Man. Children should al-wavs throw when they see a La-dy. groe, giving them food, clothing money their own clothes, while stll: they wero unworn. Chnrles Kick ham's father was an nntl-emlgrntlbh 1st. "Stay nt home," ho would say to tho Mulllnahonc boy who camo to bid hint good-bye, "Stay nt homo and I'll And something for you to do. Maybe," ho would add significantly, "Ireland will need you sxinl" All tho Klekhams bravely stroTO to bring nigh tho hour when Ireland snoum can to tnom nnu an nor sons to glvo for her their lives. All of "tho Kicks" wero equa'ly patriotic, but Charles, tho Idol, wns ablo to glvo his patriotism undying expression. He was, nnd Is, a prophet in his own country, nnd In remote corners of Ire land; nnd, Indeed, in far corners of ho world whoro vor exiled Irlshmon nnvo strayed, hearts boat that know nnd lovo him well nnd fondly as do those denr ones In his own beloved Mulllnahono. When lils lawyer nnnounccd to the Felon Kickham In tho dock of Green street courthouse, on tho eventng of a dnrk January dny of 'CG, thnt tho no torious Judgo Kehoo had Just ordered him 14 years' penal scrvltudo for tho crime of loyalty to his country nnd disloyalty to hla country's enemies, It Is recorded that ho henrd the sen tence with n smilo. On being, after. wards asked what ho missed most in jail, Kickham replied: "Children, and women, nnd flros." Father Mat Russell tells how very fond ho wns of little children, and how well ho knew to win their hearts. He quotes one of Kickham's lntlmnto friends as saying: "It delighted him when tbo llttlo ones trlod to talk to him on tholr fingers, and bo wns moBt patient in teaching them." Children who loved him wero playing about his feet in tho sunshine when tho otroko of paralysis fell on him. This testi mony agrees well with thnt of Martin Bolgor. who had told mo how tho table In tho garden on which tho nov elist was writing had often Borved him as a covering in tho game of hldo- and;Bcek. Father Russell tells us how that, nt tho Dublin exhibition' In 'G4, Kickham llngored long before a pnlnt- lng "Tho Head of n Cow," by ono of tho old mnstors not on nccount of nny subtlo genius ho discovered In it, but "because it was so llko an old cow In Mulllnahono." Solf-rovenlcd In that ono llttlo sentence stnnda tho lover, pobt, nnd pntrlot, Charles Kickham may whoso soul rest in tho garden of Cod! SUDDENLY DAWNED ON HIM Took Scotsman Some Time, but Ho Finally Savy the Joke, or Thouoht He Did. An American and a Scotsman i7ro on a walking tour. Ono afternoon they camo upon n rural, finger-post bearing tho following words beneath the customary directions: "Thoso who can't read can lnqulro tho way of tho blacksmith at tho cor nor." This Intimation appealed strongly to tho American's sonso ot humor, nnd he chuckled dollghtedly. "What nro you laughing nt?" de manded his companion. So the American drew attention to tho notice. The Scotsman read It gravely two or throe tlmos, nnd final ly observed that It wa3 very thought ful of somo ono to havo put It thero, but he quite failed to seo why it should call for any great outburst of merriment. His friend laughed nil tho more at this, and tho Scot, feollng that ho had missed something, becamo engrossed In thought. Soon afterward tho travelers reached tholr destination, and, having supped, retired to their rospoctlvo roomB. But somowhoro in tho small hours of tho morning tho American was nroused from his slumbers by a loud knock at his door, and in walked the grave-faced 8cot. "I feel obleegod to tell you that 1 can see that Joke tho noo! Why, o' courso, tho blacksmith mlghrbo ootl their Coats in-to a Mud Pud-4t Ill 'C:. IT... ' 1 Urn ?1CrCY? WTH OOW AtfD ARROW sQ I MUST wrlto of somo of tho char acteristics nnd peculiar customs of the natives In certain parts of the Islands of the Philippines In the mountains ot the Henguet province nt Uegulo, tho summer capital, Is tho homo of the lgorrotes. They remind ono In their nppearanco of the lower casto of negro to bo tound In the swamp districts of Louisi ana or the mountain districts of North Carolina nnd Tennessee, writes J, Hamilton Lewis, in Chicago Evening Post. Of medium height, black nnd dark brown color, with short, matty black ualr, half-flatted nobo, stocky of flguro and erect of stature, such aro tho out lines of theso natives. The men wear little crowns for hats, composed of anything thnt dazzles, nnd nil tho tns sols that can sway In tho breeze. This adornment Is sot on tho back of the tieud, as a fez Is worn by the Turk. A shirt of any fabric, as gaudy as can be obtained, cotnes only to tho middle, nnd there Is met with the bolt that Is the only remaining gnrmenL This Is tight-lltting nnd hold only by a string. In these mountains the cold becomes great nt times. Frost nnd particles of snow are often seen, nnd nt night It Is always cold, yet these men novor wear covering and sleep In huts and tents, as did the primitive American Indians. Thoy go barefoot, eavo that ol late n form of snrdal Is assumed for perfect dress. TIiIb covers only tho toes nnd Is worn with no socle Often one may see anachronisms ot civilization In these lgorrotes: flat headed, their ears pierced through or thu lower part pulled down and stretched so large as to wear a spool thu usual spool on which thread Is wound In the,lr oarB as adornments, nnd their teeth blackened. To this Is added a shirt oi blue army cloth with brass buttons, like n soldier's Jackot: a bat or derby of straw, depending on what has been traded tho wearers; sword in tho sbape of an American bayonet, for which thoy havo ox changed tholr head ax, an Instrument they carry to cloavo oft heads of pco plo they meet nnd dlsllko, or uso In assaults In war. With this military accoutormont they aro adorned abovo tho waist; bo- low, as was Adam, if wo trust tbo de scription of tho IJIblo; "naked to his enemies," in the language of Cardinal Wolsey. This Igorrote lb a sight lor thi gods of photography. The women reverse tho process. A skirt adorns or flounders nbout their legs. This It mude of a material look- Inr llko jute bagging, Sometimes mere Is a sandal on the toot, at the waist u flowing cloth, fluttering at tho ends, ot most flaming color when obtainable. bTom the waist up "abreast tho tides of wind naked to tho breeze," in a Walt Whitman spectacle. Thero Is not a cloth or covering until tho bead Is reached. Then possibly a shawl or wrap which is a lately as sumed display of fashion upon occa sions. Sunday la their market day. So Commissioner Worcester, tho most learned man In tho cast on tho na tlves, provided a building for them. To this they como on Sundays, quiet, unperturbed, with no curiosity as to the foreigner. They affect the superi ority ot attitude characteristic of the Indian; thnt is, to overlook supor clltously tbo tact that a wblto person Is about, so Insignificant to them are such unimportant Intrusions. At this mnrket nre brought all the dogs to bo bad. For dogs are tho chief object of trade. As It is cattle at our stockyards, or chickens In our mnrket, or turkeys in Spain, so It is dogs In tho Igorroto country. Tho dog Is the nnlmnl or food. Ho Is to the Igorrote as thu pig to tho Chinaman. Hut mark It Is tho fnt pig which tho Chinese seeks, and the fnt rnt. Tho Igorroto must havo only n thin, poor, wasted dog. The thlnnor, the poorer, the more emaciated thu animal Is, thu more In dumaud and tho higher In prlcols It- Thus, as geese uru fattened In the Itnllun Tyrol and In France to pre pare the puio de loin gras, so In the Igorroto country thu dog Is tarnished to the point ol starvation so us to keep It thin, poor nnd with bonus bare ly covered. This la to muku thu anl So hundreds und hundreds of dogs of every stripe and color, klud and bred, yoked together as may be seen iSlalllll oxen In Amorlcn, nro brought by tholr owners to tho market. Hero tho sellers bargain nnd trade, always to the point of getting the most for tho thinnest dog, which Is ap parently tho toughest. Tho womon sit In sllenco, a virtue of tho Igorroto woman, or In soft tones bargain bits of cloth and smokvo big black cigars a thoy trado nnd prattlo. Tho women keep tho money of the bouse. In tho distance Just beyond is tho settlement of more than a thousand years of existence which Prof. Fred erick Starr of Chicago has attractive ly described. Horo tho natives havo had for years and yonrs tho practlco nnd creed of trtnl marrlago, just as shown In tho Haitians. In ono of tho Russian provinces. Hero can bo seen in systom and dlsclpllno tho trial marriage of which Qcorgo Meredith wroto. Others who latoly havo sur folted our yearning on this point could havo lonrned much from this exam plo. Theso people say that tho Chinese Malay of a thousand yenrn ngo tnught thorn this method, and that it camo from Israel nnd Greece. Tbo mothod Is this: Tho woman chooses tho man; tho man can bid, but ho cannot force hla accoptnnco. If tho woman Is satis tied, she keeps him, nnd then ho docs uo work. It children como he con tributes, but In nowise maintains tho household. Should sho concludo to ro joct him, ho must go elsowhero, but beforo departing sho tnkos every ves tlgu of monoy or proporty he ever pos sessod. Should ho try to hldo any or it tho disclosure or such fact deprives him of the hopo of any other woman proposing to him. Tho children aro at tho solodlsposl tlon of tho mother. Novor but by her consent can n child go to tho father or but by tho child running away and Bwonrlng on tho nx to take the new mothor. Then tho real mothor cuts It out of bor heart by gashing bor breast with a knlfo. It Is reported that not more than ton out or COO trial marriages result In any disadvantage to either con tractlug party or to childron. In most Instances tho .marriage following tho trial has proved eminently satisfac tory. Tho husband has boon carefully aupportod and has no complaint with tho manner In which bis affairs are dl reeled by his wlfo. If bo works ns n pastlmo It Is quickly disclosed that It Is only for his nmuBomeut or for ob taining a llttlo provision with which ho can obtain n now wlfo or bo In de mand by a now applicant in event of tho death of his spouse or his di vorcing her for falluro to support him. AS ABBOTT SEES THE BIBLE Distinguished Clergyman Refutes to Declare Book Is Incrrant and Infallible. 1 do not bollovo that tho niblo Is Inerrnut nnd Infallible. It never clalmB for Itself to be Inorrnnt and In- ff.lllble, and I decllno to claim for It what It does not claim for Itself. Ono of my correspondents nsks me wheth er wo shall teach our children thnt tho Dlblo Is like tbo "Arabian Nights." My answer Is, wo should tench our children that tho Dlblo Is a collection of llternturo which contains notno his tory, some taw, somo poetry and drama fiction. Wo should teach our children tho difference botweon fact and truth, and onablo them to seo clearly that fiction may be and ofton Is as valunblo a vohlclo for truth ub ract. Thus, as tho valuo of tho story or the prodigal son does not dopend upon tho question whether thoro ever wero such a father and two such boys, so tho vnluo of tho Btory of tho garden of Eden docs not depend upon tho question whothor thero uvor was a tree the fruit of which would glvo knowledge of good and evil, or a tulklng sorpont tempting n woman. Tho real value of the Hook of JonaL has been almoRt wholly lost to most ruadurB In tho hot debato of the quea tlon whuthor n wnaie can swallow a mnnt From an Editorial In Tho Out look, by Lyman Abbott. Just Suited Him. "I'm told thoro Is no brldgo whist In nermuda." "Good-by." ,JWhere aro you going?" "I'm off to Bermuda." There's more strength 'in a bowl of Quaker Oats than in the same quantity or the same value of any others food you can cat. 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