IRISH CASTLES AND KEEPS
Pen-Pictures of the Massive Old Piles in the
South of Ireland.
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Bnr. ] Through the entire south of Ireland ,
nhd particularly along tlio banks of such
rivers as the Harrow , Suir , Black water ,
Urido and Leo , are found tlio ruins or well
preserved remains of hugh square castles ,
built by the heads of septs and clans at
illlTerciit periods during the thirteenth , four
teenth , fifteenth , and ; i few as late as the
sixteenth , centuries.
Whatever the reasons for the same , thcso
massive stone keeps for they bore no re
semblance to the architecturally beautiful
Irish and English castles of the Elizabethan
and a still moro modern time seemed to
have been constructed with reference to
convoying intelligence from ono to another ,
probably from signal lights from their lofty
parapets , as some which are allll standing
nro more than 100 feet In heleht. Wherever
jjou may saunter along these southern Irish
rivers , you will find that there is an uninter
rupted low between the sites of the ancient
castle ruins. Often they are but two miles
rtpart ; frequently from four to six ; but In
every Instance they are In view of each
Other ; and ancient roads , showing that
quick and easy communication was taken
Into account , are Invariably found between.
Probably three of the most Interesting of
thcso massive old structures In the south of
Ireland are very near together , and can all
bo visited In n day's journey. They are Cas
tle Lisilnny , nt the ancient town of Tallow
on the river Bride , near the boundaries of
counties Watcrford and Cork ; Castle Kllcol-
man , on a rivulet flowing into the Awbeg in
the northern part of county Cork , and Castle
'Blarney ' , in the beautiful Blarney vale , but
inn hour's lovely walk from the winsome city
i of Cork , Taken together thcso three are
the best existing specimens of the tower
'house or castle of the ancient Irish chief
tain j while each in Its way is world famous
' In view of Its distinctive associations.
1 Castle Lisllriiiy stands on the aide of a
' gentle declivity , which ris.cs from the margin -
' gin of the river Bride , with the slrepj old
town of Tallow and Its low , gray convent
I nestling -in the valley on the southern ttlde.
It Is supposed to have been ouilt bv the carl
of Desmond , and has undergone but little
change during the past 100 years. It con
sists of a massive square tower with facades
of fully llfty feet and the structure is nearly
100 feet high. Its summit commands a do-
Hghtful view of the valley of the Urido , up
wards of twenty miles In extent , gemmed
with villas , shouted with luxuriant ttirms
and dappled at intervals with witching re-
vealincnts of the river , hero and there ap
pearing like tiny lakes of silver in emerald
Bettings of verdure and woodland ,
The late Douglas Pync , member of Parlia
ment for West Waturford , as I knew from
personal acquaintancooneof thomostlovable
of men , In the fall of 1887 throw the whole
United Kingdom and a part of America into
roars of laughter from his o'dd and charac
teristically Irish mode of avoiding arrest for
upwards of three months , with the police ,
soldiery and a warrant all literally under his
very nose. The ' 'seditious offenses" which
had brought . .ho law upon him , consisted in
tunneling from his own land to the house of
n neighboring tenant undergoing siege for
eviction , and in this novel manner supplying
him now and then in his I'ilemnia with cour-
ngo and comfort in the form of an odd bottle
of whisky awl a snug hamper of victuals
cooked by good Mrs. Pyno herself. Mr.
Pyne was considerable of a wag , and as it
was October when ho was "summonsed" his
crops were all in , and as Parliament did not
meet until January he decided to employ
the intervening tlmo in having a little fun
with the minions of the law.
Mr Pyno was tenant of the Ltsfiuny
demesne ; and his homo , a few yards from
the castle , was one of those old and now al
most obsolete mansions of the Iiish gentle
man of half a century ago. He had con
verted the castle into bj re , barn and btorc-
housc. Into this strange structure Pyno and
t.vo of his companions retreated , walling up
and completely barricading the lower en
trance ; and , provided with canned meats ,
fruits and other edibles , with an unknown
quantity of whisky and cigars , here ho
grandiosely defied arrest.
An entire company of Balfour's soldiers
endeavored to dislodge him. But that was
impossible. An entrance could not uo ef
fected. Even If ono had been made , arrange
ments were such within that anywhere
from ono to a do/cn tons of rock could hhvo
been precipitated upon the invaders. Mr.
Pyno from his lofty perch above them ,
soothingly told the soldiers all this , and
much more which made their duties partic
ularly agreeable. The situation becoming
known , Lisllnny was the center of attraction
for all Ireland. Throngs came to Tallow
daily to cheer Mr. Pyne , who sagely ad-
1 dressed them on the "wrongs of Ireland"
1 from a window ninety feet from the ground ;
while the unfortunate soldiery \\ero the butt
of immeasurable and inexpressible ridicule.
For thirteen weeks this tremendous farce
continued , when finally the great question
us to how Mr. Pyno would take his seat In
Parliament grew to bo universally discussed.
Irish wit and recourse answered this
promptly. Suddenly there appeared pla
carded all over the counties of Cork and
Wutorford a notice that Mr. Douglas Pyno's
graying lands would on a certain day bo sublet -
lot by aimtion. Toward ovmlng of that day
every road leading into Tallow swarmed
with Irish cattle and Irishmen , By sunset
over 1,000 cattle were bellowing and charg
ing around the base of old Lisllnny , Vhllc
fully 100 tenant farmers , swearing , protest
ing , lighting , managed to have the boldicrc
hopelessly stampeded by the excited herds
It Is about forty miles byroad from Tallow
to Cork harbor. In the melee , a clover rust
by Pyno'a friends among the tenantry , tin
eminent , offender was lowered from hi :
oyrle , and byiolays of .swift horses was a' '
Oueenstown before midnight. The nux :
tiling he was in the. south of England , am
ten days later , while Balfour's soldiers \\er >
still closely guarding old Llslliiny , that tin
arrant rebel should not escape , Dougla :
Pyno quietly entered the House of Common
In London , and gravely took his seat in Par
llamcnt , amid such cheers as never trnforo o
slnco made the great structure tremble t <
Its very foundations ,
I feel sure that ono after enjoying th
glories of the Blackwatcr with those of it
sweet and murmurous tributary , the Awbeg
and after a tramp from old Doncralle town
eotbyu squalid Gipsy encampment ami
gorgeous natural environs , to the level tract
whoio stand the ruins of Kilcolman castk
the l ish Uono : of Hit | oot Sl'enfer woun
agree with me in pronouncing the place on
of the loneliest spoKs In all Ireland. A vas
yale surrounds It , but as far as the eye cu
reach there Is scarcely a blgn of habitation
The once noble forests have disappeared
Only ouo little lake to the aouth can be seen
and bcaivhlng in vain for sight or bound o
human acthity or nearness , only the gra ,
of a far horUon-edge settles leadenly dowi
upon the Watcrford mountains to the on si
the heights of Kerry to the west , the Nagl
mountains to the south and the Ballyhowr
hills to the north. It is said that from th
top of the castle u view of about half th
breadth of Iieland was once commanded. I
thcro was compensation In that In .Spenser'
tlmo it could hardly bo found now.
Kilcolman , or the Clll Cohuau In Irlsl
moans Column's church. There wore ahov
uUty Saints Column , and. any ot these , t
one's lining , may bo taken as the palro
miint of this particular townland locullt
The castle , as the ruins Indicate , howovci
remote Its date of construction , must huv
been onn of sticngth and Imixirluncu. Hi :
toucully it Is known to havu been original !
one of the great earl of Desmond's fortltie
castles The lower portion of the great quac
rangular keep is in a good state of prose
vutlou for about thirty feet fiomthogroumi
ono of its side walls , showing a noble wii
Uow , rises solidly and tlruily for perhai
wcnty-4ve feet Above tub nod a
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square Hanking tower still lifts its rough old
vails to a probable height of seventy feet ,
t must have been a weird and dreary pluce
or ono of Spenser s Hue nature.
Uut three things of the Bravest linport-
_ nco to poet , prince or peasant , came to this
man in his eleven years of practical bunish-
ncnt hero , between 1587 nnd 1590. The first
) f thcso was the chastening and exalting in-
lucnce of absolute self-denial The second
was In his wooing and marrying a woman
'of mean birth , " who was so loyal , sweet
and good that Spenser never know nn
unhappy hour on her account during his life ,
"of birth" for
nero uower to women mean
t. The other was In his visits to and com
munions with his noblu friend , Raleigh , nt
nossy old Youghal , n few miles distant upon
ho seacoast. Kalelgh , genius and poet that
10 himself was , generously recognized the
; roalLT poet's true greatness ; warmed his
loart with sunny hospitalities ; sustained
its doubtful drcamitigs with a strong and
icartRomo friendship , and in 1589 bodily took
.he timorous Spenser to London ; personally
ntroduccd him to the queen , and that very
year saw the publication of the llrst three
jooks of the "Faerie Queen. "
These throe good fortunes , despite bitter
lluanrlal straits on the one hand , und on the
other Irish "rebellions" of such startling
frequency that every far line of trees ,
nko trembling silhouettes against the
liorUou , undoubtedly took on the
form of Desmond and Tyrone avengeis , made
him sing as no English poet before his time
had uvor sung. And in thcso trim things of
Ins life lay tlio compensations : for thu inter
days of poverty In London , where , as the
sequel proved , ICugllsh indifference was moro
fatal than Irish savagery , brought Him noth
ing save the loyalty of his companion "of
mean birth ; " and ho was allowed to die In
want in the land he had moro intlnltuly hon
ored than any other who uwr lived lu It ,
save Shakospnaro. Thcro is hut little here
to remind of Spenser now , So desolate is
old Kilcolman and devoid of suggestive as
sociation the roglon roundabout , that the
pilgrim hither must perforce bring Spenser
along in his heart , and build almost the entire -
tire fabric of life , homo and haunts fioin his
own loving fancy. Only ono real and swout
thing is here which will always lumaln as if
revealing the radiance of the poofs gentle
presence. That is thu nuar llitlo river ,
Awbog , the "Mulla" of his Joyous verse ,
more joyous and melodious o\er , as it shiirs
of him who sang , on lib sunnybeautoous way
to the DlacltwattT ami the sea.
There U n&iiilng more beautiful in all Ire
land than Cork city , set In htono and terrace
against her leafy heights , and the broaden
ing river I/cc , which , riblng in the mystic
depths of weird , wild Gougmiu 1 Jarre , at thu
edge of Kerry , wanders through lovely glens
and sunny vales lo where the city and tide
meet , and thun blending with the suit water
sweeps through the most glorious nnd pic
turesque estuary in the uorhl. down past
Queenstown to the sea. Hut this has been
repeatedly told by word-paintcri galore.
My own secret longing led mo Hist and last
to
' The groves of Blarney ,
That look so charming
Down by the put-lings
Of sweet silent brooks. "
One hardly realizes that ho is In Ireland
while among these handsomely attired people
ple , who , seeking their suburban homes ,
throng the cars of the little railway leading
from Cork along thu sweet shores of a mur
muring stream , and for thu short four miles
to Blarney one almost luels ho Is again
within the atmosphere of the clear-eyed ,
active , breezy und prosperous folk one al-
wajs finds iuAmuiicun und London subur
ban railway travel. At the end of this little
railway and at thu head of the valley
through which it and the stream have run ,
in a tiny , pookot vale whoso surface IB al
most level on either side to the edges of
noble wooded bluffs , is the trilling hamlet of
Dim aey , and not a stone's throw from tlu
station the gra old > Valj [ of Jts world-
famous castle rise high above the rich foli
age of the sycamore groves and the musical
Blarney rivulet bolow. Altogether it is ono
of the sweetest and most restful spots you
ever beheld.
Hlarnoy , the original Irish form of
Blarna , means u ' 'little field , " from Blur , a
nold , thlb name having been given the place
from its location almost in the center of the
tiny vale field , which was no doubt u source
of rich harvests oven under the rude forms
of cultivation m vogue In most ancient times.
As nearly as can bo Uetermined , the later
popular signification of the word palavering
rhodomontade , glib , specious pleading , or
wheedling eloquence originated In Lord
Clancarty's often promising , when the pris
oner of Sir George Carew , to "surrender his
strong castle of Blarney , " this very pile , "to
the soldiers of the queen , nnd us often in
venting some smooth and palatable excuse
for exonerating himself from his promise. "
But the place no doubt became world-famous
through the celebrity of the verses begin
ning with the four lines above quoted , at
tributed by adopts in ballad literature both
t ) FatherProut and HIahard AlfredMIlliKcn ,
the latter a former Cork attorney.
The castle Itself was built In the fifteenth
century by Cormao Mao Carthy , "tho
Stronur , " and tlio old coignstone , the kissing
of which convoys the magic power of "blar-
eny , " according to popular legend , at least ,
Is still intact. It is said that ut ono time it
bore the inscription , "Cormao McCarthy
Fortts Mo Fieri Focit , A. 13 H40. " It is pre
served and held in place by two iron girders
between two huge merlons of its northern
projecting parapet , nearly 100 feet from the
ground. The ancient castellated pile now
consists only of a lofty quadrangular keep ,
with a Imlf-rulncd tower , through which ac
cess Is gained by winding stone stairs to tlio
batllemeuted parapet above , Huneath the
tower and keep ara a number of wonderful
dungeon cells , the most truly impressive of
those I have found in anv of the castle ruins
of Ireland : while u cava of remarkable
foniritlou , but a few rods from the castle ,
permitted of subterranean ingress and egress
in ancient times ,
Once having gamed the lofty parapet , you
are among massive ivies , while many shrubs
and young trees have snot out toward the
sky Irom this strange eerie. Mosses and
grasses have almost completely thatched
the old ruin , and if you will wait until the
chattering tourists have gone and the scold
ing daws with the gontluflvening have come ,
you c.in , as I did in the growsomo and
shadowy place , stealthily und unobserved
grasp the iron girders , and , at thu risk of
breaking your neck , crane your head far out
und downward , to glvo the sturdy old "Ular-
noy Stone , " u loud , resounding smack ; and
then grope your way through the echoing
windings of the louuly tower to the dewy ,
blossom strewn earth below.
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BuronesH Clara , brlnijino these do/on
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Ludy'u Maid Here they are , my lady ,
Uuroness Uuthow is this ? You haven't
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AMERICAN GIRL AS A FLIRT
She is Generally tiatisfied With Making Con
quests Among Single Men.
DIFFERENT TYPES OF THE GIDDY CREATURE
ACCUBK ! of liolu ? Morn Depraved Th in She
Itoally Is A Warning Note Against
the i'oullsli llcHtowiil of
Affections.
However much of a lllrt the average
American girl may bo she confines her Held
of conquest to the single men.
I say the average Hire. But now nnd then ,
in country places , in lesser cities , and In the
largo metropolis , we come upon the excep
tion to the rule , and Und a girl who Is not
averse to numbering married men among her
admirers , oven among her victims A good
deal of study und observation of this
order of girl has led mo to the following con
clusions regarding her :
The young women who get their names
associated unpleasantly with married ad
mirers can bo divided into threucliibsos ; the
spoiled girl , who is ovorscntimontal , con
ceited and gushing ; the utterly sollish and
vain girl , and the overripe girl ,
I met ono of the llrst typo recently In the
heart of the great metropolis. Shu was a
beauty , an only child and motherless , and
possessed wealth and position , She had
gorged her imtur.lllv romantic mind on
French novels , and she was utterly spoiled
by adulation ,
TliU Ono T.lUei Married Men.
She loved to talk of herself , und she con
fessed to mo that slio hud , ut the age of0 ,
grown quite blase with the monotonous ut-
tantiou of adoring > swains , and that she
found nothing so interesting now as the ad
miration of marriedlmun. "I suppose 1 like
them because they are unattainable , " she
said quite nonchalantly , "and I confess the
nearest sentiment I 'ever felt to love was in
spired by n marriedlman. His unhappy do
mestic llfo llrst droiy me to him ; ho said he
felt I had such a sympathetic nuturo from
the very llrst. Poor fellow ! ho is nearly
cra/y : nbout mo nowfho fulrly adores the
ground I walk on. "
"My dear girl , nothing is so uncertain as
the Impression u coquettish young woman
makes on a married man , " I replied. "Quite
likely he is tolling his wife that ho pities thu
fool who marries you. He may flutter you
nnd pay you compliments galore , and sigh
over you Just to so How much you know of
human nature ; but ho Is not respecting you ,
that is osrtatn. He may feel the charm of
your beauty , but ho would not defend your
good name If ho heard It assailed ; if he is
sunlciently lacking In principle to lead you
to receive his compromising attentions ho is
lacking the honor to defend you from the
tongue of gossip. "
"Ho would defend mo because ho U In love
with me , " she urtred. "Did yon never hear
of an unhappily married man really feeling
the love of a lifetime for some one ho met
afterwards ! "
"Onco lu a while that occurs , " I replied.
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"But you are scarcely the typo of 11 girl to
inspire such a passion. A man would a-nuso
himself with you , and try to load jouo i.but
ho would never lose his head over j on. Your
position and wealth and beauty would flutter
Ids musculino pride , and he would enjoy
thinking ho had power to lure you over con
vention's barriers ; but ho would fool n
secret contempt for you all the same. You
are a spoiled , sentimental girl , whoso Imag
ination has gotten the hotter of her head
nnd heart. You are wasting sympathy and
Jeopardising happiness. Nothing will so
effectually drive away desirable suitors from
a young girl as the accepted attentions of a
married man. "
lloro i u Ilopelonn Ctiso.
The most hopeless coquette is the heartless
girl with an abnormal love of conquest and
excitement , who finds with married men the
adventure and reckless element noccasary to
her happiness. Such a girl Is seldom morally
vicious In tlio generally accepted use of ihat
term ; she is superficial in her emotionscold ,
vain and sollish. She likes her freedom and
the opportunities of conquest and adventure
it affords her. She has no Idea of going
wrong , but loves to play about the brink of
danger. Her only dobauohory Is that of the
Imagination. Having no deep emotions of
her own to control , she tempts and arouses
these of men , scarcely conscious of her evil
influence : slip flies laughing , mocking and
moro amused than terrilioA out of danger's
reach as soon as it menaces her. She enjoys
tlio tragedy of the situation , and has com
plete control of herself. She has a cruel ele
ment in her nature and enjoys the power to
cause pain. She prides herself on being able
to make wives jealous. Hoth she and the
sentimental girl are given to boasting of
their conquests , and of their ability to at
tract moil from their wives , Fortunately it
is a shallow , weak and bullish typo of man
only who is bewitched by her men who lack
moral balimco and who seek constantly for
some now diversion , and who regard women
as their lawful prey Amused , tensed and
momentarily aroused by the elusive coquette ,
they seldom feel a deep passion for her , as
their natures are too shallow for more than
a passing excitement and drsiro , which ends
In resentment nnd anger when she escapes
them
UnjumljAccuvml. .
The world accuses the girl flirt of being
far more depraved than she Is. Hers is the
depravity of mind without the corresponding
depravity of body. Hut the public is slow
to bcliovo this. She loses her good name
without having committed sin and without
having inspired a great love. Her most
persistent pursuers forgot her quickly or
think of her without regret.
The third and most to be pltiej typo of
girl , ivhoso name Is marred by association
with a married man , is the tvu.'ilpo girl !
She has lived to pass her tiAlh birthday
without having loved or murrlod. With
moro than ordinary mind , with a hljh ideal
of manhood , with strong emotions and In
tense longing for love , she sees her girl
hood's companions mated one by one , while
lior own dreams and hopes slip further and
further back Into the past with her llrst
youth. Such a girl is liable to bo superior
to her early admirers and as she roaches
ripe womanhood she finds mental comrade
ship In married men only. Then comes the
dangerous association with some man whose
domestic life is a disappointment and who
discovers in her what ho misses at homo.
It may bo her pastor , It may bo the family
physician , it may bo thu husband of some old
schoolmate whom she visits ; but as u streak
of liulitnlug sots lire to dry buildings , his
glance and touch inlluenco her ripened und
craving emotions.
She is capable of feeling and inspiring u
great passion ; and. unlike cither of thu types
already described , she attracts und Is at
tracted by men strong in their emotions and
of no moan mental cpUowrneuta ; men who
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26.00 worth of goods 1.50 per week or tt.OI ) per month \
5000 worth of goods 2. ( JO per week or 8.00 per month
75.00 Wt > rth of goods 2.59 uur week or 10.00 per month
100.00 worth of goo.ls 3.00 per week or 12.00 nor month
200.00 worth of goods 5.00 per week or 20 03 per month
have Brown beyond their wives , and who
have perhaps lived through years of brain
solieitudo and heart hunuor before they mot
this girl.
.Vtjo When ( Ilrln Are Supposed to lln Miituroil
We speak of a youiiK woman of 25 or ! iO as
old enough to bo sensible and well behaved ;
but , in fact , that is the very time of life whi-n
it is most difficult for'tin uiianchored woman
to bo prudent or reasonable. From H to 17
a healthy , vigorous pirl Is in danger of im
prudence or folly from ignorance of her emo
tions ; from 'Jo to iiO she Is in danger from her
knowledge of them.
The blind and cruel Judgment of Christl.ui
communities on this subject is inconsistent
with the spirit of Christ , or with the scien
tific enlightenment of the present day in
other matters.
When I hear of a girl in that period of life
wno has wrecked her futuie and lost her
good name through sonic great act of folly , I
am moved with the deepest pity and sorrow
She is like the ungathcrcd dend-rlpu fruit
that bursts in the sun and falls into the dust
bolow.
It is all very well for you , with your satis-
lied lives , to sit lu judgment and say : "Hut
she should have spurned the first approach ;
she should have been indig.iant at such u
thought ; bho should have shown womanly
pride and strength. ' It is not so u.isy to
call all Uio3o qualities to your aid when ,
with iouth slipping bolilud , with lomllnos
before , with a huart bri'.ihliijj for sympathy ,
a brain on lire with fueling , anil VCIUB burst
ing with unused vitality , you encounter a
boautifiU and alluring temptation. It is so
easy to bcliovo at suoh a time that the world
is well lost for love ; that one hour of posses
sion will bo worth a lifetime ! of disgrace.
Hut no moro fallacious idivi ever du/led : the
eyes of the soul , Time has yet to show us
the pair of lawless loveis who , having given
up the world for lovo'b sake , did not rest-nt
it if the world tooli them at their \\onl ,
Love is the light from God's oyi's ; unless Ho
smiles approval upon an earthly pabsioa it
never brings lupplness or content.
The weak and tortured girl who thinks she
cannot emluro llfo without the companion
ship of a man who is not free to claim her
before ail the world would linil she could not
bo happy with his companionship. Ono or
both would rcgrot the step which debarred
them from the respect of their Kind , so dear
to the human heart.
Love of approbation is very strong in most
of us , and it Is well that it is bo. I believe
moro lives have been saved from wreolt on
the rocks of passion through lava of appro
bation than through principle , It may not
bo the best motive for rlghtdolng , but It
Kives better motives an opportunity to gain
the ascendancy later.
One would think ttio unhappily married
man ought to have strength enough to pro
tect the overripe girl against herself ; that
hU wider knowledge of human emotions and
temptations should fill him with pity for her.
Hut It never does , Men have not been
taught that bolf control Is necessary to them
in these matters , The whole tendency of
the world has been toward masculine free
dom and bolMndulgctico , and It is not to bo
wondered at that ho Is the tempter iimtead
of the protector ,
Wuman ( let * thu Illmne.
But It does seem a wonder that ho invaria
bly blames the woman when ho rails , Such
is the case , however ; and many a passion-
blinded girl , who baa believed that the world
was well lost for the love of a married man ,
lives to hear him rocrimate her for leading
him astray. It Is the man who llrst and most
keenly feels the lush of public blaino. Many
a case has come under my observation where
the husband has returned to the wife who
was never able to make him happy , leaving
the girl who was in nvory way endowed to
bo his companion , so powerful a factor In
human hupplneas was public respect.
It li wen for th overripe t'lrl to recall such
cases before she yields to the fascinating il
lusion held out to her by her emotions and
her lover. Nothing elsis In all the range ot
human experience h soovuipj\voriiigl.y alluring - i
ing as the attr.irtkm of the SWH , and whun ,
the imagination and the senses are both on
fire reason lends but little light ,
Hut alas for those who live to sit by the
ashes of the burned-out senses , among tin-
ruins of Imagination ! and this Is an ex
perience certain to follow an unlicensed pu
sion. The only hope of continue , ! happlnos"
in the relation of in in and worn in is In tin
strengthening and deepening of the morn-
and spiritual nature of both , for physlcn <
attraction alone Is a plant that rarely GUI' ,
lives thu .season. How frail , then , must bt
the chances of happiness for the two wh >
violate moral laws to sdi/i thu purihhini
flower of desire ! Only tiiobu who have bet ;
tempted hy its perfume and false splcm
and lived to wear the royal rose of a worn
love , or those who have plucked it only <
see its loaves wither and iilo. leaving tt
ugly thorns , ran ro.illio ho.v frail .such liopc
of happiness are ! UMA WIIBEI.KK Wn.cox.
LOBE fA.
lliin'i'ii ' In I'liloi/i I ifr O
In tin ) days ( if liilmy Imyh'ii ) I
\Vlitm my hnarl WHS glail ami fico ,
I loved a bonny l-inile. ,
And HID bonny Hi < luvoil in. . <
I
And I pk-dui'd h > > r my dnwitlon ,
With my 11-rtos DII h"r lln. |
Pressing Kcntly to my hu.irt
Her thin andlon I"r HIKPT tips.
Hud she lived aiMlh < i' > ' < if
Klio would have b"on my blui'-i'yed wlfo ,
Hut all the Hvvi'et win Inni-'d l < > blllur
Whun iluath tool , her tunilur llfo ,
Miles bloom above liiirsr no ,
Moistened by the lo tin I slmdi
Timit''h tnimilh ill Vs IIHI forever ,
To my ho.irtsho Is not du.nl >
BROS.1 CIRCUS.
K mu of thu Noiv IViturni U'lth Ilio ltik
hliow TliN .S usiiii ,
The enviable reputation won by Itlngllng
Hrothcrs' circus in Omaha lust yn ir Is lflt < il > -
to bo still further continued by the oxhlbi
lions to bo given here on Monday , .Inno.V
No show ever gave moro general satisfac
tion , and it will undoubtedly be warmly wel
coined back to Omaha. It Is of Interest U
note that , since last season , the show ha ;
been greatly enlarged ; thu inoirn-'erU ) tins
been augmented , the performers inerecsed.
the snatlng capacity enlarged , and a genera
broadening out in alt the departments ac
complished , The exhibition now roijulro'
three long railroad trains to transport ft
from city to city , while the pur/ormances
are given m three rings , on two elevated
stages and upon u great t'.ilrd-of.
u-tnllo track , under thu largent
canvas pavilions ever erected. Th
mcuagerlo Is credited with bolnf
tlio most complete zoological collection It
America. whllt < the circus performance h
described us a constant success loa of won
dors. The acrobats , gymnasts , acrlallsti ,
and riders number ovcrltouof ICnropo anu
America's highest salaried artists , Including
Charles \V. Fish , reputed to bo the world' *
champion somersault rldor : thu Hrothorr
Vernon , the greatest of all trn | > o/o per
formers ; a trouuo of gennlno Arabs and a
company of J.ipancso acrobats from the
court of the Mikado : while thu picturesque
features of the exhibition embrace u mar
velous spectacular horse ballet , in which 100
equities perform the most astonishing evolu
tions ; u school of twenty remarkably trained
Mexican horkes ; a series of thrilling hlpi > o < i
drome racoss. and an aggregation of otbqr
new. rare and striking features such as can
hardly fall to delight these who enjoy A
thoroughly meritorious circus per/orma cc |
