reach it. A slip would send you head vide more than .20 per cent of the spare others, and if she can make one first to the ground, 120 feet below. funds that will be needed before the person forget theirs, divert, amuse or ONLY ATTAINED BY FEW The only way in which it can be done transactions are finished. seriously help, she wishes to do it. is for the person who tries to support There is no dispute about it; all RECORDS THAT COUNT With this kind of a spirit, in her daily himself over the edge of the wall by parties concerned—the landlords who life she herself grows happy. She is —.... straps from the top, and with his face sell, the farmers who buy and the pol­ not an embodied saint, this type of Not Over a Dozen Persons in Thirty-Six upward, draw himself across until his iticians who do the talking and pass woman, nor does she go about with Some Modern Athletic History Produced bjjjj' lips can reach the stone. Almost ev­ the laws—all realize the injustice of an exalted and superior expression. Years Have Had the Honor of Kissing erybody that visits Blarney Castle the present situation to the landlords, She is simply conscious that life is an Expert Authority on Various ^ comes home with a tale of the time he and agree that something should be difficult for all, frequently when one the Blarney Stone. nad in kissing the Blarney stone, but done by parliament as promptly as least expects it. Therefore it behooves Lines of Sport* no one has seen him doing so for possible to complete the land pur­ her even to be at. her best, always to years, and it can only be done by car­ chases under the terms agreed upon, have sympathy of manner, kindness of ••yrtM rying tackle to the castle. Mrs. Hanna as absolutely essential to the peace heart and interest in others. Given William E. Curtis, Now in Ireland, Describes Ford, a gentle and considerate old and welfare of Ireland. But, as is often this, she acquires a grace of which Wonderful Success Achieved in This Direct lady, who has been custodian of the the case, there is a difference of opin­ one who comes in contact with her the Beautiful and Prosperous Country place for more than thirty-six years, ion as to the best methods to adopt. has experienced the sweetening and tion by Irish-Americans and Irish- •<£: told me that she had never known but The situation is veiyv much like the re­ refining effect of her sorrow, though Around Cork. half a dozen people to kiss the stone cent currency complications in the they may never know what it is. Canadians. in all that time. United States. Everybody admits and Sir George Colthurst, the owner, demands that some relief should be Selfishness. ' charges a sixpence of every visitor devised immediately, but it is difficult In dealing with a selfish person a Time is Not Far Distant When the Southern and collects scarcely enough to pay for the leaders to agree upon the rem­ primary rule is, do not yield to him, Many of Marvelous Olympic Achievement! the expense of keeping the place in edy. says the Western Watchman. Unsel­ Section Will be Owned by the Men order. The visitors average about The leaders of-the Irish parliament­ fish people are to blame for a good Were Considered Impossible a B one hundred a day during the sum­ ary party,- presided over by John Red­ deal of this world's selfishness; often Who Till the Soil. mer months, but nobody ever goes out mond, after many conferences met the they yield through a mistaken sense Few Years Ago. "W there during the winter. other day and adopted a resolution of duty to course of conduct, which, if < The castle and the surrounding "1. The progress of land purchase they considered them candidly, they The following letter from Cork, Ire •'.m caves and grottoes in the cliffs, all of property were confiscated by Crom­ should be accelerated. Money should would know to be wrong. They tacit­ Malachy Hogan, an expert authority Flanagans, Mitchells. Klelys. HorgaftffT iand, dated July 21, and written by- which used to serve a useful purpose well in 1646,' but Charles II., upon be provided much more rapidly than is ly encourage sin when they allow sel­ on a lilines of sport, writes from his William E. Curtiss, appeared in the Barrys, McGraths and their kith aiul< in ancient times, and are associated succeeding to the throne, restored proposed in the treasury memoran­ fishness to have its own way. If ev­ home in Chicago to the Inter-Mountain Chicago Record-Herald of Aug 1st: kin who are masters. The present' with various .fascinating legends. them to Donough MacCarthy and made dum. and the staff of assistants at the eryone acted upon this plan selfish­ Catholic the following letter on Irish "No Terrance, me b'y, tell the loid- marks for both hammer and the shot- There is a difficult ascent to a natural him Earl of Clancarthy. But the cas­ disposal of the estates' commissioners ness would govern the world entirely. athletes and the records made at the ies and gintlemen all ye know, an' put. are held by Matt McGrath and terrace that is called "The Witch's tle was never restored, and it remains should be proportionately increased. Many a man has become a domestic Olympic gair.es: kape the rist to yoursilf,'' was the John Flanagan. Although bigness and'™ Stairs." A thoughtful owner of this now very much as it was left after it "2. Losses on flotation of stock is­ tyrant, who if his selfishness had been Flanagan's cast of the sixteen-pound parting injunction of the porter of tlia great strength must, always go with' glorious forest has placed benches at was besieged and captured by Crom­ sues (that is, the discount on the checked in its incipiency by r. brave hammer of 175 feet is indeed a re­ Imperial Hotel to the jarvey of tho the weights, cleverness and technique- * easy intervals, where visitors may sit well's Covenanters. The new Earl of bonds sold below par to raise the a*)d clear-sigthted wife, might, have markable performance, and must, be jaunting car, as he tucked the ruga are as essential. Footwork, distribu- It 4 and read the history, traditions and Clancarthy, who got considerable mon­ money) should not be allowed to fall made a good husband and father. very neir the limit of human possi­ around our legs and started us off for Tion of the weight of the body and-fc legends of the place and imagine that ey with his wife, who was the daugh­ upon the Irish rate payers, but should Many a self-sacrificing soul has ap­ bility ia throwing the hammer of six­ Blarney Castle, which is flva miles trained eye and hand enter largely he can see the fairies that dance bj ter of Lord Montjoy, built a modest be met by the imperial government. plied the Golden Rule with a. litera!- teen pounds. In methods of doing into the game. from town. moonlight on the carpet of ivy that mansion out in the sunshine on an "3. Selling landlords should be al­ ness which has robbed It of its deep­ things, in training and in ingenious ap­ It is a delightful drive, for the sub­ conceals the earth. Every step is eminence near by. The castle, like all lowed the option of receiving their est spiritual meaning. We are to <5o plication of thought to improvement Martin Sheridan's cast of the dis« en. Sheridan, at Athens in 1906, urbs of Cork arc surrounded by fer­ haunted by a goblin or a ghost, and the strongholds of the Irish chieftains payments in bonds, and those who ac­ unto others as we would that thev o fconditions things have changed woa the shot put, 4(5 feet 5 inches, sixteen tile farms and the pastures are illu­ every dark and gloomy corner has of that age, is down in the glen. The cept bonds should have precedence in should do to us, and who would de­ since I was a boy. It would be impos­ pound shot, against the world. The minated with buttercups just now, and been the scene of a tragedy. reason for selecting that location was the settlements. liberately choose that anyone shoi'.ld sible forty years ago for Flanagan or running hop, step and jump—49 feet' inclosed in hedges of hawthorn that The castle is well kept and Sir the necessity of having access to wa­ "4. Rates of interest paid by the take a course with us which would be any other heavyweight lo hurl the six­ -'•n inches—was won at the Olympic are bright with blossoms. Ah nature George Colthurst, the owner, makes ter in case of siege. Several of the tenant purchaser should not be in­ injurious to our character? teen-pound hammer 175 feet. I knew games by O'Connor, who also holds seems to be in a cheerful motd thc-se it as pleasant as he can for the thou­ Clancarthys took a distinguished part creased. in my time the greatest, hammer men r * the record, 36 feet 3 inches, for the " days, and the frequent rains, which sands of tourists who come here ev­ in political and military affairs; one "5. The maximum limit of $60,000,- Iced Coffee. then living. They were the Caledoni- cus, 134 feet 4 inches, remains unbeat- interfere considerably with motoring, ery year from all parts of the world, of them was an ambassador, and they 000 placed on the bonds should be ex­ Hungarian Coffee—Prepare a quan­ |n Celts, Donald Dtpnie, Rory McClel- - give an appearance of freshness to all and of course a-large majority .of them have been brave BOldiers. The present tity of strong black coffee and add lan, and tbe one-armed giant, Sandy three standing jumps without dumb* tended, so as to .fvfcivide .a sum equal to. bells, the vegetation and a vitality to the are Americans. No tourist thinks of earl is Richard Somerset le Poer 12 per cent of the total purchase price. cream and sugar to taste. Chill thor­ setting Q).rti"tpeir attitude, as follows: trees and plants and flowers and ev­ visiting Ireland without seeing Blar­ Trench and he lives at Garbally, Coun- "6. A better method of obtaining oughly, and in serving put a spoonful Flemming. Their reputations as giant Tn-rowing, perhaps the greatest ogre* erything growing. That is peculiar ney Castle, and aside from the legends ly Galway. cash to pay for the land would be by of vanilla ice cream in the bottom of athletes and champions of the ham­ man that ever sat in a shell was the and the satisfaction of having been each tall glass and pour the coffee ; to Ireland. But we have not been The property passed out of the pos­ the issue of consols (that is, regular mer were as great as are now the Irish-Canadian, Edward Uanlan. "Bill" much troubled by the rain, not nearly here it is well worth the trouble. The session of the Clancarthys as long ago government bonds which are now quot­ over it. names of Flanagan and McGrath. O'Connor, another Irish-Canadian, if " so much as we expected from the tower of "Keep," which was the forti­ as 1703, when it w'as purchased by ed at 95, instead of land bonds, which Cafe Frapee—Make a quart of In those days the hammer was fitted he had not. died prematurely, would, books we read and the tales other peo­ fied part of the building, is almost iii- General Sir James Jeffreys, ah ances­ are now quoted at 89). strong coffee and sweeten well while to a handle of seasoned elm or second acording to Hanlan himself, outclass ple who have traveled over h*re tMd tact except the floors, but the residen­ tor of thie present owner, Sir George "7. The government should at once hot. Cool, strain and add a cup of growth of hickory. Now the handle is the world. For three years Hanlan us. The porters of the hotels have a tial portions have crumbled and fallen St. John Colthurst. introduce a land bill providing for rich cream: freeze to a soft consist­ made of elastic wire, which in the tri­ of Oxford held the "diamond sculls" common joke that "It never lains on away. The castle was built by Cor- He must be a good landlord, for ev­ compulsory sales >by the landlord." ency. and serve in glass sherbet cups ple turn, within the seven-foot, circle, Henly against all comers, and when he the 31st of February," which is as mack MacCarthy, prince of Desmond, erybody about the place speaks in the with small spoons. gives an impetus to the hammer, when resigned, Louis Scholes, an Irish-Ca­ much as to say that there is a. shower who ruled all of Ireland south of Cork, kindest terms of him, and we could Words for Spelling Bee. Austrian Coffee Cup—Make, a pint leaving the hands of the thrower, im­ nadian, won them, beating Europe arid America. every other day in the year; but ihat in 1173. The Desmond clan fought the see that he takes kindly interest in his The following hundred test words of very strong black coffee, and add possible under the old conditions. The is not accurate. Showers do come and Geraldines (the followers of the Earl tenants, because on our way to the were used in a great public spelling half a spoonful of almond Havering. application of the pneumatic tire to The greatest, all round athlete to* cease with surprising suddenness and of Kildare, whose territory adjoined castle we had to cross a playground bee in Cleveland recently. As th-j Strain through a fine sieve and heat the trotting "sulky" lowered the har­ day, and perhaps the greatest th% frequency, and the rain falls as if it thorn on the north) until 1537, when that he has arranged for their chil­ spelling bee is still a favorite diver­ in a double boiler to just the boiling ness record twenty seconds, and the world ever saw, is Martin Kiely. Th% was very heavy and had dropped a a league was formed between the two dren. There is a track for running sion in country districts, the list, may point. Then add two well bealc-n e:jgs introduction of the wire handle in the greatest, living trainer—expert student long distance, but if you carry an um­ clans, with other princes, against the races and bicycle contests and field be useful to young readers spending mixed with two tablespoonfuls of su­ hammer ring added at least, fourteen of psychology and temperamental va« brella, and that is the universal cus­ English, who were kept pretty busy sports, a May pole, a number of vacation within sight of green fields gar and four of thick cream, ond cook feet to Donald Dinnie's greatest cast. riations of nerve, brain and muscle-« tom—you are none the worsi for it. withiu the Pale, as the territory im­ swings, a dancing pavilion and other and running brooks. Is It at all pos­ until the custard coats the spoon. That is to say, if Dinnie were now is "Mike" Murphy. James P. Sullivan, The god of the weather and St. Swi'.ii- mediately around Dublin was called. accessories for amusement and exer­ sible that real country boys and girl.5 Take it off the fire, beat well and living and in condition he would beat, president of the American Amateur ; en, the saint to whom the farmers Lady Eleanor MacCarthy saved the cise, and the young men we found on may be better :-pellers than the yo\ing cool. Just, before serving add a pint his own record fourteen feet. Athletic union, and John Halpin, man* ' pray for rain in a dry season, havj life of Gerald Fitzgerald, the son of the grounds told us that an athletic city visitors? Try these easy-looking of whipped cream, sweetened lo taut", The Irish and Irish-Americans are ager of the Olympic team, are re» been very good to us. We have noth­ Silken Thomas, Earl of Kildare, who contest was coming off on Thursday words: a. pint of shaved Ice and a quart of the greyest athletes in the world. markabel men in their departments. ing to complain of and much to he rebelled against English authority. Sh« with a prize of $10 to the champion Beginning, surprise, Negroes, fulfill, charged water. Serve in tall glasses The records prove it. Let us take a I might, fill columns of your new& thankful for concerning the v.'eathep succeeded in escaping from the coun­ hammer thrower, $5 to the second, $10 principal, professor, descendant, gov­ with a very little whipped cruam or. few. The highest recorded leap, 6 paper with the names of famous Irish , top. Tnere is a little narrow-gauge baby try with him and taking him to Rome, to the man and 10 shillings for the ernment, analyze, detached, Governor, feet. 5% inches, is held by Michael F. Celts, who in every department of a.th- • railway which starts from outside where the babe, the only survivor of boy under 16 who runs the fastest cleanse, vertical, prejudice, regretted, Sweeney. The fastest hundred yards letics stand pre-eminently alone. Why, the campus of Queen's College in Cork the vengeance of Henry VIII., was con­ mile. These prizes are offered by Sir noticeable, rosinurant, curiosity, min­ Wanted—A Boy. ever run by man since the world be­ considering the paucity of their numi-' and runs to Blarney a town of about cealed and cared for by a cardinal who George himsell, and he personally su- iature, poem, brethren, umbrella, per­ A Western paper publishes the fol­ gan, so far as we know, was run by bers in comparison with the world's , 800 inhabitants, mostly farmers, who happened to be a distant relative. And pei intends the contest, which is an un­ severe, Arctic, particular, adjacent, lowing advertisement.: Arthur Duffy and Dan Kelly. In all population, they are such tremendous cultivate the surrounding soil and it was thus, through the devotion of a usual condescension for an Irish land­ pumpkin, except, recognize, similar, "Wanted—A boy. A brave, courage­ probability these records for the hun­ successes I leave to you to explain, breed cattle, while their wives and brave woman from its hereditary ene­ lord. Outside his demesne, that is his admittance, irrelevant, foreigner, de­ ous, manly, hopeful boy; one who Is dred sprint will never be lowered. To for I cannot! daughters work in a woolen factory mies, that the house of Kildare escap­ own immediate park and gardens that ceit, hygiene, r^ize, niece, alley, ceil­ not afraid of the truth; one who scorns accomplish this wonderful feat, called ed extinction. surround his mansion, he has 1,800 ing, chimney, necessarily, which, sep­ for such phenomenal reserve of elec­ belonging to the Mahoney brothers, a lie; one who hates deceit; nne who Genuineness. ' which is said to produce the best In the time of Queen Elizabeth, how­ acres leased and is on most excellent arate, develop, whether, February, loves his mother; one who does not tric energy, such quickness of thought terms with his tenants. tweed in the kingdom. And you can ever, upon the suppression of what is benefited, grammar, accommodate, know more than his parents; one wh.i and action, such a grouping and con­ There is nothing which will add so much to one's power as the conscious* •: buy suitings at the shops in Cork. known in history as the Geraldine re­ There has been very little trouble embarrass, bu?iness, acquiesce, privi­ has the courage to say 'no,' and stic'< centration of alertness, grit, nerve, with the landlords in this locality. ness of being absolutely sincere, gen.* ; Nothing is sold at the factory. bellion, the vast estates of the Earl lege, parallel, judgment, until, man­ to It; one who is'willing to begin at "sand" and lightning speed, that un­ Perhaps that is due to a considerable agement, analysis, lettuce, partition uine. if your life is a perpetual lie^ Blarney Castle, as everybody knows, of Desmond and those of the MacCar- the bottom of the ladder and work up­ less the athlete was trained to the degree to the fact that the soil is rich capital, muscle, preparation, victuals, if you are conscious that you are not I Is one of the best preserved and most thys and 140 other chiefs and land wards; one who thinks It unmanly to minute, and the heart in superb condi­ and the harvests are good, and be­ disease, millinery, sovereign, mischiev­ what you pretend to be—that you tw beautiful of the many ruins of Ire- owners in Munster were confiscated smoke; one who thinks an educat'on tion, the sprinter would drop dead in cause the farmers are able to get a ous, several, laboratory, balloon, geog­ really a different person from what land, and Is probably better known by a parliament that met in Dublin, worth striving for; one who is will­ his flight. satisfactory return for their labor and raphy, cistern, misspell, equipage, cem­ the world regards you—you are not throughout the world than any other and were given to English adventurers ing to obey his superiors; rne who The world's fastest half mile, 1 min­ their money. Nearly all the large es­ etery, conscience, elm, precede, occa­ strong. There is a. restraint, a perpet­ because of the marvelous qualities of for 2 pence and 3 pence an acre and knows his home better than the ute 53 2-3 seconds, has before it the tates here are being broken up, how­ sion, diversible, changeable, super­ ual fighting against the truth going on • a famous stone which forms a part of sometimes for no price at all, upon street; one who doesn't believe the name of Kilpatrick (Patrick of the ever, and are being purchased by the sede, ocurrence, committee, disap­ within you, a struggle which saps your Its walls. As Father Prout in one of agreements that they would colonize marvelous tales told in the story pa­ Church). Hugging the name is that tenants under the act of 1903. Very pear, mischief, character, pursue, ori­ energy and warps your conduct. If ! his verses expresses it: the lands with Englishmen. pers, ahd will not read the vile stuff; of Horan, 1; 57; Burke of Boston, 1:57; soon County Cork and the southern gin, exercise, handkerchief, potato, and that of Frank Cregan, 1:58. These there is a mote at the bottom of you* i Florence MacCarthy, the head of the one who won't cheat in a fair game; section of Ireland will be owned by the iron, together, architect, stationery, are marvelous records. The swiftest eye you can not look the world squared ' • There is a stone there house at that date, was imprisoned in one who won't be a sneak, and do a men who till the soil. Each farmer athletic, convenience. amateur mile ever run, 4 minutes 15 ly in the face. Tour vision is not That whoever kisses, the Tower of London with Sir Walter mean act when unseen; one who will have his own permanent home. 3-5 seconds, was accomplished by an clear. Everybody sees that you are ; Oh, he never misses Raleigh, accused of treason, and it -won't spend every nickel he earns or But the money provided by parliament Effect of Sorrow. Irishman, Thomas Patrick Connell, not transparent. There is a cloudiness; To grow eloquent. " was he who outwitted Queen Eliza­ gets; one who won't annoy an old to be advanced to the farmers for the Sorrow has in it for every woman a who also holds the three-quarter mile a haze about your character, which. • 'Tis he that may clamber beth with his "deludering" until she man or one of weak mind because he purchase of these estates has been germ of good. It has two flavors, fig­ record, the mile and a quarter and raises the interrogation point where ; To toy lady's chamber. coined the word "blarney" to describe is feeble and defenseless; one who exhausted, as I wrote you last month, uratively speaking, a bitter one and a .mile and a half records. you go. Character alone is strength; ) Or become a member his fluent conversation. won't torture dumb animals; cne win and the transfer of titles to the new sweet, and on one's own strength of deceit is weakness; sham and shod£}'- '• Of parliament. won't steal; one who won't listen to The Marathon championship, Olym­ The famous Blarney stone Is as well owners has been suspended until ad­ character depends the effect. A woman or repeat nasty stories: one who won't pic games, say twenty-flve miles run in -ore powerless, and only the gendlntpj known as the King of England, and ditional funds can be raised. This who allows herself to dwell upon her do a dirty act for another boy who ir: two' hours and fifty-one minutes, is and the true are worth while. "^Jf The castle stands on the banks of a the superstition is that whoever kisses places the landlords that are selling unhappiness becomes selfish in the ex­ too cowardly to do his own mean­ held by William Sherring, an Irish- ' • lashing stream called the Comane. full it becomes instantly endowed with *5 -. their lands in a very embarrassing sit­ treme. Every person who comes in ness; one who loves to do right be­ Canadian, and member of St. Patrick's K?;* of trout and well protected, and is wonderful persuasion of speech. But A Difference in Yards.—John ftn& uation. It is due, however, to nobody's contact with her is made to feel either cause it is right. Wanted—A boy; a Athletic club, Hamilton, Canada. The surrounded by a wonderful forest of very few people and only the most Pat were two friendly workmen who fault, but to- a lack of foresight and unhappy themselves or uncomfortable. whole-souled, earnest, honorab!?, Boston Marathon races, same distance cedars, birch and beech trees that are daring athletes have ever tried the were constantly tilting, each one try? j an error of judgment. The govern­ She herself finds everything tainted square boy. Where can he be found? run four years ago, was won by John centuries old. Their trunks are en­ experiment.' The miraculous stone ing to outwit the other. ment officials never dreamed that the with bitterness, and thinking alwayB Does he liv in your neighborhood? Is McCaffrey. An Irishman, Patrick twined with ivy, and the rocks and is the sill of a window, which projects e "Are you good at measurement^® J transfers of land under the Wyndham of herself, puts into life difficulties he a member of your family? Do you O'Connor, holds the record—24 feet ledges upon which the castle stands asked John. fro mtbe main wall near the top of act of 1903, would be so active and ex­ and bitterness that taint everything. know him?" 11% inches—for the running broad are cushioned with the same material. "I am that," said Pat, quickly. the tower. As it is eight or ten inches tensive; they did not anticipate the The woman who becomes unselfish "The oak is my favorite tree," said jump. I don't know that I have ever seen- from the main wall near the top of "Then, could you tell me how mari^-i' readiness that the landlords have from sorrow or disappointment gets she. Weight-throwing is a game for men such luxurious ivy or such sumptuous an open space of about twenty or shown throughout Ireland, with only a shirts I could get out of a yard?!^| sweetness of character and helps all She paused and he took the cue. of strength an dactivity combined, vegetation out of . the tropics, or such twenty-four inches, it is not only dif­ few exceptions, to dispose of their an­ asked John. with whom she comes in contact. She "If I have a favorite tree," said he, and here the men of Irish blood excel fragrant shade. • There are natural ficult, but dangerous to attempt to cestral estates, and they did not pro­ "Sure," said' Pat, "that depends oaf has suffered so herself as to wish to "It is undoubtedly yew!" the world. Mere or abroad It is the whose yard you get into."

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