Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-08-30

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the branches without difficulty. The
wooden poles must go.
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pole question, the rnsightly masts mus'
60.
In the memory of the present genera
tion O'Donovsn Rosa has been mixed up
in all the Irish eonspiracies hatched on
either side Of the Atlantic. Tho blood
thirsty jeremiah has again emerged from
obscurity in the examination in Liverpool
Of James McDermott, tho alleged d "a
mite eonspirator. On card disc w. d
on the person Of the latter at the tim. 81
his arrest, tho following Delpbic declara
tion from Kossa was found Tell the
boys over there that I will do my utmost
to help destroy tho common enemy" This
arrant blatherskite has probably done
moro harm to tho Irish cause than all the
others OF hts class combined. Unfortunate
" he possesses large following of warm
blooded Irishmen, who thoroughly believe
in tho determination policy taught by the
Fsnian leader. The unhappy results oI
this mode Of warfare in the past should
not be lost on Irishmen OF the present, bu,
thsre are none SO blind as those who viii
not ses. Tho Psrpell policy of continuous
and aggressive parliamentary agitation
can alone effect tho desired result of Irish
autonomy, and the quicker this truth il
impressed on the dynsmiters and their fol-
lowers, the bestsr it will be for ireland and
the world.
APPALLING rs have been many of the
numerous catastrophes which have oc-
ourrsd during the present year, none will
be more memorable and none have been
more fatal than the terrible calamity that
has come upon the island Of Java and its
inhabitants by the eruptions of volcanoe.
and the sympathetic disturbances Of the
surrounding sea. 6eventy-five thousand i.
now the computed number of killed, bu
the inability to correctly calculate th'
death rate may easily underrate it. NJ
occurrence in recent times has been SO OK
tensively destructive to human life and t,
the earth upon which it happened as thi
disaster, which has caused not only 9,
many deaths, but has annihilated some ant
caused the almost total disappearance o
other towns upon the island, while the por
tsntous swell Of waters rushing upon tn
land with frightful velocity and extension
have eaten away the earth, rs bread nigh
soak snd orumble in it, grasp. But asid'
from the disastrous results of this dir
calamity, are tho interesting geological
phases which it presents. The savants o
our time have heretofore been compelled
in their learned and absorbing investiga.
tions regarding the earth's formation ant
its characteristics, to rely upon evidences
sometimes conclusive, oftsner apocryphal
Of the action Of tho Garth in remote ages
With this great and calamitous, yet mys
terious, event on the island of Java, is pre-
sented q distinctive and valuable display
of the potency, the results and the forces
which impel them, of the wonderful ele
ments of the globe which we inhabit.
LONDON literary circles have been
thrown into quite . flutter of excitement by
tho publication in the Ateenaeum of some
contemporary correspondence relating to
the poet Byron, which seems to throw con.
siderable light on portions of the career ol
that gifted, but unfortunate man. The
correspondence in question consists OF
several letters that were interchanged by
Lord Byron, his wife, and the poets sister,
Mrs. Augusta Leigh. The letters that
passed between tho poets wife and sister
breathe q warmth of affection inconsistent
with tho historical impression of their
coldness toward each other. Their stead
fast devotion and trusting reliance on one
another during tho whole Of tho sad time
whsn Byron WAS indulging in the widest
libertinism are tho only redesming fea-
lures Of tho sorrowfal story. Whether or
not the world would have boon tho gamer
by the publication Of the poets memoirs
none can know, but certain it is they were
not given to the flames until mature con-
sideration and deliberation had been had
with those best calculated to know their
contents, and who wsre thereby best able
to prsn5unos upon tho sxpediency of their
suppression. It is scarcely probable, how
ever, that his memoirs would have added
anything to his fame. With all his tran.
scsndsnt genius Byron was q bitterly
malignant hater and there Is little doubt
but that in his effort to vindicate his own
eondsot he would have discharged all tho
venoA M which he was possessed on the
heads oi those whom he fancied had
wrongsd hin. His vindictiveness in this
respect ~ shown in his triumph at the
lamsntsd daaAh Of Sir Samuel Ronilly.
who bad astQl - counsel for Lady Byron,
The last letoR Of tho poet to his wife 10
the most interesting Of tho recent colleo-
tion. It heeathss IN air Of cynical indiffer-
enea, stirred at times with gusts Of that
violent self esteem which was over his most
characteristics. Byron's whole
public life, from the day whom he "awoke
ono morning and found himself famous,"
until his death at Aissolooghi, was ono
prolonged enigma. II, - MAcaulAy says,
madness IL IN essential portion Of the poets
Byron may be said to have
had his full equipment, 70 far a that in.
gredient WAs concerned. His works take on
, now interest from tho tragically sad o..
recr Of their brilliant suthor. who, while
With genius most rare, lacked
the neatd balance 70 often youchsafed 70