The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-09-21

LosDoN. Sept S--Every Engiishman turns
his house into an impregnabls fortress and
makes his feeling about its being his castle
pretty apparent: he hedges himself IN with
Jealous barriers and screens. brooks no right
OF way on those sacred premises. while In bis
patriotic soul wages q constant conflict be-
tween his blind fidelity to the established
institutions OF his native land and his consti-
tutional enmity against tax gatherers and
other prying officials who periodically invade
his privacy. 1t seemed. then. as II unique
opportunity was offered to him for tho full OK
crcise OF his feudal instincts. his love OF annex.
ntion. his bent for self-governmont whom an
entire island was put up for sale tho other day.
like secon d-hand piece OF furniture. by we'll
known auctioneers In the city. But not svon
purse proud parvenu. a city magnate or an
ambitious speculator was found TO bid on the
the island Of Herm in spite OF the glowing do.
scrlption held out rs tempting bait.
Less known than any Of tho group Of tho
Channel islands. Herm Is not mean bit Of
property. 1t is in tho shadow as II were Of
green bower.l aned Jersey. where Marshal Mac.
Mahon Ia now forgetting tho pomp OF tho
Elysje: close to rugged Guernsey. still glow.
Ing with the living memories Of the great poet
exile. and the familiar II imaginary names OF
Diruchette and Gillian; near also TO wild
Sark. with the sea fowl and curlews oircling
round Its inaccessible rocks; and II 70 more.
over separated from the influence OF efyete
civilization By the most villainous bit OF sea
eternally dashing round the base of the
Caskets. 1t enjoys the special privileges OF the
larger islands and the immunities which. like
the old Aragonese JueOs. make them inde.
pendent Of the two neixhbors to which geo.
graphically they equally beong-Fraucs and
England.
Herm is mile and half In length BY
one in breadth and covers about 40
acres. On 1t are several houses. o hotei. q
port. and granite aunrries. 1t has been from
time immemorial let to the Grown on u lease Of
twenty-one years. constantly removed for tho
sum OF f14 year and premium OF f42. Tho
income derived therefrom In vegetables. rah-
bits. Gsh and granite Is estimated at $500. but
could II Ia SAID DO raised to thousand. These
do not end the advantages which would have
accrued to a purchaser. He would become do
facto king OF the island. on which no stranger
could land without his permission Mother tho
postman nor the rate collector would knock at
his gates and disturb the tenor OF his days.
Taxes OF any kind are unknown. A portion Of
the blessing Of st. Patrick has boon waited to
Herm. for there. as in ireland. no vermin
dwels. No auctioneers. lawyers. olergymsn.
or doctors are to DO found; their services are
not required. The School Board has no author.
ity. vaccination Is not compulsory and the sea
being deep and the cliffs precipitous. 1t Ii oaay
to dispose OF nuisances. All this could be had
but no one being willing to pay more than
5000 for it. tho property was withdrawn. TO
Herm may thus DO destined to become the
seif-chosen St Helena OF soma Indicating
20 wsa %So Or
shadOwy ssmblance OF absolute power IN q
pocket edition; may close his eyes to the p:
the Prineo.s impsria! Of &ernan e W Who nisS III
the mask Of sSf.restrsint she wears in public
anG ,ndSEe still II the minutim which abe loyes
child her mStnss hsa sse
Opt ser adss os =
and en!iuhlsned love Of literature scisnos. and
art. Her views are positive, her Judgment
free thinker. but rarely expresses an opinion.
ana never e, rsseinns u; enc visits every studS
m and n al s ana models
contradiction is as competent housewife
as II she was not clover woman; She
WAS nearly saying her house--enRages her
servants and goyernesses, routs them up ct SIX
throughout the vstabiishnlemt and sends her
8. Through her agency in ali the public squares
white sand are raised. SO that chiliren kept in
the city may indulge in healthy play with pals
at the sea shore. She faneies that the air Of
her future capital gives her headaches, and ahe
before accepting an invitation from foreign
Ambassa! Tor or Prussian noble. she sends q
st al the shall Ps hrown
tuae Of me little rocky island so easy Of access.
pirs. snd yei more fully her own than Prussia
with all its extension OF territory ever will bal
OF those royal honsshoIds OF which only Y " tSs
cold. stately splendor meets the eye. How few,
would guess that for eighteen months sincO her
aecIdent. she has been racked with almost intoi-
she hal herself carried once q week to the Au-
gustn Hospitai and to tho Augusta foundation
killed in hattie both these institutions are Sss
own work. and she dispenses In person consola-
sn ssx and .Se ssnss svHs
Of q the !. public ShurShss: Emprsss in name.
tions. even the most trying ones. OF her station:
gives audiences. resolves Populations. u
her numerous family. and astonshes the most
o inc Fl her unans
jewels, robed in her purple mantle frinsed
train intent ionally thrown over her feet hides
the mnimed. tortured limb az efYectually a. nor
sunerings are coneea'ed under the sniie which
Mistress OF tha Robes standing a lttia back on
the left, or on the ladies' bending low before
her In triple courtesy HI they pass
Sha, who best could reveal the truth and tai
o. noble endurance and brave patience. 10 the
peasant home In the provincea 10 give The
SSnhvsrsign relief by her deft nanipulntions.
she mas done nothing else since her childhood
anu the prUfBSsiOna! Gift of hAnliai, inno n
hereditary IN her family. rs Il Is with many al
the Sileslnn shepherds This aged woman ru6s
day. according to the intensity Of tho pain. and
H. +, r nr AWAY from hor now. She follows her
sits IN the ante room during the Thursday re-
csItions. in a tribune. during tho royal balls
anu concerts. q ,Inaint. homely. and Pic
eyen for short visit to hsr native village, Tie
EMPRESS sent Tor her daughter. already a
court earriaRs To YiaiI NIL lhn linnS ali r.aass