The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-09-25

parliament. the act from which Irish poll
tics took their color from 1900 TO 1913
The second Sir John Parnell was also a
patriot. and il was upon his motion in the
house Of commons that the Pitt minis
try was thrown out. on the accession Of
William ~ I'm 1871 he became mem
Der Of the house of lords as Baron
CongletOn, and soon after became VIC
lentlv insane and committed suicide. His
uncle, an Episcopal minister, also died
insane. The brother If the second Sir
John Parnoll was grandfather Of the
present noted leader, and was Of q melan-
cholv Temperament I'm his son the same
popularity terminated in consumption
His wife, mother of Charles Stewart Par
nell, is an American woman, and seems TO
have acquired tho family tendency to
melancholy On this the western con
tincnt. consumption. and gastric troubles
are unhappily too common for any reader
10 need an explanation Of their close con-
nection with prolonged and hopeless mel
ancholy. 80
SO much has Mr. Perner occupied pub
lie attention in the last dozen years that
it is a surprise TO learn that he is but a.
years old, and that during the stirring
American era Of lSGO-6j lac was winning
renOwn at Cambridge as pugilist rather
than as a scholar. Probably because he
knew his hereditary tendency he early be-
came a dcyoteo OF active sports, and few
in the college excelled him On one occa-
sion party Of students were out "on a
lark. and "a burly college beadle' at
tempted TO capture them The others
fed bat Parncll "put mp bis dukes, and
there was q very pretty contest between
brute strength and boxing skill, in which
the "beadle was badly worsted. Like a
true Briton. he acquired q high respect
for his young antagonist, the case was
not hardly pressed and the college au.
thOrities imposed a heavy fine in place OF
expulsion ~"a
Parnclls ancestral home. Avondsle, IS
in the loyciiest dale Of County Wicklow,
under the shadow Of the far famed Wick
low mountains All around are the
heights where the Irish insurgents Of
1898 took their stand and for time BAT
fed the British troops. There the brave
Miles Byrne and his little band kept the
red coats at bay nftcr all the rest Of Ire
land was crushed and in his youthful life
among these scenes and study of their
history Mr. Parncll absorbed his intense
enthusiasm for Irish liberty. The Par
nell mansion is plain and modest, but sur
rounded by some Of the most romantic
scenes in Ireland; and but a few rods
from tho door flows the clear and ripping
Avon
The main hall of the mansion is a
museum Of Irish antiquities and memen-
toes old flags, pixies, spears and other
curiosities. Among these and in many
other places IN the house are some of the
many Illuminated addresses presented to
the owner in Ireland and America. 1t is
a trife odd. too, that lie should be an
Irish landlord" but he has good es-
tate, well stocked with blooded cattle,
and employs also about 250 men in his
quarnes aud other works. His personal
works are conducted with business energy
and precision, and with his tenants he
puts in practice his most extreme land
reform doctrines While at Avondale
and not engaged in experimenting his
works he lives in almost complete retire
ment. For general society he has little
taste, but has few personal friends TO
whom he IS warmly attached. and toward
whom he acts in the spirit Of the motto
inscribed on the large flag in his hall, a
mement0 OF the volunteer days" of O
century ago: "NelOx ct acer ct fdelis
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