The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-21
Haggard and Unkempt, His
Nerves All Unstrung.
WAGINe A HOPELESS BATTLE.
The Once Dignified Statesman Hurl-
ing Abuse at His Opponents.
He Reviies Justin Mccarthy Again-The
Question OF Mud or Limo still Unset
hed-Envoy Harrington, Loyal to
Parnell, Warmly Welcomed Home.

KILKENNY, Dec. co. New York Herald
Cable. MIR. Parnell is a changed man,
once he was strong and powerful in limb,
face, character and voice. Now he is stag
gering on the verge of the grave, or some
thing else. Whatever may be the cause,
Parnell is not himself. He is thin in BODY
and haggard in face. His beard is un-
kempt and his hair struggling. That his
voice is husky is not TO be wondered at, for
he has worked it hard of late, but
more serious is the fact that his
stock of nerve force seems gone
also. Parnell no longer makes speeches.
He faces meetings either from window or
his wagonette. When a speaker proclai inns,
There is but one leader of the Irish race.
and his name Is Parnell," Parnell might
be expected to bow, put not at all. He
says Hear" to himself, and says it loud
enough to be heard by anyone within five
yards. All these things he does in a curl
Gus mechanical way, that reminds one of
a complicated German toy. 1t is impossi-
bic to realize that he is in condition to
appreciate the effects of some of his state
ments.
Think of the once digni6ed man de-
scribing his followers as cocksparrows
day, if a bomb had suddenly exploded it
would not have caused more surprise than
Parnells exclamation, 'sTo hell with
Hong Kong" Fitzgerald was speaking,
and when he referred to Hennessy as an
English Official" Parnell took off his cap,
swung it around his head and shouted,
Down with Hong Kong and English die
tation" Then he put his cap, looking
downward as if in search of some particu-
lar paving stone, and shouted, "To hell
with Hong Kong"
He must have been drinking" said a
gentleman who stood near. That he was
drunk or out of his mind seems to be the
general conclusion.
Parnell continues to take an active part
in the campaign. Today he delivered an
address from hotel here. He was very
positive in the assertion that slate and lime
were the substances thrown at him the
other day. He declared that he would
allow no combination, however powerful,
to drive him from his duty to Ireland. He
ridiculed Mccarthy as leader who did
not have two ounces of steel in his whole
body.
Parnell made another speech this even
ing. In the course of his remarks he said !:
In 1875 God told me to put my hands to lthe
plow and obeyed. I feel certain that the day
Of victory is at hand, and that this In the last
bitter struggle before Ireland.
Throughout the town of Skibbereen and
Cork placards have been posted, bearing
the words "Civl war is certain"
Parnell's physicians have issued a
formal statement, declaring that the sub
stance thrown into Parnell's eyes was
lime, and that the danger of permanent
injury to his sight is not yet over.
QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 20.-The steamer
Aurania, from New York for Liverpool,
arrived today. Harrington, the only one
of the six Irish ENJOYS who went to Amer
ica who espoused the cause of Parnell, is q
passenger on the Aurania. He came
ashore here and received a great ovation
from a crowd at the dock.
LONDON, Dec. 20.-The Kilkenny cores
pondent of the Daily Nescs says the danger
to Parnell's eyes has been ridiculously ex-
aggerated. Parnell would have done
equally well without the bandages. The
whole thing is clap-trap and make-be-
lieye