The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-07-09

was leaving MS cottage TO Jake up his
work in the mine with the afternoon
o'clock, telling him that as l had walked
the length Of Cornwall from Plymouth l
wished 10 reach PenZance the same way,
and not by rail from st. Ives.
AVID rat tina! Tha cussn't cannot
stuff me-" he replied, with genuine scorn
III his honest face.
l saw he had mistaken me for tramp,
and turned away with CHEEKY Good
day" He beloved TO me instantly:
Ii tha'u wait bit, my son, anvil see
ii Ginny (his wi1e) can spare tina mos
sell"
There was not ''mossel" to eat left in
cousin jacks house, as his crib" or
lunch bag, held the last ''faggan," or
'pasty," but his generosity was not to be
defeated. He soon reappeared and pressed
upon me miners candle, putting 1t in
my pocket with his own rough hands,
and sending me along the right road to
PenZance with many beloved parting
words Of cheer.
This candle was mystery to me at the
time, but l soon discovered its signiti-
canoe and value. Through some ancient
custom, or mining regulation, corps"
OF miners is compelled each month to
buy certain number OF pounds of can
dies. These are the best quality of can
dies known in Cornwall, and all other
lowly folk like to get them. So the over
plus Is carefully saved, divided among
the mine ''pairdners' and taken home to
the miners wives, who exchange them
for thrilling luXuries and necessities at the
shops. Miners candles are therefore cur
rency of the realm, "a can'ls worth of
tay," cheese, eggs, sugar, ETC., having
been from time lmmemorlal equivalent
to a "ha'penny'o rth" OF these or other
articles i'll exchange.
The frauplnr will lnor-Ta thaf no
ure in visiting PenZance is to be found in
the extraordinary objects of interest and
the glorious coast scenery accessible from
the town, rather than in the place itself.
1t is barren OF antiquities and historic
charm. There were once some SNUG
glers here. Sir Humphrey Dayy was
native OF the place. A comic opera has
been written about it. That is nearly
all, beside numberless inns and lodging
houses, which you can find to interest
you here.
1t is, however, the metropolis OF the
Lands End District of Cornwall. and is
always running over with tourists for
whom the famous logan or rocking stone,
the sublime headlands, the hoary parish
churches round about, the grand old &C.
clesiastic antique, st. MichaePs Mount
(Which must not be confOunded with
Mont st. Michael on the coast of Nor
mandy, and Lands End itself, the south
westernmost point in England, have an
endless fascination. One feature of PEN
Zance itself is indicative of the genuine
enjoyment of English people i'll summer
In their trips by coach or in humble traps
or vans. In the one long, narrow street
of the city you can on any summers day
count from 100 to 200 of these vehicles,
whose occupants, as there is no railway
or town Of any importance beyond PEN
Zance, are tarrying here for refreshments
and rest.
But Mounts Bay itself, at the edge of
which rests PenZance, on almost level
ground behind her huge bIeakwater, and
from which ST. MichaePs Mount rises to
very great hight with sheer escarpments
Of granite on three sides, and the dim old
crag, crowned by mass upon mass of
medieval towers, is one of the most
charming marine bits for observation and
study in Europe.
The bay is horseshoe shaped, its mouth
opening directly to the south upon the
English Channel, which is at all times
covered with sailing craft and steamers.
On the right, or western side, is PEN
zance, backed by tarreaching hills, and
struggling Off to the southwest toward the
headlands OF Mousehole and st. Glenn
entS. On the north of the bay, asleep
in the simmer Of the summer sun, is
Narration, a market for Cornish tin, con-
trolled by Jews from 1,500 to 1000 years
ago. AIOulu ILLS Olu place cluster some
of the most curious legends of CORVALLIS
remote past.
The western boundary of the bay is
formed by one of the strangest roadways
in the world. From the mainland, near
Narration, winds a submarine thorough
fare-certainly submarine at high tide
to the far grim mount within the sea. At
low tide it is high and dry, and splendid
means of communication between the
island and the land. No one has ever
been able to solve the mystery of this
singular road, and whether a natural
phenomenon, or made by the hand of
man, you can only conjecture as you
wend your way upon it with the gray old
hight looming vaster and more mysteri-
GUS as you approach.
Poets have made it their theme; artists
have been delighted with the picturesque
grandeur and beauty of its overhanging
rocks, and Kings have fought furiously
for its possession and mastery. The
legend is that st. Michael, the Archangel.
appeared here in 495, and in conse-
quence of this it was visited by st. Ken
ma, who founded a religion establish
ment TO commemorate the event, 1t is
known, however, that a priory Of Bene-
dictine monks was placed here by Edward
the Confessor, and the mount was exclu-
sively devoted to religion until the time
of Richard I. Since that time it has been
lures, captivities and immurement, valor
and treachery. In 1860 it came into the
possession of the ST. Aubyns of Corn
wall, who have continued to beautify this.
one of the most extraordinary spots in
the world.
At the northern base are extensive for
utications and a village. AT the top of
the mount there is more striking COL
lection of buildings, formed for the pur-
pose of religious uses and the stoutest de-
Tense in medieval times to be found else
where in Great Britain. The guardroom.
with its ancient armor, is alone worthy
of months study. Warwick Castle can
not boast grander parts. The chapel
which is fitted up with stalls in the man
ner Of cathedral, and Chapel Tower de-
serves to rank among the most venerable
and stately curiosities in Europe. The
Chevy Chase room, which the old reject
DRY is now called, from the maze of hunt
ing scenes upon its frieze, is a marvellous
study IN ancient oak carving.
The present owner of this SURPRISING
medieval relic is Sir John st. Aubyn Of
Cornwall, and the royal family are his
guests here nearly every year.
EDGAR i. WAKEMAN.
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Hoods Pills are purely vegetable. per-