Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1893-09-02

score of the most sceaIcslIy tn.ers.tsn,
tours to be found In Scotland Of nsnsEsI,SS
includes visit here. Some of thr-e I5ts
the tour TO Fort William AID Iuytrnrss
through the GREATEST o. Soo.ch lcchs xns
the Caledonian canal; 70 Null, SKYE. GAR.
loch aid Loeb hAres; and above ali 10
Stafts, Ffogars cave aud the client, sscrod
ruins of Ions, are not surpassed for HE
toric interest and scenic grandeur In the
whole world.
Were IL not for the bright tides Of life
continually ebbing and flowing through
Obsn, the white city, embedded IN emerald
and blue with an outer rim of purpls
where the ghostly mountains lie, would
impressively recall those silent, half orisn-
tai towns of white, like Gecks of beaten
foam between tbs sea and hills, yen will
see upon the northern shores while calling
upon Mediterranean waters. There Is .
depth of color and light here, at times
beautifully sottened by feaihery nis;s
from sea and mount, which intensifies thi.
seeming, and Is very dear to the heart of
British artists. Little is there to know or
see of gay social life in Oban. TIE de-
oorous Scotch nature is ever warlly deco
rous In passive pleasures; and these who
are here for the season subsist In q sort Of
droning purring of quiet, which strongly
possesses all who come to idle through a
Gay or week. Quiet, rest; q drinking In
OF the b!snded sea and mountain air: a si-
lent contemplation Of all the grand and
lavish scenes that nature spreads 10 view:
perhaps the gentle mental fire Of coming
the ancient Gslic pages tie centuries have
left TO read In the grim ruins of Castles
Dunviiy and DunstAhnsse, IN the latter of
who was kept the ''Stone OF destiny;" in
the Clseh a-Choin pillar where EYngsl
bound his deg Bran; in KsTTeTa'a castle
Gylen and Dairy field, where the second
Alexander died; aud In the wCndrcus com
Ing and going Of tcuTis. folk from every
land, are found the wltching thrAll Of
Ooan. Its summer folk idle little upon Its
pretty streets. They stroll nstlessly In Its
lanes and mountain pa,hs. They haunt
the quays and zee the steamers come and
go like dresmers gazing upon the pleasant
scenes of dreams. The lights are rosrcely
lighted in the long cleaning OF event!de
And when night, the pale lasgArd here. at
last appears, o5an and lis lszlly happy
summer .dlsrs are asleep.
Here as elsewhere In Scotland Won can
not avoid the humidity, nor can you fail
TO observe one of the curious efEects upon
Scotch people themselves. They are either
wholly indifferent to It's inhaence OF seem
TO possess a sort of liking for g, from Isug
syne oonpsn!onship. A fish pOAcLer viii
cast bis hook In contrntedness all day long
through steady dr.Izle. All Eorts OF
pessAnt-fo!k along tie roadside pursue
their regular vocatiOns in peltIng showers,
as II utterly unconscious of the drenchiug
elemsnt. Excursion snd picnic parties set
forth for days outing In r pouring rasn
with she saGns suthus!3sm as on q clear
morning The indifference 10 th@ unist
and the rain may hsSe become a national
Characteristic ehrnrrssh 4.
Scottish people of woolrn clothing. 80
psifect in quality AID comfortable Ia tex
tule ss 20 proitot the body from the i'll
enect OF sudden change in temperature
and the chill Of cvApOraiing moisture.
But you cannot Eccount of the spparent
aciusl liking Of misl ard dE!zzle, dEiszle
and mist, save ON TIE theory that endless
oompanionship with any thing 60 ex&spsrA-
ting Sc intermittent fog, sun aud drizzle.
In time gives the habit Of liking, " not
indeed Of love.
That the Scotch love thsIr mists and
drizzlss you have endless proof; Dear
Aud Reskie" COlj Fcggy or Smoky Is no,
only the priaeful sppelIaticn for mist-
wreAthed, drlZzls -spTinkled E1ihbursh,
one Of the moEt Interesting cities OF the
world, but it Is the love-nsms OF ell old
Scotia Itself Amy Gay in she YEAR you
will meet groaps Of society ls6ieH or bnsl-
ness men gathered at crossings or near I'm
Porsaut building entrances, che~ry Sc
laIks on June morning IN their exchange
of courtesles or gossip. whiio tiny Eills OF
rain are mer-ily ooursing from thsIr care,
chins and noees, or ssekiag alOng tolerA-
tive vertebrs the sSqusst-rsI and Fp1ngy
shades of wAssi-hanir, hip pockets and
kiited skirts. Wh:l- a5out GssrSe Square
81 Glasgow. tbs old Iron S.esple, DUN
fTiEs, the picturesque landing ul.ra and
In George st.est hsTs IN ObA1, and along
High street or IN Waterloo Plsos, in
Edinburgh. you will see scores of people
standing idly in the rain; as though they
had come out of irksome and confirming
Installations for an invigora,ing cup, lite
rally sup, of this SORT OF fresh air
FDGAR l. WaErNar