The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-01-09

~ hos bh'UN VI UhTTtnO OF Inlnn ana fOrs
Ihey have their own charm. Mountains havs
had hard. names hurled at them by people who
to others the AND p ehe boa ana han NOR STsS ars o niI'o, ,M
few. II yon, have lived anywhere along tMe
west coasi OF Kerry you must needs have known
range and the bog is there before yon. " a.
the pocket OF water that keeps the neat mos,
from tumbling into the ocean. some Of II Las
:, 4.s.sns IL, %Se5''s; sn IcT the 70, %.slHci',; }iaGsd:
Of peat binding tho loose rocks together.
Even here the only spots entirely denudcd
are nlled with inky water willie along ihs
edge:of the outtine..fronds OF bracken already
vrlass h iss nP TO- s sI"a sSs WSnna ,hrS %s, out 4.
eret, weed. .sedums. and bed straws. rag.
weed, and red moor grass sprinR up, and
pcarance OF red bog on u bird s-eye View. 10
get up TO tho spot where plnrt life Is seen to
der color. one has to scramble up a iii thfou.h
n wood that had been bullled and burc,ed 6y
WINGS tina: sTept clsar from the reeking banks
just a Jungle OF brnmbles. distorted. tortured
yews. hazel. and bracken. dwarf oaks. stuntei
Of saturation, aud the atmosphere like that 0i
the everglades, OF Florida. Vines and grass
aud drags down many = trunk that with.tood
Atlantic gales. Dead fungus AXES possession,
pink.lipped. battered parasites. 1his Is u forcins
house Tor all forms OF cryptogrsms. II. Pat
rick ssmiracle Is ell that assures you OF the alb
senco OF reptiles.
just AS you emerge from the wood the ,alt
ayr comes up crisp and tinRling on the dixie
.hat holds Dog from wood. From the warm
bracins ridge and inhaIe The sc eer Ss u %G
flowers and heather. Everything Is asiir.
pepiIens Of wo.d and bog meet on the dixie.
lions. and moths bask In the sun. up aud
down the sun-steeped bank the Filded newt,
with a regard only for.the wary fy. the nat.
ter-lask toad blipks his eyes of jet, Below the
bank the bog lies NO the mountain side.
broom and furze diss ppearlng. hut purple
heather running along the peaEs and ridg.s
and mershy bits %bristling with reed mace and
late-colored stacks. Hesthery tussocks accen.
the ehp.nse OF brown spaanum and clumps OF
Carniyorous plants OF innocent guise spring
from the water: from a rosette OF green leaves
q delicate violet bell hangs pendulous from a
every. wandering insect. The ground quaker,
It's ,fairest clump of bloom threatening TO open
to the next. Peewits. snipe, and red shank
rise from the heather. The spagnum is quite
dTy, though a footsep sends Il under water.
where teal nest. but the spasnum IS sending
out us arms to Sard TIE centre. the peaty shore
Allied ~crowfoot springs unsulllei from water
Above the first mark the sky line in an un.
broken. phalsnx, and below the bog. WHERE
part OF Il has been drained. trees have been
planted In the soil that, warps into great ridges
-. " lebblt'. ~ AOOL
sinks in pine needles and dry moss soft and
springv, as y carpet aud sheeted in springtime
Emily Lawlsss. .uthor Of "GrapiS." IL /. ali
this. To the ordinary tourist the hog Is as
areary and wet AS II is 10 the poor pea. cutter.
who, with his slane. stands knee deep in the
bog and slices out The fuel. THIS is spread and
,nrhed and ',eured"" aud carried from the deld.
the cutters hearth all winter with its ruddv
GLOW. But wet, IL smokes him out. taints the
potatoes, gives the children red eyes. and dis
Rude portable presses are now used In the
neid.to extract the water and compress the peat
Into smaller compass 70 make the cost o: hand
Int l!s,. a Few years sgO a parliamcut-ry
commission made some tests with peat, ~
smelling iron and running engines. because Of
,hs absence or saipnur. The ;ugply is prac.
English coal mines are exhausted Irish peat
may run the factories. At present tie fuel 10
used onlS by tn. peasants in the neichhorhooi
or the bogs as the most primitive metLud arc
EN- loyed in cutting II. bile engineers have
declarei that all boys can be drained. covered
with clay and lime TO Dissolve nnd mase stAnle
the w%ool;like spagnum, and cultivate. above.
ShflS at the same time making II easier 10 take
out the, more valuable peat below. II i now
No great attemp,Ns- ever been made 20
Ing the Government and the little knuwleIss
and vast speculation REGARDING the subler-
the peasantry the feat is believed tn ~ lmpos.
sible. The surfaces that rise and fail season
Rfter season are my strrioGr aud tVrritIlFG -
volcanoes. PITS appear. floods gusA furtA. and
In such n season ns this IA wide area appagea'lv
moves over into another parish. conveyed
by the ever potent fairies. Who have the!r
honle In the inkS depths Of the water i.luw.
There Is something uucanny. too, In the bodies
sntoinbed below, not given over To corrulti NAT
ter the order OF ma turc. but preserved as " 'lr-'-
es To- legend. tradition, and history. VnrlJt
the boys already given up treasure t.,; ION:
firms the splendid fragment OF az ,utc OF
The Cattle Spoil ~ Cooley" g,ur.Aci -.
Columbkill, and brought G,raidus Cambrcns's
TO confusion There Is more hne gold ~ an
Client ornament In tho museum at Dublin thnn
In all tho other antiquarian collr, tiouN IN IN
rOte, And the hogs have kept their sharc ~ u
bright and unsullied as when the crown pressed
the bro of Con az the Hundred Battles.
Great Increase In Crime In South Carolina.
COLUMBIA, :. c.. Jan. -Attorncy-Gcuersl
w. A.. Barber will report some surprising hinge
TO the Legislature when IL MEETS next week as
TO crimes in the state during the last year. Tho
increase ~ homicide cases ia most marked.
In 1889 there were III OF these cases, With -
convictions: last year there were 2OT, with -
convictions. Eighteen OF these cases wrr" ap-
pealed 10 the supreme Court and nine affirmed.
There were five death sentences imposed, ltis
admitted on every hand that there Is something
radically wrong with the Jury laws In The state.
IAaN - tAIN. NHlN 40 Nl-. AGAEl AAN l-.4 -a "a IN