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curious CLOSES md marginal notes in old Irish,
besides eight Ogham inscriptions. DE Joubnin.
vile, the Nestor of the Continental keltologues,
serions students Of Kettle philology." Count
Nigra Is a member of the Royal Irish Academy,
ana has served his country as Ambassador sue
cessively at Paris. ST. Petersburg, London, and
Vienna.
Kettle philology in France Is so closely con-
nected with tho Hcruc .Cetique that n summary
OF the contents OF that excellent periodical
would be equivalent to a history of modern
already lengthy article that tho merits OF NJ,
d'Arbois de Joubainvtlie may be enumerated,
others who have reused and led the spirit Of
devotion to Keltic studies. In the seventeen
volumes Of this publication le7l-1S9S) the
whole world OF the Kelt has received minute
and scientific consideratiou-history, language,
grammar. art. heroic adventure by sea and land,
poetry. philosophy. theological science. In q
word. 1t IL a repertory of the most interesting
material concerning one of the Oldest of the
great Aryan races. THOMAS ]. SHAHAN.
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COLE At NEW HAVEN.
A Country Club Plnnned-Tho Yale Team
PrnctIcInE ror the intercollegiate Match.

A Country Club Pinnned-The Yale Team
PracticlnE for the intercollegiate Match.
NEW HAVEN. March 12.-At the very boRin-
Mug of the season all the golf players are active.
Tho principal change In their plans for this year
is the organization of n new body known az the
Country Club. The promoters of It are among
tho leading business and professional men of tho
city. The headquarters of the club are to be on
the Davis farm, halfway up Lake Whitney.
Seventy acres have been leased and links will be
aid put Mt once, TIL" farm extends up about
lake md on "' It viii ip0 be 0ah made OF ,.n 1hs
s Solf Ink 4"a A S foot5r, Sg@ %iii be- sISo SIt with with th hs
lake at the Whitnryviiio church. Plans for an
elegant clubhouse, are being drawn. The por-
consist OF dressing rooms. Later there Will be-
nuIiI nsscinniy rooms, tea room. and large
Vcranuaa. The grounds can be reached by n
road from tho first bridge over tho lake. The
y yeap. w Abo 'nk s, e 5eG war; h Lease sssu at $i;ooos
and after that. the managers estimate, thss e sT.
pense o, running the club viii be $5. 900 a Year.
A Tbe G a0U mem9 TImn are re- expected the hrst year.
Haven Golf Club Is about 200. There viii be a
si.SoS. Sd srffsSs w saif 81 sprsi% nii. t TO .hIs S SeSss
attractive houses in New England u The rhs iinsss
week. The Yale golf team, which 'e won ht tx
intercollegiate Championship last year, will
prospects are bright for an excellent team
the coming season. Most OF last sea.
h3ld2ysr players are Itoderick Terry. Jr.
W w 4. Belts, John Reid, Jr.. 3. A. Smith, and
W. u. smith. Among the promising new candi.
dates are Robertson, Crowell. Havemeyer and
Cheney. 1t Il the plan OF the management of
the present Yale team to arrange the candidates.
ihto SQUADS or teams OF eight or ten men and to
play practice, games oil the links OF The New
raven COLI Club. The Yale team will make The
collegiate tournament. "'''
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SANn HhAAa nav
up the old Irish out of the oblivion OF centuries.
How little the poor monk who scrubbed tho
current idiom OF his native land on a Latin
psalter. by the pebbly Trebbia. under the
shadow OF the rugged and splintered peaks
that dominate the miniature plain OF Bohbio,
thought that he was collecting the materials OF
a dictionary and n grammar to DO written by
ihe children OF those Lombards and Alemans
that he was there to convert! In n second
volume Ascot! gave a translation OF the Irish
CLOSES in tho Codox OF st. Gall. He began also
a"Glossarium palRo.hihernicum." which no left
unfinished. lie was also the editor Of and chief
writer. in the 4rchirio neutrality-suspicious.,
where he treated extensively of the relations
between the Kcltic tongues and the Gallo.Italic.
.Ascoli, who had been for years professor of
philology. died lately at Milan at an advanced
age, full OF honors. He was. a Senator OF the
Kingdom and member Of the most famous ma
tional and foreign learned societies and acade-
mics, distinctions that he owed not only to his
recognized prominence In Kettle philoloRy, but
TO his very profound labors in Sanskrit. Greek,
Latin. Provencal, and to his writings on general
philology. HI edited. in 1880. a curious collection
OF Inscriptions in Greek, Latin. and Hebrew from
the ancient Jewish burial places mt Naples.
One OF the first to follow in the footsteps of
Ieuss and Ehel was the Conte Constantine
Nigra. an Italian philologian OF high rank. He
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OWE KIM OF COURAGE.
The Act That Gained Two Euemies for n Lien
tenant in the Confederate Army.

INC nc Ihht 0aincu Two Enemien for n Lieu.
tenant in the Confederate Army.
CHARLESTON. g. c.. March 1l.-"Courage on
the battlefield is not the only thing that makes
q soldier said an ex-Confederate officer to
THE SUN correspondent. at is very easy for a
man to be bravo when he is shoulder to shoulder
with his comrades, but 1t is different on other
occasions. 1t reminds me OF all incident that
came under my notice during the late war. Ono
day the Captain of q company received word
that the Union soldiers had taken possession
OF q big mansion, and 1t was thought that some
Of the soldiers had been left behind concealed In
were Immediately detailed to make an investi.
cation: They reached the place easily. The
lower floor was examined, but nothing appeared
valuables. The family had fed Mt the approach
or the enemy; The men crept up the stairs and
iooked over the second story. 1t was the same
The door was swinging down and It was evident
that some one had climbed up to the ceiling.
to be searched. He told a private TO go first.
wos I cnne private refused absolutely. He said 1t
open simply TO look for a Union spy. He said
ne would take his punishment at the camp, but
door. The second private was told 10 close The
swinging door. He refused. His reason WAS
that no had a wife and children at home and it
without a word the Lieutenant climbed the
ladder and poked his head in the doorway. X
was very dark and he shut his eyes, expecting
Drains. Ho remained there a half.minute and
i ne toia the %privates that he would not. report
rsmainder Of the war those two priyates were
me %bitterest enemies the Lieutenant ever had
~. ~ human nature, l suppose, for them to
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''Asplrationeu 1 Irsk," or "Tho Aspiration
In Irish" Since then he has boon a busy teach.
or of old. middle, and modern irish in the Uni.
versity OF IopenhnRon. Thus, after n thousand
years. tho sons of the Vikings hear again the &C.
cents of that tongue which was already the old
eat in Europe when their prows first grated on
the sands OF the Irish shore. DIR. Podersen is,
moreover, q frequent contributor to several OF
the principal pathological. reviews of Germany
and his fathorland. Albanian and old Bulgarian
being favorite studies of his. Very curious is
his late article (ls96) on Charms and Incanta-
tions in Modern Irish"
To the preceding savants may be added Herr
Nettlhu, who has paid much attention to
4" Irish Translations from Medieval European
Literature" the welsh Consonants,' and
other Kettle subjects, including tho "Gain.bo,"
thnt loadstone OF all " orkers in the Old Irish.
Horr Holder.EgRer Is the author of an Alt
celtischcr Spracthchatz. or "Thesaurus OF Old
irish one OF tho numerous essays now forth
coming toward the construction of n complete
and scientific Kettle dictionary.
The troubled condition of academic Italy dur
Ing this century Is perhaps the reason why 30
few Italians have taken to the study OF Keltio
philology. though the ties OF history and re.
ligiou might seem to draw them to 1t, AS we'll rs
the fact that Italy possesses tho treasures OF tho
Old Irish monastery of Bobbio. in tho gorges Of
the Apcnnines, between Piacenza and Genoa.
But il Italy has but two great kcltologucs to
show, they are very famous ones. 4
GraZiadio 1saia Ascoli, latoly deceased, ia we'll
known to all plilologians as the editor of Tho
Irish CUdcN IN the Ambrosiana at Milan"
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B.iRE NECRs FOR "CoPs.n
Fo'ce Order In Atlanta Prohibits PatroImeu
from Wearing Drnpery 10 Protect Threats.

Fron the Atlanta Journal.
foiiccmen with long necks and policemen
with necks that easily become cold are not hay.
ing much fun during this cold weather. A man
with a mock too long to be protected by turning
NJ. the short collar on his overcont should dron
out oi the ranks until warm weather. lie can
hower' or Jamestown weed. 1t il then that
ne can snap his fingers at the fat. short.necErd
men put IL 10 a certainty that he is away be.
hind IN the fight now. ="
While Stanley is 2 good man his neck ia not
~ large az Capt: Thompson's. who has charge
o neck that 10 Just long enough for his body. md
while " may be as tender as a stalk q: ]celSrvNi II
ms not had any effect upon HIS ability as an
o1loer. When. Stanley reported YESTERDAY
niorhlhg az headquarters to 20 on duty his neck
was cold, 80 he Tied n silk handkerchief aronnG
II, The hlndkerchlel was draped in craconni
iolds about, his neck md the ends we're lied
IN q lovers knot, under his chin. Stanley yyns
proud ~ The drapery. That adorned his neck. and
,wns uciiRhled over tho prospect of Keeping his
anr0at warm during Tho damp and cold hours
OF inc carly morning, His feelings Of delight
me eSRie eye OF Capt. Thompson foil upon him.
iho captain looked stern and thon hu iookni
ihulgnant After this no looked at Stanley.
Mheh mo Captain, Ind finished look ny he
spnao; am men STANLEY received u shock. His
sunerior officer told him to remove The hand,
kerehie!. Stanley said his neck was cold and
MS throat was sore, hut Capt. Thompsnn Mas
unreiehtlnE. lie said that no man in his watch
sSouia wear q HANDKERCHIEF around his nrcS'
Such lhinEs had @ special mission in this world
a aS s osiee ana n t6S place for them was not around
STANLEY removed his mock drapory and went
out In tho cold and rain. The ionR.necked men
arc praying FOR warm weather.
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&c. Leipsic, 1891. published In cooperation
with Gnterbock, an Invaluable index to the
Irish portion OF Zeuss's nina Celtica.
One OF the most curious of his publications Is
The "Lamentation Of Ireland" tRerue Cciique.
Franciscan, c d udt'eiI in t the seTsp Ge @n i ren.
fury. The manuscript belongs to the University
Library at G0ttingen. The Irish text is accompa.
MED by contemporary TRANSACTIONS into English
and Latin, the former q very creditable perform.
ance. with tho true ballad ring about IL. that re-
calls the reply Of Gkendorer king Henry w.,
Part l., act 3. sc. IL:
can speak English. lord, as well as you;
For was train'd up In the English court;
Where. being but young, I framed to the harp
Many an English ditty, lovely well,
And gave the tongue . helpful ornament.
Ludwig Christian Stern, one of the librarians
OF tho Royal Library at Berlin, deserves well
OF the lovers OF Keltic for his publioa.
lions uS92, l695) of the Irish manuscript OF
Leyden and that of the University Library of
Glessen. He Is also the author Of an intercsl.
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".Historia B~r!ttonum." usually ascribed TO
Nennius., Numerous essays in the ZsitschrtJt
schr1t Fur CeHische Phiioio0ie, and the Zeit-
SchrVt Jir Deutsches -Aiterfhum have called
constant attention to DIR. thinner as an In
yestigator who united to the special skill of
rare power Of presentation. In tho latter re-
view he has developed views concerning the
influence Of the Mortimer on Irish saga and
mythology that have raised no little %contro:
OF tho .Picts, the Arthur legend. the Hes
perica Famina." or euphuistic Latin OF the
early middle ages, and on tho earliest relations
OF the Irish and the North IN are of uni.
versal interest and continue to Emulate re.
search on all the lines indicated or suggested by
these topics. In the university review OF Got
has been a tireless worker. reviewing with great
obJectiyity every important work within tho
lines OF his fayorite studies. He is second TO
none in his knowledge Of the old Irish saga-sys.
OF the "Codex Salmanticensis. an ancient man
uscript Of the lives OF medieval Irish saints,
brought out at the expense Of the Marquis OF
Butte. showed conclusivcly that the original text
Of this famous document WAS not Latin but
Irish, and that in consequence OF ignoring this
the Ballandist editors had fallen below their,
usual high mark in hagiographical work. A
little work Of his on the "Importance of the Irish
Element in the Culture of the Middle Ages" has
been translated into English nsal)a and reprinted
from the Prenssfsrhc Jahrbuecher nss7L
Ha n rs bspe c q at pFes? %Gs OF an sdit d3 L OF the 3
the greatest of the archaic Irish epics. and
which has never yet been published, at least in
It's entirety. Specimens OF 1t are well known In
have long excited the admiration of scholars
and poets, who await with delight the complete
text of this famous old tale that O'Curry con-
stdered the most detailed and accurate picture Of
The old Irish saRas. or hero-talee, seem to
nave exercised O strong fascination on DR..
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FEVER COUNTRY SCHOOLS,
A Elan 10 Combine Free Hack ssryIcs with
Rural Mail Delivery.

ID, NJ. Geetlng. Superintendent of Public In.
strnction, is sending out blanks to ali OF thr
toWnshlp trustees In the State soliciting intor.
nation upon which hc expects to formulate n
oil 10 Do presente 70 the next Legislature that
wills 40 way entirely with many country schools
~ me state. Mr.. GecIing is n firm adyocuie
OF 1.-THE adjustment OF weak and poorly attend.
cd country, schools and the consolidation uf
such schools with the stronger ones, the mn.
Plls TO 10 transported to and from school in
PACKS AZ public expense. Mr.. Geeting Gays that
IN ms opinion al least ] 200 schools could prof.
many schools. Mr.. G%eotlnR says. that do not
average over eight pupils each. The expenses
OF repairs, fuol. &c. make these schools too
costly Ia be maintained longer. wv
Inc man who drives the hnck, MI. Geeting
sa's, Gun ne made = very use4ul functionary,
pressman. and mail carrier combined. The laf.
Yer service, Mr.. Geeting believes, would solve
much harped about. """' Nsso
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Hi KELTIC REVIVAL.
INCREASING INTEREST IN TIE STUDY
or CELTIC PATHOLOGY.

nurvpean Scholars and Reviews Devoted seisiJ
to the s~sbieot-zeuss, the Creator or RToderu
Kettle PhnsieEy-His work ana His Sue.
eesssrr' rasers-wbitIoy stsnes or Dob.
lin. Foremost or zeuss's believers
strachnp OF Ovens College. ana the Great
school or herman Kettle PhloioEists.
In tho general renaissance OF European races
and nationalities that offers ono Of the most
curious phenomena OF the latter half Of tho
ninetcenth century tho revival Of the Keltio
tongues and literatures Is surely not the least
noteworthy item. The Czech. the Finn, the
Fleming. and the Roumanian have como to tho
front with a renewed national consciousness
They have made amazing contributions to his
tory. poetry, and folklore. The great vornacu-
lar tongues which took up tho political and
academic functions Of tho Chrlstianized Latin
have in turn been Obliged to divide the devo-
tion OF scholars. and to be satisfied with their
share Of the patient ~plodding md minute re-
search Of the new schools of philoloRy. While
none OF the new literary languages of Europe
has engaged the attention OF many outside Of
its own geographical range. the Kettle stands
alone as commanding the lifelong attachment
Of an ovcr-increasing list Of English. German,
French, and italian philologians. 1t Is taught in
the several universities Of Germany and In tho
University of France. 10 speak only OF the Con.
tinont. IL has Mt Paris a special review, the
Revue Ccitiqnc, and In Germany several PEE
riodionls devoted to It, among which may DO
noted the /ci'schl IT Jtu' CcHiScif Sprachc
Bcrlin) and the 1rchir FIR Cciische Lcriko.
graphic i"it"llol. Its students arc increasing in
number and attairlhcnts, and their names are
fsvorab!y known In every academic circle in
Europe for tho fine quality o. their work, its
conscientious finish, tho happy choice OF sub
AA.N, .,,..N, - ~ - -
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edited in 1869 tho
Irish CLOSES In tho
CodeN or Turin" He
has also written on the
Irish Closes in Man
uscripts at Vienna and
Berne." He was n CO.
laborer OF Ebel in the
second edition OF
Ieuss's Grammatica
Celtica lS71). His
most important work
is Religuie Celtiche
(lS72-1S75). or edition
OF an Irish manuscript
OF Priscian. belonging
to tho monastery of st.
Gall. This old manu-
script, written in Ire
land early in the ninth
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UOOD EN- Es.
a considerable Number suI Remaininr en-
M~anhattAn Island,

1t Isl more or less common idoa that all the
wooden houses remaining In the city are In
Harlem; although almost the last of Thorn are
being displaced there. But II one win look along
the cross streets, especially toward the river.
from the Ninth avenue elevated road. he
Will see scattered along down the west side,
below Fifty-ninth street. a considerable mum.
Der OF wooden houses still remaining In that
part OF The town. He will see now and then q
wooden house on a corner. but most of them are
down tho %stroots; Occasionally there il seen
one thst stands back from the sidewalk. The
time when space In the city had already become
very valuable. and though they may be only
Two or three stories high they are built out to
and there in long blocks Of brick and stone.
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grammar and litera- DIR. WHITLEY STOKES.
ture OF the keltic tongues. Among his writings
IN the last forty years may DO cited "Irish
Closes" Three Irish Glossaries." Three Mid
dle-Irish Homilies." "Goidelica, Irish CLOSES.
Prose and Verse;" several Cornish and Breton
texts, "The Calendar of oengus," "Saltair ma
RAM" THE Old Irish CLOSES at WArzbure
and Carlsruhe." olives of Saints from the Book
Of Lismore.' Tho ennes Dindsenchas," .Tbe
MArtyrology OF German, -" Urkeltischer Sprach-
sehatz' and "The Gaelic Marco Polo." For
the Rolls Series of Chronicles and Me-
MORALS of Great Britain and Ireland he edited
the "Tripartite Life of st. Patrick" and for
the Revue CeltiQue us95-ls06) the ANNALS of
TiRernach." an Irish chronicler of the eleventh
century. Other erudite Kettle studies are to be
found In the pathological reviews of Kuhn, OF
Bezzenberger. and in the reports and transact
rons OF various learned societies and academies.
He Ia. moreover. one OF the editors of the new
Archives OF Kettle photography" destined
ito collect, coordinate and scientifically illus
trate the rich material of words and phrases
contained in all the various Kettle languages,
and thereby to facilitate the compilation of ade-
quate dictionaries and promote better under
standing Of the literature" All this has not
prevented this scholar OF extraordinary breadth
OF attachments from contributing frequently In
his special limo TO various learned reviews
like Kuhn's and Bezzenbsrger's. and to philo-
logical societies and critical periodicals, nihI
auod tetfgit non ornauit.
or the same school 10 Mr.. Jamos Strachan.
professor Of Greek In Owens College, Mancbes-
ter. His pathological contributions to Kuha's
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great Kelto!oguq, Ebcl. the author Of "Celtische
studion." Dicfenbnch had preceded zeuss in
1881 with his comparative dictionary of
Teutonic languages, but he did not have
tho good fortune to examine the manu-
scripts that the old Irish missionary monks
OF the eighth and ninth centuries brought with
them into or Transcribed In Germany. and in
several of which they left notes, CLOSES and
commentaries that Zcnss studied with the
greatest success. and out of whose thousands of
unknown words and forms he reconstructed
what Is known as the old Irish. or the most
primitive form now attainable of the Gaelic
torGne-the form In which Patrick and Bridget
and Columbia spoke it,, and which was used by
Finn MacCool and Cormac MacArt and Mall of
the Nine Hostages. The richest o: tho manu-
scripts that Zeuss s:udied was tho "Leber Sancti
Columbani do Dobbio." now in the Ambrosiana
at Milan. out OF which Latin psaltcr no secured
over = 5000 old Irish CLOSES.
The scientific foundation was now laid, and
the proper method indicated and proved relia-
BILE. In Ireland. the home OF the principal Keltio
Tongue, tho Gadhelic or Gaelic, the labors of
Ieuss. Diefenbach, Ebol and others were not
without OBJECT on men like Eugene O'Curry and
John 0Donovan, DR.. Todd. DR.. Reeves. William
X. Sullivan, William III. Hennessy, and otherA.
who continued the learned traditions that Ed
ward o'Iieilly and Charles o'Conor had inner.
tied from the last representatives of the native
scholarship of The Gael. Poverty. persecution,
and politics have prevented tho fullest develop
ment of Kettle studies in tho one nation that
stands yet for the great pre-Christian empire of
the Kelts. whose ancient idiom was once the
tongue Of conquest and administration on the
Danube and the Elbe. as on tho Thames and tho
Seine. the Rhine. the TaguS and the Ebro."
Foremost among the successors Of Zeuss stands
Whitley Stokes, member Of q family distin-
guiBhed In Ireland for its erudition, graduate
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cal Rericw. the celtic MaDasine. and others.
In cooperation with Prof. Kuno Meyer he has
published The Voyage of Bran. Son OF Febal,
to tho Land of the Living" an extremely inter.
esting edition of n seventh century Irish sen
voyage. with an essay by Mr.. Mutt on 1.-THE
Irish Vision OF the Happy Othcrworld and tho
Celtic Doctrine of Rcbirth."
The spirit OF Zeuss worked on in the father
land in his Incompatible "Grammatica Gel
ticn,' the FIRST complete resurrection OF a tongue
buried under u thousand years OF oblivion. Tho
best known of his later disciples are WindisCh,
thinner. Kuno Meyer, Thurneyscn. and Stern.
Mhilo SOnlmrr md pnhersnn lNNn ~ Tho lnIrst
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The Impressive CIV.

This will wear away in five years, sail "
stranger to another, as they stepped fr O.
street crossing up on tho pavement in q b
part Of tho city. He referred 10 tho =.
blocks which formed The pavement there.
Mas q hard granite. and II seemed as thoua'
OF the ways in which the city Impressed hin
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1S7sl. This celebrated
man, script IL Il very
ancient Latin psalter
that once belonged to
the monastery of Bob.
bio, and, indeed. is said
to be no other than the
Psalter of ST. Colum.
banus. the founder of
Bobbio Mt the end of
the sixth century. The
first volume OF this
work contains the Latin
text and the old Irish
CLOSES that are written
throughout bet wecn
tho lines and the COL
umns of the manu-
script or along tho
edges. These famous
CLOSES furnished. it Is
said. over 5000 words
to Zeuss and other toll
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Kuno Meyer. professor
of Teutonic languages
In University College,
Liverpool. He is n grad
uate OF the University
of Leipsic and q pupil Of
Windisch. He Is well
known by his editions
with English transla-
tions) Of the Irish YER
sions of Old World
tales. like the hero. tales
OF Alexander tho Great.
the Irish Odyssey. the
Battle OF Ventry, tho
Adventures of Ncra. the
Pursuit OF Diarmard
and Grainne. Goch.
marc Emere, and other
middle Irish texts. He
is also a steady contrib
utor to the Revue Gel
fiOue and ono of the al.