The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-23

JERS[YMAN IN IRELAND.
John A. Walkers Interesting
Description Of the Beau
ties Of Killarney
REVIEW OF TRADE IN EUROPE.
American Goods Popular and
Sell Well Abroad Whea
the Price is Right.
REVIEW OF TRADE IN EUROPE,

cornpanied by Mrs. Walker, and they
visited among other places the famous
Killarney Lake district in Ireland MI
walkers Impressions of that surprisingly
lovely part of ireland are interestingly
told in an interview with a.sNews' rep
r~esentative. Speaking of his trip he
said
1T was two in the morning when the
Umbria dropped anchor in Queenstown
Harbor. six days and sixteen hours from
Pier a, North River, N. Y. 1t was even
then broad daylight, as the u is an
early bird in ireland. We went ashore
in a tender and waited some hours for
the first train. The harbor is the largest
in Great Britain. and Queenstown Is built
on the hill slope. We passed Cork; did
not stop at Barney Castle, for have we
not blarney enough; changed cars at
Mallow and a two hours ride brought US
to Killarney, and as they always add, in
County Kerry. Here we were on Irish
soil, seeing irish sights. ana the Irish
people on their native bunch grass.
Our little hotel, the Globe, was the
very pink of neatness, and the landlord,
a pure Celt, attentive n anxious for
your comfort and not too laxative. The
Killarney trip is threefold. First d jaunt-
ing car for eight miles. through the
quaint old town; then out on the highway
though most rapturous scenery to the en-
trance of the Gap of Dunloe. Here the
jaunting car is dismissed and saddied
ponies with bows for guides take you
through the four miles of the Gap. AT
the AXE side your spoken for rowboat
with luncheon is reached and you finish
the round trip by the boat or meet a
fourth conveyance. another jaunting car,
and return via Muclsross Abbey. We took
part of each. crossed one lake in the little
boat and finished with visiting the lovely
abbey.
ut was a halyeon day: sun and air
Joined to make the trip ideal and the
which lifted the whole day from the level
OF ordinary sightseeing to the rank Of a
lovely Inspiration. The grewsome gap is
four miles long, not easily passable with
a team, 50 one goes in the saddle. Tornies
Mountains on one side and Maegillicuddy's
Reelss on the other lift almost sheer
twenty-five hundred feet. and at the top
are bare rock. From their SUBMITS you
can see the Atlantic Ocean. Bantry Bay,
kenlmare Bay, Balinskettig Bay and
Dingle Bay. Here st. Patrick killed the
last snake; here lived, and we pass her
cottage. Kate Kearney. OF the famous
song: here are marvellous echoes, echoes
of dignity and renown-the voice and the
violin together echo back as of a mighty
orchestra and chorus.
Tba IriSI, bcuc who oo+od &c r1fdae rr,a~a
full of story and legend, and, many were
the devices we passed en- route to ensnare
a stray shilling. From one We took a
rhoto or the originanl Colleen Baum, iron.
another of an Irish beau just from the
Blarney Stone. a third besought us for
the love of God to buy a flask of true irish
whiskey. remarking as an inducement
TO listen that we were the handsomest
| couple that ever bestrode irish ponies
The lake ride with the luncheon in boat
was enchanting. We have seen most of
the scenic spots of Europe. The English
likes. the Scotch Trossaehs and have to
| say that Switzerland excepted. Killarney
| and its surroundings takes the palm for
| picturesque beauty. The mountains are
high. high enough. the lakes large enough
i dllQ IIl0 NtlO1t aPV 5AOO4Aito 4liAO q
| view of almost perfection. Then when
the close of the afternoon came and the
fourth conveyance drove us to Muckross
Abbey it was a fit finish to a rare day.
a.The grounds that surround the abbey
are fatlltless from the nice care they
| receive. We stayed a pleasant two hours
! within it's walls. received the ~benedictior
cf the sin undred year old yew tree,
climbed the ruins to look about, and
! everywhere was scenic beauty, lofty hills
| lovely lawns. all looking as is every
! square foot of the vast domain received
| the choicest daily care. After tea We
sauntered about the The streets
wera crowded with jaunting ears dragged
by Irish ponies.
.eThe houses were small, the streets mar
row-it is a town that thrives on the
tourist. and a townsman noticing / was
an American said:-"Not many of youi
countrymen came here this year" W.
| asked why and the reply came. o ac-
count of the war we suppose"
Next morning we took the train fol
Dublin. stopping for luncheon at Lin.
orick. passing near Tipperary and XII.
kenney. Between train and boat al
| Dublin we had two hours and a ~jauntine
car showed us Phoenix Park from end tc
end, n the greater part of Sackville
E~street. From Dublin we crossed St
Georges Channel to Holyhead and soor
BY train en- route for london.
On the trip generally, which was really
a business trip. Mr.. Walker gave an abb
review of American trade with the eId
countries, which viii be found to be no
only interesting. but very instructive AM
useful. He said
aFive weeks is one-tenth of a year, and
I even If spent in partial holiday line:
Should yield some good results. This one
tenth of d year has been spent this sum
mer across the ocean, going from New
York to Vienna via Londor. Paris, Brls
sells. Hamburg. Amsterdam, Bremen. etc
In passing along | stopped where five diff
/ ferent languages prevailed. 1t was very
easy to note that the European Is a mucl
better linguist than the American meal
man for man of the same station. Herr
ii is the exception if one speaks any Ian
guage other than English. There it !.
the exception If the corresponding ma
does not manage three tongues. Th'
proximity Of the different nations drive
tnem TO 1t. AS America hereafter is Il
iScnt out a bigger and bigger figure in TIN
| h~r,ssiness Of the world, it is not a mo
ment TOO soon to have our young peopl'
~ 49, --..- ~ $500.