The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-01-26


to call even the roll Of the distinguished
men Of Scotland. Where Il lheEe an
equal territory in size on earth that
has produced 80 many Warriors
statesmen, philosophers. scientists,
teachers, preachers, missionaries, ex-
plorers, men Of distinction In all ranks
and pursuits OF life, and last but not
least, great poets. OF course. there were
some small poets as well as great ones.
For example. the late DR.. Jameson. the
Scottish photographer, was vain OF his
literary reputation, and, ike many oth-
erse who knew not where their great
strength lies, thought himself gifted
with kind OF intellectual able-to-do-
everything The doctor published 4
poem. entitled Eternity" This poem
became the subject of conversational
remark, soon after publication, at q
party where the doctor was present.
and a lady was asked her opinion OF it.
"Its bOnny poem" said she, and It's
weel named Eternity, for 1t weel ne'er
be read in time But not SO with the
poems Of Robert Burns and Sir walter
Scott They win live and be read as
long as the English language continues.
How true and fascinating the CotteFs
Saturday night: and then that noblest
OF all the ballads Of Burns, his address
to MARY in Bowen" written on the
anniversary Of the day on which he
heard of the death Of his early love:
"Thou lingering star. with lessenIng
That iov'st to greet the early morn.
Again thou usherest in the day,
Ny Mary from my soul was torn.
10, Mary! dear, departed shade,
Where is thy place Of blissful rest?
seest thou thy lover lowly laid,
Hearst thou the groans that rend his
breast?"
A Picturesque Land.
There is infinite variety in the beau
tltul spots. and places of historic inter
est in. Scotland. Go where you may in
city or village, in lowland or highland,
in the country or among the Islands,
you are never out Of sight OF something
to attract and interest.
Burns sings Of "Bonny Doom, near
his birthplace. Its banks are Indeed
fresh and fair" and in summer time
especially, are absolutely laden with
floral richness and beauty.
Loeb LomOnd Is unquestionably the
pride Of Scottish lakes. Or. Chalmers
unconscfousiy exclaimed when he look
ed upon this lake. would that there
might be Loeb Lomond in heaven"
When was a boy. had a primer
with the picture of Staffa and Ftngars
cave in II; and ever after had desire
to see the Island and the cave. Provi-
dentially, the time did come, when i
saw It under the most favorable cir
cumstances; the day was clear and the
k01 mn AiHtNVfItU In
passing from the steamer to the little
boats which carried US into the mouth
Of the cave. Fingal's cave is Indeed
most magnificent specimen OF natures
architecture.
Sir Robert Peel said once, in speech
in Glasgow, lin 1880: II have stood on
the shores Of Staifa; / have seen the
temple not made with hands; have
seen the majestic swell OF the ocean,
the pulsations of the great Atlantic,
beating in It's Utmost sanctuary. and
swelling note Of praise nobler far
than any that ever pealed from human
organs"
South OF Staffa about seven or eight
miles, is the island Of Iona, the Blessed,
or Happy Isle, rs the word means. In
significant in size, that island has Sc
cured imperishable fame. II was the
spot where st. Colombia and his CO.
workers lifted the standard Of the
cross, and from which the light OF
Christianity shone out ali over those
northern regions. Iona is thus extolled
In verse by Sir Walter Scott.
Dear is Iona, for her glorles long gone
Virtue and truth, religions self must
Ere thou shalt perish from the chart of
Or darkness shrOud the halo of thy
name"
And why SO warmly cherished is this
Iona? 1t is
Because the dead who sleep
Around the fragments of her towers
Once taught the world. and swayed the
realm OF thought.
AID ruled the warriors Of each northern
Cline"
The Two Great Cities.
But see what our ancestors had to do
in laying the foundations of the two
great cities of Glasgow, the
commercial centre, and Edinburgh, the
educational.
Lord SALISBURY once said in a speech
In Edinburgh: IT cannot but regard
this capital OF the kingdom Of Scotland
as the capital OF people unrlvalled, l
think, In the annals Of mankind, and
win show why. observe people, few
In number, with q scanty and compare
lively barren territory producing an eff
feet that excites the admiration. and
makes them known among all the ma
lions OF the earth. Few in number
they shine in arts, In arms, In com
merce, In political administration. in
literature. in the pulpit; they occupy
the hlghes: level OF intellect and moral
ity, and in proportion TO their numbers.
no nation has produced 80 many men OF
note as this has done, In the community
OF the whole earth" Now this Is high
praise. but history confirms 1t all. Ed
inburgh's schools. with their long line
OF distinguished teachers, are Of world
wide celebrity; and from them, as from
the city itself, have gone forth some Of
the greatest men the country has pro
duced. 1t is the city Of David Hume, OF
oil. TuaIfnr Scott Hugh Miller. Sir