[Life in Oklahoma]
[Indian Wigwam, Indian Territory]
[State Street, Chicago, Ill.]
[Niagara Falls, N. Y.]
[Bunker Hill Monument, Boston, Mass.]
New York.
[Park Row]
[Brooklyn Bridge]
[Elevated Railroad]
[Statue of Liberty]
Philadelphia.
[Chestnut Street]
[Market Street]
St. Augustine, Fla.
[Fort San Marco]
[Ponce de Leon]
Washington, D. C.
| BLARNEY CASTLE, Ireland.—Here are observed the ruins of a famous old fortress, visited by thousands of tourists every year, on account of a tradition which has been attached for centuries to one of the stones used in building the castle. Its walls are 120 feet high and 18 feet thick; but it is principally noted for the "Blarney Stone," which is said to be endowed with the property of communicating to those who kiss its polished surface, the gift of gentle, insinuating speech. The triangular stone is 20 feet from the top, and contains this inscription: Cormack MacCarthy, "Fortis me fieri fecit A. D. 1446." |