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WILLIAM MKINLEY
The twenty fifth president of the United States was a native of Nlles 0
Sorn In 1843 Mr McKiuley was the twenty fourth man to hold the office
but is called the twenty fifth president because Mr Cleveland having beea
alected the second time after an interim is known as the twenty second and
twenty fourth president McKinley rose to the rank of major in the civil war
He became a lawyer served several terms m congress with conspicuous ability
send was elected governor of Ohio in 18M and again In 1893 He defeated
Wllllain J Bryan for the presidency in 1S9G and 1900 President McKinley
xas assassinated by Leon Czolgosz at Buffalo N Y Sept 6 1901
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Leprechaun
Lochinvar
-A ffeta gears Story
By Olite Harper
Copyright 1307 by C N Lurie
T wor just this wise vis Me
aunts sicond cousin Rory OBran
nigan an betoken it wor me
great aunt by inerriage an not
me own blood relation at all at all
an it wor the talk av the county at
the time av it an thots thrue for yez
an it wor a Leprechaun as done it
Lizzie McFadden wor her name Och
theres a gell at the bottom av all
things as goes wrong to be sure an
shes name wor Elizabeth after the
blissid saint an Rory wor hes name
an shes name wor Lizzie for short
Lizzie wor a purty gell wid two
eyes as black as sloes an hair so black
an shiny thot it wor like the gown
Lady Morris wore to mass An the
two cheeks av her Oh wirra but
they wor rid ridder nor roses nor a
robins brist an her lips matched em
Oh aye she wor a swate purty gell
an sassy an imperent Her tongue
it wor hung in the middle an loose
at both inds wid honey on one ind an
a sting in the other
Sometimes she would sting first an
put the honey on after but more times
shed honey yez all up till yez fought
she wor all honey an thin yezd git
the sting av it an it wud keep yez
on tinterhooks to know fwhat wor
comin nixt
So as I sid Rory OBrannigan wor
did in love wid her but sorras the
day He wor thot distrissed thot he
have nothin in the wide wurruld but
the two hands av him a big strong
body a curly yellow hid like a singin
linnet an two blue eyes filled wid div
eltry an fun Yis he wor in love
wid Lizzie but no one ivver fought
she ivver encouraged him for wid all
her scornful ways an stingin spache
she wor a discrate well conducted gell
riglar to her jury an up betimes for
first mass
She wor maid to Lady Morris foive
jear come Candlemas an jurin thot
time she kipt compny wid no wan at
all at all Whin Lady Morris died
Lizzie kem home to remain wid her
feyther an the auld spalpeen wor a
widdy man an he seen a widdy wo
man in Kerry wid a foine shnug
farrum an he an she wor goin to
be merried nixt Lady day The widdy
cuddent abide to have a young gell
about an spechul one so purty as
Lizzie for it made her look twinty
years aulder
Yis so thin she bediveled the auld
mon the omadhoun to see Feyther
McCarthy an have him pick out a
husbun for her An bechune em they
fixed on Pat McGowan the widdys
own newy God hilp us so she do
Now Lizzie wor cliver an betimes
whin worrekin for Lady Morris as her
own maid she had mony a shillln an
ha crown give her for there wor
foine dolns an iashions av compny
an Lizzie wor nate an purty an so
they all made her foine prisints too
She saved this anbeknownst to ony
wan for she fought if she quitted llv
In out an kem home to worrek on the
farrum shed aim her keep It Is told
thot afther her foive years av sarvice
settin aside her reglar wages fwhat
she give to her feyther she had as
mooch as fifty pound
3riaan welL tTitn hor fpvtbpr thfl
widfiy an Feyther McCarthy an all
the neighbors urged Pat McGowan
on her marnin noon an night An
he kem about wjd hes hat on the
side av his hid an a dandherin av hes
shiilalah an a boastin av all the
propitty hed have whin hes aunt died
He wor the blackguardliest lookin
hunk av mate yezd foind in the six
counties
Lizzie she sayed but little for she
wor outnumbered j ez see but thim
thot knowed her from a baby an thot
wor not blinded loike her feyther an
Feyther Francis McCarthy who hilt
out for Pat cud see as she wor not
happy But she wor too proud to ivver
let ony won see it An to crown it
all Rory lift the place an nobody
knowed where he wint
Whin Lizzie promised her feyther he
built her a shmall house about two
mile from the widdys farm on the
edge of the highroad to the valley an
the nixt town He sold his holdins in
the auld place an all he had to move
to the widdys whin they wor mar
ried nil but wan harse Lizzie made
so much fuss over this an cried so
harrud thot the auld spalpeen av a
feyther milted an kep it for Lizzie
It hadnt its aquil in all Kerry savin
wan an thot wor hes full brother an
thot belonged to a man far up the val
ley where Rory wurreked sometimes
They wor just as black as a crow an
loike the pictures av harses in books
My but their tails an manes wor long
an floated in the wind soft an free
Nlvver wor two harses finer to look at
dancin an runnin too when let
My but they wor fine harses an it is
a pity so it wor
Yis Im comin to thot As I say
Lizzie wouldnt let Garge the harse
be selled an so he wor took to Kerry
an called Lizzies harse
So whin her feyther wor merried
wid the widdy she wint for to live wid
thim but she soon seen she wor un
wilcome an like a jutiful gell she say
she will marry Pat so whin the bit av
a house wor done an pienished she
wor cried in church three Sundays an
thin she say she would be merried
undher her own roof on New Years or
not at all at all
So thin seein as she wor so deter
mined the rist they give in an all
the intoire neighborhood kem to the
little new house to see the weddln
wid Pat McGoin We all farmed a
percession an walked along the road
an Lizzie wor drissed in a fine white
gown fwhat Lady Morris give her but
she wor whiter nor her driss an I
seen her movin her lips all along the
road like she wor talkin wid some one
we cuddent see She looked like she
wor aslape
Whin we all kem to the dure av the
feythers house an wor walkin along
decorous an quiet Rory OBrannigan
wor standin by it an whin Lizzie
passed him by wid a strange kin av
look he say nlvver a word but hes face
look like a cold corpus He look at
Lizzie but she nlvver raise her eyes
to him
All the company had gathered at her
feythers farrum where her stipmoth
er had made a foine faste for all
There wor flitches av bacon biled wid
cabbage baked praties an butter ga
lore an hot cakes an milk an but
termilk an spareribs an bloaters an
kippers briled an oh I cuddent tell
you In a wake an scones an fine
white bread an tay an whusky for
the askin
Whin it growed dusk av the twilight
there wor to be the merriage an the
ingatherin An the first fire wor to be
made on the hearth Feyther Francis
had a little altar fixed on the big chlst
av drawers an Lizzie suddint would
have St thot the ceremony shuddent
Wglntlll on the stroke avtwiive lust
as the New Year wor comin in
So she wor thot obstinate thot no
one cud control her an instid av the
merriage bein at twilight it wor set
for twllve an she would have it thot
they should dance at her feythers all
av thim thot could shake a leg Auld
Pat Rafferty wor the fiddler an Andy
McGraw wor the piper an they wint
at It hot fut All the wlinmin say It
wor dangerous for to go through the
roads bechune half past elivin an
twllve for the Leprechauns are out
thin an sorras the day for the bride
they catch
It wor two miles to tue little house
from the big farm an at last all wor
ready to start Danny Dooly kerried
the buruln turf for to start the new
lolre an they wor all singin an
dancin along Feyther Francis wor
pretty well set up for Lizzie she kep
pourin whuslcy intil hes glass an iutil
hes cup av tay till he didnt know
fwhat he wor takin tay or whusky
An the chirk he wor put on the don
key an oue av the min hilt him on
jurin the ride
They wor all dancin an crackin
jokes all the way till they kem to the
house Thin Danny an Mary Riley
wint an got down on their marra
bones an built the fire The bride she
wor on her big black harse Garge an
Pat wor ridin near an thim fwhat
had donkeys an harses rodo thim an
fwhat didnt walked An fwhat wid
the darkness an the con fu I i no one
cud see his felly to know him An
whin they kem to the deepvt shaddy
av the hills an trees there kem In
among thim a dark man on a big black
harse an no one knowed who it wor
an Garge Lizzies harse whimpered
an so did the other wan an bein
fierce an mettlesome they begin to
rare an dance an all the rest got
away as fast as they cud for the big
rider av the other black harse niver
baid no wurrud nor even God save
yez all as a Christian ought an so
we knowed after thot it wor the Lepre
chaun
Leprechauns as yez know are the
rolcked fairies thot watch out an
steal brides away from their hus
bands jurin the dancin or whilst they
are goin to the new home They carry
thim aft to the wild glins an theyre
nlvver beared av agin
Lizzie sid nivver a wurrud to no
body an whin they wor in the darkest
spot the big black harse danced along
be the side av Garge an some says
they heard mutterin talk but this is
not sure Whin the party kem to the
house the big black harse wor gone
an nobody seen him go nor heard him
But he wor gone
Lizzie she say nivver a wurred to
nobody but wint in the house an
left Garge tied wid the rist She pat
hes head first an whisper somethin j
to him She know there wor no mate j
for him in Kerry for the long stride
long wind an injurance but hes own
full brother an he wor sold away
So Lizzie jump to the ground an
wint in an stud ferniust the foire
holdin out her hans to the blaze Nora
Kelley she say afterward thot Lizzie
had the look av wan as had seen a
banshee
The feyther an stipmother an Fey
ther Francis wor a comin in the carry
all an tbot wor slower an had not
come yit
Lizzie she go to her bidrooni an put
afC her fine gown an put on a warm
wan sayin she wor cold an she had
her hud an long cloak tied on the
harse an there they stayed Pat Mc
Gowan wor more than half seas over
fwhat wid the toasting an Lizzie she
nivver dance a stip an she the light
est futted gell in Kerry
Lizzie wor standin like a did wan
wid a shmile like it wor carved in
white stone The feyther an mother
an the praste wor not yit kem but
Lizzie she start an say she see her
feythers face at the windy an she go
out sayin nothin to nobody but Wid
dy Shaughnessy she say it wor the
Leprechaun as done it to get her out
an she wor gone afore ony wan
fought to tell her In a minute we
heered harses hoofs poundin on the
road an they wor gone
It wor the Leprechaun as took her
feythers features to beguile her out
an thin he f run her on hes own harse
an hers wor obliged to folly Lepre
chauns Is compellin like the little
paple an so Lizzie rode away wid
him Many young brides are beguiled
away loike thot spechully if they be
purty wid the enchantments
First we wor all scared an dared not
move an thin Pat he say A hunner
pound to him as catches thim But
who can catch a Leprechaun No
wan Feyther Francis an the feyther
an mother kem just thin an the good
praste say go an thim as had holy
relics wor safe But whin they go to
get on their harses sure they wor all
tied together fasht wid a bran new
rope thot wor nivver made wid human
hands An before they wor untied it
wor too late lor no one cud hear a
soun from no direction An we all
knowed thot now Liz ip wor in the
deeps av the bog lxvant an no one
would ivver see her agin
So we all stayed in the little house
till day an whin we whit out all we
cud fin wor the hoof prints av two
harses
Three months after Pat died wid a
sickness He wor alius a hard drink
er an now he done nothin else sence
Lizzie wor kerried aft by the Lepre
chaun till he kem to see awful visions
sint by the bewitchments av the Lepre
chauns
Fwhat bekem av Rory OBrannigan
Well it wor nivver rightly understood
but he disappeared thot same noight
He had no call to come to the weddln
for nobody axed him an he nlvver
seeked out Lizzie to coort her nor she
didnt shmoile at him nlvver but he
wor nivver seen in Kerry ony more
Some fought as maybe the Lepre
chauns done away wid him
T7uwe TTver hear from him at a
Faith there wor a mon av Kerry th
wint to Amerlky an he kem back
take the auld paple wid him an he
say he seen Rory In New Yark an he
wor a polaccman wid a club as big
as yer arrum an wid gool buttons on
hes coat an a hat like a basin ony
all white But sure that cuddent be
thrue for they cuddent take harses
wid em nor shwim the say Yis it
wor the Leprechauns as took Lizzie
6lang of the Army
In tho army there are expresshJns
peculiar to Itself neard for the first
time by outsiders they need Interpre
tation Among the most common are
hike for march striker for a
soldier serving as bodyservant or house
man for an officer C O for com
manding officer and O D for of
ficer of the day hop and hoproom
for dance and dancing room
citz clothes for civilian dress
commissaries for groceries cof
fee cooler for an officer who is al
ways looking for an easy job In some
staff position found when an officer
fails to pass his examinations and
shavetail for a youngster just out of
West Point Among the soldiers the
expressions have multiplied until quite
a vocabulary of strange words has
been established Bobtail is a dis
honorable discharge Orderly bucker
is a soldier who when going on guard
duty strives by extra neatness of ap
pearance to be appointed orderly to
one of the officers Dog robber is
the soldiers contemptuous expression
for striker Leslies Weekly
Her Visitor
A young married man of extremely
jealous disposition recently visited one
of the most famous mediums in Lon
don Being far from home he want
ed to know what his wife was doing
She is looking out of the window
evidently expecting some one
That is strange said Benedict
Whom can she expect
Some one enters the door and she
caresses him fondly went on the
medium
It cant be cried the excited hus
band My wife is true to me
Now he lays his head on her lap
and looks tenderly In her eyes
Its false Ill make you pay dear
ly for this yelled the jealous hus
band
Now he wags his tail said the me
dium
The green eyed monster subsided
and the young husband cheerfully paid
over hid consulting fee London
Scraps
A Peer and His Patent
After it is once issued the patent for
the creation of a new peerage cannot
be altered Otherwise Lord Glerawly
would be written Lord Glenawley as j
Glerawly was written by a clerk in
mistake for this word Another in 1
terestlng case of a similar nature is
that of Charles Pawlet afterward
third Duke of Bolton who died in j
1754 In 1717 while his father the
second duke was still alive Pawlet
was made a peer as Lord Pawlet of
Basing although the intention of the
king aud his advisers was to summon
him to the house of lords under one of
his fathers junior titles that of Baron
St John of Basing However the
writ of summons had been made out
to Lord Pawlet of Basing and Pawlet
bore this title until he became Duke of
Bolton in 1722 Westminster Gazette
Simple Rules of Health
Never pick your teeth with any hard
substance Bar the pick unless It is
made of soft -white pine Repeated use
of a hard pick drives the gums away
from the teeth and pretty soon you
are a victim of Riggs disease After
the meal pick your teeth gently then
rinse out your buccal cavity -with an
antiseptic solution of tepid water Aft
er rinsing use a gargle to clean out the
throat a solution of salt in water
Wash off your tongue as far back as
you an reach and scrape the root of
it once in uwhile with an Instrument
of silver made for the purpose And
above all never put anything into your
mouth that does not agree perfectly
with your stomach if it is expected to
descend beow the throatlatch New
York Press
Strange Uses For Churches
There are cases innumerable of
churches being used during Englands
civil war to accommodate the horses
of one or another regiment of the op
posing troops Dedham church still
shows traces of Puritan vandalism in
the mutilated sculpture The oak door
at one time elaborately decorated with
small carvod figures of saints now
shows the figures without their heads
And there is the famous case of Notre
Dame at Paris which during the days
of the Revolution was converted into
a temple of reason with its god
dess a ballet dancer enthroned on a
mound in the midst of the choir
Strand Magazine
As Bait
Mrs A over phone Can you send
me up a cook today Mr Dwyer
Head of Intelligence Office Sorry I
cant accommodate you Mrs A but
we have only one in the office Mrs
A But why maynt I have her
Head of Intelligence Office Oh we
have to keep her as a sample Har
pers Weekly
Trapped
He was telling her about the mem
bers of his cricket team Now theres
Brown said he in a few weeks
time hell be our best man
Oh Jack she gushed what a nice
way to ask me London Judy
On the banks of the river Purus in
South America is found a small tribe
of Indians whose dark skin is spotted
with lighter blotches
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NOTICE
ldunts tlio unknown lioirs devisees nnd
8 of iinnnnh Schulor dttcenstd will tnkn
thnt qn tho 18th diiy of Dccumlwr 1W7
utl iMiillillil muu UIH IHHlllUII III IIIO
court of Ited Willow county Nebraska
iikuibk you tho object and nraver of which nrn
to obtain a decree of this court in fnvor of
iilnintiif nnd nKninst snid dofendnnts iuietini
Lin title in nnd to the Miuth hnlf of the north
east quarter and the north half of the south
east quarter of section fifteen township two
north of ran go twenty nine west of tho sixth
principal meridian in said county against tho
claims and demands of defeudnuds and each of
them that the cloud cast upon plaintiffs titlo
by the claims of defendants nnd each of them
be removed and each of them he decreed to
have notitle in or to said laud hut that tho
samo bo decreed to ho in tho plnintiff discharg
ed of all the claims or demands in law or m
equity of defendants or any of them for cttets
and for Kcnernl relief nnd that on tho IHth day
of December 1907 snid court ordered that ser
vice bo made upon you by publication You aro
required to answer said ixitition on or before
the twenty seventh day of January 1P08
Dated December 11 1UT7 lJJ SMts
Wilson Olovku Plaintiff
By W S Morlnn his attorney
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The State of Nebraska Red Willow county s
In the county court in tho matter of the es
tate of Sarah J Cooley deceased
To the creditors of snid estate You nro here
by notified thnt I will sit at tho county court
room in McCook in said county on the 20th day
of June MIS at one oclock p in to examine
all claims against snid estate with u view to
their adjustment and allowance Tho timo
limited for the presentation of claims against
said estate is six months from tho J 1th day of
December A D lJOT nnd the timo limited for
payment of debts is one jear from said Uth day
of December lJOT
Witness my hand and the seal of said county
court this Uth day of December 1WI7
J t Mooui County Judge
Boyle Eldred Attorneys 12 aWts
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The State of Nebraska Red Willow county
ss In the county court In the matter of tho
estate of Fannie E Green deceased
To the creditors of said estate You aro here
by notified that 1 will sit at the county court
room in McCook in said county on the 2Sth
day of June 1XJ8 at the hour of one oclock p
in to receive nnd examine all claims against
said estate with a view to their adjustment and
nllowance The time limited for tho presenta
tion of claims against said estate is six months
from the 27th day of December A D 1107 nnd
tho time limited for payment of debts is one
year from said 27th day of December 1907
Witness my hand and the seal of said county
this 2Urd day of December 1907
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