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COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA. WEDNESDAY. JULY 22, 1896.
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CAREY AND HORSES.
.HEN one is bittea
by a rabid dog one
lives out bis days
and nights with the
poison in his blood
and awaits the final
demonstration i n
fear and trembling.
So it is that when
once one has accu
mulated the Broad
way and Bohemia
habit, and, Gnding it hurtful, reforms.
he waits the time when the poison will
worlr again and find its fruition.
. Mr. Wiley Carey of Tennessee re
formed and went to his college and
studied hard; found early hours of
clumber and all those staid things
which are the man's who is doing
right. Whereat Cooley, the servant.
smiled much and grow cheerful. Said
-he in comment:
"Yuh kin alius tell a gemman by his
acts. Mis tab Wiley see he ain doin'
jes what Miss Cha'ity want him to.
an when I gin him uh hint he jes
straighten up like uh thur-bred hos3
an' go tub wuk. Tha's thu way wiv
uh gemman."
Mr. Wiley did straighten, but walk
" Ing always erect has its pains. By
and by he stooped just a little; drop
ped his lecture room and went down
to the places where horses race. In
- Tennessee men and horses are very
close to each other. Cable cars and
electric roads can have no being about
a plantation, and men ride horses.
From riding a horse one gets the no
tion of riding the best one. A brisk
dash through a country lane, with a
neighbor alongside, is the natural se
quence, and the race course as a de
monstration of horse ability under the
saddle is the final. Mr. Wiley had a
heritage of that in his veins. A friend
told him that there was horse racing
in New York, and Carey went to see
it. Betting on horses is another kind
of poison, and Mr. Wiley was just the
port to take a strong inoculation. He
did.
College forgot him again, and the
race course began to know him fre
quently and intimately. Cooley, in
ratio, began to see him less; supper
after the races, the theater, and a few
things up-town after the show, you
know. The trail of the man who goes
racing is almost as plain as the broad
track over which his favorites .run.
There are rarebits and champagne
corks and other troubles strung
through it and most of tho racing
man's days are nights. It's a merry
life for the man with tho long bank
account and no particular responsibil
ities, but it is not well for tho round-mg-out
young man, whose means are
inside a close limit and furnished for
other purposes.
Mr. Wiley Carey was not adapted to
racing; there was too much elation
over the winnings and too many mad
moods over the losings. Cooley could
tell best of these variations of temper.
Waiting up nights, he saw his Mr.
Wiley make two kinds of home en
trances. One was spartding, irides
cent, vainglorious, like the peacock's
strut; Mr. Wiley had picked his horses
well and the bookmakers have regret
ted him. Other nights he came slowly
in, with his hands shoved deep in his
pockets and a black frown on his brow;
the bookmakers smiled. Those nights
-he nodded no greeting to the boy,
but submitted to being undressed, and
.vent sullenly to bed. Cooley saw and
Interpreted these signs. There were
more black moods than seemed to be
balanced by the glad nights, and Coo
ley worried.
"Mistah Wiley sho ain' doin ex
U,ex he wuz onct Race hosses is all
right and colliges is all right, but
they don't mix hyah in New York enay
A BLACK FROWN ON HIS BROW.
mo'n they do down home, an' I don'
reckon Miss Cha'ity ud 'zactly like tun
Vnow tha Mistah Wiley wuz tryin
tub tangle 'em up."
More and more moody grew Mr.
Wiley as the season waned. Plainly.
rome of the home donation which had
been provided for other purposes had
sane into unworthy hands. As days
tvent on, more of the same thing went
the same way. This gradual dwindling
of funds was marked by a grdual dark
ening of the Carey brow and a grad
ual deepening of Cooley's concern. The
latter gave evidence of his trouble In
delicate suggestion:
"Mighty good hosses round hyar, I
i-acken, Mistah Wiley."
"Ycs, pow'ful good, Cooley; bettah
than you eveh saw down home."
"Some is heap bettah 'en othahs, I
.ockon."
"Much bettah."
"Alius beats the othahs." ;
"Not always, Cooley."
"So, sun?" -
, "No."
- "Then how you gwlne tub. tell bout
nattin' on 'em, sub?"
"Take chances, Cooley."
"Kinder long chances sometimes,
ain't they?"
"Yes. ve'y long."
- "Mighty hard tuh know whah tub
put yo' money."
"Yes."
"Heap hardah larnin hosses an 'tis
larnin books, aim't Itr
"Nevah thought nr it that way.
Cooley, but it Bight be."
"Tha's whnt I thought Miss Cha'ity
might think, sub."
-Miss Cha'ity ain't thlnkin' "boat
race bosses, Cooley."
"No, sun. but I reckoa she is "bout
yuh, sub."
Which was softly insinuating mad in
the line Cooler's Baalta daty. aad
BJuJlI
Mr. Wiley was not blind to the sugges
tion, bst when one goes to sleep with
the rataplaa of hoofs stringing through
his braiarhe is likely to wake in the
morning with a want for more of the
music. So Mr. Wiley Carey went to the
track and left Cooley to devise other
means for bringing about a change in
the order of things. Sitting up alone,
Cooley picked his greasy old guitar,
crooned old Southern songs, and fig
ured for Mr. Wiley.
Actual advice he could not presume
to offer, and gentle suggestion was the
only method left to him. He took Miss
Charity's picture out of the back room
and put it on the mantelpiece in the
front room, right where one saw it on
entering. He talked much, when per
mitted, about the plantation and the
sweet, simple things of the home life,
urging always 'what a great day would
come when Mr. Wiley and he walked
down the gang-plank once more.
All these failing him he went back
to his guitar and his croon songs for
consolation. The change was worked
by the bookmakers, and it came in a
night It was rather later than usual
when Mr. Wiley walked in with the
black brow, blacker than Cooley had
ever seen It The moonlight dropped
through the wide front window and
Carey sat down where the drift of it
fell across him.
"Would yuh like tuh go home,
Cooley?"
"Yas. suh."
"I think you can go soon."
"Is yuh goln', Mistah Wiley?"
"No."
"Then I nius' wait fur yuh."
"Turn out the lights an' go tuh bed.
I don' want you."
Cooley turned the lights and went
into his little alcove, but instead of the
bed he sat down and looked sadly
through the half open door at the fig
ure of Mr. Wiley Carey, sitting there
in the flood of the moonlight, his el
bows on his knees, his head buried in
his hands. There was no movement
for an hour, and the moonlight had
shifted and left him half in shadow,
when Carey wearily arose, walked over
to the table, and picked up a revolver
lying there. Then he resumed his seat
and began twirling the clicking cylin
der. Cooley in the alcove had laid
his guitar across his knees. Carey
looked steadily out of the window for
a moment, and then stood up, cocking
the revolver as he rose. The guitar
broke into the silence with a twing,
twang, twing, and Cooley's soft voice
began to croon:
"Way down upon the Suwannee
River "
Carey stood still, put his lips to
gether, then laid the pistol on the table
and went slowly into the bedroom.
"Cooley, undress me." Charles E.
Trevathan in New York Journal.
PURCHASED FAME.
Way Kocllah Newspapers Always Adver
tise Obscure Society People.
During the recent upheaval in the
Pall Mall Gazette office one interesting
bit of information that came to the sur
face was that Mr. Astor's editors and
reporters were accustomed when
among themselves to refer to a certain
department of the paper as "the tittle
tattle column," jays the New York
Times. It contains divers short para
graphs in which are recounted the
doings, social and other, of notabilities
of various grades. Including always
many titled nonentities and occasion
ally professional persons like doctors,
lawyers and diplomats. Most of the
other London journals have similar
columns and they are all equally trivial
and snobbish. It now appears that
what has always seemed to be merely
an amusing illustration of the extent to
which the British public carries its in
terest in the "upper classes" is in real
ity something quite different ;
A Manchester doctor recently got In
to trouble with his confreres because
he allowed himself to be advertised as
connected with a certain sanitarium.
One of his friends, noticing that the
movements of other medical men, all of
whom had been vociferously scrupu
lous in regard to the ethics of their
profession, were constantly recorded by
the press, proceeded to the office of
the Thunderer itself with a similar
item exploiting a journey of his own.
There tie was informed that announce
ments of that class were inserted at
the rate of 1 guinea for three lines and
10 shillings 6 pence, for every addition
al line. Continuing his investigation
he learned that the society people, too,
bought fame at the same high price
and that the so-called "tittle-tattle"
was published not' because the British
public yearned for it, but because the
lesser lights of society and science
yearned for notoriety and were willing
to pay for it
Fifty Per Cent OB.
A speculator on the bourse was
asked: "You have ceased to do busi
ness with Z ?"
"Don't talk to me of that fellow,"
was the reply. "I never salute him
now. He had the audacity to say that
I swindled him out of 40,000 francs."
"Oh, dear, no. He said 20,000."
"Ah! that is different," said the
boursier, and took off his hat. Les De
bats. Or Scad Thees to Blind Asylata.
"I think," said the statesman who
didn't have any great hopes, anyway,
"that it would be a good plan to make
these here campaign buttons of mine
with eyes to 'em, so that ef the demand
is smaller than the supply I kin soil
'em to some overhauls factory or some
thing of that kind." Indianapolis
Journal.
CREATION'S WONDERS.
SoTue idea of the vast extent of the
surface of the earth may be obtained
when it is noted that if a lofty church
steeple is ascended and the landscape
risible from it looked at 900,000 such
landscapes must be viewed in order
that the whole earth may be seen.
A white object of any size may be
seen in sunlight at a distance of 17,250
times its diameter; that is to say, it it
is a white ball a foot in diameter it
can be perceived at a distance of 17,250
feet
J. E. Gore writing on the size of the
solar system says that "enormously
large as the solar system absolutely is,
compared with the size of our own
earth, it is, compared with the size of
the visible universe, merely as a drop
lathe
OHIO MAN'S BIG LUCK.
MARTIN NIELLY FINOS A BOWL
DER RICH WITH GOLD.
After Pwpect!.g Far SO Tear. lie Ac
cMffttallr StrlkM Fiaa la llrltlth
CataaibU Worth I.OOO.OOO Old
Mla.rs Excited.
PROSPECTING
miner returaJ"a g
wearied and dis
gusted, from an
unsuccessful sea
son stumbles
across a boulder so
rich in gold that in
an instant he is a
millionaire. It reads
like .1 fairy tale,
but it happens to
be true.
There Is satisfactory evidence of the
truth of Martin Neilly's wonderful And.
It was on Monday. April 27, that Neilly
was returning to Rossland, British Co
lumbia, after an unsuccessful trip in
the Salmon River district. He had
reached the Columbia River at n point
six miles north of Trail Landing, B. C,
at about noon, and, selecting a site on
the bank of the stream at the foot of
Lookout Mountain, sat down to cat his
dinner. As he munched his humble
food be noticed a huge boulder, half
buried in the sand in a dry portion of
the river bed, not far from where ho
sat
When he had finished his meal, he
walked over to the boulder, examining
it in a casual manner, and then, as his
experienced eye detected signs of the
precious metal for which he had vainly
sought for months, he attacked the
great gray mass with his pick, work
ing with feverish energy. He almost
swooned when a fragment of the rock
came away, showing distinctly the
traces of gold and copper.
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BOLDER OF GOLD WORTH A MILLION DOLLARS.
"I am rich!" he shouted. Then he
proceeded to take specimens of the ore
from a dozen places on the boulder,
slaked out his claim, hurried to Ross
land, arriving late in the afternoon,
and recorded the claim. The nest day
he had his specimens assayed by dif
ferent experts, who found that the ore
ran in value all the way from $43 to $58
to the ton.
TV'hon h tnt.l nf his i-rPfit fortune.
there was a wild rush for the place. A 1
surveyor accompanied Neilly to his bo- '
nanza, and, after making measure
ments, declared that the boulder
weighed approximately 20,000 tons, and
that, in round numbers, it will prove to
be worth $1,000,000.
The miners argue that there must be
more gold where this came from, and
the mountain-side clear above the tim
ber line is being rapidly staked off,
and miners are flocking to the district
from distant points, confident that the
story of Cripple Creek is to be repeat
cd.Xeilly was originally an Ohioan. He
has been prospecting for twenty years,
but never "struck it rich" before.
Why the Seat Was Vactnt.
In a crowded Broadway theater as
the overture was closing every seat in
the orchestra circle was taken except
one. That one was "H5," third from
the aisle. A young man in immaculate
evening dress and bis companion, a
young woman faultlessly arrayed, had
the first two seats. The vacant seat
was next
"Charlie took luncheon at the club t
to-day," said a young man who sat in
the front row cf the balcony to a friend
in the next scat. "He is in a terrible
v.ay and drank entirely too much. He
confided to me that his fiancee had de
clared their engagement off last night
By Jove! There he goes now down thc
center aisle."
The young man referred to as
"Charlie" walked down the center
a;sic un an mr iui aiiu.-u u . ,
killinc time rather than seeking nleas-
ure. The usher stood at row "II" and
then pointed to the vacant seat.
"Charlie" started to enter. The young
lady rose to allow him to pass. Their
eyes met, and quickly turning he
walked from the heater. The seat re
mained vacant during the perform
ance. New York Herald.
Frodigaltty Was Defeated.
A young bachelor of Buffalo recently
gave a bachelor dinner to eighteen of
his friends. All the details were of the
most lavish description, and, to wind
up with, the host had prepared a dozen
and a half of lamplighters, each made
from a twisted fl bill. These were
placed alongside of each plate, in readi
ness for the passing of the cigars. But
the fates had a better use for these
twisted ones. Long before the cigars
were reached the guests had' toyed
with small bottles until they couldn't
tell a lamplighter from a corkscrew.
Then it was the turn of the wily wait
ers. Skillfully removing the precious
lighters they substituted matches at
every plate and had the satisfaction
of seeing the cigars go round without
anvbodr missis- tha bills
IS A BIOGRAPHER A DETECTIVE?
XT Blzht te Fry lato tha secrets
Ilia Subject.
If I discovered, per impossible that
Jeanne d'Arc ever did a wrong thing
my duty to the stock of human pleas
ure would outweigh my duty to the
truth, says Andrew Lang in Long
man's Magazine. "Never mind the
truth," would be my motto; "perhaps
there is some mistake somewhere."
Or suppose, also por impossible, that
one discovered a check forged by
Burns. One would destroy It and say
nothing about it. A biographer is not
a detective he is not presiding, at the
day of judgment These ideas will be
considered immoral. Many French
authors try (quite in vain) to prove
that Molierc married the daughter of
his mistress. This kind of spirit seems
to be not uncommon at present among
biographers, a class which Mr. Carlyle
thought ueed to-be-soi"mealy-mduthed."
Poor Highland Mary is harried irl
her modest resting place, "washed by
the western wave." One thing we do
know very well about her namely,
that Burns wanted nothing to be
known. She had lived and he had
loved her; there he manifestly desired
that information should cease, and
Lockhart has actually been blamed for
leaving it there. Of all the duties of
a biographer one can regard none more
stringent than respect to the secrets
of his subject If ho can, he should
burn and obliterate; if he cannot, he
should forget Yet if a letter of Burns
to Highland Mary, cicaring up all that
he desired to remain concealed (if any
thing is left), could be found, the de
votees of Burns (as a rule) would make
haste to publish the epistle. Of. all
cant, "the public has the right to
know" is the most odious. The public
has no right to know.
The greater the man is, the mete he
has done for us, the less right we have
to pry into his secrets. Byron appar
ently did not Want his famous burned
memoirs to be secret, and the destmc-
tion of them was a strong measure.
But, as certainly, Keats did not mean
his love letters to be published. A bi
ographer at this distance of time might
read them and give his account of the
general impression which they convey
ns to Keats' health and mental condi
tion. BICYCLE GIRL ALL RIGHT.
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Know a Heap More About Things That.
She Who Doesn't Hide.
The girl who thinks that the great
est joy in life is a gallop over the brown
roads of the park In the early morning
v. hen the trees are trickling with dia
mond dewdrops, the dozy birds twitter
ing over their coffee and rolls, and the
t-iuirrels rollicking about on the dew
uionched emerald sward, has absolutely
r.o sympathy with thc maiden who is
content to ride along the boulevard
astride a wheel, her nether limbs In
cased in bloomers and leggings, her
chin decidedly "set" and her eagle eye
fixed on some object before her, with a
determination to win or die.
AH the same the bicycle maid is hap
py. She knows she is only one of
many, and that her steed is cheap and
cheerful, rather than costly, and easily
tamed; that she does not have black
smith's bills and other proofs of aristo
cratic indebtedness, and that she has to
do all the work if she is to get the ex
ercise; but nevertheless she is happy.
The bicyclegirl knows a great deal more
about thc country than does the ordin
ary city girl who does not ride. She
knows how green the grass is, and how
pretty the sky looks as seen through
a veil of interlacing leaves and
branches. She becomes acquainted
with the feathery little people who live
in cozy nests and who have very well
trained vo:cps, although they don't
soein to think it necessary to ruin an
imprcsEario in order to let thc world
hear them. She knows that thc green
velvet sward is brocaded with white
star flowers in day, and that after that
: come the pink hawthorn and the fra-
grant trailing arDUjus and the hooded
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violets. She can tell you if it is going
t.to be a fine day by merely looking at
tne clouds in the west, and sho csn
guide you home in the evening by look
ing at the stars. She learns a good
deal besides the proper sort of garters
to wear, and thc right make of wheel
to ride; but, then, some girls prefer
horses.
The Dish Was Not Served.
A business man of Paris has just lost
a large sum of money under strange
circumstances. He was supping with a
party of friends at a restaurant De
siring to 'create a sensation, he visited
the kitchen of the establishment, and,
handing a number of gold coins to one
of the attendants, told him to serve
them at the table under the guise of a
dish of gold. Time passed and tbe
meal began to draw to a close, but still
the expected course did not appear.
Eventually the originator of the idea
returned to the kitchen, but discovered
to his horror that the bottle washer
had vanished. It appears that he was
only an extra hand engaged for the
busy season, and left without demand
ing his wages, taking the money with
him.
BLOOD OF MILES1US.
THE ANCIENT KINO OF
AND THE IRISH.
8PAIN
Nearly Every Gaelle Faaiily Frefcii
' Mace Traces Its Urmi Hack to tne
ree Seas of That Meaarca Creai
ud Arater.
T UDGE ROONEY,of
Aj I New York, has just
hmL-, I contributed an Im-
i I portant addition to
T I Irish-American 111-
W prntnra I it 4 h
shape of a genea
logical history of
leading Irish fam
ilies in this coun
try and elsewhere.
" mf"U
It includes crests
and armorial bearings and altogether
is the finest work of the kind extant.
The author has been engaged oti it fdr
twenty-five years and has expended a
vast sum of money on it
A number of Milesian names well
known In American politics are found
in this volume. For instance, there
is the name O'Gorman, known in" that
form in local politics, and in national
politics in the form Gorman. From
the history we learn:
"The ancient name was Goirmear,
which signies 'famous champion,' and
was taken froni Goririain, a chieftain
of the sept The O'Gormatis origin
ally held possessloii in Queens coun
ty, where they wer chiefs of Crioch
O'Balrce. Some of the sept subse
quently settled in the county of Clare,
where they held large possessions.
The present able and eloquent United
States senator from Maryland, Arthur
P. Gorman, is a descendant from this
family."
From Maryland to Pennsylvania Is
but a short step, and we find that the
Quay family were as near neighbors in
thfe old country.
"The founder of thc fattilly was Colla
Meahrt, grandson of Carbre Liffeachair.
King of Ireland. A. D.. 264. The an
cient name was Gaid and signifies
'father.1 The possesions of thc fam
ily were located in the present coun
ties of Lejtrim and DoriegaL"
Although not so stated in Mr.
Rooney!s book, it is probably thfe fact
that the Hon. Matthew Stanley Quay
of Pennsylvania carries in his veins
the blood of Milesius.
In another part of the book Is found
the na!ae McKinley, to which Mr.
Rooney gives two pagesV He writes:
"The founder of the family was
Eocha Dubhlein, who had three sons,
known as the three CoHas. Colla Uais,
the eldest of the brothers, was the an
cestor of the MacDonnells, MacDug
alds, and MacAlisters of Scotland;
Colla Mean of several of the Monaghan
clans, and Colla da Crioch, thc young
est of -the Mtynnghnn-olaa, of tho-Mo-Mnhohs.
the Mnguires, tho O'Hanlons,
the McCannd, the O'Neylans, and thc
McKinleys.''
The author traces thfe course of the
McKinleys in this country, giving
short sketches of several others besides
William who have made honorable rec
ords for themselves.
Of the Campbell, or McCauipbell,
clan, he has to Fay, after tracing their
Milesian descent:
"The ancieht name was Catbmhaoil,
and signifies 'hero irt battle.' Posses
sions of the clan were located Hi the
present county of Tyrone. The name
is still numerous in the patrimonial lo
cality in Ireland, and many members of
thc family have risen to prominence in
the British colonies and the United
States. Of the latter may be men
tioned thc Hon. Timothy J. Campbell,
member of congress for mahy years
from New York city. The name Un
der Its' various forms is still humercus
in the original territory and other
counties. Thc McAllens or Aliens of
Innishowen, Donegal, were really
Campbells."
Since the publication of Mr. Rooney's
book no man need be ashamed to ad
mit that his name is Dennis, for A:r.
Rooney declares that "the Dennis fam
ily is pure Milesian." The founder of
the family was Muircbach, or Mul
rooney Mullethan, King of Connaught
in the seventh century and of thc
line of Duach Galach, first Christian
King of Connaught. Thc pneient
name was MacDonagh, and signifies
'Son of Destroyer.' The possessions
of tho clan were located in the present
county of Sligo.
Of the well-known Irish name of
Mallon the author says: "Thc founder
of the family was Muiredach, King of
Connaught in the seventh century.
Thc ancient name was Maoladh, and
signifies "Prompt." The possessions of
thc clan wers located in the present
counties of Mayo and Sligo. Of course,
thc Mallons are descended from Mi
lesius, King of Spain, their blanch be
ing that of the son Hcremon. Thc
crest of the family, as given by Mr.
Rooney, is a bar of green across a
white shield, surmounted by a dog,
who wears a triple collar and sits up to
his neck in a wicker basket, which
probably contains bottles.
Through some mistake, probably the
name of Peter Maher, an alleged war
rior of thc present day, was omitted
by Mr. Rooney in his history of the
Maher, or O'Meagher, fcmily, de
scended from Milesius, king of Spain,
through thc line of Hcber. The ancient
name was Meadhair, which sicnifie.-s
"Mirth." Peter has been the ca::se of
some" laughter himself; but though he
may carry out thc mitc. he does not
thc prestige of thc ancient cian, sinc
they won the majority of their battlej.
The name o'f Hoolahan, ridiculed in
cong and story, has an honorable place
in Irish history. The original name,
Huallachain, means "loud noise," and
was derived from a chief of the sept
who possessed a voice of great power.
The Hoolahans are descendants of Ir,
son of Milesius. The founder of the
family was Conal Kearnach. Their
territory comprised the present barony
of Longford in the county of Galway,
and the parish Lusmegh on the Lein
ster side of the river Shannon in Kings
county.
It Is probable that not all of them are
Irish, but a goodly number should be
able to trace their descent back
through that famous and numerous
man, John Smith, to Milesius, king
of Spain. .It appears from Mr.
Rooney's researches that the name was
originally MacGowan.which signifies "a
smith," and that the race was noted for
bravery and strength. It has been
i noted for pretty much everything there
fj
Is since men, and principally for a very
large and hilarious annual gathering
of the clans at Peapack. W.- J. The au
thor mentions a number 6f noted
Smiths, some of whom spell their namd
"Smythe." Tho crest is two hands
holding a single torch, and two hands
holding a dagger, each with the motto
''Sic itur in altum." It is only fair to
say that this crest was adopted before
the days of anarchy, and the motto
should not be translated "So she goes
up."
Many of the significations of names
are peculiar and interesting, a Shine,
which means "Sprightly," Clahcy,
"Vlrtwe;" Tuomy, "Fierce;" Maloney.
"thoughtful;" Fogarty, "Brave;" Doo
ian. "Bulky;" Madigan, "A Field Fort;"
OTyn. "The Fat;" Tutly, "The Green;"
Hartlgah, "First Choice;" Tuohy, "Au
thor;" McKeon, "Philosopher;" Hani;
Hn. "Unskillful," and Cooney, "Pros
perity." There are many other-famlllea whose,
genealogy Is a matter of equal Interest,
and is traced with the same skill by
Mr. Rooney. Despite the large number
given, the author admits that he has
probably left out many equally worthy
of a piece in Irish genealogy. The ex
amples quoted serve only to show
partly thc quality of thc Irish blood
which haS becomn Infused into the
American nation.
'KING BY TRADE.
Francis "of Aastrla Made a
ftrnly.
Very Frank
While In Geneva ih 1S91 Judge T. .1.
Mackey Of Soiith Carolina was selected
by the American colony to deliver a
Fourth of July oration at a banquet
given in honor of the day, says thc
Youth's Companion. It was attended
by all the foreign consuls and among
them was the consul-general of
Austria-Hungary, who furnished for
Judge Mnckey's address the following
anecdote and vouched or its authen
ticity i
A number of Americans residing in
Vienna in thc year 1S10 united to cele
brate Washington's birthday and in
vited thc Emperor Francis of Austria
to honor the' Occasion by his presence.
That genial monarch, a true gentle
man, although "every inch a king,"
overlooked thc disregard of established
forms into which his would-be hostn
had been betrayed by their patriotic
zeal and mnde this answer in hlj own
handwriting:
"Gentlemen, I thank you for your
hospitable invitation and the gratify
ing terms in which you have expressed
your desire that I should attend a ban
quet which you propose to give in cele
bration of General Washington's natal
day.
"But you must excuse me from unit
ing with you to honor the memory of
your illustrious countryman, since I
could not do so with sincerity, for Wash
ington scorned a crown and did more
.to bring royalty into enntempt-than all
men who have ever lived, and I am u
king by trade.1
An KujjiHh lt at the Dntrh.
The Beers are no doubt puffed up
with their constant good luck when re
sisting British attacks, but they mi::;t
be well aware that they have nothing
to gain by war and that their position
just as it is is one of thc most fortunate
in history. At least, we can recall no
other republic in which every man was
for his wants well off. in which all
taxes were paid by foreign Immigrants
and foreign toil and in which the whole
community, without ever submitting
to a conscription or entering n barrack,
had acquit ed a high military" reputa
tion. We cannot believe that these ad
vantages will be willfulls- thrown away
and do not sec wherein, if peace te
maintained for the next ten years,
Great Britain will suffer except from a
few taunts, and what do taunts matter
to a people with our history?
If it amuses Dirck Cloete to consider
John Bull cowardly or soft, let him
consider it; he will reconsider that opin
ion before the end arrives. England Is
not in a hurry if the capitalists are. She
survived Napoleon and she will survive
Krneirer, not to mention the very mem
ory that there ever was a Dutchman
between the Zambesi and the Cape.
What proportion of ail those who can
read now know that New York was
once a possession and a settlement of
the Dutch?" The Spectator.
Theatric! Item.
Si Jackson and wife, a couple of Oak
ville darkies, attended a spectacular
performance at the Dallas opera house,
and saw one of thc performers disap
pear mysteriously through the trap
door.
"Huh," said SI, "we had better git
nut o' heah! See dat man go down
inter his cyclone cellar?"
OEMS OF KNOWLEDGE.
The estimated number of Chnstlans
in the world is over 40S,000)00; cf
Buddhists, 420,000,000; of the follow
ers cf Brahma, 180,000,009; of .Moham
medans, 130,000,000; of Jews. 3,003,000;
cf atheists, deists, and infidels, S5.000,
000; of pagans. 50.000.000, an-1 of the
1.100 othr minor creeds. 12:tyJOO.uOO.
Tho largest pioduclng farm in the
woricl lies in tbe southwest comer of
Louisiana, owned bj- an English ryn
dicale. It runs one hun.lred mill's north
and south. Thc immense tiaot is di
vided into convenient pastures, with
stations of ranches rrvery : x miles. The
fencing alone cost nearly j0,")03.
The "Seven Wonders of the World"
are seven most rruiarkable object; ol
thc ancient vorH. They a:c- T!u
Pyramids of Egypt. Phnros of Alex
andria. Walls and Hanging Gardens of
Babylon. Temple cf Diana at CphcMis,
the Statue of the Olympian Jupiter.
Mausoleum of Artemisia, and Colossus
of Rhodes.
The largest ship cvei built, the Great
Eastern, recently broken to pieces and
sold to junk dpairs, was designed an'i
constructed by Scott Russell, at Max
well, on tna Thames. Work on tb
giant vessel was commenced in May.
iS54. She was Fucces3fully 'aunt-bed
January 13. 1858. The launching alon
occupied the time from November 5.
1357, until the dale above given. H.
total length was 600 feet; breadth, lift
feet; total weight when launched, 12.
000 tons. Her first trip of any conse
quence was made to New York io
1859-60.
During the ten months ended Apri.
1S9C, exports of American furniture
amounted la value to 2,C 33,143.
A TKLP TO GEKVEB
AND WHAT CAME OP IT.
Experience of m Ked Willow Coaaty
School Teacher One of the Veteraas
Who "Marched With Sherman to the
r Tells How Ha Was UeaeHted.
From the Courier. Indlanola, Neb.
A few days ago a request came from
parties Interested that a representative
of the Courier visit the home of J. 15.
Pickering, in Gerver precinct, and In
vestigate the case of his daughter.
Miss Latira V. Pickering-, a well-known
school teaeher of Indlanola. Neb. Ac
cordingly the editor himself deter
mined to Investigate, and securing a
team took a drive into Gerver precinct
We arrived at the home of Mr. Pick
ering about 1 o'clock, and when we in
troduced ourselves and made known
mir Viiislnai in ! i'v ' ..i
cont&
After dinner we Informed Miss Pick
ering that we came all the way from
Indlanola to find out how nhe happened
to need Pink Pills for Pale People, etc..
etc., also suggesting that she certainly
had no use for them now, or her ap
pearance was deceptive, as she looked
the picture of health. She laughed, nnd
said that shti was feeling quite well ut
present, and that we fdiould have been
there at dinner time In order to have
made a note of her appetite.
"Fi'Jin childhood." said Miss Picker
ing. "I had Loen a great sufferer from
rheumatism, and could get nothing
that would effect a. permanent cure.
Two years ago while visiting in John
son county I was tnken with a severe
attack of this disease. A neighbor lady
who had been cured from paralysis by
the use of Pink Pills persuaded me.
much ngninst my will, to give them a
trial. I had never taken any patent
medicines, nnd was opposed to any
thing of the kind. However. I consent
ed and commenced Improving at once.
After taking them four months I war.
fully restored to health and nuit tak
ing them, only one occasionally when
I felt the least Indisposed. I have never
been troubled with rheumatisrw since
When I arrived home I persuaded
father to try the Pink Pills for his
trouble." "Yes." said Mr. Pickerlnp.
"she had such faith In the pills that she
thought they would cure me. You sec.
my trouble Is chronic. I was in the
army about three years. Marched with
Sherman to the sea. and was in many
a bard-fought battle. I have Buffered
with a distress in the stomach ever
since that time, and am now getting a
pension on that account. I laughed at
Laura for thinking rink Pills would
help me. hut to please hrr I gave them
n trial, and they helped me wonder
fully. I think If I had taken them in
time they would have cured me. I
would not be without them In the
house, nnd after eating when I feel
bad I take one and cm benefited at
once. 1 know a numlwr of old soldiers
who are afflicted liko myself, and they
Bay that nothing helps them so much
as the Pink Pills, but." said Mr. Pick
ering, "one should be sure to get the
genuine article. Not long aso I was
in Indlanola and wont into a drug
store there and Inquired for Dr. Wil
liams' Pink Pills. The druggist in
formed me that he did lUt have them,
but had a much better pill for less
money. He persuaded me to try a box.
I did so and have tiiat box yet. wun
uu.tm ...m tb nit cinnn x-vui
nnt fKp a sunKiume aiiowicr mm.-. i.
Williams' Pink Pills Is the only patent
medicine that we have ever had In the
house. We are not the only people in
this neighborhood who use these pills."
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills contain, in
a condensed form, all the elements
necessary to give new life and rich
ness to the blood, and restore shattered
nerves. Pink Pills are sold by nil deal
ers, or will be sent post paid on receipt
of price. 50 cents a box. or Fix Poxes for
12.50, by addressing Dr. Williams' Med.
Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
LITTLE BITS OF INTEREST.
The watermelon grows wild all over
Africa. It was cultivated in Egypt B.
C. 2500.
Two volcanoes in Iceland are adver
tised for sale in a Copenhagen paper.
The price asked is about ?500.
An examination of the eyes of white
and colored children in the Washington
schools shows that the latter are much
less liable to shortsightedness and as
tigmatism. Maxim has discovered that the heat
developed by the combustion of smoke
less powder is such as to cause car
buration of the gun steel, converting it
into soft iron.
Wera it not for thc multitude cf
storks that throng to Egypt every win
ter there would be no living In the
country, for after every inundation
frogs appear in mo3t incredible num
bers. The longest Egyptian railroad now
extends to Girgeh, 326 miles from Cairo.
It is soon to be extended to the first
cataract, 710 miles from the coast.
This means, of course, an ultimate
railroad connection with thc British
possessions in South Africa.
A new paving material has been in
vented made partly of cork. Various
ingredients, of which cork forms a con
siderable: part, are pressed into blocks,
and the result Is a substance which,
while cheap to produce, is durable,
silent, non-absorbent and affords a
good foothold for horses.
THE WORLD OF WOMEN.
The wedding presents and troussesn
of Princess Henrietto of Belgium,
which were recently sent to the villa
of her husband, the Due de Vendome,
near Neullly, filled 170 boxes and
weighed eleven tons.
Mrs. Cleveland has been putting en
Cosh rapidly In thc past few years, and
Is now said to weigh nearlv ISO pounds.
As she neither skntc3 nor plays golf
nor tennis, and the president objects to
bicycling for married women, she has
taken to walking as hard as she can
go from 10 to 12 every morning.
Though the Baroness Hirsch is nom
inally the universal legatee under.her
late husband's will, Harold Frederic
declares that the bulk of Baron
Hirsch's fortune, after certain philan
thropic bequests are paid, will go to
Lucienne, natural daughter of the bar
on's dead son and a French governess.
Gov. and Mrs. William McKinley, Jr.,
celebrated the twenty-first anniversary
of their wedding on the 25th of last
January. Mrs. McKinley has been
something of an invalid ever since the
death of her father, which occurred
Just before her second daughter was
born. Both her children died when
very young.
Cora Belle Fellows, whosa marriage
to Chaska, a Sioux, created a sensa
tion some years ago, has been deserted
and left in destitution by her Indian
husband. She came of an excellent
Washington family, but fell in love
with Chaska while teaching school on
the reservation near Pierre, S. D., and
married him in spite of the opposition
f her family.
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