1(5 ( THE ( XMAITA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , FEBRUARY 0 , 185)8. )
BRAVE MARIE.
SIIIJ SAVIM ) IIIJK SOMMKK IN TUB OV
JIY ItAlth MAYO.
U happened In 1S70 , uhlch Is still cpokcn
of as the "terrible jear" h Hols-le-Duc.
The war between France nnd Pruis'a ' hid
raged all nbout them , hut not a aoldlcr had
tccn seen In the tiny Ullage , for which
the pfoijtitA dally thanked their stars. The
old man who llvedfllono with his eon Charlee ,
In the chateau nlKne the town , and who
was Btl 1 known an "le Due. " though his
title had vanished with his evtates long
before ( Irmly hellovel that franco was on
the r a'l to ruin , but ho scoffed nt the Hoa
Hot tin' 1'rueslaiis would ever Invade French
territory
Hut o a > One summer morning Hols-lo-Duc
was Nlnrtltd hy a eoiind of martial music
( tid a holy of Prussian soldiers marched
through the town. Up the hill went the
Prwelaru , and there before the old chateau
the order to halt was Riven. The old col-
dler had fren their coming and had prepared -
pared , according to his own ideas , to receive
them From mi upper window waved the
co.ors of France and a.s one of the Prus-
Ian officers started to enter the house , to
leaio the mea-.lng of this hostile dap ay ,
he was met by the old man. who bid drt&-d
himself In h.s ancient uniform and itood
word hand In the center of the room.
"Ah Prussian pig ! " exclaimed he , draw
ing his sword "draw end defend jourself ,
or I will hcv , jou down. N'o Prussian C\CT
yet v tercd mj IIOUPO , tier shall while I
live "
Ills brave words osemed almost ridiculous
when mo looked at his white locks and
eliaklrg hied. The Prussian olllcer tml ed
at the thought of a sword combat with
him and wouid probably have withdrawn ,
leavlni ; the old man In peace , hail not
an over , i .ous boldicr th ul.lng 'that hid
otllcer wa.i In danger , rushed In and bajo-
neted the old man as he etood.
Tne m s'-ike was unfortunate , hut the
I1uc ! Ian command could not afford to waste
time over a single dcid Frenchman Tuc
lioiibo waa llred ; the soldiers marched an.
and In the time the tear of the column
disappeared over the next hill little but a
lieip of s'noklng ashes wes left on the opot
where- the old chateau had stood.
Hut the boy Char'ifc sMndlng there be-
sl o the ashes of his father , swore to bo
revet ged upon the Prussians From that
moment he wab a nun. ho haJ a pmposc.
On the afternoon of the < M > on which the
Prutbians marched through Ho's-le-Uuc '
Clmiles learned from the villagers the whcrc-
< ihoutb of the nearest bodj of French sol
diers and tct off to Join them
It was soon discovered that the strange ,
client lad was \alimblo member of the
company on account ot Ma knowledge of
woodcinft and Ills absolute fearlessness. Im-
portan * scouting duty was entrusted to him ,
and after n time ho became the captain of
the most dating of all the bands of the
franc-tlrcur. 11U > little company was a con
stant aggravation to the Pruhslnns , a very
thorn In the sides of division commanders.
II.
One afternoon , shortly after the second
visit of the Prussians to Hols-le-Duc , little
Ilarlo Duret was alone In her parents' cot-
< ngd while they were at work In the fields.
Marie was a comely little maiden , a dark-
eyed , nut-brown peasant girl , and though
not A dozen summers had passed o\er her
head , she was a neat , thorough-going llt
tlo housewife. Although her homo stood
quit ( t apart from the other cottages and ) not
far fioin the great forest , so that It could
Bc-uriely ho called a part of Ilols-le-Oue at
all , Marie had become EO accustomed to
the mlslress for a whnlc day at n
"All , PRUSSIAN PIG ! "
tlmil th.U she did not In the least mind the
loneliness.
Tonay she had set the house In order ,
had swept the floor uml had piled beside
the largo brick oven a heap of faggots
against themorrow's baking. All her tasks
completed. Marie took pobseaslon of a low
chair anil began' sedately to nmuso herself
i\lth a largo rng doll , her ono playmate and
Itikeparahlo companion.
Now It happened that on this very morn
ing Captain Charles , the franc-tlreur , hav
ing gone out on n reconuolterlng expedition ,
lud been cut off from his men by half a
Aotcn Piusslan cavalrymen , and had ( o run
( or lila life. The Durel cottage was the only
ono nrnr him , and so , while Marie sat talkIng -
Ing to her doll , the door wan suddenly burst
open ami the soldier rushed In. Marie knew
at omo that It was Captain Charles , for she
had often seen him about the village , and as
ehe. had heard of his brave deeds In aid of
the French , she was not In the least
frightened.
" \Uiere canst thou hide me , llttlo ono ? "
this man hurriedly asked. "Tho 1'russlana
arc on my track. "
Marie had heard those stories of the
I'rtnwilanp und her heart sank with fear at
the thought of facing such monsters , Never ,
thelrw BUO showed herfclf n bravo llttlo
woman , For au Instant the glanced help-
ictel ) around the room. Truly ttiero wore
few hiding places In the llttlo cottage. Tbm
licr i > ) en fell on the large taking oven and
tier busy little brain found a way out of the
ell'mculty. Sim quickly bade the franc-tlreur
get Inside the oven and then oho tilled It with
the IOJRO faggoti ,
5 urccly was her work finished when eho
ticard a loud Knocking on the door and a
I'runtlau ofllrcr entered. lie stopped ,
obaMied , when ho saw only the little maid
ticforu hlui. Perhaps the thought of some
llttlo girl that he had left behind In the
Sutherland cumo to his mind , for the look In
Lla ejee was qulto gentle and his volcu
trembled la ipllo of bluitelf when ho woke.
. ' 'JY MW * mta entvr IhU liouse Just now , " '
Mason ,
he raid. "Tell me , my llttlo maid , where
he Is "
In the moment while she vvns waiting for
him to njcak Marlb had had time to collect
her wits and to reflect that the man did not
I look like Riifh n monatcr after all. Now aho
replied readily :
"A man ? O , yp , n soldier just came Inhere
hero and left that , " pointing to an old
rmiflket of her father's which stood In Hit1
corner of the room , "but he Is gone now , "
she added.
She carefully related to the Prussians how
the fiauc-llreur had takm the i > ath that led
from the rear of the cottage to the forest
The j'lrl answered his questions so readily
tint It was Vard for the olllcers to suspect
her of deceiving him , but he ordered Ills
men to make a thorough search of the cot
tage. They looked In clov-ts olid cupboards
and rummaged the loft. One of the men In
patiilng opened the oven door and glanced In.
Mario's heart almost erased bulling , but she
gave' no slg < n of her alarm. Seeing nothing
but the heat ) of faggots the man closed the
door. Murlc could .lardly keep from heaving
a sigh of relief ; It eccmed In her own mind
that she must ghe a shout of joy. A.s they
wore orrparhiK to leave ono of the men
asked :
'
"Shall we not fire the cottage ? "
It was the usual rule when a peasant was
RiiHpccted of harboring a franc-tlrcur to burn
his cottage as a lesson to him and a warn
ing to all others , hut .Mnrle'o winsome man
ner had touched the ofllccr'a heart and the
questioner received a curt , almost savant
"No. "
Marie watched the Prussians rldo away ,
V * - *
/ - J - .
oxn OP nn : MKN IN PASSING OPKNHU Tim ovnx noon AND LOOICRU IN.
anil when they \\ero well out of sight , khc
lot Captain Charles out ot his nairow liltl-
Ini ; place Ho had hcaiU all that pnbaed In
the cottage , nnd lie klsscil Jlarlo anil called
her a bra\o girl. Then ho departed by the
road opposite to that which the I'ritEalans
hail taken , to Join his men at their meeting
place In the forest.
Marie was the prldo of her parents and
the herolno of the town when her story was
made knoun. And in the depths of the for
est , when the finnc-tlreiir gathered about
their campflre and their leader told of his
narrow uhcapo and the biatery of the llttlo
peasant girl , each man lifted his canteen
and enthusiastically dianlc to the health and
prosperity of Marie Dnret.
The landlady of the little \lnc-covercd Inn
at Hola-lc-Itio tells this stoiy to every
stranger who \laltfl the place.nd If one
Is inqulsltUe enough to ask what afterward
became of the franc-tlreur and the prcbant
girl she will unfold her hand * , and say
"Just walk up to jonder brick house on
the hill and ask for Monsieur le Malre ami
Ills good wife There you will find Captain
Charles and the brae Marie. "
TWIN TO Till : HlTClinT STOHV.
V Ver > ( Mil Kahle of the Trudifnlni-HS
of roiifiieliix.
A very pretty story Is told of the child
hood of the great Chinese sage , Confucius ,
who , It will be remcmuerc-J Ihcd np rl >
3,000 years ago , nnd , for his tlii.e , was con-
h tiered n wonderfully wise man. Hero Is
the story
One day , when he was only C , the little
Confucius was sitting In the graden alone
with his book nnd hit , pet kitten. Just the
oU-or sldo of a law hedge which grew be
tween the family gradui and tht of the
ueivaiits he saw the little child of the
gardener kicking up Its hcfls In the middle
of the grass plat wl.cro Us mother had left It ,
The llttlo Confucius uatchcil the pictty
Child a few minutes , then returned to his
book. Ilut all nt once , as ho glanced to
ward the baliy again he say it making
with all Its tiny speed for ft huge china
basin full of water , which was nlwajs kept
tLt'ro from which to water the flowers. In
the space of a moment the1 little one crept
to the \cry edge , spied Its oun face In the
water and popped heels over head into the
liaMn before Confucius 'had ' time to leallzo
the dander'
He spiang over the low hcdgo screaming
for help The llttlo head was still abo\c
uatei , but In an Instant sank , and only n
tiny nrm nnd the light drcas were to be
scon , Tht < boy , still screaming , ran round
and round the basin , bending as far as ho
could o\er the top , trying In va'n ' to catch
the little hand. Then he stretched out both
inns tow aid the setting sun as If asking
he'p and suddenly a thought came to him
us It In uiiHwer , Gathering up snmo bU
tstoni's I ) Ing beside the path , lie dashed
tl em with all his might against the china
basin , which broke at once In pieces llko so
much glass , The water ran out In streams ,
and In a moment the child was safe , cryIng -
Ing to be sure , but only from fright.
The llttlo Confucius was leading him to
his mother's house when he met his own
father , coming to look for him ,
The boy had ne\cr been scolded In his
life , but when 'ho ' thought all at once how-
costly the great china tin sin which lie had
broken must have been , his heart misgave
Mm ; but he told what ho had done , and In
stead of being reprimanded ho found hlin-
self In Ma father'u arms , anil his father said :
"I praise you , my child. "
This boy afterward became the great
philosopher utul moral teacher of Ills people ,
honored by tlicm through more than twenty-
eight centuries
PH'VTTI.13 ' Of Till : YOIVRSTiilS. ! :
Teacher You ore painfully slow with fig
ures , Tommy Come , now , speak up quickly.
If > our father gave jour mother a J50 bill
and a $20 bill , what would she ha\o ?
Tommy A fit.
Hovengo Is sweet ,
" ' " eald the llttlo "who do
1'npa , girl , you
lo\o best in all the world ? "
Of cour o she thought she knew whut he
would reply , nnd ho knew that she thought
Eho know It , Coii cn.ucQtly lie decided to
teaseher. .
"DalBy , " ho replied.
Daisy was her stater.
She thought U all over , and then elio
climbed up In his lap.
" 1'apa , " she sold , "I wish you would ask
me If I love you or mumma the best. "
" well " ho returned "do
"Very , ; you love
mamnm or mo the boat ? "
Itevenge la sweet ; but , oven EO , a tender
hearted tit of humanity doea not like to U )
too harsh ,
"You won't feel very , very badly II I tell
> ou , will you ? " she whispered ,
Ho promised tbat bo wouldn't.
"Well , " ho eald , "than I guess I love
mamma best. "
Yes ; revenge la sweet.
Little H ltn fau learned the Lord's prayer ,
but sometimes she tan't quite sure of the
I lines.
The other day she wns endeavoring to re
peat for the benefit of nn admiring relative
when she stumbled near tno endiof It.
" Torglve ua our debts , ' " she repeated ,
"forgive UR our dpbls , as as usual , nmcn , "
"Paw , " asked the little boy , who had been
tackling Btntlstlcs In the dally paper , "how
does It come that moit of the whisky and
beer Is drunk by people In the temperate
zone ? "
Dorothy "had heard some one singing that
cUsslcal production the "Little Alabama
Coon , on the street Presently she came to
her mother nnd asked :
"Mamma , what docs 'swat' mean ? "
"What do you think that It means' "
" \\ell , I don't know , mamma , but I B'pose
that 'swat1 is colored for spank. "
01 T or TIII : oitm.N.utv.
Taking cnro of summer visitors Is said
to he the incut profitable business In both
. .Snftnml 'Vow "I'npsl'lre. ' ' It amounts
to $8,000,000 annually.
Twonty-two feet of hnrd wood In eight
hours , two cuts to n rtlck. Is the record
Si , , > vhtch TO-ytttroltl Ellphnlet Smith of
niddeford , Me. , challenges the wooj-enw-
Ing world.
Ono reason why female phjslelans nre so
plentiful In Iltissla Is that the country
Includes among Its Inhabitants o\er 12-
000 Mohammedans , who do not allow male
physicians to treat women.
The British Grenadiers now possess the
tallest soldier In the army. Ho stands six
feet eUht and three-quarter Inches In his
stocking feet , and , ns he Is only 23 years
of age , may grow yet. He Is an Irishman.
A Columbus , O. , firm has Just flnlahed a
No. 22 shoe , weighing fifteen pounds.
in one thousand cases of the morphine
habit collected from nil parts of the world
the medical profession constituted per
cent of the number.
Perhaps the greatest engineering feat the
world ever witnessed will bo undertaken
sonio tlmo this year by Japanese engineers
In building an Immnso bridge high enough
for ships in full sail to pass under across
straits ono mile wide to connect two Is
lands.
The latest no\elty In the wny of n trot-
let lij snld to be n jearltng bull In training
nt Oarretsford , Pa. This phenomenon goes
e'li n trot , makes no breaks and can step
quarters in fifty-live and fifty-six seconds
Ho has shown a inllo In harness over a
half-mile track In four minutes.
A Humford Kails ( Me ) merchant , who hnd
been sending clothlag and other supplies
to a poor family In the town , attended n
theatrical performance the other evening
and was surprised to sec the objects of his
beneficence father , mother nnd four chil
dren nil occupjlng resened seals.
Alderman Geblmrd ot Mnscautnh , 111. ,
Friday night presided nt a novel entertain
ment. It wns given In honor of opening a
Induing house for the homeless. The guostu
woio ill trumps , gathered for the occasion ,
and , 'besides ' a sub-tantlal supper , there
waii ibcer , wine and cigars for the aston
ished guests.
A dlvoico suit at TopiKn , Kan. , the other
day revealed the fact that Unrber Conrad
Meyer had 200 acres of farm land near
Tcpekn , 300 acres In Oklahoma , Ec\eral
herds of cattle and thousands of bushels of
corn In cribs. Ho made It all in twenty-
six tears In running a barber shop In n
Topcka basement.
The formeily despised sunflower Is now
regarded an \r.luable. . plant. Its seed
makes fine feed for stock , Its oil Is equal
to thu best linseed , nnd Its stalks nre better
for producing heat than conl. Now a west
ern man thinks he can make a diuable
co\ering for bicycle tires from the sticky
pabto that exudes from the plant.
Oregon has nn Inventor who evidently
came from genuine Yankee slock. Ho has
Invented certnln musical Instruments of
aluminum. The strings are detachable , so
that a mandolin can be used at , a stow pan ,
the guitar for a ham broiler or fish frier
and the banjo for the browning of flap
Jacks.
Seventy churches among the Congrega-
tlonallsts have adopted the Individual com
munion cups.
It Is slated that during the last eight
years tliero has been n greater Increase in
the number of converts in China than dur
ing the preceding eighty jears.
It la stated that from 30 to 40 per cent
of the receipts for foreign missions comes
from legacies. The American board receives
nn n\eragc of eighty bequests annually.
The new building for the United Hebrew
Charities to bo elected on Second avenue
and Twenty-first etrcct , New York , Is the
plft of Solomon Loeb , and will cost $150-
000.
000.It
It Is stated that there arc in the world
50)78 ! ) churches , 33,230 pastors and mlsplon-
arles , 4,705,053 members , and 2,251,032 Sun
day ( school scholars in the Baptist denomina
tion.
Several rioston churches have received a
number of Chinese into membership who
have for the most part received their re
ligious tinlning In the Sunday schools of
that city.
I.jman Abbott says "there Is no Joy like
divinely Jojful sorrow , as tliero Is no
strength llko the divinely strengthened
weakness. Tills Is the paradox of Chiistlan
experience , "
The whole number of ministers of every
denomination In the United States Is 139,232 ;
whole nutrrber of churches , 1S4.S21 ; whole
number of communicants , 25 91C02 ! ) , The
additions to Ul the churches in this country |
In 1897 wcro 030,931.
The membership of the Chicago central
department of the Young Mcn'd Christian
association January 1 , 1S9S , was 2,907 , the
largest membership of any association In this
country. The total membership of nil Chicago
cage brunches is 5,932.
Prof. S. V. Havl. who Is prominently en
gaged In the Protestant movement in Italy ,
reports that thcrei are In that country forty-
fcoven native ministers , and that last year
600 converts were made There are three
Protestant evangelical congregations in
Home.
Hov. A. n. Smith , pastor of t'ho ' Met'iollst
church ut Defiance , 0. , has announced from
his pulpit that the lilgh hat will no longer
bo tolerated In his church , and warned his
congregation to hereafter leave them at homo ,
as they will not bo admitted.
It Is sti ted that much alarm is felt In high
quarters in franca over the number of
Ilrmiaii Catholic pilests who are deserting
to the Protestant fhurch. The Gazette do
France sajs : "Never has such-a desertion
from the Catholic ranks been witnessed as Is
going on nt the present time. "
An international sumlay school convention
will be held In London this > ear. In 1S99 an
International council of the Congregational
churches will bo held In Doston , and the
Prepb > tcrlan Alliance In Washington. In
1900 a woild'-s convention of Christian En
deavor societies will bo held in London.
A Jersey City pastor has started a
gjniiiasluin In connection with his church
and has organized a dancing class at the
very Hbenil terms of $1 for eight lessons.
The modern two-step and the old-fashioned
quadrlllo both appeal to him as prcper ex
ercise for Christians The Christians have
not protested up to date. The only complaint
comes from the regular dancing masters.
Hcv. Thomas Harrison of Shelbyville , Ind. ,
who lias just celebrated his SCth birthday ,
Is > : n Kngllbhman l > > birth and when ho was
nbout to come to this country many years ago
ho found two vessels ready to sail for New
York City. Ono was strictly a temperance
vessel , the other permitted the use of In
toxicants. Ho chose the * temperance ship
and reached Now York In safc-t ) , wfollo the
other ship audereJ a mishap . .ml was lost
at sea , over 100 persons perishing.
A L'lrtrr Trie ! * . '
U ccitalnly looks like It , but there Is really
no trick about It. An > body can try it who
has Inline Hack and \Vcal ; Kidneys , Malaria
or nervous troubles \\'c mean he can cure
lilnuelf right awa > by taking Ulectrlc Hit
ters. This incUlcltio tones up the whole sys
tem , acts as a stimulant to the Liver and
Kidneys , is o blood purifier anil nt-rvo tonic.
It cures Constipation , Headache , Fainting
Spoils , Sleeplessness urd Melancholy. It Is
purely vegetable , a mild laxative and restores
the istem to ill natural vigor. Try Hlectrlc
Ultteru and be convinced that they are a
miracle worker. 1'very bottlu guaranteed.
Only COc a bottle at Kubo & Co.'e druc store.
THOUSANDS ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS
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. . * .
To furnish or add to the furnishinj/ their homes. Such a sale as this was never seen
in Omiha before. It is one of those opportunities that so seldom present themselves. We have added four new
salesmen to better enable us to handle tl > e ever increasing crowds of purchasers. We have determined not to
move one dollar's worth of goods. Everything Must Be Sold by Feb. 21.
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OLD HOME OF THE M'f ' LNLEYS
It Slill Si-nids in the Parish of Dorvook.
County Anti'm , Ireland.
A QUAINT FARM H3USE BUILT IN 1705
Under UN Tlmtelieil 'Hoof ' the AIIUVH-
IOTH if Our rrt'Nlilent Were
Horn Tin * l.oeullty mill
HH TriiilH limn.
In the county of Antrim Ireland's north
ernmost district there stands a comfortable
old farm liousc , which until recently at
tracted little motlce , but which has now be
come a place of much moie than local fame.
Parish oracles point out the homestead of
Dervock with unction and errant Americana
flrlft thither from Lame , Helfast and even
Jlstant Dublin. For this square built stone
Farm foouso was the cunabula gentls , or
cursing home , of the house of McKlnley , and
under this venerable roof vvaa born James
McKlnley , pioneer uf the family In America
and anccbtor of the president of these United
Slates.
Dorvock IB not far from Lough Neagh , In
whoso calm waters the fisherman is still be
lieved to see nt intervals all the fjilres nnd
pinnacles of borne proud city of the forgottc.ii
last. Ono may hire n Jaunting car lei bus >
Helfast and journey ItlUlicr agreeably enough.
The farm houeo stands on a slightly rising
ground. A hedge. of.Ull tliorn trees masks
the front , until thudong bonerecn , or lane ,
with a sudden turn , brings the traveler Into
the trim enclosure , -halt lawn , half garden ,
which surrounds the entrance door. Hehlnd
the house rise a brace of threading elms and
against their llgiitragreen foliage the cold
gray stones of nervock stand out in stern ,
but not utipleasant'irollef.
TIIO OLD M'KINLKY IIOMC ,
Two stories high , with narrow , small-panod
windows and a sort of lean-to addition such
Is the outward aspect of the McKlciley
cottage. Up to a decade since the roof was
picturesquely thatched , but the prctent
tenant tore away I'Je straw and covered his
liomo with more useful , but certainly lebs
attractive , elates In the low doorway stands
a "half-door. " tlat hospitable Celtic Idea ,
which keeps undesirable strangers out , while
bidding a hearty welcome to the desirable ,
[ leslde this door , through which ccie gets a
view of the neatly kept Interior , stands an
ancient granite etciie. now used as a eeat ,
but which once occi'Dled a more importaat
> o Itlon. The two cblnincja of t'.io cottage
ore very old , but so btrongly and servlceably
did the McKlnloys of foimer days build them
hat subsequent dwellers found In them no'li- '
ng to alter. The Mine , Indeed , may bo
tdld of Dervock as a whok It was built
hroughout solidly and well.
M'KINLEY TilADITION'S.
From many residents of the parish I
fathered scraps ot DmocU Ulsiory , until
Jt was easy to trace the modest story of
the old houi o. Somosa.d that the McKlnlejs
wcro a Scottish race that settled In Antrim
during James Ps. pontatlon of Ulster ; others
stoutly maintained that they were of pure
Irish stock , and merel > a subtrlbo or branch
fimlly of the great house of O'Nehl. How
ever this may be. It ia fairly certain that
during the rei O of Charles II James Mc
Klnley , son of another James McKlnley , and
called "Shamua Ose , " or "James the
Younger , " settled upon the lands of Der
vock. The name of "Shamus Oge" may be
found among the list of these to whom a
contract for the mak'cig of a road along
the shores of Lough Neagh was Issued In
the jcar 1CS8. In 1709 David McKlnley
of Dervock was a collector of the "heartn
tax" In Antrim. Doubtless these anccstois
of Prcbldeat McKlnley had a dwelling oo
their farm , but no vcetigea theieof re
main.
The existing structure was built in 17G5 ,
ns ono can see from the old stone seat
hitherto alluded to as standing by the Der
vock door. The old stone was formerly the
hearthstone of the farm house ; but a former
tenant , finding that his lloor hud bunk
below the level ot the stone , removed it and
had it eot up as a seat. Then It was that
on the reverse of the granite Mab was dis
covered the 'inscription "W McK. , 17C5. "
TMdltlon confidently atserls that this means
"William McKinluy , 17C5 , " the date being
tlat of the completion of the farm house.
HOME OF THU PIlKSinKNT'S ANCHSTC HS.
Ill a small Iilbh country parish it Is easy
enough to follow the line of a respectable
yeoman or farmer family back for live or
six generations. Every such partah has
borne shcannachlc , or wise chronicler ,
whoso business it Is to keep tiack of just
such homely genealogies. With the us-
slstanco of the Protestant rector of Cushcii-
dun ( Hov. Samuel Arthur Hrenmin , M. A ) ,
a noted Irish antiquarian , I found but llt
tlo difficulty in connecting President Mc
Klnley with the Dervock family Indeed ,
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TIU : ou : > M'KiNLRY HIAKTIISTONR
In the records of the i rl h church arc
the christening ontrUu of "James , BOH or
William anil Hannah McKlnley of Dor-
\03fc. " anil of h' ' < i brothers , John , I'cter
and William all bt-tueen the > eara 1705
anil 1716. Thebocre the chlldien of that
Duhl McKlnley of Dervock , who collected
the hearth tax and the grandchildren of
"Sl.amus Oge McKinley "
A I'ATIUOT TAMIIA" IN 179S.
James McKlnley came to America and
MB BOM Da\ld or Columblana county , Ohio ,
was Krciat-grandfathcr of the president. Ilia
nephew , William McKlnloy , Inherited thu
old houiMtcAd , And during the troublous
tlmrs of 179S threw In his lo ( ns did very
many Ulster Protestanth , with the united
Irishmen. He was u close friend of Henry
Joy McCracKcn , the leader of the Us ! > ter
rebels , nnd during the summer of 17US a
party of jeonmnry , commanded , cuiloubly
enough by a Captain Hanna , descended
upon Dervock farm and captured McKlnley
and a quantity of lebel arms and ammuni
tion. McKlnley was taken to Colcralnc ,
nnd. the country belnx under mnrthl law ,
ho v.as trleJ by drumhead court-martial
and shot in the market place , together
with three other patriots.
Dervock has long parsed out of Mc-
Khiley hands , but the present tenant , n
bturdy Ulster yeoman , claims relationship
to the family In the female line. A nearby
churchyard has many McKlnley tombs , and
amonii them may be seen that of William of
1798.
.AUDIT . .NOTII : ) piopin.
Alphonse Daudet came to Paris In 1S37
with two francs In his pocket Ills literary
fame was slow In coming , nnd for long he
lived a life of privation nr.'l thoughts of
Biiicldo came to him. Dven nftcr he had
passed the period of Ills bitterest poverty
life was not roseate. For Edmond About ,
who In 1S72 m'-de ' an Inquliy ns to the In
come o" various authors , Daudet wrote that
ho received then about 5,000 francs u year
from his writings. In 1874 ho published
"Fromont Jeuin et Ulster Aine , " which
brought him great pri/fit and renown Since
187S ho hnd received never less than 100,000
fiancs a jear from hl writings.
A New York man who chanced to tmvcl
west in a car with William Glllett and Ms
Seeret Servlco company declares that the
. lever actor Is moie entertaining off than on
the stage. He amiibcd those sitting nearby
ivith absurd comments upon people nnd
pl-cea , nnd when the 'party got out at n
station for a staiUup lunch the N iv Yorker
chanced to have a place next Glllett. Tlio
e'atlng room was crowded and time was
short , bo the accommodating maid who
served behind the counter , when handing the
iictor his piece of pic , pols , d It In air .Jinl
inquired whether ho would "eat It or take It
with him. " "Well , miss , come to th nit of
It , " knid Qlllctt , "with jour permission I'll
cat It first nnd then take It with me "
Robert Harr , whoso experiences at the
hands of the unspeakable Tuik have llili-d
to much newspaper bpaeo of late. Is thu
fnther of two very icmaiKtible cliLdrcu.
Though neither Mr. Harr nor ills wllo have
any special taste for mufllc , jut their only
son and daughter aie prodigies In the art.
Thu boy , a Ind of 12 jears of age t > pcndb all
the tlmo lie can steal fiom school In building
pipe organs llo has already iom > truit > .d ,
unaralsti'd , a big and handbomo InstriimeMit
lit IIK | fiiHlni' mm pnmitn nlnnt nf Vlr/\ltlMr
ham , ingljml : , and while doing .so , Intro
duced many Innovatlonu that he clalnib are
great Improvements upon the oldstylo of 1011-
Htiuctlon. The daughter Is a gllted pianist ,
vsho promised to take aa high lank among
the Inbtrumentallsts of her day UK her father
now holdi ) ob u hovcllsl and short story
writer.
Mw. Ruth McRncry Stuart , whoso negro
dialect stories and readings have made her
famous , la ono of , if not the licit , cooks In
America. She bu.s imuli- money as well as a
wide reputation from her books , hut her
pride is much sooner touched 1 > y rffere > neo
to lid soups than to her romance. ' . When
wearied with the pun she ran nlwajif find
colaco In mixing a salad or rompoundlng a
gumbo and ahowu veritable genius In nil that
relates to sauces nnd savories. In the
kitchen over a frying pan her la-em sense of
humor expands. Slio can rpln funny plunta.
tlon jests and jlngUw by Ibo jard , her dia
lect Is as sweet ns that of a "canmhed
nigger , " nnd hcnrlng her then , the listener
realUrn what a remarkable gift this Ixmlsl-
ana woman POIHCBBOP It IB probably a
combination of her pouthcrn temperament
nnd talents ae a cook that cause Mrs Stuart
loibo noted for her generous hospitality , and
among her friends It Is generally understood
that where the authorces Is ( hero good things
to vat are sure toibn gathered together.
Dr. Nansen for BO great a lion Impressed
Ihacio who mot him In this country as being
singularly free fiom eccentricities. Yet
It appears that he hoe had to etruggln to ,
overcome ) any number of youthful vsgarhs
and among others a passion for wearing
gray. Blnco ho grejw old enough to per
suade liU mother to let him have a choice
In his clothing every garment in his wardrobe -
robe was of a uniform color. And from that
time until bit marriage the young Norwc-
i Kian never once deviated from his early BC-
. lection. Hats , bhlrts , socks , underclothing
glovtM , and of couiee , hU top clothes , wcro
. nil gray. Remonstrated with upon the ab-
| surdlty of his ojurisc , ho again and again
ordeied or bought black clothes , but when
it came to wearing them , his courage failed
and ho would go Lack cadi Iliac to h's ' cher-
iohed gray. ItMIB not , InJeed , until It came
i to a question of hurrcnderlng his bride or Ills
prejudice that Dr Nansen could muutcr
resolution to get into a black suit , nnd Ills
friends say that to this day he cllnqs tena
ciously to his love of gray , and during his
Arctic explorations he woreno other color.
Among the old soldiers who appeared be
fore the Maryville , Mo , pension board for
oxnmlnntlon a few days ago vis John Lin
coln of Holckow , Mo. Mr. L'ncoln nnd bin
clstcr , Mrs. Wabhlngton Hcnhor of Mnryvllle- ,
wore second coublns to Abraham Lincoln.
Mr. Lincoln enlisted early In the 'CDs In the
Fourth Missouri M. S. M nnd served In that
regiment for three jeais. Ho then onllbted
In the Thirteenth Mli-aurl cavalry , In which
ho berved until the end of tlui vvnr lli-fore
ho was finally mustered In he fought Jndlans
on the plains for uome tlmo. When he first
offered his bcrvlces to tbn government ho
was only flvo feet live Inches tnll , but when
ho wns discharged lie meisured six feet one-
Inch In his stockings , Mr. Lincoln hervcd
two terms ns bherlff ofne1icw county and
( mperlntended the hanging of the Infamous
Hntemnn , the murderer of two little girls , In
October , 1883 , During Preuldcnt Harrison's
administration ho wns hcnd Janitor In Ihc-
customs house at Kt Joseph Hea \ nou IJ2.
years old nnd beats n striking resemblance-
to the martyred president
THU OI.D-TMIKUS.
William Kail Cook of Portsmouth , R. I. ,
recently pasted hh 10lu-t birthday. He Ii
spld to be the oldcot FreeMa = on In the
United Slates.
Tno oldest clergjman of the Church of
England Is Rev. IMward Allen , w'u ' >
Ins just completed his 100th joar. Ho is
still fulfilling his fumt'rns , u Tivorton.
Mrs. Clarlnda .1. Liwri-nci- Nobility Hill
In Marlboro , N. II. , recently celebrated
the 102d anniversary of her birth. She Is
related to the fnmoua Trumbull family of
Connecticut.
Governor Houtvvell rounded out his SO
jears last week rue of the rlx men who-
have been govcinors of Matcaclii'.settK ' , barn
In 1818 , vUlloutvvell , Clallln. Gardner ,
Andrew , Talbot and Hire.
A lecture uab given In Cincinnati the
other day by Rev. Pctei IFoHsetl - , .
who waa crice a slave of Thomas Jefforean.
The old man IK S3 JC-IIA old. Ho tells In
teresting amcdolu : of the groit statesman.
Mr. Dleden , Iho heninr member of the
Gorman RelchHtag 1 S7 jears of ago , and
IMBat In every tcss'wi ' Mice the emplro
uas constituted lit- bin also been a mem
ber of the Piuaslan Landtag eontlnuuuuly
JK.'I.
The oldest noblewoman of England Is Jaim
Catherine Dowager Haronces Carew , who
was born In DM ember. 179S She was mar
ried to Robert Shaplaml , first Haron Carcw ,
on November 10 , 18IC. The next oldest
woman In the peerage la I/idy Ilmlly Fnley ,
of Stoke Kdlth Park , Herefordshire. Kho
was born In 1799.
It Is related of President John Tyler's-
nephew , William Tjler who died a few dnjn
ago In Conkllng , Wachlngteti county , Tenn ,
at the ago of fc.r > jears , that he It-id lived
all his life In thn IIOIMC In which he was
born , and that the bulldlig was onio onncd
by John Sevlcr , the pioneer , who thero-
planner ! with Colo-iel Iraac Shelby , In 1780 ,
the battle of Klng'a Mountain.
Mrs. C. Parish , aged 8-t , vtho has lent
three fortunes , been Ilireo times fillip-
wrecked on three different oceans > inil who
la now writing three books , gave an cntor
talnmcnt last Friday at thn Sherman house ,
In an Francisco , to eomo of her frimdb ,
all of uhom were over 70 jMrn old. Two
of the gentlemen , aged roipeetlvuly 93 and
102 , cent regrets , pleading butlness engage
ments.
Mm. Kalllo Shiver of Acrco , Ga , now 90
yeais old. has , nccoidliiK to a local paper.
225 children , giandchlldren , great-grand-
children and grcat-greut-grandchlldren ncid
In addition to tt.ln formidable number sev
e-nty-lhe have died. Therefore , the total
reaches the remarkable number of 310 , Thcro
are seven children , the oldctt of whom In
70 and the joungcst 43 , end cone of tlit-m
have ever figured in a ciuo at court
ual 2
Rev. S.V Crampton of Baltimore , vvheme
death Is announced at the ago ot 88 yeori ,
was the oldest HplHCOtiil clcrsyinna in Murjr-
Und.