Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-22

| Mr.. NICK inley comes OF bcOIcn-lrlSn
| descent His father was working man,
| who by industry and perseverance, be-
| came owner of a small iron furnace. HIS
| mother was a farmers daughter, wen
! descended, but nothing very definite is
| given of her character or pecultarities.
| His wife is an invalid, and has been for
many years, yet Mr.. McKinley's devo-
| ton and loyalty to her have been In
| keeping with the mans strong nature
In spite of i'll health, Mrs. Mckinley has
been ambitious for her distinguished
! husband and has made an impression
upon his career. 1t is said that She
| fears she may, because of her Sickness
become a drawback to Mr.. Mckinley
and this fact perhaps increases her am
bition for his success. He is constantly
near her fnvalid's chair when his duties
permit and is said to enjoy pushing the
chair and entertaining his sick vile
whenever opportunity is afforded him.
So thus far nothing remarkable has been
told of either the wife or the mother or
| Mckinley, but | am suresthey may. with
truth, be reckoned above the average in
| many ways.
On Wednesday last the Exchange bank
of Macon, Ga. cashed the $4,000 check
drawn in favor of Harry s. Edwards and
] signed by Victor F. Lawson, owner OF
the Chicago Record, which is the payment
of the prize offered for the best story of
mysteries by the Record. The following
telegram was sent from the chamber of
commerce of Macon on Wednesday,
when the check was cashed:
Macon, Ca March IS.
Mr.. Victor f. Lawson Chicago Record,
| Chicago, ILL.,:
1.-The city of Macon rejoices at the great
honor that has come through you to one
| of our most loyal and esteemed sons, and
desires to express to you through this,
her organized commercial body, our most
| grateful thanks and appreciation, not
only for the just award which we know
| Mr.. Edwards is entitled to, but also for
the prompt and business-like method
! which has marked the entire handling of
| the story contest.
I'VE take this recognition of the
south's literary ability as an evidence
that you know no dividing lines between
this great nation of ours: Very respect
| fully R. NJ. ROGERS,
president Macon Chamber of Com
| merce."
There is always some quaint little sto-
ry creeping into print about Mrs. Lang
trys early life, always a contra sting of
her present with her past, and into these
tales of her girlhood and young wifehood
| there seems to be caught the fragrance
| of Jersey meadows and the sad music of
ripping waves which break upon that
| farming coast The latest story is told
! by a writer in the New York Journal,
| who says:
| When she was. simple, unspoied
| child, with a skin like alabaster and a
soul unspotted from the world, running
wild down in Jersey, party of young
| men of higher rank than morals, travel
| ing for pleasure, discovered the unknown
| beauty and reported her charms in Lon
| don. Bring her here clamored the con-
noisseurs of feminine beauty, including
their leader, the Prince of Wales, that
| we may behold such SURPRISING lowell
| Rnt hafora this aonld he
| plished the Lily had married Mr.. Lang
| try and ruined the varied possibilities
of titled match, which 1t was declared
| might have been hers for the taking.
| However, to London she soon went, for
rumors of her own incipient fame as a
/ beauty reached her, and she grew rest
] less and Disconnected with her monoto-
| nous life in the quiet little island. She
persuaded her husband, who adored her,
| to send her to the great city for a glimpse
of life, promising to return and content
| herself forever after with her homely du-
| ties He reluctantly consented, and
begged her to have her photographs TAX
| en- before she went that her pictured face
| might console him in his loneliness. But
she preferred to sit to some famous Lon
| don photographer, and, taking from an
/ old family album this schoolgirl photo
| graph In the dignity of her first silk
| frock she gave it to her husband, prom
| Using to send him a later picture as soon
| as possible. Once in London, she was
| taken up by the Prince of Wales and
| his set, and her poor little Jersey head
was completely turned. How she be-
| came the rage everybody knows. When
| his royal highness expressed wish to
| see her photograph as young girl she
/ sent home for the picture she had given
| her husband, sending him instead one OF
| the smart London pictures showing what
| person she had become. When the roy
/ al parsonage expressed desire to keep
| the likeness the privilege was of course
| accorded him But alas for the friend
| ship of royalty and subject! The photo
| graph eventually again came into Mrs.
| Langtry's possession and by her was
| given to Archibald Forbes. the famous
| soldier and war correspondent, who won
| renown by carrying dispatches, despite
| incredible dangers and difficulties, from
/ Plevna to the car during the Crimean
war, and who had for many years been
| the war correspondent of the London
| News. Mr. Forbes gave the picture to
| his friend, Mrs. w f. Morse, of Gramer-
| cy park to add to her collection of pho
| tographs of wel-known people, one of
| the most unique and interesting in New
| York ("
The following handsome cards have
/ been received:
| tsMr and Mrs John Lewis Harre1l re-
| quest the honor of your presence at the
ma rriage of their daughter, Lucle- Good
| Zoe. TO Mr.. James Edward Russell, Tues
| day mon ming. March 81, 1896, at $3.50
| O'Clock at their residence 2217 Royal
| street New Orleans
1 THIS announcement OF the approaching
| marriage Of Miss Lueie Goodloe Harrell
| will cai,se very general interest in Bir-
| mingham. as this city was her former
| homo ana she and her entire family
! ma. q hosts of friends here and In other
parts of her Alabama who will rejoice In
| hei happiness and watt her all manner
! Of good wishes for future blessings
| Miss Haiiell is the granddane hter of the
! late Hon William Iowndes Yancey. one
| OF rne most distinguished Americans of
| hts genera tion. and one of the most elo-
| quent and loyal southerners, who. be-
| cause Of his genius and oratory. achieved
| immortal fame.
Mr. Russell il a man Of sterling char
| acter and of fine business qualities
/ worthy Of the noble girl he has won.
The Nlnteenih Century club was en-
| tertained on Wednesday, afternoon by
| Miss Lila Chisolm at her South High
| land home. A paper on Current
| Events was read by Miss Mary Leigh
Brosdnax. and Miss Daisy Lewis read