The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-05-20
Continued from 1St page.)

Germany, OF Scandinavia and Of
Austria are all noted for the swarth-
ness Of their complexion and the
raven hue OF their capillary adorn-
ments, whence the name OF "Black
Douglas" And it may encourage
the Lindsays on this side OF the At
lantic, moreover, to learn that there
are no unpleasant sayings or pro-
verbs connected with their ancestral
name. Thus when poor Sir William
Gordon Cumming was branded by
means OF
THE CRANKY CROFT SCANDAL,
followed by the baccarat trial, as a
card cheat-there are many who be-
lieve him to have been innocently
conference.-the old Gaelic saying
was recalled according to which
while there's leaf in the wood,
there'll be treachery in the Cum
mings." In the same way, every
bearer Of the name of Mckenzie
labors under the tradition to the
effect that "no Mckenzie is ever
gracious until he is fed" To the
predatory instincts of the MacFar-
lands tribute is borne by the pro-
verb, "while there is forest in Kin.
tale, MacFarland will never be with
out cattle in his fold" Every true
blooded Macleod should have de-
Elected extremities in order to live
up to the nickname OF which their
clan was once so proud, namely,
"the MacLeods of the handy legs"
In the same way
THE CAMPBELLS ARE NOTED
for their "crooked mouths" and for
their BLACK mouths" and it is add
ed, there never was a Campbell
without guile" A few other CLASH
fications of clan character are the
dirty Dalrymples," the "windy
Murrays," the "idiot McQueens,"
the "slow Mackintoshes," while the
MacCullums are renowned north OF
Castle Stirling as the descendants of
the sixty fools" The MacGregors
feel themselves under a certain
amount Of obligation to live up to
tradition that "there was ne'er a
boor of the MacGregors," while il
The McNabs are famed for the virtue
of the women it is because Of the
old proverb according to which
"there was ne'er hussy of the Mac
Nabs." The only classification that
| can find with regard to the name
Of Lindsay is the occasional reference
MADE IN SCOTTISH RECORDS
to the eight Lindsays." But whether
this has regard to the hue of their
hair or to the hightiness of their
conduct l am unable to say.
The Lindsays are one OF the
grandest houses in the history OF
Scotland, and there are few names
that are to be found so frequently
and figuring so prominently on
every page of the glorious annals OF
Queen Victoria's northern kingdom.
1t is claimed that they are of Scandi-
navian, rather than of Gaelic, origin,
and that they are descended from
the same stock as the Dukes of Nor
mandy, who, after the battle Of Has
tings in 1866, became kings OF Eng
land. They were for long time
the feudal lords OF the now so glori-
fed Hamiltons, and frequently in
termarried with
THE ROYAL HOUSE OF STUART,
while among the foreign sovereign
houses who include Lairds of Lind
say and OF Bruce among their an
cestors, is the royal dynasty OF Bour-
bon and the imperial house of Haps-
burg. So great was the grandeur
OF the Lords of Lindsay in the ff-
teenth century that when the chief,
the fifth Earl OF Crawford, Lord
High Admiral and Lord High Judi
ciary of Scotland, was created Duke
OF Montrose by King James, he re-