Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-17


think would place first of all her glorious
motherhood. The wisest man said Of sush
~ she: The heart of her husband doth
safely trust In her. She will do him good
and not evil all the days OF her life.
Strength and honor are her clothing; and
che shall rejoice In time to come. she
openeth her mouth with wisdom; and In
har tongue Is tho law Of kindness. ah1
looketh well to the ways Of her household
and eateth not the bread Of idleness. liar
children arise up and call her blessed. Give
her Of the fruit OF her hands: and lot her
own works praise her In the gates
ut ID worth all the care and trial and
sorrow to be worthy OF such divine por-
traiture a. this. and she was worthy Of It,
Her motherhood was the browning glory Of
Der days: She was. by divine right. the
gentle mistress OF her own house. Always
tender and true In her loving sympathies.
self-poised and sturdy In her personal up.
rightness. she ruled like queen over her
own home. The law OF kindness WA the
law OF her life, and mono knew her there
but to feel the genial influence OF hsr pres
ence. She might have been proud mother.
but think no one heard her say 90. Her
great loving heart throbbed with tendsrest
anxieties for those whom the kind Father
had given her and her children arise up
and call her blessed
Another characteristic Of Mother Ne.
Kinley was her unvarying cheerfulness.
When her pastor suggested to her once that
the way must be growing brighter a. shs
advanced toward her heavenly home, she
replied that It had been bright all the way.
And yet there had been many bereave-
ments. She trod for weary years the path
Of widowhood.
"A career that ID closed becomes q flrm
possession-a completed power. The arch
= imperfect until the hand Of death has
dxed the Keystone
ut IL the end OF the journey that gives
nh 80 ~ a IN
cessful journey ended. she rests well.
It's hard to part when friends are dear:
Perhaps twill cost q sigh, O tear:
Then steal away. give little warning.
Choose thine own time;
Say not good night. but in some happier
Bid me good morning."
After the singing of Nearer, My God,
to Thee" benediction was pronounced
by Rev. DR.. MacAfee, of Columbus,
pastor of the Broad Street Methodist
church Of Columbus, which the presi-
dent attended while he was governor Of
Ohio.
View the Remains.
The lid Of the casket was then lifted,
and the large congregation. as well az
many who had been unable to gain adj
mission to the church, filed past to take
Q last look at all that was mortal Of
Mother Mckinley. The family and
the friends entered the carriages and,
followed by thousands, proceeded to
West Lawn cemetery, where the body
was laid to rest in the family lot.
This service was preceded by brief
private services ut the house attended
by the immediate family and the Wash
tngton guests. The house services con-
sisted Of prayer by Rev. Manchester
and the reading of the Twenty-third
Psalm by Rev. MacAfee.
Members of the Cabinet Attend.
The members Of the cabinet who
came to Canton to attend the funeral
reached here on special train over the
Pennsylvania lines at 9:25 in the morn
ing, having left Washington at 1870 a.
night. The party was composed Of Sec
rotary of War Alger and Mrs. Alger;
Secretary Of the Interior Bliss; At
torney General McKenna and Mrs. Mo.
Kenna; Postmaster General Gary, Sec
rotary Of Agriculture Wilson; Secre-
tary to the President Porter and Mrs.
Porter.
After the funeral services Ill of the
Washington guests were entertained at
dinner by Mrs. Harter, and at eight
o'clock they left on the special train to
Washington. The car Newport, which
is assigned to the president, was at
tached to the special train, and In It the
president, Mrs. Mckinley and Mr..
Abner Mckinley left, the latter taking
the New York train at Harrisburg.