New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-02

of NewYork. Three months after the old peer s
death the mausoeum which he had erected In
the park of his country seat. Dun Echt, In Aber-
deenshire, found broken open and the
corpse removed The services Of every imagi-
nable detective agency both official and private.
were brought into plav In order to discover
clew TO the "rcsurrectonists" and to recover the
body.
An enormous amount OF money was spent IN
this manner without the slightest result being
attained. Nearly a year later, however the
body OF the dead Earl was discovered by the
head gardener Of Dun Echt buried in shruboery
not more than few hundred yards distant from
the mausoleum. Under the circumstances Il Is
not unnatural that the present Earl should nave
endeavored to get rid OF place assoclateu WIN
memories Of so grewsome character, ana re-
Gently he has disposed of the estate to syna-
cate which proposes to establish there great
school on the lines Of Elton and Harrow. Inc
superb astronomical instruments Whch were "
feature of Dun Echt, and which earned foT us
observatory a name throughout Europe anu
America. have been transferred 10 the new my a,
Scotch Observatory near Edinburgh, WIN winch
Lord Crawford has endowed his native Kingdom,
while his splendid astronomical library seconu
only 10 that of the Imperial Observatory at 81.
Petersburg, has likewise peeh PieSei''0' W NV
Scotch nation.
ORDERS THAT MEAN MUCH.
While the Earl of Crawford wears on his
breast orders conferred by foreign governments
for his services to international science the
Prussian Order of Merit and the broad ribbon or
the Legion Of Honor figuring among the num-
her his kinsman, Lord Vantage, mas on the
lapel Of his evening dress coat tiny Dlt OF gun
metal OF no intrinsic value. and yet Whci II,
the eyes of an Englishman is more Gghly prZeu
than the British Order of the Garter OF 'c
diamond star of any foreign sovereign tof us
possession is equivalent to Eecoghit"n oy ume
state and by the Nation thet its bearer is nero.
since the Victoria Cross IL only conferred Ioi
some altogether exceptional act or eaHantry III
the face of the enemy. LORD vantage "oi VIE
as a mere lad of twenty-five at the patte Oh
Jnkerman in the Crimean War, IRON Whlch Hc
returned home a eutenant-coloncl at the aSe
of twenty-three. SO distinguished, ihdeed' were
his services in the war that the Prlhce OoiiSTi
insisted on appointing him as Equerry TO lhe
Prince of Wales on the first formation or inc
household Of the heir apparent. Marrying Tue
daughter and heiress OF Lord OVerstohe' ne pc
CANA nossessed thereby of one OF the largest
fortunes in England. left the army. ana es.ao-
iished himself as a territorial magnate IN berh-
shire and prominently identhed hllhseI' 80.
oniv with the Ambulance Society, but also with
the volunteer movement, serving for time as
COLONEL of the Honorable Artillery Company.
nine wears ago. amid tokens of universal APP
proyal the Queen transformed MN from Oo'oilei
Loyd Lindsay to Lord Vantage.
Sir Coutts Lindsay, another of the signers OF
The circular before mentioned. has seen service
~ or,y 40 q colonel Of the Grenadier Guards In
the English Army, but also as Garibaldan sol,
der In later life he has abandoned the SWORD
for the brush. and achieved great dlstlnction as
q nainter He is the owner Of the Grosvenor Cal
ierv in London the popularity OF which, as Wen
as its prestige In the artistic world Is but NJ
tie inferior to the Burlington House IN Whlch
tho ROYAL Academy has established lis mead
Quarters From this II Will be seen that the
heads of the house of Lindsay and those VINO
are now endeavorng to reconstitute the an
cient clan Of Light Lindsay are men r, wmo
dad a c
hers of society in any part OF the world. men Oh
whose kinsmanship there Is no neeu 10 oe
ashamed, and TO whom one can without Id!IhS
ones self open TO a charge OF subservlency ac-
cord that respect and allegiance which are que
bv the cadets of an ancient and illustrious house
to It's head
NOT "DUFFER CLAN"
II not the creation Of new clan that is pro-
posed. but the reorganization Of one OF the most
ancient and important In Scotland so that those
who respond to the circulars Of Lords CRAWFORD
Lindsay, Vantage and Balcarres and Sir Cou''s
Lindsay will be entirely safe from the rioicule
which attaches nowadays to what are known
as the "dufter clans" These are TO the real
old Highland tribal associations what the mush-
room nobility of plebeian extraction IS TO the
old blue FLOODED arstocracy. Nowadays, as soon
as ever a man makes his pile in the CITY py
the means Of the manipulation OF stock or by
company nongering, he Immediately invests
portion Of his gains in the purchase or a place
in Scotland" usually the castle ana DOMAIN Oh
some IMPOVERISHED chieftain. And, oblivouS OF
tho fact that in buying the estate he has not pur-
chased either the ancestry Of tho former owner
nor vet the allegiance which the people OF the
district accorded TO the Old laird as his due, he
Immediately blossoms forth as the chief of a
clan either adopts the tartan Of his predecessor
or else gets his tailor to invent a new one FOR
him. and surrounds himself with number OF
retainers who are willing to hail him as their
chief so long as he provides them with lodging
and board especially drink. some or these
'nouveaux riches" lairds are men or obviously
Iehrow extraction, others are Anglomanlac
Frenchmen and Americans. while there are even
some German bankers among them. These are
krCwn as "duffer lairds." and their clans.
which are composed IN the nam OF parasites ana
hirelings, as mere "duifer clans and it is DIFF
ncult to conceive the profound contempt with
which they are one and ali regarded by the real
article.
THD RESTORATION OF CLANS.
While it is natural that the creation Of new
clans in this manner should be an object of ridi-
Guile, vet 1t is impossible to do otherwise than
commend the efforts which are being made to
retain intact far possible the tribal feelings
and system among the real old historic clans.
They constitute not only link with the past
but also q source OF strength, since each mem
Der feels that ne has the whole of his clan Dehhd
him, and that he Is under an hereditary ob1Ga-
ton to do nothing whatsoever that can IN any
way bring disgrace upon its name or upon us
tartan. That II does not in any way impair the
independence Of the citizen or destroy his SELF
respect Is shown by the fact that Scotch High
landers have earned O. name throughout the
world for their sturdy and rugged frankness and
fer their absolute freedom from everything IN
the nature OF servility Indeed, 1t is doubtful
whether Queen Victoria--who has nearly ioo-
coo 600 human beings subject to her rue-haS
ever heard so many home truths often or an
unpleasant nature, as fe from the lips Of sury
but honest old John Brown. Loyal the High
lenders are, true as steel. bun not subscr-
Went; and even the lowest Of them has far
kcener sense OF his own personal dignity than
many a SouthTon peer Of the realm
In some respects, the Highlands may be said TO
constitute @ corner of the world that Is entirely
apart from the remainder, since nowhere in Eu-
rope have old principles, traditions. customs and
even fashions been more strictly observed than
north of Castle Stirling. The Highland funerals
to-day, for instance. are precisely what they
were hundreds Of years ago. and when the dy-