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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-11
THE BIRDS WAY.
tile bird sat on a slender limb.

Inc little bro SAT on sieHuet '"'D'
Upward swinging, ~. ,,,
And though wind Al d rain were rough WIN nm
Still KEEP; singing. III.
"Oh little bird quick, seek out your nest
| could not keep from calling: ,,
THE bleak winds tear your tender breast
Your tiny feet are falling.
More need for song
When things 20 wrong;
7 was not meant for crying;
No fear for me.
He piped with glee. ,,.
INV wings were made for flying
Nv heart had been dark as the stormy SKY.
In my sorrow. , -
With tho weight OF troubles long pasSe" w.
And the morrow
''Oh little bird sing" cried once more
THE sun viii soon be shining.
See there's a rainbow archlng Ger
The storm clouds silver lining
too Will sing,
Through everything;
II will each blessing douole
Nor yet forget
When rude winds fret,
TO ry above my trouble. wa
" -(Myra Goodwin Plantz
Gent by NJ f.. Crouch.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-11

Mrs Celia Wallace OF Chicago. who offered 10
adopt Evangelina Cisneros. has purchased tho IA
nous U'pham diamond for $4,000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-11

"As whole acres Of Persian roses are required u
make n single ounce OF pure altar, 40 the sou.
balm IS tho slow product Of long course OF r'sn
i,.,,g and thinking every separate act and thought
~ u'hlch contributes its own minute uu. P'oN''
na -,icle OF sweetness to this rich result
Son, Nv ] y.
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READY FOR CHURCH WORK.
rwENTY-ONE YOUNG WOMEN MISSION
ARIES GRADUATE
PRFSENT-DAY OPPc

REV DR. VAN DYKE TALKS ABOUT THE WAR AND
CONGRATT-IArEs THE STUDENTS on THEIR
PRFSENT-DAY OPPORTTNITTES
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-11

For want Of space the answer 10 the Faster
Acrostic" published April IL. has been delayed IL is
r. printed with the for the benefit OF those
who did not 1t at first and TO whom the an
swers otherwise would be meaningless The acros-
tic was sent by II. J. H.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-11

Professor william Hale. OF tho Chicago Cniver-
s,ty Will give an informal talk at Miss Annie
Browns school 10 which tho teachers OF the New
York schools have been invited this evening
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-11

. The children OF Public School No 70 phnteo
poplar tree on Arbor Day when 'hcy 'o'eu 10 o""
Dewey"
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Of twenty-seven letters. This text is made up OF
the first letters OF the twenty-seven WORDS that
answer the twenty-seven different lines.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-11

The concluding lecture under the auspices OF the
Educational Committee OF the Froebel Society Will
be given this evening at the Academy ny Proiesso.
james T. Russell dean II ~" Teachers Coiicee Q,
Columbia University. "Herhart and Froebel VII!
be discussed
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r1er reading and Mrs Henry y. Meeker VIII read
a paper on Current Events.
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GOOD CHEER.
Have you had kindness shown1
Pass Il on.
Twas not given for you alone
Pass II on.
Let u travel down the years.
LIT 4, wipe another's tears.
TIL In heaven the deed appears-
Pass II on.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-11

The sixty-fourth Anniversary service Oh INC Amer
team Female Guardian Sosety and Home Tor the
r,r,.rdless Will be held this morning at Il o'clock In
the Home Chapel No. . East Twenty ninih.st,
T'Se Home children viii entertain The guests ana
o. address will te made 10y Mrs. !. H. Knowles
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-11
,rt,r LAWYERS INvOCATTON TO SPRING.

Whereas on certain boughs ana sprays
Vow divers birds are heard 70 sing
Ard sundry flowers their heads upra'se
Waii to the coming OF tho Spring
tn. songs OF those said birds arouse
Tbo memory Of our youthful hours,
As rre~n as those said SPRAYS ani e eougns
q rr.sh and sweet those shid mowers
Tho birds aforesaid-happy pairs
Owe mid tho aforesaid bougns enslilne'
r, ,-e.hod nests themselves. their hclrs'
Administrators and assigns
Oh. busiest term u Cupide court
V.hore tender plaintiffs action bring
season OF frolic and OF sport
Hail as aforesaid. coming spring
This clever little poem IS probably more than
nftv wears old II originally appeared IN a SohSo''
publication.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-11

A new suggestion worth following has been given
to the r s. 5. by Mrs. H. VI +. walters or Lewis
town Penn. a Sunshine member. relative TO the
making Of pine pillows for the soldiers she says
Years ago the reports OF hospital WORK IN the
crtm,an War the pine pillows OF the Russians
were 80 highly commended as being easily Kept
clean and pure that had my guild make many OF
thcm-long short. narrow round and in circles
and sent them. We had many thanks from the
physicians who spoke highly OF them one poor
fellow wrote that his pine pillow made MIN thlhk
OF church ana Christmas. and the smell OF NE
nine took him to the woods. ! have written TINS
thinking you might suggest such pillows ana pads.
Ne made in gray linen, with "A nice "ihte
cover to button or tie.
President General OF the T. $ s.: send you
description OF an invalid litter" In use by an OLD
Lady friend. and have tried IL myself with &C.
lightful success. The suggestion may be helpful
to some other invalid members.
For want OF space the answer 10 the Easter
nuhshed Aprll ii has been delayed. IL is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-11

A woman writes 20 The Tribune: Bcsdes the
aa.,I .hi,ps mentioned in your artice in Sundays
-oror entitled Comfort Bags for tho Navy !
,o,,,d suggest that chocolate. smoking tobacco a
r,ne a paper novel and harmonica be added 10
Itu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-11

The sixty-ffth anniversary OF the Ne"-iorh Mag
dalor benevolent Society viii be held ms h''er-
-. =. . o,c,ock ~ tho Home foot % West one
hirty-n!nth-st. Addresses WI! 10" de-
i,vrrcd by the Rev. ~. ! !. Hastings nno the REV
Dr. JOhn T. Peters.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-11

Rochester's Oldest inhabitant Nancy Melinda
Walker. died yesterday at the age Of l0 years
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Selected by A Appleton

II sny Sunrhne member has preserved poem
IN which tho last line 90 each verse Is Nobody
knows but father" VIII he or she please send
COPY 20 tho Office The Ines found under pillow
~ tNad solA.er IN 1861. and sent BY A Friend o,
suush.ne" have already bocn printed Ihey VIII
Be sssed on 20 any member desiring them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-11

o,, h-o.b.- man told TO thy heart thy brother.
Where pity dwels. ne Roace OF GOO Is mere
Tsch ami. hymn. each kindly deed q prayer
i@~0' ' Whittier.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-11

musical and literary entertainment Will be
given this evening at Olivct Memorial Church. NO
81 Secon6-st by the members OF the church. The
proceeds viii be given toward the relief OF the SUI,
fcring Cubans. The programme includes vocal ana
;ns,rDroerial solos rccfatiCns and story telling
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-11
III. noon "Thisb. and Pyramus'' was written

over one hundred years ago. and was committed
- memory by Mrs Angelica Taylor Houghton, OF
TI.sting,or y c. when only seven years oIu
,,. tin'gb,o, ia ono OF the Oldest Sunshine mem
tcrs and now. AZ the Of e'ghty-siH she ma mas
dictated the POEM from memory ana ~ "rs . ~
which 10 pay her dues
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-11

LAURA WENTWORTH FOWLER
IIZABETH a. TURNER,
UARTON HOWARD BRAZIER.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-11

The roudinot Chapter OF tho Daughters OF tho
American Revolution Will meet at Perth Amtoy
this afternoon An address historical topics Will
lie given by Mrs Janyier lie Due. and plans will be
discussed for the raising 81 war fund 70 be sent
direct 20 the Army and Navy Departments foT as
bure-ment
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-11
MUST BE POOR OR RICH.

Niddic Claas uouschccpcr Asks for
Moderate Price Dwellings.
a woman of moderate means who
has heard and read Of many philan-
thropic plans for the housing OF lab
orers' families thus laments: Il hear
all this talk about model tencments,
but why don't they build something
model for the middle class housekeep-
cr? When | hear them talking OF water
being heated from the cellar in sum
mer. or from "A laundry-house in the
center of a block Of houses, the laundry
to furnish a comfortable place In win
ter and summer for washing and iron
Ing, | say to myself: why, oh, why,
does not some philanthropist rise to-
he needs OF the great middle class.
Give the Injuries to the people OF the
tenements. by all means. but don't ne
glect the people who need them more
and would appreciate them SO much.
Tho woman Of the tenements does not
feel the need OF keeping her children in
clean, starched clothes in summer, but
] must keep mine In pretty, fresh
gowns: she does not feel the need OF
mere than one or W gowns for her
children, and when her washing is done
In a primitive way, she sits u on her
doorstep TO give her children the air
while she watches them: l do not. l
must sew. One maid cannot do every
thing, and II my children are to be
kept In even their plain little summer
gowns ! must iron them myself. The
kitchen Is hot. and / am tired when |
finish, but there Is a big pile OF sewing
and mending to be reduced, while my
maid takes her afternoon off or takes
the children to the park. The whole
house Is hot from the kitchen. but that
makes no difference. Never in the year
Is hot water needed so much as in
summer, when there is the dust and tho
CRIME OF perspiration to be removed
from healthy little bodies. What n
blessing hot water without fire wOnld
be In summer to the middle class
housewife. Why doesn't the philan-
thropist. who says he can make a fair
profit on his money by building model
tenements to be rented at moderate
prices, build model houses for hard
working housekeepers Of the better
class. who do not put coal in their bath.
tubs or garbage In their sinks?"
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-11

tives, and asked them the meaning of
the peculiar pit. They informed him
that they were breeders Of snakes. They
caught all sorts OF snakes and nut
them in the pit, the bottom OF which
was covered over with dried grass and
leaves. They kept the snakes here
some six months, feeding them on all
kinds OF small animals and birds. They
then filled a large earthen pot with
poisonous herbs, lighted it, lowered Il
into the pit and secured the tight fit
ting wooden cover, and thus smothcred
the reptiles. The cover was allowed
to remain on for a few days: it was
then removed and the snakes taken
out by means of a long pole with a
spike at the end of it. Their heads were
then cut off and one Of the rcgues set
out for the nearest government agency
TO obtain the bounty, while the other
n caught fresh snakes for the nit.
The snakes very often %deyoured one
another, but the mothers generally
managed to bring up their young.
though it was q marvel they bred AT
all in such a place, being, one would
think, contrary to their nature.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-11
Gradual Development Of tlc Mind.

sir II. Holland says: Whatever tho.
DRY we hold as to the functions ~ the
Drain or mind, it Is certain that Tho
powers OF the brain are only gradually
developed, and. IL forced into prena.
ture exercise, they are impaired by the
EFFORT This is a maxim, indeed. q,
great import, applying to the condition
ana culture of every faculty and func.
ton OF body or OF mind, and si~lgularly
SO to the memory, which forms in one
sense the foundation OF intellectual life,
A regulated exercise, short of inducing
fatigue, is improving to it, as, indeed,
1t is to all faculties and functions: I'M,
we are bound to refrain from goadine
II by constant and laborious efforts in
early life, and before the instrument ia
strengthened to its work. or 1t DECAYS
In u hands.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-11

Home of NcKinley's Ancestors. 8
6 A Quaint Old Farmhouse In County Antrim, 8
. Ireland, Built In l7O5. 9


In the county of Antrim-Ircland's
rorthernmost district-therc stands a
comfortable old farmhouse. which until
recently attracted little notice, but
which has now become IA place of much
more than local fame. Parish oracles
point out the homestead OF Dervock
with junction, ami crrant Americans
drift thithor from Iarnp. Belfast. and
even distant Dublin. For this suuarely
quit farm house was the cunabula
GENTS. or nursing home. of the house
or mckinley; and under this venerable
roof was born James Mckinley. pioneer
of the family in America, and ancestor
OF the president Of these United States.
Dervock Is not far from Tough Ncagh
in whose calm waters the fisherman Ia
sui believed to see at intervals all the
spires and pinnacles Of some proud city
OF the forgotten past. One may hire a
latnting car In busy Belfast. and Jour
ney tltither acrccably enough. The
farm house stands on u slightly rising
ground. a hedge Of tall thorn trees
masks the front. until the long bohe-
reen or lane. with a sudden turn, brings
the traveller into the trim Enclosure.
{! lawn. half garden, which surrounds
The entrance door. Behind the house
rises a brace Of spreading Gins. and
against their light green foliage the
cold gray stones of Dcryuck stand on.
in stern, but not unpleasant relief.
TWO stories high. with narrow small
PANIED windows and Il sort OF lean-to
addition-such is the outward aspect
or the Mckinley cottage. Up to a de-
cade since the roof was picturesuuely
matched. but the present tenant tore
away the straw, and covered his home
with more useful, but certainly less at
tractive, states. In the low doorway
stands n "~half-dpog," that hospi,ablc
Celtic idea, which keeps undesirable
strangers out. while bidding a hearty
welcome to the desirable. Beside this
door. through which one gets "A view
OF the neatly kept interior, stands an
ancient granite stone. now used as n
seat, but which once occupied a more
important position. The two chimneys
OF the cottage are very old, but so
strongly and serviccably did the Nc
kinleys Of former days build them that
subsequent dwellcrs found in them
nothing to alter. The same, indeed,
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-11
THE MYSTERY OF SLEEP.
NO One Can Exactly Explain tho Phe.
nomcna OF SIumbcr.

From the London Spectator: There
Is n remarkable fact connected with
sleep which must not be overlooked.
The sleep OF a human being. II we are
not too busy to attend to the matter,
always evokes Il certain feeling of awe.
Go into a room where n person Is
sleeping and it IL difficult to resist the
sense that one is in the presence OF the
central mystery of existence. People
who remember how constantly they
see old Jones asleep in the club library
Will smile at this, but look quietly and
alone at Ven old Jones and the sense
OF mystery will soon develop. II is
no good to say that sleep is only NOV
ing because IL looks like death. The
person who is breathing so loudly az
To take away all thought Of death
causes the sense of awe quite as easily
as the silent sleeper, who hardly seems
to breathe. We sec death seldom, but
were it moro familiar we doubt II a
corpse would inspire so much as
The unconscious and sleeping figure
a smiling irresponsible doll OF flesh and
blood, but Il doll to whom in q second
may be called u proud. active, con-
trolling consciousness which will ride
his bodily and his mental horse with
a hand Of iron. which will force that
body TO endure toll and misery and
Will make that mind now wandering In
paths OF fantastic folly grapple with
some great problem. or throw all its
force into the ruling. the saving ar the
destruction OF mankind. The corpse
Is only so much bone, muscle and It's.
sue. The sleeping body is the house
Which a quick and eager master has
only left for al hour or so. Let any
one who thinks sleep is not mystery
try to observe in himself the process
by which sleep comes and to notice
how and when and under what condi-
tons he loses consciousness. He will,
OF course, utterly fail to put his finger
on the moment of sleep coming, but in
striving TO get as close as he can to
tie phenomena Of sleep he will realize
how great is the mystery which he il
trying 20 iathom.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-11
Woke Up IN u CONN,

From the Maryville, Mo-, Review
Paul Pelkey, OF Fillmore, is still living
and Is 1O2 years old. He took sick
and died forty years ago, was dressed in
grave clothes and was placed in a cof-
FIN In an upstairs room at his homo.
The funeral was ready to start and
the stairs were very narrow and old
fashioned and but two men could han
die the coffin. They started down the
stairway with the coffin and one OF the
men slipped and down went the
coffin bumpty-bump. The coffin broke
open and the corpse sat up and rubbed
his eyes and asked for a drink of water,
and Paul Pelkey's funeral was put of
indefinitely, and has not since been an
%nounced, and it is said is MOI likely to
be for some time to come.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-11
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SAWS,

A plum year a dumb year.
A cherry year a merry year.
II Is bad luck to kill a swallow.
Lisping people are good natured.
Fair hair Is the prison Of Cupid.
Women with blue lips are scolds.
The cries Of wild duck portend rain
Break an eggshell to prevent witch.
craft.
Keep till next Easter for luck and
for fun.
When mar lost free will, woman
found II.
To talk like an apothecary" Is to
talk unintelligibly.
April the first Is All Fools day be-
cause Noah shut out the dove on that
day.
For the complexion, eat bread and
butter spread with the powder OF eye
bright.
My dear" said the girl to her lover.
81 wish thee everything except a good
understanding" But why?" Be
cause then you would nc longer love
me-"
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-11

In tho records of the parish church are
the christening entries of james, son
of William and Hannah Mckinley. Of
Dcryock." and of his brothers, John.
Potter and William all between the
years 1905 and 17l5. These were the
children of that David Mckinley. Of
Deryock, who collected the hearth tan,
and the grandchildren of "Shamus Ogc
Mckinley"
James Mckinley came to America,
and his son David, of ColumOiana
county. Ohio, was great grandfather OF
the president. His nephew, william
Mckinley, inherited the old homestead,
and during the trouhluus times Of 1873
threw in his lot, as did very many IL
stcr Protestants, with the United Irish
men. He was Il close friend OF Henry
JOY MCCraCken, the leader of the Ulster
rebels. and during the summe of IDS
a party Of ycOmanry, commanded. curl
ously enough. by a Capt. Hanna, de-
seconded upon DcrvCCk farm and cap
tured Mckinley and a quantity of rebel
arms and ammunition. Mckinley was
taken to Colerainp, and, the country be-
Ing under martial law, he was tried by
drumhead court martial and shot in
ihe market place. together with three
other patriots.
DcrvCCk has long since passed out Of
Mckinley hands. but tho present ten
ans, 4 sturdy Ulster yeoman. claims
relationship to the family in the female
line. 4 nearby ChurChydrd has many
Mckinley tomhs. and among them may
be seen that Of william of lI9S.
ANGELA brennan.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-11

may be said OF Dervock as a whole
it was built throughout solidly and
well.
From many residents of the parish |
gathered scraps of Dervock history, un-
til 1t was easy to trace the modest story
OF the old house. Some said that the
McKinley's were a Scottish race. that
settled in Antrim during James lis
plantation of Ulster; others stoutly
maintained that they were OF pure Irish
stock, and merely q sub-tribc or branch
family of the great house OF O'Neill.
However this may be, 1t is fairly GER
tain that during the reign OF Charles
III, James Mckinley, son OF another
James Mckinley, and called "Shamus
Oge," or James the Younger" settled
upon the lands of Dervock. The name
OF "Shamus Oge" may be found among
the list Of those to whom a contract
for the making Of a road along the
shores Of Lough Neagh was issued in
the year 1858. In 1903 David McKin-
ley, Of Dervock, was a collector Of the
hearth tax" in Antrim. Doubtless
these ancestors of President Mckinley
had a dwelling on their farm, but no
vestiges thereof remain.
The existing structure was built in
1865, as one can see from the old stone
seat hitherto alluded to as standing by
the Dcrvock door. This old stone was
formerly the hearthstone OF the farm
house; but q former tenant, finding that
his floor had sunk below the level OF
the stone. removed 1t and had 1t set
~ as a seat. Then 1t was that on the
reverse Of the granite slab was discov-
cred the inscription. "W. Mex. 1865"
Tradition confidently asserts that this
means William Mckinley. 1865" the
date being that OF the completion OF the
farm house.
In a small Irish country parish II Is
easy enough to follow the line Of a re-
spectacle yeoman or farmer family
back for five or six generations. Every
such parish has some sheannachie, or
wise %chronicler, whose business it Is to
keep track OF just such homely genealo-
gies. With the assistance CT the Prot
estaat rector of Cushendun Uhe Rev.
Samuel Arnold Brennan, NJ. A., a noted
Irish antiquarian, | found but little diff
Guilty in connecting President McKin-
ley with the Dervock family. Indeed,
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-11
THE BLACK DEATH.
Now believed to BE Identical with the
Iiubonic Plague.

Now Believed to BE Identical with the
I,ubonic Plague.
The pestilential disease which pre-.
vailed SO extensively in Europe in the
middle ages and which was known
everywhere as the black death caused
an enormous loss of life. This disease
is now believed by epidemiologists to
be identical with the bubonic plague
OF the orient, says Popular Science
Monthly. No doubt. however. other
pestilcntial maladics and especially tp-
plus or spotted fever" were ION.
founded with the prevailing endemic
disease. The aforementioned disease Is
sometimes known as famine fever"
on account of its liability to prevail
in epidemic form during periods OF
scarcity OF food. Typhus was no,
recognized by physicians as a distinct
disease until about the end OF the If
teenth century, and typhoid fever,
which prevails as an endemic disease
in all parts Of the civilized world. was
not differentiated from typhus until
the early part Of the present century.
There is, therefore considerable con-
fusion as regards the real nature OF the
disase in many of the epidemics which
occurred in Europe during the middle
ages and eve as late as the last CEN
tury. But there can be no doubt that
the bubonlc plague was one OF the
chief causes Of mortality. 1t continu.
ed TO prevail in various parts OF Eli
rope during the sixteenth century. AMI
during the twO-thirds OF the seven
tcenth, but during the latter part OF
the seventeenth century it became moro
and more rare. and after the middle
OF the eighteenth century its only per-
manent habitat in Europe appears TO
have been a limited area in the south.
eastern portion, from which II occas.
ionally spread northward, without
however, extending much beyond the
limits Of the Balkan peninsula. DIR.
ing the early part Of the present cen.
fury it still occurred to some exten,
in this region where it prevailed nc
an epidemic for the last time in 1871.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-03-11
FLOOR.

Kitchen. Bathroom In second story
contains fun plumbing. Two special
features In this house arc the large ea-
ira closets in second story, and the
tower-windows in parlor, which. filed
with plants, would make an attractive
conservatory. The cost of this house
would he $4,000. complete. The esti-
mate is based on New York prices for
materials and labor. In many see
,ions of the country the cost would be
less. Copyrighted, 1898.