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ing of each Christmas Day his home at No
1870 Lombardst and i would reaq bcb asse
The Climax of his peculiarties is found , in his
ter She was supposed be his favorite Of al,
the family and she constant in her attendarnSe
upon her father until the day of his death; In Int
house in Patton,st IS numbered l'S ana 1cnitv of
Grays Ferry. 1t the meanest house IN SHl6
borhood of any in which he owned property. This
virtual turning of his daughter out OF the ho had
lived taken of her father and setting ling
upon her the least Of his w snd tine
members of his family so far have Vainy tried u
Colonel Mckee was a resident of philadelphia
for sixty years. He was born in Alexandria Va
b1,c s 6u sa in his native town There he stayed
until he attained his majority. when he turned MS
at It has frequently asked how it was thai ss
im maH of ThS Ep was able acquire many
outside properties It is explained by his pro
DENSITY in greater degree another it was that
Of exchanging one thing for another Vented
small house in Philadelphia and for that house
s sns wing or qxa 10 coone Mckee Would with
him Most of the land he acquired IN ms way ne
that his natural acuteness was invariably to his
proved to be worth more than that which ne hao
with his property holdings that Colonel Mckee
made many thousands of dollars out of the city OF o.
grade in front of his houses The most notanIs OF
these was the property I'm Callowhst. near mr. mr.
taenth-sr where Holmes killed Benjamin Peltzell
and sought TO hide the evidences of that crime by
arson. ..,,, l.,
Colonel McKee's private office and den is a
curious place OF It's kind. He used II as his bust
moss headquarters for more than half u century:
Rack in the fftIes II must have been the front
ba sement Of old Philadelphia house 1t IS prac
ttraIIy lust as II was fifty-two years ago. when
Colonel Mckee began to build up his fortune ana
,,Ian prOucrty deals from the plain tOpI>d desk
which stands under the small windows admitting
the light from Lombard-st The walls are hidden
shaly "
nauers recording his transactions and documents
Of all sorts pertaining to them ,
this negro dnancier had a system of his in
teaning track OF his extensive interests. On every
stGa t, this den are he evidences OF the
care he must have taken to keep everything IN
nroner order He strongly opposed 10 altering
The office I'm any way when the demands or
his business required more room. and the place
is almost exact reproduction. plus the
accmmuatfons on the shelves. OF its interior half
century ago.
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Kee was strict and severe. He was not gwen 10
any display of affection and the history Oh ms
domestic life does not seem TO RECORD many aus
inspired by a tender heart a.,
Tr,e statement is borne out by the terms Oh MS
viii recently made public. which created con-
sternation among the members OF ms ih'ineU
family and his descendants. and Which surprise
OH vrbo knew him The will is a remarkable oocu-
man, II &c written thirty-tWo pages OF 1ooI'-
- zach mage bears his signature While de-
visng millions for the benefit OF strangers ~ ms
blood and to his race. he LEFT 10 MS oly uaue =.
Mrs Abbia A. Syphax. annuity OF only $'" 10
bar five sons he willed $50 each annually. anu u
+ba child of a dead daughter a like amount Inc
CONSERVATION created by the reading OF lhe VIZ"
quickly gave place to deterIniildtioh ~ e
n-ovisons The heirs-at-law moved promptly anu
,h.,r caveat against admission to PROBATE py
- pao,ster Of Wills was filed before the Will
found its way into court
So unusual the terms OF TINS Testament anu
so singular in their relation to the dement's ue
,,oa for his family II is said that or1iclals
% ,ha Roman Catholic Church to whom Colonel
ucKee- barring a few unimportant oequesls-iei'
the estate In trust. naming Archpshop r'S"ii, tn'
49, ~ the Church in Philadelphia, as one Oh the
--s,ees are in doubt whether they shall accept the
off, which deprives his family OF their proper eA
pectations. ,,< .,.. q, ,s.
The beacon of Colonel Mckee's lie elrort Is pest
,u,s,rated by his first entry into game OF Skill
ub,cb he played a boy in ALEXANDRIA. va. no
s,s M, rest until he had won all the flarpies
- nv his companions. and as far as the STOCK
~ marbles among the boys IN me olu NheIAis
-. ,,.s concerned Mckee had them corhered
L"o,,,,.Iv With this winning was expressed the
80, das,re of his after life and the keynote OF
H. Observation-Disclosures and accumulation
There was romance in his me l. wa si''t gI
. ne. Of hard work and the making OF money iie
1naa unon life and individuals from only one
,o,,oint and that what 1t ana they were
18th 20 him financially. He was devoid OF SEM
mon. end was strictly business IN ever 'iiiiis
that he said and did These characteristics aHu
,...,s during his life extended even TO the mem
- 80 his Immediate family He excepted no one.
a, enc time in his career Mckee took great
interest in the Presbyterian church N MAJ g. s.
III, s,xtv Years His father -in-law was a very
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religious man. well as man OF some llean'
In respect to his church relations Mckee ac'eo u
please him
The dead ma, had keen and apparently instinc-
tive knowledge Of the value of real estate ne
was hardly ever known to have made a losing IN
vestment or 10 have had deal fail in his hahds'
He was remarkable for continuous and strenuous
work but he had popularity which stooo out
prominently. He ran after anybody he re-
Quired all to come to him and was WILING W
wait until circumstances brought them to MS door
Probably the best evidence OF this qualty WAS
given by him about year ago, when, 1t is sald' d
syndicate of New-York flnanciers which incuoeo
]. Pierpont Morgan. approached him and asked
his terms for the sale OF large tracts or lana
which he owned In West Virginia. This land Is IN
the heart the soft coal region. in which dis
trict Mr. Morgan and his associates were supposed
TO be acquiring controlling interests. Colonel
Mckee named the terms, but the syndicate thought
they were high. AT rate, there was no
sale. although representatives. OF the syndl
cate frequently renewed their overtures Colonel
Mckee stuck TO the price which he had originally
named, and the time Of his death the matter
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THE SLEEPING PREACHER
SOUTH CAROLINA NEGRO SAID TO DE-
LIVER DIsCoURSEs WHEN IN
SOT-SD SI-UMBER-

Columbia 6 c. April ls (SpeciaD.-Mator Perry
an nliterate rnuiafto forty-ve years old. living
IN Salinda County When a young man ne say
he felt call TO preach but dsregarded IL ne
seldom goes 10 church, and is not relgiously IN
clned. About ten years ago. his wife says feiiy
began TO preach in his sleep Sermons became
more frequent. until he now breaches hVe ana SIX
tpnes week He goes TO bed about o'clock ana
within half hour begins TO preach. ne ~ f,tbia
nounces his text. chapter and verse IN the ne
Correctly after which he reads the text. alWays
Just as II is in the book. He then lines ou ,nn u
sings hymn and prays, after whlch me ser III
men who have heard him to be better tnan oaI ioi
erage negro preacher. He is granInatca.i 70 one
hotr In delivering a discourse. ~ ,h,
Sometimes in the delivery OF me sei,IIun n and
muscles Of the body especially OF the aIillS
neck. contract, producing catalep'ic collu' I'm
This stops the sermon The attack lasts a. H The
wife. who rubs the muscles. When the tendency
% catalepsy is gone he resumes ms though IL
was IN the middle Of a sentence ,,a ,-o
Al certain time each summer Perry ..io5d %
uacted services, sometimes getting pretty iouu.
Characteristic OF his At these speca I'm 20
ne delivers two sermons and invites n ho-. recess
Perry cannot be convinced that he breaches in
MS house in the evening and physicians nave all.
state. They have pierced his muscles with needles.
and even burned cotton between his toes put W he
regains consciousness and he is easily aWaheheu
after ending his L.,
During the time Perry Is preaching II is an I'm
Possibility TO stop him. He has on several oooas
aions gone 70 church. fallen into sleep or aacb
and interrupted the service by beginning 10 preach
forcing the preacher in the pulpit to desist
feopie who know most about the negro oect tan
tc invsstieation. The negroes divided In their
views Some think Perry is being punished TOT nos
thai s Dover Comes prom e eY one and that
re has been "conjured." Others think he is fakf
alo ls really awake sll the time he preaches anu
oLiS leigns TO be asleep.
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PRESIDENT H4RRTSON'S WINE.
LEARNED PLEA OF a STUDENT on ITS D1sAP-
PEAR

PEARANC'E
.Tba late President Harrison was connoisseur
of rare old wines although he extremely tenn
nerate in his use of them. At the time when ne
visited Stanford University TO deliver four lectures
on international law for n fee of $4,000 (Which is
probably the record price for university lectures).
he was quartered in Of the college halls. where
n s,,i,e of rooms had been especially prepared FOR
him Immediately after his arrival" says Bever-
ages there came also case of carefully selected
cIarets hurgundes AMI madeiras, which were
nlaced In one OF the rooms set apart for his use.
1.-The next day all these wines had disappeared.
and the only reminder of their previous existence
was found in q long train Of empty bottles in the
midst of the campus When President Jordan heard
Of this he summoned before him the students or
the university and made them little ADDRESS. IN
The course of which he said that he was about to
institute an investigation into the purloining OF
Mr. Harrison's wines. and that it would go much
sier with the guilty persons If they would nave
tho manliness to come forward and own up After
ne had ceased speaking there was a long pause,
of the room rose and said with a bland impersonal
- Mr. President the bylaws OF the university
forbid the bringing of any wines or spirituouS
liquors upon the university grounds or into the
university buildings. Consequently II any wines or
spirituous liquors have been brought In and II
they have disappeared which we all regret they
have probably been seized as coEtraband. ana
therefore the owner has no redress
president Jordan made n Few somewhat mar
Nothing more said about the wine. and II Is
nrobabie that Mr. Harrison's legal mind recognized
the of the point that had been raised against
him"
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THE NEGRO MILLIONAIRE.
EFFORTS WILL BE MADE TO BREAK
THE WILL OF COLONEL JOHN MKEE
How HE ACQUIRED HIS FORT
I-SF IN REAL, ESTATE
UNE IN REAL ESTATE.

Philadelphia. April 20 (SpecaD.-Nothing in the
life of Colonel John Mckee, the Philadelphia negro,
who died possessed OF real estate variousy valued at
from 81 900 900 $1,000 600 bordered on the SEN
satfona gave the slightest indication that dying
he would attract to himself the attention of the
world by attempt to found an institution rival
ling Grard College IN its aims and its field OF use
fulness His eighty years upon earth was
simply one continuous and successful attempt at
accumulation of property.
He was absolutely devoid of sentiment. and yet
there hundreds Of persons who will testify TO
his kindness of heart and a desire 70 do good in
his own peculiar way. In his family Colonel Nc
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of a sale was still unsettled. In abiding TO the
subject "A short time ago he said that he was con-
tent to wait because he knew that the tune "ou n
come when the property would be Colslaereu ~
others TO worth the price he had placed upon II:
In singular contrast to his strictly, business
methods was his reputation a landlord. Colorel
Mckee probably had q larger number or tenants
of small holdings than other man IN the cry
To them he was known the best OF owners
They saw he always kept his properties In goou
renair and prospective tenants contended LOT PREF
erence In renting his houses. At any rate, he al
,ravs had list of applicants ready to take the
first house hIss..st empty .,.
Ar Christmas Time would buy generously OF
TOYS and other small gifts. in the sharing OF "hch
Jr0mId he Included the children Of the entire neiSh-
borhood The scene of distribution on the morn
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1902-04-03
YANDELL.GUGENHEIM CO.
sssESsEEsaEsSSSSsySSsHEEE

regular orthodox shape. We made
an inventory Of our chickens for
we expected some brethren from
across the ri ser In Illinois, and
they always seem TO be short Of
chickens at home. We had hog
meat plenty in the smoke house.
lots Of cabbage in the potato hole,
We hauled up fire wood until you
could scarcely see the house. and
when all these preliminaries were
completed we heaved a sigh Of 70.
lief and wrote the preacher. The
roads being a little slick the letter
was quite a time getting there. He
finally wrote US that IL we couldn't
get a singer to help him out the
revival would be a failure. You
see there was but one fellow that
lived near us that could sing, and
he always required the bigger part
OF quart before he started; but
when he did get a going he was a
thoroughbred, he could do his
mile in a minute and forty.two
seconds without taking more than
one breath, but the liquor would
be quite tax on us; still we
Clipped in and agreed TO allow
Sam Dunton all the steam neces-
sary TO keep his boilers up TO the
notch for two weeks, and you have
no idea OF the enormous capacity
Of that boiler. We have had 10 do
without ever since; but that's no
part Of the story.
Well, we had the meetings, and
say, they were meetings from way
back. Parson Jones he preached
and Sam he sung, and take il alto
gether il was more agreeable than
any four ringed circus You ever
saw. People came from the river
bottoms and from Lola aud even
from Marion, and one chap was
there from Chicago and he said il
was great, said Il was the most
heightened thing he ever struck;
you see we spared no expense.
Well, We had two weeks of the
most slashing preaching, and Sam
he kept things a boiling and we
were kind OF sorry that the last
night finally came around. Prea.
cher Jones at pretty near mid
night says he: my brethren, /
know its very late. still there is yet
a show for some poor sinner; an
other half hour and perhaps some
one will come in. There's sister
Jane Brady, she is on the anxious
seat but she hasn't jined yet. In
thirty minutes more she may make
up her mind. Brother Sam sing
US another song. and sister Brady
may be moved to jine."
Sam he moved around on. his
chair two or three times and final
ly said; e..
Now look here, preacher, I've
sung and sung, have been sing
ing IA or Is songs every nightfor
two weeks. OF course III sing
once more to oblige you, but after
I've sung this time ii Sister Bra.
dy don't jine she can 20 to hi!
for all ! care" "
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rabbit, stuffed with paio and gra-
Wy; or pals and gravy stuffed with
rabbit. but he that as it may when
he breathed his last the docthers
gave up all hope Of his recovery.
| needn't tell ye anything OF his
age, for ye we'll know that June
next he would DO just seventy.fve
years old, lackin ten months, and
bad he lived till now he would
have been Just six months dead.
His property now devolves to his
next kin, which all died some time
ago, expect it will DO divided be-
tween US, and ye know that his
property which was very large was
sold to pay his debts, and the re.
mainder he lost on horses race,
but it was the opinion Of eyerybo-
dy at the race he would have won
the race if that haste he run
against hadn't been to fast for
him.
niver saw man in all my life
and the doctors said so, that alb
served directions and took medi.
cine bother than he did, he said
he hsd as lief drink bitter as sweet
if it had only the same taste, and
whiskey punch if it would only
put him in the same humor Of
tighten. Poor soul he will niver eat
or drink any more, and ye havn't
a Twin relation in the world, ex-
cept meself, and yer two cousins,
who we're kilt in the last war.
l can not dwell on the mournful
scene any longer, and shall sale
my litther with black sealing wax
and put in yer under of-arms, so |
beg ye not to break the sale whin
ye open the litther, and don't open
it until after four days until after
We reseave This, and by that time
ye will be prepared for the sor-
rowful tidings; yer old sweetheart
sends her love to ye. When Jerry
Maghee arrives in America AK him
for this litther, and if he don't
bring il from amongst the rest,
tell him it's the one that spakes Of |
yer uncle's death. and sailed in |
black
| remain yer affectionate old
Grandma,
Briget O'Hooligan. /
p. =. Don't write until We 70.
save this; when yer come TO this
place stop, and don't read any |
more until next time.
-
Down at Flatlick we are nothing
if not religious. During the win. |
ter, when the nights hung heavy |
on our hands, when the fish
wouldn't bite and the rabbits |
wouldn't run, our minds turned TO |
a good old fashioned revival, and
We all made preparations for II In J
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rings; what shall l doY"'
Telephone for . gl7ier," sug-
gested her escort.
-
Little Tommie had been put to
bed alone. 1t was upstairs, and
the thunder rolled and lightning
flashed numerically. He lay qui-
city until he could no longer stand
it, and then his little night gown
ed figure appeared at the head of
the stairs.
MA" he cried.
Eyes, my son." came the calm
rejoinder.
"I'm afraid, ma. 1t thunders so,
and I'm all alone"
go back to bed, Tommie, ="
came his mothers voice. Don't
you know nothing can hurt youP"
Tommie went back to bed, but
not to stay:
Ma" he cried again, and this
time the little figure was half. way
down stairs.
"Tommie," called his mother,
don't you know | have told you
nothing can hurt you; God is al
ways with YOU"
Then ma" and this time there
came an audible sniff from the
weeping Tommie, you come up
and sleep with God and let me
sleep with pa"
-Lippincott's Magazine.
"How those scoundrels did fid-
dler' said young man from Sa-
lem at breakfast the next morning
after the Old Fiddlers' contest.
Riddles! the atmosphere was full
OF fiddles; everybody was full of
fiddles except some of the fiddlers.
Talk about old war horses champ
ing their bits on the commence
ment of battle; they arn't in it.
The thirty-two fiddlers on the Cd.
era house stage walked on air from
the moment they reached the city.
Proud! we'll, yes; they were the
elite, the bon ton, the g1ande no.
bles, the whole thing; they were
the old fiddleis from wayback and
they never forgot ii for moment.
Fiddle! dear life, you ought to
have seen the right feet keep time
with the heads, and. the heads and
the feet keep time with the fid-
dies, and the bows keeping time
with all the rest, Circus! 1t was a
Touring affair, with sids.shows
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The lady stenograDher at Messrs
Blue & NUNS office has wonder
full success in the culture of flow
ers. She has a fine orange tree
already covered with the fragrant
buds, supposedly for her personal
use; but so far we are unable to
give the date of the ceremony,
other than that it will take place
in the near future.
IF
The workings of the human
mind are most interesting-some-
times expensive. Now. there's
Schwab: A turkey at s cents a
pound and weighing 10 pounds is
at once figured at 81 80; that's sell
ling. The same turkey at 6 cents
per pound and weighing l6 pounds
is 80 cents; that's buying. It's
curious how a tired head can al
ways keep itself SO thoroughly in
line with its business.
RI
A Node on Spring
l hate the spring, can not bear
This kind of tickle, woman weather,
This dallying 'twixt a smile and tear,
And ne'er an hour the same together.
One moment all is fair and sweet,
And pleasing hopes loom up before you
The next, and ere you cross the street,
IT'S raining like d-n all DER you.
If
The regular boarders at the
Franklin house are everlastingly
getting off puzzle picture ques-
tons. During the heavy rush of
dinner business the two brunettes
in waiting studiously avoid the
boarders' table until every one
else is served, no matter how long
one has been waiting, or how oft
en- the transients come in. This
was propounded by the end man
puzzle picture. You see the ia
BILE and the dishes; where is the
dinner?"
IF
A gentleman of color was
brought before Squire Kevil, al. |
though any other squire would do
30 far as the story is concerned,
and duly arraigned for chicken
stealing.
"Are you the defendant" stern.
ly asked his honor, addressing the
gentleman of the inky complex
ion.
mo, sab. Ise not the defendant.
he defendant is that man over
there" he replied, pointing to his
lawyer, Else the man what stole
The chickens"
-From Gugenhsim's Diary, +
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on all sides. Ole Bull, that king
Of fiddlers, wouldn't he haye reoei-
we'd a royal reception from the old
fellows who can just remember his
name, and Kubelik. the new prince
Of fiddledom, the heir to the throne
that has been vacant for SO. many
years. Hurrah for them all. There
were green fddles, and brown 6d-
dies, aud blonde fddles, and fd-
dies of a brunette caste, home
made fiddles and store iddles. and
very likely one or two 6ddles
where the eighth commandment
was broken to secure them. Dear
old fellows, here's to all OF you.
May you cross the river Styx on a
pleasant evening. with your fidcle
in perfect tune, and your head
your feet keeping time to the
strains of "Hark! the herald.an.
gels sing"
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Lights and Shades

S''t~9sT-ETtt-t-E-t"f OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
There are old ladies of both
sexes.
#
Water always freezes with the
slippery side up.
There are people who are born
into this world merely for the pur-
pose of digestion.
IT
There's a man in this town that
skins his milk on the topa then
turns it over and skins it on the
bottom.
#
Mr.. Roy Threlkeld states that
the Bonanza Mine of the Ameri-
can Zinc, Lead and Fluor Spar
Company, near Lola, is again in
full blast. The new pump is keep
ing the shaft free from water.
*.*
The "Milliner's Apprentice; or
How the Hat Became the Lady,"
written by literary gentleman of
Marion, will shortly be published
and will go somewhat in detail
over the charming fancies of sew
eral of our young lady designers
and decorators.
Little Mary, who had been
taught to always say grace at
her meals, seated herself at the
dinner table, and glancing over it
saw nothing that she had a liking
for. She bent her head and said
scornfully, "For PHYS sake
Amenw
-
An appetizlng plate of hash was
placed before the guests at one Of
our leading hotels the other even
ing. There was just that faint
odor OF onions to it, the slightest
suspicion of pepper and salt and
the other 81 good things that go
to make up this charming mystic
ry. One old codger, however, adj
dressed George, the brunette Of
the dining room as follows:
IAN what is itY"
Its hash" said George.
"Och hone. Well, then, DO gor-
ry you can take it back to the man
that chewsi it and let him ate it'll
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Dear msl''.. exclaimed a young
lady at the opera housewife other
night, I've broken one Of my ear
rings; what shall / doY"'
Telephone for 9 gl1ier," sug-
gested her escort.
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There's a man in this town that
skins his milk on the topa then
turns it over and skins it on the
bottom.