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Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-20
THE MCKINLEY PORTRAIT.
PAINTING OF MARTYRED PRESI-
DENT HANGS IN THE WHITE
HOUSE.
Artist Murphy. Hitherto Unknown,
Paints This Portrait Without a
Sitting and from Photographs Only.
BY Francis B, Gessner.

by francis Is, Gessner.
1t is somewhat remarkable that the
portrait of President Mckinley that
now hangs in the White House was
painted by an humble and hitherto un-
KNOWN artist in New York to whom
the President never accorded a sitting.
The lamented Mckinley did pose for
famous artists of Europe and the best
portrait painters of our own country,
yet it remained for Mr.. William ID.
Murphy, of New York, to produce with
the aid only of photographs the one
portrait Of Mckinley most acceptable
to the family and friends. More than
that, it was considered the most de-
sirable one to be hung on the historic
walls of the White House.
Mr.. Murphy has modest little stu
dio at II East Sixteenth street, New
York, just off Union Square. He had
achieved some local fame as a palms.
taking portrait painter, but had never
dreamed of having picture hung in
the White House along with portraits
done by the most famous artists of sew
eral generations. After the terrible
tragedy at Buffalo, Mr.. Murphy made a
collection of the Presidents photo
graphs, together with information as
to coloring and aided by Mrs. Murphy,
who is also an artist, produced a pic
ture in pastel. When the picture was
finished Mr.. Murphy made efforts to
have Abner Mckinley, the brother of
the President, see and criticise the
work. Finally the artist had an in
terview with Colonel Wilbur c. Brown,
Abner's business partner and who had
been very close to the beloved Chief
Executive. 1t was after much plead
ing that Colonel Brown consented to
bring Abner to the studio. Neither had
ever heard of Murphy. They had seen
a hundred portraits of Mckinley, good
bad and Indifferent, and were them
solves Indifferent, the more so because
they knew that this unknown artist
had never been given a sitting. How
ever, his pleadings were so earnest
that they finally went to the studio.
The picture was unveiled and the
brother stood amazed and startled, as
if the dead had suddenly come to life.
Tears came to the eyes of Abner and
the eyes Of Colonel Brown. They gazed
in silence for time, and then the
brother said, THAT is the best portrait
of dear VIII that l have ever seen."
Colonel Brown said the same, and
both advised the artist to put the con-
ception in oil and compete for the hon
or of having it hung in the White
House. Mr.. Murphy did so, aided by
his wife, and it was chosen in prefer
ence to the hundred or more paintings
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-20

THE CELEBRATEp MoKINLEY PoRTRAIT.

is believed that he hardly ever
had a case worthy the name. When
the war broke out he entered the vol
unteer army and rose rapidly to high
position. In August, 1898, when Ma
Mia fell, Mr.. Smith was made Deputy
Provost Of the city. Then he became a
member of the commission which met
the agents of Aguinaldo at the begin
ming of the following year. Later he
commanded the Island of Negros with
much success, and ultimately the De-
partment of the Visayas. This was but
q stepping stone for him to place on
the bench, and later a promotion to a
commissionership.
Mr.. Smith has been successful as
member of the Philippine Commission,
being in charge of the educational sys-
tenn now being established in the
islands. He is close to Secretary Taft
understanding all of the Taft methods
of dealing with Philippine problems.
A rumor is current that were Secretary
Taft to become President of the United
States Smith would more than likely
become Secretary CT War.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-20
West Point Religious.

The American Messenger, the organ
Of the Annual Tract Society, says, in
an account of the annual presentation
of Bibles to the graduating class at
the United States Military Academy at
West Point that there is strong re-
ligious atmos ohere there, that nearly
all the cadets are members of the
Young Mems Christian Association,
and that about half of them attend
some twenty Bibles classes, conducted
by leaders chosen from among them
selves, who are I'm turn enrolled In a
normal Bible class, taught by the
chaplain.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-20

Ex-Attorney General Criggs an
Advocate of Deliberate LegiS-
iatiOn.

John w. Griggs, at one time Attorney
General during the Mckinley admins
tration, where he achieved fame for his
ability as an exponent of the law, and
later one of the strongest members or
The Hague tribunal, has lately been
expounding to the people OF New Jer-
sey a doctrine of real reform. 1t Is
believed that he knows whereof he
speaks, for hardly any man in that
States political life should know either
the need for reform or the difficulties
of achieving it better than he. Before
President Mckinley induced him to
become a member Of his Cabinet Mr..
Griggs had earned his way to the head
of the New Jersey bar, served as mem
ber of the General Assembly and State
Senator, been elected president OF the
latter body, and met the responsible
ties of the governorship. He recently
spoke at a celebration on Forefathers'
Day in Orange, and laid this law down
mildly but clearly to the State politi-
clans in the name of the decent men OF
the Commonwealth:
publicity, no backstair legislation;
no passage of bills because some one
has o KID them beforehand; discus
sion of measures on the floor of the
House; real reasons to the public Civ
en- why measures are favored or pro-
posed, and a return of the days when
legislative bodies were debating socie-
ties and the public favored as much
with reason for voting as with elo-
quence."
Mr.. Griggs advocates reform in the
enactment Of State legislation when he
says:
Rarely is a bill read each Of the
three constitutional times, except by IT,
tie. 1t passes in accordance with q de.
cision made previously somewhere else.
do not say the influence is an improp-
er one, but that influence was felt in
the side rooms or on the back stairs
before the fate of a measure was de-
cided. This method is a repression of
individuality, sinking rights into a
mere expression of some one else's
views or wishes"
Reports from New Jersey seem to
show that legislation at Trenton is
practically in the same condition as
that which existed at Jefferson City
before Governor Folk washed the Mis-
souri, capital clean. The policy advo-
Gated by Mr.. Griggs has tendency to
break up the State Organization" for
actual debate The return Of the legis-
latures to their old standing as delib
erative bodies puts a premium on in
dependent and personal individual
strength-and these qualities are the
death of Organization"
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-20

fered, from our cousins across the
sea.
Five or six hundred years ago, the
boys in the, old town of Grimsby,
Lincolnshire, Eng, looked forward to
Plow-Monday as eagerly as those Of
today anticipate Christmas. This
feast was never overlooked. 1t meant
wild excitement, a procession, a the
atrical entertainment, usually out Of
doors on the broad docks, a church
service with sermon, and q grand
barbecue and feast extending far into
the night. 1t was known as Plough
Monday" or the giving of thanks for
the harvest of crops. 1t came at the
close of the Christmas holidays, was
officially recognized, the Mayor Of the
town leading the procession, and his
brethren" following proudly. The
day opened early and active. Crowds
focked into town. Shop-keepers opened
wide and dispensed generous hospi-
tality. Good cheer, good food, good
ale, shone in all faces. The plough
a common farm implement-was
decked with brilliant fabrics. The
young people lined up along gaily
colored ropes attached to the clevis,
His Honor, the Mayor, at the handles
like steamboat pilot, for ii was often
a chase like the wind, up street and
down, pell NELL. His official subor-
dinates followed; then the people Of
the town, young and old; and the far
merS from the neighboring country.
Like the Circus Parade.
They dragged the plough and the
Mayor and all the old folks through
the streets, singing. shouting and beg
ging from door to door for clothes,
food, or whatever else was to be
given away. Aims and presents were
given for distribution among the poor.
The company was led by fool, or
clown, a witch, several dancers, fid-
dler, or several, called minstrels, and
a strong man with a cart to carry the
presents gathered on the way. When
the procession had covered every
street the plough was dragged into the
church and placed before an altar.
All hands then withdrew to q broad,
open space, near the docks. when a
play was held on an improvised stage.
This play was called "Creation," and
the company of performers consisted
OF priests, clerks, and others, who
took the parts of God the Father, God
the Son, the first woman, the first
man, the serpent, the devil, Noah
Adam, and other historical and scrip.
tural characters. This play was re-
garded as most sacred, and the great
crowds witnessing it were duly i'm
pressed by. its solemnity.
The details of the play are not given
but the idea of Gods blessing i'm the
shape or light, air, sun, water, earth.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-20
Tier O7OH
Cr0p.

munities where men own the land they
live upon and obtain their sustenance
from the soil.
Yet there is an undercurrent of quiet
force at work, year by year becoming
better organized and with broader pow
er, whose tendency is to overcome this
hurtful condition and stem the tide
of immigration away from the land and
into the already overcrowded centers.
Industrial and agricultural schemes of
education are finding footholds here
and there, and nature study courses
and school gardens, where children
are taught to know something of the
soil and plants and the real wonders of
nature, are no longer scoffed at or
looked upon as fads.
To Fit for Real Life.
This movement embraces the de-
mand for the teaching of domestic
ual training in all The public schools,
so that children shall be taught to
work with their hands and to force
from the soil the greatest possible
production, as they to-day learn in the
public schools of France, Denmark and
other of the older countries. The new
movement maintains that every school
should have a school garden, where ev-
cry child should be intelligently taught
to be a lover of nature and of the
country and trained toward the land as
a source of honorable livelihood, rath-
er than away from it.
Some of the work Of the Department
of Agriculture shows the tremendous
need which exists for farm training.
Need for Farm Teaching.
To be a successful farmer to-day
means that man must not be satisfied
to plant and reap as his father did be-
fore him, but that he must study the
conditions of his soil and climate, and
If necessary discard as Improbable
the crops which have been raised in
his locality from time immemorial and
substitute those which scientific ex-
periments have demonstrated are the
greatest money makers; he must study
the breeding Of plants as he would the
breeding of animals; he must learn
how to fight and overcome the many
insects and other enemies Of his crops
and live stock; in word, he must de-
vote as much hard study and thought
TO farming as he would to any other
chosen trade or profession which he
might elect to engage in, If he moved
into a city community. No young man
would expect to pass from the farm
into the city and make even bare liv-
Ing unless he felt himself specially
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-20
New Philippine Governor.

1t is reported that James F. Smith,
a member of the Philippine Commits
sion, is slated by the Administrator to
become Governor-General of the Phil
ippines.
Mr.. Smiths career during the past
four or five years has been remarkable
in his extraordinary rise to occupy an
important position under the Govern
ment. Before the Spanish-American
War he was young lawyer Of
no standing in San Francisco. 1t
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-20

submitted in the competition. 1t hangs
side by side with portraits painted by
Stuart and others Of international
fame. Mrs. Mckinley has never seen
the original painting, but admires the
Photographic copies. The engraving
herewith presented lacks, of course, the
fine coloring of the painting, but the
pose, the expression is strikingly i'm
pressive to anyone who knew the be-
loved Mckinley in life. AS before
mentioned, the remarkable thing is
that the artist created the picture from
photographs and the result seems to
those who have seen the portrait to be
something little short of an inspiration
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-20

strates that men will go out from the
cities and live on the land and make
good citizens, when they are taught
about the land after they get on it.
Agricultural Education Needed,
Viewed from both standpoints, il is
q demonstrated and unquestionable
fact that American public schools need
far more of practical agriculture, in
their courses, than they now teach. In
fact the majority of them do not teach
agriculture, In any Of its branches, at
all. The teachers themselves, as they
are graduated to-day, know nothing
of the subject Their educational sys-
TEN is in a rut from which it cannot
be moved except by strong popular
demand, which in itself must come
from an intelligent comprehension of
the weak points of the system.
The problem is one for the serious
consideration of our most far-seeing
statesmen-the stemming Of this CEN
tripetal movement which is overcrowd
ing our centers of industry where men
work for day-wages, and which is
steadily drawing from our rural COM
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-20
YaInabIe Small Library.

DR.. Frederick Rowland Marvin has
one of the rarest Libraries in the coun-
try. 1t contains only about 1000
volumes, but many of them are first
editions and the manuscripts are me-
msntoes of gifted men and women no
longer living.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-20
Yorks all Over lis house.

Joel Chandler Harris only works
when inspiration seizes him. He has
no settled library, no study, no desk,
no workroom OF his own, but in every
room of his house is to be found a
table with pen, ink and paper, SO that
If the happy idea comes to him it can
be caught and fixed without delay.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-20
NY Pine.

"When love grows cold, thy hre still
warns me,
When friends have fed, thy presence
charms me.
If thou art FULL though purse be bare,
l smoke and cast away all care
German Smoking Song.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-20
OLD BRITISH FESTIVAL.
PLOW MONDAY As OBSERVED IN
FOURTEENTH CENTURY AT
GRLMSBY, ENGLAND.
Farmers and Townsmen Gathered
to Celebrate Bountifui Crops-Iown
Treasurer Paid Bills.

All old-time country people remem-
Der evenings at corn-husking, apple
pairing and sugar-boillng. Not so long
ago a husking bee was a great event,
and boys and girls, old and young,
gathered from far and near TO sit on
the floor of the barn, husk big ears of
ripened corn for several hours, end
ing with grand feast of pie, cake,
hot coffee, cider, and all the other
goodies. of the farm cupboard. But in
this country there are no definite and
fixed festivals held in the fall of the
year at harvest time. Thanksgiving
is only formal remembrance In this
we differ, and we have always diff
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-20
Linguistic Parrot.

A parrot which can talk in two
languages, and which has seventeen
phrases. has been added to the London
Geological Gardens. 1t is q native of
Northern India.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-20

and charged up to the municipal ac-
count that prices or labor and food
are many times higher now than in
that time when trusts and combines
were unknown. Actors were rated
exceedingly low, as appears by the
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-01-20

The Yellowstone trout has been
caught in the very act Of going over
Two Ocean Pass from the Pacific into
the Atlantic drainage.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-06

THE HIBBING TRIBUNE is out with
the suggestion that the range towns
get together on the county division
proposition, and name a temporary
county seat and go after county
of our own, fighting out the perma
nent county seat question. This
idea has been previously broached
by the Enterprise, accompanied by
the statement that we cared not
whether the temporary county seat
be at Wolf or Winton, and the idea
took root to the extent of the nam
ing of a committee from the Vir-
ginia Commercial Club TO do the
preliminary skirmishing.v But as
chairman of the committee Hizzon-
er, the mayor, was appointed, and
his interest in the division move.
ment is exemplifed by the fact that
he has steadfastly forgotten to call
the committee together for organi-
zation.11t is generally understood
that the corporations are opposed
{. to division, hence it might be un.
wise to expect cooperation. from a
Standard Oil Co. agent. =, :
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-06
Notice Of Application for Liz.
uOr License.
State of Minnesota, County of st. Louis, VI

State of Minnesota, County of St. Louis, VII
lage OF Mckinley, So.
Notice is hereby given that application has
been made in writing to the village council of
said Village of Mckinley and filed In my
Office praying for license to sell Intoxicating
liquors for a period of one year commencing
on the 18th day of July, A. D. 1885, and TERM
mating on the 14th day of July, A. d. 1907.
by the following person and at the following
place, as stated in said application. to-wit:
= TONI TONKO
In the front room on the ground floor OF the
one ~ story frame building situated on lot
eight (8), block fifteen Q5). in the Village OF
Mckinley, County of St. Louis and State
of Minnesota. ...>,< -. <.so, >-
Said application will be heard and deter
mined by said village council Of the village OF
Mckinley at q meeting of said council to
be held at the council chamber In said village
of Mckinley on the 14th day OF July, A
D. 1905. at 1880 O'Clock p. m. Of that day
Witness my hand and the seal of said vii.
lage this 5th day of July. A. D. 1905. e:-
JulyzSb :. =: - PETER Holland.
Corporate seaD ,- Village Recorder.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-06

A PROMINENT writer says this OF
the law: "Laws are written so they
can be interpreted any old way, &C.
rcording to the amount of money
playing in the game. Who knows
the law? Not the lawyers, for the
ones on each side say the law favors
their clients; not the justices of the
peace, for the court above reverses
his decisions; not the court above
for the judge, whose decision in
turn is reversed by the judge above
and so on. Say, it's the finest three.
card, thimble-rigged affair ever in.
vented. But who knows the law?"
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-06

SPEAKING of what newspaper
does fora community, United States
Senator Davis of Illinois, made an
address that remains ever green in
the memories of newspaper men.
He says: "Every year every local
paper gives from so to 5000 free
lines for. the benefit of the com.
munity in which it is located. No
other agency can or will do this.
The editor in proportion to his
means does more for his own town
than any other man. He ought to
be supported not because you
happen to like him or admire his
writing the best, but because local
paper is the best investment com
munity can make"
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-06

THE rot being dished up at so
much per line in the recent editions
of the Saturday Duluth Herald
would indicate that their demand
for "strong men" for the legislature
had a pocket book attachment.
And it would appear that Paddy
was the candidate who is paying
the freight.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-06

IHE EVELETH STAR does not seem
to take kindly to the possible candi.
dacy of w. E. Culkin as successo,
to J. Adam Bede. But we scarce
think Mr.. Culkin will care much
whether the Eveleth statesman likes
him or not, 80 far as political pull
is concerned. 1t may be the prov.
ince of a paper Yankee to tell the
people how to vote, but his telling
them does not seem to carry much
weight.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-06

NJ. G. PALMER, of this city, is a
candidate to succeed himself ae
Register of Deeds of St. Louis
county. Mr.. Palmer is the only
range. man holding general
county office at this time, having
filled it in a most satisfactory man
ner. The attention of the range
Republicans is specially directed to
his candidacy for the nomination
at the primaries on September 18th.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-06

ut is awfully hard work to try
to live without working" remarks
the Ironwood News Record. It may
be, but we never heard of an editor
who even thought of such a thing
as living without working-let alone
trying it.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-06

A CANDIDATE for county commits
sioner from Virginia is being agi.
tated, but thus far the man propos-
ed as successor to Commissioners
McInnis has made no public an.
nouncement of his desires. Such
announcement may come later, but
it is considered improbable.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-06

FLOODWOOD, the thriving little
village on the cutoff line of the
Great Northern, organized COM
mercial club on a substantial basis,
formal]yincorporating the organiz-
alton. Evidently got class of
citizens who are not looking solely
for the Almighty Dollar.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-06

r. F. BERDIE made good on his
street railway franchise at Hibbing
by depositing 5000 in payment for
same with the village treasurer. 1t
is given out that work on the line
will be commenced at once
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-06

timber lands in the States of California, Ore.
gon, Nevada, and Washington Territory" as
extended to all the Public Land States by act
OF August 1, 1892. P. James Barlow, of Virgin
ia, county Of St. Louis, state of Minnesota.
has this day fled in this Office his sworn state
ment No. 10760 for the purchase of the East u
of the Northwest of Section No. q in Town
ship No. 50 North, Range No. II West 4th P.
NJ, and will offer proof to show that the land
sought fe more valuable for it's timber or
stone than for agricultural purposes, and to
establish his claim to said land before Otto A.
Poirier, U. s. Commissioner, at Virginia,
Minn., Wednesday, the 9Th day of August,
1905.
He names as witnesses:
John Muzzy, of Virginia. MINI.
Edward Dunnigan. of Virginia. MINI.
Aaron Olson, OF Virginia. Mimi.
Herman Oslund, of Virginia, MINI.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above described lands are requested to file
their claims In this Office on or before said 8th
day ot>August, 1905.
J.C. HERMAN ENGEL. Register.
june 1-aug.3
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-06

BOB DUNN declares in his Prince
ton Union that he will vote for the
ticket as nominated. Any Republi-
can who follows suit THIS year will
vote for honest, honorable men.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-06

THE EvELETH MINING NEWS as.
serts that +. E. Dowling is lust
waiting for Congressman Bede's
shoes. That is all right, Bro.
Perham, let him wait. He has the
permission of the people.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-06

WE noted an ad. in a north coun.
try exchange this week in which
goods for "these cold blustery
March days" are given prominent
mention. Such advertising shows
an enterprising spirit on the part of
the merchant and evidences the
hustling ability of the advertising
manager of the paper in getting
business 80 far in advance.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-06

THh-county Campaign is getting
stirred up trifle. Promises to be
a warm one.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-06

A NEW YORK firm advertises to
furnish sermons at 60 cents each.
Don't need them al that price. Got
a wife that furnishes them free.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-06

1T was strictly all right for the
city council to audit an allowance
OF $1OO for the Fourth of July fund,
and it would also be strictly all
right for them to authorize the ex.
penditure of an equal sum by a
man with hoe, cleaning off the
sidewalks in the wake of the poor
mans COW.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-06

IF Andy Carnegie really desires
to die poor he might get rid of
about thirty cents of that $45O,OOO,OOO
of his by buying a pair of stills to
put under the Virginia Library
building.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-06

IMITATION is sincere fattery, but
usually from a mighty poor source.