The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-30
PECULIAR DIVORCE
LAWS IN SCOTLAND

to ireland But he still has consider
| able property in the antipodes, not
ably In Australia. where he is inter-
es,ed III an immense fruit canning es-
! accession TO tho pccragc to the fact
| that his elder brother was killed while
out on an elephant hunting expedition,
on the cast coast of Africa.
In the course Of his explorations
Lord Ranfurly collected and dispatched
TO the South kensington Museum
many hundreds OF specimens of anti
podean birds and has tho honor of
having n new species OF cormorant
which he discovered. named In his
! honor "PhalacrocoraN Ranfurlii." He
- - married to daughter of old Lord
Charlcmont. who for many years was
| 80 familiar figure at Dublin Castle,
as Usher OF the Black Rod 10 the Order
| of ST. Patrick and as comptroller OF
the viccrcgal househ old
AS Lady Ranfurly is the only child
OF LORD Charlcmont, she will Inherit
, AT his death no legs a place than
Coney Island. do not mean the Coney
| Island on the ocean front of New York
Ivy nowever, but the Coney island In
| or saint Ccney 1t Is air4icult for
those VINO have visited New York's
Concy Island at the height of the sea
son to realize that 1t owes its nare
TO saint who was also a rccluse.
She is called saint. though as II mat
ter Of fact She has had to remain
| content with beatiiieation: and is s;ili
situated in Tough Ncegh and was q
favorite retreat Of ST. Patrick
According to tradition. saint concy
was IL pious. woman who lived III u
| lonely cave IN the woods OF Tyrone
She practiccd the art of healing with
! 50 much success as to win the respect
and love of the natives. But when
IN the fourteenth century the ONctlls
advanced from the Derry side to dts
! place the O'Connors, who held possess
sion of the southern coast OF Tough
Ncagh. their chief. Dcrmot. fell scri-
| ously i'll. and he was carried to the
cell of Saint Concy. However his COM
| plant dcned her skin. and he died
shortly afterwards. Ills followers ac-
cused tile saint of being u tool Of
their enemies and ,swore vengeance.
| But the OConnors came to her assist
| ancc. and carried her off to the island
| which bears her name to this day
There she continued to practice med
icinc' for many years. and when she
! dicd tho O'Connors erected 10 her NOM
ory tower the ruins III which have
been converted into a mausolcum by
the Charlcmont family.
ne isanfurly motto Is II move and
| prosper. and the present reprcscnta-
tiVes OF the pccragc have certainly
, done their best to live up to it, For
u most Interesting volume or series OF
books might he written OF the cNpcr-
fences and adventures OF both father
and son, especially ia Now ZcaIa nd
/ OF which country Il is said that no
| official has better knowledge than
Lord Ranfurly.
The welfare OF the Maoris was a
constant source OF solicitudc to him He
is said to have visited every Maori
village in the colony and during his
term of office had III. satisfaction OF
| sisnitNinS the royal assent TO an act
of Parliament giving to them county
| councils. and power 10 deal with local
and native affairs. The Maor!s have
z, Hay, IN , i..
Constitution of New Zealand They
have four seats in the House 1s Rep
fesentaiivcs. and two In the I.erisla-
tive Council. while IL Is not an unusual
thing for Maori to have a seat In
tho cabinet. holding the portfolio for
native affairs.
Lord Northlands nancec, Miss liilda
Susan Ellen Cooper is tho daughter OF
the late Sir Daniel Cooper. Her mother
Is. In hcr turn. tho daughter Of sir
james Grant Suite. She has an elder
sister, named Dorothy. who is married
to Henry Strcatiield, OF the Grcnadier
Guards. Miss liiida Coopcr'a father.
the second baronet. died on the 18TH
OF June, 1909, aud as he loft no male
issue, the haronctcy went TO his
brother. Sir William Charles Cooper. OF
Woolharc New South Wales. The
family may he said to DO an .tustral-
ian one. tho first baronet having been
Sir Daniel Cooper, speaker OF the Leg
islativc Assembly OF Sew South Wales
from 1886 to 1860 He was knight"d
in 1857 and created "a baronet in 1868.
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