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It In only within tho hint few days thut
the Juvenile meiiiberH of society hiive had
an opportunity to enjoy real winter sports,
such lis coasting, sleighing and skating.
Tho frontispiece this week, a snapshot by
the Ht u IT photographer of The Ike, Is one
that will not only delight the boys and
girls but will bring up pleasant memories
In the minds of the older members of the
household. It Is u characteristic winter
scene. It would be dlllleult to find a hap
pier, Jollier crowd anywhere. What states
man reall.es the responsibilities of his po
sition more than the young man at tho
wheel?
O. S. Hayward, the newly-elected presi
dent of the Hoard of I'Mucatloii, was born
In West Acton. Mass.. In l8.r.S. and located
III Omaha llfleeii years ago.
He engaged In
C S. 1IAVWARD NEW PRESIDENT OF
THE OMAHA HOARD OF EDUCATION
Photo by Heyu.
the retail shoe business at ouee, which he
continued until seven years iiko, when he
embarked In the wholesale branch of the
trade. Ho has always taken a marked pride
In maintaining thu high standard of the
Omaha public schools.
Charles H, Pickens, the newly elected
president of the Commercial club, was horn
In Detroit, Mich., In isr.0, and came to
Omaha with his parents ten years later,
Ho attended the Oinnlia public schools and
the llrst money he earned was as a carrier
for Tho Omaha Hon. In 1S7I he went to
work for the Harris. Taft Sc. Woodman
Linseed Oil company, In whose employ ho
CHARLES PICKENS NEW PRESIDENT
OF THE OMAHA COMMERCIAL Cl.l'll -Photo
by Rlnelmrt.
omaliiod until 1870, and then engaged as a
clerk for the Paxton & tiallagher company.
Since the linn was Incorporated in lSO.'i he
has been Its secretary, treasurer and gen
eral mnnager.
In conformity wlththo supreme law of
tho laud, tho men who have boon selected
to cast the electoral vote gathered In tho
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capitals of tho several states on Monday, Honrv. Tesln, Ellhu Thomson, Maxwell Am
Jnminry II, to olllclnlly vote for president pore. Slomens, Ohm, Hortz, Davy, nrush
nnd vlco president of tho United Stntes. Whcntstono, Hcltnholtz, Ornnime, Stein
Theso proceedings were purely formal, as motz. Roentgen, Sprnguo. Plnnte. Mnrconl
all tho documents, certlllcatcs nnd so forth Oersted nnd Joule, Howover. two other
had been carefully prepared In ndvnnce. hnllnts wcro tnken for comparison with tho
Wo print pictures of tho electoral colleges ono Just mentioned. The opinions nf
of Nebraska nnd lown, John L. Kennedy twenty-five eminent members of tho Instl
of Omnhn wns chosen chairman by tho tuto were embodied In one nnd those of
Nebraska doctors and John F. Neshlt of twenty-live professors of electricity In col
Toknmnh, secretary. W. R. Harton of To- leges In another. Tho former group plnced
cumseh wns chosen ns messenger to curry Mnxwell second nnd Honrv fourth showed
tho returns to Washington. Tho Iowa nn equal preforeneo for Hell nnd Edison for
electoral collego selected John N. Ilnldwln fifth, nnd gnvo Tcsln tho fifteenth. The
of Council IllufTs ns chnlrmnn nnd Ole O. collego professors put Mnxwell third and
Roo of Dos Moines as secretary. Ezra T. Kdlsnn fourth, wero cqunlly divided bo
Tucker of Wnppollo wns chosen messenger. Iwcon Hprti Henry nnd Ellhu Thomson for
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There wore bIx candidates for messenger
nnd after thoy hud been mimed tin; motion
to decide who should ho messenger liy lot
W,,H carried. The choice full tipoti Mr.
Tucker
Finnk (J. Carpenter, thu Hpechtl corre
spondent for Tho Heo In tho Orient, fur-
nlHlieo nn Interesting letter on the richest
mini In East AhIii. lie recently pnld n visit
to I. nn Wltn; Hong, the multl-mllllounlro
of Kwnn Tung, who ownH u wnllud city nnd
drinks ten worth $21 u pound. In IiIh won-
dorful palnco ho hns nn opium simctum nnd
tropical gardens. Chlng Chans, who began
as n boatman, has JiiHt died worth '$3,000,
000. Ills funurnl cost jr.0,000. In China tho
rich men are supposed to provldo for nil
their poor relatives.
About Noted People
A number r.f letters written by Jenny
Mud to a friend In Itnly between the years
lSir and 1871 hiive recently come to Unlit.
They nro full of Information about the
"" nnd muslelnim of her time and con-
tain much frank comment on the prima
donna's contemporaries. An Italian pub
lisher has purchased the collection nml
will shortly give It to the world In hook
form.
Edmund Harton, who Is nt the head of the
Mrst federnl government of tho Australian
commonwealth, Is a native of Sydney, Is Bl
years old and has for many years been nn
nble lawyer In New South Wnlea. He has
been net unjustly styled the father of the
new commonwealth. In tho II ret federal
convention, tthleh was held In IS'.i". he was
tho senior representative of New South
Wales nnd ho was olio of the frameri of
tho original commonwealth hill.
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Tho death of Representative Clark of
Now Hampshire Is the last In the longest
mortnllty Hat that hns ever been known In
any rnr Kress fourteen In all Including
Eppos anil Wise of Vlrglnln, Ermentroiit
and llarmer of Pennsylvania, Settlo of
Kentucky, Iloffokor of Delaware, Daley of
Now Jersey, Chlckcrlng of New York, Oreen
of Nebrnska, Ilnlrd of Louisiana. Illand of by n county Judgo on a county treasurer's of Intoxication." A somewhat similar In
Mlssourl, Dlngloy of Mnlno nml Dauford bond. The county treasurer was Skip- doflnlteness of legal conclusion mars a ro
of Ohio. with, who skipped with the funds, nnd the cent verdict of a neighboring Oeorgla Jury,
4 county Judge, who was Hurt, brought the to tho effect thnt "We, tho Jury, find tho
Tho king of Italy, himself a very early action." defendant nlmost. guilty." Equally as un
rlser, wnlked Into the olllco of ndmlnlstra- - certain and ambiguous as these statements
Hon of tho royal household the oilier morn- A decorator employed to fresco tho by laymen Is the opinion In nn early Mury
Ing nt 8 nnd found only n scrubwoman nt county court room In a certain western land ense, which "acknowledges the corn"
work. Ho nsked tho first clerk, who nr- courthouse printed In hold gilt letters over by saying that tho occurrence referred to
rived nt 8:30, when tho other clerks wore the Judge's chair tho words "Ignornntla took plnco "nt a former sitting when the
duo, "Wo nre all due nt 8, your majesty." Juris non excusat." This legal maxim, so court was full."
"Ah, nnd It Is now 8:30," remnrked tho king peculiarly approprlato to a templo of Jus-
quietly. Slneo then there has not been n tlco, wns very pleasing to tho mcmhors
case of tardiness. of tho bar, but for boiiio reason tho Judge "Thero Is said to ho n lawyer In Phlln-
cnusod It to bo obliterated nnd replaced by dolphin," snys tho Philadelphia Record,
tho words "Flat lustltla. runt coelum." "wl possesses n trick of tho votco to
Toledo, went to Chicago he registered at.
the Crand Pacific ns Sam M. Jones, N. P.
When asked what N. P. stood for ho said:
"That Is my title. It stands for nonpar
tisan In politics. With the twentieth cen
tury I have thought of nddlng two more
letters to tho tltlo, mnklng It N. P. A. T
meaning nonpartisan In nil things. You
fl0. I l"11' very little education when I
was a boy- not mnro thnn six months In
nll-and wanting a title I founded tho do-
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ii'inin... it Mnrvi.mii n v..irnn inourni.
man of St. Louis, died on Tuesday morning.
A pocullnr nccldent led Mr. Markhnm to
locate In St. Louis. He left his homo In
the east In tSIO, intending to go to Cali
fornia to engagn In gold mining, but tho
hunt on which ho made the trip down tho
Ohio river grounded on a bar nnd wns not
telensed for two weeks, too late for Mr.
Markhnm to loin other Callfornln trnvolors
on n boat bound up tho Missouri. Forced
to remain In St. Louis until the departure
of another boat, he formed business con
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Prof. Charles Vllllors Stanford, who suc
ceeds tho Into Sir Arthur Sulllvnn ns tho
conductor of tho Leeds muslcnl festival.
Is n native of Dublin nnd hns held tho chair
of music in tho University of Cnmhrldge
since 1KS7. In 1883 he received his doctor
nte of music from Oxford nnd wns nftor
ward professor of rotnpnsltlon In tho Roynl
Collego of Music nnd conductor of tho Ilnch
choir. Among Dr. Stnnford's works nro
nu opera. "The Veiled Prophet," tho II
brelto of which Is drawn from Monro's
'I.alla Rookh;" "An Irish Symphony,"
'The Vovnge of Mnelduno." "Fifty Irish
Melodies" and old songs.
A veto was recently tnken by Tho Elec.
trlcnl World and Engineer on tho twenty
flvo grentest nnmes In electrical science
during tho Inst century. Tho participants
In tho ballot wore 277 members of the
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
who were requested to arrange tho nomcs
In tho order of supposed excellence. Tho
following list, thereforo. shows not onlv
tho men who wero chosen, but nlso their
standing In the esteem of tho Institute
Fnrnday. Kelvin, Edison, noil. Morse,
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fifth, accorded Hell and Morse equal honor
ami ranked Tesla llfteenlh
Told Out of Court
The recent case of Sktpwith a 1 list Hurt,
n legal publication records, "was an nctlon
A mnn who may or may not havo boon
n tramp, but who wns nrrnlgncd recently In
n Minnesota pollco court on n chnrgo of
vngrnncy, tried to disprove tho chnrgo by
proving by "two competent witnesses" that
ho had taken n bnth "at no very remote
dato." Something, possibly tho suspiciously
unccrtnln "no very remoto dnto" mndo the
Judgo persistent, nnd after reflecting ho
decided thnt tho defendant would havo to
provo nlso Hint he had worked, "where-
upon," It Is recorded, "tho dofonso at onco
collapsed."
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The following verdict wns recently ron- sound Involved In tho skilful control of
dered In n Florldn enso of replevin for a tho voice. It Is said thnt a barrister prac
houso that hnd been removed from tho tlsed In tho nrt and rhetoric of nddresslng
plnlntllT's lnnd: "Wo, tho Jury, do find In tho bench enn gather nil tho waves of
said caso of M. against n. thnt tho do- sound from his thront Into n focus nnd lo
fendant shnll pay tho plaintiff 50 for the posit It In tho orlflco of tho Judge's ear
house taken and that the defendant retain with tho general effect of n bomb."
tho hovso, but, If tho defcmlnnt does not
pay tho $n0, ho shall return tho houso to
tho plaintiff nnd pay costs, hut no dam- T'10 Inquisitive Young Mnn sat next to
ngos." 'ho Self-Reserved Lnwyr.r In the limited
oxpress, rotates tho New York Sun. The
Whnt Is "a rensonahlo stato of Intoxlca- Inquisltlvo Young Man tired of looking
Hon" apparently Just missed precise deflnl out tho enr window soon nfter tho train
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SITY OF NEI1RASKA AND OMAHA Y M C. A. TEAMS AT OMAIIA-Photo by
Louis R. llostwlck.
DELIVERING COMMISSION TO NEURASKA
Hon by n coroner's Jury In Mississippi,
which stnted In Its verdict that "We, tho
Jury, II nd that deceased came to his death
by a stroko of an ensthoiind trnln, No.
204, on I. ( R. It., nt Fentress, Miss., In
Choctnw county, on the 117th day of No
vember, 18H8, he hutiiK In a reasonable state
which a certain mcnBuro of his success In
United Stntes supreme court prnctlco Is
duo, Tho trick consists In waking n Judgo,
Whether It Is a common prnctlco for tho
high dlgnltnrles of tho federal supremo
bench to lndulgo In n nnp In tho course
of a long nnd tedious argument, such hap-
ponlngs nro not unknown nnd It Is well for
nn nblo logician of tho bar to bo pro-
pared for It. Tho trick of waking n sleepy
Judgo would seem to bo something In tho
naturo of slnmmlng n law hook under his
noso or connecting his personality with the
current of nn olectrlc battery. Hut tho
trick Is oxplnlned ns purely n mnttcr of
.tiituiary '20, 11)01.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS,
left Albnny, nnd he turned to tho Self-Pcs
sessed Lawyer for amusement.
"PlenFiint dny?" snl.l the Young Man by
wny of striking up n conversation.
"I nm not much of n Judge of the weath
er," wns the reply from his seat companion.
The Inquisitive Young Man was quiet for
some moments. Then he broke loosu ngntn.
"Goln' far?" he nsked again.
"Fnr enough," nnswered the Man of Sslf
Reservc, "Fnr ns Iluffnlo?" wns the third question
of the Irrepressible.
"Perhnps so. Perhnps not," wns tho re
ply. For n long tlmo tho young mnn was si
lent. Ho spent the Hying moments tracing
his full nnmo with his little finger on the
window pane. Suddenly the Self-Reserved
lawyer spoke to htm.
"I'm finding business good nfter election,"
snid ho.
Tho Inquisltlvo Young Man wns much
flattered by the condescension nnd tho re
mark of the Inwyor. Ills Inst question came
easily.
"What Is your lino?" ho nsked.
"lilting holes out of porous plnster-i,"
was the reply, nnd two or threo thoughtless
persons who sat nenrby In tho enr smiled.
Pointed Paragraphs
Chicago News: Some society women nro
works of nrt.
They who mlsjudgo nre npt to bo mis
judged. Somo cooks manage to get fat while wast
ing away.
If a woman's fnco Is a poem It should bo
a llneless one.
Ono wny to becomo round Is to ent plenty
of squnro meals.
Ability Is tho nrt of doing only whnt wo
nro cnpnhlo of doing.
If a mnn Is nblo to stand nbuse he Is nblo
to stnnd prosnerity.
Tho man who owes his shoemnker cannot
call his solo his own.
It takes a good artist or a good nctor to
drnw n good houso.
Sllonco mny bo golden, but It won't pay
tho expenses of tho drummer.
A man mny ho nblo to nrguo with n
womnn, hut It never does nny good.
Mnrrylng a man to reform him Is llko
drinking whisky to destroy It.
Tho flvo great powers love, money, ro
vengo, nmhitlon nnd n good dinner.
Somo peoplo hnvo been on tho stage all
their lives and still long to ho actors.
Nino times out of ten when tho un
expected happens wo bring It on ourselves.
Novcr attempt to bully a Judgo or Jury
unless you hnvo previously bribed them.
Tho Inventor of n Enlt cellar that will
always hnvo salt In It will supply n long
felt wnnt.
A west side phrenologist clnlms ho enn
tell what n Inrrel contnlns by examining Its
head.
Tho wagon tongue snys never n word, hut
It gets there nhend of tho rest of tho out
fit It might be well for somo pecplo to
mnke n nnto of this.
Error
Dotrolt Journnl: "While error," wo re
peated, ominously, "writhes In pain"
Hero Error Interposed with n derisive
laugh
"Somo gnznboos," sho observed, sarcastic
ally, "don't seem to recognize tho gennlno
danso du ventre when they see It!"
Sho guessed sho knew enough, sho would
hnvo us particularly to understand, not to
dopond for her popularity upon nny nrchalc
stunt, nnd this wo took to bo nn obllquo
thrust nt Truth, who still merely rose
ngnln, nnd then only when crushed to
earth,
