King Edward's
Visit to Harvard
(Hy V. A. Tsanoff )
llolworthy liull of llnrviinl college Iiuh
hud a memorable history. It was liullt In
1812 with money received from u lottery,
hut that fact illil not htixlcr IIh becoming
I hi' Ix'Ht loved old ilorinltory In thu collogu
yi nl a primate among dignitaries. When
IMward VII, thou thu prlneo of Wales,
traveling under the mime of "Huron llen
fri'W." visited liar vn id college, llolworthy
hull, No. 11!, wan exhibited to him as u
typical llarvanl room. The portrait of
him, gallant y 1 1 1 1 1 1 k soldier that ho wah,
hangs Its that room to thlH day, signed
"Albert I'M ward to llolworthy 11!," to re
mind successive collogu generations of II
moHt picturesque eplHode In the lilHtory of
llarvanl.
Krlday, October lit, Itifiii, fiirnlHhed royal
weather for tin royal vlHltor. Ahotit mhl
day open barouches entered Cambridge
hearing thu prince of U'iiIch, IiIk unite ami
tin' great men of Cambridge. Thousands of
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hchool children wuru assembled near thu
Cambridge und of thu hrldKU over (MiarleH
rlvur. On llroadway lluttered thu Union
.lack and thu Staru and StripcH, HiiHpuiuled
acroBH thu Htreet No Booucr did thu curtocu
appuar than thu children commenced wav
ing white handkerchiefs and tOinwcrliiK
houiinutu and smiles In eipiul proiorliou.
StrsiKKlittK crowds followed thu royal car
riage a inllo throiiKh crowded streets to thu
coIIcku Katu.
ThrotiKh fourfold Hues of students
stretched to (lore hall thu prince of Wales
passed, cheered as CamhrldKU men know
how to cheer, Thu heavy doors of tho
llhrary swuiik open and President Kelt on
advanced to incut thu yoniiK Kitcst of Har
vard, What happened lusldu Is frequently
recalled hy Mr. Klernan, who has heen for
forty-llvo years the hardest worked ami thu
most cheerful member of thu staff of thu
llhrary.
II Wiim ii (iri'lit Oi'i'iimIiiii,
"It wtiB ti reat occasion for us!" ho
says, "Some one had kIvcii out tho order
not to let any ladles come In, hut It took
thu coIIcku hody In full force to keep them
out. It was a remarkahle scene. Thu four
IIvIiik ex-presldents of the college- Joslnh
(Julncy, Itev. Dr. Walker, Kdward Kverett
and Jared Sarks were seated In a lino
anil were Inttoduced In order to thu prince.
With Mr. (julncy he held an animated con
versation. Old Mr. Quincy was Kai'iulon.s
and made a long huraiiKue to thu IiIusIiIiik
fellow, tellltiK him how he had met his
father and his Ki'audfathcr years before.
I was Kind to shake bands with the youiiK
prince. Wu were of the siituu line. When
lit) prince and his suite sinned their names
In the visitor's hook 1 tore the leaf out
to preserve It. We don't show It to very
many." The names of thu prince and of
his suite are thus entered In thu old
Visitor's hook of thu library:
Oct. Ill, lSiit),
Albert Edward,
Lyons,
Newcastle),
St. ncrmalu8,.Ij.I. D.
Unhurt Ilruce, I). C. . Orion,
Teusdalo,
Hlnclionbrook,
11. W. Ackhmil, HoRlfl. Trof. Medicine,
at Oxford.
J. N. (Jroy,
(lardncr KtiBleheart, late student of
Christ church, Oxford.
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Kroderlek Wnrru, 1st attache to II. It. M.
legation, Washington.
Among Hid many Harvard Htudeiits who
met tho prlneo there and signed their names
In thu hook an- S. Mlnot Weld, Itohert
Wlinhrup, Charles Sumner. Oliver Wen
dell Holmes and W. I'. Andrews, liar. 1812.
Miuwn I i i 1'iirliivlllfi.
President I'elton presented to the prince
of WnlcH a copy of .IohIiiIi (lulney's "History
of Harvard College," exquisitely hound In
Turkish morocco, t'pon one side were ein
hlaoned the arnm of the university and on
the other the crest and plume of tho prince.
The llhrarlan Mhowed the party the llrst
Indian hlhle printed In America. Among
other ciirloxltlcM ipialtit old characters of
the year Kino were exhlhlted, rare old parch
inentK, with souls IINd frying patiH, and
speckled with the niilili'H of men who had
heen diiMt for 200 years.
When the prince Htepped out of thu
library he wan received hy the hIiiiIoiiIh,
who had formed In a hollow squuru. Nor-
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wood llallowell proposed "thruu cheers for
thu Oxford students" and they woro given
roiiBliiKly.
Tho prince expressed a deslru to k with
a crowd of fellows to see a Harvard room.
In a hurried consultation, llolworthy 12,
the loom of Joseph II. Wales, chief marshal
of the day, was chosen. As the students
were leading thu prince past the Kraud
staud erected In front of University
hall thu hand hcna to play "Fair Harvard"
and thu men walked to llolworthy hare
headed, as Harvard men always do when
"Fair Harvard" Is played.
Hut few of thu men who entertained the
prlucu in that room aro now living. Oao
of them, Joseph II. Wales, was In KiiKland
during the queen's fatal Illness. Colonel
Norwood llallowell, a union veteran, la
another of theso few sirrvlvors. He still
treasures his marshal's baton of that day.
Tradition would have It that thu prluco
spent thu nlKht In llolworthy 12 and that
the company had a Kay timu all to thum
selves, as all the tempting delicacies of
thu sideboard wero hrottght out to circulate
frcoly.
Welcomed iin ii .Student.
"It Is many years ubo," says Colonel
llallowell, "hut I remember that uothliiK
of thu kind occurred. The prince was thu
very picture of leorno III, a vory handsomo
fellow. We welcomed him as a student and
took htm to the room. Though we had an
Intercut Iiik' conversation, 1 remember noth
ing particular that was said."
Thero was laughter, sliiKinK ami hand
shaking In llolworthy 12 and tho prince left
his portrait there before departlUK for tin
more formal visit to other bulldltiKs. As
he was ahuut to leave some onu started
"Auld l.auK Syne" ami thu men siiiik it
with a will, tho prlncu Joining A hurrlid
visit 'took tho prince to the chemli.il
laboratory, tho Kawrencu Sclentillc school.
University hall, the law school and thu
museum, which was then Just started by
thu venerable Prof. AkhssIj; and hud not
yet become what It Is today, the must
splendid university miseum In the world.
Two hundred carrlaKes followed the royal
barouche to tho observatory and on thu
way thither the church boll merrily pealed
"(lod Save the Queen."
Two iiiiimIiiu' liielilen Ih,
When the prince returned from "tho ob
servatory he look luncheon in Hntvard
hull. Two amusiUK incidents made uih
run iLLtimMvrm) mas.
luniluon ititcrcBtliiB A temperance so
ciety had been formed in college tho year
hoforo and this Krcat chanco cauiu to theni
of workliiB their principles on tho notablu
KuestH. So when thu prince beckoned tho
waiter and requested him to get him a
kIhmm of wine thu waiter promptly replied:
"IIaun't not any!" Mr. Qulncy, on thu
rlKht side of the prince, tittered sugges
tively as President Kelton, on tho loft sldu
of tho prince, tried to explnln the omission
of wine. "It is not considered safo to pro
vide Wllle even on such occasions," ho silld.
"Then," suggested the prince thought
fully, coming to the rescue, "beer will do."
The waller answered. "Haven't got It."
"'ho students In the meanwhile were
passing around the news of the Incident as
an argument against temperance, when nn
exploslvu lit of laughter turned thu atten
tion of the guests towatd a sophomore,
who was the center of the mirth. Hy a
printer's blunder, the motto of thu prince.
"Icli Dcln," had been placed among tin
queer Preach names of the dishes, and the
ravinous Hophomi.ro loudly d manded some,
under thu lmprcHtdnu that It was a species
of salad. 'I here was frequent clucrlng of
tho prince during the luiichei.n. and It con
tinned until hu left for Mt. Auburn.
In his tour around the world the presem
duke of York and prince of Wales Is ex
peeled to visit Hosloii ami llarvanl II
hu should visit Harvard before commence
incut there will be a remarkable coluii
deuce. He will naturally be received on
the part of the students hy the cmnmitiM
of thu most piomliient seniors, ns was lil
father In lM'.n. and among them will l
Captain Hullard of tho crew and Captain
llallowell of the track team, sons, re
Micctlvcty. of J. Lincoln Hullard, 'ill. and
Norwood P. llallowell, 'til, who served an
committeeman to receive the former prime
of Wales on the occasion of his visit in
IM',0.
(Jiniint Features of Lite
.Mr. 'Ihompuuii, a number of thu Con
iiuuilctu It'tiisiutuiu, iiuiuiliiLcd a new wuru
inu other Uu In a Ugiuiaiivu debate. Ii
was In a hoiae story. A uuighbur of .Mi.
ihompauu'u wciu iu buy a lam nuisu. Aitui
nu Vint; been siiowu uomu with past records
and buiuu wliu postibtu luturo iccuids Un
man said: "i dun t want a has-bceii nur a
wul-bu; 1 want an ls-er.'
Herman Kuiimuu a il, recently 11 led for
piubulc in baa 1 rancisco, closed uiiio. "la
lakliib' leave ui ou, my near oiaa, l wish
in impiesa upon you taut you sauuld not
M'luvc loo mutli. ou in lib u take thu uveal
putiobophlcall . '1 lie laws ui iialUru are
. isu ami wu ouhl to suoiuit to lliem willi-
uiu a murium'. 'J lie blessings ot an ail-
lsu universal iowur be saowercU on you.
.
It costs to go "iiiasuiiig ' in Kansas Oil),
as lias been learned Oj uooiri Cuiiuiaguaiu,
proprietor oi a tioul. lie siioku to a young
woman whom lie nud never seen aim in
Mated on shuKiiig hands vvun aer. 'the
sensible gin nail mm au'esteii and hu was
l.ued ioW In tau puiae conn, (juuniughuui
appealed and tue ilLcisioii lias ouen
Biistained by tue higher louu.
A o-j ear-old child was pniyiiig on thu
snlewaiu ai l.uuusl and liiiicaibuu stieels,
1'lil.adeipliia, when a liliud man camo along,
guiding liuiisuit witu a luavy w.ilKiug slick.
A swing u( t lio cauu stiucK die child on tuu
lortLcsd and he lull down a ccilurvvuy, aua
laluliit eoucusMon ul tnu tiiain and dying
In a iuv hours. A ueigubur saw thu
accident, uui ran to pick up inu child, and
when sliu returned ihu uiikiiuwn blind man
had passed out b sight, doubtless uuavvalu
ot thu tragedy iu .vhich hu buru blamulcsa
part.
1(. .Monarch of UWtiiiijoro, Ky., has
teariiLil thu ufl-ieiiealcd Ilooii thai it is
ham tu buck against a uust. Hu owned a
diaititei) and iwo years ago ihu whlbky
tiusi oliered him jJuu.uuu lor thu prupurty.
.Mouaicu retimed to go Into inu cumbliiu,
saving lie picicrred tu bu ludcpclult.i)i. lu
thu mysieriuus inaiiuer wlucli lias bcuuuu
so couiiuou In lulu years his business lull
oil and a lew days ago ilio dlatlllei les W6iv
disposed ol at luiceii saiu lor $17, ooo. Kx
Iieilelice, whlcti always cumes Ingh, 111 tills
WIS.' cosi $JSJ,UUU.
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'J ho following letter is uiiu ot thu queer
things which buinoUniea iiua ihe,r way into
thu Kan.-ua papuis. "Mr. KUuur. l'icasu
in nil tills letter to quiet thu aloi ni raised
b some half-Idiot who has been telling thai
1 was going tu bu married, and by sveiul
smart vlccks, who havu made il their basi
licas 10 ask my boys about it. I will say
Unit the lulu is all boah. 1 waul it uu
ocrsiood that when 1 waul a husband 1
won't ask the community to select one fur
me, 1 consider myself Hilly capable uf de
ciding that question to suit mbcli. Miss
l,)dia Peach."
S-omo time ago Anthony Holland ami wife,
highly respected residents ot Tallahatchie
county, Mississippi, were found dead lu a
wood near their home. They wero a
most devoted eouplu and thu conclusion ur
lived at was that Mis. Holland was acci
dentally shot, Mr. Holland, through grief,
committing suicide with the remaining bar
rel of thu shotgun which he carried. Tho
estatu was settled on thu basis of this sup
position, but on appeal to the courts It
was shown that when the bodies wore
found that of the wife was still warm,
while Mr. Holland's was cold. Thoreforo,
the wife must havo survived her husband,
and the court so decided.
A cage thirty-two feet long nnd ten feet
wide has been erected by Mrs. Katherlnn
M. Hrady on hor property nt H2 King street.
Flushing. long iHlnnd, for the purposo of
NKW WINO TO THK OMAHA POSTOKI'IC
nuuoliig siiay cms. .Mia. Dial is ino
vili.u ot tuu kuu Jolin .. ni.u.j, wuu wao
a b.o.lici' oi Ihu luiu oUuge lii'aiiy ul tlu
supiuliiu cuuri. 'lliu cage is nlicil up wkii
cuaulous. Al olio euu is a small lluuac
lie.ueu with hot water pipes, coming nuui
thu consul vulory close by. A local nink
inau leaves a largo can ut milk uaily lor ihe
cuts and thu chui from thu bouse lias in
structions to feed thu animals with special
fuud. At present ubout two-bcoru cats
uru rcglstuied at thu mission," as thu
nulghburs call It. King street is the iikmi
fashlunablo pari of Flushing.
Told Out ol Court
All client!) knew thai with ' Old Abe" as
thtir lawyer they would win liieir casu-ii
il was lull', relates hiicccaa. It not, mat il
was ii wubtu ot lime lu take 11 to linn. AiUi
liaU'liilig some tliuo onu oay tu a wuuku.i
clients statement, Willi his eyes on ilic
ceiling, he swung suddenly aiounu m ina
en. ir ami exclaimed;
"Woll, you havu a prulty guod oasu in
lecliiucal law, out a piully Liau in cquu;
ana justice. Vuu II havu to gel sumu uilici
leuovv 'o win tills caso lor you. 1 cuuiun i
uu ii. wvll the timu while staiaiiug laiaiun
to that Jury I'd bu UiiliKiug, i.iiiluio,
yuiiru u luir,' and 1 believe i should luigei
no sen and say it out luud."
Judgu Galea of Kansas City tolls this
slury ; ".My lamily being anaeiil H um tue
city 1 was taking my incais at a rubluuraiu
vvhero neglu bojs ale employed us vuitei.
lu onu curlier ot thu loom is u dumu vvuilci,
vvheiu orders uru called oul to thu cook in
thu kitchen above, ihu lust illuming m
order included, among oilier things, it
eggs, tried medium. Thu waller, lullow
ing his custom, went to thu open shall aim
tlien called out my order, eliding Willi 'tui
.vllstah (Jutes,' He then turned to ultuuu
tu aoino oilier duty, bul hud not taken mure
than tlu cu steps when a peculiar look
spread over his lace. Thu next moment he
had tairly Jumped tu thu opening and erica
out: 'Say, thur, William! Loukeu heah.
'Ihul order ain't l'oah .Mia tali Uatesl It art
loah Jedgu Uatea! An', say, thar! .Make
lliuiu algs lieah alga!' Alter which hu uruw
a breath of satlstautlou second only to no
own. So, you sec, It really pays sometimes
to be a Judge.'
Thu usual run of criminals arraigned lu the
criminal court, relates thu Xialtlmuru News,1
are cowed and submissive. Theru are oc-,
casloiially a low delimit ones who Intend to
brazen thu thing out, but there Is seldom
uuo brought before tho bar who Is as thur-
oughly cool and sulf-possessed ns was John '
Connolly, w ho was arraigned for putty lar-1
cony.
John knew what ho wanted, nnd ho did
not hesitato to let ihe judgu know all about
It. When asked how ho wished to plead to
the Indictment ho said;
"1 plead guilty, with a recommendation to
the court for mercy."
"You wish to recommend your own selft
for mercy?" Inquired Judgu Wlckes from
tho bench In somo surprlso. Criminals fre
quently plead guilty and ask for mercy, so
that John's way of putting It had the merit
of originality. John did not hesitato for a
second In giving his answer to tho Judge.
Ho said:
"Yes, your honor, for there's nobody else
tn recommend mo."
The ease was a trivial onu that did not
Miirch 10. 11)01.
V
K IN COL'KSK OK CONSTIttJCTION.
warrant very heav.v piiiiishmei.t, and Judge
Wlckes, after studying a moment, said:
"I'll give you three mouths In the House
of Correction."
"Ii. i,ir honor!" cried Jnliu. "can't you
ninko that the jail or the penitentiary. I'd
much prefer ." but beh.iv he could tlulsh
and tell what he preferred he was hustled
out of the iiiutli pi by a hard-hearted
deputy waideii.
A Wasted l-ffort
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Yes, sir, 1 did
my best to train my daughter up as an
accomplished puillatneiitarian. I took her
to meetings to give her a chance to listen
to the rulings of able chairmen and I had
her learn the text books on the subject by
heart. 1 thought 1 had her perfect lu tho
business, hut I was mistaken. She at
tended a convention not long ago and
pretty soon she had a chance to appeal
from a decidedly unjust ruling of the chair
anil how do you suppose sho did it?"
"Well?"
"Shu was excited, you know, and this Is
what, sho said: "You aro a mean old fright
nnd I Just hate you! So there!" And then
sho burst Into tears and sat down. No, sir,
woman's nature will have to change before
sho will ever become a parliamentarian."
SPRING PETTICOATS 3
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i Kl OO Mai11' "f Am. lle.in nla 'U
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At h1 ? lhlt'-r quality blaek tinT
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Xt M1 -t Same quality iis abn.e-11-inch
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Xt S1 J'"1"1' llll"'l mercerized
, 1 ' mi,,,.n W, ai eord-
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At nil . 11 "h Imported niere. r-
! 1 'P7 'zed sateen Hi-Inch llounce
trimmed with live narrow r illh s.
Our Ilia, or .Silt; l'.ttieoats. ranging In
prlco from 7 " to jimhi unli. Is not s ir
passed. Mall ordirs oii,u..i s.itiM.u ttou g iar
anteed. LKSCOFIELD
moAiasuiTno.
hxelusivo deabrs In Fur- and I, .nil s
llcadv -to- , ,r 1 1 iii r (iarmeiits
and Millim-rv
ir.io inn 1. 1, vs si'iiciir, omii.