December 31 , 1899.
OMA3IA ILLUSTRATED BEJfi.
OMAHA ILLUSTRATED BI-E.
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The advent of the now year marking the
UHiinl season of good resolutions and bright
lirospectH llndB Omaha , the state of Ne
braska , ami the < 'iitlro west enshrouded with
signs full of vrnmlHO f ( r their future. The
bountiful crops and good business during
the year Jimt closed have placed the people
In position to venture upon now enterprises
and enlarge their business operations as
never before. Time was , and not long dis
tant , wlien a now year started with dubious ,
forebodings as to what It would bring forth ,
but the present turning point Is passing
with everyone confldrnil anil hopeful. The
Dee wishes everyone a happy new year and
a prosperous new year as well.
The frontispiece of The Ilec this week Is
characteristic of the season. The bright little
tlo Klrl extends a New Year's greeting for us
all and betokens the JoyousncsH of * youth
The little miss who 1ms consented to de
liver Now Year's greetings to the renders
of The Heo Is Loulso Honors llennett
daughter of W. U. Ileiinott. one of Omaha's
enterprising merchants , and as may be seen
from her portrait -Is a ray of sunshine for
nil with whom she comes In contact.
Is the now year which Is juiit beginning
the first ot the twentieth century or the last
of the nineteenth ? That Is the question
which ban boon puzzling hundreds of thou
Hands of people for several weeks past. Tin-
Bamo question has been raised over and over
again every time the calendar linn channel
from one hundred year period to ano'her
and each tltno without bringing forth
any conclusive settlement. The whole ques
tion depends upon where the count begins ,
as the measurement of 100 years must
Til 13 OLD APPLE WOMAN-A FAMILIA
FIGURIIN ) OMAHA'S OI-'KICK IHMLr
INOS. Photo by Louis H. Hoatwlck.
cover the sumo ( line j > erlod In onu contiii
or another and tu all lands.
The Omaha High Hchrol boaBts of t\\ \
girl literary societies \\hlch contrlbuto mnti
rlally to tht > Intellectual development of tl
Institution. Olio of them , known as the
L. S , , Is composed exclusively of girls wl
belong to the senior class. This year tl
Hoclety bus elghty-t\\o members and hub
Its meeting on the llrst Tuesday of on
month , at which meeting parllanionlni
rulit ) provnll anil literary subjects in
explained and dlteiiKaed. Occasional
a social Saturday Is spent by thu meiiiibu
at the homo of some ono of them. Thu pres
dent of thu Hocli'ty , whoso portrait IH give
IB Miss Hiith Wilson , cltihon on account
her popularity , the other olllcuru being Ml
Ilrlglu MuArdle , vice president and Iron
urer , and Miss Henrietta llccs , Becrotar
In connection with the toclety a choral cli
IB maintained , whoso work Is frequently
feature of High school programs.
The junior girls on the other hand ha'
tholr society under thu name of the Sign
Pill Literary society. Its president Is Ml
Mary Heth Wills , while the vice preside
IB Mlus Allco C. Towno , the secretary. Ml
Amy W. Cooper ; the treasurer , Miss Ne
llo Painter. The Junior society Is only
recent origin and la Intended to develop tl
oratorical , dramatic and literary ability
Ita members. It hns already about ihlr
members , with u busy progiam outlined f
the remainder of the year.
These- two societies now cover the untl
Held slnco the dlBbandtncnt of company Z ,
which formerly monopolized the social fea
tures of the school BO far as the girls were
concerned.
About Noted People
John W. 15. Thomas , the- colored lawyer
and pr lltlrlim of Chicago , who has Juat died ,
was the wealthiest man of his raceIn the
city. llo was elected to the Illinois legis
lature In 1877 , where ho served three terms
and becaimo prominent , being thu author of
the civil rights bill , which passed In 1885 ,
and one of the 1011 In the historic senatorial
light In which General John A. Logan de
feated W. U. Morrison after 118 ballots.
Mr. Thomas supported Senator L'gan from
first to last. Ho was a member ot the Ju
diciary committee during his service In the
assembly. Ho was elected South Town clerk
In 18SO and served ono term. Mr. Thomas
long had been a leader of his race In Chi
cago. He was Identified with the Olivet
llaptlst church for over twenty-Ilvu yeats
and at the time of his death was the pres
ident of the- Chicago Simmer club.
"Silver Dollar" Smith , who died a few
days ago , was ono of the picturesque char-
OIULS' SOCIETIES AT THE OMAHA HIGH
SCHOOL MISS BETH WALLACE , PRES
IDENT OK THE SIGMA PHI.
acters of Now York politics. He had been
seriously sick for several days. When ho
realized that his condition was critical he
sent for some of his friends and announced
that ho wanted no flowers sent to his fu
neral. Instead ho would be obliged If people
ple who might have sent flowers would
spend thu same amount nf money In buyIng -
Ing Chrlstimas gifts for the poor. Smith's
real name Is said to have been Goldsnililt
and In his early days ho was u cigar ped
dler. Ho had the reputation of being
"handy with his dukes" and was several
times arrested for assaulting men who dif
fered with him In political matters. He
started In political life as a republican ,
but B on found that Tammany was m re
congenial
Now that the eycn or thu v.orld , or a good
many of them , ore turned In the direction of
LadyHinlth there IB a revival of stories about
the gallant Sir Henry Smith , after whose
wlfo the place was mimed. He was governor
of Capo Colony fifty years orBO ago and led
ft number of exceedingly arduious cam
paigns against the Kulllro. Returning frun
ono of these ho held a review of h' troops ,
who weru In a most dilapidated c < ndltlou ,
barefooted , ragged , half-starved and gener
ally unkempt tatterdemalions , and lavished
all manner of compliments upi n them , dilat
ing upon their bravery , enduiniice and smarl
and soldlerllku appearance. This final com
mendation WIIH the lust straw which broke
down the patience of an old color-sergeant
ono of the general' * ) particular fiiv .riles
who was In an especially evil case. Step
plug forward from the ranks ho saluted IIUHI
lospeetfully ami exclaimed : "Hcgglng youi
piirdou , Sir 'Arry , wo don't want no gam
' man , wo want boots , "
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The Philadelphia Record pays : When oh
Jacob Wtllonghby died lust week Kensington
ry
ton lost ) one of UN unique characters. Provl
ous to the Centennial Exposition of 1871
Mr. Wllloughby was adzed with a fear that
the millions of visitors who were expected
In the city would deplete the food markets
of Philadelphia and that a famine would
ensue. So firmly did he become convinced
of the truth of his prediction that he im
mediately laid In an onormoua stock of
cdlhlcH , mostly canned goods. The cellar
of his hoiiHo WOB piled high with preserves ,
potted meatH. canned vegetables and nearly
every qther aitlclo of nnii-porlidmblo fooil
Of course , the anticipated famine did not
materialize and Mr. Wllloughby was left
GIRLS' SOCIETIES AT THE OMAHA HIGH
SCHOOI.T-M1SS RUTH WILSON , PRESI
DENT OK THE P. L. S.
with his stores on his hands. He might
have dlhpohcd of them , but that would have
meant admitting his mistake and so he kept
them. Kor twenty-three years , according to
well authenticated reports , he has fed his
family and his guests on the aftermath of
his Centennial stock and when company I
came there was great rejoicing In the fain- '
lly , for then the stuff went faster. At the '
tlmu ot the old gentleman's death there was '
htill a portion of It left.
Told Out of Court
A judgu in a recent opinion says : "One i
of my associates , Judge C , Is very sure wo <
are wrcng in this proposition , and very I
likely we are , but that Is what we hold. " I
Congressman Hrosius of Pennsylvania is ;
tolling a story about the advice given by
an old Lancaster county lawyer to his son , i
who was about to practice law. "When the i
law Is against you , " he nd\l el , "tell the
jury they unust regard Justice ; when jus
tice Is ngalnst
you , direct th >
jury's atten'l n
only to the law
"Uut If both arc
against me'
asked the s n
"Tli en talk
around. " said the
father.
A Pcnnsylvanli
Judge , dlscussinu n
man's saniij a > s
"That he took i
homely 111,111
not qultp right to
church and after
ward H.ud h
wouil leave bo
ause she threat
ened him with a
broach of prom
Ise suit whili a
clrcumstum e is > I"
itself not Milll
( lent touiran1
the deduction tf
ExJudgeugus
ins Van \\jck wa
an able and popu
lar member of th >
s u p r e in e cour
bench , relates tin
Philadelphia Post
Though .Uwa > s dig
nllled when prestd
ing In court , he tc
caslonally waliel
the rule b > a little
quiet fun \ pomp
ous and loudolced
law yen rose one
muinlng In cham
bers.
"This. It the court
A HOLIDAY UUIDE--MRS. JOHN P. CUDAHY , FORMERLY J
MISS EDNA COWIN OK OMAHA Photo by RInehart.
lilease , is a curious case. I am retained in
t " here he paused for a word ,
rheri- was a painful silence , ended by the
magistrate's inquiry :
"Is It curious for you to be ictalnoil in
i case ? "
Judge Clark of the North Carolina supreme
premo court had to open court at Oxf rd
one winter. When he got to Henderson he
found a deep snow on the ground and the
railroad from that place to Oxford In those
ilays did not rim In such weather. So the
Judge set out lu a buggy , with a driver
whoso customers had theretofore been com
mercial tourists. He took the judge for a
drummer and tried to beguile the tedium
by talking over the hardware line N'"t
finding hlon exactly well posted on that he
look up the dry g-ods business. Not doing
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much better wltb t' at ho successively tried
him on notions groceries , liquors and others.
Having exhausted all the "lines' " he could
think of he flnaKy asked : "You are a
drummer , are you not ? " "Yes , " said the
judge , "I am somewhat In that line. " "Well ,
what Is your line ? " said the driver. "I
am a drummer for the state penitentiary. "
The driver , saying to himself , half al nd , _
' You are the first one In that line that eves
came along here , " drove the rest ot the |
way In silence. When the conveyance drove
up to the hotel in Oxford the landlord ran
out to greet his guest. When the driver
homd his passenger called "judge" the point
dawned on him and he dashed round the
h use , scattering a cloud of snow with his
wheels.
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Chicago News. Kor that tired feeling
take a street car.
It's a short street that has no turn f r
the organ-grinder. , Y
Learn to do with diligence what you < " '
would do with ease.
In silence danger Is concealed. Wome.i 4
aie seldom dangerous.
I'liless a man has seine knowledge of fig
ures ho doesn't count.
When a tall man finds himself short ho
Is naturally embarrassed.
'iho widow's mite is used too often as an
excuse for small contributions.
Some words on the end ot your tongue
should bu allowed to remain there
It Is easy to discourage a man who real
izes that ho Isn't entitled to anything.
A man must feel awfully upset when he
finds himself heels over head In love.
The one trouble with a lot of poets Is'
they ore unable to make the feet lo kstep.
Don't seek to know too much. That was
where Mother Eve made her great mistake.
No mutter how careful a woman may be
bhu Invariably loses her name at the mar
riage altar.
Some people never succeed In finding out
which side of their bread Is buttered until
they drop It.