Omaha daily bee., 1901-02-20
Personal AND GENERAL.

Lord Nelson is the only member OF the
House OF Lords who was peer throughout
the reign of Queen Victoria. He has been
Lord Nelson under three British rulers.
Mayor Hart Of Boston says that by law
which he drew up the city has ended the
year with a surplus in every department
and has not needed to borrow a cent during
the year.
Mrs. Mary Paschell, postmistress at Tren-
ton, Ind, celebrated her eighty-fifth birth
day few days ago. She was appointed to
her present position by Lincoln and has
held 1t ever since.
Australian women are skillful horse
women, and it is proposed to organize a
thousand of them as bodyguard of the
duchess of Cornwall and York at the open
ing of the commonwealth parliament.
The nickname given the other day by
Senator Tillman of South Carolina to Sen
ator Beveridge of Indiana, "the wasp OF the
Wabash" seems likely to stick to the
Hoosier statesman, as its appropria teness
is almost universally conceded.
Florence Carlyle, a grandn!ece OF Thomas
Carlyle, is exhibiting paintings from her
own brush in Philadelphia. She is a pupil
OF Juliani, 1t is stated, and is at present
| living In Woodstock, Canada. Her work is
on the whole, considered creditable.
Rumor has 1t in Washington that the
president will appoint p. c. Knox of Pitts
burg to succeed Mr.. Griggs as attorney
| general. Mr.. Knox Is favored by Senate
Quay and on that account is regarded as
having IN excellent chance to enter the next
| cabinet.
Probably the smallest monarch in the
world reigns over the Hindu vassal state oi
Bhopaul, and governs a people of more thar
| 100000 souls. This dwarf Is a woman
Djihan- Begun by name. but although she
is about so years old, she does not appear
| larger than a child of ten.
Mr.. e. c. Madison, who represents New
port News, Warwick county, Williamsburg
New Kent, Charles City, James City and
York in the Virginia house OF delegates, is
a grandnephew Of President James Madison
He served his political apprenticeship with
| Tammany hall in New York.
Sir George Williams, who founded tn,
Young Mems Christian association in Lon
don In 1914, may attend the jubilee conyen
tion of the association In Boston In Jun,
next. Sir George is now 80 years old HI
is at present in southern Europe for hii
health, The press committee OF the con
vention has received from London the earli
est portraits eXtant OF Sir George,
Count Cassini. the Russian minister t,
this country, has presented TO Presiden
Mckinley magnificent Photographic al
bum conta ning the scenes OF the coronation
OF the czar in 1896. A medallion OF gold
presenting embossed profles of the cza
and czarna, is at the top of the front cove
OF the book. The album Is a present an
souvenir from the czar to MIR. Mckinley
There are only 200 OF these books in exist
ence.
DR.. william Pole, the English authorit
on whist, who died a few days ago, was no
a physician but a successful civil engineer
, and his doctorate was a degree for musl
, conferred on him by oxford university. !
was a proof OF his cleverness that he wrot
an able treatise on the method by whcl
the eye dlscriminates color, although h
himself was color blind. This treats
, caused him TO be elected fellow of tn
Royal society
> An American woman who made the ac
. duaintance OF Madame Sadl Carnot, widoN
, OF the late president of the French repuh
! | lie says that she is the most agreeabl
| and cultured old lady on the continent. He
4 father was NJ. Dupont White, celebrate
9 lawyer and general secretary at the ministr
| Of Justice in 1s4S as well as noted write
and political economist. Madame Carno
0 speaks and writes six languages, and II wa
y she who translated Stuart MIL for he
father, who published It.