The National tribune., 1906-03-22

Of the oldest OF Philadelphia families,
has struck upon O new field Of effort
to support himself while waiting the
settlement of the estate OF which he IS
one Of the heirs. He Is skillful cook,
and he proposes to engage with q linn
tied number Of families to do their
cooking on the days when the regular
cook is out. Mr.. Ashe has taken up
this vocation with an entirely free will.
since he liz a graduate Of medicine and
pharmacy, a fine pianist, master OF
several languages, and has been dra-
matte and musical critic Of daily news
papers. He can resume any one of
these emplOyments, but takes this
choice. He Is now 80 years old.
The old man in the Senate-Senator
Pettus, of Alabana-is "a years old.
He was asked what he would do if he
had his life to live over again. He
replied: "Pd get out on the middle
Of big farm and stay there"
It appears that Gen. Kuroki is really
Chilean. His father was a fisherman,
who migrated TO Japan, where he
| made q fortune. Letters have been re-
ceived from Gen. Kuroki. in which nc
says that he never forgets his native
land, his beloved Chile, and the friends
of his boyhood. When he gets Chilean
papers he simply devours them. 1t
will next develop probably that he Is
really an Irishman, and belongs to the
O'Key family.
George c. Allen was killed in o rum
away accident while visiting his broth
er at Whittier, Cal Comrade Allen
served in Co. G. 18TH H., and took
part In the Atlanta campaign and in
the march to the sea. He belonged to
the G. A. II. and the Masons.
Ex-Gov. B. p. Odell resolutely re-
fuses to have funeral ceremonies over
him, and at the annual dinner Of the
Legislative Correspondents Association
he proved the principal attraction.
making one Of his characteristic
speeches with epigrams about people
who forget their friends and forgive
their enemies. He said that he. pre-
ferred to go down to defeat with his
friends rather than lead to victory
those whose only interest in the fight
Is what they can get out Of it.
Geo. III Stephens, who has been con-
victed Of cOunterfeiting In Flori la, is
All illustration that something more
than education is necessary for a man
He IS q graduate Of the good old Pres
byterian University Of Princeton. and
was at one time professor in the La
fayette College Of Pennsylvania. There
he got into a quarrel with the President
and another professor over some edu-
cational question. and took his revenge
by cutting and destroying some rare
and ancient vines over the college
buildings, threw valuable books into a
well, and smeared the college Bible
with tar. He wound up by setting fire
to Pardee Hall, for which he was sent
to the penitentiary for q term Of years
for arson.
The last act Of the late President
Mccall, after receiving the sacrament,
was to write letter exculpating An
drew Hamilton from any wrong-doing
in connection with the funds of the
New York Life Insurance Company.
yellow" paper started a story that
Harry Roach, for eight years private
secretary to Jas. G. Blaine, and now
living q hermfts life in the West, has
been engaged for eight years upon a
manuscript that will startle the world
upon its publication after his death. 1t
Will contain true story of many Wash
ington scandals, and is kept in q ce,
ment box, lined with zinc, in the floor
Of his cabin. Mr.. Roach writes: Il
never was interviewed. never gave out
statement. never was qualified for
private or any old kind of secretary,
never wrote a manuscript. never owned
zinc-lined cement box, have no ex-
posures TO make against Washington
society, or the social customs OF any
oliST pace. Near the USER dope age
| and trying to live quiet. simple life"
The French courts have granted a
six months delay in going to Jail t.
Elliott f. Sheppard, convicted of rum
ming over and killing a little girl with
his automobile. This is regarded as an
abandonment of the Imprisonment part
Of the sentence. which will be changed
to an additional fine.
The friends Of Mrs. Mary McKittrick.
Uniontown, Pa, celebrated her 1Osth
birthday with a merrymaking, in which
she took an active part.
Miss Serepta Pratt. of East Brook,
y. Y. is sc years old. and one Of the
liveliest and most successful travelling
saleswomen in the country. Her spe-
cialty is shears.
Tom Lawson has broken out In a
new spot. He has written a letter to
the President charging that the Ma
tionai Banks are endangering the peo-
pies savings by guaranteeing brokerage
firms against loss by stock gambling
swindles such as the Copper Butte and
Coalition North Butte, which involve
over 500. 100000.
John Alexander Dowie claims to have
almost recovered from his stroke of
paralysis, and has started from ia
maica for Mexico. The banks recently
refused to cash his drafts ON Zion.
Pay Director Joseph Foster, u. s. ",
retired, has married an Englishwoman
whom he met 10 years ago. He served
in the South Atlantic Squadron during
the war.
1t begins to look quite certain that
Charles NJ. Schwab is planning to be
Senator from Nevada. He has said so
himself. and given earnest Of it by buy
ing some more mining properties and
a $4,000 house. He says that he IS
going to build the finest residence in
the State. His recent trip was for the
purpose of establishing residence in the
State. While SchWab has never shown
any evidence of stateSmanlike or even
political abilities, he is probably no
better nor no worse than many SEN
ators who have bought their way in
from the mining States.
Johann Most, the noted Anarchist,
died in Cincinnati March II. from cry
sipelas. Most was born in Bavaria in
1915, and became prominent in 1871
in Vienna as Socialist agitator He
speedily got into trouble, was put in
prison. and after release forced TO leave
one country after another until he set
tied in England, and began the pub
LEGATION of Die Freiheit, which he made
fer0ciOuSly anarchiSfio He was co in