The National tribune., 1907-01-31

). first Lieut.. PearSall. who Won his It'll
during the Spanish-American War a
a Rough Rider, is said to be YER
wealthy and very much in love with hi
beautiful wife. They will live at tn
Hotel Belmont, New York City.
! veteran who had three years of
i in the civil war with a splendid recort
! took down his old revolver the othe
\ day to shoot sick cat that had beel
hanging around the house distressin:
his family. He emptied the six shots a
the feline without singeing hair. wher
the cat looked at him rather disgustedl.
and walked away. A little eight-year
old boy, son of a neighbor, who hat
watched the whole proceeding with alb
sorbing interest, piped up with, Say
did you ever kill anything when yol
was soldier?'' We'll, 1 s'pose ! mus
'av," replied he, smiling. Then sait
the child, after thinking for moment
Il guess you had to be real close ant
chasing the boy home the poor cat wa
forgotten and escaped a second load.
They say Cassie Chadwick would
| hardly be recognized by her best friend
Instead of the vivacious, bright-eyed
elegantly-gowned woman who spen
money like water among her friends
their expenses and buying them th'
most beautiful, costly things in tht
bargain. giving pianos as Christina
presents to her acquaintances, etc, sh,
! is now wan, pale and dull-eyed, broker
in spirit and body. Only three year,
ago she was queening 1t in her palatia
home in Cleveland; now in prison gart
she Is realizing the meaning of those
| terrible words. 1.-THE wages of sin. /:
DEATH" Mrs. Chadwick is about to bt
| changed from the Ohio Penitentiary tt
the Government Prison at MoundsviIle
w. Va, where she will finish her term
]. Pierpont Morgan has really retired
from business, and his son Jack, who
has had splendid training in the schoo
of finance, will take his place. JacE
has had entire charge of the vast bank.
ing interests of his father since the
first of the year, and has been generally
accepted as the read head of the busi-
ness. He is big, broad-shouldered
fellow with a brain to fit.
Mrs. Potter Palmer, of Chicago, has
been interesting herself lately in the
differences between capital and labor
and offered her house as a place OF
meeting to discuss the subject with a
view to forming a branch of the Ma
tional Civic Federation in the Windy
City. The meeting took place Jan. 12
in the gallery of Mrs. Potter's beautiful
home on Lake Shore Drive, and the 500
or more men and women were received
by Mrs. Potter in person. Frederick
MacVeagh presided, and the meeting
was most orderly. August Belmont and
Seth Low were among the speakers,
both of whom advised harmonious
combination of labor and capital, each
being necessary to the other. Among
the labor men who spoke were Warren
S. Stone and W. d. Mahon, President
of the Amalgamated Association of
Street Railway Men,. 1t is & promising
sign when the best women of the coun-
try begin to take interest in these seri-
Gus problems.
Young John D. continues to moralize
at the weekly sessions of his Bible class,
but most of what he says we have heard
"many time and Off," and its very
familiarity robs it of most of it's useful
ness. Now he tells them they should
never put off doing a disagreeable thing
Just because it is disagreeable; to brace
up and do 1t at once, and the chances
are thatit won't be disagreeable at ALL
We have heard this said ever since we
We're babies, and everybody recognized
it as truth: nevertheless, as long as
the world lasts most people will sneak
out of performing an unpleasant task
or duty just as long as the law will
allow.
Mrs. Russell Sage has been taxed
$4,000 on her personal property. The
assessors have valued the fortune left
her by her husband at $50,000,00O and
that which stood in her own name be-
fore his death at an additional $5,000,-
900. This is the biggest assessment
ever recorded on the city's books. Car
negie, who headed the list until this
last assessment. stood for $4,000, 900;
John D. Rockefeller. thought by many
to be the richest man in the world,
came next, at s2,500,0o9, and only about
a half dozen others were assessed as
much &C $1.000,000. The reason why
Mr.. Sage's fortune is assessed at so high
a figure is that it consists mostly OF
cash notes and other property taxable
under personality. The Vanderbilts,
Goulds, Rockefellers. etc, have most of
their wealth in stocks, which is taxed
in another form. Mrs. Sage, who is a
public-spirited woman, is expected to
pay her enormous tax without trying in
any way to evade it.
Mrs. e. II. Evans, of Minneapolis,
has black apron, beautifully embroid-
cred in the famous '1ost stitch" un-
known to modern embroiderers, and
supposed to have been the work of the
unhappy Queen of Scots during her
confinement in Lochleven Castle. The
colcrs of the design are beautiful and
the work consists principally of little
tight French knots. The apron was
given Mrs. Evans by her sister, who
cautioned her to take good care of it.
Where her sister got it is not stated,
but from the fact that one of the hap
less Queens gowns fell into the hands
of an American costunier. in the lining
of which a purple satin apron was care
fully Sewed, identical in everything but
color to the one owned by Mrs. Evans,
has made it extremely probable to con-
clude that both were the work of the
delicate fingers of the fascinating but
Mary of Scots.
Judge Platt Rodgers, of Denver,
Colo, says the central part OF his State
world. One man out there whom he
knew took 50 boxes, each box holding
one-third of barrel, from one tree,
and another man realized $4,000 in
one season from his orchard of only sol
acres. The purchaser of an orchard ofl
seven acres. siX-year-old trees, made
enough in two years to pay for the
property. Do we have apples in Colo
rado? Well, guess we do.
Harry Thaw's favorte sister, Alice.
Countess of Yarmouth, and the one
member of the Thaw family said to
really have any influence upon him |
arrived in New York Jan. 1S She is |
4 particularly good-looking young wo-
man and anna1rn6 fp ho oil