The National tribune., 1907-01-03

tender passion is liable to burst into
full bloom at any time In the breast of
old or young. rich or poor. high or low
ly. This time 1t is an old veteran of
the civil war. one Gideon Howell, who,
having successfully withstood the wear
and tear Of SO Summers and Winters,
pleads guilty to the soft impeachment
mo man is too old to marry the wo-
man he loves" says Gideon. and he has
been fortunate to find in Mrs. Hattie
Howe just that person. Mr.. Howell
served thru the war in Co. L. 50th N
Y, and was conspicuous for gallant
service,
George Burnham. Jr., Vice President
of the Mutual Reserve Life Insurance
Co., who was accused Of using $4,000
of the Company's money unlawfully.
has been found guilty and sentenced to
two years Imprisonment at Sing Sing.
He is the first of the high officials con-
nected with the Insurance scandals who
has been sent to prison.
The widow Of Col. Robert Ingersoll,
the famous agnostic. has brought suit
States for $95, 900, which she claims
was due her husband for legal services
in breaking the will of Andrew Davis,
of Montana.
Anthony Comstock is having trouble
with the Art Students League of New
York. They nave never forgiven him
for seizing their catalogs last August,
and have had bill prepared which is
to be or has been presented to the Leg
islature, revokfng the act which gives
Mr.. Comstock the power to seize pic
lures, books, etc, the publication Of
which, in his Judgment, IS considered
detrimental to public morals.
Joseph r. Sequichie, Cherokee In
dian, says his people are not bothering
about the sirnplified spelling. The Cher
okees are the only Indian Nation which
has ever succeeded in reducing it's Ian
guage to writing. It has SO letters in
stead of 2S. and their literature, If
translated, would undoubtedly attract
much attention. The Cherokees, like
most Indians, are idealists. and are full
of romantic, imaginative ideas. They
are great lovers of nature, and their
literature abounds in beautiful de-
scriptions.s mingled with their traditions
and customs ..... r. r...
wrapt in rags to keep him from
freezing on the top floor of a wretched
tenement house in New York City, a
little boy five years, 1of age was found
recently by the; S,hildren's Society. The
mother, who calls herself Mrs. Breslin,
says the little boy is the child of George
H. Pullman, WHOSE wife she once was,
and who belonged taithe family of the
Pullman car magnate. being. in fact
his nephew. She declared the little
boy was the heir to- $4,000 thru the
will Of his grandfather. which was held
in trust for him suntil he should attain
his majority. The story which she told
the Magistrate I'M the Children's Court
was a strange one. 3She had been at
one time Miss Clara Barton's stenog-
racher, and as such had accompanied
her to Armenia. AS George II. Pullman
was at this time Secretary of the Ma
tional Red Cross the two were thrown
into close relations in the. work, re-
sulting. she says in "a marriage, which
took place In New NYerk in 1898. Trou-
bic, developt, and, she and Pullman were
divorced, he marrying some one else
and dying in California two years ago.
For the last three years she has shared
the fortunes Of one Cornelius Breslin,
a bricklayer. and two young children,
one an infant In arms, bear his name.
The most pitifui poverty was disclosed
in their surroundings. The room was
almost entirely without furniture. the
children were covered with rags, thru
which their poor little blue limbs Were
plainly visible and the room was with
out fire. She and the three children
were taken away by the agents of the
Children's Society and made comfort
able.
Mrs. Russell Sage. thru her attorney,
Robert w. De Forest. has made pub
lie statement as a means Of protection
from the begging letters which have
engulfed her since her husbands death.
The idea seems to have gone abroad
that Mrs. Sage was intending to dispose
of a large part Of her fortune at once,
and consequently from all over the
country, from our leading cities and
the most obscure Western villages. have
come letters requesting pacuniary as
:r,&1 :.
been solicited to such an extent that
should Mrs. Sage grant them all she
would do nothing from early morn to
dewy eve but see people. She says she
really cannot stand 1t any longer, and
she wishes 1t clearly understood that
in the first place she will not be able
to dispose of her money until a year
from her husbands death. and that
when she does 1t will be largely to the
poor people of her own city. The needy
and suffering of Boston, Chicago, Phil
adelphia, Baltimore. ETC., she thinks
should be looked after by the philan-
thropic citizens Of those cities. Mrs.
Sage recognizes these opportunities as
logical result OF wealth, and does not
wish to appear harsh. but as many OF
the letters have touched her heart by
their simple faith in her. showing an
entirely false impression Of her inten-
tions, she hopes by her statement to
make these intentions perfectly clear,
and to thus avoid future trouble.
DR.. Osler In a recent lecture says that
diet of milk Is what we want. Milk is
the original food of man, and contains
the four necessary things for food
fat, curd. sugar and salt, dissolved in
water. Those who live entirely on milk
look as II they lived on the fat of the
land and feel splendidly. Vegetarians.
he says, are not as robust mentally as
physically. and all people would be in
finitely better off without alcohol and
tobacco. hfrud
Mrs. Gillette mother of Chester Gil
lette. the young man who has been SEN
tenced to death for fthe murder of his
sweetheart, is about to establish a novel
precedent by appearing on the lecture
platform in his behalf. She will make
a tour Of New York, State, visiting all
the leading cities, and Is hoping by her
presentation Of ;thencase to get new
trial for her wretched boy. A mother
pleading for the life, Of her son before
a large and emotional audience is GER
tainly a dramaticr pisture, and If Mrs.
Gillette happens to be woman of mag
netism and tells, her story we'll. there
will probably not be dry eye in the
house. and one gan easily see. as the
fruits of her efforts. "a mammoth petit
tion to the Governor.
Harry Thaw spent rather a gloomy
Christmas. His wife came down to the
prison early In the day with her Christ
mas present for him., but was not ad-