The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1911-01-26

Tokyo the other day when the % men
and one woman, charged with conSpif-
ing against the throne, received theif
sentence As the prisoners left the
court room, smiling, the woman bowed
10 the spectators and said: I'VE beg
the pardon of all of you" y
A VERY curious case of embezzle-
~ ment occurred in London the
other day. A trusted employe off
a welI-known banking firm was sudden
ly found to have appropriated some
$4,000. The curious part of the story
is not that he took the money, but that
he spent not a penny of it on himself. ]
It all went to several charities in which
he was deeply interested. Witnesses
testified that for years this man had
lived ON bread and cheese that he might
have more to give to charity. His en-
ployers believed his story, and desired
the greatest Ieniency shown him by the
court. He was sentenced to years
Imprisonment.
ETIGH SCHOOL certificates are look
II ing up. Harvard has just deci-
= ded that the certificates of high
schools in good standing shall from
this time forth receive more consid-
Grafton in the entrance examinations
of that time-honored university.
THEY do say that if the American
women abroad, in Paris and the
other large cities of Europe,
would keep their mouths shut with re-
gard to their purchases, that there
would be less thoroness at the New
York Custom House. 1t is well known
that in all these cities men and women
hang around the big shops and the ho-
tells where Americas daughters con-
sregate. listening to what they know
they will hear-accounts of what these
women have bought and what they
mean to buy-and who report the same
to the United States Treasury agents.
thereby getting a good rake-off for
their information. There are lot of
persons in Paris, not all Of them Par
isians. either who make a good living
in this way
TRULY. there is nothing new under
the sun. We are entirely mis-
taken if we flatter ourselves that
we are the first people to be concerned
about the purity of food. A Harvard
professor has recently discovered, in
the excavations of an ancient city in
Palestine oil jars labeled "a jar of pure
OIL" Inscriptions were also found re-
ferring to wine, stating not only the
age of the wine, but the vineyard from
which it came. And this was in the
TT MUST be admitted that the style
of young woman generally found
manipulating with nimble fingers
the switchboa are not the kind to
be intrustcd with important business
secrets, attractive as these fair ones
are to look upon. Certain big firms
have begun to realize this, and that
person of adult mind. with clear judg-
ment. experience, and ready diplomacy
is needed in dealing with the numerous
calls which come over the wire, rather
than one possessed of pretty hands
and modishly arranged couture. SO,
they say, the girls will have to go, in
many instances.
A STORY of the civil war has re-
~ Gently appeared in one of the
magazines which il not men,
toned in any history Of that war. 1t
must have been just before the sur
| render OF Lee, perhaps the evening
| before. that a conversation between him
| and Gen. Longstreet was overheard by
/ a Confederate Captain. 1t was rain
| ing, and everything was most forlorn.
/ The two Generals were seated on bun-
/ dies of rye straw in Gen. Lees tent. A
Colonel came up and reported that his
starved and discouraged men had de-
serted. leaving their arms in the
trenches. When he had been dismissed.
F. Gen. Lee gIoo,niiy reviewed the situa-
! lion, which indeed was most desper-
! ate. Suddenly he said to Gen. Long
/ street, II will strike that man blow
in the morning." meaning Gen. Grant.
'. Gen. Longstreet replied: General, you
know you have only to give the order
and the attack will be made. but
must fen you I think it will be USE
less waste of brave lives" Well. we
fan know the attack was not made.
A SECOND HELEN Keller is Vera
I ~ Mable Cannon, of st. Paul
MINI. Altho Miss Cannon, who
is now i6, has only been at school three
years. she has command of a yocabu-
larry of 5000 words, writes remarkable
. essays on the typewriter, and has other
.yiSe shown herself to be possessed oil
an unusual mind. She makes her own
clothes, threading her own needle, and
, does beautiful fancy work. Like mos
, blind people her sense of smell is abb
, normal. Her exceptional powers. deaf
r dumb. and blind as she is, have at.
: tracted so much attention that it ha!
been decided to appeal to the Legisla.
. ture for money for her education.
4 TT WILL interest bird lovers-and tn,
study of birds has become quite
: cult in this country-to know
. Stl'tt we nave III NoTln America l,EU'
j different species. A Brooklyn artist
3 one X. I. Brasher. has undertaken th'
g gigantic task Of painting these LITTLE
S creatures not only once but in thei
( different styles of plumage, according
. to age and season. When he has fin
s ished he will have painted the delicat
D bird form 5000 times. The birds haV,
d become little brothers and sisters to tIIi
= artist as they were 10 ST. Franci
e d Assist who also loved them, and Mr.
= Brashers experience in attempting I,
s sketch some of them are most interest
Y ing. His treatment of the subject /
e different from that of any other artist
g and wonderful naturalness is impart
ed to each picture by the magic of hi
brush. MIR. Brasher has completed so
paintings of these birds.
n TT SEEMS we were wrong in statin
It that Nat Goodwin's wife would no
e = sue for divorce. She has done sc
II and presumably for the old reason
vi Mats attentions to other women. Bu
y the too susceptible Nathan has evident
&c ly gotten himself in quite a fix, finan
n cially, this time. Before he marie
It the charming Edna, his present wifi
e he had most OF his property conrerte
d into a trust, the revenue from whic
h both were to share equally. Now tn
n lawyers say this was done in such
4, broken, and that his wife can clair
: no longer share his name.