New-York tribune., 1886-06-06

peoe Of laud on the principle probably that they woae
get part Of what they asked. IL was nse s"e cas-"
gentleman in Bnghamton named CoIyer Who sot nssU
ds ma res from tho railroad con- psny VINO 1ah mHos
possrsson OF portion Of his property. Hs neiencors
who had III reconpensei coald no, % -
he got much they. and asked MN aooo. ~
His reOinder that he knew tue rsroad
would not give him more than 40 aensnaeu ,ls ,,,nr
demands been large enough 10 allow hreraI sn'i.
ave and sti remunerats him we'll The others mad Pug
in their property at what IT was worth and gos moos
ess"
Colonel Locke Winchester OF the Adams y.
press Company. Is whole-souled. open-heartea ans
generous man. In his fifty and odd years he has bees
the possessor OF considerable wealth and has always
disposition to share IL with those IN less for]
unsre circumstances. In . conversation Win him q"
Gently mssppled philanthropy was referred TO- ana y
told a story OF his own experience when iunS
trass tho difficulty OF sowing the seed OF charity
In the right soil II was tho time when the ofieee
of mis- co upsny we're at No. ~ Broadway, extending
through to Churchst Ono afternoon there came 10 ~
Broadway door neatly dressed woman Oh oe'"'os
thirty ard forty years Of age She had iady-ke oe
ing. pleasing countsnsnce and every appearance :
having been reared In ahlue1ce After teng story ~
misery IN which widow three orphan children anS
scarcity Of food ana clothing prominent factors she
II couldn't rsss bye dollars IN sh nomr ~
Instincts Colonel Winchester handed her nve-dolisS
bill and resumed his work feeling that be hsa - x
Hardly fttsen minutes had passsd his office doe
s..p os ts same family Sow wasn't tn1
enoarh To- mako = man ioss confidence in humanity ]"
said tue Colonel IN uding his story or seo 50
gonx the rounds and had come IN " 'he
door,"
F. W. JONES' the electrician, who has been connectee
with telephonic matters since Was nrss known tass
vocal sounds could be carried by wire. tells OF ltte
hoax that ne prsctsei upon the eooi people OF PORK
opolis In 1877 which may sone extent account f~
tho phenomenon OF long distance teephoning at time
whom sounds could not be conveyed short distances
with ANY exscCnesA he had invited nun,er OF
prominent Cincinnati people to listen TO piano reca
transmitted by wrs from springhs distance OF 2ao
miles Receivers we're provided for all ani at his signal
the concert begau The listeners were enraptured =
tho uctness with which they heard the m1sc sns
went away delighted with the sensation ihe uue
instead going to Springteid ho~evor only eftennoe
,nro the room above where box had been lifted
ths diaphragm Of mttsr and SO ARRANGED tnsS
could started and stopped as any moenl irom ~
top for dropping 10 and cleared quito sum is
and myse said Mr. Jones IL uniodinr sne 'A~
Police Sergeant Brooks, who pOurished the Depart
ment OF at infancy aud brought 1t up 10 %
necessity a, Police Headquarters has complied STA
tstcal table which Is interesting tending to show
how errarc are the ibits of some OF Sewf0rxs poo
ple IL s to this department that ell mysterious dsap
are reported The method adopte to discov
persons lost is to telegraph description to all pouos
precincts examine the records at the noreus ana nos
pitals and inform the press From Sergeant Brookss
table t is learned that about 800 persons reported
a, missing each year. OF 100 are betwren the
ages OF fourteen twenty 300 Detw on twenty @na
thirty 100 thirty and forty 100 oetween IorV
ami ty and 100 nfey Aoout IS psr c-ns are
mles and Deons the poorer classes An ~vsrAke OF
80 per accounted for. The causes or disappes
ance are domestic difficulties hume ros,rnints lack ot
work. debsuchrs. mental sDerraIon anu occahon~"J
defaults and embrzzlrnsnta