New-York tribune., 1888-08-26
CHANCES HERE AND THERE.
STRAY NOTES OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
AND DESCRIPTION.

far his forehead that his snrcWu TO e'"'
eyes sparklcd under the shade Of the brim was IN
listening attitude Just around the corner OF Twon'y
fftb-st from Broadway the other night, while
nashy person who seemed TO be a cross betwech
sporting man and a confidence operator, was taking
earnestly to him. The two were Inspector byrnes
and crook Ten minutes later the Inspector was
under the shade of porco OF the Sturtevant HOUSE,
near the Democratic headquarters in conference win
a tough Of the sort that attends prize fights AS
they separated the Inspector walked down Broadwsy,
apparently the most unconcerned man on that sreat
thoroughfarc. caught step with him In his stroh
ayes, those were fellows from the shady sdo Oh
lfc,s he said I'm answer TO my inquiries ha'c ah
appoIntIncnt with still another at the corner OF
Twcntlcthst and slxth-avo. at half past o. 1ney
do not 10 see me for love, you may oc SURF
Not bit OF 1t. They governed by fear "ha'
Won have seen Is the most common OF occurrchccs
These fellows come around to let me know that fhcy
arc not .at work. They usually give me the gossip
Of the period in their professions discount their
lies and extract good deal Of information from what
they tell me- which enables me all the time 10 Keep
track Of the dangerous rascals know what part Oh
the country they are in, and what they are likely 10
be up to next
In speaking Of methods, the Inspector said Tho
great lieutenant OF every police officer Is that mys
tcrous thing called conscience You let man try
TO deceive himself and lie TO himself about himself
and that something comes knocking up against the
she'll Of his body, and humping on his ribs win
every heart beat and pounding on his skull until MS
head aches and he wishes he dead, and groans
In agony for relief 1t is the same conscience that
makes criminal 'give himself away II ono only
knows how to awaken 1t or stir 1t into ACTIVITY.
never let a man know for what he IS arrested. no
may have committed dozen crimes OF which Know
nothing. II lock him UP alone and leave him 10
,he black walls and bis guilty conscience for three
or four hours, while he pictures the possible PUNISH
men due him for all his crimes, he comes presently
ino my hands like tho soft clay in the hands OF the
potter Then he IS likely to tell me much moro than
had ever Suspected
asked the Inspector what gave him his first starr
as detective officer, when ho said 1t was lying AWAKE
nights Certainly detective should not DO caught
mapping" thought, he added: You Sec 1 was
on the regular force when the Commissioners decided
TO transfer me 10 the the Detective Bureau. oiuh
quite like It, but l subordinate and had 10 obey
orders / lay awake nearly all that night kept
thinking to myself that tho man who couldn't deVisc
or invent something in his line OF work, which no
one else had done before, and make 1t such success
that no one could gansay IT, however cnvious' wash
worth much. There had been some robpereS III
wall Street that set me thinking about the idea OF
branch down there, and before l had taken NY he"
position had thought out all the details OF that now
famous bureau 1t was BfayloH iNcS I" ""'''
first talked about It, lie president Of tho STOCK
Exchange talked It to him as pure business
said I. in effect: If you can get your WORK uohc
hot,er Inv men who are responsible TO superior
authority than you get 1t done by men VINO arc
responsible to no one and whom you pay 20 ana @io
a day and the new force costs you nothing you VIII
take the new plan, Will you notF Indeeo WILL
said hc and that was the beginning Of my recognition
by the Stock Exchange, which consider the comph-
ment of my life Since we went into business Ill
the room they set apart for not ten cents have
bocn stolen bv professionals in Wall Street. and 1t Is
nearly nina wears now That was my first successful,
,rccu.rdrnt original plan, and the beginning OF my
real career.'
O. Hammond 1r., who Is leading meat market man
In Baltimore as vol as Western cattle raser ana VINO
has rcccntv become general manager OF a large cattle
trust I'm NcwMcxIco was at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
where he took occasion say concerning hH current
discussion of trusts: 1t seems to me that therc is
only one way TO get around trusts, ana 'ha' is W
mako opposition combinations Tho cattle men OF
the West have for several been subject 10 wha
ever charges the packing houses at Chicago ana cisc
where under the control Of Mr. Armour ana DINERS,
have seen 1T to make. They have trust by which
they not only make prices to producers but to con
sumers The most stringent examination OF legal
methods by able lawyers has failed 10 find any way 70
them. The cattle men have a, las,
T ttn .monr themselves They can meet the comblnar
ton Of the packers by combination among themselves
Trust combinations everywhere can be met Dy counter
combinations and the Will offset the other"
One Of the latest projects for catching the pennies
OF the public Is an automatic machine for periumery,
number of which have been up in the approaches
to ferries and other public places. BY dropping
a penny into slot, in the same manner 'n which
nickes are dropped into the patent weighing machines.
an automatic fountain is made to send ont spray
of perfume for the handkerchief The crowds OF
people who go down to tho sea from the Thryfourth
Street Ferry take up much Of this perfume that
the odor has become disseminated through The cars
of the Long Island Railroad and In some measure
acted as a public benefit In oifsetting the horrible
smells Of Hunters Point
Nathaniel Baxter jr., the energetic president OF
the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company, is In the
city for short stay. lie lives at Nashville and Is
here TO meet Mrs. Baxter afd daughter who have
been at Bar Harbor, and TO accompany them TO
Saratoga lie Is portiy man OF medium height,
with round face, and an expression Of business
determination and decision about his chin and Eps.
Mr.. Baxter was in the Confederate Amy, and when
he threw down his muskct accepted the situation
so completely that he expected to be permitted
TO exercise citizens rights again. BY "strict at
tcntion business Mr.. BaNt', mas become one OF
the mllonalres Of the New South and wants protective
tarin, out can't quite make up his mind to desert
his PARTY on lhat question, although If he lived in
a Northern Sto,o he would undoubtedly have changed
his front after Mr. Cleveland's message. He is a
fair type of many Southern Democrats Of Whig
antcccdens.
Senator Hearst OF California, who is rugged speci.
men Of the average western man, with flowing gray
beard covering face that IS bronzed and scanned By
tho experiences of half century on
the border and in mining camps, has been
at the Hoffman House for several days.
lie is accompanied by his son. who is Editor of The
san Francisco Examiner" and Mr. Fonsbcc, who is
manager OF HIS great Texas and Mexico cattle ranch.
The younger Hearst is graduate of Harvard College.
Whom he left that institution he indicated preference
for journalism a profession, which his father whose
property IS worth several millions promptly Erahnsd
by buying him Tho Examiner" much he would
have bought a toy for baby. Young Hearst has de-
veloped capacity for Journalism which Is noted I'm tho
marked Improvement OF his paper. 1t was formerly a
said and easy going Sheet With particular lifc or
apparent ambition beyond the advocacy OF Bourbon
| Democracy Mir. Hcarsps political views arc sad
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