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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-29

T, has long been considered q, truism among
q certain class that public office is a private
graft" and there has grown up a custom oil
expecting public dishonesty. of accepting ori-
nerv a The usual thing in public servants anu
honesty as the unusual until the same we"
has become prevalent with regard TO private
service So widespread has private bribery De-
come that one Of the Shanleys the ranirca-
lions Of whose family tree are only riNalieo ny
those of the Simpsons estimates that IL amounts
70 s5noooo0o year. and it has at last been
necessary to place law on the statute DOCKS
NJ .,7is State to prevent this sort of thing The
Cove lazy went into effect September l. NO
ono has vet been prosecuted under it, and If any
-aforrn has been accomplished by its enactrhehl
Ct is not yet noticeable. 1t is wonderful IN
saad into how many details of life in New
York graft has made its insidious way.
Take the janitor. for instance. Most persons
move into a new apartment In hurry WIN
q -,,sb and in a general turmoil and turgid whirl
NJ rnishandled lares and penates the 1aiiliiS
lands in its new abode tired and hungry, Tor
+,re+a If there is other light than a tallow dip
for the octopus takes its time about turning on
she sesand appeals to the janitor for succor
IN the dire extremity. He recommends Ger
tain butcher. baker and grocer Ii II SO nap
pens that the hardened mover has got In Win d
fair degree of comfort and proceeds TO npo ms
own tradesnen without consultation with the
autocrat that individual will after brief m
.aryal suggest the men who may be found salts
factory to deal with And it will be generahy
found conducive to the peace Of the tenant
TO agree with the Janitor.
The ,anitor frequently goes to the tradesnan
and demands a commission on the business OF
every one in the apartment house lie does not
ask this as a favor. He demands 1t as righl
and states it as a sine qua non OF the traces
man entering the building. This commission Is
usually 10 per cent of the amount OF the Dill
To enforce his demand the cantor has every
means at his disposal. There are posted rules
for delivering goods, and it viii be OFTEN 1ouilo
that the messengers of the rebellious tradesmen
are harassed in every possible way until upon
some pretext they are forbidden entrance 10 the
building If the tenant be recalcitrant. his FOOD
disappears, the milk is sour. the meat tainted
dinner is late because the groceries are not oe-
Iivered All sorts Of methods are at the dis
posal of the jantor. until both tradesman ana
customer give in, the specified man is employed
and the commission paid, and everything Is
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and hosiery and various other toilet accessories
it is easier to earn the pay. Many of these
things are left entirely to the maid, and she
has little else to do than to collect the commits
sion.
things could not be- There heard all
sides expressions of wonder and disgust at the
venality OF politicians but many who are
expressing this disgust are at the same time
suborning the servants of their customers In
this case they look upon it only a part of the
business. AS one harness maker said, when
in Rome we do as the Romans do
The harness maker might well say that, for
not many years ago he paid out thousands
of dollars year in commissions to 5th-ave
coachmen. The commission business in harness
shops has ceased to be what It was IN its hey
day. but it still flourshes to a large extent
Coachmen expect their 'honorarium," as 1t is
called by some insurance companies, and they
get it pretty literally.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-29
Or. Lyons
PERFECT
Tooth Powder
Cleanses and beauties the
teeth and purif1es the breath.
Used by people of refinement
for over a quarter Of century.
Very convenient for tourists.
PREPARED 81
II u XXv72- u.s.

tinues; really the best can do is fifty. two
tens and five The house won't stand another
penny off, and I have given you half of my
commission already.
Cant you make it two fves?' asks the buyer,
for bluff"
Cant. really" says the salesman.
"All right" says the buyer; put them in at
fifty, two tens and five. then"
A gift Of perhaps $50 has added at least $500
to the manufacturers bill There is woman
buyer in the cloak department of 6th-aYe.
department store who gets all her own clothes
free and supplies her friends at cost. She re-
Gently got for a friend for 81 % a skirt that
retailed for S25
Some managers of department stores encour-
age this kind of thing which would indicate
that they Gin on" the graft" themselves.
One of them said recently:
IF a manufacturer chooses to give buyer a
hat or an overcOat occasionally don't see why
he should not"
But suppose he does it to influence trade?"
IF he little fellow, just starting in,
you might think that but not with big fell
low
How about prices?"
well. you can't inquire too closely into these
things"
Interesting information for the managers
employer
Easy money" has brought about the down
fall of many a promising youth, and when
young men get into Wall Street many of them
find it impossible to resist the temptation to
acquire by any means the capital to enter into
some deal" that will make them independent
for life, they think. These young men are the
prey for whom interruptions brokers are al
ways waiting. and they the beneffciaries
of a form of graft peculiar to Wall Street
THE nD0TTPTE np0ccu
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-29

tour of the business places of Jacksonville. In
the course of his visits he learned that the
steward of the yacht was collecting regular
commission from every house which he visited
for supplies The guest told the owner.
do you know he asked, that your steward
for you?"
"Oh, never mind" said the owner; you can't
stop it. l would rather let him go ahead than
have my family and my guests poisoned"
But the steward only begins the grating" on
a yacht The captain, in many cases, enters
merrfly into the game. He buys the rigging and
blocks and clothes the vessel with sails.
He sees to the paint, and keeps her in order
generally. Every foot of cable every yard of
canvas and every pound of lead pays its tribute
to him Below, the engineer has sway. When
repairs to be made to the engines he holds
up the supply house. If new engines are to be
bought, the engineer and the salesman for his
chosen contractors get together over a bird and
bottle and the deal is made. The statesmen
know that this has to be, and the company puts
it in the cost of the engine, which the profit
is to be figured
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-29
BUYERS FOR STORES.

Some buyers In the big stores succeed in
keeping themselves pretty we'll stocked with
clothes, and even furnish their homes, what
they get from certain drummers. Many cloth
ing manufacturers especially regard this a
part of the expense of their business. $50
suit to a buyer will frequently mean $500 more
the houses bill. There many ways of
bringing down the prey. An additional per
cent on the discount for instance. means a
couple of hundred dollars off the bill
"Any time you want anything in our line,
says the buyer "let me know. and I will see
that you are treated right"
Now, about this lot of girls REFERS he con-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-29
lie R0util1fer Brothers.
FINE LACES.

Are s5ozvfng tier Fail Iportaoa of bh-oass Nopee f0'
Autumn and Gozvns, tie latest productions of foreign lace
m:rkgts.
Point Aave-qne, La Coaonn French and Irish BABY Crochet
Apo oa MechLn Veniss Net effects aOvsrs, landings,
GALLONS and flounes-
LARGE harfe of Eact Gallons, Bandngs and separate Motifs
in enc usfze designs, vHh 2noVers TO match
SPECIALS.
Wba Irsb Crochet ngs, heavy and light queghf 30c
ga ne 55e. ~
White Crochet Edges, @nd7 inches hide, 4oc and 69c
regular palae CSC and 69c ~ ~
and qvhe dotted and sprg net sutabs fer Was zoe
Goquns, etc. bane VOC }
n inch Chiffon stiff finish black, zDbie and eoor 30c
vaiue 55e. ~
19 inch Black Nets-keazy and light usgbt; orc
VERY Specialized Waists, in combinations of e. *
lace embroidery ba-icas patterns; palue $3.50 -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-29
WOMEWS NECKWEAR.

An exfenspe varey of irish Crochet Goat sets and and
ponted and SeeVe point and Vense effects:
Dchesse and Point Collars, Ss Ber6as. BoerO Jackets
and Real IRISH Collar and Cuff Sets.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-29

THE DOUBLE CROSS"
Many young chaps who employed in big
brokerage houses with large speculative GUS
toners keep watch of the movements of spec
ulators and inform other dealers on the outside
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"If you use the code which have ey.
planned" said Holmes, you will find
that 1t simply means Come here at
once was convinced that it was an
invitation which he would not refuse,
since he could never imagine that it
could come from any one but the lady.
And SO, my dear Watson, we have end.
ed by turning the dancing men to good
when they have SO often been the
agents Of evil, and l think that have
fulfilled my promise of giving you
something unusual for your notebook.
Three-fOrty Is our train. and l fancy
we should be back In Baker street for
dinner"
Only one word OF epilogue. The
American. Abe Slaney. was condemned
to death at the winter assizes at Nor
wich, hut his penalty was changed to
penal servltudc in consideration of nit
igating circumstances and the certain
ty that Hilton Cubitt had fred the first
shot. OF Mrs. Hilton Cubitt ! only
know that ! have heard she recovered
entirely and that she still remains a
widow, devotng her whole life to the
care OF the poor and to the administra-
tion OF her husbands estate.
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may be shown in an average Of
printed sheet may be reversed in sin.
gle short sentence. Speaking roughly
r. A, o, I. n, s. H. II, u and I. are the
numerical order in which these letters
occur. but T. a. O and are very near
~ abreast Of each other. and 1t would
be an endless task to try each combi-
nation until meaning was arrived at.
I therefore waited for fresh material.
In my second interview with Mr.. Hill
ton Cubitt he was able to give me two
other short sentences and one messagc
which appeared since there was no
dag, to be n single word Here are the
symbols. Now. in the single word
have already got the two Els coming
second and fourth in n word Of five let.
ters. 1t might be sever or lever or
never There can be no question
that the latter as reply to an appeal
Ia far the most probable. end the cir
rumstances pointed to It's being a reply
written by the lady. Accepting 1t as
correct We are now able to say that
the symbols
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claiming my own"

claiming my own"
"She broke away from your influence
when she found the man that you are"
said Holmes sternly. "She fed from
America to avoid you. and she married
m honorable gentleman IN England.
You logged her and followed her aud
made her life a misery to her in order
to induce her to abandon the husband
whom she loved and respected in order
to fly with you, whom she feared and
hated. You have ended by bringing
about the death Of noble man and
driving his wife to suicide. That Is
your record In this business. Mr.. Abe
Slaney. and you will answer for 1t to
the law"
III Elsie dies I care nothing what
becomes OF me-" said the American.
He opened one of his hands and look.
% at note crumpled up in his palm.
See here, mister" he cried, with q
glenn OF suspicion In his eyes, you're
not trying to scare me over this. are
you! II tho lady Is hurt as bad as
you say, who was 1t that wrote this
note" Ve tossed 1t forward on to the
table.
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Copyright by Golfers Weekly.

husband into her confidence both point
eo IN that direction. therefore cabled
10 my friend, Wilson Hargreave Of the
new York police bureau, who has
more tnan once made use Of my knowl.
edge OF London crime. ! asked him
whether the name of Abe slaney was
known to him. Here is the reply: The
most dangerous crook in Chicago On
the very evening upon which l had his
answer Hilton Cubitt sent me tho last
message from Slaney. Working with
known letters, 1t took this form:
ELSIE. RE. ARE TO MEET THY co
The addition Of p and ID completed
a message which showed me that the
rascal was proceeding from persuasion
to threats, and my knowledge of the
crooks Of Chicago prepared me to find
that he might very rapidly put his
words into action. ! Mt once came to
Norfolk with my friend and colleague,
Or. Watson, but, unhappily. only in
time to find that the worst had already
occurred"
1T Is a privilege to be associated
with you In the handling Of a case"
said the inspector warmly. "Yol will
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-06-08

a young man was very jealous Of a
girl he adOred. She was a bit more
coquettsh than other girls. "Your eyes
can fiirt in all directions" he said one
day, and cut them out. "YOu might
wave your hands to somebody" and he
cut them of. with your feet you can
make signs to some one under the ia.
ble." and he cut those of. II forgot that
you con also speak," he remarked three
days later. and tore her tongue out.
"You shall not SMILE" he said. aud
knocked her teeth out. $50, l am a
bit quieter now" he remarked the day
after he had cut her hair OF, and for
the first time he was going to trust
her to herself. Now she Ia ugly. but
still feel she is quite my own" he
said on leaving her. But when he re-
turned the girl had disappeared. She
had run away with the proprietor OF q
SHOWROOM Fables of Eugen HeltaI."
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q meaisinsteadiof, eating seiflshiy alone
cannot you and ltfnd a. spiritual les
SOM
"Oh. yes" says some one but that
ant did not have to divide her meal.
She had all she waMpd Why would
she not betwilling to let,h sisters eat
their Ill also? There was hanging
from that rope a big pail Of molasses."
True; true. But, my friend. have not
most Of us,a big patb Of mola sses? II
You and I should give to the hungry
we would still hove enough food left
for our own, tAbfaa IL some of Us
should clothe 1.-THE naked we would still
have enough warm garments for our
backs; II some Of ussshould be crutches
for the lame we wpuld still have our
own straight limbs which God has CIV
en- to US with which to walk and run
and leap as hind upon the mountain
side. Oh. like the ant. will you not be
kind and merciful and loving to your
fellow men who need your sympathy
and help?
Hard Workers. the Females.
But cannot close without one sim
pie paragraph. to state that this SER
mon of all sermons should teach its
lesson to our wives and mothers and
sisters and daughters as no other ser
mon I have ever preached. Have you
not noticed how l have always used
the feminine gender in speaking of the
mt. "She does this she does
ha$ hn NJ
The reason 1 speak thus is because
the naturalist tells us that the little
black ant we sec In the roadway be-
longs to the feminine gender. Yes.
the hard workers OF the aut hills are
always females. No sooner is the
nuptial journey taken than the male
ant disappears. So. when l come to
the house Of God. to the place where
Christian workers dwell. find IN
evitably that the wives and the moth
ers and the sisters and tho daughters
are the leaders there in Christian
work AS the mother rocks the cradle,
SO Is the child developed for God. It
IS the sisters Christian life that leads
the brother to Christ. 1t is the way
In which a wife lives thatsdecides the
way the husband lives. o woman,
today. with the ant bill as my pulpit,
l ask you Will you not 60 to WORK for
Christ? VIII you not, here and now.
consecrate your prayers and your
lives for the salvation Of your fathers
and brothers and husbands and sons
to God1 Our powerful preacher Of
this morning Is pfiestess-the ant.
VIII you not plead with your loved
ones to bow at Christ's altar, which Is
as low as the grave hillock, which is
as low even as ON ant hill? o God.
give US one generation Of women for
Christ, and then we shall have a whole
world saved for Christ!
copyright. 1896. by Louis Klopsch.J
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81
stand respectively for n, V and II.

stand respectively for n. V and II.
Even now | was in considerable
difficulty, but happy thought put me
in possession of several other letters.
1t occurred to me that If these appeals
came. as expected, from some one
who had been intimate with the lady
in her early life combination which
contained two Els with three letters
between might very well stand for the
name ELSIE On examination
found that such a combination formed
the termination Of the message. which
was three times repeated. II was cor
tainly some appeal to Elsie In this
way I had got my l.. S and I. But
what appeal could it be? There were
only four letters in the word which
preceded Elsie and 1t ended in f.
Surely the word must be COME |
tried all other four letters ending in
Z, but could find none to fit the case.
So now I was in possession Of C, o
and NJ, and l was in position to at
tack the first message once more di-
viding it into words and putting dots
for each symbol which was still I'M
known. So treated it worked out in
this fashion,
Nj ERE ..E ST. Ne.
"Now. the first letter can only be A.
which is a most useful discovery. since
1t occurs no fewer than three times in
this short sentence, and the II is also
apparent in the second word. Now it
becomes:
AM HERE A. f SLANE.
Or. filling in the obvious vacancies in
the name:
AM HERE ABE SLANEY.
had so many letters now that could
proceed with considerable confidence
to the second message, which worked
out in this fashion:
A. ELRI Els.
Here I could only make sense by put.
ting T and G. for the missing letters
and supposing that the name was that
of some house or inn at which the
writer was staying"
Inspector Martin and had listened
with the utmost interest to the full
and clear account of how my friend
had produced results which had led
to SO complete a command over our
difficulties.
''what did you do then. sir?" asked
the inspector.
X had every reason to suppose that
this Abe Slaney was an American,
since Abe is an American contraction
and since a letter from America had
been the starting point Of all the trou
BILE. I had also every cause to think
that there was some criminal secret
in the matter. The lady's illusions to
her past and her refusal to take her
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SKlNNlNG PEARLS.
Il II an Art Which IL . Closely
Guarded Secret.

IL IL an Art Which II . Closely
Guarded Secret.
SHINING a PEARL is phrase which
may appear to the lay reader as
misprint. "Skinning" the purchaser Of
pearl is as old as the lapidary's art;
that the pearl itself may be skinned"
sometimes to the effect OF multiplying
lts former face value several times
over, may be revelation.
The pearl Is constituted along tho
general lines of the Spanish onion Its
origin is supposed to be due to the in
PRODUCTION Of certain irritating foreign
matter in the shell Of the oyster or the
mussel. and its forma tion Is supposed
to depend upon the creatures covering
the offending foreign substance with
the layer like secretions which make
the substance and the beauty Of the
pearl.
In at least one respect the pearl
stands alone in the category Of precious
stones. At the moment 1t is picked
from the shell the discoverer looks up
ON it to recognize the greatest beauty
and value Of the pearl. The lapidary Is
not looked to for its perfection, az in
the case Of one who may pick up
diamond in the rough or ruby or q
sapphire. The beauty of these stones
is created by the lapidary: in the case
Of the pearl the lapidary is disposed to
regard the oyster as the better judge
Of its projections. Only now and then
does the lap!dary disagree with nature
and suggest the SHINING Of the gem.
There is only one man in Chicago
who attempts this work-at the risk
Of the pearl owner. AS to how he does
1t, one might as well ask the sphinx.
But for the adventurous owner Of the
pearl. the charge ranges from $3.50 to
S12. and tho other day. after paying
$3.50 for this work. the owner OF q
pearl cleared just $1925O by the trans
action.
1t was a pearl set in ring. and the
owner was willing to sell the pearl II
he could get within few dollars OF
the amount he had paid for It He
took 1t to friend who IS at the head
Of the diamond and pearl department
in jewelry store.
I'VE don't want the pearl" said tho
expert. Il can show you one In the
case here that we will, sell You fort$50.
yet l wouldn't trade 1t for yours. IL l
were you Id risk having it skinned
Explanations followed, and the friend
took the risk. Three days later he
called to learn of the success of the
operation aud was offered $3.50 for the
skinned pearl after the fee Of $50 had
been paid. The gem was only slightly
smaller. but an indentation that was
in the original was gone; the pearl wss
beautifully rounded and spot bright
er than the rest Of the stone that had
married it's original surface had disap-
peared altogether.
Ordinarily In the pearl markets the
gem Ia regarded for the perfection in
dictated as 1t comes from the she'll. The
dealer. as a rule. does not bank upon
the perfecting Of 1t by the skinning
process. But occasionally q pearl Of
considerable size Is not round, and yet
In iuster Is promising. These button
pearls are bought cheaply enough for
the buyer occasionally to risk Skin
ming" And not infreQuenty the work.
er IL rewarded richly Trib-
une.
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Senator Beveridge was describing Q
precOcious little girl.
"She showed her precocity the other
day." he said. by a question that she
asked me.
Il had said to hor in the course Of an
examination III mental arithmetic:
"How old would person be who
was born In 1862"
"Shc smiled and asked
Twas the person q man or a wom.
anT"
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robe, die. you get down upon your
knees and say. 20 God. l thank thee
that thou hast given me much. thank
thee that L can now give to others In thy
Same. Now can be eyes for the blind
and clothing for the naked and food
for the hungry and shelter for the
homeless" Did you. do you make that
prayer? Like the ant, are you trying
to protect your people from outside
dangers? Like the ant ore You trying
to help the helpless and care for those
who are mentally. physically ana spir-
itually doomed unless you come to their
rescue?
The thoughtful love of the ant for
her sisters was beautifully illustrated
by an incident In the life of the noted
sage Of Philadelphia. Benjamin Frank.
lin. One day he discovered number
Of ants feasttng in a molasses pail. He
drove them out aud suspended the pail
In midair from hook In the center Of
the ceiling. Much to his surprise, after
Franklin had been reading for awhile.
he saw IN overlooked ant which had
been hidden in the pail crawl out and
climb up the handle to the string and
up to the ceiling. across the ceiling TO
tho side wall. down the side wall and
disappear. A short time afterwssd the
philosopher saw that same ant leading
a retinue OF other ants. The process
sion followed her up the wall over the
ceiling to the hook. down the string.
along the handle ana into the pail Of
molasses again. where she and her
friends gorged themselves with mo-
lasses until they could hold no more.
In the illustration Of the ant going to
lind her sisters that they. might enjoy