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bottle half full of water. and shaken. The bot
tie is then placed the table for moment.
Pure coffee contains q large amount OF oil by
reason of which the greater portion OF the sam
pie will float. All coffee substitutes and some
particles of coffee sink to the bottom of the
liquid. A fair idea of the purity of the sample
can often be determined by the proportion of
the sample which floats sinks. Chicory con-
tains a substance which dissoIves in water. i'm
parting a brownish red color. When the sus-
pected sample therefore. is dropped into glass
of water, the grains of chicorv which it contains
may be seen slowly sinking to the bottom. leav
ing a train of a dark brown cOlored liquid be-
hind them.
Coffee contains no starch. while all OF the
substances used for its adulteration and used
in the preparation of coffee substitutes contain
Of such substitutes may, therefore, be detected
by simple test for starch In order to apply
this test two or three tablespoonfuls of the
ordinary infusion of coffee used as a beverage
is placed in a teacup. allowed to COOL and a drop
of solution of iodine added The presence of
starch is Indicated by deep blue color, where
as no change or color occurs in infusions from
difficult to see, owing to the dark color of the
coffee infusion itself BY placing the drop of
iodine solution on the side OF the teacup how
ever ana allowing il 10 run down. the blue color
can be seen IN the edge of the liquid
Many coree substitutes are sold as such
and are advertiaed more wholesome than eof-
fee. Notwithstanding the claims that are made
for them a rev of them contain a considerable
percentage OF coffee. This may be determined
by shaking teaspoonful In bottle half full of
water as described above. The bottle must be
thoroughly shaken TO wet every particle
OF the sample. Very few particles of coffee
substitutes will float
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tn KEEP DISEASED PERSONS UNWED.

c,o,,x city, Iowa, June 10 CspeciaD.-Undaunteo@ - "
<.-,,,ar defeats the Iowa State Board OF AsA-A.
viii make renewed and powerful efforts !. s,,,,rS &C.,
49,, frtbcorning legislature pass law pTonl0is p..s
che marrying of diseased persons without .s.a
cate of recovery from some resn@laIIy @ 80. r,s-,
- 90 the State board and the foremost ehallS.
- Tho plan for state sanatoriums where p9s' 80
Erected with tuberculosis may go IN retreSa' =
- .to leaders of the fight for this law IL Is s
ured that in Iowa alone there is an anhu
s. 100000 in wages because OF o o - csrs
am anu ,uaetas Of institutions whose incapaey -
lOr pst cases directly traoeable to prenasl. sha
mos II is the opinion of the State board 70
such law would Fsdufss ed ss hsTsGshGEf eSns q n,
tubercuossi of preventing children 1ri 20 inc-
coming blind and Of pgosesfhs rom Which no small
cent we woilen die and by which a greater hui'''-
nbt.sicaIly wrecked.
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Dr. W. D. Bgelow of the Bureau of Chemistry al Wash
in gton Tells How o Do 1t.

practical way is to buy it unground. 1t is with
ground coffee the adulterater works. Many sub
stances may be used and are used that resemble
it closely in appearance
Chicory formerly the chief coffee adulter-
nnt and is still used to extent though on
account of its relatively high price it has largely
given way to cheaper substitutes, such as wheat
barley peas, beans and sometimes pea huIls
1 give below number of simple tests that are
used for detecting the presence of these sub
stances. l call them simple because they can
be performed without the facilities of the chem
fcal laboratory, and by who has not had the
experience and training OF q chemist 1t must
be understood however, that these tests require
careful observation and study, and that
must perform them repeatedly in order TO obtain
trustworthy results. Before applying them to
the examination of unknown sample the
housewife should secure samples OF known char
acter and study them. Unground coffee may
be ground I'm the home and mixed with various
kinds OF adulterarts which also be secured
separately Thus the articles themselves in
known mixtures may be studied. and when the
same results are obtained with unknown sam
pies. they be correctly interpreted. These
tests are well known in the laboratory and may
New-York tribune., 1905-06-11

what the police know "inside jobs The duty
of guarding the securities Of big concern OF
this kind falls upon the finance COMMITTEES. which
usually consists OF more officers and a
number OF directors. varying from seven TO
twelve The finance committee of one OF the
largest companies in the city has an active in
surance official at its head, banker. a wholesale
drygoods merchant manufacturer. a railroad
rnagnate an importer and Wall Street operator
as the otheS members The diversity of MEMBER
ship enables the committee to cover the range
of possible investments without going beyond IT.
self
This particular finance committee meets twice
week So great however. IS the volume of in
vestment offerings that subcommittee OF three
members meets daily and looks over the offerings
throwing out those which do not seem to be de-
sirabIe and holding others for the action OF the
full committed
Extraordinary the precautions taken TO pro-
tect the securities in which the finance commit
tee invests In one great steel vault on Broadway
certain company has $ooO000O0 in securities 1hey
must be verified each month or oftener. on account
of sales purchases and the removal OF interest
coupons. ,
When a sale is made the securities are takep
broken When securities purchased they are
either added to existing parcels or new parcels
must he prepared The seals are also broken when
commons The security holdings must an So
counted recounted and resealed Ohe case VI hei Ie
great vault alone is kept open for cuIIeLI Dui dna
ness but its contents are thoroushS e0Ne
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TERRORIZED By THREATS.
Parents Distracted for Safety Of
Child Offer Rezcard.

The Fures of Greek and Latin mythology, who
drove men mad and made women hurl themselves
to death from mountain tops. are known TO TINS
present matter of fact age as much as to the
superstitious ancients Sometimes they pursue the
guilty and as often they make the innocent their
Victims To some they nothing more nor less
than that persistent gnawing Of the soul which
men call suspense.
An instance of what the Furies may do IN mod
ern life is TO be in the case of an Oswego
On " family, which has been terrorized to such a
degree by the expectation OF evil that it recently
offered $4,000 to be rid Of its fear At first it only
dreaded in a vague sort of way that harm
might happen but days wore into weeks, and
weeks into years the dread became horror, and
the horror a vertable spectre 1t not until
John Jay Tonkn. the head of the family. felt that
he the verge of insanity that he told his
secret TO the world. Then he announced that he
and his wife had been receiving letters threatening
TO kidnap or murder of his daughters and that
the letters had been coming. off and on. for two
whole years. At last OF ;hem reached him
about the same time that a child was atrociously
murdered the outskirts of the town and al
tnough the man who committed the crime was
caught and confessed the deed. yet the murder
was so like the one he feared would be the fate of
his own daughter that he Immediately offered
New-York tribune., 1905-06-11

Generally speaking, foods that are sold In
their natural state are rarely adulterated. Their
appearance is usually characteristic and few
frauds are possible that not appreciable to
the senses We look for adulteration chiefly in
prepared foods that have been so treated as to
change their physical nature.
Wheat and corn in their natural state.
quite unlike in appearance. When they are
finely ground and bolted. however. the
semblance IS striking. and few years ago the
milling industry seriously threatened by
the sale as wheat flour of mixture OF the two.
stopped by well enforced law.
The same is true of coffee. The appearance
of the unground berry is characteristic. At
tempts have frequently been made to mould ar
times used for adulterating coffee. Artificial
berries may be readily distinguished from the
natural. however, and We're not commercial
success. AS far as 1 am aware, they are not
sold at the present time. They be readily
distinguished from the natural coffee in the
ground state. On cutting the bean through with
a knife the cross section of the artificial bean
is seen be of a compact, solid, uniform nature,
without any particular structural form. whereas
the true coffee is OF a characteristic structure
that cannot be initiated. We have therefore.
only to look for coffee adulterants and suhsu-
tutes in the ground article.
II il Is 6ssired TO coffee. the most
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be used in the home of the careful housewife
who has the time and perseverance to master
them.
The difference between the genuine ground
coffee and the adulterated article often be
detected by simple inspection with the naked
eye. This is particularly true if the product be
coarsely crushed rather than finely ground. In
such condition pure coffee has quite uniform
appearance, whereas the mixtures of peas
beans, cereals. chcory, etc, often disclose their
heterogeneous nature to the careful observer.
This is particularly true if a magnifyinS glass
be employed. The different articles composing
the mixture may then be separated by the point
of penknife. The dark. gummy looking chicory
particles stand out in strong contrast to the
other substances used. and their nature can be
determined by one who is familiar with them by
their astringent taste.
The appearance of the coffee particles is also
quite distinct from that of many Of the other
coffee substitutes employed. The coffee has
dull surface. whereas some of its substitutes,
especially leguminous products, often present
the appearance of having polished surface.
After careful inspection of the sample with
the naked eye. or. better with a magnifying
glass. a portion of It may bo placed in small
New-York tribune., 1905-06-11
THE RICHEST YOUTH.
William ZiegIer's adopted SOM
VI. Sears Once Had Title.

The standard of wealth for boys as well as men
in this country has risen vastly in single genera
tion The richest youth in the land thirty years ago
would be rated only moderately rich nowadays.
An exceptional illustration of this fact offered
only the other day by the deaths of Joshua Mont
somery Sears the heaviest taxpayer Of Boston,
and William Ziegler the capitalist and promoter
of Arctic expeditions, of this city. The two men
died within few days OF each other. When Mr..
Sears came of age in 1876 he inherited an estate
which made him the wealthiest lad in the land.
His fortune was estimated at $9,00oOO9. BY Mr..
ZiegIer's death his fourteen yearod adopted son
now ranks first, it is said. among the juvenile
Cr,esuses of the country. The property bequeathed
him is valued at s3o,oo00oO, Thus he is $4,000 900
weather. than the first John Jacob Astor, who,
when he died in 1S49 left estate valued at -$2O-
100000
If the richest youth to-day overtops more than
three times the richest youth of generation ago,
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The fortunes of the richest boys of 1876 and 1905
were both accumulated quickly. The founders Of
both of them began poor, and what seems still
more remarkable and especially encouraging for
vast number of their fellow men, both had
proved failures at other kinds of business before
meeting with success. Joshua Sears. father of
Joshua Montgomery, first tried. like his father, TO
be a fisherman. but he did poorly that he
elected the following comment from the elder
Sears:
You have energy and you have patience
Without energy and patience you can never expect
to amount anything"
the son went Boston, green, awkward
dressed in homespun and carrying long
pet bag. and started TO work for few cents day
a grocery store. Yet when he died he left
estate which now includes some of the choicest
business blocks in Boston
William Ziegler poverty stricken printer
before he turned chemist and became the head of
great baking powder company. He came TO New
York at one stage of his career with only 80 cents
in his pocket. Yet. before he died. he had paid
New-York tribune., 1905-06-11

monthly report Links ta
EVER parcel Of securities the seal of rh,ca a.
49, 49, oIoKen In the current month IS brought 10 ths
the cashier and assistant treasurer -ha en-, ~
members inspect these securities ttsr1 br Sss.
oti Su tneh count them carefully. The aunount y
SoCuFlties IN the package the date and IN. a.
natures or the committee members responShI. -
tnelr counting are entered on memorandum VIZ
@ eI.e package Tne package IS then stron15y
blank provided for the purpose the sscra.sr-. -.
ceFtines that ne personally witnessed the oosirt
ing ana sealing. Under supervision OF ths trea,
urer the securities are returned TO the vauif as
placed In the compartment from which thew cs-as
in the presence of another member OF t1s fnsncss
committee. who again checks them with the com
pany's records.
The inner steel cages are then locked and fhey
can only be opened by the use OF two ssoarafs
and distinct keys, which always In the pos
session OF different persons. After the cages sr.
eyelets. on the door and the other On ths
side OF the vault. The ends Of this tape are tie5
and sealed with the committee's seal. showing The
date Of the counting
When everything has been returned. the con-
tents OF the vault shut in, first by heayy
inside door Of chilled steel, Weighing many tons
the inner and outer doors equipped with tins
locks. The time lock on the outer door is set
little earlier than the lock on the inner door. Ths
officers having the combination OF the outer door
do not know the combination of the inner door
do those having the combination OF the inner
door know that Of the outer. Then comes the added
doors are drawn thin wooden shutters, lined with
thousands OF electric wires, which connect with
central detective station outside the home ofHcs.
When once the doors of the vault are closed and
the shutters drawn IL is impossible to open or
even disturb them without giving instant alarm.
"A lot of red tape" the laynan may eXclain1.
Yes. and three hundred millions Is a mighty
sum and no protection is too great" say the IN,
people.
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TO DELAY Is WRONG.

After the policeman and prisoner have started
Tor the station house the latter has the right
10 object 10 any delays the way If he has
the money and wishes TO hire cab for himself
ana his captor, in order to expedite matters he
mas right to do so. Should the policeman ston
unnecessarily TO talk with a friend or keen his
prisoner waiting while he performs some per
sonai errand, the citizen has ground of action
against the officer. This right Of the citizen
however is rarely asserted, although it is based
upon one of the oldest rules OF the Police De.
partnent and the Criminal Code Should the
policeman use his club his prisoner although
The latter has shown no sign Of insubordination
the prisoner may, on obtaining his freedom have
tho officer arrested for assault and battery the
same as il he were private citizen
For this reason ii is best for a man on being
arrested 10 ask some friend or bystander TO 20
along with him to the station house With
ether persons near by, the prisoner will have
cofroboration for his testimony concerning any
rough treatment, and thus strengthen his case
II he should seek TO prosecute. Without such
witnesses his word in court stands only against
the word OF the policeman, and the word of the
policeman is by our magistrates generally made
70 count sor more than that Of private citizen.
A prisoner always has the right to have any
person that he desires accompany him TO the
station house, and may insist this right
On reaching the station house the prisoner
should ask that he be taken possible
tsfoTa .. l2aE.stratA Il khe courts AittinE at
New-York tribune., 1905-06-11
TUE SYCAMORE, LONG LAKE, N I.

- ~ the most picturesque ana cIAi - :, rns
Oiio tt,frl bodies of water in the "HUS -. -
,strordacks is Long Lake whose oo--a- -.--.a and
- &c merely descriptive OF one 80 !, pos-
nam nan, convey any adequate idea OF "ha- ,,r.s
@...s IN natural beauty and scenic SUI sur o-orth
,Ir,os+ IN the very heart OF the -. tids
11-ods =, lies at an altitude Of 1Ol4 Iee' rt-,.sn
-, a,6 has an extreme length OF over ,,,,sr.d
- cd a width which varies from -. Isks
.inrls 90 a mile and n half. 1t IS part U - and
s'.s,ar, which the Fulton chain. Ka9u rskss
ISrar lakes complete. uniting the S.s SaT1.ao rorth
o tha so,,sh with the Raquette River on - - ~ a
s,,,,ch soords an outlet for the surplus ~
49,, ra,or Of wooded mountain terri'o' .sst
On a site overlooking Long Lake itol.l tI,o,,nding
81 .a,,ins in n superb stretch OF the sur D Tbe
-, stands a modern hotel known =, ths
caa,,,ore II ls situated about a Aou,' 49,, ia
Iengtr Of the lake from the head' a"U @ o,,look
hrood piazzas there is TO be secureu a. - ths
which embraces almost the entire @ ..,oss f.
r,o,,ntaIn lock and the elevations whon t ,to the
The site is a natural plateau jutiing ng'cfed view Is
iare and from three sides an uhoue,,ii(- desirable
c,red making all the rooms eqcss Cor hrst-
claes SeTvice and every posSinle pIost and enjoy
'eia FOR comfort health. arnsei ,,cilities for
rn@nt The lake Is unsurpassed u,or ~ has most
hoattne bathing and fishing, the ~ afOrnns OF out
JoitIhffuI drives and walks, ana al,Isd an for The
ioor and indoor recreation are pFoNhs Adirondack
Sagamore Is easily accessible 10 INC
traveller
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-,rs of $4,000 to any who would seno MN
- ,.r,s of the person who terrifying hirn.
This same amount of money had been demanded
of hin, in one OF the letters. but no mention was
made how or when it was to be paid He says ne
would gladly have paid the sum to obtain again
his peace of mind.
The threats made against the life OF the
daughter Rosamond, and they especially fright
ened the because just before the first letter
came they had been prostrated by the death OF
another daughter. They were grieved over the
loss OF this child that they had the body empalmed
and kept in the house for nearly eight months,
till at length they compelled to bury 1t by
order of the health authorities. To save Rosa
New-York tribune., 1905-06-11
GUARDING SECURITIES.
Precautions Taken by Big Insurance
Com panies.

Since the Equitable Life Assurance Society be-
gan to investigate itself life insurance has held
the centre of the stage in New-York and the
public has to something like a realization
Of the enormous wealth held by the several big
companies which make this city their headquar-
ters The figures of their surplus, Of the value OF
their securities, of the amount Of insurance in
force are so enormous as be alm1st beyond
the comprehension of the average workaday NOR
tai.
An interesting side light is the way in which
these securities, which the solvency of the
companies depend. guarded from loss by fire
or burglars and checked and counted against
New-York tribune., 1905-06-11

mond from harm. attendants were employed to
guard her in the house, whereupon she began to
grow morose and sickly. The letters shown
to the local police expert private detectives.
but solution of the mystery discovered.
The missives kept coming. demanding money,
with the threat that Rosamond otherwise would
be slain, and others simply saying that she would
die The suspense which the father and mother
sleep nights for the least noise would rouse them
with the belief that at last the murderer had
come. Then, too, they became more and more
distressed to see their little pning away from
her. .
once thinking that a sudden might dis
concert their prosecutor, the parents secretly sent
ROsamond to this city. her mother accompanied
and Broadway But the letters began to come TO
the address, and they were more threatening
than ever 1.-THE child taken back to OsweSo,
and still stricter watch was set over ner -,
the OF Cora Sweet was dragged into lonely
field by Henry Manzer, a farmland, and murdered.
The crime stirred the whole city, and Its perpe-
traitor who confessed his crime, came near being
that with which the Tonkin child had been threat
ened.
The suspense caused by the threats of a secret
foe would have been easier to bear. however II II
Tonkin Several years ago their son, Harold o.
Tonkin achieved considerable notoriety by marry
ing model in this city The parents separated
the couple. and a year later Harold married tn-
mean time to obtain a divorce from his first wife.
Mr. Tonkin sr., managed however TO stralghten
out the marital ENHANCEMENT.
According O the writer of the threaten
same social circle to which his fathers family
belongs
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fortunes of the future Wealth when once ac-
cumulated grows rapidly even by being let alone.
1t will be seven years before young zegler becomes
a man. and in that time his riches, which are to
be left practically untouched are expected to IN
crease to nearly s5OO0oCO0 In such case. at the
.pa of tuenty-one he will be more than five times
as wealthy as Sears when the young Bostonian
came of age The income OF the Ziegler properties
in one wear is estimated at $.5OO00o or enough to
have bought the whole island OF Manhattan two
hundred wears ago. In one month the boy lay
awav s125OeO or the price of big town house.
In fust day his purse catches s4167; in an hour,
s17s 60 and in a minute 81 49, Every time the clock
ticks off a second he is five cents richer.
New-York tribune., 1905-06-11
AFate That May Befall Any Innocent
Citizen Any Day in This City.

tbe time He should be delayed only oy ,,in, tr
caDtein or other commanding officer asking mn, MN
tbe customary questions of age and ADDRESS anu
by being searched At the time that rne ,s,s,. e,-
fcers are going through his pockets, ,eron
nresent and he should obtain a receipt inle
55iafeIv afferward, giving in detail everything
which was taken away from him. ,.;so,er
from, +bs station house to the magistrate lne
latter may afterward bring compant hjs agatse fne
e..e - dn;S-ojssaI He has therefore the right OF
be;nr taken to court as rapidly as possible IN
tbe mean time he should have the prlvllege oh
,odinSS as rnanv messages he desires for on-
soiri,aa . hondsrnan. He may send them py
sneciai delivery letter by district Inesseh. =.
ger, AS soon as he has written q nlessase aS ns
80 ai, the officer who arrested him TO send
- oe and should ne delay he may relnIoroe
bis request by calling attention to Ponce Rue
AZ Paragraph P, which conc1sey oehhes 'i'
-, Of the police in this respect
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-12-27
SONS WIFE ASKS $4,000
Mrs. LonSdorf, Worth Several Mil
lions, on the Witness Stand.

Mrs. LonSdorf, Worth Several Mil
lions, on the Witness Stand.
Milwaukee, Dec. 25.-Mrs. Margaret
Lonsdorf, the Milwaukee woman
whose wealth is estimated at between
100000 and 100000, was placed
on the stand under the discovery sta
tute before Court Commission Julius
E. Roehr for the purpose of ascertain
ing the amount of her wealth and find
ing whether she had cOnspired with
her other children to ALLEVIATE from
Mrs. Emma l.. Lonsdorf, her daughter
in-law, the affections of the younger
Mrs. Lonsdorf's husband, Otto, in the
locally celebrated suit instituted by
John Randall, guardian for Emma,
now insane and a charge upon Mil
waukee county.
The suit is for the recovery of $780,
600. The case promises to be an in
teresting one. All the Lonsdorfs live
with their monther when they are in
Milwaukee. Otto, the husband of the
insane girl, is now out west. The fam
lily has for decades been among the
best known in Milwaukee,