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Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-08-16
xi.-THE ADVENTURE OF THE
MISSING THREE-QUARTER.

l. We're fairly accustomed
to receive weird kilograms
at Baker street. but l have
Il particular recollection of
ore which reached us on
Il gloomy February morn
ing, some seven or eight
years ago. and gave Mr..
81 n -i,.l. un1,ra, ~,,
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-08-16
a HOMEMADE HAY RACK.

II one has a few old wagon tires. 1t will
be comparatively easy to construct a hay
rack such as described. Have a black
smith make eight arms of the wagon
tires. cutting the pieces three feel long.
and rave one end Of each turned up to al
mos, right angles. A hole is made In each
end and midway etwee elbow and
the long end. Then make a rack In the
ordinary manner Of 2x4 material. or use
any rack you may have. and bolt the IRON
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1906-08-16
SUMMER SHADE FOR SWINE.

Those who nave had experience in
raising swine know Beyond doubt that
good care counts very much in
the development of the animals. I'm
questionably the best results come from
a restricted range where the grass is rea-
sonably deep and strong. where there Is
plenty of shade as we'll as sunsl9e and
where there is opportunity for the swine
to get plenty OF drinking water. II this
range Is in close proximity to the pens
there Is no reason Why the pens and the
yard should not be as c.ean as the barn
floor. Custom to the contrary notwith-
standing, there g absolutely no sensible
reason why swine should be allowed to
wallow and become filthy. AS a matter of
fact 1t retards their growth, which certain
ly is not profitable. Give the swine a re-
strictcd range with plenty Of shade. sun
and water. less corn than other grains and
they will take On muscle growth and vigor
and be in perfect condition TO take on fat
after they are taken under cover and corn
fcd N The fall.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-22

One clipping from an English scientific
publication Of 1848 shows that the electric
light even then was a reality. 1t was the
invention Of an American, John w. Starr,
who died when he was "A years OF age, and
who was a friend Of Mr.. Rogers. Mr.. Starr
had his device patented In England through
Augustus King, An electrical expert, writ
ing recently Of Mr.. Starts invention, says:
at produced a brilliant light, but was in
various respects unsatisfactory" Mr..
Starr in his specifications says this of his
devices: o
The nature Of the invention consists in the
application OF continuous metallic and carbon
conductors intensely heated by the passage
of a current Of electricity to the purposes Of
illumination. The metal found to be the
most advanta geous to use, for the purpose lie
that which, while 1t requires a very high tenn
perature for It's fusion has but a feeble affinity
for oxygen and offers q great resistance to
the passage Of an electrical current.
The inventor recommends the use Of
platinum str Ups as having a great resist
ance to the current. and thus describes
the various parts Of the invention, a draw
ing OF which is here reproduced:
The platinum strip Is suspended between
two forceps In an instrument made for the
purpose. A Is a square brass bar nXed into
the wooden stand. e. having a binding screw.
F, attached TO It's lower end. The two arms.
ED. are attached 10 sockets which slide
on this bar so as TO admit Of their being place ed
at different distances from each other. They
are both bent at right angles, as seen In the
figure. and terminated by broad forceps
tipped with platinum, These forceps are
closed by the milled screws. HI. The arm. F..
has a rod, n, with a screw cut on It passing
through it. and by means Of two nuts. B=B,
working on this rod. the arm may be ad-
justed 10 any required height and the dis
lance between the forceps thus regulated
The rod passes through the stand and la at
tached to the binding screw, G. The socket.
K, is lined with ivory or some other nom
conducting substance so as to prevent any
metallic communica alton between the arm.
Z, and the bar. is the strip of platinum leaf
which is first clamped in the upper forceps.
| The arm, E, lie now adjusted to any required
| height, and the lower forceps are closed
so az to clamp the lower end OF the strip of
platinum. The glass shade. r. serves to
screen the platinum from currents of air,
dust. &c.
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Government, an electric telegraph tnHented
by Chevalier Bonelli. had, while attached
to a locomotive going thirty miles an hpef,
communicated with the station whgnop
it started. The track was used az the con
ductor, and the locomotive kept In touch
with the station twelve minutes, repeatedly
exchanging messenger Later, ~in' France,
Mr.. Bonelli used his apparatus success
fully, according to another clipping, In
communicating between trains.
We built some vessels in 1884, as this pr
tract from a newspaper shows; ="
The shipbulldlng in the United States In
1854 foots up an aggregate tonnage Of 8 5000
tons and Includes 334 ships and barks. liz
brlgs. col schooners. $50 eloops and 2Sl
steamers: in all, IA vessels. Quite q re-
spectacle little navy.
There are many little observatiSnsi ND
recipes, apparently in the handwriting o.
Mr.. Rogers, in the book. Here are two:
If timber is cut in the dark Of the moon
the bark will adhere firmly and the sap Y
doubled at that time. .Y,'h z
Live plaster OF paris and -four. mixed
dry and sprinkled over with sugar kill rats
and mice.
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person. Az present the title Of record is
held by Dunn, although Dunn had not a
cent's interest in the property. Mrs. Goslin
at n time threatened to bring divorce
proceedings against her husband on account
Of his intimacy with the Magher woman,
but the matter was not pressed. The
furnishings in the Goslins' house are in
the name Of Mrs. Goslin, and she has adj
vertised them for sale at public auction.
It probably causes him great uneasiness
in his exile to learn that the people in whose
names he has placed his. property are grad
ually selling 1t out and appropriating the
money to their own uss.
ENGLISH BANKER swINDLEp.
One feature Of the Western Gold Mining
scheme which Is Of interest is that Goslin
sent some one to Europe, probably his
brother, Edmund, who was convicted with
him years ago for forgery, to purchase 500
shares Of the Gold Mining stock in England.
The man purchasing it bought it on margin
and put up only q small sum.
The banking house in England bought
the stock in New York at about 10, Goslin
having procured wash sales and having
held the stock up TO that high price. al
lHOuBh " fWhb pTODdDiy olth INV HWY
than $40 or So a share. For the 500 shares
the English firm had to pay $40, 1000, which,
Of course. went into Goslin's money box.
When the stock reached England the
bankers found that the purchaser, who had
deposited a small sum as margin, had dis
appeared and that they were the losers to
the extent Of about $4,000.
oosLIN's sTENooRAPHEB.
Annie Irene Magher, who has figured
conspicuously in this affairs Of Goslin, is a
striking looking young woman Of abou %,
Five years ago she was sewing tops on fig
baskets in Cosmides's fruit store at 81 a
week. Now she wears diamonds and fine
clothes and is reputed owner Of several
pieces Of valuable real estate, among them
being two houses in Brooklyn. She is now
supposed to be with Goslin, as she disap-
peared at about the same time he did. :
AS far as could be ia~soertained, this woman
did little .or,no work in Goslin's Office except
10 offer herself as surety when the necessity
arose. She posed as a s~tenographer. but
could not write shorthand.
Once she occupied rooms In an uptown
hotel. These rooms we're raided recently
on a warrant obtained by Assistant District
Attorney Lockwood, and in them were
found a mass Of letters written to her by
Goslin. The letters were full of extrava-
CANT talk about his love for her and left no
doubt Of the relations that existed between
them. .'..
Dunn was thunderstruck when he heard
what the letters contained.
THAT doesn't seem like Al at all. " he said,
II ne yer knew him to make a fool Of himself
in that way before"
Goslin's wife was a telegraph operator
She was a sister of James j. Gibbons, who
was once indicted with Goslin for keeping
q bucketshop.
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On the right Of the larger drawing is one
Of Starts incandescent lamp burning
carbon. which he thus describes:
A is a glass tube similar to those used in
barometers, except that 1t has Its upper end
enlarged into q cylindrical bulb and a stout
platinum wire sealed in at the top. A binding
screw Is fixed on top Of the wire. whose lower
end screws into the iron piece, D TO this piece
the forceps, F, are attached. and 1t Is con-
nected with a similar piece by the porcelain
rod. I: the forceps. G.. are attached to Il and
clamp the lower end OF the carbon piece.
c, which has lie upper end held by those at F.
A copper wire, n, is fixed into the piece at II,
and extends TO the bottom OF the tube. The
tube Is filled with mercury In the same manner
as a barometer, the usual caution being taken
TO expel the air. The instrument 10 included
in the electrical circuit by connecting one OF
the wires from the battery with the binding
screw fixed on the wire. E, and the other with
a wire that passes into. the mercury in the
cup at the bottom of the tube.
An autograph letter from Mr.. Sta IT,
dated London. July, lst5. shows tnat ne h I'd
been looking up some OF Alexander Balm
electro-ma ghetto inventions for Mr.. Rogers.
The letter indicates that Mr.. Starr had not
a high opinion OF the honesty Of English
inventors. This is the way 1t winds up:
I think the construction OF your telegraph
ia not known here and ! have not communi-
Gated it 10 any one, as ] find that IL is their in
| variable practice to seize upon every foreign
invention, slightly modify 1t and appropriate
| the credit Of II to themselves.
A clipping from a newspaper Of 1855 tells
how, under the patronage Of the Italian
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from the court, and under Goslin's direc-
ton they were torn up.
Another transaction in which Goslin
appeared to be the moving spirit was the
floating Of bogus certificates Of deposit.
which showed on their face that certain
moneys had been deposited in the Hanover
Bank Of Boston by William J. Leary. Each
certificate was for 81 600, and ~ninety-lve o.
them we're engraved.
Leary obtained a lot Of jewelry on the
! strength Of some Of them. Tn jewelry
was taken to Goslin's Office and later Leary
was arrested. Goslin indirectly furnished
bail for Leary.
Goslin held a great many Of the certificates
and, fearing that they might be found In
his office, gave them to Dunn to hide
Goslin in a number Of ways tried to de-
fraud people with these certificates. In one
case through his right hand man, Bernard
Uhren. he attempted to purchase a piece
| Of property in Brooklyn, giving three Of
the certificates In part payment, but before
the commission was paid to Uhren and be-
fore title had been passed the owner dis
covered the fraudulent intent OF Goslin
and his associates.
oosLrN's EVIL NAME AN ASSET.
Some may wonder that Goslin has been
able to blackmail the business men OF New
York city for 80 many years. In some
cases as much az S25 900 has been paid by
a victim in order to avoid publicity. But
! the real secret OF his success is shown by
his own statement, b%oastful!y made to one
OF his tools,
Il make most Of my money because OF
my reputation as a bad man." he said
when people find that Alfred r. Goslin
is the man behind the u they either throw
up their hands or Else settle
For a number OF years Gosin has owned
the house at e77 West End avenue, although
he has always had it in the name OF another
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EARLY INVENTIONS NOTED.
SCRAP BOOK WITH A DRAWING
BY s. II. b. MORSE.

Pick cd Up in n Second Hand Store Draw.
Ing Of what Was Probably the First
Electric Light-Patented In England
by John W. starr, an American.
A curio collector rumrnaging in a musty
second hand store last week picked up a
stained and faded scrap book. Some OF
the pages had been torn out, but those that
were intact showed that the book had been
owned by Henry j. Rogers. a famous Bal
timorean who devised the code OF flag sig
mails adopted by the American navy In ls+e
invented the first pyrotechnic signal sys-
tenn for ships and later was superinten-
dent Of the Western Union. He was a friend
Of Samuel F. B.. Morse and was n of the
in~corporators and the assistant superin-
tendent Of the Electro Magnetic Telegraph"
as Morse's original company was called.
The scrap book has clippings from papers
published between 1s46 and 1855.
One of the curious things in the scrap
book is an original drawing by Morse. above
which is this inscription in the handwriting
of Mr.. Rogers: "Prof. Morse's design for
recording magnet, in his own writing
The design, which is in pencil and slightly
indistinct In parts, is here reproduced:
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ton, but tina. a conviction would be doubt

ton, but that a conviction would be doubt
full.
Too much space would be required to go
into all the swindles that Goslin planned
and executed after this victory In court.
1t was only a year later that he was in
dicted fer keeping a bucketshop, together
with Bob Ammon, long his legal adviser,
who is now in Sing Sing and who il beg
ging for q chance to testify against Goslin.
The ease dragged along for some time
but Goslin was again discharged upon the
recommendation OF the District Attorney.
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit incident
which deprived him Of his liberty for six
months occurred in 1900. Goslin, Eugene
Packer, Henry Bogert and others were in
dicted for circulating false rumors about
the company, and John Proctor Clarke,
now a member OF the Appellate Division OF
the Supreme Court, was appointed q special
deputy. Attorney-Genera to prosecute the
case. After a long trial Goslin was con-
victed.
Confinement behind prison bars did not
stay the activity of Goslin's scheniDg
brain. While serving his term on Blacli-
wells Island, he financed a number of
concerns, one Of them being the Snap Hook
and Eye Company.
OFT OF PRISON, INTO STUMBLING.
1t was in connection with this scheme
that he fell in with Iobelmann, who was
long one Of his most faithful and poorly
paid agents. 1t was he who helped Goslir
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trict Attorney Lockwood To whom much Of.
the credit belongs for rounding up the entire

" |..WNkLMHHN
trict Attorney Lockwood, to whom much OF.
the credit belongs for rounding up the entire
gang.
AN EDUCATED swINDLRR.
Goslin Is one Of the few crooks who are
really educated, and, had he turned his tai
ents to legitimate business enterprises, there
Is little doubt that now, at the age of 81, he
would be a rich He was trained to be
a civil engineer at the Ecole Polytechnique,
in Paris, and he is a mathematician OF rare
skill.
He is not only n practical mathematician,
but he is a theorist on higher mathematics
as well, He is an expert accountant, and as
a tightening calculator be adds up long COL
umns in a flash He is also a linguist Of no
mean ability, and he speaks French with
rare precision.
Goslin has always been a hard man to find.
lodging from one to another of the elaborate
system of offices that he maintained, and it
was next to impossible for any one but his
intimates to draw from him the details Of
his private life. 1t Is said that he began his
career Of crime by drugging and robbing
his mother, Sophie Marchaise La Grave, a
wealthy woman who lives in the French
capital.
He is rather short, and recently he has
grown somewhat stout. The fact that he
practically has nc chin at all is hidden to
some extent by the beard he wears.
His low forehead recedes sharply, and his
temples bulge like bay windows. The Pc
culiar formation of his temples, %phrenolo-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-22
An Omcal Opinion.
From ths phiLadelphia BuueA,

From The Philadelphia Bulletin.
Rear Admiral Longn ecker. who recently
retired. was talking one day at League Island
Navy Yard about discomfort among soldiers
and sailors, .. -.p,
Men are often disseminated without rea-
son." he said, but oftener they have. good
ground for their erumbling, and II Il be-
cause their officers are stupid or lazy that
conditions do not improve.
II remember once visiting q pompous.
"Durlng my visit a private approached
the officer with a full cup and saucer In hiA
hand.
We'll. Blnks, my manr said the officer In
" %Captain. said the private saluting, III
ask We 70 taste this here. l won't make no
slop' and u ", don't say, by
THAT will d., Binks,' the Captain inter
getting angry. and he took the cup from the
couple Of mouthfuls of the liquid
Then he looked At the private calmly:
anything wrong with this, Binks. by thu
way. what b itf Tea or codeer'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-22
NEW YORK ~SAMARITANS.
The Fallen Horse. the Calm Driver 'and
the Willing HeiDers. y,

It has been said of New Workers., and
the saying is supported by a series OF tradi-
tions, that If the wind blew of a mans
hat in New York at least fifty persons will
run to pick it up, ~arxicus to recover 1t;
brush it and run back a block to return 1t
to the owner. -
Yesterday a horse drawing a heavily
loaded wagon on the Bowery slipped and
fell Before the animal got thru ugh kick
ing and struggling il was tar Ried In the
harness from bride 70 breeching.s ,1a'
The driver looked tired and seemed TO
enjoy his cigarette and the respite from
work. In q minute horse and wagon were
surrounded by a crowd.
Twenty or more men got bury and pretty
soon the horse was on it's feet, the harness
adjusted and the crowd scattered. The
driver didn't move an inch from the time
the horse fell until he clucked to the horse
tn resume the trip. He didn't even smile,
he took II as a matter Of course.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-22
COSLIN BACK OF
BIG SWINDLES
Ills Plumber for Ten Years Up
in the millions.
MASTER MIND FOR CROOKS
Wall Street Breathes Easier Now
That He's Fled.

Ecyer Worked in the Open, but Had Agents
10 Garry Out His schemes-SO skilrul
That Though Arrested Fifty Times He
Was Convicted Only Twtce-Now His
Pals Have been Rounded Up and They
Are Peaching on Him-An Educated
Crook With q Genius for Mathematics
His %Swindles, Big and Little.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-22

On the right Of the larger drawing is n
OF Starts ~incandescent lamp burning
carbon. which he thus describes:
New-York tribune., 1906-11-22
SCHMITZ NEARING PORT.
San Francisco's Indicted Magor
Expected Here To-day.

Mayor schnftz OF San Francisco, who has been
indicted in that city for extortien. and who sailed
from Hamburg November 10 on the Patricia.
will probably arrive here late this afternoon His
homecoming will be less spectacular than that OF
Stensland. the Chicago embezzler. who was taken
from the steamer at Quarantine tughoat by
detectives
It is said that out Of consideration for Mira
Schmttz, who IS travelling with her husband
Francis J. Heney and District Attorney Iaugdon.
OF San Francisco, will spare the Mayor the humiia-
ton OF arrest on his arrival. Although Schmitz
has been in close touch by cipher cable with Ruef
the San Francisco boss. while IN London and on
ts tns ne Goes not SNOW Indt ne mas ] 9fTp
ihGlcted, ths nnoing9 OF lne grand 44ry naVil1s
the Patrtcla Is not equipped with wireless teIe~
dictment will probably be from the newspapers
taken aboard the steamer by the pilot at sandy
While it is not known what the Mayor may DO
when ne learns that he is charged with felony
win waive eItraditon ana 60 at once to his city.
On leaving Hamburg Mayor sehInitz sent a cable
TO Reuf, which read: Sailing Patricia" Reuf
boat, for he waited expectantly for news OF the
Mayors arrival in New York last Sunday.
cisco that Ruefs anxiety was only blind, and
rumors were current that Mayor schIIitz left the
faster steamer and was already IN New York.
Heney viii not give the slightest inkling Of what
deed hsy Msyop Il n Is fs knOwn In " san sneeo that
Secret Service men have been following schTnitz
ever since ne ISrJ VnS CITY ana II l. not uullAely
that men OF the Secret Service are passengers on
the Patricia.
Frederick H Hilbert, president of the Hilbert
Mercantile Company OF San Francisco. who accom-
panied schuitz on his trip to Europe is returning
with him the Patricia.
Mr. Hilbert and his wife and Mr., and Mrs
schmitz were together constantly throughout the
European "Trip. When approached abroad by news
paper CORRESPONDENTS, schrlitz invariably declined
10 talk Hilbert acting as his spokesman
Mr.. Hilbert IS quoted as saying that he himself
never dabbled IN politics and IN way in
terested in the graft charges made IN San Fran
cisco. The Hilbert Mercantile Company, OF san
Francisco which sold wines, whtskeys and cigars.
was the concern in which Abraham Ruef was said
10 be Interested its legal representative Mayor
schrnitz It is alleged, was also interested IN the
New-York tribune., 1906-11-22
WHAT IS GOING ON TODAY.

Meeting OF Society Architects and Marine
Engineers No. u West 81st street. 10 a m
Meeting Of the Stove Manufanturers Association Of New
York State and Northern Pennsylvania. Hotel Astor,
10 q.
Reception Of Actors Church Alliance. chapel % South
Reformed Church No. 54s West 2eth street afternoon.
Atsrary meeting Of the National Society Of New England
Women, DeluOnico's afternoon
Eousewarrnng Christmas market benefit for Metho
dist Episcopal Church Homo FOR the Aged Asterde n
avenue and e2d street. afternoon and evening
Mesting OF West End womens Republican Club.
Hotel Astor. ?.
Meeting Of the Engineers Club Astor $50
Meeting Of George Washington Post G a R. $3.50 p.
N. and supper al $50 ?.
Free lectures Of the Board OF Education p m. De
Witt Clinton High School 59th and 10th ave-
nue., DR.. Frederick Il Sykes Maria Edseworth,
Jane Austen. Susan FerrieT' Qlustrated); Public
School 5, I4Ist and Edgscombe avenue. Mrs
Harriet Ayer Seymour ''MendeIssohn' Public School
Public School 4e 10eth street and ST Nicholas avenue
No. 62s West street between 10th i1th
avenues. Miss Anna Barrows, Fish and Poultry
PUBLIC school 62 Asstsr hss4H and Norf9lk stTesSs streets
ustrated) Public School 81. 10th street and First
avenue William s II. Silber. The Causes or the
Revolution dlluEtratsdo; Public school S6.
Goth and Lexington avenue. William Ackroyd,
Dickens and His ChaTacters' dlustrated) Public
School lie. 1880 street and Eighth avenue Miss
trated); Public school 18s, First avenue and 51s;
street Mrs. Emma Paddock Teltord. Thu People OF
Fagt iIeth street Jacques ". Redwey. The Com
rnerce in cotton; Epoch IN History and Politics
Amsterdam avenues Theodore Hoffman, Birds d-
iustrsted): Public School no l1lth street between
Fifth and Lenox avenues: Ernest Ingersol, Making
g Living IN the Animal World OIlustrated)t St
Tuke.s Hall No As9 Hudson street Professor Louis
Bevter. IT., Emerson; Morris High school leeth
street ana Boston Road. DR.. Walter E. Clark
New-York tribune., 1906-11-22
RUFF NOT IN COURT.
Preliminary Hearing in San Fran
cisco Graft Cases.

San Francisco. Nov 21.-AbrahaH Ruef did
not appear IN Judge Dunn's court to-day . an
swer 10 the indictments charging him vita ex-
torting money from French restaurants. Mayor
Eugene z Schmitr was also absent when the
cases against him were called. II being
nounced that he was on the high returning
from Europe A large number OF spectators were
in the courtroom.
Attorney Henry Ach appeared for the ae-
crsad men ana asked that the case be continued
for Rrraignnlent until December 8. Judge Dunn
granted the postponement
At no time during the proceedings was Ruefs
name uttered
whether Schrnitz and Ruef, who jointly
Cether has not been determined Under the
Prostitution they have the right TO demand
separate trials, but II they elect may face
same