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New-York tribune., 1909-02-27
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New-York tribune., 1909-02-27
THE HOLMHURST

Pennsylvania Ave-. near Beach. Atlantic City. n J
view private baths Stationary wash
stands with hot and cold running water IN bedrooms
Elevator street level Capacity 800 Open all TIE
wear Hotel electric Literaturs upon
request HENRY DARNELL-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01

the pampas of South America is especially addicted
TO practising this trick When captured. after
making q violent efforts to escape. it drops its
head. gasps two three times, and to all appear
ances dies But if the hold is released the eyes
opened and with startling suddenness the bird flies
rapidly away.
The English sparrow has been OBJ
served several occasions to adopt this ruse to
escape.
'Tennent reports the case Of a ten-foot Ceylon
crocodile which feigned death being surrounded
while asleep and it's cut off. When discov-
cred the animal under some bushes several
hundred yards from the water. The of the
creature extreme when IL discovered that it
completely surrounded and it started up and
turned around in a circle kissing and swapping its
bony Jaws On being struck with stick it lay per-
fecty quiet and apparently dead. Presently IT
looked cUnningly around and made rush toward
the water, but on a second blow it lay again
tionless and feignng death. Its captors tried to
rouse it. but without effect pulled its tail slapped
It's back, struck its hard scales and teased II in
every way, but all in vain; nothing would induce it
TO move till accidentally a boy OF twelve tickled
IT gently under the foreleg, and In an instant IT
drew the limb close its side and turned to avoid
a repetition Of the experiment Again it tickled
under the other foreleg and the same emotion was
exhibited. the monster twisting about like an infant
TO avoid being tickled.
ut is very unusual for snakes to feign death
but one such incident has come TO my notice. An
S2ateur naturalist collecting in the neighbour
hood Of Matawan, y. j.. when he apparently cut or
the retreat of copperhead snake. When the natu-
raist got close it the reptile appeared to be dead
Desiring to make this the naturalist crcled
the snake and rewarded for his caution by dis
covering an unmistakable light issuing from the
reptiles eyes. The appearance Of the entire body
was that OF complete relaxato Thinking to capt
ure it dead or alive the naturalist looked around
for stick stone. but could see none nearer than
forty or fifty feet distant. He a stick from an
aspen sapng, leaving 1t notched at the end. The
spot whera he left the reptile. apparently as mo-
tionless as ever marked by a lot of cut horse
mint and when he returned the snake had given
him the slip, and without any doubt resumed its
interrupted Journey toward the nearby swamp
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
RATS EAT UP sfoo,Ooo,OOO YEARLY

One of the most serious problems tl0 -s$5nx
ment of Agriculture has had to meet Is ue !, b
the country OF the millions OF rats with which .ss
infested. and which are especially the fOss .ost,
farmer II is estimated that the rat p ds-
the United States gOOOoOOOO yearly IN ga" nam
strOyed alone. The rat also pollu1es . -. doss
tity OF food products which IL does not "~a sm-
great damage by digging under oui1oinss '..,,s and
Dapsrs 70 make nests killing poultry and s.eanaS
eggs. The most destructive species Is u .. :, the
rat which has been carried 10 az single pair
world ships. IL Is calculated We, Savoring CIR
OF rats would In three years, unuSr, The De-
ctnstances. Increase to twenty nnl.S a vigorous
partmsnt OF Agriculture mas pIsaA h recomuends
rat proof Construction in buildings rsous poisOns
ton OF food supplies and tns VS. Tssesie's Weekly
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
ACTIVITY AT HAINES FALLS.

Sunset Park Inn. Haines Falls, y l. 'uIy
In this delightful section Of the historic CI.I
the summer gayety is at its height me pi+ ~
heights of the mountains dominate tAe iie1s 49,.
bumidftv Of distances lower down. and CROWDS arc
deserving the sweltering streets OF the city 20 80,
this pleasant point by boat and tram ,in,
inn is teeming with holiday seekers "'i' -
health seeking with their annual outing anu g., n
brisk stretch on the tennis courts - ,,s
the mountains or an invigoratinS drive 49, -.
well kept roads the wide porch, Win lS S--s-ash
GREETED orchestra is Just the place 70 rest ana
ones self the musical attractions have been esq.
ciauy looked after by the manasenis'i. - -,.,r
house, and nothing to be desired is eft win
and moonlight altering through the ieaiS
Of the great trees close at hand
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
LIZARDS ADEPT DECEIVERS

Lizards are especially addicted to this habit
Phrynosome Douglassi. known the horned or
California toad Is widespread over the entire
Western plains. where it very closely initiates the
color of the soil on which 1t lives They are most
bashful animals when they think they are beina,
observed as we'll as when roughly treated depress-
ing their bodies. and. with closed eyes feianing
death to perfection nttN tickling along the
side will bring them 10 life however and please
them hugely they expressing their foudness for the
operation by initiating themselves until nearly
spherical
'Lecvlenus Darvinii. which Darwin found in
Northern Patagonia he says lives on the bare sand
near the coast. and from it's notified color tho
brownsh scales being speckled with white. yellow
lsh rcd and dirty blue. hardly be distinguished
from the surrounding surface. When frightened 1t
attempts to avoid discovery by feignng death with
outstretched legs depressed body and closed eyes:
if further mOlested II buries itself with great quick
ness in the loose sand. This lizard because of it's
fattened body and short legs. cannot run quickly
THE sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) at
tains length Of from eight to inches. and is
common in Southern Europe, It's movements are
as rapid birds. When attempt is made TO
seize gray lizard the WALL II let's itself fall
TO the ground and remains there moment Immov-
able before attempting run, evidently Stimulating,
death
zone species Of nlollusk is known 10 have this
habit. The pneuuodermonide have a spindle
shaped body and two eXtensibe arms bearing suck
ers. much like those of the octopus. They swim
strongly. but when touched by foreign object roll
themselves W like armadlllo. and. feignins
DEATH sink until out Of reach Of apparent danger
HOLSTERS less than year old occasionally ex-
hbit the death fegning habit. but. strange to re-
late. the adults do not practise II. When stroked
lightly with the finger the young lobster will imme-
dlately stiffen and lie stretched the bottom
of the dish. it's side or back. II paralyzed II
viii remain in this position for fifteen min
utes. when 1t will slowly turn over and begin to
move about. While lying at the bottom In this
state. a convulsive movement OF the swimmerets
and a twitchng of various muscles over the body
be detected by close observation. The claws
and legs remain perfectly rigid however
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
ITALIAN CORAL MANUFACTURE.

Consult c. S. Crowninshield, at Naples, writing
or the manufacture of coral, says:
Coral manufacture is important trade in
Naples. The tourist will be astonished the num-
Der of shops which sell this article in all FORMS
jewelry and table ornaments especially. The low
price Of labor here is important factor The raw
material comes to Naples from the coast of Sicily
Sardinia and Northern Africa. Tunis. A little
comes from Japan. The form, color quality
cordlngly. crude coral bringing from 10 cents to
$500 pound.
Coral is found in many parts of the Mediter-
ranean. where II grows at a depth of from 40 70
10 fathonS In good years the of Tunis alone
yields 5000 pounds, valued about 100000 The
apparatus for coral fishing consists of cross made
pieces of old nets and UNFINISHED rope ends; the
whole is dragged by means of a strong rope over
the floor. Branching coras are entangled in the
ropes and nets, break off and pulled up with
them.
IN the manufacture of coral II is first sorted and
cut in suitable pieces, and then drilled. Pieces in
tended Tor scarIplns. for example, drilled only
part way through, and the pin IS screwed into he
the required shape. engraved and next mol
lshed Win puinlce stone and water after which n
very fire chalk and water is used. Oil is never
employed, as II tends TO spoil the color.
Both men and women employed as laborers
the former for the filing and engraving or carving
and the latter for drilling and polishing Wages
from 90 to 81 20. The engravers get high
er prices. according TO ability but very skilled
labor in this branch seldom receives 50 d day The
piecework system also obtains The value of manu-
featured coral depends entirely upon its form
quality and color. a pretty string OF large beads
may be bought here for IS or less while a similar
string. OF first quality would cost $500 The work
manship counts but OF more importance as regards
value Is the delicate question Of color shade The
size Of corals like that of diamonds, IS also an
Item Of MISUNDERSTANDING Report.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01

dately curl up and feign death. Should the crab
be put back on the beach in this condition 1t will
remain motionless for short time. when by
twisting and wriggIing movement il rapidly sinks
into the sand and disappears.
ION the dry part of the beaches along the Indian
Ocean are to be found the homes Of many little
into their shells and drop TnotionIess as if dead.
that the noise of their fall makes a continuous
tinkle walks the beach
'Starhshes are often found stranded upon our
beaches. and in many Instances these curious
creatures appear dead when really they are alive
When really dead starfish hangs loose and Imp
but. however dead il may look. if on touching II
there are manifest a frnness and consistency N
Its substance, may feel reasonably sure tlal
it IS playing the 'possum. and will revive WAen
placed in the water. Quite as certain mode 0l
ascertafning whether your starry friend IS HVAs
or dead is to lay it upon it's back, when. II sn'e'
a number of semi transparent SObular ooJeclS'
the animals locomotory organs, Will be seen "
move, reaching this way and that. as though ieer
ing for something to lay hold or where"lth 10 y
store it to its normal position.
Some kinds OF beetles. many or the NoOl+
wooIly caterpillars which have poisonous mars %
their backs and numerous spiders adopt sliniIai
tactics Even the weed louise has the same ul0A
and rolls itself into a ball One small spider WIZ.
makes its home in a corner Of the immense Neo u
a very large spider has a curious way Oh rs.
ing death when disturbed. Uniting four LssS -
front and four behind, the insect presents W
the body a uniform curve. and the spider nhsis :.
this condition be readily mistake for htuS ~
curved twig or bark"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
AN IMPERIAL sPIRITuALIsT.

The Car is by means what can be called
deeply read but he takes great delight in Htera-
ture the lighter kind and he is credited with the
remark: Were / not-wel what ami should he
the greatest bookworm I'm the world" One of his
most curious hobbies-and yet perhaps not curious
when considers his extremely temDera-
ment-is the study Of occultism. He loves 10 get
hold Of spiritual mediums and clairvoyants and he
is very superstitOus in many ways. Some time
ago certain spiFtualist established at the
court. and II rumoTed that the Gar and this
man used frequently TO arrange seances together
weird story used TO be told during the late
Russo-Japanese the effect that a diver foId
the Car that having dved 10 the bottom OF the sea
he beheld the Inflated Admiral Makharon standing
on his sunken batteship with q halo round his
head. Tell the Car" said the appariton that
Russia will soon be- vctorious."-'M A. p"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
HARD TO WORK BESIDE A CLOCK.
Timekeepers Report the Office Ticker Nearly
Drives Them Crazy

Working beside a clock is the most tresome kind
OF work. This holds good. however charming the
task may be at other times however engaging
the work would be If no clock were In the ROOM
and is the general consensus of opinion of time
keepers. ushers and other employees whose work
keeps them near the front door and the office
clock.
Il work with a clock right beside me all day
said a timekeeper in factory recently, land the
day is SO long that hundred times hour.
more or less, L threaten TO quit my JOHN my
mind, Of course. The minutes seem like hours
and the whole day drags along at snails pace.
Before / got this place l upstairs in another
department. where there no clock nearer than
the front office, and the day fairly flew along to
close II you want to pass an extremely tiresome
and stupid quarter of an hour. just try to watch
the hands of clock for that length OF time, and
III warrant that before you through-well,
you'll wish you had never started
Another ttmekeaper declared that the constant
ticking got on his nerves and kept him from
doing his work properly
Il finally had to request permission to do my
'checking-up work on the time sheet in another
ROOM" he said. rather than work beside that
clock. 1t nearly drove me crazy."-Chicago News.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
A hOT WEATHER MECCA.

MorIey's Lake Pleasant, Mass. july IL
almost perfect weather of the last month mas - =,
crowds of vacationists TO this beautiful secuoI =
the Raw state where one NAV ind enjoyable rec
reatfon, pure air and a relief from the neat O-
is welcome to the city afflicted folk who nave -
working in the busy marts Of trade. me AIM,
of many business men hay been spenu'He
summer here. the man of the house cohilIs ~
spend his Saturday afternoon and SUNDAY -
with comfortable gathering OF guests inc - -
has been a lively spot since It's opeAins- q.
parties have been much in vogue Gil'''9
ALWAYS popular. and canoeists have taken adV@n.
tage of this Ieafy paradise enjoy paddAns 49,
in the hooks and crannies afforded by tAe '@N'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH
Grading and Curling Of Flatbush
4uenue Extension Soon to Begin.

After a DELAY OF more than two years. the work
OF moving the debris from the Flatbush avenue ex-
tension began late last week and soon the grading
OF the street and the laying of curbs and side
walks will begin II is hoped that the work will be
finished within ninety days. The contract for the
having OF the extension has not yet been let as
the borough officials have been waiting TO learn
when the construction OF the proposed subway
under the street is TO begin. They do not wish 10
nut the city 10 the expense of paving the eHten.
sion IL the subway builders 10 start in soon
as the paving is laid and rip II UP. When the
street is I'm condition 10 use, the builders viii go
ahead with the erection Of numerous structures,
the plans Of which have been on file for months
past
The smoking habit among the girls OF the Bay
Ridge section has taken strong hold IL the story
told IN the Fifth police court before Magis-
trate Geismar the ether day can be believed. Mar
garet Heinz twenty-one years old. OF No. PSI tSd
street was arraigned. charged by her mother with
smoking cigarettes
..An the girls in the Bay Ridge section smoke
them" sobbed the girl. Il learned the habit from
the others"
DO you mean 10 say that all the girls are sd-
dicted To this habit?" demanded the magistrate.
IAN that ] know" replied the young woman
why fudge the habit has grown that girls
out there don't think anything Of it. have never
smoked much and. when did smoke, it was just
for the fun Of it"
The magistrate was informed by Mrs. Heinz that
the girl was incorTigible. He ended the hearing
by placing her in the of the probationary
officer until August 81. saying that he believed
there was a chance for her 10 quit the cigarette
habit and reform. .'sr-
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ment of their daughter. Miss Eta Mae Presley. to
Walter Bristow Davids. Of Mrs. Louise c.
Davids OF No. 1o5 Herkimer street.
IN. engagement is announced Of Miss Elsie Doro-
thy Helm, daughter of Mrs. John Helm, of Rich
mond Hill. and George W. Drucker, OF No. 1913
Sterling Place.
Mrs. Berkeley Mostyn will spend the remainder
OF the season at Bar Harbor.
Colonel and Mrs Willis L. Ogden returned from
Europe on Wednesday on the Oceanic
Mrs Van wyck Rossiter returned from abroad
Monday by the iceland.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Kennard Buxton and Miss
Jessie Culver Tredwen will spend August and Sep
TENDER IN England. They sailed yesterday week
Frederick r Aldrldge and his daughter Miss
Marguerite Aldrdge booked to sail the
Cleveland yesterday for two months trip abroad.
Their itinerary includes Paris. Lucerne, Venice,
the Italian lakes, the Engadne, the Austrian Tyrol.
Munich and Dresden.
Mr. and Mrs Ethelbert Ide Low Lyman TIine
and Benjamin Robins Curtis Lord sailed on the
Lustania Wednesday 10 spend the remainder of
the summer travelling on the Continent.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Nelson Lowrey who have
been abroad since early summer. viii spend this
month on a cruise to Russia Denmark and Sweden.
Mrs. Jeremiah V. Meserole and Miss sophi. L.
Meserole were in Lucerne last week
Mr.. and Mrs. william n Dykrnan were in Paris
! last week
A number of Brooklyn people registered at the
Poland Springs House. Poland Springs. Me, on
Thursday. Among them were the George d
Pratts Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Treduay White Miss
katherine l. White Miss Annie Jean White and a
party comprising Francis L. Eames Miss Games
Miss stockwell. Miss Walton. Miss Kenyon and
Miss stearns, all of this borough.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Allen Putnam and Miss
Carolyn Putnam have left MidfeIds their summer
place at Southampton Long Island and viii spend
August in the Adirondacks
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Murdoch. Miss Clara Muir
dock and Warren Murdoch among the motor
lists at the Equinox. Manchester, VT, on Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs F. B. Jourdan were among the
motorists at the Red Lion Inn. Stockbrdge Mass,
on Thursday. On Wednesday they were at the
Elton, Waterbury, Conn.
Mrs. John b Ladd is TO spend August at the
Kent House. Greenwich Conn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard c. HolIaman WILL as usual
pass August at the Frontenac. Thousand Islands
The Rev. DR.. and Mrs Reese D. Alsop are at
Seal HaIbor, Me. for the remainder OF the season
MISS Gertrude Coleman. who has been paying
round OF visits. will join her parents Mr.. and Mrs
George 3 Coleman, at the Maplewood Hotel. in the
White Mountains. next week
Mrs Henry Belden Ketcllam. who spent the early
part OF the summer at North Holley Canada is now
al Tcmigami Lakes, Ontario.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Z Newton are motoring
through Vermont and New Hampshire
Mr.. and Mrs Cornelius Delano Wood motored
up 20 the St Huberts Club. Keene Valley last
week.
Mr. and Mrs Eugene Pitkin and Miss Jane pit
kin will be missed from the summer colony at
Nyack for the rest OF the season They sailed us
terday by the Cleveland. They were accompanied
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
BROOKLYN SOCIAL CHAT
Summer Travellers Weddings and
ENGAGEMENTS.

Mrs. J. Frederick Alderman has just announced
the engagement OF her daughter, Miss Adelaide
Alderman, TO J. Harold Pearch, of Manhattan and
Liverpool. England. The Ackermans formerly lived
in Eighth avenue but for the last three have
made their permanent home in Greenwich. Conn.
Three years ago Miss Lesley Louise Alderman
married Ernest Chalkley Wills The wedding will
take place some time in the autumn.
Wednesday evening marked by the wedding
of Miss Alice Haleck daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
William c. Halleck. of No. 465 Marlborough Road,
Flatbush and Lieutenant Robert Stanley Donald
son, L. s A. 1t a home ceremony. with the
Rev. DR.. Almon F. Gunnison. president of St Law
renee University, officiating. The bride was gowned
in white satin crepe meteor. with garnitures OF
silver and carried shower bouquet OF roses ana
Hlies-of- the-valley. Her sister, Mrs. n. Henry
and held pink roses The pest man was Lieutenant
Van Deusen u S. A. The invitations were limited
10 relatives and few intimate friends. Lieutenant
Donaldson who was graduated from West Point
this year has teen ordered to Fort Meade. South
Dakota.
Mrs Anna Walbrdge Brown was quietly married
to Howard AicWilliams yesterday week at the
homo OF her brother Robert r. Walbridge' IN Red
ding Conn Mrs Brown is the daughter of DIN G-
walbridge OF No. 81 Prospect Park West, and the
widow of Paul Taylor Brown. Mr. McWilliams Is
IN. son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel w McWilliams or
M 80 South Portland avenue and brother Of DR..
Clarence McWilliams, OF Manhattan. He was
graduated from Princeton in 1883
Mr. and Mrs. Thaniel Pressey. Of No. 100 East
18th street. Flatbush. have announced the engage
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-01
THE TURKEY BUzzARD's TRICK.

The turkey buzzard is of the few birds
which feign death escape their enemies. Once
friend shot a specimen through the wing. He found
it standing under a laurel BUSH looking brightly
about wing hanging AS he approached its
head began to droop to side and by the time he
reached It the buzzard lay upon its side appar-
emily lfeless Believing that it really dead,
my friend with difficulty forced it into his game
bag and proceeded home. distance OF two miles.
The bird was then taken from the same bag and
thrown down in the yard, limp and seemingly life
less My friends surprise may be imagined when.
calling out TO the family To come and view the
captive moment later. the bird was found running
around the yard as lively on the family =
approach. however. the same motions were enacted
when IL was first captured. and again 1t lay upon
its side. apparently dead. This routine followed
each approach until after a while IL became
toned TO the presence of persons.
THE wild goose when wounded viii occasionally
adopt this ruse. AS soon II finds escape impos
sibe II will stretch out it's neck and remain stin
and immovable. so that 1t may be handled In this
condition. the muscles remaining rigid in
lepsy. If, however, IT is not disturbed Il will
begin to peep around and gradually attempt to get
away.
The Spotted Tinamou (Nothura maculosa). Of