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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-24

my arms pinioned. and was being carried
or by three men. two at my had and aas
at my feet. I admit woke Up. The thSss
who had me were notorious cop fighters
Of the district, named John the Coat
Blink Mclaughlin and punch and lsdy
CosgrOve. The Goat was so called b
cause OF his ability TO scale fences. E1la
Cosgrove earned his title on account q BIS
red beak. AL were my bitter enemies
soon realized that it was their genfs Pr
pose 10 carry me 10 the river. whieh rs
only 100 feet away. and 70 throw ne nc
the frigid water. where. hampered Eii1
heavy winter clothes, uniform everest
shoes. belt. pistol. stick. helmet and han
gloves. all buttoned tight. it would ~
take me long to drown In the hops
attracting attention and gettius aid / b.
gan to yell Help, Police Fire Mards'-
My captOrs said, shut UP, YOU --
This is your finish. We've s1t you n9H
And one of them gave ne a smashing aaS
on the nose that covered nv fac VIII
blood. / struggled desperately as We nsa,sl
the river, and, redoub.ius my eforis IS
We came within fifteen feet Of the sds'
and the men We're just preparing 10 assi'
me over, l compelled the thug at my ri
TO let go and then wrenChed my Sholldsn
loose from thes grip Of the others.
- The Goat and Punch and judy IA
while Blink Mclaughlin tarried 10 giTs =
parting kick. I grabbed his legs. ard V
had tussle on the brink Of the rEs'
using fists. teeth. heels. He got UP and -
Ny blood was circulating wen by this tl1
land took after him Round the maltaaas
he went 10 the 37th street dock IN
jumped on a string of canal boats VIC
filled the slip to a block below 80 We -
a Steeplechase in the dark over eanal1A'
and salt water I didn't know and an
care whether I should set killed al "a
game. / fell on some Si1Upery deess
made some close jumps between boaIs.
Kept on the track OF the mi~creant Az
We got 20 the end Of the steeplscAase
fellow turned 10 First avenue and y
doubled back To the -iver By that ~
had got my club out and was only q =
feet behind my man i could barely -
his shoulder blades with the ZIP
locust. / pressed him So close mai -
he found himself at the edge OF the -
and no escape on either side he 'eo-
extra long jump and divsd clean ia'o
river. / waited for him 10 come w.
fired a few bullets at the place Wae'
vent down. There was 10 sign OF Ai-
seemed he must have drowned. bu'
next night dock Waterman told me 4.
Mclaughlin had showed up early u
morning. covered with icicles. as Y ns =,
just arrived from the Arctic regions u I,
impossible TO drown a waterfront thus
that"
IL was recorded the; other day that
tenant Andrew Devecy. a brother = r,c
best ever former Chief Big BIZ -
cry, had a narrow escape In cue -
street police station when Spe~.s
came through skyIIght within three e. -
OF the lieutenant's position and risn' =.
MS head would have been II ne h -,
swered a telephone call with pFoiIF' - >
The machine fell from the wind0"
adjoining Office building.
Tribune readers who have Nae -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-24
ALASKA AS AN INVESTMENT.

II is Just little more than t 80, slossd
a deal BY which Russia cedeI S- aais2
the United States. The price ~ -, ssnlocrt
and the Car took about hall ne ma > ST.
In old gunbOats. Of which We
plus left over from the war -, the IT,
Since then we have taken out - ,,ss 81
ritOry products amounting TO a9"Ss't ossf
10000 To SS.1I5.0oO a year, sSSo.ost. As
100 per cent per annum on inc y fUeuty
We cot Htfie proat during the nrst s,Ssslng
wears. We are now taking out 500 rsf
IKE 80 Der cent OF the original 60 suoeF
But as Alaska contains a u.,sSIv taksa
care ~ ami coal rs last for years S.Ssrss
the bargain was a good one, I nS q
and other wealth prOducing tes'
Alaska may be made perpe va. Inst ne
Yet a great cry was falseS e ana xea-
.oys~nn,snt FOR the purchase. ana ~ ,sask
eSsI bore most OF iL-Les Angus
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COMMISSIONER EUsTIS.
Near death from a klcklng horse.

much trouble in gaining information OF
my quarry. Another source OF informa.
ton, as in all such cases. was the local
postmaster and the railroad agent To
them conhded my errand, soaring them
enough so that they would not gossip. and
learned all they knew OF the countryside.
The upshot was that within a short time.
aided by my confreres. I captured SIX
men and one woman. all the members Of
the gang except old man Henderson him
self. He had escaped.
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was one consolation, that had good COM
pany TO drown in. 1t is so unsociable to
drown alone. Yes. we stayed out there in
the water for two mortal hours, and may
be some OF us repented OF the watery trans
actions we had been guilty OF in the Street
You know, It is a popular error that bro
kers have no consciences. They can suffer
remorse, just like lawyers and other folks
But, not to harrow the feelings of your
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-10-24

Tribune readers who have nae - >
escapes from death are inVitsa - ss
accounts Of the circumstances TOR PN'
tl0n.
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Man of Many Names.

Charles Stewart Vane-Tempest.
Stewart, Marquis of Londonderry,
who has just entered his fifty-seventh
year, has been obliged to change his
mode of signature five times. When
he was born,in 1852 his grandfather,
the third marquis, and his uncle, SUBJ
sequently the fourth marquis, were
still alive. His uncle was Lord Cas-
tlereagh, his father vas Lord George
Vane, and he was Charles Stewart
Vane-Tempest-Stewart. On the death
of the third marquis Lord George
Vane succeeded to the earldom of
Vane, and his son, getting the our
tesy title of Lord Seaham, thus
signed himself when he was at Elton.
The death of his uncle made his
father Lord Londonderry and him
self Lord C%astlereagh, and as such he
signed himself before he left Oxford.
In 1884 he succeeded to the mar
quisate, earldom and barony of Lon
donderry and the %viscounty Of Castle
reagh Gall Irish ~titles), and the earl
dom of Vane, viscounty of Seaham
and barony of Stewart in the English
peerage. Since then his signature
has been Londonderry, except in the
House of Lords, where he sits by
right of his English earldom and
therefore signs himself Vane.-West-
minister Gazette.
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Cleaned Up Boston.

The remarkable achievement Oh
Arthur Dehon Hill, the young Dis
trict Attorney of Boston. who has
sent a dozen municipal criminals to
prison, is described in an article by
Clement l.. Pollock, which appears IN
the issue of darper's Weekly. &c
get a proper idea of HILL" says the
author, ut should be mentioned that
he comes from a family of scholars.
book-worms and bl~ue-bloods. One
day, so the story goes. little Arthur
climbed over a barricade Of volumes
and made his way to his father.
Papa said the boy, I'm hungry. 1
want something to eat We'll, eat a
book, eat a book the professor is
said to have replied" But If the
young District Attorney was at first
despised and derided by the criminal
politicians, officials and contractors.
he soon showed his mettle. The as
tonishing list Of persons whom he
sent to prison, the indictment of thlr-
teen steel firms for conspiracy to rob
the city, the reaching out after the
man higher up" until the highest
felt none too asecure-all this is told
in this admirable and entertaining
article.
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EARS ON THEIR LEGS
That is Where an Ants Grow and He
Has Six Of Them.

Strange as it may seem an ant has
at least six ears. Aside from their
multiplicity they are located in just
about the queerest place imaginable
on the legs. They seem deaf to all
sounds made by the vibration of the
air, but detect the slightest possible
vibrations of solid material.
This is supposed to be to their adj
vantage, in that such things as APP
preaching footsteps tell more of the
possibility of danger than such
sounds as are transmitted through
the air.
So sensitive are their feet. says St.
Nicholas, that they detect the impact
of a small birdshot dropped on the
table from a height of about six
inches and about fourteen distant
from an artificial nest placed at the
other end of the table.
AS curious as are their ears. their
noses are even more extraordinary.
AS the ants spend most of their time
in the dark, they must depend largely
on scent for their guidance, and in
consequence have quite an elaborate
array of noses. each for a special pur-
pose.
Miss Adele Fielde believes that
their antennae are composed Of a
number OF noses strung along in a
line. Still more strange is that fact
that each of these noses can smell
only a special thing.
The nose on the tip or first joint of
the antennae, it is said. is for recog-
nizing the odor Of home; the one on
the second joint is to recognize rela-
tives. The third nose is the path
finder, and without it the poor ant
cannot follow a trail and soon gets
hopelessly lost. The noses, on the
fourth and fifth joints are for recog-
nizing the eggs and immature ants in
the nest.
No creature IS more tidy than an
ant, who cannot tolerate the presence
of dirt on her body. These little
real toilet articles in keeping them
selves clean. No less an authoritS
than DR.. McCook says their toilet ar
ticles consist Of coarse and ina
toothed combs. hair brushes, sponges
and even washes and soap. Their
saliva is their liquid soap, and their
soft tongues are their sponges.
Their combs, like their ears are
fastened to their legs. They stop foI
a,hasty cleaning when they get dirty
But a more leisurely toilet is made
when they feel in a loafng mood, and
they then lend a helping hand to one
another in the process.
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trasting material is appropriate. If
plain sleeves are preferred they can
he substituted, as shown in the back
view. The blouse is equally well
adapted to the odd waist and to the
entire gown, and it consequently can
be utilized for a variety of materials.
The blouse is made yer a fitted
lining, and itself consists Of fronts
and back, the fronts are tucked to
yoke depth only, but the backs from
shoulders to waist line. The fancy
sleeves are made over plain founda.
tons, and these are faced to form the
cuff or under-sleeves. The lining is
closed at the centre front, the blouse,
invisibly beneath the edge of the
right front. When the lining is
omitted, the cuffs, or under-sleeves,
are joined to the sleeves beneath tho
trimming.
The quantity of material required
for the medium size is three and Ave-
eighth yards twenty-one or twenty
seven or two and one-eighth yards
forty-four inches wide, and five
eighth yards eighteen inches wide for
collar and cuffs, three and three
quarter yards Of banding.
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High Collar and Headache.

A Vienna doctor has discovered
that one Of the most frequent causes
of headaches Is the tight and high
collar. He has been experimenting
with various patients. and he finds
that those who suffer from headaches
very often are most always those who
are in the habit of wearing high col
lars. His attention was drawn one
day to the high neckband of a woman
patient who was subject to violent
pains in her head and dizziness. He
persuaded her to lay aside this form
of reckwear, with the result that
the compression Of the neck ceased
and she was cured. Struck by this
result, the doctor has paid particular
attention to the collars worn by his
headache patients, and in almost all
cases the change to lower and easier;
neckbands gave a beneficial result.
The doctor declares that nobody with
any tendency to headache should wear
a high collar.-New York Sun. :
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Pastoral Staff Of q Bishop.

After the recent conservation Of
the venerable Michael Furee to be
Bishop of Pretoria, various %presenta-
tions were made to him, including a
remarkable pastoral staff. In view
Of the district in which it is to be used
it has been most cleverly designed.
with symbols illustrative of local
scenes and traditions, besides en-
blems of the Episcopal office. 1t has
a stack, a dump and a headgear' to
represent the mines. 1t has a wagon
and an OK crossing a ford, to repre-
sent the diocese in which the newly
made Bishop was ordained. 1t has a
lion to represent England, and a GER
tain device to represent Pretoria, be-
sides an anchor and an eagle to rep
resent the United States, in honor Of
the country from which the Bishops
wife came-a truly representative
Episcopal staff.-Pall Mall Gazette.
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Identifying the Lady.
0ooOoooeooe

The young minister temporarily
officiating at Hankins' Falls for the
summer met Ehud Leffingwell as he
was walking to church on Sunday
morning.
How do, Mister Lefingwell?" he
cried. ch~eerfully. "Going to church
this beautiful morning."
Hay" asked Ehud, who was pref
ty hard of hearing. "Hay?"
-roared the minister.
"Nuh," Ehud responded. "Lookin
few my caow. She must a got out
the barn las night. UNLOCKED the
hasp, I cal-late, an jest strayed-"
-Come-on-to church." the min
lister shouted cordially, land after
preaching I'll tell the congregation,
and they'll help you. You'll get your
COW much quicker"
"3'jocks! I'll go ye," said Ehud'
heartily. and he fell into step with the
young minister. At the church door
he was overcome by modesty and, de-
.claring that he didn't have his Sun
.day-go-to-meetin' clothes on, insisted
upon sitting in n Of the most dis
tant pews.
He didn't hear the sermon at all.
but he could tell when it was over by
seeing the young minister fold up his
manuscript and put it away. This
done, the young maj began to make
announcements. Ehud raised his
right hand in a great leathery scoop
behind his ear. but still he heard
nothing.
MY dear friends" said the minis
ter, sit affords me great pleasure to
tell you that on Tuesday evening next.
at the hour of six o'clock, there will
be celebrated at the home of the
brides parents the wedding Of Mr..
Edward Stoutenboro, one Of our most
esteemed and promising young men,
and that charming, estimable young
lady-as beautiful as she is good
Miss Mehitabel Dodsworth."'
AS the minister ceased everybody
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OUR DIMINISHING BEEF SUPPLY
Eventually the American Will Be Compelled
to Cut Down His Meat Ration.

up as high as it likes until the point
is reached where the consumer no
longer can afford to buy.
It is vain to suppose that the Amer
lean people will benefit by the addi-
ton of the South American cattle
ranges to the Beef Trusts domestic
sources of supply. Extension of the
monopoly to include the worlds chief
beef supply outside the United States
will only strengthen the trusts grip
on the consumer. In the past and for
a time to come the price Of meat has
been and will be put up artifcially
and illegally. But as the grazing
areas become exhausted by the press
ure Of population, and the same press
ure Of population continually swells
the demand for meat products, the
| prices thereof will mount in response
to the natural law.
At trust-made prices steaks and
chops are in the nature Of a luxury
now. AS tho supply decreases and
| the demand increases, each more rap
idly with the roll Of years. the efforts
of the trust will not be required to
put beef out of the reach of millions
| who eat it now two or three times a
day. Eventually our people will be
driven to the fare upon which other
| countries where beef is almost as rare
as pate de fois gras are compelled to
| subsist. The land will yield less and
less cattle year by year, and the pop
ulation will have to cut down its beef
| ration accordingly.-New York Press.
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Novels as Serials.

Book buyers and collectors of first
editions will be interested in the re-
vival of the practice of issuing novels
in monthly parts. Fifty or sixty years
ago the practice was common enough;
most of the popular works of the
early Victorian novelists were so pub
lished and the appearance of install
ments of Thaclieray in yellow and of
Dickens in green was eagerly looked
forward to by hundreds of thousands
of readers. If a story really arouses
public interest, this method Of publ
cation is very profitable to the author
and the publisher, but it is by no
means certain that the production of
any living writer will rival the pop
ularity of any Of the classic novelists.
Perhaps the only author likely to
achieve success in monthly guise is
William F. de Morgan. whose style
approximates that of the early Victo-
rian writer's New York Sun.
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Did This Dog Reason?

We brought from Scotland a collie
about six months old. He was al
lowed, like several of the pets you
have mentioned. to be with us at the
breakfast table, but never was to be
fed in the dining room This rule
was strictly enforced by my daughter.
I was the only member Of the family
who ever broke over the rule. And
often when 1 offered him a tempting
bone he would glance across the table,
and if he caught the %forbidding eye
he would resist the temptation. But
one morning she left the table abb
ruptly. Rab followed her into the
hall and watched her till she had
closed the door of her study. Then
he scampered back, nudged my elbow,
as if to say: Nov is our time!" He
seized the bone, and "a soor crunch
ing 1t with the greatest satisfaction.
Communication in London Spec1
tator.
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The Worlds Shoemaker.

The first worlds shoe and leather
fair opened in Boston is an industrial
exhibition of great interest. America
is fast becoming the worlds shoe
maker. It's shoe factories employ
149,924 operatives, who receive
wages Of 69,000,J 900 annually, and
whose product is valued at above
S320,00O,000 The concentration of
the industry in Massachusetts is
shown in the employment of upward
of $4,000 operatives in this manufac-
ture, of whom o%ne-third are women.
Nearly fifteen per cent. of the entire
population of Lynn is engaged in
shoemaking. The output of American
boots and shoes has nearly doubled in
twenty-five years and the industry
has gained new markets in England
and on the Continent.-New York
World.
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The report Of q British Govern
ment commission that the American
Beef Trust was getting the Argentine
cattle raising and beef packing indus
try in it's grip is confirmed by the
New York correspondent of the Lon
don Times. More than s40,000,OO0
of bonds lately issued by the Big
Four companies of Chicago is to
finance control Of the meat and hides
of Argentina.
But the explanation by this au-
thority for the policy of the Chicago
packers is found not alone in a desire
on their part to corner the Smithfield
market, as the English fear. The
Beef Trust monopoly and high prices
in cattle fodder have discouraged the
cattle raisers of the United States,
and they now fail to meet the domes-
tic demand that increases with the
population; also, our grazing area di-
.m:nishes rapidly. Hence the Beef
Trust must look elsewhere for its raw
material. and its decision to invade
the South American cattle ranges was
fastened by the showing of last year
of a falling off in the number of cat
tie slaughtered in the United States
Of 1000. 900 head from the year be-
fore.
At the increasing rate of domestic
consumption ot foodstuffs it is fig
ured by James J. Hill that five years
from now all American wheat will be
taken by the home market. Robert
P. Porter, writing for the London
Times, shows the heavy annual de-
crease 81 cattle and beef exports, and
predicts tina: perhaps within five
years none will be shipped abroad.
The Beef Trusts inroads upon the
leather trade--tt now controls the
domestic outpIt of hides as it does
beef-makes the Argentine field at
tractive. TIL. live cattle Of South
American cannot be imported owing
to our protective duty. but Argenti-
mas hides and chilled beef may be
brought here with profit on the joint
operation, for with possession Of both
the United States and South Ameri-
can raw material the trust can put
the price of, leather, as well as meat,
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PUZZLE OF THE MOUNTAINS.
Origin of the DEVILS Racecourse in
the Blue Ridge.

"The Blue Ridge Mountains abound
in natural wonders" observed n. A..
Barnes, of Pen-Mar. Most wonder
full of them all, in my opinion, is the
DEVILS R%acecourse, which is but 9
short walk from Pen-Mar.
AT first view this strange, natural
phenomenon appears like q broad
roadway of great stones which e1-
tends away up the mountain in a path,
no human hand could ever build.
Many of these great stones weigh
tons, while others are only few
hundredweight. Lying close together
by the thousand they present an ex-
t%raordinary spectacle.
"Tradition has 1t, and scientists
agree, that a thousand or more years
ago this strange track was the bed
of an ancient river. The conclusion
is drawn from the looks Of the stones;
they are all we'll rounded and worn
smooth, showing the action of the
water, which had polished their rough
edges, no doubt, for centuries.
but the mystery is if this theory
be true to explain how the great body
of water was confined at the Sides
for the course is not hemmed in by
high banks, mol is it located in a
ravine. In fact, it stands somewhat
higher than the 9atural side of the
mountain. The puzzle only intensffes
interest in the queer place and multi.
plies the arguments and theories OF
it's prehistoric origin. baltimore
American. . .
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Where "John" is Buried.

One Of the deputies of the Seine
recently taking a trip in the south of
France, made a visit to the cemetery
at Avignon. Before going among the
tombs he asked the keeper il there
we're any illustrious dead in the cem-
etery. LIE Cri de Paris gives the dia-
logue:
YES" was the answer. Here
sleep the celebrated Aubanel and the
famous Roumanille, and we also nave
the tomb of the Englishman."
"What Englishman?"
John"
"What John?"
1.-The English John. His tomb is
nothing remarkable. I don't know
why all the English going through
here come to- see it. They are very
droll!"
The deputy directed his steps to-
ward the monument Of John. He
then read upon the stone: .
Here lies John Stuart Mill, philo-
sopher."
And this was the great British pos
Twist.
O vanity of glory. In the country
of Avignon, where his genius went
out, he is only an unknown English
John.
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Plain and Tucked Bishop Sleeves.

The bishop sleeve Is always a grace
full one Just now it makes the
latest style, and is made both with
and without a cap and both plain and
tucked. Here are three, all of which
are attractive and graceful. One is
made with an oddly shaped cuff, one
with a deep cuff pointed at the inner
edge and one Is cut off in three-quar-
ter length and Joined to a straight
band, but all are equally correct. For
the sleeves any pretty thin material
is appropriate, and the cuffs can be
made to match or Of contrasting ma
terial, as liked. When the cap is
used 1t should be in contrast, and a
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The Cutaway Coat,

The cutaway coat in all materials
is the fad of the moment: 1t is seen
in cloth braided, in embroidery, in
lace or in brocade, trimmed in lace,
the latter a dressy garment for after
noon or demi-evening wear. These
coats are particularly effective in the
lighter colors or pompadour silks.
and are favored more by taller wom-
en- than those who cannot claim
queenly stature.