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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-27
THE LAW YER'S ART
HOW Il SKILLED MIN
TREATS WITNESS.
Pcrj1uu ON Increase, Says VT
WcNman -1nccdOtes Of
Court Experiences.

Declaring that perjury is on the increase
In our courts and citing the unre,iabillty Oh
testimony as shown by psychological expeEf
ments. Francis /. Wellman. In his book OF
piouant anecdotes and subtle details OF the
advocates art Day I'm Court, puohsneo
bv the Macmillan Company. tells how 10
prepare witness for trial, thus:
THE only safe way IS to get the witness
to write out his story himself. in his own
phraseology,. in his own way, and n MS
own handwriting, and then sign and swear
to Il. Thus one has written evidence
which will ever prevent that particular Wit
ness from injuring him. AT the time OF MS
preliminary examination the witness naE
be disinterested. even friendly, yet "heh
the case is reached for trial he may pos
sibIy be found in the employ of ones ad-
versary; but the advocate can rest at ease
and force him to speak the truth so long
as he has in his possession this statement
written by the witnesses own hand and
contents sworn to.
of forty scientists and professional men
not long ago tested at G0ttinsen for the
correctness OF their observation Of simple
brief event, only six did not fall into posi-
tive error.
I'm the light of these experiments says
Mr. wellman. ''it makes the ordinary law
yer shudder to realize that 1t is daily ex-
perience in our courts to hear ignorant wit
nesses detail their memory of occurrences
perhaps year old. and all agreeing with
one another in the minute particulars OF
what they then saw and heard
Great advocates spend much time in pre-
pairing their cases from the technical as
we'll as the legal standpoint General b. f.
Butler it is said, spent many weeks In
workshop studying the details of the ma
chinery about which he was 10 examine
witnesses in court. Another case is that
of an advocate who spent three days in the
dirt of a coal mine measuring coal veins
and making estimates, in order to explain
the matter fully TO the jury.
What is not commonly known of the
CARLYLE Harris case Of seventeen years ago
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-27

sets Of gears that lie between when it is
desired 20 pass from the lowest to the
highest speed or vice versa. The move
ments Of the control lever, too, are shorter.
To start car fitted with any of these
types il is necessary to withdraw the
clutch tefore sliding the gears This is
also necessary in changing from one com
Situation ia another. The square shaft or
the corresponding shaft. of q change speed
mechanism is al all times connected with
the driving wheels. When the car is stand
ing the shaft is at rest. With the engine
running. the counter shaft VIII be in revolu-
ton With this revolution Of the counter
shaft. will be readily understood, il will
lie difficult to slide the stationary gear into
mesh with moving one
The clutch being withdrawn the counter
shaft acquires its movement through mo-
mentum alone. and viii he brought TO Il
stop by the teeth of the sliding gear as
that is moved against il. The sliding gear
and the gear on the counter shaft then go
into mesh without difficulty and the clutch.
being thrown in slowly brings tho speed
Of tie counter shaft mp - that OF the crank
shaft.
If the attempt is made to slide the gears
without first Withdrawing the clutch when
the car is moving. gears revolving II en-
troIy different sreeds viii lac lrought into
contact. f,qua! revolutions are required to
enable them to mesh ana the speed mutt
therefore be adjusted. go that either the
speed Of the car mast he changed 50 as 10
make the speed Of the gear on the square
shaft equal 10 that of the counter shaft
gear, or the SPEED of the engine must he
changed to produce The same result III
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-27
Rich PittsburgerRef
to Prosecute Men He
Had Trusted

PirtsIu,rg is still smiling quietly over the
remarkable punishment meted out recently
TO two erring employees by Alexander X
Peacock. one of Pittsburgs most sudden
rich" Finding that two of mis- trusted
men had taken about s25o.0Oo from hln'
the former steel man and partner OF An
drew Carnegie called them into his private
Office separately, made them confess their
individual parts in the affair sign over to
him all the property they had in part pay
1oent of the debt and :hen he gave both OF
the naughty clerks a body beating that they
will not forget in many years and dis
charged them.
Before lea1 ing here on long trip
through the South. Mr.. Peacock said TO
some friends who urged him TO prosecute
both the former employees: mo. ] deserved
il all / didn't watch the Sunday school
officials in my employ. and they did me
Hereafter I'm going TO employ ragans or
other heathen. And Mr.. Peacock adheres
TO his original intention not &c prosecute
tie Young men who gave Pittsburs chorus
girls a very lively six months on he former
steel mans money.
1t is likely that no man ever connected
with the iron and steel business Of Pitts
burg and who became suddenly rich ever be-
came such a character as Alex r. Pea
cock 1t was he who really caused the for
nation Of the United States Steel Corpora
ton through making II. G. Frick so angry
with him that AIR. Prick threw him out or
the Carnegie Steel Company, where he had
held the post of first vice-president. Pea
cock had long been a protege of Andrew
Carnegie. and the latter, on hearing that
Prick had dethroned Peacock, At once set
machinery in motion which resulted in the
final dcthronement of Prick.
Many years ago, when the present Mrs
Carnegie was buying her wedding rousseau
in New York, she came in contact with
very busnesslike sales manager. The
future Mrs. Carnegie wanted q. certain
brand of linen that not to be had II:
America. The saleswoman appealed TO
manager i'm the store. who said TO the
would be purchaser: Il will have The linen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-27

permit of loose revolution. or. alternately.
OF its being locked 10 the crank shaf; and
revolving with it ny means of a clutch.
The crank shaft bears also TWO fixed gears,
one Cor the low; speed, the other for the re-
verse ON the counter s. aft q fixed eea-
in mesh with the gear CARED On the sleeve
OF tie crank shaft, and two sleeves Bear
ing gears in mesh with the fixed lew speed
and reverse gears on Tie crank shaft.
These gears have clutches by which they
may be revolved either loosely or IL con-
necticn with the counter shaft.
When the three clutches are d!scnsa .sed
the crank shaft in its revolution carries
along the fixed low speed and reverse
fsarS. The sleeve bearing the sprocket ana
gear remains stationary The counter shaft
sleeves reVolve because their gears are In
mesh with the fixed crank shaft gears. but
the counter shaft Itself is stationary. To
engage the low speed the clutch is thrown
In, which forces the counter shaft To re
Nolve with the fixed gear. which revolves
sleeve.
On account of the difference in the s'zN
tf the gears the counter shaft Will revolve
more slowly than the crank shaft, ami tha
driving spTccket will revolve Only once to
several revolutions of the crank shaft. For
the high speed the low speed clutch -,
Withdrawn and the driving sprocllet clutch
Is engaged. causing the spI ocket To reyolve
uniformly with the crank shaft
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-27
THRAsHED TWO CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES WHO ROBBED HIN

ia catch the writer's of the letters here
Peacock who Is a game man, said he
would willingly lose So 900 to catch the
gang and insisted that real money be left
at the place designated. while he lay IN
wait with the detectives, ready to capture
those who had threatened him.
IF they get away with it they are
welcome to it, and the drinks are on me- y
said Peacock but those who wrote the let
ter never came for the money. All this
made a good newspaper story, and The
Pittsburg Dispatch which had then
passed into the hands of Colonel G. A.
Rock got IT, Mr.. Peacock sent word that
the story must not be printed. and tho light
no more of it, not dreaming that any
newspaper would dare print the story once
he had forbidden it. The Dispatch came
out next morning with the whole story,
and that noon, when Peacock was stand
ing in the Duquesne Club, Colonel Rock
entered.
Don't you ever speak to me. Mr.. Rock:
don't you ever dare to speak to me-, said
Peacock before Rock had reached within
fifty feet of him.
That's easy. Alec. very easy. said
Colonel Rock. And from that day to this
the two have not spoken.
Mr.. Peacock is perhaps the only one of
Mr.. Carnegie's young partners who took
several years to find out how much he was
really worth. After he got his money from
the iron and steel business he for time
took up his residence at the Waldorf-As-
toria, in New York. and some of his Pitts
burg friends. reaching there one morning.
found him scribbiing and figuring in one
of the writing rooms.
What's the trouble, Alec" asked the
friend.
"Oh, only trying to figure out something
that is causing my wife and myself to
drift apart through our frequent disagree
ments. She says I'm worth 100000. and
she usually knows what she's talking
about; but, hang me if / can find that
other $,N0900. | can't count past eight"
1t was evident later. however. that he got
trace of the elusive 100000 for his wealth
has long since been authoritatively put at
far more than $500 000
The ability of Mr.. Peacock is and has
always been beyond question. The fact
that Mr.. Carnegie took him up did not
prove that he was wonderful man, but
the fact that Mr.. Carnegie retained him
and pushed him forward showed that he
was d most capable man. Mr.. Carnegie
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-27
OPPOSED TO INNOVATION

Investigation of the causes of complaint
shows that most OF the elementary school
principals are opposed 10 this innovation
in The taking Of q census largely on the
ground that there is already too much 10
distract the teacher from scheduled work
The injustice is visited upon the child
whose lessons are neglected, ii is argued
quite as much as upon the instructor whose
extra work is not paid for
In those schools attended almost ex-
rlusiyely by poor children. the amount OF
extra labor Oh the part of teachers is caus-
ing steadily increasing protest. INDECENT
mothers whose scant livelihood is got
et the expense Of neglect Of their children
tn many cases, place the burden OF locking
after their childrens' persons largely upon
young women teachers. Nervous break
downs consequently Of sensitive and deli
cate girls OF nineteen and twenty assigned
TO large classes in the poorer districts are
rot uncommon. il is asserted.
one Young teacher in 4 Brooklyn school
situated in the neart OF large Jewish
district declares that she is Obliged for
self-protection 10 devote time daily i'm al
tending TO the babitually soiled members
OF her class This duty extends not only
t. the washing Of faces and hands, bur
Frequently TO the care OF the nails and
teeth. Sixty small girls in one class Of
this school were required 10 bring their
toothbrushes and poN5e. 20 sclioo! :iid
have their names c-o-i-ef - each dis
pIayed her properly. II" administration o.
TIE purifiers was not actually superintendent
s., school. fortunately for Tie teaci1ef. TIE
litter asked one or the smallest girls u ~
sic had .4ot brought q brush H.ih ar, ana
received his answer:
My sister * going 10 get one. and AN
nse hers
Another bright eyed younsster under a.
raignment said
we never use them; We don'' meet
them
Another phase 81 school work. while adj
ynjfteGly necessary. AZ rlie, has caused
some complaint. Fire drills. usually or
derea by The Drincip4l a. gaazpccte.i times.
often take place IN bad weather and teach
ers are obliged, as Wei IS thcir pupils, 30
leave The building and ontcr he street
without stopping for wraps. Dfteri Ire
d.fl takes some 81 the clas-es 1870 - three
short blocks from The school, and sufficient
time elspses before ro-enterjne the hu- ding
10 catch d severe cold.
Likewise the obligation q" condEct lie
forenoon recess games causes discomfort on
the part OF the instructors The sporting
Liood of the aAoiase woman school teach
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-27

NO Is.
"HE seIsctive type Of sliding change
speed mechanism differs in control
from he type already described in
that its lever has only q short movement
forward and back, and may move sidewise
IN addition 10 such forward and back
movement. A shaft IS attached 10 the lower
end Of tie lever and this rocks in IFS bear
iaes as the lever moves forward or back
Siding lengthwise when the lever is moved
toward OF away tEom ne Car.
IL this type the arrangement Of the
square SHAFT end the counter shait is the
sa-fe IS = -, progressive type, described
last wee. But there are two sets Of slid
i2s gears instead of one. and they are
u.ovaa by atms that extend from reds slid
ing l.; bearings Il The side Of the gear case
when thes@ rods slide cndwise the gears
:..;ached Il. their projecting arms slide cor
IesTo,id!~s:= on the square SHAFT, and so
ia az out 81 mesh wi:l the counter shaft
gears cross the ends OF these rods are
grooves. and these grooves. when the gears
gre ia the neutral position, are In l!1e with
Ire locking SHAFT. which. as described. is
attachca 10 Tie controlling lever.
From the in,.2rd end Of the rocking shaft
here projects a finger downward into the
1.roove When The grooves are in line the
rocking shaft may slide endwise. ne finger
passing from one groove 10 the next with
o1i Injecting the rods. But when the shaft
- licked To. finger. in engaging ore OF the
clo0rcs. sides the rod endwisc. shifting
80 gears which IS arm controls. When
:hc control lever Is moved INTO such posi-
tion tat il may enter The middle slots Of
the guide plate The rocking shaft is 90
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-27

is that. the case had been abandoned %
the District Attorneys Office as 'suspi-
cio,ts but hopeless one when II was nahd-
cd over to my Industrious assistant Charlss
r. Sims and myself for further inVes'lss-
lion. Harris brought about the death =
his Young wife BIS the use OF morphine anu
something Of the magnitude OF Tue prsp"
ra ton OF that ease for trial Is SHOWN os 'i'e
sta4ernent that nearly Eve thousand cases
Of morphine poisoning were examined Do
fore the trial" Harris was convicted an"
executed. ..
The LAWYER VINO prepares tne oth-'
Of his case along with his own s'or
the best chance This was the practce Oh
Abraham Lincoln
trial preparation. IS was SHOWN
..rican living in Rome was sued BY an
art dealer for the price OF a paihtihe VIM"
No had not engaged to buy and declined 70
W Tbs American engaged an Italian
LAWYER At the trial he was amazed 20 So
t.r.ss after witness take the stand ana
s,,sar that they had been present IN the
- h,d hoard him ask the price OF the
-Ic.,-. and had heard him order IL sent 20
~. hotel, He turned helpiessly 70 MS la"
a,d said What can a foreigner DO IN
a., s,,ct, circuustances?' The lawyer piano
=, ran1,ed Wait When the defence opener
an so,aI number Of witnesses TOOK t"@
Stand and testified that they. too
present in the store. heard the America
Gel, tho nrice. order the picture sent 10 de
boteI and saw him take out his poche-
book and pay for it,
As to manner in court: Il nave
found II an advantage TO my chent
kent very quiet during the hTst par, u
go make no objections to evidence o'
n any procedure Of my opponent. az
.nnarent1v attentive but net keen l"~
tnrv begins to wonder what am there i''-
They begin to pity my client for not nav
ia, seoured a better talker- My opponent
seeDs TO he having his own way IN ever
thing If do perchance say anEthlhs tnat
seems worth while they prick up their ear
md look surprised. Gradually they mss
nff,- the importance OF any little remark
make and. finally realizing that my client
i really being represented. they All s'o-
denly flop over to my side Of the case
1t seems TO have been practlce l'i 'H7
clerk of the old Superior court OF ~"
work 10 hermit lawyers to Overhear jury
deliberations by staying in the clerk pr
ate office where the peculiar cons'ruc-
ton of the large courthouse windo"s
favored addition Says Mr.. Weilman'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-27
MANY QUERIES TO BE MADE

Here is some OF the information wanted;
Names of child and parents in fun, ad-
dress. ffcor Of apartment. front or rear, as
The case may he: country OF parents
birth; number OF years in tie United
states: the year month and day of the
cnild-s birth: whether the latter is a Grip
pie deaf. dumb. blind, tubercular, phys
aeaily or mentally unsound. has broken
cor se.paratedl family, is white or negro,
reads and writes English. reads or writes
any other language: works, and II so
llow many years and where; whether pos
scssed of q work certificate: whether an
attendant az evening school; names and
-1articl,lars about other chill 1ren ia family;
" here such, if there are any, are employed;
employers name and address, number of
schools attended previously, reasons for
,7,tn-a-tendance at school % brothers or
sisters: what kind Of work the latter are
doing, and how many positions each has
held The information given will be con
sidered confidential, says a notice at the
foot OF each slip
A policeman. STYLED "enumerator," af-
fixes his name. his precinct and shield
plumber and the number Of the section and
block to the card, AND iken the first part
OF The Worry is over.
But the real worry comes when the prin-
cipal and her aids in going over the cards
discover that some mite of a Hebrew in
Grade "a has seven brothers and sisters
3n seven other schools. and each has
turned in a report Then a general weed
\ 3ng out begins. care being taken 10 the
facts. in event Of the initia1ory yellow slip
failing to produce the desired information,
2 less expensive looking pink one is tried,
and when that has failed q home infoTra-
lion slip" with big letters al the top. Is
sent TO the parents and guardians. with a
notice that q fine not exceeding 500 or i'm
1srisonment rot exceeding thirty days VIII
lie incurred by failure To produce the facts
asked for.
The more aSsiduouS e the teachers have
comforted themselves with the knowledge
that the prime object of the canvass is TO
enforce the child labor law. as well as 10
place much needed information at the dis
Dosal Of the educational authorities. IN
many Of the schools. however. the ominoGs
bundles Of blanks have not arrived yet and
in such quarters the spirit of revolt is
strongest because of the rumors OF over
work that have travelled from teacher to
feacher about the city.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-27

>-o+ che least among the grievances O.
che public school teachers of New hcFA
So, who. as class, rebel against tie
.-,,n,,-,t OF unpaid labor demanded oil 'heih'
&c = recent order which requires the taxing
~ census Of al children between the
s-ee Of four and eighteen years in ac-
,,orsance with an act oe the Legislature VI
reos cities Of the first class Throughout tle
state are obliged to kave census o"atc,
consisting Of the Mayor, Commissioner oi
Police and the supeTintencencs OF the pup
BIC schools. These boards were TO start
,stztn- the census in their respective dis
i-,fcts in October. 1909. but IN New YORK
CITY the work has only just begun anu 'i'e
patient school ''martns' and masters 10
whom the lions share OF work has come
arc having troubles Of their own.
Quantities Of yellow and pink blanks.
lnith 7,uzzline spaces and margins. are NOR
irving q great majority Of the l1,eee ois-
'nense7s Of education hereabouts, and les
sons have had 10 be widely abandcnec IN
80 effort 10 obey the unweicome law
IL the teachers had not already SO many
grievances along with unequal pay vary
ing schedules and 8 host OF other duties
10 xex them in class room, the nnesebt
burden would doubtless not haze stlrred up
Sc much protest AS il stands, hoWeNS''
Indignation is being expressed Ia every
quarter, and before long, il is sald. 'he
l3ar,i Ct Education-whivh. however ap-
pears not 10 he responsible for the mat
1er-u-iil hear a few things from the teach
snc body calculated TO remind one that
Shore is a limit 10 human endure nee
Full FIVE thousand cards, containing
sr,lcn feneaIoey. have heen flied IN one
school representing two entire days work
The cessation IN study has been demorai-
.zi,;s 10 class routine, II is 2veTred Ac-
-cording 10 the system prescribed, the teach
ers-vrf7o lave classes IN the elementary
schools Of from forty Ia siXty-fIve or more
rurils-question each pupil regarding MS
immediate self. then ABOUT his family, MS
health and other sundiy conditions. Inc
snsgrers are recorded upon the blanks fur-
,,ssi,a5 f,z Ib. census board
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-27
NOT ALL BUILT FOR DANCING

Folk dancing has become decidedly pop
MAR with the grammar grade puphs
throughout the city, and has called 1or
special preparation on the part OF the
teachers of the grades where this course
is rrescribed Here the heavyweight teach-
ers again find occasion for lamentatioh'
and several have ironically suggested
cratuitous training at Muldoons 10 DC
given by the Board of Education 10 teach-
ers booked for this line Of work.
AS for the girl pupils. folk dancing mas
won their hearts even to such an extent
that anxious parents have come to school
protesting that the course in merryrnak King
is making their girls stagestruch
At the end Of the first three years OF
service in an elementary school, teacher
desiring to obtain permanent license Is
asked: What are you doing TO advance
yourse1f?- If the teacher desires TO make
4 favorable impression and to stand an
equal chance with her competitors, she Is
rerhaps able to say that she has ATTENDED
such-and-such a course of lectures at some
college OF institute. So strong an obilga-
ton 10 prepare ones self for advanced
work is felt by many of the lower grade
teachers that they spend many hours III
the week at private study or in various
lecture centres. While. in the main, out
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-27
HE LONGS FOR SILENCE.

My wife treats me with silent scorn."
Lucky dog
what do YOU mean"
MY wife treats me only with Scorn- -
Cleveland Leader.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-27
A BEAUTY.

as GuzzleT'Sc
Slobbs-Yes. it's the pink of imperfec-
tor isn't it?-Philadeiphia Record.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-27
ABOUT SLANG.

America is the great mint in which mod
ern slang is coined Many words and
phrases. however which we stigmatize as
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-27
census of Pupils. for Instance. involves a VAST
Amount of Worriment and Time Lost
From Class Work.

er enthcses little in such sirlish inoui-
gences as "Bluebird T'hro' My Wlhoo"
and THE Farmer IN the Del, Yet, TAT or
slim. she generally joins the dance TO pro-
mote fair play when necessary. This Is one
OF the dances that the stout teachers ma
awkward.
In and out the village,
in and out the tunnel.
The busy train goes by.
Slowly TO the station,
Slowly TO the station.
stop 90 greet your playmate
Stop to greet your playmate
Tra-la, Ia. Ia ia. la, Ia
Another back-bTeaker is:
Clap clap courtesy.
Clan. clap courtesy ,..,
Siam, stamp: turn yourself about
On the word courtesy" comes a very
nioraot toss OF the skirts 10 the rear,
proceeding quite obnoxious to the dignineo
teachers. who feel and look decidedly TOOL
fish while making the attempt
This species OF recess play mas come
into the grammar schools presumably from
recreation centres. the physical culture
teachers CARRYING the tunes from schooi
10 school. AS commonly conducted. the eN-
ercises are conspicuous for the amount OF
,iiscordant singing, so that permanent IN
i,,rx- 10 voices il is said. often occurs