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Odd News from Big Cities
Stories of Strange
Metropolitan lo
The Pursuit of the
NEW YORK. What Is the psychol
ogy of the smuggler? Is he actua
ted by greed? Does he love the game
lur Its excitement? Does he look upon
the government as so impersonal a
thing that to steal from It Is not a sin?
Is the rich man Instinctively a greater
smuggler than the poor man, and Is
the American a greater Binyer than his
alien brother?
These questions surely must have
occurred to everyone who has been
watching the extraordinary recent hap
penings at the New York custom
house; who has made note of the mil
lionaires and their wives who have
been caught red-handed In attempts to
cheat the government in the most bra
sen fashion; who has read of the tre
mendous frauds upon the customs per
petrated by the sugar trust and other
great importers.
Collector Loeb has imbued subordi
nates with the conviction that they
re not paid their salaries to help folk
cheat the government. Among passen
gers, at least, most of the smuggling
In the old days was accomplished
through collusion of subordinates in
the customs service. The system
Plundering a City's Philanthropists
PITTSBURG, PA. "o-called 'Phil
anthropy' has become one of the
leading crimes of Pittsburg a crime
to which we have found it necessary
to apply heroic treatment."
Peter Pry Shevlln, a Pittsburg de
tective, who has been given the task
of running down "Philanthropic
crooks" in Pittsburg, made this re
mark: "The good people of Pittsburg are
virtually sandbagged each year out of
more than enough to keep our poor
In luxury," he continued, "and yet of
each dollar given through the honest
philanthropic promoter only about
forty cer.' of it reaches the point for
which It was Intended. As for the
dishonest promoter who is now In
festing Pittsburg well, he gets It all,
and in most cases comes back with
an expense account to collect and
collects It."
it has been proved that a man with
a good suit of clothes and a good ad
dress can, by gaining an audience
with some of. the social leaders in
Pittsburg and getting a name or so
signed to a paper, start out and col
lect from $1,000 to $10,000 with little
trouble. The amount of money he
All Betting Now Illegal in New York
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ALBANY, N. Y. All of . the ' several
laws- prohibiting betting of evrjr
character In the state of New York are
now in effect . These laws were orlg-'
Inally aimed solely at 'racing, but
amendments and changes were made
anttl now It la hazardous to offer to
make wager byword of mouth.
While there can . be no wager unless
there are two persons to the transaction,'-
but if the offer is made and ac
cepted, though no money be passed,
the law is violated.
Directors - and managers ot race
tracks are made liable for any viola
tions that may occur within their
grounds. Just as long as the blame
was not fixed on them'dlrectly they
were willing td race, and those desir
ing to bet on the races could And
ways of their own to evade the law.
Bent Pin Upsets Dignity of the Court
ST. LOUIS. Judge William Jeffer
son Pollard of the Dayton street po
lice court is sore as a result of the
action of an undiscovered enemy who
wounded hia dignity and nether limbs
by Inserting a bent pin Into his an
atomy while he was sitting on the
bench. -
"The bent pin was fastened In a
board underneath the desk under
which be stretched his legs.
The judge, after hearing a case on
trial, started to cross his legs, pre-
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steadily developed through many,
many years, until the sophisticated
traveler knew perfectly that a ten or
twenty dollar bill, laid on the top-tray
of a trunk, would, when that trunk
was opened on the dock, insure 1 Ira
munity from actual search, and that
the money would be missing, later
when the trunk was opened at hotel or
home. A ten or twenty dollar bill so
placed, In these days, would be like a
spark to set a whole train of official
powder burning a train of powder
which would lead to nn explosion be
yond doubt. It might blow the culprit
Into lull; It certainly would blow a
heavy fine out of his pocket.
Dozens of explosions have occurred
of late and it is, in a way, refreshing
lo run through the Met of victims a!
though, of course, this also has its mel
ancholy aspect. The rich smuggler gets
no more mercy than the poor one and
the smuggler oftener Is rich than
poor.
"In numerical proportion do you
catch as many smugglers among steer
age passengers as among travelers In
the first cabin?" the vigorous collector
was asked.
"No," he said. "I don't believe we
do."
"What Is the psychology of that?"
"I haven't thought It out," said he
a little hesitantly. "It would be inter
esting, though. Perhaps the fact that
one has money makes him nervier.
That may be it."
gets depends largely on the nature of
the scheme.
The first of the alleged high-class
philanthropic crooks to be taken In
by the Pittsburg police through
Shevlin's work Is one named Silver
man, who, it Is alleged by the police,
has already cleaned up $25,000 through
the laxness of method In giving, by
the rich of Pittsburg. Silverman has
been in the tolls In Pittsburg at
least twenty times, but each time,
until the present, he has been helped
out by very rich relattves of his wife.
Now the postal authorities have him
-Detective Shevlin went to arrest
htm some days since. The detective
grabbed Silverman, put his stenogra
phers out of the offices, locked the
rooms, and proceeded with "the indig
nant Silverman to the police station,
where he registered as a "philan
thropic promoter."
Shevlln then rushed back to open
up the rooms and get what data he
could from the books. In bis absence
the mall carrier had come to the of
fice of Silverman, and not being able
to gain entrance, had shoved under
the doors letters containing checks
to the amount of more than $1,000.
And this from but. one trip of the
mailman!
The police claim Silverman Is but
one of the gang that has been in the
habit of collecting an aggregate of
$1,000,000 per year out ot rich people
in Pittsburg on the "charity game,"
then not turning over anything, or at
least a small percentage, to charity.
The fixing of the liability' on the race
track directors themselves put things
In an entirely different light,
t The. laws apparently leave no loop
hole and several of the poolrooms and
handbook men, who . have done a
thriving business in New York, have
put up the shutters .and others have
Intimated that they will make no
further fight for a play when It may
mean arrest and a Jail term. If any
plan '.has been devised to evade the
law It la not generally' known. ' Of
course there are many who will con
tinue to bet as they have before, but
the handbook men are looking for new
customers. There is fear and tremb
ling all along the line. '
Though horse racing Is a favorite
medium for bettors, there is another
sport that will feel the effects of the
new law. It Is boxing. At all of the
club affairs there has been plenty of
bets made on the result and It has,
been the custom to make them openly.
Now it will have to be done under
cover, and then in violation of the
law. "Orally or otherwise," as the law,
reads, puts up the bars Just about as;
tightly as could be imagined. -
limlnary to launching his Judicial dic
tum, when an explosive "Ouch!" from
the judicial lips startled the crowded
courtroom and stopped the proceed
ings. The Judge quickly uncrossed his
legs and tenderly rubbed the right
one, while a pained and Indignant ex
pression possessed bis features. He
stooped underneath the desk and arose
a moment later with a bent pin In bis
hands, which be held up for Inspec
tion. 'This thing baa to stop!" he thun
dered. "This Is not the first time I
have been similarly outraged, and if it
la not stopped I will demand a search
ing police Investigation. I bare a very
strong suspicion of the identity of the
person responsible for It and I pro
pose to make it hot for him if my sus
picions are confirmed."
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SOUTH AMERICA is being rapid
ly Americanized. Dating from
the Pan-American conference at
Buenos Ayres a new era Is
opening in , relation to the two
great continents of the western hemi
sphere. Definite plans have been
agreed upon to bring both shores ot
South America in direct, continuous
communication with the United States.
Through an international agreement it
is purposed to link together the great
ports in a regular system of commu
nication, forming an unbroken chain
tor commercial Interchange from Port
land, Me., southward around Cape Horn
and northward to Seattle. To create
this new trade all governments con
cerned are to work In harmony, direct
banking and able service will be es
tablished, and a common system of
weights and measures adopted to avoid
all loss of time in handling freight,
mall and passengers.
In this (fonferonce the United Stntes
has naturally been a predominating
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factor. '' Lewis Nixon of New York
served as chairman of the committee
on ocean communication; which framed
the most Important recommendations.
Henry White, former American am
bassador to Italy,' also attended, while
Europe, was represented by such dis
tinguished International figures as M.
Clemenceau, the former French pre
mier, and Enrich Ferrl of the Italian
chamber of deputies.
It Is not generally realized that one
fifteenth of the railroad mileage ' of
the world, or 40,000 miles, stretch
across South America, which places
It fourth among the world's continents
In railroad development The dream,
once so fantastic, of a continuous rail
road from New York, for Instance, to
Buenos Ayres, is In a fair way to be
realized. The longitudinal route from
Panama to the Straits of Magellan has
been half built in Chill and Peru and
three-tenths ot the distance to be trav
ersed in Argentina.' The first trans
continental railroad of South America
Is already revolutionizing her trade
routes, Is 888 miles In length, and by
piercing the Andes connects Buenos
Ayres on the east with Valparaiso
on the west. The trip "around the
Horn" between these two ports takes
10 or 12 days through the Straits of
Magellan. .
One ot our most distinct recollec
tions of the geographies of school days
is a picture ot the early Andean rail
way, labeled "The highest In the
world," which crawled across mount
ain peaks on attenuated trestles. ' The
engineering difficulties of South Amer
ican railway building In this region
have been almost unsurmountable. The
transcontinental road climbs to an al
titude of 10,000 feet and at this alti
tude pierces the great backbone ot the
continent The tunnel, 10,380 feet,
or about two miles In length, has been
viewed from the mountains. Until
April last when the new transconti
nental was opened, the journey was
made over the Andes In a caravan,
which wound Its way laboriously over
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mountain trails, which were closed
throughout the winter months. The
trip overland was made by a large
number of American tourists only last
year who visited South American ports
on the cruise of the "Bluecher" of the
Hamburg-American line. When this
cruise is repeated this year, the tour
ists may made the journey across the
continent in a luxuriously appointed
railroad train in 30 hours. From the
trains crossing the Andes at these
astonishing altitudes may be enjoyed
some of the finest mountain scenery in
the world. The railroad, like many
others In South America, was survey
ed and built by American and English
firms.
s Buenos Ayres, with a population of
1,250,000, one of the most beautiful cit
ies in the world, should be a close com
mercial neighbor. The wealth of Ar
gentina, In wheat and hides alone, ri
valing, even surpassing that of the
United States, finds its outlet In Eu
rope. The southern continent is a
wonderland for the tourist, and yet
until last year's trip of the "Bluecher"
no considerable group of . American
travelers had ever crossed the equa
tor to the sister continent.
And now that tbo door is ooon to the
great stream of globe trotting Ameri
cans, South America is being rediscov
ered. With the energetic assistance
ot the Pan-American conference the
great tide of travel both for tourists
and commerce will flow In Inrmnalnv
volume. Our sister republta of Bra
zil,, larger even than our own, offers
unprecedented opportunities; Rio de
Janeiro Is a revelation with its popula
tion of nearly 1,000,000, and Its great
wealth and luxury. The most beauti
ful harbor In the world ! not the 1uut
ot its attractions. Rio la a surprising
ly perfect replica of Paris, with Its
great boulevard and theaters surpass
ing any in the United States. Some
$40,000,000 have been spent in beauti
fying its barbor.
Statistics are . llkelv to be utimirt
.things, but a few figures will perhaps
nest. serve to awaken the -American
reader to the possibilities of these
Smith Amarinan HMna fnr fha n.
merce and the delights of travel. Twen
ty republics south of the united States
sold the rest-of the world . last, year
products - worth $2,127,801,000. This
means that $30 per capita and shows
an Increase of 128 nar cent in tan
year. ; Such prosperity as may now be
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found along both coasts of the south
ern continent is absolutelj without
precedent In that part of the world.
One of the most Important func
tions of the Pan-American conference
was to arrange the International cele
bration ot the opening of the Panama
canal. Very wisely the conference de
voted Its best efforts to the effects of
the canal upon our trade routes and
giving them direction. Every on of
the South American republics will In
evitably be brought closer to the Pa
oiflo and Atlantic markets of the
United States. In some oases ths routes
may be shortened by several thousand
miles. Ths Pan-American congress
predicts for these nations an Increase
In their per capital purchasing and.
buying, especially of mora than double
what It U today.
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The Human Heart .
The heart is a wonderful double pump, thronib tbe
action ot whioh the blood stream is kept sweeping
round and round through the body at the rate ol sevea
miles an hour. " Remember thii, that onr bodies
will not stand the strain of over-work without good,
fiure blood any more then the enf ine eon run imooth
y without oil." Alter many yean oi itudy in the
active practice oi medicine, Dr. K. V. Pierce found
that when the stomach wai out of order, the blood
impure and there were symptoms of general break
down, a tonio made oi the giycerio extraot of oertaia
roots was the beet corrective. Thii be celled
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
Being msde without alcohol, this " Medical Dlecovery " helps the stomach te)
animilste the food, thereby curing dyipeptia. It ii especially adapted to diseases
attended with excessive tiiaue watte, notably in eonvaletceace from various
levers, lor thin-blooded people and those who are always " eatehing cold."
Dr. Pierce's Common Seme Medical Advlier is tent on receipt oi 31 one
eent tamps for the French cloth-bound book of 1008 paget. Address Dr.
R. V. Pierce, No. 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
MAN WHO HELPS HIS BROTHER
His "Boys" Call Him the "General Ad
viser Without Pay" He Is
Partial to None.
When a man loves to live be usual
ly can go among men who care little
whether they live or not and lo good.
Such a man Is Augustus E. Vauglian,
Immaculate of dress and of heart veu
crable in yctirs and usefulness, whom
one may see almost any day either on
Boston Common or at the Young
Men's Christian Union.
His specially Ib helping his fallen
and discouraged brother, whether he
be a cigarette smoking boy or a rum
sodden and disheartened derelict ot a
man. His 'creed Is cheerfulness and
hls-posBlon is books.
Often one may see him, tall and
straight, faultlessly attired in a frock
coat, with his flowing white beard and
his long and carefully trimmed white
locks, standing with or sitting beside
some ragged and unkempt victim of
circumstances who has sought the only
place where the police will not tell
him to move on, the Common, and
then one Is sure to be struck by the
contrast. Many a man he has met
there has later become as clean of
body and heart as himself, and all
through his infectious good nature and
brotherly comraderie.
Among the younger men with whom
this old young man ot 75 unceasingly
labors be is known as "the general
adviser without pay," and he is as In
terested In their ambitions as they
can be, and so youthful is he In their
presence that he Is always one of
them.
Mr. Vaugban Is not 'engaged In ac
tive business this summer, but be
comes to Boston every day, rain or
Elilne, to talk with his "boys," as he
calls them. Some of these have never
before known a real friend. He Is
highly educated, and counts among his
friends many college presidents and
professors.
He was born lh, Mlddleboro, nearly
seventy-five years ago, and traces his
lineage back to Peregrine White ot
Mayflower" fame.
'I love to live," said he to me, "and
I want to help 'the boys' to enjoy liv
ing, too." . .
Russia's Growing Population.
This year's census ot the Russian
empire adds another five millions to
the population as enumerated In 1908.
The czar's subjects now number 1C0,
000,000 and increase every year by
2,500,000 despite wars, epidemics and
Internal disturbances. As there is no
lock of! cultivated soil In Russia there
seems no reason why this big annual
increase should not continue.
How It Happened.
He was limping down the street
with one arm In a sling and both eyes
in mourning. ' -
"What's the matter T" queried a
friend. "Automobile accident?" .
"No," replied the other, sadly. '1
met a man who couldn't take a joke."
Which Is the Star?
"We are thinking of putting an elec
tric sign over ..the church."
' "It might be a good idea."
"But there are factions. We can't
decide whether to feature the minister
or the soprano of the choir."
EAGER TO WORK.
Health Regained by Right Food.
The average healthy man or woman
Is usually eager to be busy at some
useful task or employment
But let dyspepsia or Indigestion get
hold of one, and all endeavor becomes
a burden.
"A y$ar ago, after recovering from
an operation," wrttee a Michigan lady,
"my stomach and nerves began to give
me much trouble.
. "At times my appetite was vora
cious, but when Indulged, indigestion
followed. Other times I had no appe
tite whatever. The food I took did not
nourish me and I grew weaker than
ever.
"I lost Interest In everything and
wanted to be alone. I had always bad
good nerves, but now the merest trifle
would upset me and bring on a violent
headache. , Walking across the room
was an effort and prescribed exercise
was out of the question.
"I-had seen Grape-Nuts advertised,
but did not believe what I read at the
time. At last when It seemed as if I
was literally starving, I began to eat
Grape-Nuts.
"I had not been able to work for a
year, but now after two months on
Grape-Nuts I am eager to te at work
again. My stomach gives me no trou
ble now, my nerves are steady as ever,
and Interest in Ufa and ambition bars
come back with the return to health."
Read "The Road to WellrlUe.-.ln
pkgs. "There's a Reason."
RTtr Ma4 the abave Irtterf A aew
me appears from time to time. They
ar areaulaa, trae, aa full ( kumaa
Uteres.
Asking Toe Much.
"The count has promised that be will
never beat or kick me If I will marry
him," said the beautiful heiress.
"But has he promised to work for
you?" her father asked.
"Oh, papa, don't be unreasonable."
SAVFD OLD LADY'S HAIR
"My mother used to have a very bad
humor on her head which the doctors
called an eczema, and for it I had two
different doctors. Her head was very
sore and her hair nearly all fell out
In spite of what they both did. One
day her niece came In and they were
speaking of how her hair was falling
out' and the doctors did It no good.
She says, 'Aunt, why don't you try
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Oint
ment?' Mother did and they helped
ber. In six months' time the Itching,
burning and scalding of her head was
over and ber hair began growing. To
day she feels much in debt to Cuti
cura Soap and Ointment for the fine
head of hair Bhe has for an old lady
of seventy-four.
"My own case was an eczema In my
feet As soon as the cold weather
came my feet would itch and burn and
then they would crack open and bleed.
Then I thought I would flee to my
mother's friends, Cuticura Soap and
Cuticura Ointment. I did for four or
five winters, and now my feet are as
smooth as any one's. Ellsworth Dun .
ham, Hiram, Me.. Sept 30, 1909."
Some wise philosopher once re
marked that we live in thoughts, not
years. This is especially true of wom
en after they pass thirty.
No matter how long your neck may be
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Perhaps our clouds have a silver
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