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Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24
CUPID pEFIES A BANK;
JOB is LOST FOR GIRL
BANKERS FORBID CLERK TO WEI
ON $50 A MONTH
Groom Defles Financiers and Their
Rule, Prefers His Girl to MeasIy
Job and Quits-They Think They
Can Be Happy and Will Try =
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 23.-Married
life on $50 a month, with coal at 81 q
ton, looks hard, but really is very easy
says Hiss Nellie Straub of Pitmar
Grove, n. j., and she is backed up by
her fiance. John f. Hewitt of this city
a $50 clerk in the Fourth Street Ma
tional bank. The officials Of the banl
think differently and told Hewitt so
when his face wreathod i'm smiles, hi
confessed his intention of becoming q
benedict. The result is that Hewitt has
resigned his place and he and Miss
Straub are to be married ON nothing g
month, unless the young man finds &
job before the time set.
what? Let an old bank say whether
we shall get married or not? l guess
not" said Miss Straub when her fiancC
broke the news to her on being in
formed by his employers that they
could not permit him TO begin matri'
monial career on his salary.
what business is it of the banl
whether we get married or not?" Miss
Straub asked, her eyes flashing. I'll
isn't as IL we expected to keep horses
or an automobile, or anything like that
We would have got along comfortably
down here on $50 a month
'"rhere are other banks and othel
jobs obtainable,' Hewitt said, "bu
there isn'r another girl like Nellie
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24

remained addressed petitions to the au-
thorities Tho teachers made q canvass
OF the leading technical schools at homo
and abroad and sent memorials to tho
board. showing the inadeauacy OF the
new course OF study.
Last Juno the Board Of Education re-
stored technical courses to the school in
q RULER measure than ever before. The
liiial action was haStened all unconsoiously
oy woman. The wife OF ono OF the School
Commissioners had q dressmaker VINO was
the mother OF a bright young girl with ar
tistic ability and talent for needlework.
Ars. CommtAsioner WAS interested in tho
young girl and know that she had gone to
The Girls' Technical High School to study
costume designing.
How is your daughter getting on in
school now9" asked tns lady one day.
"Oh," said the other. her teacher told
her the Board of Education Insisted that
she stop costun me deSigning and take up the
ke.oponnesian War, and SO took her out 4"
When the School Commissioner heard
this story from his wife he Brought in
resolution at the Board OF Education
which resulted In the esta ablishment os as
good a technical course as Is to be found
in the country.
There Is still the regular high school sc.-
demic course for all who wish II. leadinv
to the womens colleges and the traInine
school for teachers. Even in this courSs
the girls elect Housekeeping as a r,iinr
subject for coming woman. Along win
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24

wise teacher guided them Alright. BY using
typewriters and shorthand others were
learning to be qualified Btenographers
when they graduated and in the house
keeping classes still others were learning
to keep q house clean, to make beds, sot
tables and to dress children, ar many OF
them undoubtedly will do in the years to
come. In q little room outside that of the
principal, three girls. changed every othe;
day so that all might have 1t, were learn
Ing practical ONCE work by receiving Wis
tors courteously when they came in, an
swering questions and helping the visitor
to learn that for whlch he came. The sys-
tenn for the girls is SO arranged that al
though there are always three, only one Is
an "old" one; that 10 to say. has studied
for more than year, and she breaks In
the other two. In the course of rotation
the same one returns many times.
On the resignation OF Mr. Birmingham
and less than six months after the schools
original establishment. a committee of the
Board OF Education cut down its tech
nical subjects, supplanted sewing and
cooking with biology and algebra. and en-
richod the course with Greek and Roman
history. Four hundred girls left during
the next year to receive in private COM
mercial and technical schools what they
had been told by their grammar school
principals they would be taught in this
high school. Many others who could not
afford to pay tuition In other institutions
gave up in disappointment. Those who
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24

the Ford home in Walnut street were
Iplundered. August Young of No All
Jefferson avenue, a commission mer-
chant in New York, was robbed OF
about $500 worth of silverware.
Smalley was arrested at Williams
port, Pa, following an investigation
of the robbery of the home of DR..
Frederick Moore of Clayton, one of
Smalley's former neighbors and his
family physician. Smalley left Clay
ton late on the night of the burglary.
Moore reluctantly said that he sus-
pected Smalley and a detective fol-
lowed him to Williamsport. He re-
turned voluntarily to Elizabeth.
The police of Elizabeth were on the
lookout for him, for on September II
last n policeman saw him early one
morning not far from the Ford home
with a bag in his hand. When he
asked what he had in the bag Smalley
told him he was going out for a days
fishing and had tackle and bait in II.
The policeman insisted on having the
bag opened. Smalley protested, said
he lived nearby and offered to take
the policeman to his home. They went
together to the home of Hendric Nc
Mes, No. All Walnut street, two doors
from the Ford home Smalley boldly
rang the bell. This threw the police
man off his guard and Smalley hit him
full in the face with the heavy bag
The policeman was knocked from the
stoop and Smalley escaped over n side
fence. In the bag left behind was
found a kit of burglars tools. The
robbery of Youngs house was COM
mitted only the night before.
Mrs Ford has disappeared from her
home. The day after the discovery of
the silverware and jewelry in her
trunk, she spent an hour or more with
the police at Elizabeth headquarters
and convinced them that she was not
implicated in the robberies, Since then
nothing has been seen of her in Eliza
beth. Her husband says he believes
she is with friends i'm New York.
Mrs Ford has cut no small figure in
society In the last year or two. Mr..
Ford says she has been entertained
several times at the Democratic club
in New York, one of the members haV-
ling received her there and at his home.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24
SOCIETY LEADER TURNS
OUT TO BE A BURGLAR
WHEN ARRESTED HE MAKES
CONFESSION
Had Made a Confldante of a Well
Known Society Woman, Who Aided
in Secreting His PIunder-Robbed
Residence of His Physician

Special to The Herald.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2S.-The arrest
and confession of Alfred p. Smalley
at Elizabeth, N. j., have given society
in that city a shock and people OF
Bayonne and Clayton something to
gossip about for time to come.
Smalley has admitted to the police
that he has lived in great part for
five or six years by burglaries at night
while he was conducting himself as an
upright business man by day.
With the name of Smalley is asso-
Iciated that of Mrs. Lewis o. Ford, a
young matron we'll known in Eliza
beth, but the police, unable to show
that Mrs. Ford was an accomplice OF
Smalley, say she must have been an
Innocent victim, and attributed the fact
Ito her blind infatuation with the man.
Her husband. n well-to-do stationer,
agrees with the police. He says he
knows his wife has been on intimate
terms With Smalley several years, al
though he had never once seen the
man. A week ago when a neighbor told
him that Smalley was under police
surveillance and that he mad seen the
man many times in the last few
months going i'm or coming out of the
Ford home, No, 461 Walnut street
Ford hurried home, found that his
Wife was out and In her absence he
broke open a large trunk OF hers,
which she had been careful never to
leave unlocked. He found in II large
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24
'RAKEOFF' GETS PLACE IN LAW
Pennsylvania Court Finds II Means
Scraping Up Money From
Certain Fund
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
READING. Pa. Dec. 23.-The word
''rakeoff" receives a judicial interpre-
tation in an opinion illed today by
Judge Endlich. who refused a new trial
for William b. Bechtel and John H.
Root convicted of criminal libel upon
former County Controller John F. An
coma.
The case is the result of the heated
Democratic tactional politics Of some
months ago, when, in publication, Mr.,
Ancona was accused of receiving a
"rakeoff"
The court says that a search of the
standard dictionaries does not disclose
the phrase as a recognized part of the
English language. The court finds
however, that the phrase has gained
currency i'm popular speech and in its
opinion means "going over an object
with rake and gathering up the ma
terial which ,dheres."
This was adjudged to mean, in the
utterance complained of, that the county
controller went over certain fund
and fraudulently scraped in $420,
Courts. the jurist says, take judicial
notice of current phrases which are
understood by everybody
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24
CALVES EAT HORSES TAIL
Unlucky Equine's Owner Wanted
Damages, but Jury Was Not
Moved bv His Tale

BRIDGETON, N. j., Dec. 23.-It took
a jury of twelve men, two or three law
yers, big bunch OF witnesses and
several hours time Of Justice of the
Peace Donnelly today to decide that
calves which ate off the tail of a horse
could not be muleted In damages. The
calves belonged to Leonard Caspar, a
Deertield farmer. The horse belonged
to Moses Braunstein. bother. The
bottler's horse was out at pasture when
Il lost all its tail to the cravings of the
for 800 damages
The jury said. after due deliberation;
/" No cause for action"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24

Quantity of silver and many pieces oi
jewelry, but none of great value.
"As soon as my wife came home
said Ford yesterday, 'I confronted her
with the discoveries. She confessed
that everything in the trunk had beer
given TO her by Smalley in August
at the time he was moving his family
from Bayonne to Clayton, with a re.
quest that she should take care Of
lit for him, and that she had no sus.
picon he came by 1t dishonesty. Ny
wife gave the same explanation to the
police, and made no objection when
turned the silver and jewelry over tc
them.
81 have suspected for a long time
that my wife was not conducting her
self properly, but had no evidence tC
prove it. Her absences from home be-
came more and more frequent, and
she would never give me any satisfac-
tory explanation of them. In the face
OF developments I have decided to
sue for a divorce"
According to his confession Smalley
has been a "Rafiles" for at least five
years. Until recently he was a sales
man for a large meat packing house
at a salary of $50 a week and eX-
Ipenses. He comes of family which
has dwelt in and around Clayton, N
d., TOT century OF more,
Smalley is college man and some.
thing OF an athlete. He Is 28 years
old and has an engaging manner. He
married in Clayton several years agt
and has two little children. Not long
after his marriage Smalley settled in
Bayonne, where he and his wife moved
in the best society.
Nothing strange was thought of his
absence from home. ror it was known
that his headquarters were in Phila-
delphia and that his business kept hin
travelling. Smalley took his wife and
children back TO Clayton several
months ago, gave up his place with
the packing company and told his
family he had accepted better place
with a typewriting company.
Smalley was away from home more
than ever. lie was seen frequently In
Elizabeth. Coincident with his return
to the city was a series of burglaries
Several houses In the neighborhood OF
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24

ers provide study and practice OF the arts
lof home.
That the womanly instinct Is strong In
New York girls is shown by the inrush
of pupils to the technical courses where
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24

IStraub, and I'm going to marry her.
The bank can go to thunder"
Marriage on $50 month";" said one
OF the bank officials. THE boy is crazy.
One of the Chicago banks has a bylaw
forbidding any employe to marry unless
his salary is at least $1,000. It's a good
rule, 1 think, and one that ought to be
adopted more generally"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24

7 HILB throughout tho public
schools of New York city girls
are receiving the same education
as boys, there Is at least one
public institution in which they
are being practically taught the
IL 81 n
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24
LlMBERGER ADJOURNS COURT
Special to The Herald,

PITTSBURG, Dec ga bunch of
"live" Limberger cheese placed on the
desk of Judge" Moke in No, 1 police
station this morning completely broke
up an interesting hearing
The court cannot stand Limberger so
II adjourned until tomorrow.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24

Before her marriage she was Miss Lii
liam Randall daughter of a well-to-
do business man formerly of Troy.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-24

Book Agent--Would you be interested
i'm the autobiography of a great in
ventor?
year's machine already ordered. But |
don't mind looking at your pictures il
you want 10 show 'em to me.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-11
SORRY THAT HE TOOK THE
MONEY.

give minutes after | took the
money was sorry says the man
who stole a package of 800, 900
intrusted to him by an express
company.
He also said: 81 am glad L
have been caught. want to go
back to Pittsburg, restore the
money, and throw myself on the
mercy of the court"
Sorry and gladl
Sorry he took the money and
glad he was arrested!
Isn't that precisely different
from what such a man would ex-
pect? One would naturally sup
pose he would be glad when he
got the money and sorry when he
got caught.
That is the point of it all.
Sin is the most deceptive thing
in the world.
Five minutes before he took the
big bunch of money he wanted it
badly. 1t would buy 30 much he
never expected to get. One hun
dred thousan nd dollars was enough
to make a man tremendously
happy. Five minutes after he took
the package he felt badly. He
was not happy. He was disap-
pointed.
Before and after.
Ali in that lies all the mystery
of the problem of the knowledge
of good and evil.
Before the sin there are visions
of good to come. The temptation
lures. Happiness is just here.
Thrust out your hand and take it.
Step over the line and you are in
Beulah land. That is the point
of view when alluring devils
beckon.
But
When the thing is done-when
it is too late-the man looks out
from a different angle of vision.
The devils jeer. The man hates
his crime. He hates the loot he
has taken. And worst of all, he
hates himself.
And thus it is only step from
all allurement to remorse, from
vision to disillusion, from heaven
to hell. And men and women are
taking this step every day.
If we could only see the after
math from beforel-Kansas City
World.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-11

IT seems to be hard matter to
get it into the heads of some peo-
pie that the Tribune is not a dead
head institution, therefore we
wish to say once more that
obituaries, card of thanks, reso-
lutions of respect, announcements
of entertainments given to raise
money, ETC., are expected to be
paid for at the rate of five cents
per line. Six words make line.
Make your own calculations and
do not be surprised when pre-
scented with bill.-Lufkin Trib-
Une.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-11

The HERALD's platform is
home people for home people
We believe. in spending Palestine
money in Palestine. If an enter.
prise is worth ANYTHING to town
it is worth patronizing. If you
draw your money from the loca
pay roll you are under obligation
as a good citizen, to spend it in
the local field. This is SOUND
logic. Chicago houses contribute
not one dollar to the growth OF
your town.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-11
PALESTINE, TEXAS, NOVEMBER II, 1905

Fast Freight which has already
made a reputation must be known
by some other name: that the
years of advertising given the
familiar Katy are to be thrown
away. 1t may be good business,
but it looks to the Herald like a
piece of foolishness.-Denison
Herald.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-11

Those Texas papers that are
standing up for Tammany and
growing over the alleged defeat Of
Hearst are the same papers that
boot at the idea of graft in poll
tics. If these papers are not
learning some things through the
exposure of outrages connected
with the recent New York cleo
ton they are past all hope. 1t
looks very much to the HERALD
as if Hearst would make good in
his declaration to send a chain of
rascals to the penitentiary.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-11

A MAN cannot be discouraged
at every knock given him. Some
times the very fact that you are
successful is the occasion for the
knock. If you are not getting
knocks you had better wake up.
Tor 1T is a sure sign that you are
not cutting much ice in your field
of operation. Look at the knocks
we get. And look at the circu-
lation we have.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-11

THE order said to have been
promulgated by the management
of the Katy that the nickname is
to be tabooed and that hereafter
it must be the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas Railway is more far
reaching than even the manage
ment probably thought. 1t means
that a new name must be found
for the Katy Flyer; that Katy
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-11
No Poisoned Oysters at the
ST. Charles,

respectfully announce to the citi
zens of Palestine that purchase all
my Oysters at Houma, La, IS miles
from New Orleans.
do not handle any OF the Oysters
from Galveston, Corpus Christi, or any
point on the Texas Coast. Many Of
our people are eating my oysters
daily, and / guarantee them to be
fresh and pure, and free of any pre-
serving fluid.
ANY person, who may be poisoned
from eating my oysters, upon proof
of same, will be paid 5000 81 mean
what say" WIN. STTLLsoN,
1-12t Prop. st. Charles Saloon.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-11

PALESTINE is a good old town.
She voted yesterday to issue bonds
for additional school buildings,
etc. Our kids will pop open with
wisdom when we get all of our
new school facilities.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-11

ANDERSON county dirt is capa-
BILE of producing anything that
any soil in this section can pro-
duce, and some things that other
counties cannot produce. For in
stance, there is the tobacco crop,
declared to be the finest ever
grown in the United States.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-11

IT is a pleasure to do business
among people who are kind
enough to say good things about
honest efforts. The HERALD not
only gets kind words but is get
ting the business along with them.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-11
The Circle

OF friends we have made-with our
up. to. date vehicles for pleasure and
business purposes--is widening every
day. Must be some reason. Is. What
we supply fills the bill down to the last
cipher. We don't take back seat for
anybody in the carriage line, tho con-
veysnces purchssable here have seats
front and back as occasion requires.
DO you know our prices? Not hard
to get. Ask
HERMAN SCHMIDT & CO.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-11

ENVY is a mean companion. 1t
blinds the better senses, and some
times even makes man liar.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-11

For the serious diseases that attack
the kidneys, Prlckly Ash Bitters is an
unfailing remedy. Relieves bsckache,
swelling OF the feet and persistent
Neutrality-suspicious. which indicate
kidney trouble.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-11

Who sews your buttons2 Who
mends your clothes free OF charger
Whyl Martin Steam Laundry. Phone
No. 2.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1905-11-11
KEEP up your courage; the
next crop may be a bumper.

IT begins to look very much as
if the day of the CRATER is at an
end.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-13
Soil Expert Invests in Valley.

Prof. Geo. Severance, the soil
expert at the state agricultural
college, at Pullman, has purchased
forty acres down the valley, and
his sister has purchased twenty
acres adjoining his land. This is
one OF the best recommendations
our valley could have, as the prof
essor is one of the best authorities
on soil in the country, and he Ger
tainly would not invest a matter
of $4,000 here ifthere was not good
reasons for him to believe the land
was worth it. Let people who
think land values high here con-
slider this.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-13

Before adjourning Acting Mayor
Fullerton swere in the new mayor
and members of the council.
On taking his seat Mayor Sheppard
called the members to order and APP
pointed w. J. Shaughnessy clerk pro
tenn.
A committee of three was appointed
to secure permanent meeting iplace
for the council, and an adjournment
was taken till next Tuesday evening.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-13
Band Organized.

The brass band enthusiasts of the
city met in the Courier Office last night
and perfected an organization and
made arrangements. to secure band
master and get down to business at
once. All those present were old band
men and there are number who did
not attend who have promised to be-
come members. We have material for
a first class band, and we can promise
the citizens of the Twin Cities of the
Columbia that they will be hearing
some good music this summer.
The committee that has had charge
of the subscription list to raise funds
reporte progress and the amount al
ready raised was very satisfactory.
The committee was given further time
and hopes to be able to report complete
success at the next meeting.
At the election Of officers w. 7.
Shaughnessy was elected president, j.
n. Scott, secretary, l.. Tweed, treas
urer.
l.. Tweed and J. n. Scott were
named as committee to secure band
master.
Those who were not present who de-
sire to become members are invited to
cali on Mr.. Scott, the secretary, and
give HIM their names.
Another meeting will be held on
next Wednesday evening for the pur-
pose of adopting Il constitution and
bylaws and receiving the report of
the bandmaster committee. All band
men are invited to attend this meet
inc