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Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28
UnraIy Girls whipped in Court.

Hattie Hood, aged 10 years, and sallie
ogles. aged H., were whipped in police
court OF Atlanta. Ca. by order Of Recorder
Broiles. who had been appealed TO by the
parents OF the girls to punish them for
their unruly conduct.
After hearing the evidence in the case
the recorder said;
"A good whipping Il what these girls
need. That will do them more good than
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

as proud as you, and they will fight at
the drop of a hat.
They are not as tall as we children of
the same age, but they are full as strong.
Get one OF the little fellows to double up
his arm, and put your rand on his biceps.
Every muscle stands up like a base ball
and every ounce of his flesh is hard with
the athletics which every ~schoolboy has to
take daily. AS to his fighting, you have
heard how the Japanese whipped the Rus
SLAMS, who are almost twice as heavy as
they are and three times as many In num-
Der, and how, about fifteen years ago. they
conquered the Chinese, who have ten times
as many people in their great nation over
the way.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

sets, with others. TO his house, Gray Ga
bles, to hear the returns read over a private
wire from the convention In Chicago. Just
after midnight. when the excitement was
at Its height. the ex-president suddenly
arose from his chair. exclaiming. II do be-
beisye I forgot to dry my fishing line"
and left the room.
Toward morning. when there was no
longer any doubt as to the reelection OF
Grover Cleveland for the next four years,
and after no had received the congratula-
tkors Of all present excepting one, Mr..
Cleveland turned to look for his friend.
He saw Mr.. jefferson standing before the
nsat landscape window which was a fea-
taFe OF the new dining room at Gray Ga
bles. his hands folded behind his back,
looking out intently upon the reflection Of
tho rising sun. mirrored In the sparkling
waters Of Buz1ards bay.
Mr.. Cleveland approached him and
touched his arm. "Joe. aren't you going
TO congratulate me2"
Mr.. jefferson turned Immediately TO his
friend and grasped his hand.
"Ah. ] do Believe me. 1 do eonsratu-
lsts you. b~ut"-turning again to the beau
tiful picture. his face rejecting its glow
Coed God. II i could paint like that"
his outstretehed arm sweeping water and
sky-'you could be president Of a dozen
United States and ! wouldn't exchange
places with your
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

he gets in. The pipe is filled with charcoal
and lighted. 1t soon heats the water to
boiling, and when it begins to steam. the
Japanese jump in. Even little babies are
put in this hot water. 1t turns their skin
red, and when they come out they are the
color of beets. We try such bathing our
selves. II is so hot that we jump quickly
out and cannot be induced to attempt 1t
again.
The japanese have many public bath
houses. There are hundreds in Kyoto,
where one can get a good hot plunge for
3 or ( cents.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28
A Patntsr's ReErets.

Job la FNrge. the famous mural
painter. lreceived last week In New York
from the Architectural league a gold medal.
In his speech OF acknowledgment Mr.. La
FaFge said dryly that he was thankfu 10
get in his old age . medal for mural paint
Ing from . society Of men who. his whole
life Ions. had refused to givs him any
mural painting to DO
II dined with Mr.. La Farge the other
day" aid . mural painter 10 . reporter.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

The boys of Japan have their special
day also. This is May 5, and 1t is known
as the feast Of flags, or as the festival of
the god OF war. On that Gay every house
has a pole Of bamboo from which to feat
gaudy fish mad of tough paper. The wind
blows into the mouths of the fish and In
flates them, and they SWIM about through
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28
Quaint Features of Life

a fine. A great many girls might profit
these days II they we're given a tas4s
Of the switch"
TIE recorder ordered straps TO be fur.
nlRhed and while the girls were held by
policemen the parents laid on with a good
will.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28
Surgeons Have Another Guess.

[G~HT-YEAR-OLD Rosie Cohen
and her brother. Joseph, aged
IL years, were sent TO the Har-
risburg (Pa.) hospital, suffering
from enlarged tonsils. The girl
was given ether and by mistake
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

HEN they were q, jamie Mich
olson and Miss Jessie Mail
were united In marriage at the
village OF Kirk In Newton Stew
art, Wigtonshire, Scotland.
Both were born and raised in
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28
How the ChXdren 1atbe,

By and by We go out to look at the bath
room. The japanese children are very
clearly and they take a redhot bath every
day. The bath tub is about as high as our
shoulders. 1t has a stovepipe running
through it with a board resting against the
pipe to protect ones body from 1t when
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28
Lands q Mig Fish.

Four sturgeon. the largest being ten feet
two inches in length and weighing 400
pounds, were caught by Gustave Patten,
Frank Vincent and s. c.. Wamsley of lilo,
Idaho, in Snake river, near the mouth of
Red Bird creek, southeast Of Spokane. A
two-horse team was required TO haul the
1.11O-pound catch To town.
The men used 600 feet of heavy rope as
a line, the rod being a tree. A steel nook
was baited with a large eel and weighted
with twenty pounds of lead. To permit the
fish to play on the line the shore end was
fastened to a tree, which swayed with
every movement Of the sturgeon in their
endeavor to get away.
The fisherman say they had the most diff
ficulty in landing the smallest fish. which
was six feet I'm length and weighed 200
pounds. 1t fought and dashed the water
for almost an hour before 1t was brought
to the river bank.
These are the largest fish caught in the
Snake river this season, where students Of
Izaak Walton have been busy for months.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

Charles NJ. Stuart, recently appointed ed
itor OF the Northwestern Christian Adyo-
cate, has his own troubles. In last weeks
Issue Of his publication appeared the fol-
lowing recipe for p~oundcake;
Cream together one cup Of butter and
three cups OF sugar. All the yolks Of five
eggs and beat the whole until Il is very
light. Then stir In one wlneglass OF
whisky, one nutmeg, grated, and then ono
cup Of milk. and when these ingredients
are we'll mixed beat In four cups Of -FOUR"
etc.
Mr.. Stuart prepared a correction which
appears In this weeks issue. Meanwhile
he had explained verbally that the recipe
crept into the columns without the knowl-
edge OF himself or his associates. About
as nearly a. he could fiv the responsibility
he declared Il rested upon The printers
devils
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28
In a Japanese Home.

In a Japanese Home.
But suppose we call upon some Of our
little Japanese friends. Their house is sit
uated in a beautiful garden. Its roof is
covered with black tiles and it has double
walls of wood. The outer walls of each
side are showed back during the daytime
into little cupboard at the corners, and
the fine inner walls Of sash filled with
space between the two walls, and in this
we sit while awaiting our friends. They
soon appear. They get down on their
knees and bump their heads on the floor
in bowling to us, and then ask us in. We
take off our shoes and leave them outside.
This is the custom of all Japanese. The
houses are exceedingly clean, and the
floors are covered with thick mats of woven
white straw which would be hurt by the
nails in our shoes. The mats are so soft
that our feet sink into them, and we feel
like lying down and rolling over and over.
In the meantime our little Japanese
friends have laid cushions on the mats and
beg US to sit. These people do not use
chairs or sofas. They nav tables for
eating which are not more than a foot
high and they sit and sleep on the floor.
The mats are soft and when thsy have
taken them out and spread on them some
well padded comforters they nave a very
soft bed. In the daytime these comforters
are rolled up in a bundle and put away in
a cupboard or hole in the wall, which by
a sliding door is so covered that you would
not suppose 1t was there. By this means
the bed room is turned into a parlor and
when a table is brought in 1t is a dining
room as we'll.
AS we sit on the mats our little friends
tell US about their homes, explaining some
customs which are different from ours.
They say that the mats are cleaner than
our carpets and that they are very con-
venient in describing a house, as they are
always of the same size. They show us that
each mat Is three feet wide and six feet
long and say that the size of a house or
room is known by the number of mats
1t takes to cover the floor. The room
We are in has eight mats. Large rooms
have twenty or thirty mats, and when a
carpenter starts to build a house he asks
the owner how many mats he wants. and
thus fixes the size and price. All land In
japan is measured by the unit Of the mats,
a tsubo being six feet square or two mats
in size. Land here is measured by stubos.
not acres. 1t takes more than 1000 tsubos
to make one acre of land.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

On the third day of March every year oc-
ours a great girls holiday, known as the
feast OF the dolls. On this day the boys
have to stand in the background. Their
parents pay little attention to them and
they make the girls, for the time. the chief
members OF the family. 1t is the one day
In the year when they are more important
than the boys. At this time every girl
gets a new doll. and all the dolls of the
family, including those of mother, grand
mother and great-grandmother, are brought
out to be admired and played with.
The dolls used at this time are not like
ordinary dolls and they are played with
only once a year, and then laid away for
twelve months, when the next doll festival
comes. These dolls represent some favorite
prince or princess, some hero or heroine
and sometimes the emperor or empress.
There is a little throne of steps made for
them In the back of the parlor in the
house, and they are placed upon this in
rows. The children then sit down in front
Of them and talk to them. They put food
and drink before them In tiny dishes, and
listen to stories about them. They give
them doll toys, which are as fine as they
can afford. In rich families the toy dishes
are sometimes of silver with little silver
chop sticks for the toy emperor and en-
press to eat with. They serve toy wine,
made especially for this feast, In toy cups,
Some families have collection of dolls.
which nave been saved by the children for
generations and which go back for a hun
dred years or more.
Then the stores are filled with dollies
for this feast, and the little yellow skinned
girls trot around In bright kimonos on
their wooden clogs, admiring them and
picking out the ones which are to be
bought for this festival.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28
Teddy Bears of Japan.

The ordinary Japanese doll used by the
girls lie not like the American article. II
is a miniature Japanese child or woman,
with the blacklist Of black eyes, with
queerly dressed japanese hair, wearing a
kimono and wooden shoes. Such dolls are
OF all sizes, from as big as your finger to
your little baby sister, and the children in
playing with then often carry them about
on their backs, tying them on with strings,
Just as the real Japanese babies are tied.
In the stores there are all sorts of doll
furniture, and one can get a full house
keeping outfit for a very few cents.
Among the queerest playthings in the
way OF pets are what might be called the
Teddy Bears Of Japan" I call them
puppy cats. They are in reality e sort OF
a cross between a dog and cat, made Of
papier mache and painted IN gorgeous COL
ors. The Japanese call them 'lno haul
rico," n It is not beneath the dignity Of
the boys to play with them, They are as
popular here as the Teddy Bears" will
US, and they would. / doubt not. be great
favoIitcs wit our children IL introduced
at home.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

We are told again and again to help our
selves to the rice, for one is supposed to
complete his dinner with 1t, as. with rice in
plenty. no one can go hungry. We find
some difficulty In conveying the rice to
our mouths with the chopsticks and finally
raise the bowl to our lips and shovel It in.
AS 1t grows cold we pour a little hot tea
over it. laughing with the Japanese chill
dren as they do the same.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

- voTO-(special Correspondence
Of The Bee.)-I have been asked
20 write a letter for the children
Ws II America about the children
PC333SV 81 Japan. I want the boys and
$3.50 girls who take this newspaper
tte themselves upon the magic carpet
OF falryland, which will take one around
tho world In the twinkling Of an eye. Ali
you have &c do is to shut your eyes and
wish you were there, and when you open
them. lol your wish has come true. Our
magic carpet has carried us across the
Pacific and has dropped us down in the
heart OF Japan. We arc In the heart Of the
big city Of Kyoto, in the central part of
the country. There are mountains in sight
everywhere. and behind lis is a beautiful
lake which fills the river running through
the city The houses are sc many that they
cover as much space as Philadelphia, which
has three times as many people. Their
walls are such that they can be slid back
during the daytime and we can see all
that goes on within. Most Of the streets
are lined with stores filled with all kinds
Of curious goods. and the streets. stores
and houses are swarning with children.
Here they are working, helping their
parents; there they are playing, and fur
thcr on is a crowd going to school.
What Jolly youngsters they arel We hear
their laughter sounding out on the air, and
as they soc us some bend half double, in
japanese fashion. and yell out, Ohio"
their word for good day, Others. who are
ruder, cry out Japanese syllables which,
our Interpreter says, mean;
you furry headed foreigners; you have
eyes like a cati'
Our Japanese Brothers.
We find that we are as great curiosities
to the japanese children as they are to us.
Their skins are yellow, and their eyes are
a trifle aslant, and so fastened at the
corners that they do not come as wide open
as ours do. They think that their eyes
are the more beautiful, and that cream
colored skins are quite as fine as white
cnes. Outside Of this, japanese boys and
girls are just like Americans. Their little
black eyes can see as far as ours can, and
II you scratch their yellow skins they will
bleed in the same way. You had better be
careful not to do SO. however. They are
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28

kinds. They have stories like G~oody-Two-
Shoes and Hop-o-my-Thump. The Hoppe
my-Thump of japan Is a priest one inch
long. who does all sorts of curious things.
Another popular fairy tale Is known as
the Lucky Teakettle, another the Battle Of
the Monkey and the Crab and a third the
Old Man Who Made the Dead Trees to
Blossom. The Story of Urishima, a sort OF
a Japanese Rip Van Wrinkle, is exceedingly
popular, as are also many fables about the
badger, which might be called the Bre'r
Rabbit of Japanese childhood.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28
Jefferson and Cleveland.

THE time of his last nomina-
ton, relates Eugene Jefferson
In Outing. ex-President C1eve-
land had invited Mr.. Joseph
Jefferson and his sons, and exc
Governor Russell of MRssachu-
Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-28
Copyright. 1909. by Frank @. Carpenter

'oTo-(special Correspondence
Of The Bee.)-I have been asked
20 write a letter for the children
II America about the children
of Japan. I want the boys and
girls who take this
Bisbee daily review., 1909-07-29
PRESCOTT GAMBLERS DUST DEF
 LAYOUT AND TIGER GROWLS

For four days past public gambling has been carried on in the city uf Prescott, in this territory, contrary to law.
 On Saturday night last Barney Smith, proprietor of the Palace ga loon in Prescott. dusted off a lay out in use during the reign of public gambling in this territory. got out his check rack and said. Come on boys.i
 Smith dealt his own game. and .he word was quietly passed along that Barney had succeeded in fixing" things in Prescott so there would be no molestation. For time there was great excitement in the mountain city of the north. The old deyotees flockcd around the faro table and bets ca ne thick and fast, while a number of citi. zens came to look on out of curiosity, amazed at the boldness of the propria. tor of the Palace in his violation Of the laws of the Territory.
 Barney" Smith. who opened gam bling in the territory for the first time since its abolishment by the legisla. ture, is the Republican chairman of the Board of Supervisors of Yavapai county.
 In the same saloon Ben Belcher. at present acting mayor of Prescott, in the absence of Mayor Goldwater, and also proprietor of the saloon. reliev- cd Barney on the grave yard shift
 The game was soon in full blast, and spectators looked on in wonder.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-07-29
MANAGER RETURNS
 SOON ID SYLvAN|TE

Leonard Loehr, general manager of the King Solomon mine. has been in Bisbee for the past three or four days after visit to the property of the company. He expects to leave Bis. bee for Sylvanite again within the next week and push the development work of the property to depth.
 This gold proposition was financ d by Bisbee capital during the Sylvan. ite boom of nearly a year ago, and bears all the hall marks of an excel lent property. After a time further capital was needed, and to obtain this Mir Loehr went 10 New York. He was in that city for something more than three months and then returned west. having raised ample capital in the east to continue the development of the property, over which he is an- thusiastie.
 MT. Loehr reports that the compa ny has now only small force at work, but that on his return to Syl- yanite, the last of this week or first of next week, he will put good sig ed force at work and sink the shafts which have been started. His en- thusiasm over Sylvanite, as well as his own property. is unabated. and ne believes that development will prove several properties.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-07-29
"HIT AND RUN" PLAY IS
 k BIG FACTOR IN GAME
American League Pennasts. Says Connie Mack.

The hit and run play is a neces. saTy factor in a baseball game" says Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Ath- letics. T will say to aspiring teams: Learn the hit and run.' and then you will always have them guessing. which is one of the best things in baseball to do. With sacrifice and hit and run properly mastered. you have the best scoring system yet devised. es- pecially fl your men are fast enough to steal a base once in & while.
 Let me explain a few features about hit and run.' for it is the most important piece of tactics in baseball. The Athletics won the pennant on hit ard run in 1902 because of the way that Fultz, Davis. Lave Cross. Murphy and Seybold could work the play. De- troit took pennants because of what Crawford. Cobb and Rossman could do in the same play.
 Hit and run really ought to be called run and hit for the running part comes first. The batter and base runner have an understanding. The batter gives the base runner a signal Perhaps he puts his hand on his hip. pulls his cap. digs his spikes into the dirt, or any one of a hundred signs that the enemy will not see. This tells the runner that the batter is going to hit the next ball, no matter where 1t is. As soon as the ball is pitched 1t then becomes the duty of the runner to make a dash for second.
 Then the batter must hit.
 The best place to put the ball is trough second or short whichever has been vacated by the man who goes to second to take the throw from the catcher to break up the steal Then 1t will be a safe hit. and if it goes to right field. making a long throw to third base. the runner. having a good start is likely to make third before the ball is back in the infield.
 Runs come quickly when this play works we'll But even if the man can't hit the ball out of the infield. It has the same effect as the sacrifice, for the runner, having the advantage of start. is likely to reach second"
Bisbee daily review., 1909-07-29
|ED FLETCHER DIES
 ABSCESS Is FATAL

The death of Ed Fletcher occurred not unexpectedly yesterday afternoon and brought sorrow to his hundreds of friends in Bisbee, for he had lived in the camp for several years, and his pleasant geniality and sterling busi. ness integrity had won him friends On all sides.
 It is nearly a month since the news that Ed Fletcher had pneumonia and was dangerously i'll came as a shock to his friends. He was taken to the Copper Queen hospital, where he was found to be suffering from an abscess on the lungs as well as pneumonia. From the latter disease he speedily recovered, but the abscess was a more serious matter.
 At length an operation was decided upon and was performed on Tuesday, but proved futile. Yesterday morn ing his condition was serious, later he rallied, but again failed and death came about four o'clock.
 Ed Fletcher was born in Martin county, Indiana, about 8 years ago, and came to Bisbee with his cousin. ia 1898. For a year he was employed in the shelter, after which he entered the transfer business, in which he con tinud for three years when he enter ed the livery business, and in this business he has remained ever since, both in this city and in Douglas. At the time of his death he was one of the proprietors of the O. K. Livery and Undertaking Parlors in partner ship with Bob Hennesy.
 Mir. Fletcher leaves a wife and three children. and also a sister here, Mrs. Lillie Frather. He is also survived by his father. who resides in Loogoo- tee, Ind, and by a brother, Rush Fletcher, and three sisters in the east.
 He was universally popular man and true friend to all, who had oc- casion for his friendship. and was a member of the local lodges of Eagles and Redmen.
 Telegrams were sent to the father of the deceased last evening as to funeral arrangements, and a reply is expected today, after which the ar engagements for the funeral will be an- nounced.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-07-29

IleUd
 Sunday. Monday and Tuesday the games flourished, and it is reported that several thousand dollars changed hands across the table. Citizens be- gan to ask themselves what was to be done. It was evident that the sheriff,s office and the district attor- ney's office were in sympathy with the attempt to again open public gambling in Prescott, but the the bet ter element were unanimous againsl the saloon proprietors. Old timers, who had lived in the territory for the past twenty years shook their heads and said it would hurt the reputation of Prescott as law abiding com1rtn- iy and that no good could come of the innovation.
 Governor Sloan was in Prescott at the time and was astounded at the in- activity of the officers who were sworn to enforce the law.
 On yesterday the Review wired to Prescott to know if any steps had been taken to suppress gambling in the city. and received the following from prominent citizens of that place:
 PRESCOTT, July 2S.-(Special.D- Movement has been started here which will put stop to gambling"
 It is believed that Governor Sloan. who is on the ground, took the mat. ter into his own hands and threaten ed to call out the state militia in the event that gambling was not discon- tinued.