Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-15

place In Manhattan Saturday evening anu
gathered in a huge collection OF crooked |
scales and short measures. Five inspec-
tors. six policemen and three automobiles
aided In the collection and removal OF the
stuff Everywhere the raiders worked they |
were surrounded by immense throngs. Ped |
dlers set up dismal walls as their goods
were dumped out Of false-bottomed meas
ures, but the crowd sided with the commits |
'sioner and cheered him along
In one case II required police interference
20 prevent an ice wagon driver from being
mobbed. He was moving along Fifth ave-
nue., near one Hundred ana Tenth street,
when Commissioner Drisooll overhauled
him and tried one Of his twenty-pound
weights on the scales at the rear OF the
wagon. 1t registered thirty-two pounds. II
was his selling weight and went into the
junk pile.
A fish market on one Hundred and Second
street was Weighing out goods on twelve
different scales. The raidins party pounoed
on all twelve at once and reweiEhed the
purchases being made. Customers were
found to be losers by half a pound or more
on eight out of twelve Of the scales on
one OF them the market was found to be
loser.
That's the scale you use when you're
buying your stuff; l guess had better
take It along with the Others" raid Com
missioner Driscoll. and he loaded the nine
scales into his automobile.
Part Of the raid was made in territory
covered the week before, and in this terri
tory 80 per cent of the measures were found
to be new and accurate while In territory
that had not been gone over before 80 per
cent Of the measures we're false.
Brooklyn has a cocktail Manhattan and
the Bronx have been similarly honored.
The inventor halls from the Rhine section
Of Cincinnati and his name Is Maurice
Hegeman Of the "Follies Of l910.". He says
| the idea to him one night when he was in
bed. II could not Sleep" said the talented
Maurice, 80 / put my mind on inventing
cocktail for Brooklyn, one that would
compare with Manhattan and the Bronx.
After l thought It out, / got right up and
went to a dMpensory and made me cou-
pie Of them. After 1 drank them l went
home and my insomnia was gone. Fact
is, slept for twelve hours without waking
up"
Hard cider is the basis or body or life or
whatever it is of the new Hegeman drink.
The ingredients are as follows:
| Half q whisky glass OF hard cider emp
tied into a long glass in which are three
good-sized Jumps of Ice.
Half jigger OF absinthe.
Fin glass to brim with ginger ale.
Only three ingredients, 1t will be seen.
Reformed spelling gets help from many
unexpected sources said a simplified
speller, quoted by the Sun. Electric sign
| boards are the most recent educators on
this subject Down 81 Coney Island there
is the word thru displayed in dazzling
i letters where thousands of people must see
II every day. The owner of the sign prob
i ably has no opinions on the subject, but
he gains in two ways by adopting the new
| form. The sign is more striking because
Of the new spelling ard he saves money by
using. fewer letters. Each letter counts
a good deal when you have to pay 30 much
an hour for each light picture post
card man on Surf avenue has displayed
above his shop Fotos' in electric light let
tiers. That is short and simple and no
body can fail to understand what he has
to sell and he saves 90 per cent Of the light
bill"
When the silver was rounded up at the
END Of the days work the master Of the
pantry sorted out eleven spoons engraved
with the names of other restaurants and
hotels.
And that is getting off pretty well,
said he These were left by customers who
swiped some of Our own. silver Walters
have become so expert at counting at just
one glance the pieces of silver they re-
move from table that the average pilferei
lis ashamed to secrete fork or spoon un'
l.. xxgffh
Eyes sharp enough to take in the number
! of pieces cannot read names and mono
grams at arms length. SO the substitute
is pretty sure to prevent detection. Souvenir
fiends who go to big restaurants with th'
intention Of carting off a part OF the silver
have got smart enough to leave other Ole
| spoons that they have got tired of in III
> place to fool the walters.
Secretary of State Koenig says the aver
age daily receipts now for automobile
licenses under the Callan law and alst
from chauffeurs' applications amounted t
more than 5000. There are nearly 10
1 clerks kept busy every minute in the da!
attending to the tremendous rush of mai
that is arriving hourly. Basing his estimat
on the moneys received now Mr.. Koenil
iDeDeNGb LnhI Inc SNutc WA ANSS-Nc AcA
e than $1.0O0,0OO yearly under the Callan law
J. There are about 5000 chauffeurs in New
3 York City.
o There is an advance of over 1921. 10000 ir
the assessed valuation OF New York Cit!
e real estate for 1910 This is a big lift IL
n tax-bearing capacity; but it is not BIZ
! enough to meet increased expenditure. Tn
3 tax rate will probably be advanced TO SIT
g per 800 an average advance OF 10 cents.
The youngsters at the sea wall by thu
aquarium in Battery park derive grea
c pleasure in watching the wash from pass
e Ing ferries and tugs, In the noon hou
4 many passersby see the pillars and chain
3 at the edge Of the wall and lean agains
y them. The youngsters watch eagerly, anC
presently a big wave comes up with a slal
IS and dashes spray over one OF the loungers
" While the others are watching his discom
Il future following wave hits the wall some
d where else and dreBches q watcher. Thei
a the youngsters howl in glee. In q fey
10 moments the wall is deserted and the gam