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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-25

II became known last week that Mayor
daynors crusade against the granting OF
aIl-ni licenses 20 cafes and restaurants
in the uptown theater district was the re-
suit Of an incognito tour into night cafe
life, which the mayor made about week
ago.
According to the story the mayor In con-
versation at a Brooklyn club late one night
heard from an acquaintance vivid ac-
count of some strange scenes In an all
night cafe in the so-called White Light
district. The mayor interrupted the mar
rator to say that he could hardly believe
such things could be true. To decide
whether they were or not he offered to go
at once on q tour Of inspection. after the
fashion of Haroun Al Raschid The offer
was accepted. and in the mayors auto
mobile the two made a rapid tour OF the
night cafe district, dropping in att number
of the best known places. The mayor, ac-
cordlng to the story. wore SLOUGH hat
and was not recognized. In several places
what he saw did not please him. As the
dawn began to appear and the automobile
was turned back toward Brooklyn, he re-
marked that he had net expected TO find
such conditions. A day or two later the
mayor revoked the all-night licenses Of sew
eral well-known restaurants and announced
publicly that he would not allow the issu-
anoe of licenses to any place except those
which catered to the legitimate trade Of
night workers.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-25

Jack O'Keefe, 3 sailor employed on the
battleship, Rhode Island. as an all-round
defender of his countrys flag and swabber
I'D of the main deck, was requested to move
on from the band stand at the Bronx ZOO
because his actions were far more interest
ing to the Sunday crowd than the seNtet
from Lucia" which the band was playing
Very WELL" said Jack haughtily, and
reached the bear cage by covering three
times the distance to 1t. In the cage he
saw Fritz, a big black bear. The sailor
looked intently at Fritz.
las I live" he said. Jack Johnson"
Then he found the door, got into the
cage, walked up to Fritz, and handed him
q singing left hook on the nose. Fritz
by the way, has been taught to box. The
left hook pleased him. Advancing on
o'Keefe, he tried to wipe the seafarer off
the United States with a swing Of his right
paw. O'Keefe lodged and Jolted the bear
In the Jaw They clinohed.
Somebody realised that II was time to
fetch Tex Richard, or at least policeman
Patrolman Daily, Keeper Ferguson. and
other men responded to the summons
They got the sailor out Of the cage and out
of the park. In spite Of violent protests on
his part, he couldn't come back"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-25

VICTOR RosEwATER EDITOR.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-25

Glenn DriscOll. commissioner OF weights
and measures OF the metropolis, looms large
as a reformer who supplements the word
with the deed AS a result OF his raid,
1000 false scales, 800 plugged weights and
thirty crooked balance scales have been
confscated and dumped into the deep sea-
and great quantities OF short measures
turned into fuel at municipal crematories.
In his brief but lively experience he did not
find one measure or scales that gave the
purchase the big end Of the deal All were
designed to skin the customer. Trade
custom" was common excuse given for the
dishonesty. Trade CUSTOM" said the com
missioner may be all right, but l
haven't found one yet that works for the
consumer" In his remarks on the methods
Of crooked dealers the commissioner coined
these sterling Jewels
"A butchers hand on the scales or on
the leg Of mutton he is weighing means
somebody's getting trimmed"
Some people beat the case we make
against them. But a crook stays crooked,
and we're coming around again till he's
caught fair"
Were after making just one miracle
come to pass A pound must weigh six
teen ounces, one gallon must consist of four
quarts, one quart OF two pints, and one
pint of four gills. That is all there Is to
my job"
Some people even steal from the new
made widows and orphans Cheap oak
collins are marked as the finest in the land
and furnished as mahogany to weeping
widows too grief-struck to question the
undertakers word"
II hope to see the day when everything
on the market is sold by weight or In
standardized measures. Every dealer must
learn we can't cut under the other, and
then they'll all be more willing 70 play
fair"
To a lawyer pleading for mercy for an
east side client on the SCORE of poverty
I've seen a lot OF poor people, but none
so poor they had to hire a lawyer to tell
about it. Full penalty, please"
To q woman caught with short-weight
scale who wept for mercy on the grounds
that she had five children and an invalid
husband: Yes, madam, I'm sorry for you
and want to weep with you, but It's for
those poor children who went hungry be-
cause you sold their mother short-weight
food You get right and stay right and
we'll all be happier"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-25
llIE OMAHA DAILY BEE

'oUNDED BY EDWARD RosBwATER.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-25

ct understand you won your husband
through graduating in a dollar gown .u,.
~ aid ~ responded the woman, wearily'
.,and / have been dressing on that prece-
dent ever since."--kansas City Journal
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-07-25

Worst crush l ever got caught in" OBJ
.arN,ed Uncle Allen Sparks, was In big
railroad station where a mob OF city peo-
pie going to the country for their vaca-
lions bumped into mob OF country people
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-05-28
GOOD ROADS IN ARKANSAS.

Since 1903 Sebastian country, Ark.
of which Fort Smith is the principa
| town, has built fifty miles of ma
cadam roadway, at an average cost Of
81 900 a mile. The material used is
a local sandstone Modern road-mak
ing tools are used-crushers, steam
road rollers, etc, and expert road
builders are on the job
1t is claimed that these roads have
placed that city and county on a great
boom, and they are far Out-strippine
the rest of the state in material pro
gress, land values having about
doubled all over the county; and as
direct result Fort Smith has let a
contract for seventy-two miles of paw
ing. to be done in that city. This city
realizes that the county was doing
more in the way of public highway
improvement than the city was doing
This contract is said to be the larg
est single paving contract ever let
by any city in the United States.
And does this large expenditure OF
money for these improvements pay?
Write and ask any substantial citi-
zen of that city or county.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-05-28
4lSDoME WILL REOPEN
Monday Night, With Big Bill, thd
Weather Permitting.

The management says:
The New Lyric Theatre was large
ly patronized at both shows last
night, and an excellent bill of vaude-
vile, motion pictures and music was
rendered
The Smi Letta Sisters will close
their engagement in Palestine tonight,
and the Airdome company have ar
ranged to reopen the Airdome next
Monday night, weather permitting,
with a big bill of vaudeville, motion
pictures and music. The vaudeville
attraction for Monday night will be
Leslie and Pattee, in funny comedy
sketch, entitled "Himp and Skimp.'i
Miss Pattee, who is a master of the
vocal art, will sing that popular song.
Childhood" This act is strictly first!
class and has secured the highest
praises of the press and public
wherever they have appeared. They
are far above the average comedians,
for they have what the masses are
prone to call new stuff and there is
not a dull moment when they occupy
the center of the stage.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-05-28
MAY % IN HISTORY.

1660-George l of England born
Died June 10, 1927.
1672-War declared in Boston agains
the Dutch; the first declaration
of war in the colonies.
172S-Tristram Dalton, U. S. senator
from Massachusetts, 17S9-91
born in Newbury, Mass. DIED
in Boston, May 80, 1917.
1S04-Frederick Fraley, noted finan
cier, born in Philadelphia. Died
there, Sept 90, 1901.
1S45-Fire in Quebec destroyed more
than 1000 homes.
1S61-Savannah blockaded by the
federal squadron.
1S7S-Lord John Russell, English
statesman, died Born Aug. IS
1892.
1SS1-Award of $4,000 made for the
attack on American fishermen
in Fortune Bay.
1904-Senator Matthew S. Quay OF
Pennsylvania died Born Sept
80, 1888.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-05-28
LET THEM DO 1T.

The Herald is of the opinion the
reason the split log drag has not here
tofore been tried out in Palestine is
because one of the critters" has not
been laying around handy when it
might have been used. Now the Her.
laid suggests this: Let the autoists
Ecu IN sllaootn foad-
ways have drag made. according to
Specifications (the cost is trifling),
and then let them petition the COM
missioners to give it try-out at the
proper time. If they decline, then let
those interested in the experiment
provide team and drag the streets.
The team and man to do the drag
ging, together with the cost of the
drag, can be had at cost that might
be considered trifling. The Herald
has SIS of the amount ready for any
one who wishes to take up the mat
ter; and S. ought to pretty near pay
for a drag.
The people who use the streets
have right to demand that every
possible effort be made to keep the
streets smooth and disable. And if
the commissioners decline to make
the experiment surely they will not
object to individuals trying out the
proposition.
The Herald modestly reminds the
city commissioners that there are
others besides the Herald manage
ment who are insisting that the drag
be given a trial. There is absolutely
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-05-28
It WAS SOME CATFISH
This Is True Catfish Story, and Mr..
Lee Bergman and Others Will
Make Affidavit to 1t.

Talk about catfish, the daddy of all
the catfish tribe was caught and
cooked at Blackfoot recently, accord
ing to a tale told by Lee Bergman,
R. NJ. Johnson. C. NJ Kay, Jim Britton,
and others. These gentlemen were
up in that section of the country
when they came in possession of the
catfish. Somebody caught it out OF
the river, but the Herald did not learn
who caught it. Anyway they had the
fish. So they borrowed washpot-a
big one-and placed in it seventeen
pounds of lard. skinned the fish, sliced
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-05-28

it up, and dropped the slices into the
boiling lard. Then it was dipped out
nice and brown, and the whole coun-
try was invited to come and feast
They fed themselves, all the people
who would come, the cats and dogs
and hogs (this has reference to ami
mails only, and there was left as
much fish as was reported left in the
miracle of feeding the multitude.
If you don't believe this story, ask
Lee Bergman. He says it's so. And
so do the others.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-05-28
Y. M. c. A. NOTES.
Membership Campaign Progresses.
No Mems Service Sunday.

The membership campaign among
the Junior members is progressing
nicely. The interest is growing rapid
ly and the contest promises to be a
heated one The Blues" held an en-
thusiastic meeting yesterday after
noon at $50. At that time their team
stood ahead. The Whites" met this
morning at 1920 At present there
are twenty-three entitled to attend the
banquet.
Mr.. H. l. Myers will speak to the
boys at the Y NJ c. A. Sunday after
noon at o'clock. 1t is expected that
there will be a large attendance.
There will be no mems meeting at
the Y. NJ. C. A Sunday afternoon,
due to the fact that the funeral ser
vices of the late Mr.. G. NJ. Dilley will
take place at that time.
The Boys Bible Glass met last
night with a splendid attendance
The Y. NJ. C. A. tennis court is now
in good shape for play Members of
the club will take notice.
Reporter
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-05-28
KEEPING UP THE GAIT.

The people of a town cannot stand
still and expect their town to go for
ward Cooperation and progress are
absolute essentials to the life of a
town. Sometimes we complain that
things are not coming our way as
they should and yet we are making
little if any effort to make them come.
If we were all live wires and were
doing our best all the time to push our
stantly. Very few of us, we dare say,
ever think to send out live piece of
advertising matter along with our cor
respondence, and yet such advertis-
ing is effective in its general results.
Every envelope that goes out of Pal
estine should carry boost for the
town on the back of it, and yet such
envelopes are the exception. Many
business people spend money with any
and every fake advertising scheme
that offers, some of them who never
use the columns of the local paper,
and yet it is agreed by all sensible
people the world over that a live
newspaper. is the best advertisement
any town ever had. The paper is
constant booster for its town, but it
makes a sorry boost if it is not lib
orally and fairly supported. There
are many ways to promote the public
ity of the town, but putting advertis
ing on fences and on wall charts is
not one of them.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-05-28
ABOUT THE TEMPLE CASE
Temples Counsel Explain Status of
the Case-Motion For Relocating
Will Be Asked For.

The following statement is made at
the request of A. w. Temples coun-
sci:
In yesterdays issue of the Herald
it was stated, Temple case reversed.
Plaintiff got judgment in lower court
for $4,000, but higher court dismissed
the case"
Temples case was not dismissed,
but reversed and rendered against
him. A motion for rehearing in be-
half of Temple must be overruled by
the court of civil appeals and the
judgment of the latter court affirmed
by the supreme court before Temples
case is finally disposed of.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-05-28

According received from the Leyhe Piano COM
PAW Dallas Texas Nav 2s offer the following list OF
panos this bargain and proposition to
sell all stock
possible the of June Friends perhaps this my last appeal
Palestine. have made you ta1r PROPOSE
tons sill and offering what
offer here and all of the pianos offered are stand
and guaranteed to give you satisfaction 1t
YOU the time to buy will be glad to show you
the instruments quote prices and In this sale dis
count will purchases The following should
appeal to you:
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-05-28
Notice to Property Owners on New
Sewer Line.


Parties owning property on the new
sewer extension can make their deep
cut connections in front of their prop
erty with the mains when they are
being constructed by having their
plumber make connection and ex-
tend the pipe as far up perpendicular
as they expect to go and leave it
plugged to make their future connec
ton with them when the sewer con-
tractors have completed their contract
and same has been accepted by the
sewer system. By making these con-
nections when the mains are open it
will save the property owners some
expense in making their connections
Palestine Sewer System.
BY V. D. Wilson, Secretary and
Treasurer. 26-3t
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-05-28

You old crouch, there is more
building going on in Palestine today
than at any time in the history of the
town. And this does not include the
sixteen hundred chicken runs that
have been built to raise the six mil
lion chickens being matured here.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-05-28

Warm spring days produce a feel.
ing of drowsiness if the body is loaded
with the impurities of winter diet.
Cleanse the blood, liver and bowels
with Prickly Ash Bitter. It creates
energy and cheerfulness. Bratton Drug
Co. Special Agents.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-05-28

Representative Tawney should not
be censured too heavily. He was
raised in a section where neighbors
charge each other for setting Oh
eggs or for the use of the family COW,
and cannot understand that down
south being neighbors means you can
borrow the parlor furniture and the
whole dairy and not pay cent.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-05-28

The Herald has received a copy OF
the Monitor Magazine, published by
the prisoners in the Huntsville statd
prison. The paper is bright publiI
cation, and aspires to be the be-
prison paper in the country Only o.
thing puzzles us; where did it get a
editor? We did not suppose Their
was an editor in 3 N on esrthl
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-05-28

have a sane Fourth of July by figures
submitted showing that last year OH
our national day five thousand, three
hundred and seven people were killed.
blinded and MANNED That is suffif
cient reason in all conscience why.
we should be sane about it. -
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-05-28

Another invitation is extended to
the few-very few-wicked of this
city to go to church tomorrow and
get in touch with the better way.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-05-28

See our special $500 new spring
suitings, made up in any style you
prefer. Michel & Donaghue, the Good
Tailora. Rtf
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-05-28

Isn't it awful? The fellow who OPP
poses our opinions is an agitator.
while the fellow who agrees with us
is a statesman and philosopher.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-05-28

Various aspirants for the high posi-
ton of speaker of the national hous|
of representatives have arisen. Or
of them, who announced his own ca
didacy, is Gerrit John Diekema
Michigan Mr. Diekema was formed
speaker of the Michigan house of re
resentatives and is serving his seco4
term in the national house.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-05-28
WooDPEcKERs WANTED.
Here at last is a kgacser that has
been found useful. =
The Woodpecker is a most useful bird

been found useful.
the woodpecker is a most useful bird
and efforts are being made to get
some of the birds back on the job out
there. 1t has been found that because
of the absence of the bird the pine
borer is running, thousands of acres of
spruce and fir timber. There seems
to be, after all, a use for everything
in this world 1t is hard some time
to know just what some things are
good for, but sooner or later we
know. If any of the woodpeckers in
your neighborhood are not working
there is a good job waiting for them
out in Montana.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-05-28

no use and no excuse in letting Ger,
tain streets dry out in holes and ruts
1t can be remedied, and should be
remedied
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-05-28

Can the world beat it? First Texas
1910 peaches sold in st. Louis for
1925 each.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-05-28

We pay the big price for second
hand furniture. Dobbs Furniture
Company. 4-8-ts
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-05-28

We are reminded that we should
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-05-28

Herald want ads. bring results
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1910-05-28

We have other instruments ranging price from up
Now friends such opportunity
offer here Remeber this stock must be sold by the first of June
and the will here long the quoted Call
pounity
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-07

OF the professors are instructors In
the university proper during the win
ter, and many of them have studied
abroad
There were a number OF Maryland
ers here, and nll agree that this has
been one Of the most profitable, as
we'll as pleasant summers they have
ever spent, and will return to their
native State carrying the good news
to their fellow teachers of the great
professional uplift and real scholastic
help which they received here this
summer.
Aside from university work, tho
normal training in primary methods.
including handcraft and drawing. is
an exceptionally strong department
The agriculture taught by Prof. Fred
ericsl Duggar is exactly what the
Maryland teachers need to enable
them to teach the subject in the
schools as the law now requires. The
course in domestic science and house,
hold arts was one of the most popu-
lar, as we'll as one of the best courses
given here. 1t is as practical ana
thorough as that Of Columbia. The
whole program planned In the Uni
versity Record has been carried out to
the letter.
The buildings. more beautiful than
those of any other summer school,
North or South, were turned over to
the use of the students. AT the mess
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-07

educator to come to the front and LEAD
the fight for their restoration He will
encounter, to be sure. storm OF pro-
test and criticism from the zealots OF
the public schools. but it will serve to
sharpen his pen and plume him for
the fight It Is, indeed, refreshing to
those OF US who have not been swept
off our feet by this public school craze
to read this breezy. pointed and virile
paper that DR.. McCabe wrote for the
benefit Of the readers OF The Times
Dispatch, and 1 trust 1t will arouse
strong public sentiment tor frst-class
private schools for children whose pa
rents have at heart that sort OF edu-
ca tton that molds and exalts charac-
ter. teaches lessons of the conduct
OF life" which, as DR.. McCabe truly
says. they cannot get in the public
schools with their crowded classes
drawn from ''all sorts and conditions
OF men" b. ii. i.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-07
TEACHER PRAISES
SUMMER SCHOOL
Maryland Supervisor Warmly
Indorses University
Institution.
STATEMENT is FLATTERING
Entire Program Planned in Re
cord Carried Out to
Letter.
STATEMENT is FLATTERING
Special to The Times-Dispatch.

Especial to The Times -Dispatch.l
Charlottesville, Va. August 6.-Miss
Eleanor Query. Supervisor of Schools
for Anne Arundel county, Md. who
was sent here by the school board of
her county to investigate the work Of
the University of Virginia Summer
School. and compare its work with
that done at other summer schools, Is
out in a very fattering statement in
dorsing the Virginia school. When
seen recently she said:
THE Summer School session of 1910
OF the University of Virginia. recently
closed, was one Of the most success
ful In the history of the school In
point of number OF students. in ex-
cellence of its courses, and the high
professional ability of its instructors.
1t justly holds first rank among the
summer schools of our country. Many
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-07

hall, or commons, the food was better
than any other for the same money
we have ever seen.
THE meeting Of teachers from all
over this country is one of the most
pleasant and beneficial features of the
school, Here were gathered together
those teachers who have professional
ambition. and who realize the great
strides education Is making in these
modern days, and that one must be up
and doing who woull keep abreast
with progress.
this summer can and do recommend It
in the highest terms to the teachers
of Maryland for next summer as a
means of getting in touch with the
very best in our profession"