Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-07


a dapper salesman with a brand new scales
built on the barrel plan" relates tho Amer
lean Magazine. It's the honestest thlug
out, he exclaimed as he set Il up for in
spection. Large dial so the customer can
see the exact weight Magnifying glass
and mirror so the computation will be al
WAYS in sight and the machinery locked
away in a sealed case
" Except the tare beam quickly added
Commissioner Driscou and that's right on
the Job for the storekeeper And here's
how you teach 'em to work it. Driscol
pulled off his coat, and a slight flush
passed over the salesman's face He laid
the coat on the scales, weighed It honestly,
and then let a weight in one pocket drop
down to the tare beam, which buclSed the
weight nearly three pounds. BY this time
the salesman's face was purple Driscon
took from a drawer in his desk twenty
little bags filled with shot. one by one
he tossed them on the scales and at Il
cents per pound the twenty Of them were
worth S1.S6 weighed separately But thrown
on altogether they weighed TO a value Of
only f1.2S
d" And when you're selling this scale YOU
tell 'em It throws all the marginal half
pitilessly into his visitor, and you tell 'em
itI save 'em a fun dollar day in velvet.
Now this city pays $4,000 a year TO
teach merchants TO he honest and your
company pays you $4,000 a year or even
more to teach 'em TO be dishonest You
can 60 to your company and tell 'em the
games up
The salesman was making for the door.
Drscoll was all smiles.
"'Those little shotted bags no said as
the door clicked, were that salesmans
own goods And that coat trick learned
from him also. Last week two Of my men
chartered a little grocery store for a day
and had computing scales people come TO
display their wares. l recognized this one
from their description Of him and his way
Of beating the record
New York is to have, if the announced
plans are carried out daily newspaper
on entirely original lines. It is to he known
as the Newsletter and will be issued ev-
cry afternoon at about $3.50.
Ernest r. Birmingham editor and pub
Usher OF the Fourth Estate, announces the
appointment Of William Henry Beers as
general manager OF that publication and
will give up the active guidance Of It in
order TO devote his entire time to perfecting
the preparations for the new daily.
The purposes Of the Newsletter, he
states, will be threefold. First, to condense
the news of the world for the benefit OF
the busy man OF affairs, supplementing
It by the latest news Of Importance up to
the hour of going to press. Secondly, to
gather and present the editorial opinions OF
the leading newspapers and standard peri
ideals everywhere on all important public
questions without any editorial comments
OF its own. Thirdly. to expand the news of
art, literature, music, the drama in its
higher phases education, religion, civic
and economic questions and the like to an
extent greater than IL possible in any ex-
listing daily publication.
The new daily is expected to have its
first issue about December l. The sale price
will be cents.
Mrs. Cecilia Kallish sat beside cot in
the accident ward of Lebanon hospital in
the ecstasy of wonder over her baby
Bertha, sleeping as softly as II in her home
crib and with only a tiny bruise reddening
one shoulder as the result OF a fall out
OF three-stOry window.
Having work to do in the kitchen. Mrs
Kallish had left Bertha in the parlor
with the eager ambition OF IS months
Bertha climbed on the sill OF an open
window. Then she tumbled out She struck
the sidewalk in front OF Frank Devl.n
who was passing. He lifted her and ran
into the house. When an ambulance ar
rived Bertha had quit crying. The surgeon
said he could discover nothing the matter
except a few bruises. Examination at the
hospital confirmed the earlier inspection.
The office of a brokerage concern in the
Wall Street district has been the meeting
place lately Of a number Of men who seem
to be interested In the stock quotations
but who. according TO the manager of the
place, never played the game with chips
bought in his office. The group had be-
come conspicuous because of their animated
discussion on political subjects, which
usually lasted until the market closed
Warning his regular customers of his in
tention and its object. the manager had a
huge sign put up, on which was printed
He who talks and runs away, may live to
talk another day" Before the office closed
bets were being made with odds in favor
of the hints failure. Each one" said one
Of the office boys, thinks that the other
fellow is meant, and tomorrow Wen see the
WuOl6 puiltl-a 10 l.
A bundle of securities, said to be worth
$4,000, was found kicking about the stair
ways Of the subway station at Broadway
and Two Hundred and Forty-second street
one moTning last week by Policeman Wood
ridge They were sent to the station.
No one called TO claim the bundle until 7
.. m, when a tall, thin man, with blond
mustache, dropped into the station house
and asked calmly:
win you kindly inform me II the cap
tain is in?"
what is your name and what do you
want?" queried the lieutenant at the desk.
well, sir" replied the visitor, my name
is Donald A. Dodge. ! am a broker, with
an office in lower Broadway. / live at III
North Broadway, YOnkers. / understand
that you have some stocks and bonds. They
are mine. l will thank you II you return
them"
That package you refer to has been sent
down TO the lost article bureau at police