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Entered at the postoffice at Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nebraska,
as second class mail matter.
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Plattsmouth Telephone No. 85.
Jtne 9,
There is a strong suspicion that
the Weeping Water electric light
plant that was to be, has fallen into
the same grave occupied by the
Plattsmouth iuterurban street rail
way. Weeping Wakr Republican.
And Steve Orton's lantern we suppose
is to furnish you light for the next
decade.
Ex-Governor Folk's candidacy for
the democratic presidential nomi
nation in 1912 was launched at a love
feast attended by GOO Missouri demo
cratic politicians. No message was
read, however, from the head boss at
Fairview sojourning in London. If
ex-Governor Folk has not secured his
ticket-of-leave he had better apply
at once before he gets in bad too far.
Bee.
Out at Grand Island, the efforts,
by the aid of a pack of blood hounds
to trace thieves who entered two stores
there during Saturday night, were
abandoned yesterday. The robbers
secured nothing, stole a company
velocipede and made their getaway
leaving the railroad vehicle on the out
skirts of the city. The search for the
burglars was abandoned because the
dogs failed to find a scent. Some people,
expect too much, even from a dog,
for how could they find anything when
there was not a cent taken?
The grand old state of Missouri
has lately totally eclipsed New York
for demanding the attention of the
country with its dope of sensationalism
New York is losing the game for lack
of lead work, in other words they do
not Lunch their hits as the show-me
people. Cudahy opened the hiding
with a hit, cutting first, followed by
Hy de's hypodermic Lingle which nearly
"cleared the bases" and Mrs. Doxey
"wrapped the pill" (?) for a sacrifice
and was declared safe by twelve um
pires. Dr. Doxey is the next batter
up and the chances are that he will
be hit by a pithed ball.
unest Kottmau, ot .Murdock is
a frisky old guy of only G'J years, and
became enamored of Mrs. Anna
Burkholder iu that vicinity, and wrote
to her telling of l is fondness. In the
passionate epistle he slopped over
with his avowed love to such an ex
tent that the lady in question was
highly insulted and slipped the ob
scene literature to the postal author
ities. Now he is doing time in the
Lancaster county jail by reason of
his being unable to produce the S50
fine attached to him at his trial. This
is "Rott-man in E(a)rnest," but
"there's no fool like an old fool."
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President Taft, like other human
kings, runs up against the game of
eiubarrasment occasionally. Some
tune ago in Russia he was bdled for
a stunt among the royal set at one of
iheir state funsctions and was in the
act of departing for the big doin's
via a taxicab, when a little wobble of
the big man rent his pants asunder.
The royal banquet was delayed until
a taitar could make the necessary re
pairs and the embarrassed Mr. Taft
was finally piloted to the formal court
of St. Petersburg wearing his smile
A I A V .
mat, won i come on, even it tne in
cident was of the sort that ruffles most
any mans disposition. On the eve
of his address recently at Hryn Mawr,
in which lie was to give a talk to the
young ladies, his cap and gowu mys
teriously disappeared and the hour
for him to face the fair ones had ar
rived, Aothing could be found of
the misplaced wardrobe and the
speaker was compelled to go through
the ordeal costumed in an ordinary
business suit of Scotch tweid. While
there is no particular reason for giv
ing the big fdlow the laugh, yet it
does help a little to know that even the
f insi ut us sumi'wmcs get niio a piacc
' that makes us feel foolish, and that for -
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OF CASS COUNTY
Editor and Manager
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Nebraska Telephone No. 85
1910.
getfulncss spares neither age nor rank.
Parents oftimes scold their children
when they forget, saying that if their
minds were on what they were about
they would not be so apt to forget,
ut there is consolation for the for
getful when the first man of the land
misplaces the clothes he is to wear
on so important an occasion as that
at Hryn Mawr or rips his trousers
w hen about to be presented to Russia's
beautiful queen .
OH YOU SOREHEADS!
Of all the dirty, contemptible news
paper scavengers in tins great Mate
of Nebraska the gang running the
Plattsmouth Prevaricating Journal is
the worst. From top to bottom it
is as rotten as the rottenest hen fruit
ever left unhatehed by a hen after a
setting of weeks. It is a knocker of
all things decent in season and out
and as a contemporary is the meanest
we have ever had anything to do with
in thirty-five years experience iu the
busiuess. The gang's most recent
slop-over occurred in the issue of last
Saturday night when it attempted
to create the impression in the minds
of the limited public which reads the
rag that the automobile offered bv
the 1 lews-Herald had been smashed
to pieces when the fact i f the matter
is only an ordinary little piece of
mechanism had been injured. The
same piece which the Prevaricator
stated had to be replaced by the fac
tory is in commission and not a new
piece has been added. The day before,
guided by Mr. Quinn the machine
made one hundred and twenty-five
miles which was going some when the
fact is taken into consideration that
the driver had never run a machine
before. And, again during the entire
trip of 125 miles over some of the worst
roads in the world not a solitary piece
of mechanism went wrong.
The Maxwell automobile is too well
knovvn to the public to need any de
fense and the curs who run the rag up
the street are also well known by the
people of Cass county to require at
our hands any further attention. If
the owners would display a little more
enterprise in their business perhaps
they would sometime in the next cen
tury be able to pay off a few of t he niort
gagi s that are plastered from basement
to roof and from front to rear of the
disreputable hole from which Platts-
mouth's disgrace is published.
BACK FROM CANADA
Census enumerators have made the
liscovery that many American farm
ers who sold out and went to Canada
are coming back to the United States
and are resuming business in the west
where they left off when the Canadian
boomer captured them. After actual
trial they found conditions less alur
ing in the Dominion than they had ex
pected and decided thev could not,
for many years to come, if ever, of
fer real improvement over things as
they exist today south of the line.
This is not surprising and, as the
enumerators indicate, the return of
the Americans who went north will
continue. The fact is that,. without
disparraging the Canada soil, its re
sources and opportunities, there never
was a time nor a country that offered
greater inducement for working the
land than the present in the United
States. Land of every decsription
is available here, semi-arid, requiring
irrigation and the deep, black soil that
isneithersusceptibletonor dependent
onartihcial means of watering and
more than that , t he system of irrigation
backed by the government, is being
pushed with ample capital and energy
so as to place the reclaimed area within
easy reach of men in most modest cir
cumstances. The call of the wild is ever enticing,
but after the novelty of the frontier
wears off and the chill of the first Can
adian winter has thoroughly soaked in
it is natural for men to turn their faces
homeward and txmnt the cost of blaz
ing new trails in a new country as
compared with the less rigorous life
required in the state, with the possi-
Mimes oi tne ruture in both casts
' reckoned in the barg:.in. Die .
- HPDATT)
The great subscription contest of
the News-Herald is attracting unusual
attention and many will be in the
field to win the automonbile.
Italy is again experiencing sharp
seismic disturbances and many people
have recently lost their lives. Panic
prevails and the government is doing
all that is possible to render assis
tance and allay the fears of the popu
lace in the quake districts.
"At the first shot find against the
American flag of an American vessel
I will level the Bluff." This is the
play made today by Commander
Harold K. I lines, commanding the
American gunboat Dubuque, to a
threat made by General Rivas, of the
Madriz forces holding Plu( fields Bluff
to stop by force any vessel of whatever
nationality entering the harbor. It
is not thought that General Rivas will
have the temerity t6 fire upon the
American flag, but if he does there
will be a hot time in Bluefields.
HUMOR THEY CALL IT. -
The Evening Prevaricator up the
street refers to its spasm of last Sat
urday as "an hunmerous article" and
cannot understand why any exceptions
were taken to it. The brand of humor
dished up by the Prevaricator is pe
culiarly its own and we must be par
doned if we were too dense to see the
point of the joke. No, neighbor, you
were not even attempting to emulate
Mark Twain or other numerous writers
you were simply exuding the bile
with which your w hole svstem is steep
ed. Your jealousy and doc in the
manger style of doing business is so
well known that you are not fooling
the people one little bit when you ac
cuse yourself with having attempted
the "numerous role." When you at
tempt anything in the way of wit or
humdr you simply make yourself
more ridiculous to the public and at
the same time display the smallness
and meaness of your mental makeup.
But talking of"humor"thcre was a
real humorous statement in the Pre
varicators wail last night when it was
stated that "no merchant has been
compelled to advertise in his paper
to collect his bill." Now, that is mighty
funny, in fact, a mighty good joke,
and the merchants of Plattsmouth,
more than all others, will appreciate
the witty statement. Why, your poor
blundering piece of simplicity, are you
becoming doddering in your imbecility
or do you think that the people do
not know your system of doing busi
ness. And then again, that "sixteen
to eighteen" hours work. Well, per
haps you do, but oh.well that we
presume, is another of your hu morous
sayings and we came pretty near tak
ing you seriously again. In passing
neighbors, let us give you a little friend
ly advice. Banicsh from your minds
for a little while the halucination that
the dear public is lost in admiration
6f your splendid gifts and is deeply
intcrestecd in reading your alleged
"humorous" effusions, then strictly
mind your own legitimate business
if you have any and quit knocking.
WHAT AILS ROYAL EUROPE
The recent death of one European
monarch and the serious illnews of
tliree others prompts a solicitude of
broader scope than just personal
a xiety, says the Bee. The
tiesof so much physical ailment anions
tne crowned heads are not pleasant
to contemplate either in continental
Europe or abroad, for talk as we will
about the nominal power of the throne
it commands an influence and sustains
a relation whose transfer to other
hands produces inconvenient effects.
It will be a long time before Great
Britain will be able to set down anv
thing like an accurate estimate of the
result upon national affairs of the kings
death and even private business has
not yet been able to relapse into normal
condition since the sad event.
Today the crown prince of Sweden
is conducting the affairs of the nation
because King Gustavus is too sick to
do so. Emperor William of Germany
is known to be in very uncertain
health and was obliged to delegate
some oi nis omcial functions to his
eldest son for a time, while the young
Alfonso of Spain is report ed to be alarm
ingly ill. Added to all this sickness
of royalty is the news that President
Fallieres odf the republic of France
contemplates resigning on account
of his health, and that M. Briand,
prime minister may succeed him.
the question must force itself
on the public mind: What has gone
wrong with the official heads of so
many European nations. In case
of the republican, Fallieres, we have
his own reported statement that he
wished. simply to retire from public
nie, nut in the case of the rovaltv it
seems that some sort of contagion had
struck the throne and given new sig
nificance to the old saying: "Unea.-y
rest the head that wears the crown."
LITERARY DANDIES.
Lytton and Dickens Were Not Alona
In Their Pride of Dross.
Stevenson's get-up is thus de
scribed by a fellow member of the
Savile club: "He wore a black flan
nel shirt, with a curious knitted tie
twisted in h knot; he had Welling
ton boots, rather tight dark trou
sers, a pea jacket and a white som
brero hat. But the most astonish
ing item of .ill in e.tu:no was
a lady's snilskin c.ipe, which lie
wor5 about his s iouidcrs. fa -toned
at the neck by a fancy brooch,
which also held together a bunch of
half a dozen daffodils "
Lord l.vtton and Di-kens prided
themselves on ben literary dan
dies, but in the matter of clothes
their light paled before that of Dis
raeli in the days when the novelist
was paramount to the politician.
A black velvet coat lined with
satin, purple trousers with a gold
band running down the seam, a
scarlet waistcoat with elegant lace
niffies of such a length as to cover
his hands and white gloves, the out
side of which were decorated with
a number of valuable rings, were,
with the addition of a profusion of
gold chains that meandered about
his person, his not infrequent at
tire. The dress of Gerard de Nerval,
the French poet, was, on one occa
sion at least, in keeping with the
lobster which he was wont to lead
abroad on a gayly colored ribbon.
Trousers, coat and waistcoat were
of green satin, each, however, of a
different hue, to represent the va
ried colors of the sea under diverse
conditions. His hat was adorned
with long strands of seaweed, while
around his neck he wore a string of
coral beads.
The buttons of hia coat and
waistcoat were comprised of shells,
while on his breast were pinned sev
eral pebble brooches. To complete
his marine garb he carried in his
right hand a Neptune's trident.
Dumas the elder was certainly
loud" in the matter of personal
adornment. He was not infrequent
ly seen abroad in a uniform plenti
fully besprinkled with decorations
of his own design, while he once at
tended an ambassador's reception
wearing a shirt covered with red
demons
about in little
red tiames,
Gautier was at times very gor
geous in the matter of his raiment,
a dress of crimson and gold on one
occasion adorning his sturdy per
son. Paul Bourget in his youth
wore green trousers. 'Monlc" Lew
is amused his friends by appearing
in the 6treets in the guise of a Ve
netian bravo. Beckford. the au
thor of "Yathek." presided at an
entertainment at Fonthill in the
costume of a Roman emperor.
Not a few writers have assumed
singular garb while at work. Bal
zac used to don the dress of a Do
minican monk ere he took pen in
hand; Samuel Richardson, the au
thor of "Clarissa Marlowe," could
never write save in a laced coat and
with a favorite diamond rin
kling on his little finger;
Rous-
seau's working costume was a court
dress; Thomas Moore, the poet,
penned his poems with kid gloved
hands, and Buffon. the eminent
French naturalist, dressed himself
as a dandy previous to sitting down
to his desk.London Tit-Bits.
Covering Books.
To cover paper bound books take
two pieces of cardboard a tiny bit
larger than book. Paste fly leaves
at front and back to cardboard,
which of course is outside. Then
take a strip of 6trong cotton cloth;
paste it down back of book: have it
wide, so it will cover about one inch
of each piece of cardboard, there
by joining the two pieces together.
.Vow put a cover of brown paper
over all, pasting securely, and your
decorated cover goes over this. The
books may be covered with decorat
ed silk, pique or duck if v-m paint
or embroider, but the simplest way
is to cover with tis-ue paper (not
crape). Paste a pretty card on the
front and after cutting title and
author's name from old cover ar
range them 1 prettily on the new
one.
Information.
lie was a kindly constable and
had for long been answering the in
quisitive old lady's questions to the
best of his ability. But he was be
ginning to tire a little. "And what'
truncheon for. policeman?" inquir
ed the inquisitive dame.
"Ketch a 'feller a cop over tin
nob if 'e gets vi'lent." responded
Bobby.
"And what are thoe number
for?" "Ilidrr.tifies'.shun purposes, num."
said Bobby laconically, tnnrnj
away.
"And what, policeman.'' ?a:d t!,
old dame, catching him by tin- :ir:::.
"is that strap under your chin for?"
"Well. mum. snorted P.U.v.
"th it's ter rest me- jaw when j-';.
tired nnswerin' silly queitiaas."
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SWEDENBORG CONGRESS.
Famous Scientist's Works to Be Dis
cussed at International Gathering.
Although 137 jears have passed
since the death of Emanuel Sweden
borg. the works of the famous
Swedish theologian still live, his con
tributions to science and psychology
attracting more and mure attention
among 8tudentsof the highest stand
ing. But Just now the author and
his writings are particularly In the
limelight owing to the coming ob
servance of the one hundredth anni
versary of the Swedeuborg society.
This will be held in London. July 5
to 8. Inclusive, and will be an inter
national gathering, delegates attend'
ing from all parts of the universe.
The holding of the world's SwedeD
borg congress this year Is the more
opportune failing, as it dues, so soou
after the International honors paid to
Swedenborg's memory on the occasion
of the transporting of his remains la
state Id a Swedish war frigate from
England to bis native soil iu the year
190S. where thev were received with
BWEDEXBOBO'S SrMlIEH OCSE. STOCK
Holm. Impressive eereinonie-.i and with pa
triotic, academic nud religions honors
were deimslted In ;he cathedral at
I'psal.i. There, in the Bjelka lmei.
opposite to that Iu which Is the uiou
umeut to Linnaeus, the Swedish par
liament Is erecting a suitable sar
cophagus to be dedicated with suitable
ceremonies the coining autumn, the
present year being the two hundredth
anniversary of the founding of the
Upsala Scientific society. In which
Swedeuborg waa a prominent mover.
The meetings of the congress will
be held In the handsome group of the
crown rooms. Ilolborn,
walking.
The Almighty bus not freighted the
foot with a single superfluous part
Every inch of every foot Is meant for
use. When a moo walks In the tight
way, speaking literally, the back of the
heel strikes the ground first Then the
rest of the heel comes down, after
which the outer edge of the foot takes
the bulk of the burden until the for
ward movement ntilfr the weight to
the ball of the foot and finally to the
toes. The Ideal step Is a slightly rock
ing motion At do time should the en
tire foot be pressed against the ground
Heel to toe Is the movement Try it
nd see how much farther and more
easily you can walk. It's the Indian's
way. and what poor Lo doetm't know
j ebont footwork can go Into the discard.
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FAMILY GROCERIES.
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what we claim to be. V. c ( Ive .t all
times the '
BZST AND FRESHEST. !
In the market and the price Is
always right. Texas Vegetables,
and Florida PIncrppIes are
now In.
J. E. 7UEY
FROM A BARREL OF FLOUR
to all kinds of good things baked at
this bakery, is a maze of bewitchery.
BREAD, CAKES. PIES,
COFFEE ROLLS
and a hundred and one other things
that this bakery invents, and turns
out, each and all are appetizing, and
and healthful
ITS HERE YOU GET BEST BAKED
STUFF MADE.
James V. Kaspar
Bakery.
Master llcnrj: Herold with a suit
case nearly as big as himself boarded
the morning train for Lincoln where
he will spend a few days with his aunt.
JAILEY & HAGll
THE DENTISTS
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