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Truth and a woman, s age are not on
speaking teams.
When it comes to kissing two heads
are better than one.
The difference between some men
and a hog is two lejjrs.
A pretty girl is an opportunity all
young men like to embrace.
Always wipe the mud off your shoes
before kicking a gentleman.
A girl's idea of a trust is to have a
monopoly on a young man's affections.
Always speak well of yourself. Your
friends will attend to the otherside of
it.
The more nerve a man has the less
money he loses when he fails in busi
ness. A married man shouldn't talk in his
sleep unless he is sure of what he is go
ing to say.
By the way, have you noticed any
cigarette fiends indulging in the habit
this week?
People who attend to their own bus
iness have but little time for criticis
ing others.
There isn't much hope for a man
who will lie when the truth would do
just as well.
A man may be all his wife thinks he
is, but he is seldom what he thinks
himself to be.
If a man is right he can't be too rad
ical, and if lie's w rong he can't be too
conservative.
After a woman discovers that her
husband has lied t her he never hears
the last of it.
Has not Chet Smith made a good
postmaster? Then why not let well
enough alone?
The most trouble many of our citi
zens havejust now is in getting enough
sleep these hot nights.
Never strike a man when he's down
unless you are sure he will never be
able to get up again.
A w ife is the making of her husband
but the job is seldom satisfactory to
all parties concerned.
When a woman plays whist she mea
sures out the cards as if she were go
ing to n ake a pudding.
Some men's motto is never to buy
anything they can borrow or borrow
any think' they can steal.
There's much to be said on both
sides when a woman attempts to write
a litter on a single sheet of paper.
Successful men have plenty of confi
dence in themselves and but little in a
mule's heels or a woman's tongue.
When a virl turns a young man's
proposal down he is apt to take it to
heart because he feels sorry for her.
It is easier to pay women compli
ments than it is to argue w ith them
also more satisfactory to all parties
concerned.
A man actually believes that he
doe the prop ising, but, as a matter
of fact, the woman in the case does it
by proxy.
An exchange remarks upon the
question as to where the trusts get all
their money. A great deal of it is
made of water.
A mean bachelor in Nebraska City
made a man who ha a very thin wife
mad by asking him why lie didn't get
her upholstered.
It sometimes happens that a man
who poses as a social lion before mar
riage looks very much like a truck
horse afterward.
Dn't be jealous of you neighbor's
success. The man who helps himself
usually helps others. At least the
man who climbs up makes room at the
bottom.
Who will success Chet Smith as
postmaster? One of I'lattsmouth's ac
tive young republicans says he has
been there lon enough. Now, is this
"promising" youth an aspirant? It
looks that way.
At the M. E. church in Greenwood
last Sunday the subject advertised was
"Hypocrites." It is said that nearly
every member of the church were con
spicuous by their absence. It would
be a good subject for some pastor to
preach on in Plattsmouth. We know
of no better field where they ought to
get it in the neck" occasionally.
New Cabbage Worm.
Reports are coming from a number
of sections of the discovery of a new
special of cabbage worms. The invader
is about three-fourths of an Inch long
and about one-eighth of an inch in
thickness. In color they are a very
dark irreen with bright yellow spots
on either side. They are the most
destructive worm we have ever had to
contend with as an army of them will
destroy a cabLage patch in less than a
week.
FUTURE OF RURAL DELIVERY
Conveniences Sure to Come as Time
Mores On.
We are never more proud of the
middle west than when the semi-annual
reports of the postoffice depart
ment tell us, as they are bound to do,
that we lead all the other sections of
the country in the matter of rural
postal routes, says the Chicago Inter
Ocean. The rural population of the middle
west would not know how it could
possibly get along without its gate
boxes. It cannot realize, no matter
how hard it may try, how it ever did
get along In the days when it had to
depend for its letters, newspapers, cir
culars, almanacs, samples, and bills
upon the disposition of the head of the
house or one of the boys to ride to the
postorlice.
Sometimes the roads were bad.
Sometimes, though not often, thj
temper of the head of the house was
bad. Sometimes the boy who was
sent in for the mail was bad. Some-
times the mails that were sent .'or
never came, because either the head
of the house or the hired man or the
boy lost them on the way, or read the
letters and decided that they were
not good for the family, or lent the
papers to a neighbor, who forgot to
return them.
But now all this is changed, and our
own state continues to be the ban
ner state among the middle western
states for the number of its rural free
delivery routes, as well as the intelli
gence of the people who are served
thereby.
There is not a rural district in this
state that does not feel as if it could
keep the carriers busy on a large num
ber of additional routes. This is due
to the increasing demand for elevating
literature and samples from the cen
tres of commerce.
When the husbandman or the house
wife ..in sit down and, by touching a
button, so to speak, have all that is
bright and entertaining and enlight
ening in literature, and all that is up
lifting in samples and portable in the
way of household necessities, dis
patched to the farm gate, it is plain
that the facilities by which all this is
accomplished cannot be too greatly
enlarged or improved.
The time is coming when every rural
postal box will have a telephone and
wireless telegraph connection, and it
is far from being a dream to predict
that the day, or rather the evening, is
coming when, after the strenuous
hours of labor on the farm are over,
the farmer's family can gather around
the rural box and listen to selections
from the Thomas orchestra, played at
the expense of the government, upon
the department phonograph.
A Plattsrrjouth Boy Promoted.
The follow ing refers to Roy Wiles, a
son of Isaac Wiles, and a most worthy
young man, who for several years was
employed in the Burlington storehouse
here. For some time he has been
storekeeper for the Burlington at
Hannibal, Mo., from which position
he resigns to accept a similar position
under General Purchasing Agent How,
of the Wabash, with headquarters at
St. Louis. In speaking of the change
the Hannibal Courier-Post says: "I. R.
L. Wiles, storekeeper for the Burling
ton at this point, has resigned to ac
cept a position with the Wabash sys
tem, and will be associated with Mr.
How in the organization of the supply
department. Mr. Wiles has been with
the Burlington for eight years, and
during his term of service has, through
his business ability, manly conduct
and strict fidelity to the interests of
his employers, risen from a clerkship
to the important and responsible posi
tion cf storekeeper. IJe is a worthy
gentleman, and the Courier-rost
wishes him continued advancement
and prosperity." It is proper to say
that the position Mr. Wiles accepts
under Mr. How is a step higher and a
more lucrative one. Mr. Wiles is a
brother of Mrs. Dr. Hall, of this city,
and is well known to the railroad boys
in P'-attsmoutb, who will no doubt re
joice over his promotion. The Journal
is always glad to note the good luck of
Cass county boys.
DROWNED IN
THE MISSOURI
Johnnie Svehla, an Eight-Year-Old Lad
Meets Death in the Water.
SEVERAL OTHER BOYS NARROWLYESCAPE
A Warning to Other Youngsters Who are in
the Habit of Infesting the River.
Johnnie Svehla, the 8-year-old son of
Joe Svehla, was drowned in the Mis
souri river at 2 o'clock Monday.
He, with a party of small boys, was
paddling around in the river at a
point just opposite the Burlington
station. Suddenly he stepped into a
hole, went down, and was never seen
alive again.
His two brothers were among the
party. They ran home with the dead
boy's clothes. One of the other boys
hastened to the Burlington shops and
summoned his father.
As soon as the news spread a large
crowd gathered and many waded
through the muddy bottom land to the
banks of the stream. There they saw
a pitiful sight. The father was sit
ting, all unmindful of the mud, upon
the bank, holding both hands over his
face and weeping bitterly. Nearby
were the drowned boy's two brothers
sobbing. A large number of men at
once took up the search for the body.
After about an hour they found it
and bore it to the bank. One eye was
badly bruised, but otherwise the body
was not disfigured.
A wagon and stretcher soon arrived
and the body was borne up to the foot
of Main street. There the bearers
stopped a passing wagon and were
taken with the father to the office of
Dr. Cummins. The father was asked
if he desired an inquest. He said it
was not necessary. A carriage was
then summoned and the body taken to
the boy's home.
It was almost a double tragedy. The
dead boy's elder brother Sam almost
at the same moment stepped into a
hole and was saved only by the prompt
action of one of the oilier boys. Sam
Billings.
Bad Accident at the Quarry.
Last Tuesday evening about five
o'clock, as Charles Johnson was assist
ing some other workmen in removing
some rock, in some unaccountable
manner a large stone was loosened and
rolled over on his right foot and leg,
fracturing the bone in and above the
ankle, lacerating the flesh badly and
fracturing the inner malleolus and
dislocating the joint. Mr. Johnson is
about 45 years of age, and has worked
in the quarry for about eighteen
years, or since it has been operated.
This accident will cause the unfortu
nate man to be a permanent cripple,
and, as he is a comparatively poor
man, the accident is deplorable. He
was carried from the quarry up town
to a doctor's office, where the fracture
was reduced, the wound dressed, and
the sufferer made as comfortable as
circumstances would permit. He was
later taken back to his boarding
house, where the physician says he is
doing nicely. Nebawka Register.
Get at the Weeds.
The weeds along the streets are in
many places certainly a nuisance and
detrimental to the public. Action
should be taken to have them cut, and
the action should be made general.
This would not only improve the
looks, and health of all concerned, but
it would also be a comfort to those
using the sidewalk, where in many
places they now reach well across the
walks, breed and aggravate catarrh
and hay fever, to which this northern
climate is prone at best. Nearly every
one in this section has more or less of
these troubles, and no greater help
could be given them than to cut the
weeds. They are also bad for asthma
and anything that affects the breath
ing, or irritates the throat and lungs.
If all the weeds were cut along the
streets lor a few years at about this
time, when they seed, they would
largely disappear.
Pleasant Gathering.
Mrs. George Weidman entertained
the German Frauen Verein at ter
home Sunday afternoon. Refresh
ments were served, and it was a de
lightful event to all. The following
were present: Mesdames Joe Fetzer,
Wm. Schmidtmann, Ed. Ileitzhausen,
William Weber.Fred Goos.Peter Goos,
Hans Goos, Joe Droege, William Has
sler, Jake norn.Ed Heitzhausen.Chris
Koehnke, Bernard Wurl, Martha
Baumeister, John Rutherford, Fred
Ebinger.
AN ATTORNEY OPINION,
Claims Every Register and Assessor Is
Legislated Out.
A Kearney attorney, whose reputa
tion is state wide, claims that every
register of deeds and county assessor
in Nebraska was legislated out of office
by the last legislature, and the matter
is the one topic of conversation by offi
cials and politicians in Kearney. This
attorney says:
"If we can read correctly house roll
No. .'515, that was passed by the last
legislature and went in effect July 4.
0;j, creates the office and provides
for the election of a register of deeds
at the general election to be held in
the year l!KHi and that he assumes the
duties of his office on the first Thurs
day after the first Tuesday in January
following his election. This bill also
repeals the old law creating the office
of register of deeds, which was section
77-A, of chapter IS, article 1, of the
compiled statutes of Nebraska. The
effect of this seems to be that we have
no statute in force that provides for
this office at this time.
"The same condition exists in regard
to the office of county assessor. The
new law in this instance, as in that
regarding the ret ter of deeds, in no
words or wise provided for county as
sessor or the register of deeds, holding
office from July 4, 1005, to January 7,
1907. The laws providing for those of
fices at this time have been uncondi
tionally repealed by the enactments of
of the last legislature.
"As the office of register of deeds
was created out of the office of county
clerk, the only legai proposition now
is for the county clerk to take imme
diate charge of the office of register of
deeds and transact its business until a
register of deeds is elected and quali
fied January 7, 1!07.
"It is said that the correctness of
this view of the matter will be tested
when the county assessor attempts to
draw his next quarter's salary, the
legality of which will be contested
upon the ground that he no longer
holds the office. In this manner the
question will be taken into court and
will of course be finally passed upon by
the supreme court."
Of Course it Pays.
A gentleman the other evening said
to a reporter: "I never took a paper
that didn't pay more than I paid for
it. One time an old friend of mine
started a paper way dow n south and
sent a copy to me and I subscribed
just to encourage him, and after a
while it published a notice of an order
to sell a lot at public auction. So I
enquired about the lot and told my
friend to run it up to $50. He bid me
off the lot at 828 and sold it the next
month for $100, so I made $52 clear by
taking that paper. My father told me
that when he was young man he saw a
notice in a paper that a school teacher
was wanted away off in a distant coun
ty and he went and got the situation
and a little girl was sent to him, and
after a while she grew up sweet and
beautiful and he married her. Now,
if he hadn't taken that paper what do
you suppose would have become of me?
I would have been some other fellow
or may! el wouldn't have been at all."
Suicide By Drowning.
Special to the Journal.
Neiskaska City, July 17. H. Y.
Burkly, formerly a prominent and
wealthy merchant of city committed
suicide at an early hour Monday
by drowning.
He sold his stock of dry goods re
cently to an Omaha firm and since
then has shown signs of being ment
ally unbalanced. He has been having
trouble with hiseyes for or two of three
years and his fear of going blind caused
him to loose his mind. He got away
from his family this morning after a
visit to Hamburg. lie attempted to
cut his throat, ran to the river and
jumped into a swift running current
and was drowned before aid could
reach him! He leaves a wife and two
children and is very wealthy. The
body was recovered this afternoon.
Happy Team of Horses.
McMaken's ice wagon team surpris
ed everybody with their new bonnets
today. They are of the latsst style
and the horses take great pride and
still greater comfort in them. The
bonnets are really more in the nature
of a sunshade than anything else as
they are held about six over the top of
the horses' heads. They are square
in shape, white in color and have a
neat fringe all around the edge. The
other horses, which have to go bare
headed, probably whisper it around
among themselves that those Mc
Maken horses are just too stuck up
for anything.
Two Fingers Cut Off.
Robert Propst, of Mynard, came to
Plattsmouth in haste this morning
and hurried to Dr. Cook's office, where
he presented two bleeding stumps of
fingers to be dressed. They were the
second and third digits of the left
hand. Mr. Propst was working w ith a
gasoline engine. It was out of order
and would not start. He got his
hands down into the mechanism In
trying to fix it, when the engine sud
denly started. Before he could get his
hand out the last joint ot each of the
two lingers above mentioned had been
cut off. Link Huffer'brought the in
jured man to town.
MORE SCHOOL MA'AMS HERE
Young Ladies Preparing Themselves to En
ter Upon the Discharge of Their
Duties in the School Room.
Friday and Saturday were trying
times (to speak figuratively) for deci
mals and fractions in Plattsmouth. A
small army of school ma'ams were in
town taking the examinations at the
office of the county superintendent.
And school teachers are the deadly
enemies of decimals, fractions and all
the mathematical tribe to say nothing
of polysyllables, elusive capitals of
obscure countries and all the horrible
crew that terrify the mind of youth.
And so the decimals and fractions
hardly showed their heads out of their
holes, while the polysyllables, those
well known mammalian amphybians
swam under water all day long refus
ing to come near enough to be speared
by these, their dreaded enemies.
As for the capitals of obscure coun
tries they kept out of sight, knowing
well that, if caught, they would have
to give up rivers on which they are
situated, their principle products, na
ture of their people and a birdseye
view of themselves. Tonight they
will all breathe easier for the school
teachers will finish up their work to
day and depart for home before even
ing. Ten teachers took the examination
Friday and eight Saturday.
Those at work Saturday were
Misses Maude Tubbs and Edna
Propst of Mynard: Alice Oliver of
Murray: Helen Spriegel of Eight Mile
Grove and Rebecca Haines, Rose
O'Donnell, Julia Kerr, and May Lar
son of Plattsmouth.
Miss Tubbs is a gradute of the
Plattsmouth high school. She is well
equipped to teach.
Miss Propst attended the Mynard
schools and also took work at York,
Neb. It will be her first teaching ex
perience. Miss Oliver of Murray taught last
year in district SO where she did good
work .
Miss Spriegel is also a new recruit
to the teaching force but is well pre
pared for the work.
Miss Haines taught last year in dis
trict No. 9, where she had a successful
year.
Miss O'Donnell did good work in
school district No. 11.
Miss Kerr had charge of district No.
41 where she completed a satisfactory
year's work.
Miss Larson had a successful year of
work in district No. .
All the young ladies finished their
work Saturday and are ready now to
take charge of their several schools
next fall.
Sent Back to the Asylum.
The insanity commission Saturday
ordered MissGrace I'arks recommitted
to the asylum for the insane at Lin
coln. Miss Parks lived with her par
ents sis miles northeast of Greenwood,
and is only 19 years of age. She was
first committed to the asylum April
30, I'.hjS. She improved rapidly, and
on the 24th of last December she was
paroled and returned to her home. A
few days ago complaint was made by
her mother that she was again getting
uncontrollable. The examination fol
lowed, and the order for recommit
ment was given. The unfortunate
girl imagines she is a man, makes love
to a younger sister, and fancies herself
the father of two of the smaller chil
dren. At times she becomes very vio
lent and threatens to kill the members
of the family. Owing to the over
crowded condition of the asylum the
girl has been left in charge of her
mother until a place shall be made for
her.
Ball Game Saturday.
Arrangements have been made for a
ball game on Saturday afternoon, be
tween the Cedar Creek team and the
B. & M. R. R. boys, at the Chicago
avenue ball park. The game will be
called about three o'clock. Admission
15 cents. This will be a hot game.
The Cedar Creek boys are experienced
ball players, while the B. & M. boys
are no slouches.
PURELY PERSONAL MATTERS
Pertaining to People Who Visit Plattsmouth
and Plattsmojth People Who
Visit Abroad.
Hon. William DellesDernier is over
from Elm wood Saturday looking after
some legal matters.
Geo. Horn, the genial Cedar Creek
grain man, was in the eity Saturday
on some important business.
Mrs. I). C. Rholei, Mr. and Mrs.
S-ybolt and Mr.-. George Bin den were
visitors ii Omaha Sat inlay.
John McN'urlio, of Mt. Pleasant
precinct, and Andy Seyhcrt and
Charly Reihart of Cullom are in the
city Saturday.
D. C. Khoden, living two miles and
a half northwest of Murray, w as in Sat
urday and says the crops are looking
well in his neighborhood.
Commissioner Banning came down
from Lincoln Saturday where he
had been on business, to attend to
some county matters nere.
Miss Lynde, one of Cass county's
most charming and competent school
ma'ams was in the city Sunday, a
guest of Miss Martha Rupeley.
Our friend. Lee Applegate, came up
from Union Monday on busfness,
and called at Journal headquarters
long enough to renew for the Journal
another year.
Mrs. J. F. Benolken, who has hi en
spending a week with her mother-in-
law, Mrs. F. A. Benolken, returned
with her children to her home in
Omaha Friday.
J. P. Thacker was up from his farm,
near Union, Monday to purchase some
machine repairs. John says it was
a pretty warm day to come so far, but
he must have them.
Eddie Schuloff came overtiom Glen
wood Sunday morning, accompanied
by his friend, C. M. YanZant, also an
employe of the institute. Eddie is en
joying a vacation of two weeks.
Park Chrisweiser, of near Murray,
came up Friday to remain with
the "old folks'' under the parental
roof over niht. Park is one of Cas
county's prosperous young farmer-;
Noel B. Rawls departed Friday for
Burwell. Neb., near which place his
father owns a ranch, where he will
spend the biggest part of the warm
weather in the hope of 1 w-r j r !; t it,' his
health.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Ilouk returned
home from a visit to Nehsa.ska City
Sunday evening, wheie they hae been
enjoying themselves for two week.
Buck enjoys a vacation and no on- has
a better riyht to.
Mrs. William Ballance departed
Friday with her daughter, Ethel,
for McCook, where they will vi-.it
another of Mrs. Ballance 's daughters.
Miss Ethel will probably be there a
month or more. Mrs. Ballance will
return in a few days.
Prof. A. II. Earhart, of College
Springs, Iowa, was here Saturday on
business with County Superintendent
Wortman. Prof. Earhart is superin
tendent of the College Springs schools,
and one of the most successful educa
tors in Southeast Iowa.
Our good German friend. Matt
Spader, called Monday and not
only renewed for his own paper lot
another year, but ordered a copy ol
the Journal sent to his daughter, Miss
May Spader, Seattle. Washington.
Mr. Spader is one of the Journal's best
friends.
Isaac Goechenauer is in the city,
having returned from Burwell. Neb.,
where he took up a claim about three
months ago. Mr. Goechenauer is en
thusiastic about the land in the west
ern part of the state, and believes it
has great possibilities. He w i;i return
to Burwell next Wednesday, probably
being accompanied by his wife.
L. R. Vakiner, of Elmwood was ir.
the city Friday, enroute home from
Omaha, where he had teen on busi
ness. Mr. Vakiner recently sold his
lumber yard at that place, and in the
future he will be in the employ of the
Edwards-Bradford Lumber company
of Sioux City, Iowa. Mr. Vakiner is
a most pleasant gentleman and the
Journal wishes him success in his new
position.
Prof. E. II. Earhart passed through
the city Sunday, enroute t Clen
wood, Iowa, from Murray, where he
went Saturday. Prof. Earhart has
been employed to take charge of the
Murray schools for the ensuing year,
and was down for the purpose of clos
ing the contract with the school
board. He is a graduate from the
College Springs school, and is a most
competent and elegant gentleman.
Murray is very fortunate in securing
his services.
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