The Plattsmouth Journal
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PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA
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lr:i-W:t. Vi'uli'li'iiivs ln:ilt r.
Ne-
TiiK governor of Inva asserts
that lit- is "Ctinimin" nninst Alli
son for V. S. Senator. Scti mental
talk of the long service of the latter
will not deter the governor for mak
ing the race.
From Denver conies an account
of a halloon being struck by lightn
ing, and a few days ago a similar
accident occurred iti Italy. The
lightning rod agent will soon be
peddling his wares among the aero
iiaughts. Wiikn General Kuroki gets
back home and tells how nicely he
was treated while in the United
States his journalistic countrymen
who arc clamoring for war may
begin to think that Uncle Sam is
not such a bad sort after all.
A mi:mi:i:k of ihe congressional
party which recently visited Hawaii
df-claers that the island needs Amer
ican fanners. Our island poses
sion is so overrun with the little
brown men that it would take al
most all the soil tillers in Nebraska
to out number them.
A1.1. the railroads in Nebraska
will on July 15 make a 15 per cent
reduction on many of the impor
tant commodities. This reduction
is in compliance with the maximum
freight ate law, passed at the last
session of the legislature. The re
duction will effect grain, lumber,
coal, grain products, building mat
erial and fruit.
TiiK low, ominous rowl of the
Mikado is being heard across the
Pacific and the toneot the Japanese
official pressisnot reassuring. They
complain, and the complaint seems
to have teeth in it, that tretii-s be
tween Japan and the United St.ites
should not be consigned to the w.i'f
basket, but should have full effcr
and be entitled to all the potenc
and efficacy of treaties with other
n itions. The least cause for griev
ance is the demolition by mobs in
San Francisco of Japanese restaur
.ants and other business houses.
Doubtlese the new anti-Japanese
feeling ran away with discretion
.and the mob overdid itself in inex
cusable excesses.
J kssk Grant, third son of the
conoueror of Lee's army, now
spende most of his time in New
York. He lives there in an uptown
hotel, belongs to one or two of the
old aristocratic clubs, and recently
said of himself to a friend from
Washington: "I am a splendid
loafer. With a good cigar I can
stare at the wall contentedly for
hours." His home is in southern
California, where he has lived ever
since his marriage to a California
heiress, and out there he leads the
life of a gentleman ranchman. In
politics he is a democrat, believes
thoroughly in that party's prnci
ples. Supports with his money and
his influence its straight. He would
be perfectly willing to accept the
democratic nomination forpresident
next year, though, it is said, he is
doing nothing in the booming line.
Mr. Grant is not a public speaker,
and confesses that he believes he
would have a bad attack of stage
fright should he be required to
make a speech; but he wields a
vigorous pen, and could thus com
municate attractively his views and
purpose to the voters should he be
nominated.
The Claj- Center Sun (republi
can) says: "Roosevelt will most
likely be the candidate, but if he is
not, LaFollette should by all means
be the man. In the great work now
before the country of wresting the
throat of the people from the grip
of capital, both parties are a unit,
and the man whom the people have
the most confidence in will receive
their support. If it can't be one of
these, why not Bryan?"
Jitnk weddings are all riht, but
the best kind cf a wedding is the
igoidex: wedding. j dtat of Senator Morgan. The
; " . I patriarchal statesman of Alabama
: I'ki-sn.KNT UooSKVKir at Xor-; !eaves historv au,i tradition richer
folk told the editors to avoid exag- : ,jv h vo otaliC puUic service.
:gerati.i:. Pity is it that he did not ; anJ . mouri;s u5lh ,lis
ive the wholesome a.Ivice i.rev:ous;iiative u hich was
t his San Juan Hill feat. j proud object of his statesmanly
! . 'guardianship.
I rivi:iKNT K')(sk vici.t s only '
I 1 " T. ! ' ' Till. 1
1 swear worus are ay cui e. 11 ia
! enemies will be inclined to attribute
them to King George IV., but the
fact is that they refer to the late
C.eorge Washington.
Skckktaky of the interior Oar
field declares the lower ranks in the
civil service are overpaid, and the
higher ones underpaid, but perhaps
that comes from never having been
in the "lower ranks'"
In declaring children to be the
best asset of the nation, President
Roosevelt neglects to place a value
on mothers. The pale-faced little
woman who toils unnoticed in the
mart of life deserves some mention.
Wk notice that Dr. P. L. Hall
has retired from the Columbia Na
tional bank at Lincoln, because his
health is such as to require perfect
rest. The many friends of Dr.
Hall in Cass county will be giad to
hear of his early restoration to his
former health.
The railroad pass is undoubted!'
a handy thing to have about one's
trousers; very much sought after by
those who have it not, but the fel
lows who have it seem to want to
hide it, and dislike to have the
public find out about it. Why is
this thus?
It does make a difference. An
exchange observes that if you hand
a man a dipper of water he will
take care to drink out of the side
where you didn't. Hand him a
bottle, and he doesn't care how
much you have mouthed it, but
thrusts the neck of it down his
throat and drinks like a drain pipe.
The Buffalo Times is strong for
Bryan and in a late issue indirectly
voices its faith in him by a shot at
a mugwump paper: "'Harper's
! Weekly is opposed to the nomin3-
or ryan ror presiaem.prouamy
r t- .. c -l a. 1 1 t
1 account or its tenuer reeling tor
W ill street and the belief that he
w-nild he elected."
That erets a well-grounded be
lief that t"i i constitution is regarded
at the Whiti House as being cum
bersome, oS-o'e and a back num
ber as co-T".red to rough-rider
cow-camp id-t- .f statesmanship,
and the Louisville Corier-Journal
professing to see if. thus decants
upon it: "By comparing recent
Root and Roosevelt utterances with
regard to state rights ind the con
struction of the constitution, it may
be seen that the statesmen -eree that
state sovereignty istraditionnl, obe
dience to the constitution obsolete,
and reliance upon a well put togeth
er supreme court the milk in the
cocoanut."
The Publishers' Auxiliary urges
the publishers of weekly papers to
advance the price of subscription
because of the advance in the price
of paper and other elements enter
ing into the making of a newspa
per. The advance in print paper
has been very great. The price of
wood out of which pulp is made has
advanced from $6,50 per cord a
year ago to $16,50 today, and there
is a fight between the mills to se
cure it. There has been a corres
ponding advance in all other things
that go to make a newspaper. La
bor, type, ink, and in fact, every
thing that enters into the making
of a newspaper has advanced very
much, yet the publishers of the
country have made no advance in
their subscription price, but have,
in fact, lessened it by increasing
the size of their papers. The peo
ple are able to pay more than
formerly, and will willingly do so
if the matter is fairly presented.
The Journal has for some time been
discussing the advisability of in
creasing the price of this paper to
$1,50 per year, and in justice to
ourselves believe it should be done.
The foremost rank of American
citizens sutlers a deficiency in the
While Koraker is making a cornered-rat
fight f or his Sc-national
toga in Ohio, and while Cannon is
cajoling his masters, the Interests,
that he holds sufficient of public
estimation to give him a standing
tall enough to be deemed popular
Presidential timber, the faint fire
of Fairbanks seems to be burning
pale and low in the distant and
darkening horizon.
Hknry Wattkrsox is liable to
get himself eligible to White House
displeasure or Oyster Bay denun
ciation. Here is wherein the Courier-Journal
mortally offends,
"Speaking of the heart of wild
things, the Teddy Bear, when
attached or annoyed, -rises upon its
hind legs and makes a noise like a
pack of megaphones injfull cry, yet
it has never been known to bite."
A Boston physician is credited
with advocating the killing at birth
of all children who are deformed or
who show traces of degeneracy. It
is the Osier theory in another form.
Dr. Osier advocated the killing of
all persons with whom the hand of
time had dealt unkindlj-, and now
this Boston physician would destroy
the first creation. Both physicians
align themselves with the enemies
of humanity. There isnothingun
der the sun which gives to man the
right to murder innocent babes.
Orchard admits and confesses
enough to classify him as the great
est all-around criminal America has
ever produced. And this is said in
the face of the assumed guilt by the
prosecution of the men now upon
trial at Boise, Idaho, where Orch
ard is the star witness. If Petti
aene, Moyerand Haywood are each
as guilty as Orchard asserts, they
cannot possibly be as great crimin
als as he unblushingly says he is
and has been for years.
Tariff Truth.
In the whole sweep of political
discussion the tritest topic is un
doubtedly the tariff. But its very
triteness argues its vitality. The
fact that it will not down, but is for
ever a bone to pick between parties,
proves, also, that public interest in
it is something more than academic.
The great truth that the tariff is
the parent of modern economic in
iquities growingly possesses the
public consciousness and insures
that the tariff will be the leading
issue in the next presidential cam
paign. The tariff is the arch foe
of the principle of the square deal
and a pretty fair consensus of opin
ion among all classes is politically
close to action upon that conclusion.
A majority of voters in the country
at present are fixed in mind for re
vision. Their attitude can be made
a demand for revision that will in
sure the success of the democratic
party at the polls in 1903, if the
leaders and the party press will do
their work intelligently.
Whatever else the republicans may
be or may assume to be, it will con
tinue to be a stand-pat party for the
defense of the Dingley schedules.
It may prate of reform, it may file
suits against the trusts, but it will
continue to foster monopoly, to
preserve the root of monopoly, if
possible.
That the tariff issue will be an
important factor in the politics of
next year, if not indeed the domi
nant factor, is indicated- by the in
creasing frequency of tariff discus
sion in the press generally. Tariff
is "in the air" as it has been in
years. And discussion develops no
two opinions about it talk is all
one way. The tariff ought to be
revised. The only organs who
keep deadly silence upon the sub
ject are a few trust-owned organs;
the others are voicing a popular de
mand which promises political action.
That bear which in her hunt for
' stolen cubs, kept two Union Pacific
; operators imprisoned, and so tied
up a Harriman road, must hive
been a Teddy bear.
Amonc; the many crimes to
; which Harry Orchard confessed was
teat of being a life insurance agent
j for a short time. We believe that
i it was at this period in his recital
that he wept.
While the evidence looks bad
for the school teachers' chance of
getting married this vacation there
are a few engaged ones who do not
resign until they are sure they are
engaged to be married.
Flmwood is making great pre
parations for the soldiers reunion
for the district of eastern Nebraska,
June 29 to July 4th. As IClmwood
never does things by the halves, the
old veterans can expect royal treat
ment. Witness Orchard at Boise,
Idaho, says bible stories told him
by a detective brought about his
conversion and resulted in his con
fession. It is a pity that the self
confessed murderer did not listen
to bible stories and teachings in his
younger days.
Hurrah for Louisville! The
citizens of that enterprising burg
have resolved to celebrate the 4ch.
Arrangements are being made to
observe the great natal day in an
appropriate manner, while Platts
mouth will remain quiet, as us
ual, on such occasions.
The doctors have decided that
kissing is dangerous and that tuber
culosis and other dread diseasescan
be transferred from one person to
another by the act of osculation,
but then, say we don't mind a
little danger, and the very first op
portunity we expect to fly right in
the faces of danger, mouth first.
"I am, as a politician, dead,"
says Richard Croker, and my only
desire is to end my days in these
glorious surrondings. I have served
my time and I am satisfied." Most
time-servers do find themselves to
be dead ones these days, but the
croakers are seldom found to be so
cheerful about it.
The obituary notices given the
defunct Chicago Chronicle, by
democratic papers are fitting trib
utes and richly deserved by thedead
journal which for the last ten or
twelve years has been the active
agent of the worst element in the
republican party. It has followed
the trail of the serpent, covered it
self with slime and as the mouth
piece of Walsh and other criminals
it ran its course and is now in the
scrab pile where all of its kind be
long. It has been ascertained that a
"Bible Trust" has driven out of
business hundreds of bible societies
and now controls the entirer bible
output. Of course the price has
increased and now Congres will be
asked to investigate this pious trust
and it is expected that the world
will be startled at the amount of pure
graft worked in the name of relig
ion. The bible-grafters are all
standpatters and unciuous uphold
ers of national morality.
Governor Sheldon is certainly
enjoying his outing with the Oma
ha boomers . Everywhere he seems
to attract great attention. Even
the ladies (God bless them!) turn
out to greet him, and it would take
several bushel baskets at each stop
ping place to carry the flowers they
present to him. George is wearing
a silk tile on this trip, in which he
looks remarkably well, and in
which those of his Cass count
friends who have known him from
infancy, would fail to recognize
the governor. A silk tile is some
thing new toGeorge.and about home
people are used to seeing him with
slouch hat and overalls on.
For scratches, burns, cuts, insect
bites and the many little hurts com
mon to every family, De Witt's Car
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"Ginevra" or "Under ihe Mistletoe Bough"
Pleases Everybody
AT THE PARMELE MOM DAY NIGHT
Home Talent Entertainment is Greeted by An
Immense Audience
As in the tale of the man who went to
the farthest end of the earth in search
of a diamond mine and after years of
weary wandering, returned to his old
home to stumble over some seemingly
rough pebbles, to have them turn out to
be diamonds, and the finding of acres of
them near by, was the discovery of the
amount of talent which came to the sur
face last evening when two hundred of
our people put a play on the boards
which has not been equalled even by the
most highly paid and extensively adver
tised troops on the road.
Under the auspices of the Presbyter
ian church and by the direction of the
famous Miss Leigh, representative of
the Mistletoe Lyceum bureau of New
York City, was given the very interest
ing and attractive play "Ginevra" or
"Under the Mistletoe Bough." The play
was presented in four acts, covering a
period of fifty years, and those distin
guishing themselves particularly, were
some two hundred of the members of
the party who gave the play.
Allen J. Beeson acted so well his part
that one has some difficulty in dissuad
ing himself that there was danger in
losing the brilliant attorney of every
day life in the excellent old man he
made on the stage. Little Carl Schnei
der made a great hit in his song
"Cheyenne.',
In the first act we see the home of
"Ginevra" at the wedding; all is as
merry as the famous wedding bell3 and
the disappearance of the bride, who, in
a spirit of fun, ran up to the attic and
hid herself in an old abandoned chest
which when she wa3 in, the lid fell down
and the lock, which was a spring,
caught with a click, and it took fifty !
years to unravel the tale. Consterna
tion reigned when it was known that
she had disappeared, and alarm when
they failed to find her whereabouts,
and black dispair settled over all, when
with heavy hearts they were compelled
O O
4 A New Orleans woman was thin.
jfr Because she did not extract sufficient O
? nourishment from her food. O
She took Scott? Emulsion.
tt!& ttesuu:
She gained a pound
it
i UTIUUIaUI fKitJ
lloiiglit, ami whieli lias been
lias Jionio the Mgnaturo oi'
has been made under his per-
Signature of
to abandon the search. The groom
seemed to never have gained the gay
and care free spirit that had always
characterized him before, and as time
wore on, became morose and down
hearted, and a prematurely old man.
After fifty years some children playing
in the garret found the chest, then fall
ing apart, revealing the skeleton of the
once winsome bride "Ginevra" but now
only some mouldering bones.
In the short space which we are al
lowed to use, prevents us noticing even
in a small way, the many good repre
rentations made by the different people
engaged. Mrs. T. It. Bates was excep
tionally good in her representation of
grandmother. All were well pleased
with the "Wreath Drill," "Wand Drill"
and "Snake Drill," the latter being
gorgeous in its pagentry. The Chil
dren's scene and Japanese Girls were
even beyond anything expected.
Of all the soloists, there were none
which did not acquit themselves with
honor, and which was more than worth
the price of admission, but the ones
which were particularly attractive in
the way which they were rendered even
among the fine array of the group were:
Mrs. J. W. Gamble, who did exception
ally well and deserves great praise;
Miss Ellen Windham, Miss Katharine
Dovey, Miss Edith Dovey and Milford
Bates. Among the fun makers all were
exceptionally fine, and we will not say
one. but all did so well that we know cf
those who laughed until the tears trick
led down their cheeks like mountain
steams in the spring time.
Miss Fern Greenslate presided at the
piano, and her renditions of the parts
were of that character of execution
which is an art entirely her own. All
in all it was one of the greatest suc
cesses which it has been our lot to wit
ness, and more so when it i3 taken into
consideration the short time which has
been devoted to the preparation of the
production.
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