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fl.SO PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Christinas comes on Sunday tbla
year.
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Even Attorney General Wlcker
eham Is strongly disposed to heave a
brick, through we window glass trust.
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Among the other horrors of pov
erty the jirice of cabbage dropped
one-fourth of a cent a pound Satur
day. :o:
The failure of olther team to score
In the Yale-Harvard game Saturday
leaves the world completely In doubt
as to which Is the greater Institution
of Learning.
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The appointment of the Hon. Lafe
Young to the senate Is not the calam
ity It would be If he was going for a
6-year term. Ho has only three
months to serve.
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The beautiful fall weather which
Nebraska has been enjoying has
proved advantageous to the farmers
In gathering corn, and they have put
In the time In that direction. Conse
quently the city has not been visited
by only those who have Important
business. Many of them, however,
have finished this work and by
Christmas will be ready for rest and
recreation.
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Thcy aro enjoying a postofflce
fight down In Nebraska City, and the
present powt master, who has already
served two terms, wants to hold on
to the Job. Hut some fellows never
know when they have enough. Such
leaches upon the public teat should
"be shown," even If they are not from
Missouri. IMatUniouth has a few or
this kind of people.
Pome of the republican papers, who
are always sticking their noses Into
matters pertaining to the democratic
party, seorn to be worried now be
vanso Edgar Howard refuses to have
the rharges made against fjflgress
mn Hitchcock brought before the
legislature. Kdgar shows his good
Judgment In the face of the big popu
lar vote the next senator received.
The charges were bo ridiculously ab
urd that they worked In the wrong
direction for Edgar and his ronvlct
friend, Joe Hartley.
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Dr. Christopher Koch of Philadel
phia, vice-president of the Pennsyl
vania pharmaceutical board, who re
cently directed a crusade against
cocaine and opium sellers in Phila
delphia, says that 48 per cent of all
criminals are addicted to a drug habit
of some sort. He adds that the use
of opium In this country has In
creased 3.'0 per cent since 18G0, and
that 150,000 Americans and 120,000
Chinese In the United States smoke
168,000 pounds of opium every year,
He favors life Imprisonment for crim
inals known to be drug users.
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There Is a scheme on foot In the
fast to defeat Champ Clark for speak
er of tho house. In New York, that
renegade, Fitzgerald, Is up In arms
f,nr the position. Ho Is a man who
has sold out every time he got a
banco to betray his party In con
gress, and If such a man defeats the
noblo man from Missouri, It will be
farewell to a democratic congress
after tho 4th of March, 1913. Chump
Clark Is a friend of tho people, and
the trust mugnates will have no one
of this kind as speaker If they can
prevent It.
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It will take considerable maneu
vering to keep the county optlonlsts
from organising the lower branch of
the legislature. A democrat, who Is
a county optionist, should not bo
elected speaker by any tneanB, and
the anti-option members of the house
Plattsmoiitti, Nebraska
Publisher.
want to look out for breakers.
It Is inconceivable that the demo
cratic legislature of Ohio will show
Itself recreant to duty and principle
as to send a pseudo democrat of the
John R. McLean type to the United
States senate. Mr. McLean's connec
tion with the democratic party has
been chiefly In the role of a behlnd-the-back
assassin. It Is doubtful If
there Is a really democratic hair In
his head. His elevation to the sena
tors!) ip would be received with loud
acclaim by the trusta and special
privilege beneficiaries and with dis
gust and resentment by every one
else.
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A sample of how "elections" are
conducted In Philadelphia is shown
by a bit of court procedure In the City
of Brotherly Love and Crooked Poli
ticians. A recount of ballots in the
17th district of the Seventh ward,
made by order of court shows that
Tenor received 173 votes, Grim 9 and
Horry 15. The "returns" of the
election Judges showed 177 votes for
Tener and none for Grim tr Berry.
As there are about 1,000 election dis
tricts In Philadelphia It Is easy to see
how large machine majorities can be
made to appear by the Juggling of a
few votes in each district.
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Governor Carroll, of Iowa, who
was re-elected by a tight squeeze, has
appointed Lafe Young, editor of the
Des Moines Capital, United States
senator to succeed the late Jonathan
P. Dolllver. Young cannot by the
wildest stretch of the Imagination be
classed as an Insurgent. He Is, like
Carroll, a mild standpatter. Hence
his elevation to a senatorshlp Is not
j apt to be received with loud acclaim
by the friends of Dolllver and Cum
mins. It Is a matter of considerable
doubt whether the Iowa legislature,
at Its coming session, will set Its Seal
of approval on Carroll's choice by
electing Young. Such action would
weaken the position and damage the
prestige of the "Iowa Idea."
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HT. Y-OX-TII K-S( l I, M V VM KXT.
It Is evident that there Is very lit
tle encouragement to be found In the
census returns for the advocates of
the "baek-to-the-Boll" movement.
Practically every agricultural state In
the middle-west and the rural com
munities of the eastern states show
either a loss In population or else
only a nominal Increase. On the
other hand, the cities everywhere,
east and west, show gains out of all
proportion with those of the territory
surrounding them.
Perhaps, after all, the advocates of
the "back-to-the-soll" theory have
made the proverbial mistake of put
ting the cart before the horse. The
best way to get people back to the
soli Is to find a way to keep the poo-
pie on the boII. It may be less diffi
cult to solve that problem than to
Induce the deserters to return.
In the working o,ut of the last prob-
lent the farmers themselves must be
depended upon to take the most Im
portant part. For It Is the young
men and young women of the rural
communities that desert the farms.
From the farm to tho cities for the
advantages of a high school In the
completion of the common school ed
ucation they go and it Is only the
natural thing to expect the young
people to continue from tho high
school to the universities and busi
ness colleges. After that they look
about for tho best opportunities to
apply the education they have re
ceived.
Now, It Is this class of young peo
plo that the rural districts need, but
hey receive back only an Insignificant
percentage of them. The tradition
that the farm Is not tho place to get
dividends from the Investment made
I In securing an education has proved a
barrier to the fuller and better de
velopment of farm life. The joung
men look for other avenues of busi
ness; the young women shrink from
returning to what they regard a the
drudgery of life in the country. And
it will require something more than
the optimistic report of the agricul
tural bureau as to the vast wealth of
the American farmers to convince
them that the farm offers the greatest
opportunity for the application of
their ability.
If the young men and young wo
men are to be kept on the farm it will
be necessary to revolutionize farm
methods and farm life. That ought
not to be regarded as a hopeless un
dertaking in this progressive age
which has required the reorganization
of every line of business. It Is not
unreasonable to anticipate success In
such a movement because a revolu
tion of farm methods means bigger
dividends In the farming industry.
But It is utterly hopeless and unrea
sonable to expect the young men and
women to go back to the farm from
which they have escaped because of
Its limitations as to the enjoyment of
everything that they regarded as
worth while In life, except that of
accumulating wealth. Kansas City
Star.
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Senator LaFollette, of Wisconsin,
will be much more at home in the
62d congress than he has been pre
viously In his senatorial career. He
will be among friends, where hereto
fore he was surrounded by enemies.
The reactionaries were in the ascend
ency In the United States Benate and
they lost no opportunity to snub and
belittle that real progressive from
Wisconsin. But things have changed.
Many of the most conspicuous of La
Follette's revllers will not answer to
roll call in the 62d congress. Massa
chusetts has repudiated Lodge.
Maine has pushed Hale down the
toboggan slide. Kean, of New Jer
sey, has had his day. Depew, of New
York, has Joined the down and out
club. Dick, of Ohio, Is among the
also rans. Aldrich, of Khode Island,
foreseeing the approaching storm,
eliminated himself. Progressive dem
ocrats and progressive republicans
will control the next senate and La
Follette, one of the most loyal of the
people's servants, will come Into his
own.
Down In Missouri there Is a man
who ascribes to himself the glory of
discovering heaven. He says it is
located on the planet Jupiter, and
that each Inhabitant will have 160
acres to ramble around on. Won't
that be nice?
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There are 114 counties In Mis
souri; only sixteen of them voted for
prohibition. This should bo food for
thought for Poulson, who was im
ported to Nebraska to run the Antl
Saloon League. People of Nebraska
should be able to run their own
affairs without the assistance of out
siders. ,
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Mr. Poulson, boss of the Antl
Saloon League, says he will control
the organization of the legislature.
He Is counting his chickens before
they are hatched, evidently, or else
on those fellows who ran on the re
publican state platform and promised
many voters they would vote against
county option. These are the fel
lows who will be watched with eale
eyes.
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Amendments to the compulsory at
tendance law so that It would be en
forceable and a law compelling prop
er attention to the ventilation and
heating of school buildings will be
the subject of two measures to be
introdured In the coming legislature.
These matters were discussed at a
special meeting of county superin
tendents with Stato Superintendent
Bishop Wednesday.
Our old friend, Henry Schecle, of
Seward county, who served In the
last legislature, and who was re
elected at the late election, by the
slim majority of five votes, Is to have
a contest on his hands when the leg
islature meets. His republican oppo
nent claims Mr. Schecle Is credited
with five more votes than he should
Contesting is a very poor
In the election of Hon. John
Kuhl to the speakership of the Ne
braska legislature, It will be an honor
conferred upon a gentleman and a
scholar who Is one of the best quali
fied men in the state for the position.
He has been 'elected three times to
the legislature from Cedar county,
and was one of the leaders In the
last house, and served upon several
of the Important committees. He Is
clear-headed, a ready talker, con
scientious and will preside over the
legislature with fairness to all. We
hope to see him elected, because we
know his worth.
The Omaha Ad Club has passed a
resolution asking the Incoming legis
lature to appropriate 125,000 for the
purpose of advertising Nebraska.
This Is a good move, and as some
states have done this we cannot Bee
why Nebraska should not do the
same. The Omaha Ad. club does not
confine Its labors to the metropolis
only, but has already done wonders
for the state at large. An appropria
tion of $25,000 Judiciously expend
ed In advertising our great state,
would be of great benefit, and we
hope the legislature will follow in
the footsteps of some of our most
prosperous western and southern
states, and place the money In the
hands of the Omaha Ad. club for the
purpose of boosting Nebraska as she
ought to be boosted.
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riUCTKML OPTIMISM.
Were all men optimists the world
would be brighter and better. The
lack of optimism affects materially
the welfare of humanity and he who
Indulges In practical optimism is In
deed a happy man. In recent years
an excellent object lesson In optimism
has been presented the world through
Christian Science, and no matter how
people may regard that "creed" or
"faith," contact with the true Christ
Ian Scientist brings out the feeling
that they are optimists of the first
water. Theirs Is a practical optimism,
since by its use they keep happiness,
prosperity and first class health. No
need to call them "faddists" or
I "cranks." they have shown the way
to many how to get the best out of
life and live as people ought to live.
The business man needs optimism
in all departments of his establish
ment. The housewife needs optim
ism If she would build the real home.
The doctor finds optimism his test
assistant. It is not of the kind that
has a smiling exterior, not the kind
that conceals so poorly the underly
ing moroseness or despondency of
men, but that simon-pure article
which comes from the heart, shed
ding enthusiasm and courage to the
worn and weary soul. Why think
the country Is going to rack and
ruin, why think your business has
gone to the dogs, why think that
s'ekness must hold you down when
with a little true optimism the
chances are you could right the ship,
so hard for you to steer, and find
your way In smooth waters? The
Scientists have much to stand for,
much to contend with In the discus
sion of the world, but they have
proven that the optimism worth hav
ing is that which Is of practical use,
and have demonstrated Its value In
many ways. If the Scientists had
not so demonstrated It, the organiza
tion would have died a natural death
! long ago
There Is no medicine men
need bo much as plenty of optimism
and plenty of work, and they can be
easily had.
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TIIK HKKT HOY IX SCHOOL.
The model boy in the high school
at Leavenworth some fifteen years
ago was Shelton Burr. Beginning
with his euphonious name he was all
that could be asked for lu the way of
boy. The good old principal called
him Shelly, while Jones, Smith and
Brown were sufficient captions with
which to summon the ordinary1, every
day young bandits under his care. In
every way Shelton Burr was "a fine
young man," first In his studies, first
In the hearts of his teachers and first,
or very near It, In the regard of his
classmates. For with all of his good
qualities, that boy was In no sense a
"sissy." He never held a hand In
the noon-hour "pitch" game under
have ben.
business.
the courthouse steps, nor stole fruit
from a huckster's wagon, and yet be
held the respevt of tht more or less
unpromising classmates who delight
ed In schoolboy crime. That kind of
a boy was Shelton Burr.
Yesterday they raided his offices in
New York arrested him charged
with using the mails to swindle the
simple-minded thrifty out of their
few and hard-earned dollars. He
was president of Burr Brothers, Inc.,
and Issued stock by the millions In
corporations of the Rawhide Taran
tula kind, Golden Fleece was the sig
nificant name of another. ,The post-
office authorities say Shelton Burr's
concern Issued 40 million dollars of
stock, par value, In their companies.
There Is nothing startling in hav
ing been the model boy In the Old
Home Town, nor la the arrest of a
get-rlch-qulck operator unusual these
days, but that the prize pupil should
develop Into the prize peddler of
worthless stock Is out of the ordinary
even the hardened cynic muBt admit.
The boy who has enough backbone to
do the right thing consistently usual
ly will be found doing the right thing
as a roan. His caution and conserv
atism may tend to prevent his being
early and brilliantly successful, but,
all the chances are that he will be
safe, even If mediocre. How Shelton
Burr put In the fifteen years between
Leavenworth and Broadway is not
known, but It Is doubtful if his sur
roundings and mode of life alone
could have changed the exemplary
boy Into a man who made it his aim
to take the savings of poor people by
means of promises he knew he could
never fulfill.
Simply as an Interesting story Is It
not possible that Shelton Burr, the
level-headed, earnest boy, grew Into
a level-headed, earnest man; that,
with the earnestness, caution and
conservatism that had always gov
erned him he Btudled the problem of
life; that he decided to concentrate
his efforts towards the early acquisi
tion of money to have riches in the
years when he would be best able to
enjoy them materially; that cold
bloodedly, deliberately, he chose the
easy way, the certain way, and the
president of "Burr Brothers, Inc.," Is
under arrest?
Isn't it possible that the model boy
of the school, grown to be a man,
simply decided to Ignore the best
known motto In the old copy book?
Kansas City Star.
The democrats will have 63 major
ity in the next congress.
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Meat prices appear to have reached
the very top and started down on the
other side.
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The people will perhaps get the
benefit of the drop In wholesale meat
prices If the butchers' salesmen will
put nothing but the purchased meat
In the scales.
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It may be suggested that the
Jnlied States Supreme Court is stand
ing plenty pat enough without any
assistance from the Hon. Thomas
Henry Carter of Montana.
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The late session of the State Teach
ers' Association In Lincoln, In some
of Its meetings, reminds one of a
stormy session of an up-to-date politi
cal convention. Shame!
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President Taft'B message to con
gress next week may be expected to
concede that the Payne-Aldrlch Tariff
Law Is not so all-fired admirable but
that a change here and there would
Improve It.
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The old State Journal and Its co
horts are engaged In their old tricks,
Just as they always are Just before
the legislature meets, endeavoring to
organize dissensions In the ranks of
the majority party. But th "dope"
thrown out by the Journal, will prove
as chaff In a windstorm. Most of the
democrats know the tricks of the old
gang.
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The meeting of the State Teachers'
Association In Lincoln this week In
many Instances, was a disgrace to the
state, and some of the actors In the
drama should he ashamed of their
performances. J. I McBrlen, once
state superintendent of schools,
seemed to have been one of the lead-
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lng actors, and made an effort to en
force his rule or ruin policy which he
was in the habit of doing when he
was In authority. Such disturbers
should never be allowed to take part
In such gatherings.
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The new congress, which has a
substantial democratic majority, will
have the pleasant job of redisricting
the United States and readjusting the
number of congressmen to which the
people are entitled under the recent
census returns. This Is a Job that the
republicans adjusted to suit their
own sweet temperaments for about
half a century, and we now look for
a hollow roar to arise that the demo
crats are going to perform the work
in a partisan manner, something you
coupdn't hire a republican to eren
think about.
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A writer, In describing congress
man Champ Clark, who will probably
be the choice of the democratic ma
jority for speaker of the next house
of representatives, says: "Champ
Clark is a gentleman and a scholar.
He Is really 'the scholar in politics,',
with a better title to the name than
most of those who wear it. For
nearly a quarter of a century he was
a college president. His education
did not cease with his college dayB,
nor has it ceased to this day. He Is
an omnivorous reader, with a special
bent for history, politics and political
economy."
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If the democratic county optlonists
go In cahoots with republican county
optlonists and attempt to organize
the legislature, another very grave
mistake will be the result. That is
what Is talked of now, but we don't
believe It can be done. All manner
of schemes will be laid by the Anti
Saloon League, under the manage
ment of that great Imported hireling
and self-esteemed moralist, Mr. Poul
son. The antl-optlon members of the
legislature want to keep their ears to
the ground and listen to the rumb
lings of all kinds of schemes when
the legislature assembles.
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Shooting Match at Murray.
Mack Churchill, of Murray, gave a
blue rock shooting match yesterday
which was participated In by H. H.
Stoll, of Nehawka; Otto Carroll,
Ernest Young and Mack Churchill,
for a purse. Mr. Young proved to be
the champion In breaking the largest
number of blue rocks and was award
ed the prize.
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