The- Platisniouth - Journal
Published Semi-Weekly at PUttsnuutli, Nebraska t,H5
R. A. QAT3, Publisher.
Kn lured at the l'ostollico at I'lattsmouth, Nebrsska, as second-1'lasB
mailer.
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II' Hi" hall: lull Irusl men Iry
for an i 1 1 1 1 1 1 i i 1 ' y lial li much Inn;;- j roil fur
it Ihey will I into IhiI water, ! he is in
The In-al dI Hie campaign is
hem' fell somewhat, nolliwilh
slari'liii:; winter is not, over yet.
(lonsiileriuK' all the hrlii-u i
tdioy hae mil, in (Ihieawo, il is a
very unsafe place for policemen.
The report. Ilial file Chinese
have come mil for Roosevelt is
Articulated In make r. Sun trem
ble for his job.
"Marse-1 Waller.son doesn'l
tnimJ hciiip culled "line gentle
man," Iml like so many of us, lie
draws I he line al "old."
Why expiel, people to ilevofe
lime to Hie st udy of literal lire,
when Ihey liaven'l yel read over
lh lasl, telephone directory?
A presidential 1 1 i 1 1 n i i i k rod
thai remains up for over a year
ame
lo i
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law"
''Iml.
M'nail as
-li.-uhl in
Ill' oHiee-
lli.rliilri
o.liier.
ikes a lare amoiinl of eon-
nie persun In belies e I hal,
ler than In'.- neighbor.
Wonder if Mike isn't "sorry
that he spoke so loud? Mike is
"some" in veiling his foot in it.
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(ioviTiimenl control of rail
mads has no terror for railroad
owners. They own the govern
ment also.
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We suspect that Aunt Delia had
not been in I he While house more
t han a day before discovering I hat
I he kilchen slnvc needed black
ing. :o:
If Hie democrats can find some
H'ood. competent man for slate
nidilor in the western part of the
ale il will prove a great tiling
ir the parly. I'.ut if we are coin
idled to support u man with no
ecord at all, look out for break
is.
generally shows signs of wear by
the time the storm comes along.
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It is said t hat the price of I he
aeroplane will soon lie in the
reach of everyone. It usually is
after a fellow gels a tumble in it.
A Cinciimiil i man found nine
pearls worth $100 each in a single
oyster, yel some people will con
tinue, to kick alioul the high prices
of food.
On those blue days when you
despair of the future of the re
public, just try washing Hie ollici
windows and see how much bellei
you feel.
After careful reading of I he
congressional proceedings we fail
to see. anvlhing about the ad
vocates of a subsidy. Have Ihey
.subsided'.'
How ran Ihey expect to enlargi
the. circulat ion of I he Congees
sional Hecord until Ihey make it
Hie right size to line I lie bureau
drawer with?
Roosevelt is not nearly .so
strong with his parly right now
as 'he, was eight years ago, ami no
one knows (his any bet lor than
Mr. Hnosevcll. himself.
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One good way for your wife to
pay a part of I he hill for her new
xpring gown 18 to gel. a $50 prizo
for one of these articles on "How-
to Dress on $50 a Year."
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From I he w ay people are get
ling all "hoi up" over polities, wc
expert, to see one or Iwo hanging
around this olllco (he night of No
vetnher 5 to learn if the people
have gone and done il.
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Washington's birthday in ivy he
a perfectly safe subject for con
gressmen, hut they must, discuss
vouic more, recent matters if they
hope, to quiet old Pro llono Pub
lim in the country papers.
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Talk of perjury as a result of
the testimony at the trial of tho
indicted beef packers in Chicago
is all well though; hut il would
be u good idoa to bring the pros-
en!, interminable hoof trial to n
fdnsc before slat-ling a lot more.
.Mr. Tafl, may be, as claimed, a
progressive- al heart, but on the
great issue of his administration,
the making of a tariff, ho stood
iy willi arms folded when the
progressives were battling for the
ual treatment of cmisuincr and
producer. ,
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"My hat h in the ring." ay
llr-o.-ex elt . Vuii will have my
inswer Monday."
Tlii' bal!h--cry in Missouii is
"Clark ami Harmony." While in
Xebra-ka il i- "Anvone who can
secure Harmony."
Mikr Harrington don't seem to
lake lo Ho name of Harmon,
whi-lher .-1 II 1 1 llarman or Har
mon, lie ih ll'l seem lo like it.
It is generally agree.
(ilV I'inehol had been
v. hi i1 1 1. W. chopped 1 1
tree, thing
hal if
iron ;id
cherry
would have been dif
ferent.
II is about lime for some of the
county candidates to be tiling for
repre.-enliif ive, county commig
sioner, assessor and county at
torney. :o : .
A movement is on foot to have
servant girls addressed as "Miss,"
but that won't help much in fam
ilies where tlvy don't dare speak
to her at. all.
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If yon are giing k Europe or
Panama this spring, and if you
don't have an airship in your
wood-shed and can't swim, you
should engage your Lwth about
now.
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There is said to havr been al
most a gossip famine in town the
other day when quilc a number of
telephones were put out of pftfii
inissiou lor a shnrU tinne..
:oc
fare waged.' Ain't all 'mr can- 1 agricultural population. The!
didales democrat? j money is to be used for practical
:o: deinou-'t.rat ion- of improved
Henry Waller-oii has "bobbed farming method-, and of wavs for
up ' i'pain in his h iding place and i making coinlil ion- of farm life!
ci tines
art ii-le
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forth wiih another lonji mure ultra'
live
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If the goverumoul sleuths will
investigate, we believe they will
11 ml that some of the dissolved
fragments of the Standard Oil
ompaiiy have been calling up
noli oilier by telopluu.i.e, and pos
sibly have exchanged letters
I h rough the nostolllcv.
Senator Hitchcock is one of the
proper persons to send as a dele
gal e-al-large to the Ualtimorv
Speaking of statesmanship,
there is the Hoiii. Sulzee" of .New
York, who thinks Hint I hie "unfed1
Stales should givo J'aniuna bark
ti Cobnribia, witty; an arlbgy.
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Then? will bo no opiniHilion Co
Hon. .Mm A. Jlaguiro for tilnt
nominafion for ttmgrea in !lbu
Il is ju.-l impossible for
H in v to In. Ill ins tongue vvnen
I Im re i- a lif-ht on. He ain't built
I hal way. il would appear.
In convor-al ion with one of the
allies! Mli'liu'n TS of the Male sen
ale I lie olher day, he remarked
lo us I hal IN'ii. W. H. Manning
was one of lln most influential,
! td-headed ainf able members of
lh;il body, and should be return
ed. S range as il may appear, the
,'jamth'inan we conversed with was
a i efiufdicaii.
There are many republicans
thririughiml the land vho do, not
believe that. Kooseve'.l, is ;vny
slroi'.ger Hum Tafl. Well, we
can't see why be sbouhf be. The
"big Mick" got a great, deal- of
credit, for dunig things, Iwt poini
out In us evilu one gre'iit thing
I but. Te.id di .in? it! the use, of this
in-adi-aitverlisini "big slicli,'' will
y i a ?
Ti'xas, as v.ll as any other
slat,, has its usual! muni r of
liar,-. It woiibf havk- been just
as will H nw r'i).rted the
Houston lir at, really what, it, vas,
.'.OO'I.OOO, inslead (r Si 0.0)0,
000. Of course, I lu. latter amount
soundKl higher for Houston and
perhapts-advertiseit the town nnre
extendi vely. But what is the use
of lyiii'S abor.fi suoftt malltii.TS?
A material cluangc das bcMi
made ist the ptislal savings baak
law. i!l'reat!ir dl wsiil; not !
nocessa?y for a pr.sou to be a
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First (t.irict. Hll, vvlmin i:,uld
a botlrr mani ! foumii for lilu:
place?
:ti
Soiim' ri'publicaus ar awaUjiig
with iuU'iise interest fiir. Te.dily's
auswoir iwxt Monday. U'belher he
runs M wot. btf: will. mL hawe. a
resident of the lerrtt.iu'y srved by
ttu; post il.iee. i.T!ordr thai he may
become a depositor iai. liliw postti
PUivings luiiik.. Cmln 111' old law
such re.i.li'i'co was ;vi:i.uui:vd, but
the law ?tas beti t i -nt so that
41 o .tin f,,t ill ill,. i..i':r an nov,
lab: posit M.pnsVilihav.Ji.v al IMatl
i
ji'.outh r. an) HJie.n- m
After a.ciliin o t" !?l,,tMsiiioii;.li
tsils oJCsvr lo'.vus iss X"tn.-aska f
lilie saiv.v cla- int (.'Ives hois
Parker tm maktf the race. ag'UJisf
this tii.i;i, .
hvvry wcili sal itii'.d. Jilali lliere a;n
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TEDDY A ft VOTE-GETTER.
Some of l!i' wc-ieru governor.
Ihmk Mr. Hoo-evelt is a very
Wonderful Vote-Seller, but is h
The records do n sii-iaiu their
Ihi'orv. in .-nil' of Mr, Roose
velt's unprecedented mpular
pluarilit'.- in I'.'Oi,
liven SLublis of Kansii. would
(ii.ublb admit thai the ciining
pre.-Kleil! I Al election Will oe ile-
cided by H'l-'' stales of New York,
Ohio, Imliaaa, Illinois and Mi--j-ouri.
In 100 1 lt -.scveH polled tCiil,
T)l.'f voles in New York; in f'.M)8
Tart polled 87'),o70.
hi l'.MU Hoosevolt pidled (iOr),
O'.Ti votes in (diio; in I'.IOS Tit'J
poiiied r72,.'ili.
ht I'.Mt'i Itoosvell pol'ibd 31)8,
voles in Indiiuia; in l'.tos Tali
pi'dhM 3f8.ti.)3..
In I'JOi Hoosi-adt polled 1132.
Ciir) vml.es in Illinois; in Tafl
Uone.'J (iU.H.02!.
In llilli Ronsevlt polleii :l' 1,
1 V veil's in Mivsoiiri; im I '.108
T.'il'l pviHeif i7,2(i:j;.
Takivg. these ii states t'gelli
i'j;, Uiiosev.' (I po led 2,7 t i
vol.-s l. Tail's J.;0!.r)07, a. dif
lei'ence in ISoosev oil's fav o of
ni.lv l'J.iHL
v. Riioseielt, tii.wvevei:. was
running against fudge. Parker,
vh'-provd. Uc be th weakest can
did lie llw diiniocrafi. over ni'iiin
aled. foe presidenl. . Mr. Taff,:was
running against M r. . IJryaiu. who
poliVid. n mrif voles l.haii weriv evor
before east: for a. democratic
pres-ilniiriialicamliibviy. In t fit?, (ive
.-tal is- referred to, . Mr. . IU-yan in
i!i00:haZ polled J , J'l 3,8S."i wotc-t;
but. .Clnlgif Parker i'r. year later
pollvt ci Hilly 1,'.)2'.1.I8, . slwing
Mial J8(),9 M denin'mts in these
idtiU-vW suppo -.".( Mr.. Bryan
,':i f'llMi1 iwiru.sed ti .uipori: Judge
Pari'v m t0i. Yet with,, this
trein!ndi'.- advaniiasro in the mat
ter rtf ogipvoicnts.. Mr; HiM.vsivolt
iir t'sMi njifived iirly 12,ili more
voIti tbin. did Miv Taff urn 1908,
What, tllion,' ijix-umcs-. of Mr.
.HousevcCtrs faDulnus political
MY NEW
AUTO
B ROBLRT M,THEU SON
Chni iruul.hei- guv Mikif Ilar
ringliiKiii some p-rvlly hit shok. Sax
whaii you please, about Chum,. I.i
has always bvvn a diunocriiii, ai.ul
convention, and the masses of the ,js j,ut vvor.'i.for th. partyv shfs
party should rise up and oleel fui- ilsolf
him. They have elected both Sen
ators Stone and Heed over tu Mis
souri, and why mil Senator Hitch
cock from Nebraska?
to: i
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They may he aiSle Im reihwr
eocigress to. order tiy bringing: w
tlm mace as iui embJoin of
tuntlKirity, iml ymu could iwver
Ojtiiol dovvi a hoy's SuniJny skooil
class in I bat manner.
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Ed Trifsch ami Will Knhu, from
nw Otfar (Wi'tk, wen in the city
liist Saturday, and whilv herft
paid' the Journal' olHco- a brief
caH'. Thi-y wfrt here Uioking af
tor surrre bus-imo-ss m mt tors.
In John II. Morehead Hie demo
crats will have a candidate for
governor who is a level-headed
business man, and his career 1 c r not informed, that any
Ihrough life has doiuonstrateit one has as yet sent. Ibwors to the
(bat he is that kind of a cititfio. express, company oflhurs,. in sym
A man who cannot conduct his pal by ilh tlwtir fel ings under
own business successfully is uotl invest Ration, but )) doubt the
a safe man to conduct husiAvss omission; was unintifutional.
for the people. Hemenibftr that ;Q:
as you go along. f ()Ung poonb? am seen read-
-
:o: I mg hook of Paowning's lov
Why some men will persist in poems, tlm-c is, nothing doing;
forcing themselves upoa the parly but. if yon atclv Ihom w ith a book
for. onice when they know their of house plans, tt is time for dad
standing as well as the parly, and bs clear the hous out at 10 pv m
maybe a little better, wo cannot ;o:
conceive. II is boiler to not have Tlmv septus to be a feeling on
any candidate at all than one who I the part of our Mexican brethren
is calculated to pull the balance f that they fought, hied and died (o
of the ticket down. Kvou on get. rid of luaz, and have not had
poor stick on the ticket is cal- a single revolution since then lo
culaleil to injure the balance of give 'em the worth of their
I he candidates. inouov.
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lid you ever notice it? ItuL of Horses are worth twice as much
i
course you have that just at a as ton years ago, says (he census
lime when the democratic pros- The automobile will never provide
ports are (he brightest there aro the seclusion required by young
a lot of follows who boh up and people on summer nights, and you
spoil everything? Such fellows can't make it carry a heavier load
are not good for any party, only by licking it.
to create discord and ill-feeling. :o:
The rank and die of (he, demo- The Harmon forces in Nebraska
cralic parly aro getting onlo such will wage no warfare, unless as
follovvs and keep Iheni in their sailed by backers of other can-
many wu'so pi tici s .than nwr own.
and ho is gurra ' viiling to t length? New ; YWk WHvU.
nvase linking,, sbocbil lw- hapiyn.
to be km who! er.agvs. in that
busino-., Tbore. urn but tow pnttt
tier towns im Nelnraska, and you
take otir business- Houses, hottds,
etc., fUcy n' far ahead of .'like
towns. throughout liho country.
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Th-mr is a. way to bring aftoul
hariuimy laid; viMory foir Uio
(lem-nM-ats of. Netiraska, but ill will
ncv ,ii be (81110 unless the IiwnI of
he ticket' ih- a man who va. fl'ett
fr4n Ibio piu-tiicipation Im th
ampaigiii two years ago,, whiclii
iMisod the disruption vf llw
pirly.. Thali might be just' as wefl
.tidorslififd nwvv before fAo pri
mary afterwards. We have
good, mn who look inn part in
the citmpaifro that has caused the
Iron bile- and il is just such men
who. ean unito the party and bring
forth go4wl results. Mi who have
niftde themselves obiwxtous to a
certain portion of tfc party can
do it that's one thing very cer
tain.
S Miles Soath of Plattsmouth
(the Old Martift Farm)
has installed a Saw Mill on his pl'ace,
and is prepared to ftiraish hard; lum
berof alii kinds,, posts and chunk
wood.
"A11 orders pzamptly filled and
also souuited.
minds all the lime, and under
stand their true object.
didales. That's the, right view,
bul why should there be anv vvar-
An important, extension of the
work of agricultural colleges is
provided for in ft bill now be Cure.
congress, which proposes to ap
propriate money for the purpose
of carrying education in scientific
fanning and home economies to
the homes so that such knowledge
shall not be limited to the small
percentage of the farm boys and
girls who are able to attend col
lege. The appropriation is to be
small at first, only $0,000 for each
sfalo which will appropriate an
equal sum, but it is to increase, nt
the rafo of $300,000 a year for the
whole country, until after ten
years tho annual appropriation
will bo $3,000,000, to bo allotted
to states in proportion to their
DR
Herman Grccdcr,
Graduate: Vetineary &rgcoi
(Formerly with U. S. Department
Agriculture)
Licensed by Nebraska State
Board
Calls Arswcred Promptly
Phone 378 White, Plattsmouth
Do You want an
AUCTIONEER?
If you do, get one who has
Experience, Ability, Judgement,
Telegraph or write
ROBERT WIKINSON,
Dunbar, Neb.
Dates made at this office or the
Murray State Bank.
Rates Reasonable
I had jnt Imnglit now aut'Hiiobile--one
of tli" now lilit iii:ike- fu- ijl.(C0
unit was trying it m t!ii rnnl. it was
a very prrtry niucltino- tj scat live peo
ple, ti t' tonticau lining of iihiiisiiiiuin.
It was nit!. or oarly in tho spring to
ri'Io for plra.uv. for tlu roads wt.Ti
still oxo ra'di. -tint I slink to the host
' of thrill and w;:s t'olihti.Hl Willi the-
lioi'l'oniiain i nf iny vchirlo.
I was driving along, fooling very Cum
in i :y now t y. for tho pnrohaso of
vl;i. h I had l oon saving for a oouple
uf yo.irs. whon I nvoriook a young
Man and a young woman hurrying
jlinii:, tho man niiTying m suit east', the
?.miai! holiiing up Ur skirts to koop
thorn from tho mud. Tlio man, lujiir
i;ig an .11110. lookod hick and. seeing
im: comiaw. si..nd in tin.' middle of the
ro:ui and motioned 'for 1110 to stop. I
pulled ii. :f course. - ir- was fa.sldon
ahly dies oil. a was tlio girl, who was
as pretty at si peach.
"IWg pardon for stopping you, sir.
Would yo:x Liind giving us 11 lift?
Wi are anxious to ciitctt a train on
the C, I., aiifl 15. railroad. If you
vo;ilS take . over there you have nr
idea what a favor you would do us."
N n the C Im 11 ml 1!.-railroad runn
Diirallol with the road I ' .fas 011 and
can only he- reached hy e-rossroiidM
which I knew to he in bad -condition.
I had ito inlnd to put my machine to
such a lest, o- I tohl the gentleman.
'Jiat I was soiTy, hut I hadn't tinio to
gic so far, whereupon lie tinik me
ioto-his ouliU(-iice, telling iu that he
and the girl were a runaway couple.
The gii -I'- fa tlit was dead set on her
lDarrying a broken down Itritish noble
ikuii thrw titnw her age and was to
hare takan her abroad the next day
to- be married,. tSe old fellow being bo
inflrni that h; cwildti't stand a journey
lo-Auioriou.
I. tiirne-i: to bolt at ttie couple, and
the-girl pive mw an appenliiig glance
thiit won am:
"vVhat station d you "ish- to
retch V" T asked.
"f.'arrinstoiu"
"That's- ttrty mil.n."'
"WJlh 1 G i splmdid machinoryoti can
iU- it In iun hour, certainly in on hour
ai.l a halt"
'Wot orw tin" iwnds I shall' have to
lis."
The girti put br hjindkerchie to her
eyns and hegau to- cry. At the same
timo wo Hoard the distant chag of au
aiitO'Coniiaig at HtUl speed.
'Wo-aiwlost!" he ivailinl.
"My friend," said the lofer in a
tirin 11 Ion voice. "we are riclvand able-ta-pay
you auy price for thc uao of
yvnr autai Name It."
I.' had no. mind either to Bell my nutO'
it to take advantage- of the rwcesstticfl .
of a pair of lorer "All right," 1 snkl;.
I'll taUi- you over, tint nob for pay.
il the world loves u lover, and I'm ai
lover inj,self."
I- let her wit and on,: reaching the
next roud tluit led toward the rallroud
tiTimd Into it. Soon 1 after this-we-llcitrd
the- automobile tiehiid us pass
llie- rnud w- had taken, Imt when-H
nulled u returoed and followed us
knew that tt was.af'tr us. Tlie-
in. in hokel very nervous, and thc-fflrl
was iuu hysterical. I'ftv a matter
of ten. miles -we were -on n very fair
roaiU then struck one. nt so g(Mtl.- I
had distanced the pursidng father on
tho-fair road, but had st-un'oly entered.
npMi-, ttie Inferior one when I heard.
an ominous rhug-,liUK,.IudicatiuK that.
In.- was not far In the' rear. I. put on,
full; speed, but we bgan to bounce,,
uad with every "thank you, ma'am,"
1 wiuced. I bad not lntendi.it to ex.
poKt my uto toisach a Uraiu. t
slowed uix
"For heaTen'g sak ko on!"" cried the
Sirl.
The iKrise behind sounding nearet I
(nit on little more speed. I heard
the two whispering, then Wie man sntd
to ine. "Slow up for a moment." 1 did
so, and to my surprise h Jumped out
with the ault aase and took to. the
woods.
"Uo on." sa 111 the pirt
Not undersrandlng the strange pro
ceeding I did; not quite know what to
do and sat thinking about It when I
felt Homethuig cold at the back of my
neck. Turning, I saw tbo girt poktng
n revolver nt m.
"Move n mighty quick. she ialfl
In a maul's voice.
There was nothing for It but to do
her bidding. I knew now that I had
been fooled hy a pair of thieves, that
one of them Intended to take the nvtag
uwny, whllo the other would force me
to lead the pursuers on while his pal
secured the plunder. It didn't make
r.ny dilTerenoo how many ruts we
went over, the girl I had behind me
Insisted on going faster and enforced
her demands at the point of the pistol.
I knew my beautiful new auto was
Retting frightfully damaged, but what
could I do? It was a terrible rldo
over roads that got worse every mile.
When we reached a point within half
a mile of the station we broke down
completely and ran against a telegraph
pole, and I landed In a soft ditch. Get
ting up, I Raw the girl limping for the
station. ,
My machine was only good for the
scrap heap, and when tho pursuers
canio tip and I told my story I got no
sympathy. Tho tfilw who took to the
woods got nway. and'lhe one who con
tinued on to the station caught a train
before the pursuers came up.
I have no further use for cloning
lovers.