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I -The Plattsmouth Journal -
Published Scml-Weeklj at Plattsmouth. Hebraska cr3
R. A. BATES, Publisher.
Entered at the Postolfice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as second-clas
matter.
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THOUGHT FOR TODAY.
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Well, we have had another
snow, despite tlio groundhog.
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"Honest business and men
haven't anything to fear."
Woodrow Wilson.
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In live weeks' lime Uli! people
w. re killed in t lie United Stales
and Canada in auto accidents.
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Not only should Omaha have
home rule, hut every other city in
Nebraska should have it.
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The Iowa legislature has turn
ed down a hill which sought to
prevent marriages between whites
whites and blacks. Shame!
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Senator Shively of Indiana de
lines a standpatter as "a man that
has stopped and cannot start,"
and an insurgent is "one that has
started ami cannot slop."
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One congress is about to ex
pire, another will meet shortly,
and a third will be elected next
year. The recall is applied rapid
ly enough in at least one branch
of congress.
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A strange problem in some of
the Latin-American states is why
revolutionary leaders should light
each oilier desperately for some
thing thai can be held for only a
short, lime, and then by continued
(Ik Ming.
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Kvents follow each other
rapidly in this country. Hecenlly
we had the Helen (iould wedding.
Next came the Mexican troubles.
Now will come the inauguration
of President Wilson. Then what
is to follow? Decoration day and
I tie Fourth of July, of course.
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The member of the legislature
who presents a "by request" bill
should be made to father the
same. These "by request"
measures are generally poorly;
supported by members in either
house. And every author of such
measures should sign hi name
lo the bills.
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The latest fad in city circles
is to cheek babies during church
services. The churches are not,
bothered so much by squalling
babies in this city as the theater,
and I here fore we would suggest
that the manager provide a room
and nurses for all mothers who
atlend the theater with young
babies.
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President-elect Wilson repeats
that he will not finally close his
cabinet selections until the day
of his inauguration. All who
have been "mentioned" will con
sequently be on their good be
haviour until March 4th. You
can bet your bottom dollar that
Hon. W. J. Bryan will head the
list, if he so desires.
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A genuine gentleman is one
that is clean inside and out; who
neither looks up to the rich nor
down lo the poor; who can lose
without "squealing" and can win
without "bragging;" who is con
Hderale of women, children and
old people; who is too bravo to
li,., (,o generous to cheat, and
who lakes his share of the world
and Ids other people have theirs.
Isishop David H. Moore of the
.Methodist episcopal church may
now recall the adage as lo what
usually happens to introducing
peace-makers. Sued for 50,000
damages by a Kansas woman,
who, however, was given a verdict
of only ,t, the bishop has Mood
cause lo feel a sense of relief.
Hereafter, perhaps, he will likely
let the Kansas churches settle
their quarrel without his assist
ance. W. It. Thompson, chairman of
the state democratic committee,
says thai the removal of the state
university is a scheme lo make
I be democratic party of the state
I he "goat" for an expenditure of
millions of dollars. The writer
was in Lincoln a short lime since,
and was there but a few hours
till he saw how the scheme was
working, and the legislature,
especially the democratic mem
bers, should "keep hands off."
By practically coincident con
viction under the criminal fea
tures of the Sherman law of the
men in the hath tub combination
and the cash register monopoly,
I he government has shown power
lo control the worst features of
unfair restraint of trade. It has
been shown I hat not only can
combinations be dissolved, but
that those making Ihein can be
punished.
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One of I he largest and most en
thusiastic meetings in the history
of the C.omOiercial club was that
on Thursday nighl, which surely
denotes I hat the business men are
hiking a great interest in the
future prospects of l'laltsnioulh.
This meeting demonstrated lo a
dead moral certainty that the
business men viewed the work of
the organization in the right light
and proposed to give encourage
ment by lending all possible aid
in its efforts. Let every man
who makes his home in IMatts
moulh join the club and lend a
helping hand.
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iMit it to a vote of all the worn
n of Nebraska as to whether they
shall vole or not, and if the ma
jority of them are favorable to
suffrage, we promise them we will
favor them when it comes to de
ciding the matter at the general
election. In conversation with a
leading suffragette in Onvernor
Morehead's olliee a few days
since,, we put the matter to her in
this light, ami she hooted at.
such an idea. The fact is there
are but precious few housekeep
ers women who have plenty to
occupy their time at home who
do not care to vole. It is simply
a few old hens hero and there
who want to get into the political
limelight for their own personal
aggrandizement. That's all.
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At a parental gathering recent
ly a lady toasted "Tho (lentlo
men" as follows: "rUoss'm.
They share our joys, they double
our sorrows, they triple our ex
penses, they quadruplo our cares,
they excito our magnanimity, they
increase, our self respect, awaken
our affection, control our prop
erty, and out-maneuver us in
everything. This would ho a
dreary world without them. In
fact, I may say, without respect
of successful contradiction, that
without them this wouldn't he
much of a world anyhow. We
love them and the dear things
cannot help ''. We control them
and the precious fellows don'
know it."
ilie late snow is worm several
millions of dollars lo the wheat
growers of Nebraska, and they
feel highly elated.
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Look out for the stranger who
wants you lo cash a check after
banking hours. He is "doing"
merchants in neighboring towns.
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The revolution in Mexico is nut
over by a long shot, and indica
tions are that the United States
will be compelled to intervene be
fore it is over.
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I'.very little while, it would
seem, something must happen lo
impress upon the human mind,
emphatically and painfully, how
brief, after all, the span of life
may be.
Some of Plaltsmouth's building
contractors are so rushed with
work that I hey are compelled to
work on Sundays in order to com
plete their contracts on the date
promised.
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It is said that the latest revolu
tion in Mexico is backed by a
syndicate of London capitalists.
To the credit of the United Slates
it, may he said that Wall street
was not even suspected.
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It is suggested in some cities
that a corps of professional flirts
be organized to deal with street
mashers. Hut the fact must not
be overlooked thai cruel and un
usual punishment is forbidden.
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Serious object ions are made
against the appointment of M. W,
Baxter as superintendent of the
Hastings hospital for the insane.
It would appear from 'all reports
that ("lovernor Morehead has made
a big mistake in the selection of
Baxler.
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Itegardless of what the facts
may have been, there is not a
particle of use of Mr. Morrissey
and Slate Chairman Thompson
raising a muss over it now.
Don't wake up anything that oc
curred before Iho election.
I'.very time we read the strenu
ous doings of (hose London suf
fragettes we are convinced anew
of the truth made by some emin
ent one, whose name we can't re
call just now, that hell hath no
fury like woman's scorn.
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When the missels of the war
ring parlies in Mexico struck
the American club building the
shells went through the wall and
into the library. There hungj
portraits of George Washington,
O rover Cleveland, William Me-.
Kinley, Woodrow Wilson, William
II. Taft and Theodore Roosevelt.
The first shell hit Hie father of
his country plumb on the nose
and shattered It. The next shell
knocked the shilling out of Wood
row Wilson. Grover Cleveland
lasted only a minute, while a
splinter from the leg of a chair
played havoc with William Mc
Kinley. Bui through the con
diet the smiling face of Theodore
Iloosevelt glared with its double
row of teeth upon tho destruction
inflicted upon his predecessors,
and of all things in the room
alone escaped damage, showing
that Theodore's star is in tho
ascendant, and fate seems to in
dicate thai the tlrst duty of Wil
son will be to send Iloosevelt
down to the distracted country,
so that the benign inhuences of
the bull moose will shed n halo
of peace.
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Tho World-Herald hits that
pap-sucker, tho State Journal,
right squarely between tho eyes
in tho following extract from an
editorial in that paper: "The
Lincoln Journal pays a very wick
ed left-handed compliment to the
newspapers of this state when it
intimates that tho reason I hey
have, opposed tho bill to advertise
constitutional amendments by
pamphlet instead of by news,
paper is that 'they are desirous
if Ihe profil of advertising
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IBe COUNTRY
GENTLE
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Why the Little Red Schoolhouse Fails. kuSJ
years of iersonal exeriencc as a country school-teacher. He shows exactly what is wrong with rural
schools and how that wrung can be remedied.
Tk Mom VJU n. MJn C nnA J Fitzgerald, and the big secret of his success is: "It
lue mail VYIIO maae uOOa. d'Kn't pay to raise thingi t: suit your fancy altogether;
raise things to suit the buyer's fancy." If you are a market gardener or in any way interested in this
end of agriculture, Mr. I'iUgera!d's article will help you to make more money.
An Vv Qlova'c Mifjrla frnnc The United States department of Agriculture has just
nil EX-0ave S lf-.ruClC VlOpS. JSSUC1 a Bulletin telling of the marvclously large crops
raised by an ex-slavc on a two-acre farm. Hut Dulletins, like coins, have two sides; this article, by
Parton V. Currie, shows the "other bide" of this remarkable Hullctia.
Simple Accounts For Farm Dasiaess. liund fortanSf a uiid5stcm Jlkw?
ing account many a once valuable farm has been lost. To'hclp you avoid just such a pitf ill, Morton O.
Coo)er,an expert iarmaccoiintnnt.as worked out a simple hut practical system for keeping farm accounts.
Breeders Who Make New Breeds.
and better breeds in plant and animal life were announced at the annual convention of the American
P.rccdt'r.'Association. held ruccntlyat Columbia, S.C.and this week's! uc contains an article telling just
what these breeders have arcorr.l'ished and how their achievements will benefit fanners and stockmen.
Ci . C - - i . C:I.T.,lh. An important article showing why concrete should ,
OrreUiag tOriCrele JllO irOuOieS. lH.u,e,i jn building sudi permanent structures.
Common d ingers that shouM be avoided are a'so pointed out.
M L o i U,vma 'I he market for mu-hrooins is always good, but the supply of mush-
iUUSnrOOHS al nome. rooms is never up to the demand. This article, by S. L. de Fabry, an
expert mu-hroom grower, sho.vi ju-.t how to grow and market mu.'hrooms.
t '.' f D-.;Jk If you havc a rough, broken portion of land that seemingly
Dairying Un KOUgn Land. -Xi usok.SSi you had better road what Charles S. Phelps says
about using just such f ind for pasturing dairy cows.
TU. 7m Tkof Wi' Waiv Onf I)r- Cyfil G- Hopkins' (of the Illinois Experiment
Ilie rarm mat WOni llcdr UUl Station) final summing up of his scries of articles .on
the "haw" of maintaining ix rmanent, successful agriculture. You will get the whole gist of this im
portant .-rrics in thi i one article.
fiJJ f iL AiifAi-iiMl fifteen-minute article by Charles E. T. Scharps
UOa JODS IOr ine nUlOmouue. that shows how an automobile can be used on the farm
to saw wood, thresh grain, churn butter and cut feed.
Pftnrrota Pnrnrri K n 01,0 scct'on ' t'le cou,ltry progressive farmers are building concrete
lOuCreie vOmcriDS. corncribs. Why they have adopted this new form of construction and
how the work is done is explained by William Walter Smith.
SPECIAL FEATURES FOR WOMEN
The Country Gentlewoman this week talks to the
woman who is a victim of the "nagging" habit. It
is critical, but helpful.
Grandmother' Recipe arc a number of good old
fashioned recipes that today arc among the "lost
arts" of the kitchen.
The Country Woman's Clothes pac gives a num
ber of designs for waists that are attractive and yet
practical and serviceable.
Keep Your Heirlooms, for old as they are, they are
better than much of the prcscnt-day furniture, etc.
Moreover, as Frederick Hewitt points out, they're
worth money. The antique dealer knows the value of
your old furniture and so should you.
FOR POULTRY FOLKS ONLY
A Real Cure for Roup that cured 98 per cent, is
explained by F. S.Jacoby. This new treatment has
been worked out by the Ohio State University.
Hen Brooding, by W. A. Sherman, discusses the
advantages of natural brooding over the manufac
tured broodera subject that is especially Interest
ing and timely at this season of the year.
Types of Wooden Hen is a timely article on
the best style of brooder and the best way to use it.
The author is A. G. rhillips, a noted poultry authority.
TIia PnnrtrAscinnol CianAtr This week TIIK OUSKRVER discussfs among a number
Ilie CUngreSSlUildl Wdienuar. ofotherthingsthc new Democratic Committee on Public
Lands of the House of Representatives, and the attitude of its members toward conservation.
TIia Crtn anil frA Mat-trot A weekly department written by one of the foremost financial
1 uc VlUpS anil Hie mdlKCl. authorities of the country, giving an agricultural-financial
forecast that will be of the utmost value tc every farmer, and business man having dealings with farmers.
Fvprvman ParriAn 'jrmcr who n'H a small vegetable patch for "family use" to
LiVcryman S Viarueu. t,e suburbanite, too the question of good soil and how to take care
of it is vital. This week EVERYMAN'S GARDEN tikes up this important question of garden soils.
Tho P F H I prrAr Rat mattcr wnat vou want t0 now "bout agriculture, stock
1 ue l r. U LCliei VOX. raisins or poultry, write to us. An expert (who knows what is
practical) will answer you which is better business than learning by stumbling.
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nmcndmonls in their own col
ums.' Tho quory it put into tho
month of 'a prominont lamp post'
if tho soason is not closed on
Knii'e from that quarter. For,
if there in a newspaper in Ne
braska that has systematically
and scientifically raided the stalo
'bullV 'Are not the newspapers ! treasury, and the county treas
even now usinjj their puwer to: mi"-, since the nntc-rnsshop-raid
the t ;i l treasury '--i- one; per das-, that, paper is the I.in
pnl cuiues willi especially iim d ! ,!, Journal." II iiiihl Iinvo
been just as well for the Worhl
Mei ald. lo have rubied that the
the State Journal is on the look
out, to snatch the "whole
cheese" by print iiiK the pamph
let which no doubt would Im
Kiven nut by the republican ser.
relary of slato.
