The Plattsmouth Journal
Published Semi-Weekly
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Entered at the Tostoffice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska aa second-class matter
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A bill for national drainage has
been introduced in congress.
There . will bo no lack of first
class opportunities for the ex
perts trained in the great work at
Panama.
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England claims to be ahead of
any other European country in
growing crops. And yet when it
compares farm results with Uncle
Sam it finds itself in a lower
class.
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Peanut butter figured largely in
the rations of a college girl who
lived on 50 cents a week. In this
case the graduating essay should
be on the peanut view of human
existence.
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Georgia is the (list state to
elect a senator by popular vote
under the new constitutional
amendment. There was but one
candidate, which is a good thing
when a state knows exactly what
H wants.
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Formerly the fact that a wom
an had undergone an operation
gave her a good deal of distinc
tion. Hut operations now are so
common that it is necessary to
have two trained nurses to attract
attention.
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The coal men seize the red-hot
July bargain period to urge peo
ple to lay in their next winter's
supply of fuel. It may be wis
dom to do so, but we doubt that
it will be much heeded unless
I ho coal men see lit to tack on
July prices.
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Secrelary Bryan's plan for the1
extension of Hie protecting wing
of the United Slates over Nicara
gua broached to the foreign rela
tions committee of the senate,
with the consent and approval of
President Wilson, has become tho
absorbing topic of diplomatic and
congressional consideration. 1
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Modern advertising is nothing
more than news. It is news of
I lie stores, n word from tho mer
chants to the customer. Adver
tisements now are simple, plain
face to fnco talks. They tell tho
public what should be worn,
when to begin to wear certain
kinds of clothing and whero to
buy.
Complications are predicted as
certain to rise .,ver the installa
tion of the di'vi I election method
for the selection of United States
senators. Most of tho trouble- is
expeeti d t result from the fail
ure of stale legislatures to pro
vide promptly appropriate meth
ods for carrying out the recent
amendment to the constitution for
the direct senatorial election.
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It is hoped that free sugar will
mean free sugar.
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Scientists believe it will soon
be possible to forecast weather a
year ahead. Many will regard this
as a vindication of Rev. Irl R.
Hicks and his celebrated almanac,
and people are easily fooled in
other ways.
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It is a hundred years since the
first locomotive got down to
practical work. How fast the
world moves may be judged from
a comparison of the engine of
1813 with the big mountain
climbers of today.
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About four inches of water ap
plied gently to the bosom of tho
west would be very gratefully re
ceived at the present time. Show
ers are little items of blessing,
but a general application is de
sired. :o:
"A Home-Coming" celebration
is a right up-todate proposition.
The former settlers of Cass
county who live in other sections
of this great, country would come
to such a celebration, while they
would not to that of any other
kind.
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A bachelor who died recently in
Philadelphia left $317,500 to
churches and charitable institu
tions, and to a friend $100,000, an
automobile and $1,500 a year for
its upkeep. The last item is
thoughtful and also suggests the
experienced motorist. j
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It is indeed a gay old world that
permits it to be said that "Bill"
stands for William, "Jake" for
Jacob, "Tom" for Thomas, "Hi"
for Hiram, "Al" for Albert,
"Di.tn" fnn lnli- "Mr.Il" frn
Sue" for. Susan, "Beck" for Re
becca, "Nell" for Nellie, and
"Hell" for Helen.
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.A Tulsa, Oklahoma, millionaire
has adopted 300 poor children and
expects to adopt 700 more as fast
as he can find them. He an
nounces that when ho dies he will
leave the major portion of $5,
000,000 to his adopted children.
When a man shows that kind of
a spirit we are liable to forgvt to
ask, "How did he get it?"
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The Wilson girls are all the
rage now. Neither of them can
scent her handkerchief without
the metropolitan journals writing
a lot of flapdoodle about it.
Right here in Plattsmouth we
have girls much prettier than any
of the Wilson girls, if we are to
judge from their pictures. The
Journal stands up for Platts
mouth first, last and all tie time,
and our pretty girls in particular.
Costa Rica protests against a
treaty between the United States
and Nicaragua for another inter
oceanic canal. At the present
price of money this subject can
not be considered urgent.
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A "Home-Coming Day" would
be in order for one day at the fall
festival. Many are already favor
able for such a day, on which all
the pioneers at home and abroad
could get together in one grand
review and enjoy a genuine good
time.
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Not satisfied with letting tho
senate dig into the Mulhall and
other lobby charges, the house
intends to do some digging also.
As the special session approaches
its end the end is pushed more
remotely into the future. And
the orchestra will play between
acts.
The administration is not do
ing much in the way of distribut
ing the plums just now. Perhaps
the old tree will be shaken good
and plenty and the fruit become!
riper the nearer the approach of
frost. And then some of the ap
plicants, of course, will be nip
ped in the bud.
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There may be a few mossbacks
who don't want a fall festival car
nival or any other kind of amuse
ments this fall for fear it will cost
them a penny or two. Wherever
you find a mossback you will find
a knocker, and when you spot a
knocker you spot a mossbackv
They are one and inseparable.
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Debate on the tariff bill was to
have begun yesterday, according
to reports from Washington, and
by agreement there will be five
weeks of it. A vote, therefore, in
the senate is expected by the lat
ter part of August. The bill will
be in conference about two weeks,
and go to the president" for his
approval about September 15. It
is conceded on all hands that it
will be passed and approved. The
act will go into effect upon ap
proval with the exception of .tho,
provisions relating to sugar, wool
and the tax of $1.10 per proof
gallon on spirits used in tho
fortification of sweet wines.
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The farewell banquet tendered
R. L. Metcalfe, civic governor of
the famous canal cone, in Lincoln
Thursday night was attended by
a large number of the leading
democrats of Nebraska. Met, in
a few brief words, regretted his
leave-taking, and with much feel
ing gracefully acknowledged bis
appreciation of the great honor
paid him by his friends. Mr.
Matthew (Soring of this city was
one of the number that spoke at
the banquet. The Journal wishes
Mr. Metcalfe and family a safe
journey to the place of his future
labors, and may they be blessed
with happiness during their stay
in Panama, and when the time
conies for him to vacate his
honorable position may they re
turn in safely to their old home,
where they are so highly respect
ed and loved, is our prayer.
The Missouri editor who killed
himself last week owned four
newspapers, which is sufficient to
explain all. Owning one news
paper is hard enough.
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It would be a good idea for the
city council or mayor to instruct
the man who runs the street
sweeper to sprinkle the streets
before sweeping. The dust be
comes almost unbearable, even so
early in the morning. It don't
cost any more to sprinkle first.
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The Journal has been listening
for a kick on the location of the
band concerts, and it has come.
If the writer of the article is a
contributor to the expense of the
enterprise he has a perfect right
to kick; otherwise he has not.
The High school park is all right,
but we Ihink if the band-stand
was placed somewhat southward
the people down town would be
better pleased. This is simply a
suggestion not a kick.
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There is still n few damphools
in the country, but no one ever
thought of finding them in the
great moral and religious village
of Lincoln, the stale capital of
the great slate of Nebraska. But
they are there all right, and they
are the fellows who insist on an
election this fall, and some of
them have gone so far as to file
for nominations, in the face of
(lie fact that Governor Morehead
has refused to issue a proclama
tion calling for a primary. Of
enure they simply want to appear
smart, that's all.
We cannot perceive any reason
why this nation should not have
the greatest navy on earth. We
are the greatest nation in the
world and can easily build a more
respectable navy than we now
possess at the present time. The
money that would be spent in
building up a navy would be spent
for something less important than
ironclads. The government should
not care for criticism to the con
trary on this question, and if
our navy is not looked after as it
should be we may have great
cause to regret it. Other coun
tries are building stronger navies,
and the United Slal.cs should do
the same.
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We overheard a farmer, com
plaining the other day that on
account of the big crop wheat
would be lower in price. He is a
republican, but didn't charge
Wilson with the responsibility of
the prospective low price. We
incline to the opinion, however,
that President Wilson has some
thing lo do with it. lie caused the
rains to fall and the sun to shine
and that produced an abnormally
big wheat crop. We are using
the same kind of argument many
republican editors used when
the Almighty blessed the country
with good crops. We confess
there isn't much sense in the
argument, but if it was proper for
republican editors to usurp the
prerogatives of the Almighty in
the production of crops, may not
democratic editors use the same
gush?
If anyone doubts the wisdom of
a legislature, says the Kansas
City Journal, the following con
tained in the 1913 session laws of
Kansas should dispell such a
misapprehension: "When two
trains approach a crossing both
shall stop, and neither shall go
ahead until the other has gone
by."
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We haven't heard of Mr. Bryan
cancelling any of his chautauqua
engagements in consequence of
the severe criticisms he is receiv
ing from some of the metropoli
tan journals. These criticisms
come from republican journals, of
course. The old say, "It makes a
big difference whose ox is gored 1"
holds good in this respect. A
year ago the entire republican ad
ministration, including the presi
dent, was away from their places
making political speeches or ad
dressing chautauquas. But it is
Mr. Bryan this time, and of
course they must issue a protest.
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The Commercial club is agitat
ing a proposition for holding a
fall festival, feeling that now is
the time to start the ball rolling
and have everything arranged by
the first of September for a week
of entertainment that will bring
the residents of the county here
to celebrate the close of a harvest
of more than usual excellence.
This matter of a fall festival was
discussed some lime ago at a
meeting of the Commercial club
and the festival decided upon, but
the work' of arranging it should
begin at once, as it will take con
siderable time to arrange all the
different features, and if it is lo
be made the success it should he
will require work from now on.
Omaha Trade Exhibit. This is no
reference to the proposed fall
festival in Plattsmouth.
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Some people have the happy
faculty of rising victorious over
the troubles of life. Though they
may not loom large in the world's
'true conquerors. Some are na
turally gifted with a happier and
more cheerful temperament than
others. It is merely a matter of
habit. The man who lives his
life cheerfully, without complaint,
rises steadily in the scale of hap
piness and strength, while the
grumbler slips a notch down
ward each day.. Some worry so
much over the everyday trifles
that when a really big trouble
comes along they have not enough
reserve force left to meet it. Most
of us are too much given to
worry. And most of our worries
are without real reason. Nine
tenths of the things we worry
about are either over and done
with, or in the future and never
come. Life is short; so let's make
it as cheerful as possible. Trouble
is bad enough without being ex
aggerated, without carrying the
worries and ill-feelings of one
day over to the next, without per
mitting them to be a constant
wear and tear on the temper and
nerves. Remember the happy
hours and the success, forget the
sad ones and the failures as the
gold-seeker clings to the nuggets
and casts away tho dirt.
Dowager Queen Alexandra is
said to be unable to get along on
an income of $550,000. Then,
think of the fellows who criticize
Secretary Bryan because he can
not pay necessary expenses in
Washington on a salary of $12,
000 a year.
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There is no question about the
grade of summer we are having.
The old "heathen" who called
Venus the fire god, evidently knew
what he was talking about, for
this planet dominates the weather
during July and there appears to
be no question about his influence.
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Everything is relative. The
Japanese femininists want
greater freedom and opportunity
for women. They want" their
"merits openly and properly
recognized," as one of them says,
"but do not want the bold and
brazen independence of action of
the American and European
women, nor their men to "imitate
in toto the men of Europe and
America in their attitude towards
women." That will come later as
the timid Japanese women become
(customed to being somebody.
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How some newspapers do love
to criticize Mr. Bryan for taking
in the chautauquas. He has done
this for many years and we can
not see any reason why he should
cease doing so simply because he
is secretary of state. He is in
great demand all over the coun
try. There is one thing certain,
you cannot please all the people
at once, and Mr. Bryan should
please himself first, and if it
happens lo please most of. the
people good and well. If not, ho
can rest assured that he pleased
himself and a whole lot of chau
f auqua-goers.
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Now comes the report from
Washington that the price of liv
ing is going higher still. Con
found Wilson. We voted for him
because our good republican
friends assured us that his elec
tion would bring ruin to the
farmers in the way of low prices r
for their products. They declar
ed that cows would not bring $20,
horses and mules could hardly be
given away, fat cattle might bring
2 cents per pound and hogs pos
sibly 3, eggs would be a drug on
the market at 4 cents per dozen,
that all kinds of grain would come
down in price until it wouldn't
pay to raise it. One enthusiastic
editor declares that eggs would be
so cheap that hens would refuse
to raise chicklets because they
wouldn't get pay for the time
consumed in the process of
hatching. The same people de
clareed it wouldn't pay to raise
children because there would be
nothing for them to do until tho
country recovered from the dis
aster of democratic rule. But all
these predictions have ' failed.
Prices are even better than here
tofore, tho hens are busy produc
ing eggs and chicklets and tho
crop of babies is bigger and bet
ter than ever. Wilson has cer
tainly turned the trick on pessimists.
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