THUfSW, AU0U9T 27, 1914.
PAQE 4.
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THOUGHT FOR TODAY
My business is not to re
make myself, but to make
the absolute best of what
God made. Robert Brown-ins-.
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The bnj
away with.
ballot should be done
:o:
A Plattsinouth man says he has
been in it i-o often he turns faint
when a waiter brings on the soup.
:o:
Clean men should be elected to
nice, and no other kind should
apply.
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If the Ilattery is headed your
way it sounds like merited praise,
does it not? ' ; .
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War prices are all right; if you
g-l them, and tough if you have
tu iay them.
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Nations may do as they please,
but the average -. married man
should declare neutrality,
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- President Wilson won't find so;
much opposition to his policy of
"watchful waiting" at this stage
of the game.
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list, or ;i burden of national debt.
And the bulk of the loss is to the
privates and their posterity,
whose pay is such a paltry pit- !
aucp, whose fate in victory or do- :
feat is likely the lot of the loser;
poor losers who asked so little
and got less.
It is thought at Washington
that there will be no adjourn
ment of congress. Witu the wai
in Europe the times seem too
c ritical to allow of an adjourn
ment for some time yet, at least.
President Wilson needs a rest,
but he says he will not even take
a vacation of a veek duration.
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The democratic vote on secre
tary of state showed very conclu
sively that the democrats of the
state were not stuck on Charley
Pool, and that shields would have
been nominated had he come out
sooner. The people do not be
lieve in these chronic office seek
ers. :o:-
'War prices" when there is no
occasion for it will not work with
President Wilson a little bit. He
t-e- fraud ami graft of the very
worst kind, and the investigation
already started, has been the
means of some few reductions on
certain foodstuffs already per
ceptible. Here is where President
Wilson .spends but little time in
"watchful waiting."
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A special from Chicago under
date of August 2'2, announces the
death of Darius Miller, president
of the C, B. & Q. railroad, which
occurred at filaei-r Park, Mon
tana, Sunday, after undergoing' an
operation for appendicitis. He
had been touring the p uk with
!iis wife in apparently good health
until last Wednesday, when he
wis taken ill. Thus has been re
moved one of the most noted and
etlieient railroad officials in the
welt, loved and respected by all
the Employes of the Burlington
system, irom the highest to the
lowest position, and his sudden
death came as a great shock to
1hose who knew him best. His
funeral;?, will occur in. Chicago
.Wednesday or Thursday.
THE PRIVATES.
Perhaps the most pitiful part
of this man-made hell called war
is the one which attracts the least
attention in. history; even in song
and story it is neglected for those
who bring the wisardry of words
or the miracles of music to war,
are apt to use them to embellish
and glorify. And the glory is for
war lords and Held marshals and
the rest who linger on or near
the seats of the mighty. For the
privates are the hardships and
horrors, the foul food and burn
ing thirst, the gaping wounds and
sudden death, and the sad bur
den of families left in want made
worse by the awful devastation of
war; destruction they themselves
have wrought against others of
their kind. And the sad travesty
of it all is that they have no quar
rel with those that seek to mur
der. The Belgian miner had no
quarrel with the sausage maker
from Stuttgart; the happy,
healthy youngster of the Tyrol no
feud with the Cossock lad from
the Don; the French peasant, la
boring in his vineyard, no haired
of the students of Hiedelberg.
Yet now they must meet in death
grapple, all these :and many
others from the pleasant, helpful
pa'Jis of peace, and the world out
side the hateful zone of hostilities
may but dimply grasp their awful
sacrifice. To eery man, of
course, "death cometh soon or
late," but that is a weak excuse
for wholesale slaughter. And
viewed from the same serenity of
this land at peace, death seems
more unutterably sad when need
less, and when victims go out
with murder in their hearts. Sad,
too, that so many should die be
fore their time; in the- llower of
youth of the future prime of use
ful manhood. ?or is even death
in awful form the full sacrifice
the privates pay; what posterity
looses one can but vaguely esti
mate. Among the bright young
minds snuffed out so suddenly
may be the embryo of a later Edi-
on, a greater Koch, a brighter
Kipling; the waste of war may not
be reckoned solely by the casualty
Vacation has almost run its
course, and the bevy of girls and
boys will be wending their way up
High School Hill a week from
next Monday morning, many of
them glad the time has arrived to
pursue their studies, while others
are sorry that the time for going
to school has arrived, but not so
sorry as they will be when they
grow up to be men and women
that they did not go to school
every moment offered them.
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It is generally believed in
political circles that the Europ
ean war will help the democrats,
as war nearly always helps the
party in power. And then Presi
dent Wilson's "watchful waiting"
policy, which became something
of a liability in the Mexican row,
is now an asset, and his impas
sioned plea to Americans not to
take sides in the European war
appeals strongly to common
sense. Opening of the seas to
commerce is boosting grain and
live stock prices, and high prices
will satisfy the farmers who were
knocking on the new tariff. If
the United Stales can keep out
of the big muss the democrats
have little cause for worry.
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The American lawyer who is
trying to induce Teddy Iloosevelt
to help the Flench army may fail
in his purpose. Teddy may
eventually conclude to stop the
war entirely.
We all love peace when it-isn't
to be had at any price.
One week from Monday is
Labor Day September 7.
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Some women cannot drive a
bargain any better than they can
drive a nail.
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Primary results make the three
constitutional amendments al
most certainties.
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Carranza should remember
that he may want to plan some
bonds some time himself.
Brand Whitlock is the only
foreign ministr left standing on
the burning deck in Brussels.
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The censors have no power-
over the stories ol tne American
refugees after they reach home.
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The suggestion that it be call
ed "The War of Seven Nations"
might be temporarily followed
until eleven come.
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New York would rather have
that income tax for stale pur
poses. Sj.o would Nebraska or any
other state, for that matter.
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The temperance forces oppose
the increased tax on liquor. For
once the temperance and liquor
towers may work together.
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Did the book trust get it in the
neck in the recent primaries, or
did it get candidates for state
uperintendent that will serve
their purpose if elected? It's a
very cold day in August when the
objects of the school book trust
is defeated.
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You will recall that a few
months ago it was said that our
diplomacy in its dealing with the
Mexican question was the laugh
ing stock of Europe. You have
also heard of him who laughs last.
As a far-seer that man Woodrow
Wilson is a wonder.
"Why not the United Stales of
Europe, with a government by, for
and of the people, with royalty
relegated to the past, crowns and
scepters shelved in museums and
peace from the Ural mountains to
the western shores of the British
Isles secure?" asks Henry Wat-
terson of the Louisville Courier-
Journal. Why not? Will
you bite?
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Ex-CJovernor Aldrich has come
to the conclusion, as between
Governor Morehead and Howell,
he will support the latter, believ
ing that Howell has done less in
jury to him. He has it in for
Governor Morehead because that
deep two years ago. Governor
Morehead is just the 'man that
will snow the other fellow under
just as deep in November.
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Frank Harrison is the last man
for the suffragists to pick upon to
pilot them through the stale
campaign. He is known as a man
of very little inlluence and is al
ways in for something that will
make Frank a few dollars. That's
all there is in it for this politician
who has failed in everything he
has undertaken. If the ladies will
dump him out somewhere along
the roadside they will fare a great
deal better, and the people will
have more faith in their cause.
There should be no room for
sore spots over the primary elec
tion. Candidates cannot all be
nominated where there are two or
three running for the same office,
and the defeated should lake
their quinine like we used to have
to in the army. It was awful '-bitter,
but we felt better after the
chills were gone. There is no
use sulking, but be brave, and re
member there is another primary
day in two years. That may be
your's you can't tell.
NEGLECtCD RESOURCES.
x ollowrng trie remarkable and
very excellent plan of "making
the best of everything," the
American people may reap large
and lasting benefits from the war
that is now sweeping over the old
world. Not that the destruction
of life and property in Europe will
bring either riches or happiness
to the United States, because it
cannot have that effect. What
ever of good that is destroyed in
war is a loss to the whole world,
and war is a calamity to all man
kind, whether it be in the jungles
of Africa or in the slaughter pens
of Europe. But inasmuch as the
United States cannot turn the
armies of Europe back to their
homes nor save the life of a
single human being now engaged
in war, it is part of wisdom for
the American people to "make the
best of it," and reap whatever
benefits they may. This is the
fust time that the lesson has been
hard pressed upon tin; American
people that they have grossly ne
glected many of the most valuable
resources of the country, and that
their proud boast of being a self
supporting people must not be
taken too seriously. So far as
foodstuffs are concerned we have
enough and to spare, but in the
matter of manufacturers and raw
materials, this country imports
almost two billion dollars' worth
eery year. A very large portion
of this might be produced in the
United Slates, and this is
especially true of manufactured
articles. It should not be neces-
ary for our people to ship their
iron, and cotton, and hides, and
wool to Europe and then ship
them back in finished products. J
This country has not developed as i
it should along manufacturing
lines, although protected for half
a century by high tariffs and re
strictive laws. The war has
emphasized this fact to a degree
never before thought of, and the
country now finds itself badly
crippled in many lines of business
because certain articles are not
manufactured here and cannot be
imported during the war. This
condition should not exist,
especially in regard to those ar
ticles that might be classed
among the necessities of the peo
ple. This country ought to be
able to feed, and clothe, and
shelter itself, regardless of con
ditions in other parts of the
world. The war has brought out
the fact, also that the American
llag is practically a stranger
among the shipping interests of
the seas. We have heard lots of
talk about the shipping and ship
builders' trust along the Atlantic
coast, and look it for granted that
a shipping trust would have ships
galore, but when the war sent the
foreign merchantmen to cover,
the ocean was about as bare of
ships as arc the prairies of Ne
braska. When Uncle Sam found
it necessary to send after his
stranded sons and daughters
across the sea, he was compelled
to rig up his coal haulers and his
roustabouts to do the job. And
it has been discovered that Europe
commanded the commerce of
South America to the almost total
exclusion of the United Stales.
The American people may profit
largely from the knowledge that
the war is bringing to the surface
if they will.
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Wheat , has again responded to
the bugle call of advance.
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It is awful the way they are
slaughtering human beings in
Europe.
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School time is drawing near.
Have the children ready to start
in a week from next Monday.
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Falls City should be proud in
the citizenship of a candidate
for governor and two candidates
for congress Lyford, progres
sive, and Iteavis, republican.
The military expert shrewdly
directs his reader's gaze to the
future, with the hope that wlia
has gone before will be forgotten
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The corn crop in the south
west seems to have been caught
coming and going, suffering from
flood and drought like.
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Juuge Jiegiey - received an
enormous vote in Cass county
nearly 2,000 democrats and re
publicans alike voting for him
where really there was no neces-
sity for it, as he had no opposi
tion.
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A late news item tells us tin
raw material used in the con-
rtruction ol woman s headgear
has gone higher. Many a husbam;
had come to the conclusion that
these things had reached the top
notch last year.
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Governor Morehead bears his
honors, and is now on duty at his
ollice "watching and waiting" to
see his majority pile op higher
and higher as the final return?
come m. lie is insllv proud ot
tin
fraud endorsement he re
ceived from the people of Ne
braska. The people called, and
called louder than some peopb
thought or
really wanted to he
lieve.
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That wheal movement which
was checked by the oulhreaK or
the European war will be resumed
is indicated by the raising of em
bargoes by a number of railroads
The Baltimore & Ohio has lifted
the embargo on grain for export
via Baltimore. The Pennsylvania
will also accept shipments for ex
port via Baltimore, and the P. &
R. will now accept traffic for ex-
nort via Philadelphia. The Penn
sylvania has advised western
roads that it will accept oals for
domestic use, destined Baltimore.
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No country at war or peace can
help but praise the beautiful
sentiments expressed by Wood
row Wilson in his every attempt
for peace. His every utterance in
reference to the great war in
Europe demonstrates the true
Christian spirit of the man at the
head of this great nation. This
is a critical time, and the Ameri
can people are fortunate in hav
ing such a wise man as President
Wilson to advise them. He wants
our people to remain neutral, and
the way to remain neutral is for
our citizens to criticise as little as
possible. It would be best not to
criticise at all. The discussion
of affairs in Europe is not going
to help matters in the least.
Opinions differ in this free coun
try of ours, and for the sake of
our noble president, who is al
ways right in his opinion, don't
express yourself too freely in re
gard to the European war.
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The London Times warns the
public that bad news is to be ex
pected, but adds that the war is
young.
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The recent tussle with a long
list of candidates has empha
sized the desirability of the short
ballot.
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Notwithstanding the dissolu
tion of the harvester trust it will
keep right on bringing in the
sheaves.
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They are going to try to elect
a pope that will have sufficient
inlluence. to stop the war. God
grant that they may. I
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The correspondents manage to
get past the censors with stories
of their personal hardships and
insufferable difficulties.
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The ceremony of opeuing the
Panama canal to regular busi
ness should be expedited.
Thousands of American citizens
are awaiting in anticipation that
it may cheapen the cost Of liv-j
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SEEKING GREATNESS.
the deciples disputed among
themselves as to who should be
the greatest in the kingdom of
heaven. They appealed to the
Master for an answer, and were
told that whosoever shall humble
himself as a little child shall be
the greatest. We can imagine
the look of disappointment that
spread over the countenances of
these candidates for heavenly
honors. Their dreams of great
ness were suddenly transformed
into -the possibility that they
might not even get to heaven,
much less wear a crown or oc
cupy a place of honor. This new,
measure of greatness was a
shocking revelation to the pride
and ambitions of these men, and
so far as history relates they
made no further inquiries along
this line. But be it said to the
credit of these disciples, that they
caught the meaning of the lesson
and devoted tho remainder of
their lives to the humility, the
trustfulness, and the love and
service as exemplified in the in
nocence of the child. Whether
hey are today sitting upon the
right hand and upon the left of
the throne in heaven we are not
old, but it appears of record and
stands out in history, that be-
cause or tneso commonplace
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virtues, the disciples have, for
twenty centuries, been the great
est among men. They achieved
greatness that they did not seek,
and honor that they did not know
of. And in writing their names
ligh upon the roll of fame, they
eft no bloody linger prints upon
the scroll. They left no newiy-
inade graves nor broken hearts
or hopes along the steep and rug
ged path to paradise. Wherever
they went in quest of heavenly
greatness they carried the prom
ise of peace on earth, good will
oward men. By preaching
brotherly love and by inspiring
the poor and the oppressed with
new courage and a new hope, they
eft a memory that has the fresh-
ness of tho morning on.it still.
They humbled themselves as the
ittle child, and became the great-
est among men. Which shall be
greatest? is a question that has
been asked time after time by the
monarehs of the old world.. Inr
stead of appealing to the Master
or. an answer, as did,:- the-dis
ciples,They have appealedUa llie
god of war. The answer has been
sought upon a thousand battle
fields, but the fortunes. . of war
come and go as do the tides, and
he answer of today ' may be re-
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versed tomorrow. The battles
that are being fought today in
Europe have for their aim the
linal settlement of this question
who shall be the greatest? This
question and nothing more; and
the poor misguided monarch
whose armies are carrying de
struction as if the destroying
angel were leading the way, im
agine that heaven will place the
laurel crown upon him whose
armies are most efficient in
human butchery. Misguided
monarehs indeed, and what a
blessing it would be to humanity
if they and all their race and kind,
might be transported to the great
unknown before another blow is
struck! The common soldiery,
like the disciples, might go to the
Master for an answer, and get
ting it, go to their homes and
serve their country best by living
for it, rather than by dying for it.
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All some men do in this old
town is to
threaten to sue the
city.
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If they can only draft Jack
Johnson into the army while he
is in Paris and get him killed,
it would be a relief to many in
the United States who do not
want the troublesome nigger to
return to this country.
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In the midst of a nation-wide
advance in the wholesale prices
of foodstuff, and the rumbling
of the machinery of a nation
wide investigation into the causes
of the advance, it should be no
ticed that the Plattsmouth gro
cers are playing fair with the
consumers. llh the exception
of the prices of sugar and Hour
there has been little increase in
the staple foodstuffs in Plaits-
mouth. The housewife has
noted that potatoes have gone
down in price, that vegetables are
cheaper than they wero ten days
ago, and that the advance in
meats arc no greater than was
expected, war or no war. Fruits,
vegetables, butter, milk, ' fish,
poultry and eggs have undergone
little change in price. Water
melons and corn, fruits and
vegetables are plentiful in- the
markets, despite the dry sum
mer in central and southern
Illinois. It would be extremely
hard for any dealer to justify )Lo
thcyageuls pf tho department of
irsticjeonysuddenrise in prices.
Thus far there is no ovidr-nee.
against the corner grocer, tho
retailer. He is dealing squarely
with the people, Uo has no ex
planations to make.
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