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i PEATT8M0UTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL THURSDAY, DECEMBER, 21. 191G. ; "t! To be generous is to be happy. j LINCOLN OR ROCKEFELLER. ONE CERTAIN GAIN. ; f ii-g.: y,f ! 'j ; rima .r"-1- -ysr . :o: u w.:u: v n 1-3 Cbe plattsmouth journal PUBLISHED SEMI-WEKKLT AT PLATTSJiOUTH. NEBRASKA. Entered at Potofflce at Plattamouth. Neb.. second-class mail matter. R. A. BATES, Publisher SUBSCRIPTION PRICEl fl.8 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE It looks like a white Christmas. :o: Eight inches of snow in Tennessee. :o: Only three more days to do you shopping. :o: - THOUGHT FOR TODAY. v J- If thou canst not give pleas- ure to all by thy knowledge, ! give it then unto the few; many I- l please is but vain. Schiller. .'..rTTTt .'..'..T.rTt .TmVu'i.'. :o: Remember the poor children. :o: Let them feel there is a Santa C'aus. :o: Only four days yet in which to do y :ur hopping. :o: We hardly believe autos are respon sible for infantile paralysis, as not a single Pomeranian has been taken down. :o: If the famine in paper should dis courage the custom of putting bands n cigars it would not be wholly with out advantage. :o: All the world is paying for the Eu ropean war. It is to be hoped that ail the world will reap its share of any. benefits that may come from the great disaster. :o: Paper is now so high that people are beginning to understand why the an cients inscribed their message on clay or stone tablets. Robbers are trying their hands on bank robbing. :o: Don't spoil the effect by writing it Xmas. -:o: Nevada is as dry as a bone, which may account for her people voting "wet." -:o:- Now is the time when you should feel thankful for what you are about to receive. :o: Do you notice how good the little . fellows are just now? They know old Santa is watching them. Any move for peace should be en co u raged. :o: If you can's give with a smile, don't give at all. :o- It don't take much of a person to start trouble. . :o : ' Ka-srs are still eggs in this man's town at 40 cents a dozen. . :o: The bovcott in Kansas City has re duced the price of eggs to 35 cents a dozen. :o: It seems to be the women vote which has kept Greece out of war all right. King Constantino's better half turned the trick. :o: r.rfaf Uritnin :irul hff .'lilies tl'MV nr The chief justice of the supreme J ri;.I1S!R f rrms v.-ilb court of Nebraska Andrew jle Teutonk. empires amj thcir aIlic,s. Wnrlrt-IIerald the. 1 rissey, wmt Bufc afc leagt gooJ thias following e 'come of the suggestion at any rate .' . . mnli imnrossed with avL u" 1 .. . I The word the SUggeSUOIl Ul JUU,v; liuiionumn of the supreme court of Ohio, Captain An Iowa woman keeps her husband There will be cheaper living, per iled up in the back yard, says an ex- naPs aei the European war is over change. But maybe he snaps. :o: But maybe some of us will not live to see that time. -:o:- Apple pie now sells for 10 cents a tut in Minneapolis, reports the St. Paul Pioneer Press. Still knocking that town, it seems. :o: Combines are as much to blame for the prices of everything as the Eu ropean war. The war is simply an opportunity for these combines to gel the best of the consumers, and they are very eager to snap up the oppor tunity. :o: We would like to see a show come to the Parmele that would please ev eryone. But that is an utter impossi bility, and life is too short to even dream of such an occurrence. You just cannot please all the people all the time, and the manager will have to make up his mind and do like the editor of the Journal, who makes no pretention of pleasing everybody. And it is foolish any time you try. :o: It is not many days till the legisla ture meets. It assembles a week ear lier than usual this time. The mem bers of the house, and we suppose the senate, also," will meet on Friday and Saturday, December 21) and 30, for the purpose of causussing and the selec tion of chairmen of committees. We desire to see our good friend, Hon. John Murtey, get the chairmanship of some important committee, as he is a gentleman of considerable ability, and we believe the committee on banking and currency would be well headed by him, because we know he is one of the best qualified members of the new legislature in the state for a po sition of this character. -:o: To those of us who recall with what wisdom the president and congress worked out the details of the federal reserve act, providing a remedy for evils which republican statesmanship had for many years been unable to solve, it gives hope that all that is ivil in existing high prices of food will be ferreted out and summarily eliminated. There is no longer ques tion that existing oppressive prices, while attributable in some measure to the war and the fact that the world is bidding against the domestic con sumer for the food the republic pro duces, are more largely due to cun ning and conscienceless combinations f men who corner food supplies and e.-kar.re pries mi as to yield pnnrnifius nrofits. Broom corn is now worth $200 a ton. Now is the time for Secretary Red field or somebody to make a sweeping investigation. :o: It may be that the question of which party had the best end of the Pinchot and Garfield family split will Remember, we have a number of widows with children. They ought to be remembered Christmas morn. :o: Do it now, before the rush on the last day before Christmas, and that is Saturday, when the stores will be crowded to overflowing. :o: Many of the larger manufacturers never be definitely settled in the east are increasing the wages :o: of their employee, in consequence of Strange as it may seem, whenever the high cost of living. the covcrnment starts an investigation o I of a certain thing the price on that The British are said to plan an in- particular artide moyes up another crease in charges for the use of the I jjjj Suez canal. Evidently the Panama canal has not greatly hurt thcir busi ness. :o: Merry Cfurctmas ? peace"' has been spoken in an official and authoritative fashion. I not by a neutral who might be accused ?3 t e :i in: 1 . r r l uj. i.nei iiieuuiuig aim oi ignorance oi i the feeling of the belligerents, but by one of the parties to the great con- A test. : f This mere fact will give license and ' jfj force to peace discussions all over the Ira world. It will particularly set for-!? ward the discussion of the far-reach-! fS' ing plan of devising a league to eii-'J force peace or at least to enforce a j delay which will give time i'tv duo.'S deliberation. It should promote a re-jHj newod eonsiilmtinn of the ff-isHhilit-v li . v. - ., . ' i of limiting armaments. be good under almo?t stances. Our minds are said to be working overtime coining money, but the prob lem of securing coin is still upper most in the mind of the average man with a family. :o: Hon. John Murtey has the car short age question down to a fine point, and having been in the shipping business for many years, he knows just exactly where the beginning of the trouble comes in. Nebraska hens delivered seventy million eggs last year. Editor Maupin, If you have a poor family in your of the York Democrat has figlired it -11 1 1 1 - A I neignoornoou wno is unaoie to ,- Qut and gays that jf thes(, eggs were ber their children, you should be a ,ced enJ tQ end t woud circe the world and then lap over from the Missouri river to Salt Lake City, When it comes to handling statistics, Bill Maupin is there with the correct figures. He is from Missouri, but don't "have to be shown." :o: Good Fellow, if you are able, and re member them yourself. :o: More than eight million acres of land were eliminated from the nation al forests in the last fiscal year, as a result of the classification work. Let the good work continue. :o: The tragic death of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Becker, near Mason City, 111., should be a warning to farmers keep ing large sums of money at home. When a man sits down on a pin or a tack he generally makes a pointed re mark right away, and. it wouldn't be There is no doubt they were murdered very complimentary to the lad who for money, as $14,000 was missing, and the old gentleman was known to have considerable more, that the mur derers did not get. In this day and age it is rather risky for anyone to keep large sums of money in the house. We say this simply to warn some farmer friends. :o: placed the tack there, either. :o: This, the last week before Christ mas, is bound to be a busy one, in more respects than any half dozen were. While the little tots are pre paring to listen to the chimes of the Christmas bells many of those of the proper age will be listening for the peals of marriage bells, which are HITTING THE BULL'S EYE. The St. Joseph Gazette hits the liable to be very numerous, if all signs bull's-eye when it says: "British ofli do not fail. I cials. editors, and scholars are nrnmnt. Co: I Iv announcing their rminimi f the rm- Flaltsmouth merchants never in the poi.al of thcir cncmics for pcacc Noth. history of the old town enjoyed a ing has yct becn hcard howevcr from larger trade for one day, than they the soldiors in the trenches. It would did last Saturday. One of our prin- be interesting to know how they view cipal merchants took in $1,000 in cash, the suggcstion that the bloodshed and one-half that amount or more endcd Perhaps the Lonton politi. went on the books. Evidently, very dans writcrs anJ students ,,ut vo5ce few country people went to, Omaha the sentiments of the men who aon? Saturday to do their Christmas shop- the battle frontg are offerinf? thcir ping, and this demonstrates splendid lives for their nation. It might not judgment. be unfair to make certain of the fact, :o: however, rather than to merely take The $15,000 recently voted to finish it for grante(1. There is a possibiity the new high school building accord- that were the ofr,ct.holderS) journai. ing to plans and specifications is now ists and educators under constant held up, and work on the building is shrapnel fire, with small chances of to be further delayed in a suit to rre- getting away alive, they would give vent the payment of the bonds thus the entire probiem of whether the war vorfcd, and the Board of Eudcation and .should be continued more careful con taxpayers put to a further expense of sideration than they have yet accord- defending this suit, which was brought I ed jt." through spite work. This is an out- rageous proceeding, and not only that, An eastern Ontario rural telephone but it is not a very good advertise- company is imposing penalties for the ment for the city of Plattsmouth, frivolous use of the telephone. Friv- which is noted far and near for its olous use of -the telephone ought to enertrv and enternrise. be frowned on everywhere , Adams, and others, that the study of Abraham Lincoln be made a part of the regular work of our public schools This is a suggestion that richly mer its the approval of the American pub lie. Races are judged by the strong characters they produce. If 'the youth of America are to develop a proper sense of the dignity of thcir own na tionality they must be made familiar with great American characters. Up to the present time there has prob ably been little need for teaching Lin coln in the schools because there have been with us so many men and women who knew him in the flesh, and his work was so recent that it seemed as ?f he still lived and moved among us. Gradually, however, those of his day ind generation are passing away. Boy.s and girls are growing up who know nothing of the stirring scenes through which he passed, and if they ire to know and appreciate his char octer they must get their knowledge in the schools. His life ought to be an inspiration to every American youth, and, like American history, it ought to be made a part of the regular curriculum." There is in this letter a thought hat will bear careful con-iideration "If the youth of America are to de- clop a ceitain sense of the dignity of thcir own nationality," writes Judge Morrissey, "they must be made famil iar with great American characters What means are we taking today, in the schools or out ot the schools, to Some time ago, Judge Wannaraaker impress the youth of America with Qf the supieme court of Ohio, sug- a sense of the dignity of their, own rtod that one year's study of Abra nationality? ham Lincoln should be made a part of What are we doing to make them ti e required work in every hiirh school understand what is the meaning of in the land. This suggestion has been America; to make them familiar with received with nati.n-wide apnrova the soul of the republic, to inspire I nid it has heen comptntrd upon m 1 his well known house of better shoes extends the $ compliments of the season to everybody! May this be the Alernest of ail the Christmases j'ou have ever had! retzer onoe any circum-' Id rit- Vftiir rnnsirlpralinn Illllfv I,..-f if if clinnlil .-,,-- n 19 J J-"-'.. iv.:v xl iw .7 it if II ill v. iriiiv: ItllJl-, out an accompanying recognition nf : the need for making it what all the'! belligerents profess to desire an act ually "durable peace." It is something that even the mere word has come from so influential a quarter. Naturally but unfortunately the arrangements proposed contem template a practical return to the sit uation in which the "balance of power" i.; to furnish the piincipal guarantee of peace. That and the recollection of the horrors of recent years may serve the purpose for awhile. But nothing. less than the league in question prom ises even a partial solution of the problem. Chicago Herald. We stand ready io furnish about the most sensible and practical Christmas gifts that you can think of Christmas gifts that will be appreciated Choice Footwear! We've something in our lines of splendid footwear that would make an ideal Christmas pift for any and every foot in the family from grandpa way down to p baby ! While our footwear is of the best, our prices are never "up." The patrons of this shoe store receive the best of values at any stated price! We're all aglow with the spirit of Christmas and Co., -Better Shoes STUDY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. them with its ideals? Is the United States of America something more than a colony of money-grabbers? Has it other ideals ti e eastern press. Recent comments made in this sec tion are all in favor of this study o Lincoln. Captain C. E. Adams of Om JEWELER has a large and beautiful selection of 5? Patches, Dsamosids, li) W Solid Gold Jewelry, and FJoveltSes, China, Cut Glass and Ivory Good y than to get rich quick? Has it a soul, I aha has written and published a very or is it purely materialistic? Is our comprehensive argument in favor o republic to be represented in terms ot jluiKe WannamakcrY. idea and these coal and iron and steel and steam and inters of Captain Adams have calle electricity and wheat and pork, or are forth local editorial support for the all these merely means to an end? If proposition. It is pointed out that so, what is that end .' Lincoln has left a heritage to his peo- The life that Lincoln lived, the emo- J pe greater than that of any oth tions that were in his heart, the as- rran. His life and public services are pirations that fired his brain were J b:ing more and more understood. these elements that should endure,! The World-Herald says cf this study that should be part and parcel of the of Lincoln in the rchools, that there America of today and of tomorrow? is no study better calculated to make Or is it better, in the new age of steel good capable Americans of pupils than i and chemistry and electricity, to for- the study of the life of Lincoln. The get them, and devote ourselves assidu-J same paper expresses the opinion that ously to learning a trade or a calling, there are few American farmers but working hard the harder the better I would rather have their sens study and getting on in the world? J "Lincoln" than study Caesar or Cicero What is that "dignity of our own The contrast between Lincoln and his nationality" to which Judge Morrissey lire and his influence upon the world refers? By what is it created? Is it J with that of any of the old Romanr, symbolized better by Abraham Lincoln is so much more forcible in favor of or by John D. Rockefeller? I Lincoln that as a study of men, there In our schools and in the daily life J would be no comparison between his of the republic the idea of success character and that of all others. There and greatness that Rockefeller rep- is a growing Inclination wherever the i resents is being driven into the na-1 people themselves give attention to tional life with incessant sledge-ham- modern education, to more and more mer blows. That is the reason that depart from the old classics and reach. the church pews are empty. That is j through modern education, a better ,vhy the suggestion that the study of j understanding of modern life and mod- Lincoln be made a part of our public j ern conditions. The epoch of Lincoln's school course comes as a novelty and J time has no comparison in history a surprise, it is as much ot an inno- Nothing that the irreat Greeks and vation as would be the suggestion that Romans of twenty centuries ago ac the churches invite the publicans and COmplished compares in magnitude sinners into close communion with the with the influence of Lincoln and his elect. World-Herald. I nn fivii;-nfinn iWan his :0: time is nearer to us than ancient If it is true that the South Omaha Roiau or a!lcient (;rcec., s no reason Stock Yards company have been .u :( u,.i,i . .... irrt,.,t charging shippers such outrageous prices for feed for live stock while in the yards waiting sale all these years, it looks as though something has "been rotten in Denmark" all this attention greater attention, than we give in the text books to times and conditions and men in the days of the greatest glory of Greece and Italy. It will be interesting to note how time. But the shippers are to blame generauy school men will take to the for not reporting to the proper au- BUggestion of Judge Wannamaker re thorities. irnnlinc vmi's studv of Lincoln in 1bu...c j - the high schools of the country. If the -:o: educators in nublic schools and uni versities show any real enthusiasm for this work, it will become a fixture in I Hampshire boars for sale. Inquire of C. R. Todd, Plattsmouth, Neb. 19 11 jS Enjoy Your Christmas with a Grafonola WE SELL THEM! A cjiiwain. JEWELER the public schools in the country in the very near future. Lincoln Trade Review. -:o:- A post card with a 2-cent stamp rent to Paris is returned, if it cannot be delivered, without postage due, and with a stamped inscription meaning, "Gone, without any address." The in ternational postal service sometimes does wonders for two cents. The Adamson law will be up before the United States supreme court the first week in January, at which time the court will hear arguments. No attempt will be made to enforce the law until a ruling is given by the court. -:o:- To Stop Self-Poisoning. I'or furred and coated tongue, bil iousness, Hour stomach, indigestion, constipation and other results of a fermenting and poisoning mass of un digested food in the stomach and bowels, there is nothing better than that old-fashioned physic Foley Ca thartic Tablets. Do not gripe nor sicken; act promptly. Sold every where. A Pennsylvania scientist is growing tomatoes and potatoes from a single stalk. Very cheering to vegetarians, but what most of us want is an inven tion that will make both ends meet. :o: Peeling potatoes is now a misde meanor in Germany, and if the gov ernment will make dish-washing a felony the war will not seem nearly so awful to a lot of young daughters. :o: A young California minister ha- married on eight dollars a week, say ing, "Faith in God will sustain us;" and perhaps it will be all right, if the happy bridal couple are not too par ticular. :o:- Coughed Fifteen Years. Coughs that hang on and grow worse in the night are relieved by Foley's Honey and Tar. R. F. Hail, Mabe, Va., writes: "For fifteen yean; I was afflicted with a troublesome bronchial cough and iritation of the throat. Foley's Honey and Tar re lieved me; and after taking one bottle the cough ceased." Sold everywhere. 20c gasoline at Dawson's. Drs. 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