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Cbc plattsmouth 'Journal
PUBLISHED SE3II-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA
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ANNOUNCEMENT OF JOHN
John answered, saying unto them
all, I indeed baptize you with water;
but one mightier than I eometh, the
latchet of whose shoes I am notj.f.
worthy to unloose: He shall baptize
you with the Holy Ghost and with;. J.
fire: Whose fan is in His hand, and
He will thoroughly purge His floor,
and will gather the wheat into His
garner; but the chaff He will burn
with fire unquenchable. St. Luke
3:16-17.
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While not exactly a wire puller,
Calvin is confessedly of the wiry
type.
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One of the strangest things in this
world is how the upper classes love
unclassical music.
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Another comforting thought is
that the girl who can never trust a
man again generally can.
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Little boys who do not believe in
Santa Clans grow up to be hard-boiled
politicians who scoff at idealism.
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Almost any day we expect to hear
that they have dug up out of Tut's
bone pile a perfectly preserved re
ligious controversy.
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Another nice thing about being a
nobody is that you can put your
money in the bank instead of using
it to maintain your position.
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For sure enough contempt watch
an old corncob pipe smoker give a
tea hound smoking a cigaret in a
modish holder the once over.
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Bermuda has no automobiles. The I
average life of pedestrians should
be quite long there especially since
they do not have to listen to Ford
Jokes.
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A carbolic acid bath strikes us &s
being just about the proper so-f of
treatment for the execu'ive oEke be
fore the new incumbent takes
charge.
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Even if a man has a distinct un-
derstanding before marriage that he
is to be boss, afterward his wife
eeems to consider it nothing but a
scrap of paper.
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The Review of Reviews says that
the republican party must stand on
its own record. That's a mighty
flimsy thing for a big-footed animal
like the elephant.
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The meanest man is the fellow
who smokes a good grade of cigars
and clgarets and then keep3 a line
01 mierior graues ior inencs wuo .
quit smoking" January 1.
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A big of . embryon chicken heart
has for many years in the Rockefel
ler institute, been kept alive and
growing larger each. year. The full
meaning of that which we call life
till eludes the deepest thinker, yet
torrents of shallow words pour out
in its description.
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It is universally admitted that
ministers of the gospel are poorly
paid. They are peculiarly situated.
They are not even in a position to
form a union. The modern tendency
however, is practical, and they, as
well as others may yet benefit by the
reminder that the laborer is worthy
of hie hire.
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A Chicago judge is determined to
break up the custom of steering a
girl with one hand and an auto with
another; also the habit of riding
three in the front seat. Wish he'd
do eompin' about hanging a leg out
of the Ford, too, especially when It's
a masculine leg with the pants need
ing pressing and the foot large.
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The reported sale of U S. guns
and airplanes to Obregon should j York which nominated Moratio Sey
make Lenin and Trotzky realize that j mour. The only time we were ever
Secretary Hughes friendship is
worth working for. Mr. Hughes!
may be slow to make up his mind
about a friend, but once recognized
he will go through fire and water
for him.
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Americans who are familiar with
President Coolidge's literary style
and habits of thought will not be
surprised to learn that he believed
in terse direct party platforms and
has no use for catch phrases and idle
rhetoric. At the same time, we do
wish h would quit using the split
infinitive.
PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
LINES TO BEMEMBEB
He that taketh his own
cares upon himself loads
himself in vain with an un
easy burden. I will cast
all my cares on God; he
hath bidden me; they can
not burden him. Bishop
Hall.
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A little cooler, but just right for
putting up ice.
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Pretty fair business on bargain
day, even if it was somewhat cooler.
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Russia seems to think that argu
ment is the next thing to recogni
tion. :o:
It is notable that at least Mr. Bok
has asked no public endorsement of
Mr. Ford.
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Ex-Governor Gardner of 'Missouri
i cut for McAdoo, and that means
something.
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A doctor has discovered a razor
less shave which may replace so
many shaveless razors.
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Aluminum wheels are among the
new things on autos. They should
be lights on pedestrians.
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People who naturally hate New
York salesmen will enjoy learning
one was jailed in St. Louis.
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A Brooklyn judge says many
young people today regard marriage
too lightly. Not so very many of
them do after they are married.
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They haven't sentenced Mabel
Xormand and Edna Purviance yet
There is more fuss than 'anything
lse. It i3 always a defenseless girl
that the gossips are after.
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, Somebody tells us there is going
j to be an effort among the Mormons
I to re-establish polgamy. If the ru-
mor is true, those Mormons are a lot
wealthier than we had thought.
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After the manufacturers have put
a few more controls on the wheel
and the dash and have added a few
dinguses for the feet to manipulate
the only persons who will be able
to drive a car will be pipe organists.
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This is leap year and any lovesick
damsel, may, with all propriety, seek
the hand of her love in mcrriage,
and lf he deny her she shan have
the consolation of a silk dress, if his
f-rtllT,pa permit, which in many
cases would be overpayment.
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A Kansas man who sold hootch
(at 40 cents a gallon has been arrest
ed. This is one arrest that will meet
the approval 'of drys and competing
bootleggers alike, regardless of
whether the stuff was really worth
any more than 10 cents a quart or
not.
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There ought to be burglary, hold
up, fire and other forms of insur
ance; because, no matter what the
degree of care, there will be some
losses. But precaution in all cases
can cut down the losses and the in
surance rates with them; it also can
diminish crime.
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We've known fellows who would
spend hours shouting funeral no
tices that their town was dead, who
if you asked them for a little ma
zuma to buy resurrection tonic for
it. would duck for the cyclone cel
lar with their pocketbooks and hook
the door from the inside.
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In July, 1868. the writer attended
the democratic convention in New
in New York City. We would like
to attend this time but we will not
I have money enough to pay railroad
fair and it is too damfir to walk.
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A Vandalia, 111., youth of wealth
and social position was fined $1,000
and sent to the state farm for one
year for driving a motor car while
intoxicated, and dangerously injur
ing a pedestrian. One conviction and
sentence of that kind is about all
tnat is needed as a warning in a
community. But so few communi
ties have ever had the benefit of the
lesson.
KEEP IT GOING
Put this question 6quarely up to
yourself: "Do I want to live in a
settlement "where there is no church
or minister, not a single Bible, or do
I prefer to cast my lot with a com
munity wherein the church is the
dominating factor and the church
attendance always 100 per cent?"
Perhaps you will say that in civ
ilized Christian countries these two
extremes are never met. But to
answer the question honestly with
yourself, wouldn't 3rou be happier.
wouldn't you feel more secure, in the
church community? Isn't it exactly
the sort of place ypu would select
for your family?
If you are a regular church goer
you know why you prefer it. If you
are a passive Christian and an inter
mittent church goer, you will admit
that the standards of life are higher
in a Christian community, the ideals
finer. And even if you never enter
a church form one year's end to the
other, you are probably open minded
enough to recognize the truth of
these facts.
You approve of the church, ap
plaud its work. But do you go and
help out in that work as often as you
can? Should you not logically sup
port the institution which your rea-
pon tells you makes for your own se
curity? If you have no denomina
tioanl preference, shop around, visit
the various churches. Then pick out
the one that suits you best either
for its fellowship or the sermon that
the minister preaches. You will al
ways find a welcome in church.
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"HE'S A POLITICIAN"
One handy phrase comes readily to
the lips of self righteous critics when
they wish to condemn some ap
pointee or aspirant for oflie. Like
any other standard jest, it always
takes well.
"Oh, he's a politician," they say.
Let it be admitted that politicians
occasionally run for office and that
they are sometmes elected. WThat
does that prove? What is a politi
cian? The primary definition of a poli
tician is one engaged in politics. Pol
itics means the administration of
public affars. A politician, then, is
one who has had some experience in
administering public business. If
more than this is implied it is be
cause language has become pervert
ed ty misuse. ". ,-;
Public service in "America needs
men and women trained by experi
ence politicians, if you please. Nor
machine politicians, not party poli
ticians, not party errand boys or
puppets for bosses, but clean, capable
individuals who see in politics the
possibilities of a reptuable, useful
professional career.
It is no legitimate criticism of a
man to say he is a politician. On
the contrary, it may constitute mer
ited praise. If he is a gang politi
cian or a dishonest or otherwise un-
t desirable politician let his critics say
so. Unless they say that they make
Jno point.
Public
affairs not uncommonly
suffer for the absence of real politi
cians. We need more, not fewer pol
iticians in office. Provided, always,
they are politicians with ability.
courage and the right point of view
SEVERE PENALTY
A girl from the West Virginia
mountains begins serving 34 years
in prison for moonshining. The
sentence was seven years and $6,000
fine and costs. Unable to pay the
fine, she faces the prospect of work
ing it out at 60 cents a day.
What do you think of the proposi
tion of making a young woman work
27 years for $6,000 as part of the
American system of justice? Gov
ernment, which should always be the,
model example, frequently is the
worst.
DINNER DIPLOMACY
An unpleasant incident which is
said to have struck a discordant
note at the formal White House din
ner to the diplomatic corns last
week, having been the subject of
Washington gossip for several days,
nas taten a surprising turn now
with suggestions that it might lead
to the retirement of the Belgian am
bassador.
Tradition and formality regulate
the order of precedence and the seat
ing arrangement at state dinners.
Inability of certain ambassadors to
be present, or some other unexplain
ed cause, seems to have shifted the
order on this particular occasion so
as to make Dr. Otto Weldfeldt, the
German ambassador, the logical din
ner partner of the Baroness De Car
tier de Marchienne, wife of the Bel
gian ambassador. The baroness, it
is reported, became aware of the
situation in advance and- expressed
her opposition to such an arrange
ment. The result, according to one
I version, was that some arbitrary
PLATTSMOUTH SEMI - WEEKLY JOUSNAI
change was made, although the Ger-:
mna ambassador still sat next to
her; the baroness ignored him and
kept her conversation aimed in oth-
er directions than his. The inci-
dent, regarded by Borne as an affront
to one of the president's guests and
therefore to the president himself, j
has been the subject of a great deal
of Washington speculation.
Recalling a somewhat similar oc
curence during the administration of
President Wilson, observers have
pointed out that on that occasion a
request was made for the recall of
the offending Individual, an. attache
of the British embassy. The failure
of Lord Grey, then the ambassador
from Great Britain, to accede to
thi3 request resulted, it is said, in
his never being received at the
White House thereafter, and his re
tirement soon followed. In the pres
ent instance it appears to be the
wish of the White House to forget
the occurrence. Its possibilities lie
in the attitude of Dr. Weidfeldt.
One readily takes the White
House attitude that such an inci
dent is altogether too petty and triv
ial for notice. It would be a pity if
a woman's tactless act were to ruin
or impair a diplomatic career. Yet
governments have changed their en
joys abroad ' for reasons no more
grave. A diplomat is his country's
representative across the dinner ta
ble as well as the conference table,
and diplomacy fecms as much in or
der in the one rlaoe as in the other.
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THE TAXPAYERS WIN
There no longer seems to be any
doubt there will be substantial re
duction in income taxes in this ses
sion of congress. There are con-
flictions in the several plans pre
sented, but all of them are agreed
cn very considerable reductions in
the lower schedules, at least. So
far the people have won a distinct
victory. Public response to the Mel
lon plan and to President Coolidge's
recommendation has convinced most
members of congress that tax reduc
tion should be made generous and
should come first.
The differences in the plans sub
mitted pertain almost wholly to
these phases of reduction that have
to do with the cost of living. In
some respects this is even more im
portant than lowering of income tax
bills. Retaining high surtaxes af
fects everyone because these taxes
add to the prices" of nearly every
thing the public has to buy. The;
are laid on the back3 of the consum
ers. No one escapes this form of
taxation.
SILLY'GIRLS
Ts a silly girl more popular than
the intelligent girl? This moment
ous question (don't be sure it isn't
momentous) was discussed recently
by young ladies at the University of
Chicago.
There's a popular accepted belief
that 'a frivolous girl is more attrac
tive to men than a girl inclined to
discuss the Einstein theory in pref
ercnee to the latest movie sensation
This belief, of course, is based on the
supposition that men seek the com
pany of women during leisure hours
when they want companionship
that'll be a complete change from
the monotony of hum drum business
A frivolous beauty undoubtedly is
more alluring than ahomely high
brow. Beauty compensates consider
ably for ivory brain. But an intelli
gent beauty has tne field to herself
a combination supreme. And de
liver U3 from a homely woman who
is also silly.
The final answer, of course, is in
the law that water isn't the only
thing that seeks its own level. Per
tonality and intelligence also seek
their own level.
The appeal of- the so-called silly
type of femininity is mainly to the
silly type of men. 'The intelligent
girl appeals primarily to the intelli
gent man.
The law slips a cog frequently
when the leading actor wants to
gratify personal vanity by compari
son. For instance, a beautiful worn
an can get a thrill by associating
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with women of lesser charms and
observing her superiority in this
particular. So with mentality,
there's a natural elation and satis-;
faction when anyone discovers that
his brain power is superior to his
associates. Such is the psychology
of the intelligent man attached to
the "nobody home" type of feminine
rather than worshiping the girl.
Our associates are mirrors in
which we can see our own images,
like attracting like or our own
weaknesses, like attracting unlike to
gratify vanity.
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HAND OF FATE
A noted surgeon, Sir Frederick
Treves, died reecntly in England.
It's revealed that he performed or
directed 1,000 operations for appen
dicitis losing only one patient his
own daughter. All the other opera
tions were successful.
Fate is like lightning. One never
knows where it will strike. How
ever fate's uncertainty and irony are
what make life really interesting.
Existence would become monotonous
if everything were cut-and-dried
and the road forever paved with
roses.
NOTICE OF SALE ON EXECUTION.
In the District Court of the Coun
ty of Cuss, Nebraska.
Bank of Waverly, a Corporation,
plaintiff vs. W. B. Spence and John
R. Heller, defendants.
Notice is hereby given t'iat under
and by virtue of an execution issued
by James Robertson, Clerk of the
District Court within and for Cass
county, Nebraska, on a transcript of
udgment, wherein Bank of Waverly,
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(.'Jl (U1UU. UiuallK U juuuit::n
-gnint the said W. B. Spence at the
Peptornber A. D. 1921 term of the.
TMstrict Court for Lancaster county. ;
Nebraska, in the sum of $.:02.12,'
.'ith interest at 8 per annum from
November 18. 1921, costs nrr.omiting
o $45.73 and increased costs, and
vied upon corn bolongintr to the
::ud W. 2. Spence in crib located on
'.( southeast quarter of Section C2,
Township 12, Rar.e 12. Cass eoun
y. Nebraska; that I will offer for
ale on said premises to the highest
kkler for ssh on the 1st day of
February, 1924, at 10 o'clock a. m.,
'aid corn as levied upon as the prop
erty of said W. B. Spence or so much
hereof as is necessary to satisfy the
mount of said Judgment now in the
.gSTeeate Gf $589.16. and costs
?45.73 and increased costs.
Said sale will be held open for one
hour. ' .
Dated this 11th day of January, 1
A. D. 1924.
E. P. STEWART,
: f Sheriff of Cass County,
Nebraska.
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FOR SALE
55 acres-. aljoininpr Platts
mouth just right for
Dairy Farm
Will give good terms to par
ty able to handle, flight as
sist in putting good Dairy
cows on place. Inquire of
T. H. Pollock
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how about "boozologist?"
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