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About The news-herald. (Plattsmouth, Neb.) 1909-1911 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1909)
The News-Herald. I'l.ATTSMOl'TII. NKnUASK A ncws-iii;uai.i) rim. co. I'. A. I5AKUOWS A. K. QUINN . .riiiii.isiiK.us - - Kdttor Manager SENATOR BURKETT Some Sound Logic Regard ing the Senior Senator from Nebraska. Shall Scnatiw Ilurkett be returned lo his scut in the upper branch of rongress Next year (Ac voter will answer this question and for the fust time, they and not the legislature will ay whom the senator shall be, for the. Oregon plan of making popular choice will then he invoked, uiiderjMie new law. Mr. Ilurkett will at that time have finished 11 nervicc of twelve yearn in Washington, k yearn in the lower house and ix in the Hcnato. During this time the people of tbia state have had an opportunity to take hit) measure. It in not forgotten that in HMl-f), when a neuator was to lit: dioscn the republicans of Nebraska turned with practical unanimity to Mr. Ilurkett. lie was then complet ing his third term in the house. In that body he had gained a poriilitin of prominence and power. He ha advanced to membership of the Com mittee of Appropriations, lie hai demonstrated it genius for hard am systematic work. He wan a diggi and delver and this propensity counte greatly in his favor as a really usefu member. The people of this state saw this. They saw in him the elements they thought would be even more usefu :n the upper house, lo make sun if his select ion tiny inaugurated a new method of si lc'ting (lie nominee for .senator. They declared in favor of a convention nomination, so that the choice might lr. brought as nearly as possible to (he people. At the cau cuses and at county conventions the issue was made, with the result that Mr. Ilurkett was nominated in the state convention on the first ballot by a four-iifths majority. In this and in the convention of the fol lowing year when political parses were declared against for the first time in a republican platform and when railroad domination was ended by the defeat of their preferred candi dates for judge of the supreme couit, Mr. Ilurkett played a strong and con spicuous pait. He was one of tin first "progressives" in Nebraska and has been identified with the movement (since it bccin. While he hasn't always pleased all who call themselvc- "progressives, he lias won the ap proval of the leader of the movement, Senator l.al'ollelte, of Wisconsis, who says he is a "progressive progressing.' In the senate Mr. Ilurkett has as faithfully and intelligently represented his constituency as he did in the House. He has been responsive to the wishes and needs of the people, though taking no narrow or restricted view of national interests. No constituent has appealed to him in vain. He has been active in nromotimr beder postal facilities. I n He has never overlooked the claims or deserts of the old soldier and no senator has been more ctlicicnt or prompt than be in sen ing his con stituents iir pension matters. On public lands and irrigation, in revision of the tariff as well as all other inter ests peculiar to the welfare of aw cslcru state, he has liken practical ground. His work in t lit extra session of congress to compel the redemption of platform pledges was arduous and ef- respect to tariff legislation. Muring his ten years in Washington there has been no breath of suspicion concerning a single act of Mr. Ilurke tt, and there never will be. He is abso lutely clean in his public and private life, lie is morally what the most exacting could wish him to be. Ho measures up to his standard of man- ood to what an enlightened, (!od- aring citizenship of a great state may expect of itn representatives in igh places. Notwithstanding bis long service he is still young, energetic and ambitious. He ia growing every day and m more capable of rendering better service in the future than he has done in the past. Influence come with knowledge and experience. This is especially true in the United States senate. where seniority give prestige. There 1 many good reasons why Mr. lurkett should bo retained in his present position, and the indications are that a maiorilv of the. people o Nebraska are ao minded. Blair Pilot EATING AN OYSTER. Th Star-fls'i Has Rather an Odd Way I tt Licimj It. The ..v-t.tr when at home: lives in n h.ird lime? shell wb.di i.it i . protect-; him from t in attack i ene mies. Man, with In - tools, can ooeii the shcil and remove the soft ani mal, b'lt hc-id" man the oyster has few )'' ' . Hdly c'.ioi",1!., his -;' :it i's for is not, as ni.'dit be expected,' It- imTuoTl of Tloin so i- odd1 .r.'tt'Lri!. It t!:vt cV.-ps the oyster : ! er:::-. wrapoinir its t':- . arm :.ro.;, ti e shell !;ht' . i T;i ill rlr.i- seized the ter. it jui'tl y v.: .h.-t exactly what happens r.. .: i v' 11 our - 'e-ji-.ts do not cx- '.:' know. two shells of the ; .-ter are he'd tou'eth'T by a hinge -.Licit is ope;ed by a spring. The is n h-wr of llii'se two accounts ! , it certain that after a hi-'. tie the oV-U" -h'Ms y open. -N'oW i'ir e- the hi. ! i'.".! . ' " of illl. TllC stoiu.vo of tic star:! -1: ' utv lare jli.,1 t ;.:-t:t . :,i!d it is I; cv throw U ' o..t of t!:e en';:: d's mo itli much us ' ore would turn a La,: in-ide out. T! i' st'iiiuii-ti tl; !i ti:r:ist within the ovsler she'! ami wrapped around . the .-eft an: I u'iuni:": ul once to di'.:e-t it. "I'll" starli-li does not : take tiie trouble even to remove the j ,-piin is s,, n.ij nstei! that t!'e will be pinned open unless tliev are a:i utiimal with powerful jaws and held together lv t lie muscle-. Nme sti"ti;t teeth, but one wholly with-j scientists tell us that after the star-! oyster from its shell, digesting it in out jaws. It is the common star-1 ti.-li has held the oyster for awhile its own home and eventually crawl ilsh, so common everywhere at the j the oyster opens its slml! in order to inpr awav, leaving behind the gaping, XMAS GROCERIES Your supply should be ' ought now .".ml tli re is no place in town where you i"ili I'UV t'lein to bet tir advantage than at F. S. White's A bi'Mr.iful stock 4'f Dry Coods at prices known to be right is here for your inspect ion. CALL AND SKK I S STORY IN FIVE WORDS. seashore. Now, the starfish is a soft, flexi ble erealu re, very sluggish, seeming ly helpless and utterly unable to at tack such an animal as the oyster. Its mouth, which is in the center of the disk, has no teeth or jaw s. How can such, a helpless creature open the formidable oyster shell and pet at the animal concealed within ? gel food and the starfish that has -empty been waiting for this now injects! into the hhell a little reddish liipiid. This acts as a poison, paralyzing the shell. St. Nicholas Closed Hi.i Eyes. 'I s:av, old man. what's good for muscles and thus making it impossi-j my complaint I'"' asked a sufferer b e lor the annua to c ose its shell, from insomnia. I haven t ctosen Stamp photos. 2 doz. 25c Olson Thotograph Co. Others tell us that the process is simpler and that the starfish simply holds tiie shell tightly together un til the oyster js smothered. As soon my eyes for five nights." "(lo in for boxing," replied his friend. "The first time I tried it mv eyes were closed for a week!" At the Parmcle the moving pictures are changed every night and the vaude ville twice a week, every Monday and Thursday. The price remains the same. t Told of the Mstr v. vf General Cutter's Ccm.vuv.i2. Probably the most startling pic i f news that was ever sent out into the world was the announcement of the massacre of General Custer and his command in 187G. The terrible news was bo unexpected that it came like a bolt from a clear sky. It brought a feeling of sickening hor ror to the heart of every man who read it or heard it on the 6trcet. It passed from lip to lip as it became known in the west and the cast. There were friends and relatives of the murdered men in all parts of the nation, and the gallant com mander was himself a national hero. For two days the nation waited breathlessly for information regard ing the disaster additional to the brief general announcement of the calamity that had been sent out as soon as the news was known in Bis marck, N. 1)., which was then the extreme northwestern office of the telegraph company. That first mes sage was a brief one; but, after all, it told the whole story. That message was a bit of "wire talk" sent from Ttismarck to l argo on the morning of July 5, 18T(. and it said, "All the Custers are killed.'" The message was sent by J. M. Car nnhnn, manager of the Western Union oflice in Missoula, and it was thus that the news was first sent eastward. From Fargo it was re pented to St. Paul, and St. Paul sent it, in turn, to Chicago, and from there it was passed along to cities, towns and hamlets, telling its brief but terrible story tersely, but completely. There was but a single wire east from lhsmarck in those days, and government business had the first call upon this; consequently Oper ator Carnahan had only time to flash forward this brief message of general information before he was compelled to begin the transniifsion of the oflieial report of General Terry to the war department. For twenty-four hours he sat at his key clicking off this mass of otlicial cor respomlence. All this time the eastern papers were clamoring for news, but it cou'd not be given to them. So per sistent were these demands for news that Mr. Carnahan obtained the permission of Colonel Smith, the member of Terry's staff who had brought in the olhcial dispatches. to make up a short "special" from the information contained in the re norts of the officers. This epecia was 6cnt to the New York Herald and is believed to be the first an thentic news of the Rig Horn mas sacre that was sent out, aside from the official dispatches. Cincinnati Fnquirer. X X X X X X X ip X rsp X X X ip X X X ip jr. X X X Christmas Suggestions Dont Waste money on Holiday Gifts, it is not necessary. Useful gifts are as welcome as any, and they are practical. We advocate a Sensible Christmas and supply Seas onable and Fashionable goods for gif h Her Ungratified Wish. I he old pensioned oil nurse of a certain aristocratic family took a mournful pleasure in the "In Mc lnoiiatn" cards which were sent to lier from lime to lime. On one oc casion one of her former nurslings, row middle aged, visited the old il.iine and noticed the collection of cards disp'ayed above her mantel piece. "Ah. e-. 1 treasure thein all," X X X X X X X X irx X X X X X X X TP X X X ip X ip X X ip X X ip X ip X X X X X fectivc. He was one ot the lorce of I sli,j the old nurse. "There, von V insurgents in t!i -senate who succeeded j see. is your pore pa's, and there's in bringing tint body lo a stricter .Vl';ir nted ma's, and here's' the ft i- , , near mi.o i wins ami oim .oasiec i -ac ranges, ami u i oiuv nan yours behove I could die ippv!" ip compliance with paily He tVM( for tariff revision downward, and what he and his associates failed to get incorpoialed into law was in part obtained by. the president in conference on the bill, after which Senator liurkett voted for its passage. II.. Iui iI.I.t lii sluiulilei' vvitli the president in favor of the demands I " roMt-v f' sl ' , ' . , , ,, . ...I it? London lde-rrapl: of the west and of the masses with 1 Stout Party Are you n..av, sir,, that you deliberately stuck voim umbrella in my car la4 evening? Little PilTei on Very careless of j me, 1 am sure. I wiSndered what bocamc of it, and would it be to X v GOOD THINGS FOR THE BIG FEAST. APPLES -For baking, for roasting, for pica, or for eating out of hand, we have the best of the popular va rieties, such as Jonathans, (ienitans. Hen Davis and (irinua (iolden. They are nil well selected and clean stock. 20, 23 and 35c a peck. CRANBERRILS. (iood I crrii . for the sauce or jelly are just as improtant as ; good turkfy. We lane just received a barrel of the large late keepers. They are big, ripe and full of good, rich, tart pulp and juice. 10c per quart. CURRANTS -Nothing short of the best is good enough for Christmas cakes and puddings. Our currants re good sized and well denned. 10c per package. CELERY-Of course you want perfect celery. We bve it. Nice, large stalks, and every pi ice good to cat from leaf root. Very crisp, while ami juicy. 5 and 10c per stalk. CRACKERS -Oyster crackeis, fresh, dean cm! cr.-p. in bulk per pound 10c. Salted wafers for serving witu salads or coffee, fresh ami i risp. lEc Lt:SI( cr ;atka(je. Our cracker stock will nil i i new and fresh for ( hristmas. DATES ISig. fat new datfs, right out of the box in which they were packed at the date orchard. Fan's, 10c per pound. Pates this year are very line. FIGS Your choice of the big. fancy imported washed figs at 20c per pound, or I'J nz. package domestic tigs for 10c. FRESH GRAPES The new sweet and luscious imported Malaga grapes are the big favorites at Christ inas. Ilvcry one good. Per Pound 20c. MINCE MEAT -The celebrated New Kngland "None Such" mince meat for pics like mot In r used to make. 10c per package. NUTS - The new crop is very uniform and very good. Ther are feww poor ones among them. Large, soft shelled Ilnglish walnuts, almonds and mixed nuts, 20 pound. Large Missouri hickory nuts, 6 l-'l cents per pound. Black walnuts, 25c per peck. OLIVES - There is a certain tone and quality that a dish of selected olives will give your dinner which cannot be gotten any other way. Don't forget them. Mottled olives of various kinds from 10 to 35c per bottle. OLIVE OIL If you serve a salad of any kind you will of course want some of that best olive oil. Our French or Italian oil will fill the requirements perfectly. 25c per bottle. PICKLES Dills, sweet and sour, all the new cfrop. Brittle and appetizing in flavor. 10 and 15c per dozen. PUMPKIN Canned pumpkin ready for putting into the crust after seasoning and adding, milk. Put up from the finest custard pumpkin grown grown for the purpose. 10 and 15c per can. RAISINS For all purposes. Our best seeded rai sins are 10 and 15c per package. Seedless raisins 10 and 15c per pound. Cluster raisins for table eating 20c per pound, put up in fancy table boxes. All our raisins are selected stock. SWEET POTATOES Nice, fat, Kansas yellow po tatoes, just right for baking. 4c per pound. CANNED VEGETABLES -You will probably want some tomitoes, corn, peas, succotash or string beans. We know you will want the best, and by the best we mean the kind that will please Christinas appetites. Let us supply you with our well known high grade brands. FRUIT Fancy ripe golden yellow bananas, 20c per dozen. Navel oranges, sweet and juicy, 15 to 10c per dozen. Florida pineapples, 15c. CHRISTMAS TREES AND DECORATIONS -Holly, Magnolia, Kvergreen and Holly Wreaths. re HOLIDAY HOSIERY PecnuM' of their utility no less than the spirit which prompts the giving (if such a dcshable gift hosiery occu pies a prt mine r.t place on the holiday list just now. (iet the g'K d kind by Mipplying your needs here, 15c-25c-25c. COAT SWEATERS FOR WOMEN AND MEN In casting about for an appropriate gift for a lady or man don't overlook coat sweaters. They are very pop ular this :-eason mid useful as well. We have a line of coat sweaters made of all wool, finely knitted and come in grey. These sweaters are .'10 inches long, single breasted. They come in all sizes and sell for S2.30. EEBR0IDERY HOLIDAY GIFTS No form cf a gift gives greater pleasure to an appre ciative recipient than something the donor has made with her ov.ii hands. For this and other obvious reasons, em broidered pieces aie very popular as gifts. Those of you who h,:;' si tnctl.i' ?. of the sort in mind still have time tov tale the n:; 1 1 - : mk! finish si me dainty i.niclc that will bring joy to a hiuo i n We :r' howing many new and eiVc'tive idias not ".'.ely ;i, he duplicated later on. GIVE MOTHER A NICE LUNCHEON CLOTH Many u good housekeeper would appreciate a linen luncheon eh th from a son or dauphli r or any other friend or relative !'( :hi,t malt"'. At the linen counter we ;tc di ing Ix ;'..'.! u! hiinh:;,:. iloths in drav.ii work at ?Sc to SS.C0 and the embroidered ones at S2.C0 to SI .00 each. HOLIDAY GIFT HANDKERCHIEFS Cho'ne of lilerallv thousands of handken hii fs for holiday .dling- a bigger, bi tter and hi'o;wcr line than ever before, and you know we have been handkerchief head quarters in l'lattsmouth for many years. Lxtra good values from 12c dozen to 50c each. BLACK UNDERSKIRTS Are worn by most every lady and we have failed to hear the lady yet who says she has too many. Why not look at the line we are showing. We are sure the values will surprise you. 69c to $3.00. LADIES HOLIDAY NECKWEAR Many n lady friend would appreciate a gift of one of our new collars or bows. Our assortment is complete now and we are sure you ca:i get just what you want 25c and 50c. SUSPENDERS AND SOX Why not give "T! Man" a pair of our suspenders or sox or several pair for that matter! It's a safe bet you would rather have one than almost anything you'll get, so would he. FOR THE MAN WHO SMOKES Most folks have on their list a man who smokes for most men smoke and enjoy it too. Our collection of "Smokes'' afford a wide range of selection, making it possible to choose just the rights ize box at the right price something that will gi pleasure alike to giver and receiver. Here you will find boxes of 12 cigars at 50c, boxes of 'Ji at $1.00. boxes of ."() at $2.00, and the best 10c cigar in boxdes of '.") at $2.00. Come early. DON'T DELAY ABOUT BUYING FOR CHILDREN Less than two weeks till Christinas and what a lot of things lo be bought yet in that time! Let out store be your source of inspiration in buying presents for the young sters, (iloves, mittens, stockinit caps, handkerchief., sweaters; these are all useful and practical holiday gifts. E. A. WVRl PLATTSMOUTH, NEB. von to return " A ip X X ip X X X X X X X X X ip X ft1 X X X X X X xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxtxxxxxxxxxxxxxx X X ip X X X X r tf K ip X X X X X X X ip X X X X X X ip X X X .X ip X X X