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Hattsmouth No. 85 Nebraska No. 85
Pessimism hinders; only optimism
helps.
Genius is not inspiration; Geniu9 is
perspiration. -Edison.
Happiness may be thought, sought
or caught, hut not bought.
Ciiaiiitv has been called "the ster
ilized milk of human kindness."
Paths of great men are strewn with
things they have learned to do without.
Ui: si'HK you are right, and then go
ahead; but in case of doubt, go uhead
anyhow.
Nineteen out of the twenty-seven
counties in Michigan went "dry."
More than liOO saloons and 10 breweries
will be forced out of business in that
state.
"I've always noted great success is
mixed with trouble, more or less; and
it's the man who does his best, who
get more kicks than all the rest."
James Whitcomb Ililey.
The annual Jefferson day dinner will
lie given April 13, by the New York
Democratic club, at the Hotel Savoy
in that city. William J. Bryan's name
docs not appear among the distinguish
ed democrats invited to be present.
Governor Harmon of Ohio and Gover
nor Marshall of Indiana are to be the
chier speakers of this occasion. Why
has Mr. Bryan been so soon forgotten?
Nokman E. Mack chairman of the
National Democratic Committee is now
talking of the publication of the Na
tional Monthly Magazine as the official
organ of the Demoocratic party. Why
bo? What is the matter of the Com
moner? Has Mack turned his back up
on Bryanism so soon? Evidently Mr.
Mack does net regard the Commonr as
representative of the Democratic
party.
There is a vast difference in the
methods of work between President
Taft and ex-President Roosevelt. Presi
dent Taft has presistcntly refused to
commit himself regarding specific rates
and individual schedules. He has de
terminedly K)inted to the promise con
tained in the republican national plat
form. He has simply suggested that
so far as possible the heaviest burdens
should fall on luxuries rather thnn
necessities. He takes the position that
he is not a tariff expert, but he has
more than once said plainly and posi
tively that if the bill does not in his
judgment meet the pledges of the re
publican platform he will veto it.
While, were Mr. Roosevelt in the ex
ecutive chair, he would have taken the
utmost interest in the tariff revision,
would have sought information from all
quarters on the meaning and effect of
every schedule and would have eon
tested rates which he deemed too high or
too low.so that when the bill would have
been finally passed he would have felt
that he had done his best and nothing
more could be gained 'by further op
position. Presi lent Taft on the contrary ha
placed the burden on Congress and
given them fair warning that if the
tariff promised is not ;n faithful con
formity to the pledges of Ivs party, and
is not worthy of his signature, then
when it is up to him to act he will veto
it. And Congress realizes that the
President will do exactly what he has
Fa'd he would do. So he has put it up
to Congress to make good. It is there
fore confidently believed that n fair
and just tariff law will be enacted.
jeska to pass. At her island home at
Bay City, Cal., Mme. Mojeska died
April 8. She was born in Cracow,
Poland, Oct. 12, 1S-IJ. At the nge of
I twenty-four she made her first real
j stage appearance ut the Imperial
theatre, at Warsaw, where she became
immensely jmpular both as an actress
and a social leader. She and her hus
band were banished by the Russian
government because of their political
activities, in 1S7G, and they came to
America. In 1877, she made her first
1'appcarance on the America Btage, atid
from that day to the time of her retire
ment in 11)00, she held rank among the
finest artists of the stage.
She was a great credit to the profes
sion. Her work and example went far
in the uplifting of the stage. Her
domestic life was ideal. Her woman
hood was supreme. Her influence for
good will always be felt on the Ameri
can stage, for she was true and noble
in all her work.
Mojeska was one of the most charm
ing actresses of her time, as well as
one of the greatest. She had a fine in
telligence and was a severe and con
scientious student. In all the parts
that she played, even the most emotion
al, there was evidence of the keen and
active mind. She was a true artist,
who disdained to tear a passion to tat
ters. There was refinement in her
face and manners, the grace of culture
that helped to make the grace of that
charming personality.
In all, MoSjeska played some fifteen
Shakespearean roles. She acted Juliet,
Imogen, Ophelia, Julia in "The Two
Gentlemen of Verona," Desdemona,
Lady Constance, Queen Katherine,
Cleopatra, Isabel in "Measure for
Measure," Lady Macbeth and Her
moine. Several of these characters,
along with that of Julie in"Richelieu,"
she played with Booth and Barrett at
the close of the memorable joint revi
vals of those stars. Her last notable
production was that of "King John,"
in which she made a great success as
Lady Constince.
Although she was of foreign birth,
she is best known to America. Her
greatest work was done here, and she
was appreciated more, perhaps, than
she could have been in another country.
And although she has been away from
the stage several ' years, her influence
has been felt as keenly since she left
as at any time before, and her loss will
b3 as deeply mourned as though she
had died while still acting.
A PLEA FOR TREES.
Any fool can destroy trees. They
can not run away; and, if they could,
they would still be destroyed, -chased
anff hunted down as long as fun or a
dollar could be got out of their bark,
hides, branching horns, or magnificent
bole backbones. Few that fell trees
plant them; nor would planting avail
much toward getting back anything like
the noble primeval forests. During a
man's life only Saplings can be grown,
in the place of the' old trees-tens of
centuries old - that have been destroyed.
It took more than three thousand years
to make some of the trees in these
Western woods, -trees that are still
standing in perfect strength and beauty,
waving and singing in the mighty for
ests of the Sierra. Through all the
wonderful, eventful centuries since
Christ's time, - and long before that
God has cared for these trees, saved
them from drought, disease, avalanches,
an 1 a thousand straining, leveling tem
pests, and floods; but he can not save
them from fools only Uncle Sam can
do that.-Joht Muir.
Church Supper.
The ladies of St. John's Catholic
church will give a supper at Coates'
hall next Thursday evening, April 15
from 5 till S o'clock. Tickets 'Joe, and
all are invited.
Condition of
! the Treasury
i Alarmists reports have been publish
ed that the United States Government
1 would bo forced to sell bonds to meet
expenditures, that the yeir's deficit
I would be $130,000,0.00, and that many
i many millions oi claims are already be-
ing held up for lack of cash. The lat
est devclopements show, on the contra
ry, that present conditions and future
prospects are decidedly reassuring.
While it is true that in January the
national expenditures exceeded receipts
about $300,000 per day, and the fiscal
year showed in the middle of March an
excess of expenditures of nearly $88,
000,000, it is also true that the tide has
already turned. For the first fifteen
days in March the average excess of
outgo over income averaged only $100,
000 a day, and Assistant Secretary
Coolidge expects the deficit for the op
erations of the entire fiscal year to
come within Mr. Cortelyou's original
estimate of $111,000,000. It is true that
the Government revenues have suffered
from the growth of the prohibition
movement as well as from the decrease
in imports due to trade depreression.
But there is ample cash on hand, all
bills are being promptly paid, and as a
matter of fact the Treasury's general
fund is at just about the same figure as
on March 13, 1905, at the begining of
the recent administration. The rev
enues of the past few months have
shown a decided turn for the better.and
there is a comfortable working Treas
ury balance of $i')0,000,000. As yet it
has not even been necessary to call in
the reserves in the national depositories.
There will be another issue of Panama
bonds, as the work on the Isthmus has
called for a much larger outlay than
was anticipated, and there may also be,
if the deficit continues to grow, a re
course to the issue of 3 per cent. Treas
ury notes, such as were used in the
panic of 1907. The framers of the new
tariff bill presented to Congress an esti
mate that it would produce some $10,
0(10,000 more revenue from import
duties than the old schedule.the increas
ed duties on articles and commodities
classed as luxuries promising to exceed
by the amount the loss in revenue re
sulting in the heavy reductions on steel
lumber, hides, and other items broadly
classed as necessities. In 1907 the rev
enue of the Government from customs
duties had reached much the largest fig
ure in the history of the country, over
$333,000,000, but the receipts from the
internal revenue for that year, $270,
000,000, were less by $37,000,000 than
those of the year 1901. In 1908 import
duties brought only $287,000,000 and in
ternal revenues fell to ,$230,000,000. -Review
of Reviews.
A Stubborn
Cinderella
Billed for Three Days at Boyd's
Theatre in Omaha.
HELENA MOJESKA.
Wecoul.l hardly feel that weh;:d done
our duty to the public wore we to per
mit the last opportunity to speak a
wor I of commendation (ir II jlcr.a Mo-
The Funniest Ever. j
"Dry Contest" at A. O. U. W.'hall
Tuesday night. Boys participating:
Don Seiver, Philip Campbell. Ralph
Julian, Clyde Martin, Chester Tuey,
Roy Wray. Admission, adults 13c,
children h; babies free. 1
Will Give a Oar.oe. !
At the regular meeting of the Im-,
proved Order of Redmen held Friday
evening, it was deceided to give a grand (
ball o i the 23rd of this month. A large
portion of tin' inembor.ship were present 1
and much enthusiasm was manifested.
A committee on arrangements, consist
ing of Aug. Bach. Anton KoUk and
John Nemetz, was appointed, ami it
was decide ! to employ liner's Orches-'
tra of O.iiaha fortheui'ca.-don. Refresh-1
meats were served at the close of th"
meeting.
"Money talks," is an old saying and
and one of the most true axioms ever
uttered, and as a consequence some of
the figures which are a part of the per
formance of "A Stubborn Cinderella,"
the musical play by the authorsof "The
Time. The Place, and The Girl," "The
Girl (Jucstion'and "Honeymoon Trail"
which will be seen at Boyd's theatre in
Omaha on April IS, 19 and 20, arc not
only interesting but startling in their
magnitude.
There are thirty-two chorus girls in
the production, most of whom make a
complete change of costume five times,
though some do only four times and
some seven. It averages, however, five
and a fourth times for every girl, which
means that the wardrobe mistress and
her assistant must keep in perfect con
dition lfiS dresses. With the wear and
tear of eight performances a week, the
quick changing, the hurried packing and
the other wear and tear which falls to
the lot of the theatrical costume, the
task confronting the wardrobe mistress
is appalling. Although each dressdoes
not contain the same amount of mater
ial, it will average very close to six
yards, which, when multiplied by loS
dresses, means that over 1,000 yards of
material were used in their construc
tion. By means of a pedometer worn
by one of the girls the other night it
was ascertained that each one takes an
average of 173 steps in each of the mu
sical numbers. There are eleven of
these, which means 3,223 steps per
evening, while each girl from the loca
tion of the chorus dressing rooms in the
theatres will average to run up or down
at least twenty-five (lights of stairs
each performance, 200 weekly or S,0U0
during the average theatrical season.
' United States normally shows large :
; yearly increases in the gross earnings j
of its railroads, as is natural in a eoun- i
1 try steadily growing in population, !
wealth, and railroad mileage. There
; were only three of the twenty years
I preceding 1908 when the railroads did
not show increases; in 1893 there was a
j decrease of $16,000,000, in 1894 another
j of $119,000,000, and 1S!M fell behind by
I the scarcely appreciable sum of $1,300,
1 000. But in 1908 we find the enormous
decrease or .;4,,ouo,ouo trom the pre
ceding year, more than twice as much
as the aggregate of all previous de
creases in twenty years. This is the
most illuminating and striking single
piece of evidence of the setback to in
dustry resulting from the financial up
heaval of 1907. In net earnings the
figures do not look so large, as by dint
of strict economy, and in many cases
even dangerous economy, the railroads
reduced the loss to about $i0,000,000.
But the largest previous decrease of
net earnings in the twenty-year period,
which came in 1904, was less than two
thirds of this sum. That our railroad
j captains are not dismayed by thisaston-
i ishing drop m business is clear from
, their constructive activities. Although
' there were reports in the latter part of
I March that Mr. Ilarriman was about to
j retire in illhealth, there were promntlv
denied, and it seems obvious that he is
getting deeper into responsibilities
rather than rid ling himself of them.
For instance, he is building an entire
new system in Mexico, some 1S00 miles
of road leading to the west coast and
Central America, and constituting an
important extension of the Southern
Pacific. Thousands of miles away in
the Northwest Mr. Ilarriman is vying
with Mr. Hill for the rapidly develop
ing traffic of the State of Washington. A I
new road with construction of the liar- j
riman quality is being built parallel to ;
the Northern Pacific into Portland. Still I
farther north Mr. Hill is planning and I
working and struggling with physical, j
economic, and political obstacles to!
amplify his extensions of the Great
Northern. - From the Review of Re- j
views. j
Goes to Colorado. i
Attorney C. A. Rawls left here Sat- j
urday for Granada, Colo., where he'
will remain for a year. He will have I
charge of some large Jand interests, j
which are owned by Cass county pco-1
pie. Mr. Rawds has always stood high j
in this county, and his many friends re-1
gret to see him leave here. The News- !
Herald wishes him success in his new j
field.
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Just received a case
of this popular Hose.
We guarantee them to
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A fine ribbes Hose at
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The popular Ox-Blood
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children.
15c
Sun Bonnets
Just unpacked our
new Sun Bonnets. Chil
dren's Misses and
Ladies',all colors,plain,
trimmed, 15c, 25c.
Carpet Warp
We have a full line of Carpet Warp for
those that want to make a rag carpet this spring.
We only sell the best grade, Plattsmouth Pil
lows, Nebraska Pillows. We will have on dis
play several of these pillows already worked
and finished. You will be surprised as wre FA,
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have never seen anything as nice.
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Earnings and
Extensions
Tabulated Figures Indicate Re
sult of l!07 Depression.
The completed returns of the opera
tions of the railroads during the year
l'.MS nntke a remarkable showing. The
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Queen Quality Shoes Oxfords
For fifteen years we have sold the Queen Quality
footwear and must say that no class of merchandise we
turn out gives such universal satisfaction as the Queen
Quality Shoes, Pumps and Oxfords. We extend to you
a cordial invitation to inspect the new Queen Quality
styles for this spring.
Corsets! Corsets!
Thejustrite G--D Corset is always right. We have
them in extra long hip at
$1.00, $1.25, $1.50, $2,00 and $3,00,
Long and short hip Corsets, good style, at 50c. We
have some odds and ends in G-D Corsets which we want
to close out at half price.
Remember that when you buy Carpet Warp to ask
us for the Buffalo Brand, the best on the market in colors
and white.
Butterich Patterns were the first paper patterns
brought out and today are in advance of.all others. We
sell them at 10c and 15c. None higher.
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