ning. We have .already knocked
THE NEWS-HERALD
fourteen pounds of hide off our knuc
kles and pinched our fingers enough
to make a preacher think bad thoughts.
PI.ATTHMOUTH, NKUKAHKA
Oh, it's nice, this being a machinist.
Superior Journal.
Entered at the postoffice at Plattsmouth, Cass County, Nebraska,
as second class mail matter.
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riattsmouth Telephone No. 85.
February,
The State Journal has mado some
ehangos in the mechanical arrangement
of the paper which improves it consid
erably, though tho old way looked
pretty good to us. Now if it will get
a stand pat editor it will help things
amazingly.
Senator J. E. Miller of Lincoln,
Attorney George W. Bergc of the
same city and Banker Victor Wilson
of Polk county, all stand with bowed
heads ready to receive the crown of
v approval which Mr. Bryan will place
upon their heads as the preferred
candidate of tho democratic party
on the county option platfor.
The World-Herald says that there
was general applauso three times
at tho democratic banquet at Lincoln
It was brought about each time by
reference to the liquor qucBtion.
And each time by men who had
different ideas on the subject. Once
by Mayor Duhlinan who is in favor
of wide open saloons, once by Cover
nor Shellenberger who is for eight
o'clock closing, and tho other time
by Dick Metcalf who is for pro
hibition. Wonder what kind of soap
suds was used as drink to cause
uch wide and varied endorsement
The Omaha Bee makes the asser
tion that the banquet at Lincoln
was packed by Governor Shallen
bergcr with " his appointees for the
express purpose of putting Mayor
Jim to the bad. Tiiat is a part of
the political game, and while it may
be considered by Omaha people as
a very unkind and very unbrothcrly
ct, it must be remembered that the
Omaha people have not had a very
brotherly feeling toward the governor,
and he was only exemplifying the
usual political brotherly feeling which
has existed for years between Omaha
politicians and the rest of the state.
There'll come a time some day etc.
Tho banquet given by the Ncl.aw
lu Commercial Club last Saturday
rening was one of the most success
ful gatherings of its kind we ever at
tended. We like the way these Ne
hawka people go at the problem of
boosting their' town. They put up
the money necessary to carry on the
work of getting the roads in shape to
et the people to come to the town
and then ask the farmers along the
. line of roads to assist by doing the
work. The get-together spirit which
was manifested at that banquet,
which was shown before the banquet
and which has been prevalent since,
means success to the movement. The
business men furnish the money, the
fwmcrs around tho town do the work,
and the women, bless them all, pitch
in and get up the feed that puts the
feeling into a man that if he don't
. work he is h mighty undesirable citi
cn. Such methods will win every
time and it would be a mighty good
' hunch for some other towns to pat
tern after the Nehawka Commercial
CI lb. The farmers of the county
surrounding Nehawka arc showing
the right kind of spirit, and with
their hearty co-operation, the project
will be a success.
It is surely an interesting situation
in the democratic putty in Nebraska
nt this time and is l;ab!c to be more so
as the days ' go by aiid the warm I
weather bring back 'the birds fr rJ
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Manager
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the sunny southland. W. J. Bryan
will be flying back with the birds
too very soon now and when he ar
rives he will find that Jim and Ashton
have been making political hay wliilc
the sun has been shining and the great
man has been basking in the smiles
of the dark skinned maids of the
equatorial climes. Ho will find that
his latest paramount issue is not
meeting with approval by those o:
h;s fa:thful followers who have been
used to taking theirs whenever they
wanted it and in quantities sufficient
to drive dull car away. He will find
that the democratic party is split
wide open from gizzard to guzzard
and all over the great question which
they have always tried so hard to
keep in the background, and which
will no longer lie down. He wil
find his party as usual stealing from
the republicans the glory which right
fully belongs to them and claiming
the credit for the passage of a law
which they tried to defeat. He will
find he has got the job of his life
to bring together the elements of
discord which have been precipitated
by his stand upon county option
and further engendered by the late
democratic banquet which sat down
upon Mayor Dahlman and his wide
open policy and accepted that of
Governor Shallenbergcr and his re-
publ;can eight o'clock closing law.
In short Mr. Bryan will find his
party in hard lines when he comes
marching home again.
The action of President Taft in
ca'Ung down the members of the
senate and telling them that they had
to get down to business and pass the
laws which was expected that they
would pass will make him friends
all over the country. The late poll
of the Chicago Tribune which showed
a sentiment adversely to the presi
dent is a condition which might come
at any term of office of any president
placed in office under the conditions
when President Taft assumed the
presidency These unsettled condi
tions come and go. The history of
the country has been full of similar
conditions where people become dis
satisfied with conditions and men
take advantage of it to further their
own interests and do all possible to
make the conditions appear far greater
than they really are. Coining into
oflico following a man like Theodore
Roosevelt, it was natural to suppose
that the country would be filled with
people who would take advantage
of every movement tending to help
their cause and use it to their own
advantage. They have done so and
they will continue to do so. No'ie
publican president ever went nto
oflico but that every move was criti
cised by the opposition and by those
who had failed to get in at the pie
counter. History is repeating itself,
simply repeating itself now as it has
time and again in the past and as it
will, t'me and again in the future.
HUFF GETTING THERE. ""
When we apologized Saturday for
not 'getting out a very gocd paper
wc imagined we would have the new
p;-f8s up ; and running by Monday
evening. We have it up alright and
succeeded in fnuliug the places for
the ftuiTuloodles and flipdads, and
the sockets for the ramrods and the
abiding places for the other steen
and forty-eleven thousand pieces, Lut
Die shafting has not yet been fixed up
and wc are working mighty hard to
fit it in place for (he issue this eve
VERY AMUSING.
The Plattsmouth Journal turns
itself loose with the following gem
"In the adoption of the eight
o'clock closing law the democrats
staiid on record as doing more
for temprance reform than has
ever been done in the way of legis
lation in Nebraska. Then why
not wait till the republican party
docs something in that direction."
In claiming credit for the passage
of the celebrated eight o'clock closing
law the Journal is doing no 'more
or no less than it and its party has
been doing for years, and that is
claiming all there in is sight, which
has been beneficial to the country
when the evidence in the case would
never convict them of being even
accessories before or after the act
Below is the vote on the passage of
the bill:
House.
uemocrats voting yes 30
Democrats voting no 36
Absent 5
Republicans voting yes 21
Republicans voting no
Absent ; g
Senate.
Democrats voting yes
Democrats voting no 12
Absent 1
Republicans voting yes ..12
Republicans voting no 1
Absent 0
Summary.
Democrats voting yes 37
Democrats voting no 4,8
Absent G
Republicans voting yes 33
Republicans voting no 3
Absent 6
That is the way that the democrats
passed the eight o'clock closing' law
which they are now claiming to be
responsible for ns the only temprance
legislation the people of the state
ever had.
Hard Work.
The idle man does not kno.v what It
Is to rest. Hard work tends not only
to elve us rest for the body. but. what
Is even more Important, peace tJ tbe
mlnd.-SIr John Lubbock. " !
Mercy and Freh Eggs.
At a small post In Egypt Sir Gilbert
rarker. tbe novelist, and an English
officer lived practically on eggs and
tinned meat, and, as there was noth
ing else to be bad. the eggs were a
very Important Item of the dietary.
Day after flay the eggs, like those of
the oft quoted curate, were "very
good In parts," but one morning tbey
Were frankly bad. Tbe officer, who
had the power of life and death In
those parts, determined that the eggs
A THIBD FOLLOWED TBI OTHBR TWO.
should be fresh In future, so tbe egg
mere limit was brought before hlui.
"Open your mouth," said the officer.
and the wretched man, standing be
tween two sentries, obeyed tremblingly
Slowly and solemnly an evil smelling
egg was poured in. Again tbe com
ma ud was given, and again a poten
tial rooster was gulped down. A third
followed tho other two. which must
Lave been the worst of the lot, for the
victim, with tears of agony streaming
down his face, fell on his knees and.
half eboklug, gasped for mercy.
.He got tuo mercy, and the officers
pot fresh eggs In future
Thoroughly Enjoyed.
"I saw you nt the nuisicalc yes
terday afternoon. I'm so sorry I
coultln'l get a chance to speak tc
you. Did yon enjoy my daughter'
singing?"
''Yes, very. much."
"I thought her aecompnnist plav-
ed awfully loud." I
"She did. Buck where 'I sat the j
pound of tho pinno was the onlv
thing we could hear.", Chieagc;
TJanor.t.lTprnld.
V J tho Glandard (
I . CREAM pggSISi
lv Its use a protection and a
guarantee against alum JJj
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Popular Couple Wedded.
Last Wednesday afternoon at 2
o'clock, at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
and Mrs. CJ. P. Meisinger occurred
the marriage of their charming daugh
ter, Miss Mayme M. to Mr. tVilliam
E. Meisinger a popular young farmer.
The cermony was performed bv
Klder G. W. Mayfield, of Louisville
in the presence of a large number of
datives. In the evening at the wed
ding recception all the cousins and
other relatives were invited.
In the evening dancing was indulged
in by the younger members of the
company, the music was furnished
by lieorge Theirolf and Henry Ikil
Jr.
The bride is the accomplished
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. P.
Meisinger and is admired and respected
by a large circle of friends in the
community where she resides. The
groom is the son of Peter Meisinger
and wife, and is a young man of htronir
integrity and enterprise. They will
start housekeeping near Paw ion in
a home already for their occupancy.
The New Way
of
Smoking Meat
in with .
Wright's Condensed
Smoke
(Made from Hickory Wood)
75C
Per Bottle
Enough For 300 pounds
at
The Rexall Store
F. G. Fricke & Co
Druggists
Expert Pilf Mixers.
Platts. 'phone Bell 'phone
186
68
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
C ASTO R I A
PETER CLAUS
Ho has just received some
fine new
MONITOR RANGES
He also will convince you if
you call at his store that he can
fit you out with
FURNITURE and
GRANITEWARE
in a -very satisfactory manner.'
F. S. WHITE
Agent for
SHOOKS COFFEE
ana
GOLD MEDAL FLOUR
We buy and sell butter
and . eRgs.
STiLL
1ARK1 & CO
. May be found at the same old stand.
Call and see them for 5 and 10c goods.
Just received a fine new line
of the famous Dennison Crepe
Shelf papei and Napkins.
The Larkin store is not a Lar
kin Club, but we shall be etfad to
have you make it your head
quarteis when in Plattsmouth
LARKIN & CO
$40,000 PAiff FOR HORSE.
8ale of Fiti Herbert One of the Most
Notable In Turf History.
The sale of Fits Herbert, acknowl
edged to he the best race horse lu
America today, by S. C. U lid ret h for
$40,000 Is one of the must notable
sales In turf history Nlnce the tale W.
C. Whitney bought Nasturtium from
Tony Ante for $.".0,000.
The purchase was made by Frank
M. Taylor, acting. It Is hellpved. Tor
Charles Kohler. who reeeutly bought
Uncle from Hlldreth. Taylor is a
trainer and has handled In his time
the Fatcbogue stable and E. E. Sum
tilers' string. , Including McChesney.
Kohler Is a plnno manufacturer aud
one of the latest of many arrivals ou
the tnrf
Fltz Herbert, the four-yeur-old son
of Ethelbert Morganatic and debated
but once In fifteen starts last Heuson.
Is top weight in tbe Brooklyn. Subur
ban and Brighton handicaps for next
spring
Jockeys With New Owners.
Deals thin will switch the colors on
three of the country's greatest jockeys.
Shilling. Imgan mid Taplln. were re
cently completed iMiKim will ride t lie
Bed well horses for most of the bal
ance of the neiison at Emeryrllie. Cni.
Shilllug signed a contract to ride tor
Sum Hlldreth from April to November
on tbe uieiroK)IItuu tracks. Taplin a
contract was sold by "Wizard" Bed
well to Bod McKenzle. the Canadian
turfman.
Pugtui will ride this summer for
August Belmont. Sam Hildreth baa
second cull on the boy's services. UI1
dreth will, therefore, have both Shil
ling and Dugan riding for him.
Shilling and Bedwell have gone to
Juarez. Mexico, and will continue to
rid for thi " ntU An1
A Public Confession.
. The pastor of a utry church,
u middle aged vidowcr, was credited
with having courted every eligible
woman in his flock. One Sunday
morning the good parson, liavin"'
occasion to ndmonkh specially the
feminine membership, was ttmazcJ
nl tho very audible titter that ran
through the congregation when,
with nn inclusive wave of his arm, be
exclaimed, "Sisters, I have address
ed vow in public and in privutc.'"- -Judge's
Lilirary.
CsrriCtn Wants to Catch Every Ctme.
Catcher Carrlgnn wants to work In
pyery game the Boston Americans
f ny next season.
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tuniite in tot bring iisked to Ounce m'
a pui i v I hey were attending.
The youngei mdy said siliefiillv, as
She snt beside the other durluir a
wait.: . .
"I wonder, deur. If ruhII 08e m
looks, too. wbeu get to be jour age "
"You'll be iuckv if von
the older lady.
Enlightened.
Victor Hugo had accepted an Invl
tatlon to dine at the house of oue ol
those ardeut republicans who afthi
time were wittily termed "lea pre
(leuses radicales."
The dluner time came, and yet nc
butler appeared to prouounce tbe for
inula "Madame est servle."
.Finally oue of the Intimates, . M.
. vice president of the senate, ap
proached the mistress of tbe bouse and
said, laughing: "Pardon, uie, but haw
I unide a mistake? 1 thought that yor
had asked us to dinner."
The lmly whispered In reply: "Both
.ration! ' Ves. We were to Imve been
fourteen, but M. l.e Boyer has excuse,!
blmself in the mst moment, and Fvt
bad to send for. a xuhsiltuic. There's
one of our gin-st here win, would nev
er sit down If we were thirteen at t.
bio."
A moment Inter M. was talk
ng wlh Virion Hugo, "('mi Voii
Imagine why we don't dine?" he nskiMi
the isiet. "It's beciins.. 1 1, u
Juckuss here who Is afraid of 8litl"
down thirteen at lable:"
And Hugo replied severely nnd sot
emuly, "I am that Jack.iss."
rruai forgiveness.
A farmer, believing himself to he '
dying, sent for a clergyman and
somewhat shocked that good man
by the offhand, easy way in which
he announced his fitness to die.
Tressed upon certain topics, partic
ularly upon the question of forgive
ness to his enemies, he said he for
gave everybody who had injured
him, "except Johnny Smith."
John bad played him such a trick
about tbe sale of a certain cow that
the farmer declared nothing should
make him forgive him. Impressed
by the exhortations of the clergy
man and moved by fear of the. con
sequences of dying unforgiving and
unforgiven, he turned to the minis-
ter and said, with an air of satisfac
tion nt having hit off a solution of
tbe difficulty: "All right. Jest as
you Fay. If I die I forgive him,
bul if I live, by jiminy, he'd bettei
look out !"
A HsrH One.
Two Indies, one young and the other
itnewhill undent. Here nil her mt..r
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