The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current, February 08, 1906, Image 1
plattsmoutb ill. 4 VLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, TIIUKSDAY, FKUIUAKYN, VMM). SVMWKM ;. VOLUME XXVI JOTTINGS FOR THE JOLLY Short Paragraphs Prepared and Purloined Fir tie Headers of the Jismal. Th nnntiMiit drip of wtr am nwav the Imr.tsl strttie Anl Uie lovrr who keeps nsliiiiit May-twin tier as hltw-. But itmnti wlio boitsis forr-wir fthe tlilnxs Im means m tlo Will, unless linnet. In-only. A'liilKlil-have-owii htM'tliMUKli. The nearer a man (rets to fame the smaller it looks. Oar Idea of a miserable man is a miser who is in love. Truth is stranger thir. fiction to the average married woman. Time Is money, but tt's better to le in a hurry than broke. . "buying of traveling fakes. 'Our old Onlv one kind of women do not care'i friend says he will never tve guilty of for pretty clothes--dend ones. It is never worth while to make low; to a girl If she is sure you mean it. Man hopes for tl host, but woman linsists on having swothing better. A great many people never yield to temptation if they arc not tempted. Whenamanln iovehas the tooth ache his misery lits reached the httolt. Some people imagine that they re nover talked about because they rjcr hear it. It takes a widow to make a bachelor believe that he the first man hc ever loved. A woman is ower satisfied utitil her husband is rated in the society blue book. If some men in ti'nis town were paid according to their worth they would die of starvation. Tne greatest eiriosky of the .age noa iiorA In i'laUsmouth a man 'ho tells his wife all hk secrets. Some women rcight be considered .peaches if they were careful to dwtri bute the bloom more evenly. The "all-cowards day" will sooa ibc here the th of (F ebruary. That's the day they get in their work Last Sunday was knottier "dry ooc" for the boys, and those who laid in .a supply the night before were in evi dence. Our idea of a good -salesman is ac who can make a customer want what he sees when he doesn't see what foe wants. Home people late er.coptions at tldv. column because they think we are j some whot personal. If the shoe don't j lit don't wear it. fiomemcnare so uecl:ing in their transactions that tliey .dare not look j an honest man in tho face a,-: they pass j by. 1 on can ahvay tell them. ! A woman may lot bo able to con-1 vinoc a man that he is mistaken, hut! she can prove to his Nitisfiy-.tinn that and by order of the attending pliysi it is foolish to argue with tl.e fair sex. oian quarantine was est-a'dishei by What is more disuliiijj than to see ayoung limn strutting up ai;d down the street with the air of a million aire, and you know lie has not a .penny in his pocket? "Jiiek the Hugger," it seems, from report, is again applying hi avocation in the west part or the city. Jt l'rks strange that Jack does not try his work in .other .localities. Can jt lie that Jaek is a niiilh anyway? There will be a total eclipse of the moon Thursday night at 10:M p. m. This will afford the young people a splendid e.xje fwc setting up with their solid fellows a little later than usual witlwuta 'kit&" from the old folks There Is no use talking you can't keep a hypocrite down. The more he acts the scoundrel tlie more he is liked, iC he has money t contribute to the church. Fifty years ago a hypocrite was considered worse than a horse thlcf. Tlie weather for the past few days has been a little too cool for the 'knocker" to ply his avocation on the street coi ners, so he loafs around the stores absorbing the heat that some one else pays for, and puts in a "knock " occasionally when he can get anyone to listen to his foul mouth slurs. If you have a grudge, never permit it to ripen and grow old. Have it out like a man and then wipe It from the tablets of your memory, take your enemy by the hand and start afresh. Life Is too short to permit men to make maniacs of themselves brooding over fancied and real grievances. There Is ono or two married men In this old town that necdsa little watch ing. They think they are very sly In their manuevering with some single irlrls. Hut one of them stopped pretty suddenly the other night when step- Inu out from his hiding place and ap proached the wrong woman He re c Ived a slap right equare in the face You could hear it across the street You better believe he will be more rnrntnl hereafter. Served him right. Oat Trill Enough for Him. Orte of the Journal's farmei friends was In the city Saturday and purchased quite a bill of groceries of one of our merchants. He told us that about two months ago he gave an order to a traveling representative of a grocery Brm in Omaha. He said he thought he wold just see what he could do. Me ordered $20 worth, but that it was not proportioned to suit him. He tc ceived spices enough to last him tor ten years. He remarked that the bill he purchased here came to abir.'t the same amount. He got granulated tagar for a cent less on the pound than 'lie diil of the Omaha house, and the sume on all other articles. Here is another lesson for those wlo Insist on doing such a trick again, mid told us to go after the fakers good and hard. A VERY NARROW ESCAPE Wallace Philpot Met WKJs .a Very Painful Accident Yesterday Iternoon. FEELS VERY THANKFUL !T!S NO WORSE As It Was the Little Tot of Hie Right Fort Was Taken Off. MrititAV, Xkb., Feb. Jst, llKiO (Spe cial to the Journal About 4 o'clock this afternoon, Walhvje l'hilpot met with a very painful soclde.nt, In which he experienced a iihtoiw escape frorr. loosing his life. He wu-s assisting ir. the work around a running shredder, and had occasion to flaws to the top of the machine, when the -casing gave way with Ids weight wild let him fall i(j j into the "works." lie wiw not rescue until after the "bunar" ihad torn oif his overshoe, and cutoactoe from his foot. The accident happoneii nt the Wil son (Jilmore place, oigltC .miles south west or Murray, and while the results were not of a serious natiurc, the op portunity was cerUhiiy rifcrcd for the voung man to loose his life. Scarlet Fever East o Town. Last, week there were -Cloeovered c.i.st of town three owes of sickness which at that time had evory indica tion of being scarlet, fever, hut as there was then a bare possibility of 'lije Ledger making an crroin-vms report of the nature of the disease we awaited further informalion. in a short time tie iiyinptoms became unmistakable, Constable Saxon. There were three of the case;, of which the worst was the daughter of Neoiv.v i'.veiett. and for av.iiie the little girl's condition was quite seri ous. Tite other pat ients wore a sou of Win Youtiker and a son A John Batou, hut those two casts were of milder forwc, and all of the children are convalescent and no indication that other ues will develop. The people of that neighborhood are tj be congratulated on account of theJr .good judgment la taking precauUoa Co prevent tlie disease spreading, tlie schools In districts 11 and 12 being loscd temporarily and the families taking care to obserte the quarantine. Colon Ledger. Oldest Official lo Cats County. IL F. Swanback, of Greenwood, is in the city Monday attending to some business matters. Mr. Swanback Iscon- stable of Salt Creek precinct, and bears the distinction of being the old est official of that class in the state. being ninety-one years of age, and Is as spry as many a man at sixty. He serv ed In two foreign wars In his native country of Germany, and In the civil war In this country, and from the looks of the gentleman he would be al most able to pass through another. He can read without the aid of glasses most any newspaper printed, and is In everyway able to look after the duties of the otllce he holds. Jt Is certainly a blessing to enjoy such ripe old age as Mr. Swanback does. Doubtful as to Residence. Among the proceedings of the dis trict court of Lancaster comity,. --Tni Lincoln Saturday, the Journal says: "Minnie Yenner did not secure a di vorce from L'dward I). Yenncr.bccausc the court seemed In doubt whether her legal residence is hi Lancaster or Cass county. She said she lives here, but she often visits her parents at F.a gle. Her case was submitted for con blent on by the court." THE PLATTSMOUTH TELEPHONE COMPANY tail.- Ilettli; ol Stockholders Last NlgM Wis Urgtlj Itleiiti. CQMPAW 'IN A PROSPEROUS CONDITIO! Ten Per Cent. Dividend tectarcd end Stockholders Well Pleated With Report Made. The annual meeting of the titock helders of tho l'lattsinouth Telephone company occurred Monday night at the head(iuarters of the company In the telephone building in this city. The following otllcers and 'directors were elected: il'resldcnt-T. K. Parmdc. 'Vice President C. C Parmele. Secretary J. N. Wise. General Manager aod treasurer T. H. Pollock. I)lrectors-T. K. Parmele, C. C. l'ar mele, T. H. Pollock, C. il. 'Smith, Ed win Jcary, J. II. Davis, Br. J. M. Kce ley, D. J. Pittman, and II. F. Swan back. The report of Secretory Wise showed the company to he hm most prosper ous condition tlie business of 1005 having Increased SO per cent over that of 11H)4. The company now owns and operates eleven exchanges with 1800 telephones and over two hundred lirst class toll lines, owning the exchange at South Omaha and toll lines from that city to Lincoln and on west, and Nebraska Citv on the south. The company will soon connect at South Omaha with the Council Bluffs hide- pendent telephone system and thus ! reacn iuo,uoo innepencioni loiepuouus 'in western Iowa. Tbi will mean a j large Increase of business KtMiuth Om aha, as mis lowa territory snip an their stock to that point, -and as Coun- sM IllulTs is quite a wivolesale center a great deal of business wVI go over jthc independent lines to the KluITs whole sale houses. The Plattsinotitli Telephone com pany Is now connected v.ttih the capi tal city and nearly every town in Ne braska except Omaha, aed have ulsc connections with St. Joseph and Kan- sail City, so that they hive a very ev tended toll service. i he usual 10 percent u i:l"inl was declared, and the stK:kholders ex pieced llieuiselves very n?uch pleased with the management of the eompuny ami its future prospects. An rjnor Most Worthily Bcfctcwcd. At, the meeting of the board of edu cation Monday night Superintendent House was re-elected for t he coming year. At the suggestion of S'.ute Su- perintendeiit McHrien, and ctHisider ingthe fact, that Mr. Rouse has had no increase in .salary for three suoct-s-tsive years, the hoard decided to send him to the National Association of Superintendents which meet at Louis vlile, Ky., the last .of this month. Mr. McJirien declares this a more ImtMtrt antivneeting for superintendents than the national association that meets In July. 1 Former Cltlzei Dead. J. J. Hcln, father of J. i. Heln, jr., of this city, died at the home of his sou, George, In Council Bluffs, la., on Sunday, February 4, liKM, at the ad vanced age ct 87 years. The deceased was at one time a resident of Platts mouth, at which time he was In the employ of the Ji. & M. railroad com pany. Ills wife died about twelve years ago, but three daughters and rive sons survive him. The funeral will occur tomorrow at Corning, la. The deceased will be remembered by many in this city as being a splendid citizen and a good kind husband and father. "Grandma" Wolfe Dead. Mrs. Henry Wolfe, who since lHi.T has been living In Liberty precinct, Cass county, died last, night of heart failure, after a short illness. She was born In Indiana, April .'10, 1.U; was married to Mr. Wolfe, and was the mother of twelve children, eight of whom are still living. She was a de vout member of tho Mcthodlstchurch, was called "grandma" by every ono In Uial .vslyhljorhond and was loved by all. Her death will be mourned by a large circle of friends. Nebraska City News. H", Have you been betrayed by piiTtfes of quacks, swallowed pills and hot "fd mcnicine wuuout results except V damaged stomach To those we ouV I Ilollister's llocky Mountain Tea. .1j cents Goring & Co. THE COAL PROBLEM AGAIN Wlf Not Raise t Few Dollars for the Purpose of Prospecting tor "Dusty Diamonds." SOME FOND HOPES MIGHT BE REALIZED It Will Only Take a Few Dollars and a Lit' tie Work to Satisfy Cur Belief. They have organized a company down at l''alls City for the purpose of boring for coal, and the Indications are that prospectors are going to meet with success. This fact reminds the Journal that a year orsoago evidences of coal was discovered on the Thomas farm, south of Plattsmoiah, and for a few weeks our people were consider ably worked-up on the matter, and at that time there was strong talk of or ganizing prospecting company. Hut all of a sudden the excitement died out and that was the last of It. There Is no use of talking about this matter now, unless we can possible wake up our people to the extent of raising a few dollars to know positively whether this was really a false alarm or other wise. There has Itcen b.t little coal dis covered under Nebraska soil, hut that does not prove that it is not Imbedded down deep into hovels of the earth. If there Is coal discovered In lilchard- son county, does it not look to reason that, there is coal Ir, these hills around Plattsmouth? Have we ever made the proper efforts to satisfy ourselves? And would it not e n paying invest ment to prospect for the same? These are questions that we should consider, ; and it Is not going to take any large amount of money lo do so. If the Falls City company are suc cessful In their efforts In finding a pay ing vein of coal, the Journal would .ahnost.bet the editor's existence on rml'A that among the hills around Plattsmouth coal In e. much larger quantity can be found. These sugges tions cost the business n.en of the city nothing whatever, and we give them In the hope that t'.iey may don their "thinking caps," and determine among themselves as to whether it would not. pay to investigate the mat ter with the dawn of spring. Listen to this report from Falls City: "In order to further satisfy I heinselves as to whet her t he coal was j. I here in iei til' iua;-titics, ct her holes were sunk and in each instance the coal was found. In addition lo this lead and zinlc were also discovered. The parties have tiled leases in the county recorder's otlice covering a I nun. acre tract of land and are making ar rangements to get more. 1 he people of the city are jubilant over the pros pect and should it, prove true what now seems apparent, a:i:ple capital will be available for its development to the fullest extent." February Weather. (i. A- Lovcland, of the L'nited States weather bureau, has issued a state ment of facts concerning February In Nebraska. Tiie records of observations extends back twenty-four years. It shows the mean or normal temperature of the month to be Zi degrees. Thls,of course, includes the small hours of the night, which are the coldest, but come at a time when most people are in bed and do not feel their frigidity. The warmest February was that of IH'.Hl, with a nor mal temperature of .If degrees. The coldest was In 1SXI, with an average of I.J. The highest temperature regis tered was on February Hit, IWMi, when the thermometer stood at !. The low est was 2ii below zero, on February 11, IH'.I'J. A pine Store Room. M. Fangcr, the department store man, has taken a lease on the Weten kamp building, adjoining his present place of business on the west, and where he has been carrying on the clothing business for the past few months, and today the carpenters are engaged In rearranging the shelving and cutting an archway between the two rooms, also taking out the parti. Hon In the rear In order to give him ample room to display t tie large sin s of goods bought for the spr.ng I rade. Mr. Fangcr believes In keeping iii with the procession, and hi some case- ho takes the lead. WIumi the repurs und changes now under headway an completed The Department Store will have one of tho finest rooms hi the city. A Dangerous Experiment John Am has been having a very serious time tho past week, the result of a peculiar accident. Last Saturday he attempted to clean out a Hue by putting a small quiintity of powder In the stove, and the explosion came with much more force than he anticipated, blow lug op.m the stove door and the blaze went up his sleeve 'nstead of up the Hue. Mr. Ams right arm was severely burned, and although It was quite painful there was no fear of any thing serious until some) line later, when blood poison followed, and for two days his condition caused alarm. He Is getting along nicely, with every Indication that he will soon be "good as new," but he will admit t hat a per son never gels too old lo learn a new trick. - I ' n ion Ledger. AFTER THIRTY YEARS Two Old Ladies Meet Who Were Playmates In the Fatherland 75 Years Ago. Mrs. James Clark, from Concordia, Kansas, anil her aged neither, Mrs. Prolo, from Michigan, are enjoying a visit at the home of Mrs. Joseph Warga, whose mother, Mrs. Hermann, and Mrs. Prolohavc not met for thirty years. Mrs. Prolo and Mrs. Hermann were playmates hi Cermany seventy-live years ago, which makes this meeting the more enjoyable. It Is a beautiful sight to see these old ladles, after thirty years of separat Ion, sitting side by side talking of the scenes of their early childhood, of their Joys and sorrows, during the years gone hy, both realizing the fact that this w be their last meeting In this life, for they are both eighty years of age. Having reached more than the allot ed years of average womanhood, they seem to be in the enjoyment of cxci lent health for their age, and hid fair to live several years longer. May they do so, Is the prayer of the Journal. How a Canard Travels. The Lincoln Journal of Monday s'lys: "A lonely night operator in a railroad depot somewhere on the plains of South Dakota Hashed over tho wires of t hat road Sunday morn- lug after the newspapers had gone to press three words: 'Roosevelt is a-isas- sinated. I he rumor traveled into Sioux City during the morning, drift ed down to Omaha over lie- wires of the luialia road, reached Lincoln soon after, and by telephone w as w idely cn c.ulafed. The Western I'nion Tele graph company knew nothing of the story. The potal had not heard of il.. The Ass.tciated press was in the dark, hut. the operator on the plains ot South Dakota had started a stoiy that traveled fast . Jtwas had news, ani because of t hat it covered much dis tance. . When the night Associated press wire began business last evening Sioux City was asking the Omaha of fice of the news company about, the rumor and Omaha denied ( hat there was anything in it. h'arly in the ev ening The Journal received several In quiries by telephone and the story was denied." New Air Compressor. Tlie Have.lock Times says: "The new air compressor has been received and unloaded last Friday. It is 2H0 horse power and is of the Ingersoll Scrgent make. The old compressor was only 130 horse power and was entirely Inadequate to supply the Increasing demands of the shops. Two carloads of crushed stone, a carload of sand and a carload of cement have been received to lie used In construct ing the base for the compressor. This base measures 20xJi) feet and Is eight feet thick. The engine will thus be placed on an immense rocker solid concrete of the dimentions mentioned to w hich It will be fastened by big Iron rods which will be secured on the bottom of the base by broad plates of steel. The compressor supplies air power for many machines all over the shops. ; 1 lie new engine to run the compressor was received several days igo. Among other new machinery re ceived arc two turning lathes, which are tho largest now !n the shops; also i wo new steel drills. These have been installed In the machine shops." Farmer Loses Thumb. L W. Hiickingham, who lives at Hart lei t, l,i., wbHcdragging pole wood out of ih-tunoer with one horse last Siuiid.it, siooped tu arrange I lie chain when the le-rse Jumped suddenly aii'lthc thumb of llueklngham's left hand caowi-t in Hie hook. Tho man a;is d'ugit i s ine thirty rods Ik fore lie caught a si uuip with ids free hand. IDsihiiinh w us Merd at the first J t ONEWAY OF HURTING TOWN And Also One Way of Discouraging Stran gers Who Come Here to Locate. ALL SUCH PRACTICES SHOULD CEASE Ho City Ever Prospered by Such Eagerness For Selling Property. A true illustration or "how to kill a town" has been fully demonstrated within the past few weeks, which real' ly needs ventilating by mure than sim ply a passing not Ice. A tl rm of busi ness men who recently came hero and expended about tl.fyiou or JO.OOO for a st ock of goods, were the very ones to remark that such actions was a grand mistake, and had they known that there were so many Pluttsmouth peo ple who desired to sell out. they most certainly would have given the town the "go-by" and located elsewhere. This has been too much the caso for the benefit of liattsmoiifh. How many strangers who have thus been discour aged from locating here, Is hard to tell. Such rushing to sell propert y to every newcomer would undoubtedly discour age his satanlo majesty from stopping In Plattsmouth. The new tlrm Just located here have been visited by doz ens of people who desired to sell their property. Such actions have discour aged them from purchasing residence properly at any price. When st rangers enter a town, and are on the lookout, for a local Ion, there Is nothing m disgusting to him ns to be visited by half a dozen or more who are anxious to sell them t heir property. People who have the best Interests of the town at heart would not do this,, because they know It discourages new comers. Don't do It. Nine, cases out of ten a man who comes here lo locate is going to look over town to see if lie can liud the kind of property he wants, and ir It suits and the price, also suits him he will buy. You can't sell hint, something he don't want, and what's the use in trying' Now, supposing such a break had been made on the gentlemen composing this linn before they had purchased tlie stock of good-i do you t liink I hey would haw located here' Not much. There is no doubt in our mind t hat there has already been a number of people who Vi-.it I'd this ey for the purpose to mak" it their homes who have met such fellows as above related and have left town simply on account J of the rush t n. sell property. When a I st ranger liist enters town he hiiinedi j ately hunts up a real estate u.aii to see i what In- lias listed. A purchaser a!- most invariably buys of such parties If : In- buys at all. Stop t his "grand rush" on everyone who comes here to look around, and if you want to sell your MisM-sions put tlie same Into the hands of those persons who know how tosell It. Such rushes dlscouragestran- gersand they generally result with no one selling and the prospective citizen going to some other town where peo ple arc not so anxious to sell out. Oberlin (llumnt. Tlie Initial meeting and banquet of the state association of Obcrllnalumnl and students will be held at the Lln dell Tuesday evening. President IL King of Oberlin will be present for the occasion and will give one of tho chief toasts, responding to "Oberlln's Ideals for the Twentieth Century." He will be the guest of Dr. M. A. Hul- lock during his stay. Eleven or twelvo graduates and about llfty former stu dents of Oberlin are now llvinu In Lincoln. Tlie meeting for organiza tion will bo held In the parlors at" o'clock and will be followed by tho banquet, a program of toast and music Lincoln Journal. JudgeTravIs and wife of this city will be present upon that occaslou. Mrs. Travis formerly lived In Oberlin, Ohio, and is a staunch friend of the college. Is Marriage a Failure. The question is often asked, Is mar riage a failure' We say, no, If you don't expect too much of It; but don't run tho risk of trying to reform a man after marriage. I n all probability you will be disappointed If you do. If your husband uses tobacco when you mar ried him, the bible forbids curtain lectures afterwards, for it says, "lie Hint Is filthy, let htm be filthy still." There Is a bright sldo to everything. If you will only look till you tlnd It. If your husband smokes, be thankful bo don't chew; If ho smokes and chews both, bo thankful lie don't drink; If he does all three, be thankful he won't live long.