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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (May 30, 1907)
The Plattsmouth Journal PUBLISH Kl WKKKI.Y AT PLATTSMOUTH. NEBRASKA. K. A. KATES, I'L'BUsiiKii. MitfrtMl at the postofll-' :it I'UttsmoutU. Ne tir:isk:t. :is si'-ijnlirl:iss liuitttT. "I i- the worM had but one bush el of wheat ami one bushel of dia monds, what would Ikj the most val uable thing on earth?" asks the Baltimore American. We arise to say a woman! And now New York has passed the two cent fare bill. It is catch ing and soon nearly every state in the union will have such a railway rate. And the roads themselves seem to think it will be a remuner ative innovation. Thk story of Roosevelt's not wanting to be President again is as indigestible as a hole in a doughnut. He may not run, but that he is crazy to be "IT" for four more strenuous years is patent to be se rious! v considered. A Mkthodist preacher down in Maryville, Mo., has come to grief on account of sticking his nose in where he had no business. Of course there is a woman in the case as there usually is, and the ' 'savior of souls' ' quit the church before he would submit to an investigation t I le was a presiding elder, and his name is Little. Trouble always comes to the hypocrite who is continually courting it. The list of names fastened upon the young and helpless Spanish prince at the royal christening is as long as the list of crimes for which the Honorable Abe Ruef was indict e.l for standing so pat so long. The Prince of the Asturias had more! hj on-ors at the baptism than Abe had at the prison but they were less observant of th? royal infant than those on this side of the water were of the movements of the deposed grafter. The News commented elaborate ly last evening on the Journal's ar ticle in reference to the remon strance. Of course Farlev had to i visit several parties to consult them before he wrote his reply. But the article is most illy conceived, and has the ring of Farley's squeaky voice. That's one reason why we lo not desire to take up valuable space in replying to his weak sister mouthings. We feel like tha fel low who came too close to the rear end of the long eared animal we simnlv consider the source. In this world of sin and sorrow, we have plenty of grief without looking for it. Kvery day we have a chance to cheer up some stranded fellow who has become tired of his burden and is about to lay down and quit trying to keep up with the procession. A little help over rough places may save the day for him. Even a smile or a pleasant look, a word of encouragement, some thing that costs you nothing, will bring about results. This has no reference whatever to those who persist in the persecution of some citizens because the law shields the instigators under the head of "pros ecution." The village board of Dunbar, Otoe county granted, as they have been doing tor many years, a saloon license. Along comes the Metho dist preacher who has lived in Dun bar a year, and says the village board must revoke what they done. This demand was refused. Then Mr. Preacher, aided by others who were too cowardly to come from be hind the curtains, got up a remon strance, charging Ben Carls, the sa loon keeper, with all manner of crimes that appeared ridiculous to the people who had known Mr. Carls for so long. Now, the gen tlemen who made these audacious charges are facing a good healthy libel suit for defamation of charac ter. This will maybe serve as a pointer to some of those in this city who are trying their hands in the same direction. On with the street carnival, and let the joy and pleasure of the oc casion be unconfined. Ai:i: Ht-MMKi. in stripes is a spec tacle for the amusement and con gratulation of the nation. Chicickns in the city are a lux ury, whether they be in the back yard or on the dinner table. It may take a good deal to arouse sympathy for Foraker, but the ac tivity of the "Big Stick" in Ohio will accomplish that result, if any thing will. Spring Freezk having done his worst, the farmers have nothing further to fear, except June Rise, Fierce Torrid Heat and Uuprece cedented Drought. The tariff committee of the Na tional Manufacturers association has recommended "tariff revision," which is a tacit admission from the "protected" that republicanism's cardinal doctrine of protection is wrong. Roosevelt and Cannon are to go over the tariff, according to a Washington dispatch. While the tariff may not be "shot full of holes," it is probable that by the time it has been "gone over" it will be so badly spelled as not to mean anvthing. Ie the newspapers should drop this year the phrase "sweet girl graduate," the damsel would be but little missed. She is getting more practical and commanding everj- day, and consequently is not near so sweet as she used to be. Another actress is to marry some more. This time May Irwin announces she will marry her man ager, the man who managed her for the past two seasons. The mar riage will bring the usual adver tisement and may run through the entire summer-garden season. Boss Ri'i-:r. having failed to win popular sympathy by his confession, is now chiefly concerned about get ting someone else into trouble. His story about the conspiracy of Fris co's leading citizens to gain control of the street railways and other utilities sounds very much like his "confession." Dr. H. D. Doxelan, of St. Jos eph, Mo., sent his regrets to Col. H. C. McMaken that he was una ble to meet with the old settlers last Wednesday, on account of the ill ness of Mrs. Donelau. Mr. Don elan was the first mayor of Platts mouth, and his letter contained many kind words for his fellow pioneers of Cass county. Does any sane man think for a moment that the Standard Oil has lost any sleep, will loose any money or will lose any friend at the White House by reason of the find ings of the commissioners that it was criminally guilty of all the of fenses charged by the state of Mis souri? The ox is supposed to have a rather intimate acquaintance with his master's crib. The Hon. Pat Crowe, Omaha's most noted citizen, has just been acquitted upon trial for holding up a couple of street cars at Council Bluffs. He is now acquitted of all criminal charges and may conclude to run for alderman or become pres ident of a life insurance company in the town upon which he sheds the luster of his name and fame Pat's no molhxoddle. Summer clothing is being dicuss ed, pro and con, as regards open work and peek-a-boo. A Washing ton City paper wants wives to give their husbands "credit for not -wearing shirts that button up the back." And in the case of those horrid men, another paper moves a vote of thanks that in front they are not so transparent as a pane of glass. It may be that beauty's in the eye of the beholder, but even the men would annihilate one of their own sex who would appear in public clad in the peek-a-boo of the good old summer time. Mr. Bryan's Income. The Lincoln Journal corrects a good many mistatements and false impressions about Mr. Bryan in the following article, in its "More or Less Personal" column: Mr. Bryan will stay at home for a week or ten days and then another call to rush away on a speaking tour will have to be answered. lie is now sought after more eagerly than any other man who is available for platform work. Whenever it be comes known that he has any va cant time, the work of caring for the correspondence on that subject becomes a real burden to the folks in the Commoner office. If he fill ed all demands for dates he could talk, like the bands in Berlin, ' 'mornings, nights and afternoons, ' ' and still leave the public unsatisfied. Mr. Bryan's income from these engagements is ver' large, but it could be made much larger it he did not use lectures as an aid to getting his political views before the coun try. When he makes a political speech or attends a banquet hejjlys his own expenses. The sermons that have attracted so much atten tion in Washington, Springfield and Boston were given freely for the public good. But when he goes on one of these trips he accepts enough lecture engagements to cover the cost of the journey and perhaps to leave him a little profit besides. The paid lectures are thus only in cidental to the main purpose of the visit. Those who know him insist that he cares more for political suc cess than for money, and that when he makes a free speech he enjoys it just as much and puts as much of his heart into it as if the box office were fairly bursting with cash. Mr. Bryan's financial arrange ments for his lectures are simple. lie takes one-half of the proceeds and the people who manage the lec ture take the other half. I Ie refuses to lecture for an individual man agement, always insisting that the local share will go to some organiz ation or cause. People nave tried to estimate Mr. Brj-an's in come from lecturing but it is doubt ful if he knows himself. The Beatrice Snn and Falls City Journal have touched upon a sub ject that we were too modest to mention, and yet we took the same view of the matter that these papers do, at the time that we received the note. We refer to the letter announcing the dates upon which Senator Burkett will address the high schools of the different locali ties. The letter was purely a per sonal affair, yet it passed through the mails under the official frank of Senator Burkett. There is a pen alty attached for the purpose of avoiding postage upon private bus iness, and if the senator is called upon to put up the fine for each in fraction of the law, he will require another salary raise in order to meet expenses. Our neighbor across the river en joyed another market day last Sat urday. Glenwood merchants are after the business, and they go after it in a manner to get it, too. Last Saturday was an eventful day for that town. A visitor says there was an immense crowd of people in town, and that the stores were con stantly filled with buyers. The people will go where there are at tractions, for such events show that the merchants invite them to come. These market days have proved a big advertisement for Glenwood, and it would do the same for Platts mouth. The Journal has for months been endeavoring to get our mer chants to try such a project. We feel satisfied that one trial would result so beneficially to all classes of business that all would be anx ious to have them continued every other Saturday. Who will start the ball to rolling? William J. Bryan has grown stout in the last few years. His present weight is 234 pounds, while at the time he entered the campaign in 1S96 he tipped the beam at ex actly 165. He was then 36, and consequently his avoirdupois in the last eleven years has increased 69 pounds. A bushel of wheat is as good as a bucket of strawberries these days. A Kansas man declares that he recently saw an angel flying over the state. It must have been a grasshopper. Not content with having linger ed in the lap of Spring, Winter has performed the feat of climbing upon Summer's shoulder. Speaker Cannon may have been converted to the Taft cult as a re sult of his conference with Roose velt, but the fact of the business is that "Uncle Joe" is a hardened old sinner. Dr. Osler desires to go on rec ord as saying that the best medi cine in the world is hope. It is at least certain that hope never killed anybody, even though it does make the heart sick when it is long de ferred. A woman was killed the other day in New York because she re fused to flirt and another woman in Ohio lost her life because she re fused to shake hands with her slay er. It is about time for the fool killer to get back on his job. It is now intimated that Secre tary Taft will launch his president ial boom in St. Louis. We thought that boom had been floating around the country for the past few months, but still St. Louis will be glad to send the first "official report" throughont the land. Senator Patrick, of Papillion, in writing up the "Doings of the Thirtieth Legislature" for the Times of that town, pays quite a compliment to Senator Root. The following can be considered a much greater compliment when known that Senator Patrick was a leader in the legislature and a democrat: "Among the real workers of the senate, Root, of Cass, was the wheel horse. In committee work he could always be depended upon to do his share and more. He was convers ant with the provisions of every measure and nothing seemed to es cape his notice. If there was a jo ker snugly stowed away in a bill it was Root who invariably discovered it, when the proper time arrived the joker was brought into view. Upon constitutional questions his ability was acknowledged. He was always at work and was a splendid repre sentative of the people, and should he continue in politics the people of Nebraska will hear more of him later on. In my humble judgment the place where the people need him most is on the supreme bench and should he ever be honored with a nomination to that position, no mat ter of which party he may be the candidate, it will be a great pleas ure to the writer to assist in his election." Uucle Sam Giving Away Farms. On June 26, 1!)0T, the Govern ment will open to homestead 33,000 acres of irrigated land in the Yellow stone Valley, near Billings, Montana. This is the first time that the Govern ment has opened lands in this method, having built the ditches, the laterals, telephone system, electrical plant, etc-, for the tract before allowing any of the land to be entered. The water is now ready to turn on, and those who are lucky enough to draw one of these irrigated farms will be made independ ent for life. These lands known as tbe IJuntley Project laads, are among the richest and most productive lands iD the northwest, and will successfully grow all kinds of grain, root and forage crops, any man who is able to rent a farm, is able to take one of these irri gated homesteads and be assured of success. It is hard to estimate the value of these lands, as simular lands in the same locality last year netted the farmers who raised sugar beets as much as $3-5 to 34o per acre, and others did nearly as well raising alfal fa. The settler is required to repay to the government the actual cost of watering these lands, the repayments to be made in ten annual install ments without interest. Improper action of the kidneys causes backache, lumbago, rheuma tism. "Pineules" is a kidney remedy that will relieve these diseases. Pleas ant to take and guaranteed to give satisfaction or money refunded. "Re lief in every dose." Gering & Co. -Vegetable Preparation Tor As similating iheFood and Regula ting the Stomachs and Bowels of Promotes DtgesUonXfaerful ness and Rcst.Contains neither OpiumjMorphine nor Mineral. Not Nabcotic. IupkL, SmJ. Mx.Jenna mJulU Smli -Anut Stmt Hjyprmant -Jfi Cart ana. fi fUrm Sted - (tMkfjrw rlarv J A nrrfV-W npmpdtf f or (Vntifta- lion. Sour Stomach.Diarrhoea. orms,Lonvulsions.tcverisn ncss and Loss of Sleep. f- Simile Signature of NEW YOHK. V EXACT COPY OF WHAPPEa. Fell From a Window. George, the little two-year-cid son of Wm. Schmidtmann, had a very pe culiarand painful accidentFrklay even ing which produced a severe scalp wound. Little Georgie was sitting in a window eating a hit of cake and bumping himself against the screen, which slipped out letting the little fellow fall backwards to the cellar window below, a distance of about three feet, striking his head on the plate glass that'eovered the area way, which broke, letting him through and cutting a horse shes shaped gash upon the top of his head near the size of a silver dollar. He fell on down into the basement. The wound was sewed up, it taking five stitches to close the opening. This morning Georgie was resting nicely. This is a very painful accident, but we trust he will soon re cover. When your food has not been prop erly digested the entire system is im pared in the same proportion. Your stomach needs help. Kodol for indi gestion and Dyspepsia not only digests what you eat, it tones the stomach and adds strength to the whole body. Makes rich, pure blood. Kodol con forms to the National Pure Food and Drug Law. Sold by F. G. Fricke & Co. Made in Plattsmouth. II. M. Craig has on exhibition at Wescott's store, three pairs of ladies' gauntlet riding gloves that for work manship, artistic design and superior ity of material, of which we doubt if the equal can be found anywhere. The hand is of the finest kid, the gauntlet of the finest Mocha. Their colors are olive green, royal blue and cardinal. Don't fail to see them: they are made in Plattsmouth. My Best Friends. Alexander Benton, who lives on Rural Route 1, Fort Edward, N. Y., says: "Dr. King's New Discovery is my best earthly friend. It cured me of asthma six years ago. It has also per formed a wonderful cure of incipient consumption for my son's wife. The first bottle ended the terrible cough, and this accomplished, the other symp toms left one by one, until she was per fectly well. Dr. King's New Discovery's power over coughs and colds 's simply marvelous." No other remedy has ever equaled it. Fully guaranteed by F, G. Fricke & Co., druggists. 5Cc and $1. 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