The Plattsmouth - Journ jI t " Published Semi-Weekly it Plattsmouth, Neuuski R. A. DATES, Publisher. 5 tered at the Fcstcflice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, ssecond-clas matter. $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Edison says that flying machines will carry the malls within the next ton years. But Is that any reason why we should fall to mend the pub- He highways? :o: State Senator C. H. Aldrlch of David City yesterday at Lincoln gave out to the press an announcement of his candidacy for the governorship of Nebraska next year as a progressive Republican. :o: Succei.: lve postmaster generals are wrestling with the problem of how to wipe out the annual postal deficit. The one business-like and reasonable plan of reducing to a Just and equit able figure, the enormous and exorbi tant rates paid the railroads for haul ing the mall never occurs to them, or if it docs, is banished. Instead they evolve wild schemes such as has recently been promulgated by the present head of the postal depart ment. He proposes to Increase the rates for sending money in mull. In stead of Increasing the revenues this would probably reiluco them by di verting the transmission of money to banks and express companies. This "reform" would doubtless he hailed with delight by the bankers and ex press monopoly, but It would not help the postal deficit and would Impose unjust burdens upon the people. The postmaster-general had better dream again. :o: "PARTY SOIJII.lRIi V." One trouble about this plea for "party solidarity" in support of meas ures that are not more than half right, Is that while It may bo possi ble to solidify the politicians, it is not bo easy to solidify the people. The politicians may be induced or coerced Into compliance with a course of ac tion or Into support of a measure that he knows Is wrong and a fraud upon his constituents. Such cases are not rare. We think wo have one nil her conspicuous instance In this state. Hut the Influences which some times arc strong enough to control the politician and the officeholder are by no means so powerful when they Ket to tho people, The people have no political Jobs to lose, no trades to make, no favors to ask of the bosses. What the majority want goes with Ihem, and there Is no real solidarity except the solidarity of the majority. There was a solidarity of tho ma jority luiit year which elected a presi dent and a conpross on certain gen eral understandings and promises with regard to a burdensome tariff. Hut those promises and understand ings have been violated and parly solidarity has been so badly shatter ed that an urgent appeal for Its res toration Is made by the great na tional head of the party. That ap peal, however, has fallen, as we be lieve, upon deaf ears. Tho only thing that will make for party solidarity Is party performance of party promises, and the great head of the party gives no assurance that that will be done. On the contrary, he substantially states that tho party for whose solid arity he pleads having made one ef fort to comply with Its promises, and having failed, no further effort will bo made In that direction, and he hopes that the public will not Insist upon It. If he has had time In the midst of nil the street parades and banquets and welcome addresses, to Bay noth ing of golf, to And out the sentiment of the west, he must know that that Is a vain hope. Tie cannot give the country the Aldrlch revision of the tariff and expect It to be satisfied, not even at his smiling request. St. Taul Dispatch. A Bargain. Mrs. A. Taylor, has left with me for Bale a new carriage which has never been hitched to: it must sell; at Sam Q. Smith's barn, Plattsmouth. MYXARD. Mrs. Mont Robb of Wyoming, Neb., visited a few days this week at V. R. Murray's. Ray Lloyd and wife of Lincoln, who have been TiBiting with C. L. Jean's returned home Tuesday. Mrs. W. F. Gillisple and Mrs. Will Ian Stokes were passengers to Omaha Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Wiles and daughter of Weeping Water, Neb., visited over Sunday with Mrs. Wo. Wetenkamp. The young son of Mr. Stone living near Mynard was-severely Injured by being kicked In the face by a horse last Sunda. Mrs. Guy Fleming of Omaha, who has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R.Murray returned home Monday. The Ladles Aid society of Mynard was entertained by Mrs. F. A. Reins Wednesday. Mr. Merton Cochran and family of Wyoming, who has been visiting at Joseph Tubbs, were passengers for Peru, Neb., Tuesday, where they will visit Mrs. J. Jones, sister of Mrs. Cochran. C. F. Vallory has moved Into his new residence. Misses Anna and Mildred Snyder and Pearl Jlenton were visiting Miss Martha llarker Sunday. Elmer Wetenkamp was spending Sunday with Roy Stokes. Mr. ami Mrs. llcimlngs Home. Ferdinand llennings nnd'wifo and family are spending today in the city, coming In from their fine home in Eight Mile Grove precinct this morn ing. Mr. and Mrs. Hennlngs have re cently returned from a two weeks' trip to Oklahoma, where they visited their fine farm there. This farm is farmed by M. E. Coleman, formerly of this city, and Mr. Hennlngs speaks In tho highest terms of the tenant. Conditions in Oklahoma have been greatly Improved, he says, within the past week by bounteous rains, and fall planting Is proceeding rapidly. While there they visited a number of large cities in tho state and were pleased to note how the country Is building up. Oklahoma City espe cially is highly praised by Mr. Hen nlngs as being a lively, up-to-date community, which Is enjoying a grand boom. New buildings are going up In every direction and prosperity seems to bo present everywhere. ..u..iiia. Again. Hon. it. 11. Windham paid the Jour nal office a pleasant call this morn ing and while hero confided to ye re porter the pleasant fact that ho Is once more a grandfather, the stork visiting the home of his son Robert, Jr., last night and leaving a line, bouncing girl baby with Mrs. Wind ham. The condition of the mother Is not so well us could bo desired but It Is not believed serious complica tions will result. Tho senior Mr. Windham is, however, cue of the proudest men in town and bears the added weight of his new daughter with becoming dlglnlty, ncceptlng the congratulations of many friends with that suavity becoming one of his polished demeanor. An Infant of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dickson, living south of the city, died yesterday, the little one living but a few hours after birth. The parents have the deep sympathy of many friends in their bereavement. The funeral took place yesterday after noon. James Emerson, roadmaster of the Burlington, with headquarters at Omaha, was In the city last evening, having como In over the line from Louisville and Cedar Creek. Horses for Sale, I have Just unloaded twenty-four head of large western horses which I am offering for sale at my farm, seven miles south of riattamouth. Perry Marsh. Lost. A poor peddler lost his overcoat between the farm of John Kaffonber ger and Joseph Wiles. Finder please return to the store of M. Fanger and receive reward. Farm for Sale. A 102-acre farm for sale; goot, Improvements; seven miles south of Plattsmouth and four miles north east of Murray. W. II. RAKES. Plattsmouth, Neb., R. F. D. No. 1 MILLIONAIhE LNDS LIFE Edward Stelnhauser of Pittsbu'3 Blows Out His Brains. Pittsburg. Oct. 30 Edward Stein hauser. a member of one of the oldest and richest families of PjtUburg, sup posed to be worth more than $1,000,- 000 In his own name, killed himself by blowing out his brains at the Amer ican house here. It Is intimated that Stelnhauser has been plunging on tb market. Steinhauser was thlrty-ejght years old. His last thoughts were for his mother and grandmother and sis ters, whom he did not want thrown Into a panic by having news of his suicide phoned nor did he wish them to see his mutilated Cody until it had been fixed up. He arranged for all thjs before shooting himself. LABOR LEADERS VILL TAKE APPEAL GGfips Says Mill Ca;ryC:: terapt Case to High Court. - Washington, Oct. 30. Samuel Com pcrs, John Mitchell and Frank Morrl son of the American Federation of La bor, who were sentenced by Justice Wright to Jail on terras of twelve, nine and six months respectively for con tempt In the now famous Injunction proceedings of the Buck Stove ana Range company of St. Louis, will takt an appeal to the Un.ited States su preme court in the event the di.stiic. court of appeals sustains the action of the court which Imposed senler.co up on them. President Gompers, in an edit ci la! In the November Issue of the Ann-r lean Fecit Tutlonist, makes ch ar the. at Utmieof himself and his co-defendants "Whatever the decision of the court of appeals may he," he asserts, I; must ultimately lead to victory for la bor, and a victory for labor will mean a victory for all the people. Should the court sustain the appeal and an mil the sentences, It will maintain be yond question the right of free speech anil free press. "If It should sustain the doeisjon of Justice Wright, It will simply menu that an appeal must be taken to the hiphest court in the land to obtain a final determining word as to the ju dkial conception of existing constitu tional guarantees. Even should the highest judicial tribunal of our conn try fall to maintain the right of free speech and free press, there Is still a higher court the court of public oivlnion." MAIL ROBBERY HEARING Continued by State's Witnesses All Day at Omaha. Omaha, Oct. 30. Evidence Intended to connect William Mathews, alias W. G. Marvin, one of tho men now on trial In tho United States court, charged with the robbery of the Union Pacific mail train In the suburbs oi this city lust May, with the other de fendants, and to show that he wat with them In April of this year, wat Introduced. Gus Hren, a tailor of Kansas City, identified Mathews and Grigware at having visited h,ls place of business od April 3, at which time he measured Mathews for a suit. Tho suit was In troduced in evidence and Identified b the witness. Rudolph Marnnshy, aged soventeei years, and John Kudma testified tc having been present when Woo ls, one of tho prisoners, was arrested neai the Brown Park school house, May 27 Kudrna said he saw a man resein hljng Shelton, the man who was latei arrested in Denver, going suth fror the vicinity of the school house a about the time Woods, Torsenso. and Grigware were wrested. Harry Carter, ngctl nineteen, am William Fitzgerald, aged soventeei said thoy wero playing ball at. Mat rdng park, a few blocks f-om tr school house, on Sunday, the day fc' lowing the robbery, when four me paused them. They Identified Wood? Torgenson and Grigware as member of tho party, but were not corta,' about the fourth. Captain Nels Turnqulst, who nrres' ed Woods and a few minutes later 1' company of Detective Elsfelder, at rested Torgenson and Grigware at ib school house, told of the arrests an ihe subsequent search of the rooms t the prisoners In Omaha. Dies With Secret Concealed. Omaha, Oct. 30. The mystery of man who faced fatal illness and deal without disclosing more than a nnrr and age Is that which surrounds It demise of A. Soderberg, who died ; Immnnuel hospital. Several days a thja man appeared at the hospital dai gerously 111. He was admitted, bt treatment was of no avail. It ' known that Soderberg has a slstr Mrs. Richards, at Chadron, la., an tWat he was seventy-two years old His effects and the appearance of th body Indicate that he was a farmer. Another Arrest In Loin Swindle. New York, Oct. 30. Stephen A. Dut ton was arrested Jn connection witl the loan swindle which was worked or the State bank In Grand street, on Oct. 4. The complainant again Dutton Is Albert I. Voorhels, cashier of the bank, and the charge Is acting In concert with three others In ob taining a loan of $6,500 from the bank on false pretenses. It Is charged' that four men obtained the loan on ion snares of the Northern Pacific com puny, whjch has been out of business a ooc2 many years. TAFT ENDS HIS RIVER VOYAGE President Arrives at New Orleans Ahead of Fleet. CRESCENT CITY IN BALA DRESS. Great Celebration Planned for HlsTwt Days' Stay Thsra President Enoi Trip With No Clear Idea as to Whether Misaisslppl River Improve ments Will Be Practicable or Not Jackson, Miss Is Next Step. New Orleans, Oct 80. The light house tender Oleander, with President Taft on board, arrived here today ahead of the fleet, completing the last stage of the notable voyage down the Mississippi river. His arrival Inau gurated a celebration which will equal in strenuosity any that President Taft has witnessed since the trip began ..a month and a half ago. New Orleans has put her best foot forward for the entertainment of her guests with all the pomp and ceremony of old time southern hospitality. The city Is In gala dres3. , The boats carrying the twenty-five governors, the 177 congressmen and the host of deep waterway boosters stuck closer than usual and the run from Natchez to this city was made without chartering a single special train. Undecided as to Improvements. The president ended his Mississippi river trip with no clear idea whether the improvements in the r.iver will be practicable or not. '"There are some of us," said he "that are most willing to be con vincod and yet are still somewhat doubtful as to the method that ought to be pursued and as to the policy that ought to be undertaken in the Improvement of this waterway. That it ought to be Improved, I think the most of those on this trip sjneerely believe, but the question of what shall be done to make It most useful to serve the purpose that we all have In mind' 13 one that I wish I could have more clearly In mind." The thing that stands out strongee jn the Taft trip down the river Is the president's persistent badgering ol "Uncle Joe" Cannon. Uncle Joe ducked and dodged, but the president drove him into an open declaration oi waterways. The speaker has made it pluln that he Is opposed to Mr. Taffs plan of issuing bonds for improve ments. Taft Third Best Banqueter. Some people have the Idea that Mr. Taft thinks he Is the bravest and best banqueter In the country. Not so He takes his hat off to former Govern or Francis of Missouri and to William J. Bryan. Mr. Taft said that back in the St. Iouis exposition days he found Francis to be a man of Iron const.ltu tlon, who in presiding over the expo sition lived a life for six months that would have killed the ordinary man. "In tho last sixty days," said the president, "I have been trying to emu late him and it the Lord will stand by me in the next few days I shall be content to have followed along after him In his efforts to show how well directed energy can continue 175 days and bo associated with a consumption of food' ten times a day. There is only ono man In the country besides Rroth er Francis to whom I bow, and that is my distinguished opponent In the late election. I claim to be third in that galaxy of physical tests." At a luncheon on the Kansas City boat the president turned from the Mississippi to the Missouri river. "The Missour.l," said he, "Is even harder to tackle than the Mississippi and if you surmount the difficulties and vagaries of that stream, as I doubt not you will, you will establish the primacy of Kansas City." RICH HERMIT DIES IN HOVEL Edward Lempke Dies of Hunger and Exposure Near Webster City. Webster City, la., Oct. 30. Edward Lempke, an nged and rich hermit, who has lived in a IJttle shack in the tim ber east of this city for forty years: was found in his hovel dead. He had probably been doad two weeks. Death, apparently, was caused by actual star vation and' exposure. The old man was seventy-eight years of age and worth many thousands. Wills His Rescuer $200,000. Denver, Oct. 30. It has Just be come known that Charles W. Bennett, a wealthy man of Blnghamton, N. Y., who died recently, willed $200,000 to J. W. Casey of this city as a reward for saving his life thirty years ago. Casey Is the proprietor of a laundry here.. Casey and' Bennett were school chums In Blnghamton. The former, who was an expert swimmer, rescued Bennett from drowning. Bennett then told his companion that he would ever remember hjs heroic act Making War on Squirrels. Wymore, Neb., Oct 3 The open season on squirrels Is being made the most of by farmers and otLers In this vicinity. The animals have become so numerous that they are doing consid erable damage In corn fields. One farmer living two miles west of town, on Indian creek, says that he has killed sixty-four squirrels at one of his corn cribs since the season opened and' that they appear to be as thick as ?ver yet A RUSH OF BUSINESS. It Came Jutt at the Time He WantH to Sell His Place. One of the leading men of Louisville. reported to be one of the richest, got a bad start in business. He began by being a photographer, but found that the business didn't come up lo expec tations. He therefore wisely decided to sell out and start at something else. He finally Interested some people In the proposition and appointed a time when they should come and look things over. lie now has the reputation of being shrewd, and that this Is not a com pllmentary designation only Is Indi cated by what happened then. He In serted an advertisement In the dally papers In small enough type not to at tract everybody's attention and yet conspicuously enough to win consid eration from those who make a point of looking for bargains, announcing that on a certain day be would take pictures free of charge. By a coin cidence the day he set was th day when the prospective purchasers of his business were to be there. The ad., as usual paid, and that afternoon his gallery was crowded with visitors. They thronged in and out and he could not take care of them rapidly enough, even :wltli the aid of several assistants. When the folks he Intended to do business with came he greeted them with a crown of disappointment, explaining that he was simply so busy that he couldn't see them then and asked them to come back in the morning, when things would likely have slackened up. They agreed and went away duly impressed. I!e sold out to them next day. and it is perhaps superfluous to add that he got. more for bis outfit than he would have done If it hadn't been for th modest little advertisement. Louisville Courier-Journal. HOW INSECTS BREATHE. System of Tubes That Run the Length of Their Bodies. Landlubber animals have lungs, and sea creatures have gills. But insects have neither one nor the other. They have n complex system of tubes run ning throughout th whole length of the body by means of which air Is con veyed to every part of the system. As they are destined to contain nothing but air. they are strongly supported to guard against collapse from pressure. This support Is furnished by means of a fine thread running spirally with in the wails of the tube, much In the same way that a garden hose is pro teeted with wire. There are generally two of these tubes which run the whole length of the Insect's hotly. Many flies, as larvae, live in the wa ter. Arranged along each side of their bodies Is a series of exceedingly thin plates, into each of which runs a se ries of blood vessels. These plates act and absorb the oxygen contained In the water. The tail ends in three fenther-like protections. By means of these the larva causes currents of wa ter to flow over the gills, and thus their efficiency Is increased. The gnat also lives In the water as a larva. But It has no gills: there fore it cannot breathe the oxygen In the water, but must breathe air. This Is done by inonns of a splcade situated at the tip of Its tall. Indeed, the tail Is prolonged Into a little tube. The larva floats along bead downward in the water with this tube Just above the surface to enable It to breathe. After some time it is provided with two little tubes, which net in the same manner. Chicago Tribune. Breaking Them to the Yoke. Edward Lisle, whose "Observations on Husbandry" was published In 175". described the method employed by his "oxhlnd" or cattleman to break cattle to the yoke: "He yoked two of the steers, being two yearlings, together and so suffered them to walk about the ground where there were no pits or ditches for them to receive hurt by. He also tied together the bushy parts of their tails, the reason of which was because they should not be able to turn their heads to ench other so as to strike one another with their horns or by bending their necks too much by endeavoring to face one another and then striving breuk their necks." In this condition the oxhlnd let them go on the ground. If without holes or ditches, all night or else turned them Into nn empty open barn so yoked and thus treated them two or three times before he worked them. Coneolation. There was once a Blllvllle citizen who could never rid himself of the chills, but went shivering through the hottest days of summer. When nt last It seemed that all was up with him. his good wife to comfort him said: "John, you've been a-sbnkln an' a-shlvcrln' all yer life, but you'll gel warm over there!" "For the Lord's sake. Mary." said the shivering man. "don't talk sol Which way do you think I'm a-goInT Atlants Constitution. Mutie Hath Charms. "8o you are fond of music?" "Yes." answered Senator Sorghum: "I have the highest regard for It. When you go home and meet a crowd of constituents there Is nothing like a brass baud to tuke their ralnds off the explanations they have been looking for."-Washington Star. An Instance. Knlcker-Tlme brings mnny strange chnnges. Bocker Yes: the boy whose mother can't make him wash his neck grows up to be a rich man who goes abroad for baths. Harper's Bazar. It's' folly to try deaf mutes as serv ants; they won't answer. QUEER ANIMALS. The Harpy Eagle, the Aye-aye and the Tasmania Devil. The world ban been so thoroughly explored Unit one might I mud ne it Impossible i hut any noteworthy pe lies of innuiiiiiil or MM eoiilil still re main unknown. Yet every now mid then something new turns up. For ex ample. It whs not bo very lung tnac a first acquaintance was made wiUi the harpy H:le. a fowl native to tb region of the Amnion, which reed chiefly on monkeys. Amu her curiosUy uot long known bt the aye-aye of Mad-sgnw-ur. a mammal which has one An ger of enc-h luiiiil most curiously kei etonlxed niul elongated for the purpose of dragging from their burrows the earthworm on which it feeds. As Is well known. It is from Australia aud New Zealand that come the flightless birds, some of which readily breed la rttptivity. The fur sesl rebels la captivity. The seals which one sees captive aad whk-h do such Intelligent tricks are hair seals. telonglug to quite a differ ent sjiecles. So opM mcd Is the fur seal to the very notion of deprivation ef liberty thut It will Invariably starve Itself to death rather than submit to such a condition. Likewise It Is with the TasmHtiiitn -derll. n queer little marsupial a Unit two feet long, some what resembling in appearance w baby liear. whieb N found only In Tasmania, s large Island formerly known as Van DtiMiien' Lund, to the south of Aus tralia. It Is almost liicredlldv fero cious, preying upon the sheep and poul try of the farmers, and never yet, though captured In earliest infanev. has It responded to kindness by niatll- festing an unliable disposition. -Phila delphia Ledger. TALL AFRICAN GRASS. Beautiful Scenes at Night on the Veldt When Fire Spreads. Unlike a good deal of South Africa. Rhodesia is largely wooded. In some places the forests are of value, but a large proportion Is nor valued for Its timber. The grass in this part of Africa grows to a phenomenal height In the valleys, and especially iu the valleys of the Sahi and Zambezi rivers it reac hes Its greatest height. To say that the grass Is often twelve feet high Is no exaggeration. Naturally It Is very easy to lose one's way In this grass If one Is unfortunate enough to stray from the beaten trac k, it Is the custom there to burn this grass off each year when it gets dry. This Is usually in August and September or even in Oc tober. Tires bum for miles, and as the country Is largely a wilder ness little damage is done by this method of destroying the grass. It Is a beautiful sight nt night In the lire season to see the hills for miles around encircled with flames. After the grass has been burned the rainy season usually begins, and It is then that the country Is at its prettiest. The grass Is then green, and the foli age on the trees is beautiful. The old leaves drop off gradually, and the new ones tuke their place before the trees are bare. The new leaves are of nil shades of the rainbow, and It Is much like the fall scenery In this country when the dead leaves are falling from the trees. Waterfalls are numerous In the mountains, and there are many of great height, although the rivers ar usually small In voliime.-Sprlngfleld Republican. ' The Winze. The superintendent of a western mine in driving a tunnel struck a body or ore. The vein was vertical and had a sharp dip. To develop It and get ready to mine the ore it was necessary to put down a winze that is to say. to sink a shaft, In this Instance an Incline. Elated over the discovery, he tele graphed the bonrd In the east that he had struck rich shipping ore nnd re ceived the laconic reply to begin ship ping at once. He wired that be could not ship any ore until he had a winze on the vein. "How much will a winze cost?" was the telegraphic query. "One thousand dollars," he replied promptly. The next query, floored him. It read. "Can't you buy a secondhand winze cheaper?" New York Post. A Joke of Mark Twain's. Probably few people nre aware that the theatrical godfather of that famous actor Mr. William Gillette was Mark Twain, who was a fellow townsman and a friend of his father. Mark Twain In referring to the matter said that when he used his influence to get young Gillette on the stage be thought he was playing a great Joke on the management, for he did not think Gil lette had the slightest aptitude for act ing. But It turned nut to be no joke after all. "I don't know." said Mark Twain, "which I like better-having Gillette make s tremendous success or seeing one of my Jokes go wrong." Careful Sandy. Meenlsier-And why tlh'n't ye come to the kirk hint Sawbuth? Siindy-I had nowt but n shUHn in my claes. That's ower inuckle siller to pit lu th' rontrlbntlon box all st nln tiine.-Lon-sn Tlt-Blts. Mistaken. "He says he's your friend for life; says you lent him $."iO." "So I did. But he's not my friend for life. I propose to ask him for It next pay day." - Louisville Courier Journal. Hie Role. "That man made an Immense for tune out of a simple little Invention." "Indeed! What did he Invent?" "Invent? Nothing, you dub! He wss ( the promoter!"-Cleveland Lender. i' t