The- Plaltsmouth - Journal
fubllsiied Semi-Weekln at Plattsmouth, Nebraska
R. A. BATES, Publisher.
Entered at the Postoflice at Plaltsmouth, Nebraska, as second-class
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Help a good cause by buying
Jli'A Cross Stamps.
Why nut organize a Good Fel
low' club in Plaltsmouth?
He one of those (lood Fellows i
and make some poor child happy
on Christina morn.
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Already four candidates for the
democratic nomination for gov
ernor, Moorehead, Metcalfe, Hergo
and Pool. Come on, boys. Plenty
of room for more.
One by one (he necessities of
life ure being advanced in price.
Now comes llie announcement
that (lie price, for securing di
vorces is to be advanced,
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I'robibil ion got a bin sel-back
in the Georgia primaries this
week. The prohibition candidate
for the nomination of governor
wan overwhelmingly defeated.
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Don't go away from home to do
your Christinas shopping. You
can buy what you want in Platts
mouth just as cheap and good as
you can get it, in Omaha. Then,
besides, you save railroad fare.
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"After a man has been double-
crossed with forty or llfly persons
be has I rusted lie begins to won
der if he can trust, anybody and
have it turn out right," muses an
exchange. It depends very much
whether the I rusting was done in
money, love ir marbles.
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It is extremely hard to please
Mm present governor. He claims
to be an insurgent, ami for La Fol
lelle, while the Taft mil til claim
him as one of their number. May
be A lit rich is slill wondering
v. Inch one of llie boys he is. Or,
perhaps, tring In carry water on
both shoulders.
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II, looks like some people
thought that most anyone could
hold down the governor's chair
There is but one man, who has
announced for the democratic
nomination, thai stands the least
show of being successful, and it
looks like child's play for some
of the others to even dream of be
ing elected if nominated.
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There are jet a few more can
didates for governor who will
soon come to (he front. There
will perhaps be so many thai
someone will be nominated who
can'l possibly be elected. It
looks like some fellows woul
have sense enough In know
w hether I hey are big enough for
governor or not, and not impose
themselves upon the parly.
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Pollard and his eolorie have
run up against something that
they did not expect in their at
tempt to inveigle the La Follello
forces into the Taft net set for
t Item. The I, a Toilette supporter
in Nebraska are too numerous for
the Blandpatlcrns, and they hav
given the Taft bulldozers to uu
lersland I hat I hey are able to
lake care of themselves.
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Vatch I he Journal columns for
Christmas bargains. The iner
chants who have the best goods
are the ones who are eager to loll
you hi. When you come to town
to do your Christ mas shopping
look over the Journal beforo leav
ing home to see who extends you
tho invitation to come and boo
them. They will be glad to show
ywu what they have in tho way of
Christ mas goods. They have the
Mipplics.
"Taft is trying to dodge the
tariff." Wasn't that the reason he
devised bis much boasted tariff
board?
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About the only thing infantile
about our overgrown Infant In
dustries is their habit of crying
themselves lo sleep lately.
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If the Russian bear doesn't
mend his way Uncle Sam may
have to take his hide and make
a really good passport of it.
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"llivcrs and harbors need half
billion." Think what, that sum
could do now for the cause of
s'ood roads. Itivers and harbors
llow on forever.
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Those Good Fellows are gelling
ready to look alter poor children
in their respective cities on
Christmas morn. Can't we have
some Good Fellows?
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Peonage, it is said, exists in the
beet district of' llie west. This
means that I he, employers in that
section will not let their employes
beat il whenever they wish.
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The general massacres in China
indicate that all parlies have
agreed lo a grand co-operative
ffort lo reduce the population of
that over-crowded country.
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II mul be embarrassing to
work for the sub-divided Standard
Oil company now and have thirly-
our different bosses standing
over you giving dilieren orders.
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The great trouble with I he Tall
administration is that, he has not
had faith to believe that auvboilv
i n ll run the machine but llie old
rowd thai had been operating il.
In spile of the fact that the Old
Farmers' almanac issues reliable
weal her predictions a year in ad
vance, the government, continues
o spend several millions a year
on llie weather bureau.
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Man slaughtering motorists
should be punished. If they were
impelled lo appear on llie streets
driving at less than llfly miles an
hour they might feel so publicly
disgraced thai the penally would
be sulllcient.
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The people are about done with
the primary election system.
They should be when most anyone
can run for olllce and be noniin
ated with a half dozen candidate
in the race. A primary always
nominates the wrong man.
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A Los Angeles widow has sued
James M. McNamara for .$50.
000 damages. II is feared she has
lie chance to realize on a judg
nient, unless she is willing to
lake dynamite slicks and alarm
clocks in pari payment.
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They are having a hot lime in
congress over the pension bills
The party that shows I he while
feather on this matter will suffer
the consequences. The old vet
i
erans are rapidly passing away
and in ten years but few of them
will bo left. There are but few
of I hem now that are able to work,
and if they ever needed an in
crease in I heir pensions that lime
is right now. Give the old fellows
nil they deserve and tho number
of congressmen or senators who
vole against them will see the day
Ihey will regret it. If either bill
is passed you can bet your bot
tom dollar Mr. Tufl will not use
his veto power, but will sign it like
a little man.
EX-GOVERNCR ON THE ISSUES.
Fx-(iovernor Sliallenberger,
while in Lincoln the other day, en
route for Texas, gave out the fol
lowing to a reporter of the Slate
Journal :
"The democratic parly in this
stale must get an issue and tight
for it consistently through the
coming campaign if it expects
victory to hover near its stand
ards. Not only that, but the issue
must be a vital one one that
concerns the mass of the people
ami one upon which their stand
is benetlcial and offers the people
relief from weights by which they
are now overburdened.
"The parly has not failed to win
in this state at any time in the
past few years, w hen it has adopt
ed a set course and made its fight
clearly upon issue and not men.
That course is the only fine to
pursue ami I he only fine by which
the democrats can achieve ulti
mate success. No other way is
open. Pleas may lie made to llie
er parly to come into the
ranks, but unless there is some
very good reason ottered lor so
doing, in the way of a wholesome
inducement, the effort falls flat.
The lime is past when Un
voice scratches his ballot because
of men issues are what count.
The party with an issue and the
parly which lights hard for that
issue, if it, is a worthy one, is the
parly that wins. Give llie demo-'
cralic party an issue in this stale
next year and its candidates will
be elected all the way down, and
where there are republicans in the
stale house at the present time
I here w ill be democrats.
"The republicans are divided
their strength is being wasted
every day. Discussions come up
in their ranks wholly because of
the fact that Ihey have no issues
lo light for. The members of (hat
parly are concentrating their fire
on the advisability of naming
either Tafl or T,a Follelte for the
presidency, or Brown or Morris
for the seliate. They have strayed
from l,he path of principles and
are considering Hie meager sub
jeel of men.
"What does personality mean
when the people are forced to pay
7 cents a pound for sugar when
ey should purchase it for less
than 5 cents? What does ncr-
sonalily mean w hen I rusts are be
ing the fal of the land at, (he be
hest of the predatory interests
fostered within the bulwarks of
the republican stronghold? Would
it not he heller if Ihe discussion
of men would be superseded liy
that, of issues and some means be
originated whereby Ihe people
could be relieved? I am of Ihe
opinion thai this, and this alone,
offers Ihe opportunity the demo
crats have long been seeking, and
that our parly offers the only
means Ihe people have whereby
they can become relieved from
some of the present, unsatisfac
tory conditions."
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BE A GOOD FELLOW.
Have you joined the World
llerald "Good Fellow" club?
If not, don't you want to and
hadn't you better do it now, while
you have it in mind? All you have
lo do is to cut, oul and sign the
coupon printed on another page,
and forward it to this newspaper.
In due time the World-Herald will
send back to you Ihe name and
address of your lillle Christmas
guests, invited through Ibis
agency.
This is not a charity that the
World-Herald is conducting. It
is what tho name indicates a
good fellows club. It is merely
lo give you, gentle reader, an op
portunity to exercise that instinct
of hospitality which dwells in the
hearts of the people of this west
ern country.
ion i own Christmas good
cheer, we I rust, is assured. It
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KW7 Thij Week
Coverlt'ns Roaster
Hiia p. it'-iitt'd raised con
cave cjMtt-r and wal.T
well whicli supply the
r:iiuirimi,nt'i iii'reasary
far perfect roasting and
eliniinnto all the objec
tions of iufurior methods.
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Combination
Laya Enameled
Ware Cereal Cook
cr. Pudding Pan : I
and Stew Kettle. I ,
The large bot. I .
torn piece is a No. V.
9, extra heary
atamped atew pot The piece which aeta
in it is an extra heavy atamped Pud
ding Pan, with holea around the top for
teaming, when it is used in that rapa
city. This vessel is equipped with a
heavy tin "New Kink" Pot Cover.
Large, Maslin Kettle
for stewing, equipped
with a heavy tinned
"New Kink'Tot Cover.
18 oz. Copper
Handsomely Nickel -plated
Romi Tea
Kettle, heavily tin
ned on inside.
Xm
Two Patent Anti
Burn Drip Pans, 9"
z 12", made espe
cially for this set
Large Patent
Anti-Burn Drip
Pan, 14 1-2" x 20".
made especially for
this set
14-02. Cop
per Handsomely Nickel -plated 5 -pint
Rami Coffee Pot heavily tinned on inside.
Can
furnish
res
ervoir, or one
with top
flush
with top
of rancid
on this
end.
Largs
pouch
feed for
coal or
broiler.
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Two large closets,
with sanitary drop
doors.
Reinforced tea
helves.
Fifteen
gallon all-
Id lfj lifl J Feser.
sir. Illlg '
bustion. ef, S r-part .isWB
Flue com
pletely sur
rounded with
ssbestos insulation.
Under ash-pan lining of asbestos for floor insulation. Largs lower
warming closet
Demonstration Starts Monday,
December 18th.
Kroohler Bros
ni'ss your own heart will swell
with pleasure. If outside your
dour, you chanced lo see some
poor little waif, a .victim of the
world's unintended injustice, cold
and hungry and miserable, you
would not hesitate to go lo him,
call him in, and send him hume
with a' real Christmas hugged
light in his armi.
The waif is there - only nut just
outside your door. He and his
sisters may lie just around the
corner, in llie ne:.t block, pos
sibly even u n:
your home. P.nl
Ihe trusts, was forced through
congress with Ihe president's aid
and subsequently pronounced by
him "the best I arid" law ever en
acted." Is the ship subsidy something
that will benefit Nebraska? Presi
ili nl Taft has done everything in
hi power to pre I legislation open
ing the dourx of Ihe treasury lo
the uerait shipping interests, ana
il is no fault of bis that the at
leinpl has repeatedly failed.
tlFoinselves through valuable con
cessions or otherwise.
II is not. surprising that a
chorus of praise for President
Taft should go up from these, or
Ihat slate ami county oflice-hold-ers
who never quarrel with "Ihe
organ izal ion" should swell the
chanl. .Neither is it to be wonder
ed at thai some who formed the
ollice-holding habit in the past,
but are temporarily out, and
others who expect lo be reward
ed during Taft's present term are
Was it fur the welfare of Xe-
... . ...
or two fromlbi aska farmers that Taft vetoed I n,'ai'" 1 ig up uieir voices in trie
i i,,.i... Hn lull nmviiiiiiir (Vi.i imii'v f.ip same strain.
J HI! IU I 1 's''S'snj- v . . . tr v
fatherless, some of them; mother- agricultural
less, some of I hem; and some of I wire, harness
them Willi fathers and mothers conlrotieii ai
whose hearts will be bleeding be-I
cause of their inability lo provide
for Iheni the simple comforts and
pleasures that all children should
know in the season of "Peace on
earth, good will toward men." The
World-Herald proposes lo lead
those of its readers who are wil
ling toward these humble and un
happy homes and give them a
chance lo exercise their friendly
and neighborly ofllces.
I, el us suggest to you who love
your own children and are anxious
lo do .for them, that during tho
Chrislnias-tinie there is no gift
you can g ive I hem thai will do
I hem so much good as the gifts
you put in their hands to
carry lo those whose hands arc
empty; no kindness you can show
I hem is comparable lo giving
them the opportunity- to show
kindness to others.
The season of good-fellowship
is at hand. II is a season of
radiant spiritual beauty. But you
cannot share in it, nor can your
children, save by being "good fel
Imvs." World-Herald.
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TAFT AND NEBRASKA.
There is called lo assemble in
Lincoln on IVccnib'T 15) a meet
ing of Nebraska republicans to or
ganize the stale for Taft. This
movement presupposes that Ne
braska republicans arc under
some obligation to support tho
president for rcnomination.
The question may well be ask
ed: What has Taft done for Ne
braska, that Nebraska should now
be asked to declare itself for Taft?
Is the Payne-Aldrich lariflf bill,
with its excessive schedules on
may bo on a lavish or a modest wool, cotton, iron, lumber, sugar
scale, but it will be genuine and j and other commodities in common
real. Your children will have use, beneficial to Nebraska? This
their season of rejoicing, and j bill, which holds up (ho cost of
sharing in their innocent happi- living to increase the profits of
implements, fence,
and other trust
ifies used by them,
after he had favored and in
fluenced the passage of a measure
admitting Canadian farm products
free into this country?
Was Mr. Tafl, aiming to protect
Ihe people of Nebraska in the ad
vantages of their 2-cent fare law
and commodity rale law when he
exalted lo the supreme bench men
like Lurton, Vamlevenler and
Hughes, whose records disclose no
friendliness toward legislation re
stricting the greed of railroad
companies?
Did Tafl render any service to
Ihe citizens of this state in using
the patronage at his command to
buy the support of their senators
and representatives for bills that
tie wanted passed, or to intimidate
them for the same end?
What about the dismissal of
I'inchol and (ilavis men who had
been faithful to Ihe public trust
and the elevation of Wickersham
and Itallinger? What about the
"lame ducks'' repudiated by their
people in many stales, whom the
president has taken to his bosom
and appointed to (111 olllces created
for the sole purpose of continuing
them on the national payroll?
These are matters which in
terest Nebraska in common with
Ihe rest of Ihe country. Nebraska
helps to pay the hill for the sup
port of the "lame ducks," and if
Ihe public interest has suffered by
reason of trust-serving cabinet
olllcers Nebraska feels a share of
the injury.
It is true that certain in
dividuals in Nebraska have bene
fited through the Tafl administra
tion. They are Ihe internal reve
nue collectors, United Stales at
torneys, clerks, marshals and
land olllce incumbent, tho post
masters who have landed jobs at
Washington, and those who have
been given opportunity to enrich
Hut as to plain, cvery-day re
publicans who furnish the votes
what has Taft done to merit their
support? Lincoln Star.
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ANSWER II HONESTLY
Are the Statements of Platte
mouth Citizens Not More Re
liable Than Those of
Utters Strangers?
This is a vital question.
It is fraught with interest to
Plattsinoulh.
It permits of only one answer.
It cannot be evaded or ignored.
A Plaltsmouth citizen speaks
here.
Speaks for the welfare of
Plal Isniouth.
A citizen's statement is reliable.
An utter stranger's doubtful.
Home proof is the best proof.
Mrs. ). J. Cilson, Lincoln Ave.,
Plaltsmouth, Neb., says: "We
have used Doan's Kidney Pills in
our family for lame back and
other kidney disorders and they
have brought Ihe best of results.
My advice to anyone suffering
from kidney complaint is lo give
Ibis remedy a trial."
For sale by all dealers. Price
50 cents. l'oster-Milburn Co.,
Hulfalo, New York, sole agents for
the United Slates.
Hemeinber Ihe name Doan's
and lake no other.
Albert Fickler of Stanton, who
came lo Plaltsmouth Sunday aft
ernoon as an escort with tho re
mains of John Murray from M. W.
A. camp No. 407, Slanlon, the de
ceased being a member in good
standing of Cass camp No. 332.
Owing lo Ihe critical illness of
M.r. Tickler's father-in-law, I). S.
Draper, at Kansas City, he had to
return home Monday afternoon.
"I had been troubled with con
stipation for two years and tried
all of the bent physicians in Hris
lo, Tenn., and they rould do noth
ing for me," writes Thos. I). Wil
liams, Middleboro, Ky. "Two
packages of Chamberlain's Stom
ach and Liver Tabids cured me."
For sale by F. 0. Fricke & Co.
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