The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current, May 06, 1912, Image 4
-The Plattsmouth Journal - CZD Published Seml-Weeklj at Plattsmouth, Nebraska C7,D R. A. BATES, Publisher. Entered tit the I'ostolfice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska, as second-class matter. $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE It's better to smile than to wear a frown, It's bctlcr lo boost, tlian In knock your I own, It's belter to love than it is to hate, It's better "loo early" than it is "too lale." Some men nbfain money under false preleiiM-s others, wives. No presidential candidate has yet adopted I he violet, as symbol of hi inodesly. ;i ; These Titanic investigators should lake up the question as to why the buoys are allowed to re main in the. water. Instead of mnk' out hand-in-liand to pick May (lowers, Will and Theodore exchanged turnips as a pledge of alTeclion. :o: Albert I'rince, the negro convict who murdered Deputy Warden Davis of Ibe penitentiary, must pay Ibe penalty with his life. ('.(dorado democrats have clamored into the Champ Clark band-wagon, because they saw in him a candidate who would unite the party. ;o: Women's dresses have more buttons than ever. Considering the tasks before him, the June bridegroom may naturally feel somewhat shaky. :o: The English papers claim the Titanic investigation is un dignified. It would certainly be dreadful if they should go around in their shirt sleeves to save peo ple from drowning. :o : i People leave the city to escape the smoke nuisance, and when (hey get out inlo the country they complain of tramps, but they might as well die by the sword as by the pestilence. :o: When our neighbor starts out in his automobile at 7 a. in. Sun day, we assume of course that, .he must be attending church fifty miles away and we applaud his piety. Fifteen million people lo vote nrtft fall. Willi only 150,0(10 olliees to distribute, 200 rivers and harbors lo be improved, 200 poslolllce buildings to go up, there will be 1 l,8'ii),C00 to feel that popular government is a failure, :o: Insurgent Woodmen are whooping tip matters in the di rection of the increase in rates and still insist, in many places on restraining Ibe enforcement of, every one the new week. (lovernor Aldrich has changed his mind about forcing Hon. John II. Morehead i, ii on the liquor question since he noted the adop iion of I he referendum at the re cent primary. 1'oor fellow what will be his next blulT? ; o : It would seem from the returns from Massachusetts that Champ Clark runs about as well in the east as he did in the went. This looks like the speaker of the national house of representatives was a sure winner. ;o: An awful effort was made to lake Florida away from Under wood, but it appears that Mr. Underwood had no trouble in se curing the delegation to the Balti more convention by a 3 to 1 vote over Wilson. :o: It is said that (iovernor Aid rich got bis Mulling propensities several years ago when be was engaged hi the race-horse busi ness. Well, we would judge the race track would be a most excel lent place to learn the bluffing business. :o: F.very republican in Nebraska who volcd for Roosevelt must be gel l ing more in formal ion out of the Massachusetts campaign than those who voted for Taft are get ting, for some were gullible enough to believe that Roosevelt was on the square. Lincoln Star. :o: If the council wants to do some thing that will advertise Platts mouth more than anything else, is to line Main street with the cluster electric lights that are be coming so popular in cities of this size. They make a most beauti ful light and strangers passing through on Burlington trains would note that Plattsmouth was an up-to-date city and would naturally make mention of this fact. Small cities of less than 2,000 inhabitants are boasting of this system of up-to-date lights Let the council think about this matter. :o : The i il veterans of the civil fresh zephyrs, fresh vigors, fresh spirits. You do likewise. Many of your troubles never happened. Those that you really have can be taken in hand and softened or wholly overcome, put your best foot forward, not the one that feels lame and corny. Crease your will power with determination, open your heart to all the new ness, for often there's great good in new things. Let your spirit go mil and meet the freshness that is bursting forth all about, you. Rake oil' the dead leaves from the past and see if, underneath, are not springing fresh spots of promise, hope, encouragement. Cheer up, and get a move on! All nature is doing this, and thou art really a bright, immortal part of nalure. :o: A grass widow will rush in where an old maid fears to tread. :o: The O. 0. P. elephant is gradually taking on the shape of a goat. :o: A real idiot is a man who will argue with a woman. :o: The Titanic investigators should look after the condition of (he left-banded marlin-spikes. :o: The man who loves his neigh bor as he does himself is on the right track, but he" had better keep tn eye on his neighbor. :o: The surest thing in life, not ex cepting death and taxes, is the friend you cannot, depend upon when you really need him. :o: A Wisconsin man has paid $6,000 for a calf, and now the question is, does be expect his wife to get along with a $6 bat? :o: It is reported now that con gress will adjourn about June 1, if not sooner. Well, let them have their own way about it. The peo pie don't care very much if they stay in Washington all summer :o: The stock market has been 'ad vancing through all this disturb ing politics, but how else could the Iambs be persuaded that it is feeding time inside the shearing pen? :o: In(all the high tide of spring poetry, our olllce cat never had such a case of indigestion as has been brought on by all this political literature she has had to consume. As the moving picture men no doubt had machines and operat ors up on the iceberg the Titanic hit, their pictures must be quite authentic. :o: Every delegate to the Baltimore convention selected at the recent Nebraska primary should not only support Champ Clark in the con vention, but should do all in their lower tor Ins nomination, lhey owe tins as duly to themselves and a duly to the democrats of Nebraska, and in accordance with their instructions. :o: Nebraska City's new Burlington depot was opened this week, and the people of our sister city are happy. They ought to be, as they have been working for a new depot for many years. Those who have seen the building say it is a fine structure. This reminds us that Plattsmouth ought to have a new Burlington depot, a much larger and more- modern structure, than the one we have, in order to ac commodate the traveling public as they should be. Ceorge W. Perkins is not only a director of the Steel and Har vester trusts, but of seventeen other large corporations. Roose velt will of course look upon these nineteen as all good trusts. The Stanley commit lee says that the steel trust dominates all the great centers of business of this coun try and overlaps Europe and some of the British colonics. Will all of these organizations be also numbered among the "good trusts?" :o: The newspaper that claims to be. democratic and keeps doing things that are not democratic should not be recognized by the parly and have no faith put in it as a democratic paper. There are some "squeb rs" publishing papers in Nebraska lhat are eternally showing their weak spots by printing articles which are issued freely by republican papers to show that the democratic parly is not harmonious The letter has the proper ring to it. but we are not surprised in ihK coming as it does from one of the ablest men in the slate and oiu who should and no doubt will be the next governor of Nebraska. :o: A scientist has discovered that I he English sparrow is the im placable foe of the alfalfa weevil. Now if somebody will only dis cover something that is the im placable foe of t ho English spar row. Torchlight parades will be in fashion this fall, it is said, but we give notice that we will never inarch four miles out and back into the country merely for a doughnut and a cup of coffee. :o: Also remember Teddy said be would not assail "his friend," Mr. Taft; but, of course, it was with the same mental reservation that he made when he said that he wouldn't accept another nomina tion. :o: The postmasters, usually very active in politics, are not saying very much on the presidential question. In fact, lhey are be twixt the devil and the deep blue sea and don't know which way to jump. :o: We noticed in an exchange the other day an account of of small mail order house wedding. Next thing we know we'll be receiving babies through the mail order houses. Better that way than none at all. :o: The doughty Teddy says his party needed him in order to hold together against the niiilant democrats. But the democrats, as a rule, are of the opinion that Teddy would be about as easy picking as Taft, and perhaps a little more so, and it makes but little difference which of them I the republicans trot out. :o: Colonel Bryan says if the democrats want a southern demo- - Two Ffne Kentucky Bred Jacks! - Jl - GROW! (License Certificate No. 5333, J. 867) JIM CROW is a Kentucky Bred Jack, seven years old, black with white points, and is 13 J hands high. He is a very high grade animal and a sure foal getter. He will make the season of 1912 at the livery barn of D. C. Rhoden, in Murray, Nebraska. You will make no mistake in breeding to this Jack. His colts speak for themselves. The Celebrated Young Jack Jesse James, Jr. (License Certificate No. 5334, J. 867) JESSE JAMES, JR., is a young Jack coming your years old, Ken tucky bred, and black with white points, stands 13 J hands high, foaled July 24, 1908. Jesse James will make the sea son 1912 at my farm, 3J miles southeast of Murray, to a limited number of mares. He is a sure foal getter and his colts are of the finest quality, big bone ana large animals. TERMS! The following terms will apply to service of both Jacks: $13.00 to insure a colt to stand and suck, if paid within 30 days after due, If not $15.00 will he charged. All due precaution will be taken to prevent ac cidents, but owner will not be respon sible should any occur. When mares are sold or removed from the county, service fee becomes due and payable immediately, and under all circum stances tuust be paid. -W.F.MOORE- all past troubles to winds of the heavens. :o: the four These self- ! era t for president, "why don't they styled democratic papers do more schedule, cITeclive this :o:- It will lake millions of money to elect Roosevelt if he gets the nomination. You know this, Mr. Reader, as well as we do. Now, who is going to furnish this money? The Steel and Harvester trusts, of course. They have al ready promised to elect him. Will the western people support such a tool of I he trusts? Wo trust nid. It is a poor excuse indeed thai Roosevelt makes for preventing Hie prosecution of Hie Harvester trust, when be says thai Presi dent Tart, done the same thing. Isn't it awful for two such men to accuse each oilier of doing wrong while serving the people in the highest olllce in the gift of .the American people? Is it pos sible thai tho republican parly will nominate cither one of them at Chicago with the expectation of electing either in November? war who reside in the First con gressional district are high in their praise of Hon. John A. Ma guire, who has proved so attentive lo his duties at Washington. It makes no difference who writes him on business lo Washington, one person receives his attention as promptly as another. As a proof of this fact, the oilier day several old veterans, including the writer, were talking about the condil ion of the old soldiers, when of I hem agreed that Congressman Maguire had been more attentive lo the wauls of the old veterans as a member of con gross than anyone that ever served from this district. And lhey are right about it. :o: Cheer up, and gel a move on I Everything else is going to, for spring is here. The grass of the Icily lawn smiles, here and there, wilh its crocus or dandelion. The plowed field of the farm "smokes" under the sun's warmth, Ibe crow is loudly calling for you to plant that corn and the brook is singing lo the cattails and sweet flag. Look into the countenance of your horse, if you have one. His eyes have a new sparkle. His nostrils nre dilated and quivering, for he smells fresh odors from the south, green things awakening life. Even inspect your automobile. The blamed thing is ready to burst tires, "sweat" in its car buretor and spill its oil of life along the dusty roads, isn't it? Yes, everything is filling up on -:o:- Washinglon society has barred the turkey trot dance, also the bunny hug, but those of that smart set who feel like making fools of thvinselvcs will find some her way. :o: Ceorge Borup's tragic death in Long Island sound emphasizes the truth that every canoe should be properly equipped with life boats, particularly when you take out your best girl. -:o:- II looks very probable indeed lhat Champ Clark would bo the democratic nominee for president. Can anyone point to one good rea son why he should not be? Every day indications present them selves that he is the available candidate. -:o: "When a driver of a motor vehicle or motor bicycle overtakes any person riding or driving on the public highway, he must pass to the left side of such person, and Hie person about to be passed, as soon as practicable, upon sig nal, must turn to the right of the center of the beaten track, so as to permit the driver of such motor vehicle or motor bicycle free pas sage to I he left." This is a sec tion of the law and it is just as well for all concerned lo under stand their road privileges early in the season and thus save trouble in tho future, which is sure to come if t tie law is not adhered to. harm to the cause of democracy llian any of the out-and-out re publican papers, simply because republican papers print the articles coming from these grouchy editors as coining from true democratic editors, when they are not. Out wilh such demo cratic exponents. :o: It shouldn't matter with demo crats which gels the republican nomination for president Taft or Roosevelt. In their denuncia tions of each other they have sue. (ceded in opening the eyes of the people to the fact that neither is lit to be president. And the in dependent, conscientious mem bers of the republican parly will never vote for either Taft or Roosevelt. They hav e opened I he eyes of the people to tho skul duggery that for years has been going on in the high-up places in this government, and known to Roosevelt while he was president and also to his successor in office, W. II. Taft. The expositions of these great men is a disgrace to the country and for this if for no other, they should be re pudiated by the American people. :o: Hon John H. Morehead's reply to the letter sent him by R. L. Metcalfe, his opponent for the democratic nomination for gov ernor in I lie recent primary, is one mat uenionsirales ine true manhood of the democratic can didate. After thanking Mr. Met calfe for his manly letter, he pre dicts democratic success Ibis fall and insists that the liquor ques tion has no place in the campaign. One line thing in his letter is his advice to the present governor to show more devotion to Ihe duties of his olllce niul try to see that Ihe citizens of Ihe slate get full value for the taxes lhey pay. Mr. Morehead also says that if elect ed he will be very reluctant to veto any bill passed by the legislature. lake Hoke Smith, or Charles Culberson, or Ollie James?" And Ihe democrats of Nebraska might answer Colonel Bryan by asking him why, if he is going to boom a southern democrat, he doesn't start right in and follow the in structions given him by the Ne braska democrats and boom Champ Clark? Clark was born in Kentucky and lived nearly all his life in Missouri. Kearney Demo. crat. :o: There isn't any use taking time to argue about Ihe advisability of good roads. Everybody knows that we haven't got them to any degroe in this country, and everyone ad mits that we need Ihem. All ef forts, therefore, should be bent to finding ways of how to get them. The automobile industry is not Ihe only industry that would bene, fit from good roads. It is the ex perience of all the countries who have built good roads that good roads benefit all the people, alike, and there is no one single thing that a slate or nation can do that is such a sure and impartial eason, ! benefit to all the people as to build Aldrich helped to beat Taft in Nebraska and he expects Taft supporters to support him. A man occupying the position of governor and desiring a re-election, should have kept silent on the presidential question, especi ally in a red-hot campaign such as took place in this state. But Aldrich is not a shrewd politician. Now he is going to instill into the campaign the prohibition ques tion, but in this he is very apt to make the mistake of his.life. This riding into office on a hobby is a thing of the past. :o: Spirella Corsets. I wish lo announce to the ladies of Plattsmouth, Murray and Union that I have a few sample Spirella corsets at a reduction. I have them in the following sizes: 28, 25, 21, 23 and 21. Etta Nickels. James M. Finlay and wife of Sargent, Nebraska, arrived Thurs day and will visit relatives for a time. good roads. -:o:- Of course there will be little work done in the way of organiza tion of the democrats until after the Baltimore convention, but we can all talk over mailers and get as near together as we possibly can, and endeavor to harmonize our party troubles, engendered by Ihe primaries. The democratic parly can carry Nebraska if lhey all unite, for as sure as either Taft or Roosevelt is nominated the republican party will be split wide open. The friends of these' men can never be united on either one or the oilier, for already the one is swearing vengeance against the other, and harmony with them is out of the question. The democrats should be able to see their opportunity and grab it now by talking together and throwing 4H-IM4-44-4H-M-4-H 4 4 NEW BARBER SHOP 4 V IN CEDAR CREEK. 4 ' . 4. 4 I wish to announce that I 4 4 have just opened a new 4 4 barber shop in Cedar Creek, 4 4 and hereby solicit the trade 4 4 of the community in that 4 4 line. Also notary public 4 4 work done. S. J. Reames. 4 4 4. 4"MK-4-S-M-4M!-HM BREEDERS ATTENTION I wish to announce that all my hor:-8 and Jack will make the season of 1012. at my farm, 1 mile south of Mynard: the celebrated HUBERT, Belgian Horse. COLONEL, the great breed ing English Shire. PR I ZELANDER, the thoroughbred trotting horse. TOM, the mammoth sure foal getting Jack. TERMS ! $10.00, which ap plies to all horses, and $15 00 for the Jack, to guarantee colt to stand and suck. All care will be taken to prevent accident?, but owner will not be re sponsible for any that may occur. V. A. FIGHT 1