-The Platlsmouth Journal -
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R. A. BATES, Publisher.
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.THOUGHTS FOR TODAY.
The I It in tint goes tin' farthest
towards making life worth
while,
Thai cnsts I ln liat ami tint's Hit
inmsI, is just a pleasant smile
Tin smile thai bubbles from u
heart that loves it's fellow
men
Will drive away Lin cloud of
gloom and coax the sun
again,
It's full of worth and goodness,
too, wilh manly goodness
blent;
It's worth a million dollars and it
doesn't cosl a cent.
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Thai, groundhog story has
proved no joke.
It is also well lo hear in mind
thai. Mexico is the counlry of hull
lights.
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Well, it, looks now like Mr.
Groundhog was a wise old guy,
after all.
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Only a few day.s until President,
Wilson discloses his hand. We'll
he I, our hollom dollar he holds a
good one.
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Galveston, Texas, where they
are concent .rating United Stales
'roups, no doubt is wholly in syni-
p.Uhy with the plan.
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The house refused lo endorse
the Hoagland bill, passed by the
Kcnale, closing saloons on Labor
day, and tin? same found its rest
in the scrap heap.
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All loyal PlallMiioulli citizens
may as well decide ritfht now If)
help boost for (lie old town the
ensuing season. Start in first by
joining the Commercial club.
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If all reports arel rut! Charley
irafl" .should not be confirmed as
a member of the board of control,
and it is quilt likely bis confirma
tion will be held up in the senate.
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Missouri is the fifth slate in
population and twenty-seventh in
its facilities for the care of feeble
minded. In view of recent events
wo just naturally bate to ask
where Nebraska stands.
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We have never doubted Gov
ernor Morehead's wisdom in bis
appointments, hut we ait! inclined
lo believe he has made a serious
mistake in the appointment of
Charley Graff as a member of the
board of control. We do not bo
licvo ho is a good man for I he,
position.
Another greal difficulty in the
situation in Mexico seems to be
I hat the prolonged revolution has
produced too many distinguished
generals lo be taken earn of.
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It is not the white fallen snow
nor I ho gentle rains that come
when the soil is frozen that guar
antees crops, but those that come
when the frost is out of the
ground.
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A California suffragist says
women will vote as their husbands
do. It might bo added that tho
hen-pecked husbands will vote as
I heir w ives do. Hut what about
old maids?
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The trick that Hurla played on
Mudero by which he gained the
dictatorship isn't going to help
much as a consideration, in the
"satisfactory"' explanation exon
erating himself of the murder of
Mndero. The Hrute-us of it is
bound to slick to him.
A man can always hit I he mark
if he has money to throw at the
birds..
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ln the hesl von can today. You
can't always pul il oil' till tomor
row. :o:
Here is March, and the coldest
weather we have experienced this
winter.
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Is winler lingering in the lap
of spring, or is spring trying to
get on lop of Old Winter?
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The Ohio rubber workers want
their wages stretched so as to
meet the demands of the high cost
uf living.
Perhaps the man who has been
.serving as slate fire inspector for
the past year has greatly neglect
ed his business or the Dewey hold
would have been condemned be
fore so many lives were lost.
II is a wonder some member
of the present legislature ha. not
iul roiluccd a bill making it
crime lo establish toilet, rooms on
airships. This would coinpan
very favorably wilh some of tin
The farmers of Cass county are
onto (he seed corn problem.
March is here, and you can't
belli our.-ell'. You'll have to lake
it as il comes.
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The hoiise has voted down the
proposition to remove the slate
university.
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Nebraska will have no exhibit
at the Panama exposition. That
seems lo in a set I leu lad.
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The legislature may he fairly
sal isfaclory, but should not ad
journ neiore passing a law
against rag-lime.
Home and Los Angeles have
(ecu surprised by snowfall this
Season. Snow this winter lias
bt en lio re-peeler of locality.
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The newspapers over the coun
try seem to be making gootl use of
the Congressional Record. They
are using it to wrap singles.
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Thousands have visited Omaha
this week to attend the auto
mobile show, ami the hotels have
been crowded lo their utmost
capacity.
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An expert has figured it oul
"eggsactly" that Nebraska loses
llasik of Unl lor county has n
bill in the house providing for tho.
publication of detailed reports of
district school treasurers in the
newspapers. Such a bill was in
troduced four years ago by the
writer, but failed to go through,
ami the present bill will probably
meet tile same fate.
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No man is a good citizen until
he takes an active interest in the
welfare of his town; no man is a
good citizen who regards the town
merely as a convenient place in
which to live. No man is a good
citizen until he becomes jealous
about the town ami all its affairs,
and o.-pecially that which is de
stined to make it. more prosper-1 merry-go-round I rain In
Texas there from outrage by
Mexicans. In this direction mad
ness lies. It was in the vicinity
of Malamoros that the lighting
bega.i in !8itl, which started the
Mexican war, and which sent. Tay
lor on his victorious inarch to
Monterey and Ruena Vista in
ISU'i-W. and dispatched Scott
later on in that year from Vera
Cruz to the City of Mexico.
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The Journal offers the sugges
tion to the Commercial club that
a called meeting bt hold as early
as possible to appoint a com
mit loo of not less than five to
visit President Hush at his office
in SI. Louis and ask that the
placed
signed to do. It may well bo taken
for granted though the Reatric-e
gentleman's preposition has some
good points, that Hie board of
control idea will be given a chance
to make good before another sud
den and radical change is made.
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annually one
eggs that are
produced.
million dollars in
poiled after being
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freak bills introduced.
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II pays to advertise,
ouglily has tho bunny
So t hur
ling, the
A lazy man has filed complaint
against the late departed month
if February. He says it was too
short and brings spring work on
loo soon. That man wouldn't be
'eady for spring work if Feb
ruary had fifty-six days.
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When the sixty-second con
tango and the grizzly bear been gross adjourns March i, it will
exploited and condemned that they have been in session more days
have become quite the most pop- than any other since 1869. It
ular dances of the season. might bo added, too, that it passed
;n: more bills that have met the
It is also possible that the par- president's veto than any con
eel post will be a boon to the gross in the same longth of time.
newspapers. The express com- ;:o:
panics are threatening to spend The bill to create a department
some of (heir hard-earned (great of labor, with a cabinet officer at
sarcasm) money for advertising its head has passed tho senate,
purposes. The nfrasurc previously passed
:o: tile House, nut President laft has
All is not gold that glitters and not yet signed the bill, but is
not every proposed reform will sure to do so.
work out satisfactorily. Omaha :o:
has been trying to cast its vole It looks a little now as if the
by machinery in the past few tleinocralio house may say lo the
years. A bill relegating the ma- suffrages! s that Ihe initiative and
chines to Ihe junk pile, as far as refrenduiu is available and that
Ibis statt: is concerned, seems to they should permit the people to
have no opposition. rule. And that will be properly
:o: and coniinemlably democratic.
Then! is no hope of the legis- :o:
lalure adjourning until about Ihe Already nowspaptr offices are
middle of April. Hut, it is dollars being Hooded with Panama ex
lo doughnuts that some of the position advertising matter. And
members will "light out" for home what are the newspapers to got
as soon as their pay stops. It out of it? The fellows who send
was ever thus wilh some fellows il out get good salaries, but how
who go to the legislature for the' about the publishers?
money there is in it.. :o:
:o: Chief of Police Rainey is soon
Horse trading in Nebraska lo resign, w hen his successor will
ill have lo be on the square be appointed. The mayor should
eroaflor if Senator West's bill see to il that such successor has
becomes a law and which passed Ihe ability to perform the duties
Ihe senate. This will have a ten- of I Ins posit ion equally as well as
tlency to put a stop on the follow Mr. Haiuey has done. We want
who picks up old bones that have no "slicks."
been turned out lo die and by a :o:
few good Initios come out with a Woman suffrage will nol be
good horse. voted upon next year in Nebraska
:o: unless its advocates lake slops
Probably as tho day approaches under tho initiative and refercn
and the heap of ceremonials and duni to submit a constitutional
duties piling up are observed, Mr. amendment on the subject. Tho
Wilson has cause to congratulate mailer meets with a rebuff in the
himself that a night of it at a ball house- many members claiming
is not included. Every little bit that their wives counsel them
subtracted makes that much less, against it.
The man who stays at home, Lieutenant Governor" O'Neil of
who refuses to affiliate with a Indiana, while presiding over Ihe
body of his fellow merchants such senate one day last week, ordered
thom?HdjMwlio was invoking
prayer at, the opr-Kiug of the ses
sion, to "slop making a political
speech." The minister desisted
and left the senate chamber. The
episode created a decided sensa
tion. Tho official declared 1 hat
the state was paying the minister
to offer prayer and nol to make
political speeches.
mis. Fvery citizen ought to slop
and ask himself every once in a
while:. "What can I do to make
the town better?"
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'When the Foiled Slates Hag is
carried into Mexico, let it be car
ried into thai counlry lo stay,"
is Ihe slogan (hat is beginning lo
be heard. In view of the state
ment of a military expert, how
ever, that to prosecute a war with
Mexico .successfully would re
quire an army of L'00.000 men for
two years and a half and that the
expense would be a million dol
lars a day, the calmer heads are
justified in counseling against iu
ih;'in unless such a slop be
becoiues absolutely necessary.
When the progressive citizens
of a town start out lo accomplish
a purpose they .should never pay
the least attention to what a
knocker says. a knocker is a
knocker bv profusion. Nothing
jin:.1 Ml ,sUll. null. Ill I .s I I T'llM 1 1 1,-,
in a rut. from which he cannot
release himself. fie is one of
those classes of people that will
meet you on the street with a
smile, and before he proceeds an
other block he will be g.ing u
ii I to some otli'r man he has
met. Is Mich a person a desira
ble citizen? Not ou your !HV.
1 1, will be a happy time for
newspapers in general should the
bill bepome u law to charge can
didates for oP.ief (he .same for ad
vertising that is charged for gen
eral business. The average can
didate wants the entire paper for
about four weeks before an elec
tion devoted lo his especial in
terest ond were yon lo charge him
regular rates for what he wants
you to publish he would declare
you were robbing him Ihe same as
Senator IMacek is trying lo show
with his bill.
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hi the MissouriPaoilie again. This
train was of more benefit to the
('armors ami those living in tlie
towns, on the west side oi tin
county than any train on that
road, it enabled tiieni to come to
Plattsmouth, do what business
they had to do, anil return homo
in good lime the same evening.
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Here are some points in favor
of Hit! counlry merchants which
they will do well lo think over:
Willi goods suited to the needs of
his community, the newspaper
advertisement to attract attention
to his wares and prices, Ihe rural
mail delivery lo take his advertise
ments to bis customers, Ihe tele
phone to transmit the order and
I lie parcel post to deliver il, who
can say the country merchant
hasn't a combination that must
be hard to beat Willi Ihe com-
W'hen a man dies we notice that
many people have so many good
words lo say for him and perform
in an ostentatious manner many
kind acts. His former competit
ors in business attend the funeral
and perform many kindly olllces
for the dead, when he is fairly out
of the way. Now if these kind
words were said when he was alive
and pulling hard against the
si ream, he would have appreciated
il more. Hut we have noticed at
funerals men who a few days or
weeks before could nol find words
mean enough to use against tho
poor man in the coffin. You might
as well slay away. The kindly
olllces after death are not ap
predated by. the man in the box
and the folks at the funeral only
smile in their sleeves and sizo you
up. Give your good words when
they are needed. Do your good
works when they will do good. Do
not throw on the thin gauze of
sympathy at tho Itinera! every
body can see through it.
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binalion on his side the country
merchant that lets the bulk of the
orders from his territory go far
i.i . i ...:o ... i cutting is about
iiwav, calamine utilise win uoi i
be justified in blaming congress
for his inability to transact a
profitable business.
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Wo had Ihe pleasure of visiting
at a home recently where there
was an old-fashioned tirc-place.
We enjoyed it. There is some
Uiing about an old-fashioned fire
place that takes a body by the
hand without waiting for an in
troduction. IL doesn't keep a man
standing out in the hall till his
nails turn blue., and he signs a
egret that he didn't bring his ear
muffs along; but before he can
tell how it is done it has made
him feel right at home and is
ommuning with him like an old
friend with whom he hopes never
lo part again, ft puts him in the
best chair and is on tho. day to
the cellar for cider, before he can
get his hat off. And as he sets
there rubbing his hands with an
eclastie sort of feeling lo which
no word in our language can give
full expression, "no feels like giv
ing the bulk of tiis property to
the poor before ho has boon there
two minutes. It warms him up
with a glow that makes him fool
benevolent from his tooth to his
toe nails; quickens up his blood
till he almost feels his hair grow,
and takes away hie fear of death,
or gives a fascination to fire,
which amounts to the same thing.
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as will bo gathered together in
Omaha, what of him? Ho will
probably smile, think he has
saved his time and money and that
things will grind along just as
I hey have. Hut they won't, and
dial merchant will llntl himself
distinctly handicapped in his ef
forts to meet Ihe changing condi
tions. Omaha Trade F.xhibit.
At Sedan, Kansas, a town of
-,000 population, there is a gen
eral merchant by the name of I.
H. Fdwards. The remarkable
thing about Edwards is that he
sp Is $2,01111 each year with the
local papers for advertising his
business, lie went to Sedan a few
years ago with but lillle capital.
Now he owns a magnificent store,
a line home and a nice farm. "My
Miccess is largely due to advertis
ing," said Mr. Fdwards in a recent
inl erview.
The "back lo (In. soil" move
ment may be slow of realization
and require years for its fulfill
ment. It is a movement, however,.
that should bo encouraged in this
urban top-heavy country of ours.
Many of the city people may fii,d
life in the country a hardship in
ways undreamed of by them, with
changed environments and modes
of living to which they will adapt
themselves with more or less dif
ficulty. Hut at the same time they
will escape the growing Hardships
of the crowded city and enjoy
wholesome opportunities denied
in Hit! congested centers.
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For several sessions the appar-
i 1 P i I. I 1 I . . 1..
em tiesire oi ino legislature nas
been to cut down any perquisites
vhich the newspapers of tho state
may have bad, and the amount of
to the limib
about the only thing left being the
publication of bank state
ments. Now a strong effort is be
ing made to eliminate mat
privilege, and the newspaper men
are beginning to show indications
of getting back. They have lined
up on the proposition that if the
legislature of the state finds
amusement in cutting out as
much jissppssiblel'rora t,he. legal
printing which should go to the
newspapers of the state, they will
take a like position, and when the
various state institutions desire
publicity they will be asked to
pay for the space they desire on
just the same footing as any
private individual. The news
paper men say they are tired of
booming stale institutions free to
boost the state, and then in re
turn have the legislature go after
them at every opportunity. The
elate fair is a fair sample. The
press of the slate has been called
upon for years to boost this in
stitution, and have been liberal
with their space, but they say
that their position in the future
would bo that of a disinterested
onlooker, and when the fair board
wants anything they can pay as
do all private corporations; the
same rule to hold good as lo every
state proposition.
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From two outside sources pos
sibility of trouble for tho United
Slates in the Mexican incident
appears. Some of the London
and Herlin newspapers are asking
their governments to urge im
mediate intervention by the Unit
ed Stales in that country. Gov
ernor Colquitt of Texas threatens
lo send mililia across the Rio
Grande from the Texas town of
Hrownsville to Ihe Mexican city of
Malamoros to protect citizens of a slalt
Nol, long now (ill the city elec
tion. Mayor Sadler will be a can-
Charles McColl, of Beatrice, a didate for re-election, and as is
former legislator, proposes the natural in such cases, he will
commission form of government meet with some opposition. The
for the state. He would have five question also arises whore will
commissioners elected each year you find a bettor man for the
of the six congressional districts, place? He has certainly doij;
the occupations of the candidates well, and has always been alive to
being given instead of the names the best interests of the city. He
of the party nominating them or has been conservative in all his
with which they affiliate, and have movements and we believe has
them moot once each year, ad- come nearer giving general satis
journing for thirty days after the faction than anyone that has fill
introduclion of the bills, lo await ed the office in many years. The
a public discussion of them. Con- Journal is for Mayor Sadler's re
sidering state, county and munici- election, because we do not know
pal government together, each of anyone who could have pos
one of our councilmen and coun- sibly done as well as ho has.
ty board now represent and ex- There has boon more public irn
ercise judgment for about 3,400 provemenls in Plattsmouth under
people, while the 133 represent- his adminislration than under any
ativos ami senators already rep- other administration, or any other
resent I), 000 people each, two administrations combined. He
Wouldn't it be beginning at the is progressive and is right in line
wrong end? Mr. McColl urged with Ihe work of Ihe Commercial
strongly that this plan would put club in ils efforts for everything
the appointive officers of the slate that is good for the city. The
out of politics a thing the people should not elect any other
adopted amendment establishing person for mayor in the present
board of control is do- stage of the game.