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The Plattsmouth Journal Published Semi-Weekly IV. . HA'l'ICS, I 'i il iui- Entered at the Tostoflice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska as second-das3 matter $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE .- kk-h:h- THOUGHT FOR TODAY. .J. . lie sun' of Hie foundation J of your life. Know why oii J live as you (Id. I'm1 ready lo give a reason fur il. lu J uo, in sueli a mallei' as life, J. build an opinion or custom, or what you guess is true. J Make il. a mailer of certainly ! and science. Thomas SI arc King. J .H-MW :o: That Easier bonnet is all Hie rage and I hey all waul 'em. It will soon he lime (o make garden. A i nl you glad for the exercise j will a (Ton? There are many things Platts nioiilh can have this .season if we. 'all unite in going afler Ihem. :o: - The special session of congress will begin Monday, April 7. It is predicted hy I he wise heads Ihal, il will he a hrief session. :o: California has had an unusiial ly severe winter, and it is hoped that the tourists who went there to spend Uieir money will liavn .sense enough lo stay at home and spend the money where Ihey made il. :o: The good roads proposition should not he lost sight of in Hie hurry and Hurry of other matters. It is about lime to begin I ho agitation in earnest, and the time is almost here for active opera tion. :o: If Mrs. Woodrow Wilson has Ihe courage lo shock Washington society hy gowning herself on 1,000 a year, her hushaml will lind no room lo complain that his salary is being ealen up hy her extravagance in dress. The logislal ore of Missouri has passed an local option law which virtually makes that stale pro hibition. According lo advices, (lie ell'eel of this law will make very county in Missouri hut three "dry," ami will open up a rich Held for bootleggers and cheap mail order houses selling rotten whisky. :: II is generally conceded uov Ibal it, js dangerous o shake hands. In China cei,body shakes his own hand. but in Thibet, when a young lady meets a comiianion she slicks mil her tongue al full length ami at the same time pulls her right ear. This avoids con laminaHon, and the idea is lo bo introduced in Chicago al Ihe mis sionary exposition, which begins on May :). This is really an im provement on Hie "lurkey trot," Iho "bunny hug" and other in novations of Hie old-time methods. :o: The democrats of Nebraska as sembled today in Lincoln to do honor lo Hie new secretary of state, lion. William Jennings Hryan, on his Ilfty-third an niversary. Mr. ltryan has come all the way from Washington to bo present on this occasion, and to greet his many friends. To night the annual banquet will bo held in the large auditoriuifi, and it will bo crowded to its utmost capacity with enthusiastic demo rat s, who rome from every corner of Nebraska lo pay tribute lo the great commoner. May he live lo enjoy many more such occasions, and may peace and happiness ever bo his lot, is the prayer of the Journal. at Plattsmouth, Neb.: The Sunday base ball bill has been signed by the governor and is now a law. :o: Who will be th." firs) one to de clare thai Ihe peaches are all kill ed? II is about lime I hey were show ing up. 'I'lle leading siill'i;i"el .,f Anii'iii a are about In gel into il among themselves. Lord, hut won't the false hair tly if they do? :o: The base ball meeting at Tom Walling odice Monday night is intended for the officers of tho association and Ihe active players. :o: Improvements have already been commenced in various sec lions of the oily and carpenters and contractors generally look for a bet lor season than last year, if Ihal could possibly be. If good boosting will do the bii.siuess. I'lallsmoiilh will be right in line for a grealcr city than ever before. The Commer cial I'llll) is rollllmseil lit' -Minn ' I - - ' "' "Ollll, live wires Ihal are always mi tho nioe for any and everything beneticial to h,. metropolis of Cass counlv. Incessant unit; will ilwass be bound to bring forlh good results. In enlarging the depot and erecting new buildings at tho -hops in this city the Hurliugton will have a gang of extra work men in IMaltsmoiilh at least three or four months this season, and at oast ijsr.O.noo will bo expended in good hard money by the company. This, jn connection with Ihe many oilier improvements lo bo madej in the city, I'lat I sinoul h bids fair !" bo one ir the busiest towns in Ihe West. "See I'lllt tslllolll ll Suc ceed," won't you ? The high cost of living dues its woes) among the poor people. It wouldn't mailer if the rich had to pay a little more in proportion to what the poor have o pay for the necessaries of life. tut th-.y don't. A day laborer is compelled I" eat more than lb ies who "live mi the fal of Ihe land," and in proportion ho is the very man that Millers from the high cost of living, because it costs everything ho makes to sustain his wife and children. :o: Some peoplr, when they lind an nrlicle on the si roots or any where else, make no effort to lind the owner. The Journal desires to sa to soi'li i . ik.,1 ii... I " ' ' 1 1 s I II U, I III! law is very severe in such cases. The Under of pockelbooks, or any article of value must al tempi to lind the owner, and in case (his N not done, and the articles are found in his possession, the law dealers with such persons as com mon thieves, and punished ac cordingly. This is said in good faith and as a warning. :o: President Wilson has again exhibited sound judgment in ignoring parly factions in his ap point inenls. There is no uso or sense in parly faclions, notwith standing some men are never bet ter satisfied than when the party is rent in factions and don't care so long as their own nests are well feal bored. Hut President Wilson is not going to recognize this class to any great extent lo the detriment of those who have, alw ays boon loyal lo I ho party, no matter which faction won out at the nominal ion primaries. We see wherein President Wilson has taken the proper shoot for the sake of peace and harmony in the democrat io party. If Ihe Mexicans look half as bad as the cartoonists picture them no wonder they wnnl fo kill each uther. .imouyii uroom corn is worm only si i a ton now, the prices of brooms remain as high as ever, There are also other things we .i 'i i i i l ' ' ' 1 1 I II IH1IT.SI illlU, 0; A congressman just retired served several times as the party w hip, but never made a speech, The best whip is not, necessarily ii. hi 1 1 i uie one won i no (lines cracker - - v ,0, Th.. -pring. summer and tall of i.M- is going to be a great year ....... . r .. i.i. , . . ... .or rnoismouin m more ways I nan one. r.vervhodv is urnnir to ....... I - ' iiinib- in view that will help the city. All we nave to do js gel down to bus.- 1liws flml luiwli -" " iiicnani oiney, formerly mem- Imp i.f fiiw.iKi. ...1 ...I'-, .1 I ..... iumi:i i i niiiii s l auinei, .... , i , ., , , . . ... ill nil 1 1 Ml. -I.-n. ri Jill 11 , ... 1 III I I'il'l I I ; l I I I II I.i- ll.wi...Ill Wilson, but declined. Wo know a gentleman down in Missouri, in tin- person of David It. Francis, who would till I lie bill to perfec tion. -:o: I . I . . . i."s .meies, according iij til Associated Press, has set another precedent. l-'ire-proof baskets liave been ordered for the cilv f bonis by the board of educa lion lo ealeh the "snipes" thrown away by school ma'rnis addiclei to Ihe cigarelle habit. (), Lord! :o: I'he egg consumer is undoubt edly interested in the new pro. position lo dale the cases of eggs when I hey are put into cold stor ;ige, but he cannot help feeling al a dale on the eggs when Ihey are put into the rases would in pire more confidence Tho new secretary of Ihe navv lunches on three bottles of milk and a loaf of bread. A sailor sol- I do,m gels milk, but it must be re- i nieinbered that Secretary Daniels is an old North Carolina ediloi iieiueiiuier inai uie is Mil a I r f ..I. .. . . 1. : 1 .1 . . I. ! I Clin.- mi iMi.iiii'i-. wiiiie oeaui is a in a cen, ami n niev can he con sure thing. vinccil lh:il il' lln.v v ;..!,.(.. 11,,. o; According to J-'rank Carpenter, i no woriii-roiiowneil traveler, the . . people of ihe Uniled Slales own two-llflhs of he wealth of Mevieo I at Ihe present rale of in- crease will soon own the rest of il. when il will only be a quest ion r happy assimilation as to what will I me of Mexico. :o: A New York (rust company has issued js edict threatening dis- missal for every one of its young men employes who marries while '' iving a salary of loss than l(in ii month. If such a reslric- ion should become general, the race suicide alarmists would have real grounds for their warnings, :o: All fanners, and in fact every O NO ' C I 7I 1 1 Will 1 I n a !l il V I il'i.li. in r mi., in l.;.. i.. ...mi . . . ... I .oum, win voie ior uie su',- jail proposition. They all know how badly Cass county is in need of n jail, and they know that one will have to be constructed sooner or later. Thou whv not i any to uie support of the pres. cm proposition. No one should ... I let a prejudicial mind control him I in IIUS matter. I -:o: Mrs. William C Clark of Clove- land, Ohio, is only 35 years old, ing environments, lie says his and yet she has given birth to plan has worked well in individual twenty-seven children. Recently cases, and ho is certain that it she presented her husband with will be practicable on a largo four boys. Tho quadruplets died scale. The girls in these homes, because of an injury to the under tho eye of tho mistress, mother. This is Ihe second set of are educated, taught the art of quadruplets the woman has borne, cooking, the care of the house She also is the mother of three hold, and of young children, vvhilo sels of triplets and the sets of the mistress of the house acts as twins. Six or her twenty-seven guide, councillor and friend. That children are alive, the oldest, no- is to say, unless she goes 4.IT to Mini, neing m, and the youngest, Hubbard. years old. Mrs. Clark's mother had twenty-eight children. Her grandmother had twenty-nino children, quadruplets and triplets among them. March does not seem to have lost any of its gentle-reminders thai this js the month to "blow ,, jiul jf ex-President Tafl should happen to visit Ovster I?av he's the kind that could carry his smile -with him -n- Plattsmoulh is a good town (me of the best in tho stale and good enough for anybody. Keep boost in for the old (own. :o:- -n. I I I II K i luin I . ,f . . I .. I . n.. K .-. .- prolliliiled the killim' i.f I, nil . .... I... 1 , 1 1 . i 1 1 I I.1 Ill L (1 1 I Il.lS f,ot,, "TIim. I iiiil IIUICl ho .,,,.., , ,... n s(. tm . ' " v . is in rmi. , ,L,, j'resii en km. in,h, u ,llaill (hat ' a nl(Ml(v nf ,. . . , I . . . innHino. ... ii.. .......v.. ..niitiiii uui, ne to mo hungry oHioo-honf e? .n. I . , . ., -niri' ii-f wiuow luu years . . ol,l, says a paper of that ty. is " r hout to become a blush ner bride. Those California papers never tire of trying to convince us of the superiorily of California climate. :o: It would appear to the general public Ihal some time a Kansas City jury would have pride enough in their stale to put an end, sonu ...... , . . i i i o nr t . iv ii'-'i'iinttv ..n - j - r-i v i . . oil some sorl of an end to the Hyde cast :o 1'"' 1-n nl. Tribune has il down in good shape when it says: "If being progressive means go ior IHI.J, we wouiu rauior no legislature would adjourn." It would bo money in the taxpayers' pockets to do so. :o: The I niliil Stales senalorship is still hanging lire in the Illinois legislature, witli no possible hope of breaking the spell. f ihe legislature adjourns wit bout electing, Coventor lUnine will up P'iid th" senator (,, th. Iiorl term mil -trust magnates are afrah . . ! . . II r anli-lrusl law Ihey will go to iail. like Ihe i r go to jail when thev . violate a law, no one doubts that the Sherman law would be obeyed and the nrobb f i I !: I in.si solved. The Sherman law pro vides for iail sin I enei.s lr li.nl " " magnates just as other laws pro vide for jail sentences for other kinds of robbery, but for twenty years and more I bo federal courts have not boon impressed by Un fact. This is why so many net sons have come to bo suspicious "f 'ho courts, and to sincerely bo Hcvo thai (he poor do not receive Ihe same kind of justice that is met oil out lo the rich; it explains, too, Iho recent remarkable growth of socialism and the agitation for the recall of judges :o: 'l l. . I i .11 i.i i no oisiriei aiiornev in mil waukeo advertised in the daily papers of that citv for one htin drod married women to take into their homes clean, good young girls as maids. Only those need llOIllv who will Intn nn" nnlivn in Merest in the welfare of their charges. The district attorney says that ho is going to inaug urate an extensive cnmrwiicrn In rescue girls who are working: for inadequate wages in vice breed play bridge, and leaves tho girl to struggle along and do the best she can, turning her out as a mere scrub-woman instead of making her n trained cook, or a comnetent housekeeper. The open season for shoolinor and shooting accidents is now on. -:o: - The lale blizzard was a remind .... ii.., i i i nun ,-iu jn;; nils not vet ar rived. -:o:- Tl.i i- .mis jLiin-i prcicrs to wait un til blooming lime before it t-n dors a decision on (he peach crop. :o: ' We learn from (olographic re ports that the ground-hog's ens soilness extends even to South America. :o:- There is such a thing as too much of a good thing, but March was never known to be accused of anything like that. :o: The liryan banquet in Lincoln Wednesday nig hi was the great est ever. More than two thou sand gnosis were present. -:o:- Three states are lacking to ratify the constitutional amend ment to elect I.'niled Slates sen ators by ii direct vote of the peo ple. II would be a good idea if the stiffs would save some of tlu.in energy f,,r Iho harvest held if (hoy are so blamed anviiim f.-... equal rights. John I). Rockefeller says he wauls lo see Ihe Panama canal before Ihe waler is let in, and it is generally understood luj can aiioi'u ine trip.- :u: . All those who have an interest, in the country's welfare arc now reading garden seed literature, which is almost ns interesting as Peruna advert isenienls. Madero had plenty of money before he sat in that Mexican game, so there may be something in Uie theory that ho was looking for trouble. In which case he can't kick on Ihe results. , :o: Congressman Mann of Illinois has doubtless discovered by this lime Ihal the Washington suf fragette paraders are like other women in one respect.. Scorned Ihey let. their fury know no hounds, :o: The Missouri Pacilic manage ment has promised lo give the people heller local passenger service, by which Ihe people re siding in Ihe west part of' the county can come to Plattsmouth and return home the same day without any (rouble. Oood! :o: Quick revision of Iho tarilT is planned by President Wilson and the senate and house. If a re vision will reduce the high cost oT living, let il proceed al once, for that is what the great mass of the people are interested in more than anything else, just now. :o: Now there is talk or removing the stale university away Troin Lincoln altogether. Should this become a serious mailer, it will make the Lincolnites hump them selves to retain it. Healrice has a citizen who odors forty acres of land for the site and give the state a clear title to the same. : o : Spring will soon be here in earnest. Fix up. The most hum ble collage in Plattsmouth con bo made neat and attractive. A common board fence, without plane or paint, can be made neat. Don't tie up your gate with a fence post. You can get a fast ener for 10 cents or make one yourself in thirty minutes with out a cent of cost. It takes no money to burn up the old rubbish, tlx up broken fences and make your home look homelike. The busy and industrious find time to tlx up their fences, but often the men who make little or no garden and let the yard resemble a last year's bird's nest, are those who have the most leisure lime on their hands. "The (aritf legislation will bo ready !'... presentation lo th.,1 Inn;-..," w lU'piVsenlalive' Uu- (),'1VV (. "m three or four days afi.'clh,- limis;. convenes." :o; Ihe house of representatives still maintains its slrong love for the principle of the recall, in cluding therein judicial affairs. The Journal never believed in the principle of recall, but if we did we would not be in favor of mak ing any disl inc( ion . between any ollicials the judiciary as well as the balance. -:o: The American people are. pav ing annually about $80, 000, 000 inure f,. their' cotton goods than (bey ought to pay, because of the iniquitous Payue-Aldrich larifr aw. The sixty-third congress is preparing to interfere with this robbery. There will bo a big down ward revision on all kinds of cot ton goods. In Now York counterfeiters have already put out issues of parce'l post stamps. Although the de nomination of the new stamps range from one cent to one dollar, (bey are all printed in the same color, red. and are of similar de signs. The new dodge is to raise the cheaper stamps and there is so much confusion in the post- olliee ihal the fraud easily passes :o : Uoveruor Morehead has signed (he Sunday base ball bill, passed y both houses of the legislature. II permits the playing of base ball on' Sunday, within the corporate limits of cities or towns where a majority of ih0 voters declare themselves in favor. Outside of the corporate limits Sunday games may be played on permis sion of the county commission- , ers. :o: How vague and elusive art, must be is shown by the current criticisms of tho new nickel. One critic declares that the nickel i3 an ugly coin; another that it's chief objection is its beauty Its popularity, manifestly, must be based on other than artistic con sideration. No difference about the looks of the coin il will buy a glass of beer or a cigar, and pass for just as much as the old brand. Oh. you idle rich! Down at Palm I'.each and other southern resorts ju.y i,ave to jUV(.llt new ways of enjoying themselves and one of them is the wheel chair lour of the resorts. At one of (hem a string of twenty-eight wheel chairs started out, and made the rounds of the places oT amusement, ending up with a sup per. The guests then disem barked from the wheel chairs and went back to Palm Ileach in a lions,.. boat. I isn't much; just heals giggling ill a reeoplion and Ihiifs all. .:o; Why have we never been able to place an income lax on Ihe statute books? js the fiueslion Ihnl tm turally arises. Here is the an swer: High protectionists have prevented the passage of an in come tax law, because they know thai the more money the govern ment collects from taxing in comes, the less excuse there will b for tarilT lax. To lake pro tection away from the tariff trusts is to interfere with their mono polies. And how could the tariff trusts regulate prices and gouge consumers without monopolies? One of the genuine farmers of Liberty precinct was in the city yesterday and" gave the Journal a friendly call. In talking of the jail proposition, he said he was in favor of il now, but voted against it before. Ho also stated that a great .naiorilv of ti.. farmers of hjs neighborhood thought it would be cheaper to build a new jail than it would lie to spend twenty times as much for a now court house. That is the way many of the big farmers look at the mailer. T r