The Plattsmouth Journal
Published Semi-Weekly
IV. V. I lA'I'H
Entered at the Postoflice at riattsmouth, Nebraska as second-class matter
--St. 50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE . . r.v-.-..
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THOUGHT FOR TODAY.
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The optimist, Iiy his sn-lii-i
f wisdom ami insight, J
is making his own lnav'ii. Jj
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J and in I In1, ih'gree thai lie J
makes his own heaven, is In1 J
In'IpiiiK In make one fur all J
I(n world beside? H. W.
J Trine. J
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do lo the polls next Tuesday,
April K, and vole for the jail levy.
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Now is the time lo clean up the
trash that lias collected during
the winter months.
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(Jreenwood increased its ma
jority for license by about double
thai of two yearn ago.
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"Drag the Hoads," seems to be
I he order of the day. And this
work should not be neglected.
From a democratic stand
point, the result of the municipal
flections over the country are en
tirely sal isfaclory.
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It must be difficult for a citizen
ol Mexico to tell, when he gets up
in the morning, whethcre he is a
patriot or a traitor.
A good many people feel that
Mr. Lryan is too big for his job,
but others feel that be is on bis
way to something bigger and are
satisfied.
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McKissick's bouse bill abolish
ing capital punishment didn't
rnet with a very warm reception
in the senate, where it was killed
Tuesday by a vole of 21 to 11.
The Journal has no use for
fakers, and we believe they should
be "called down" right here in our
own midst, as well as abroad,
especially when they are so plain
that a 10-year-nld school boy will
notice them.
Somewhat afler the style of
some cyclones, which bit churches
and ski)) saloons, the Indiana
floods, though raging all around,
neer touched the great American
Monte Carlo at Trench I.ick
Springs.
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Sunday base ball was voted on
Tuesday and carried in most of
the towns and cilies in Nebraska.
Another evidence of the people
. ruliim in their localities,
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Jerry Howard, it seems, secured
the democratic nominal ion for
Major of Soul li Omaha Tuesday.
The writer served in the legis
lature with Jerry, and believes he
is abundantly able lo fill the bill.
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"We favor a just workinginau's
compensation law, and pledge the
passage of such a moasuro by a
democratic legislature." That's
what tbe democratic platform,
adopted at Oraml Island last num.
titer, says. Then why did the
democrats In llio present legis
lature refuse, to support llio com
pensation bill? In doing so they
virtually repuiatcd one important
obligation in that platform.
Former Postmaster General
Hitchcock said before retiring
from office that the mail frauds in
the United States in two years
reached the enormous total of
.$100,000,000. Yet when it was
proposed to enact a blue sky law
in Nebraska nobody found much
to work upon except in an attempt
lo diminish the salable value of
lai:d.
at Plattsmouth, Neb.:
Ijtt1:lttic3r
Tin- man with lhi rake is in
evidrttce now.
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Another reason a good many
don't practice what they preach is
I hat preaching is the easiest talk.
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As lung as the women who can't
trim their own hats can trim their
lusbands the world will was along.
ail right.
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If the girl who intends to be a
1013 bride would drill around and
look at some of tho 1911 models,
maybe she would not be so en
thusiastic.
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Hake the yard and clean up
generally right now. Don't wait,
because if you do you will be too
busy swatting the fly to do the
work after a while.
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The special session of congress
r-ecls next Monday. Then look
out for tariff talk, pro and con.
Democratic promises are still in
(be minds of the people. Stick to
the text, gentlemen.
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Hemeinber you can cast your
vole next Tuesday at any hour
between 8 a. in. and ( p. in. Some
people have the impression that
the polls open afler dinner. Hut
si;ch is not tho case.
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Turkey, Bulgaria and other
parlies to the Halkan struggle are
reported lo be short of money,
food and clothing. When diplo
macy fails Providence always
finds a way to terminate a war.
The Keystone state has ratified
the amendment for the direct
election of senators by tbe peo
ple. Senator Penrose has felt for
a long time that republics are un
grateful. If you art: sorry for the strick
en people, do something for them,
if you feel able to do so. Other
wise yi.nr long distance sym
pathy and noble thoughts won't
do a great deal of good.
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A new system of spelling al
lows each individual it wider
range of choice. Something of
Ibis kind has existed a long time,
but somehow has not been con
sidered a desirable accomplish
ment.
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II is ot It-it related that the
American people talk loo much
The profits of the American Tele
phone and Telegraph company
';i7,noo,()()0) last year would in
dicale the truthfulness of the as
sert ion.
Scarcely a week passes but
some editor lakes a shot at the
fellows in his town who sit around
on dry goods boxes and I ell how
the city ought to be run. And yet
tbe same editors, or many of
them, are now giving Secretary of
State Hryan the benefit of their
large experience in foreign diplo
macy.
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"Yes, sir," said a prominent
farmor from Liberty precinct to
tho writer Tuesday, "I am going
to veto for a now Jail, and be done
with It. I voted against the
proposition a few months ago be
cause, it was a question of bonds.
Th( present proposition is for
straight levy and the amount
demanded lo erect a jail is nol
extravagant, and I am getting
tired of voting against something
that I know we should have had
years ago, and I know of many
farmers in my neighborhood who
think and will vote as I do." That
is but the expression of hundreds
of substantial and candid farmers
of Cass county.
The fury of a tornado is equal
led onlv bv its uncertainly. It
; breaks u. 1.1. 'illy without any pi.--
cundition symptoms. The weather
bureau failed entirely to divine
the approach of the lornadi.es
which swept portions of the
country a few days ago.
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The Journal was in error in
stating that our friend, Jerry
Howard, had been nominated for
niasor of South . Omaha by the
d.-mocrats. The present mayor,
Thomas Hoctor, had three ma
jority over Jerry, according to the
ollicial vole. Pretty close shave.
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'I he Omaha Worbl-llerald de
serves great credit for its good
work in securing money for the
tornado sufferers. The amount
received by the World-llcrald up
lo Wednesday evening reached
over 31,000. That paper is al
ways to the fore-front in raising
money for the needy.
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They are now engaged around
the slate house in Lincoln in pick
ing from the members of the
legislature men who would make
suitable candidates for governor
a year from next fall. Some mem
bers arc named for governor on
both sides who are scarcely able
lo hold down their present posi
tions with credit, It takes a man
of ability to be governor of Ne
braska, and when the proper time
arrives to select candidates they
will not lie chosen from either
branch of the present legislature.
Put that in your pipe and
smoke it i
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Careful buyers will find that the
merchant who advertises is the
man who gives you the best value
for your money. He lias the goods
that will stand comparison and
the test of publicity. It's the man
who sits back and waits for trade
to come to him, instead of his
going afler it, that usually sells
you interior quality for your
money. The man who isn't keen
enough to realize the advantages
of publicity is hardly .keen
enough to buy his goods to ad
vantage, hence is naturally at a
disadvantage when it comes to
giving you the nest lor your
money.
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It frequently happens that a
stranger coining into a com-
munity and putting on the airs of
a gentleman, is taken up at once
and lionized, though nothing
whatever is known. of his ante
cedents and the sequel often
proves that it is best not to lake
up with strangers too readily. The
old friends whom we have known
all our lives and whose characters
are firm and established as the
everlasting hills, are loo apt lo
become commonplace lo us, but
we know they will do to tie lo, am
it is not best to give them up for
those whom we do not know. T
man or woman who builds up
character and inanlains it for
ears in the same community de
serves some consideration, am
the friendship of such people is
to be preferred at all limes to the
showy attention of strangers.
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II is a question where till this
agitation for belter divorce laws
will eventually lead to. The pres
ent theory of the law is that col
lusion between husband and wife
should vitiate a bill for divorce
and this attitude is sought to be
strengthened by refonnors by a
provision that tho state shall be
represented In every divorce no
lion, so as to guard against the
entering of a deoree procured by-
such collusion. Another schoo
of reformers are opposed lo al
this. They demand that the qties
lion of collusion shall not be in
quired into, giving as the reason
that the "mismaled righteous
should be entitled to separation
as freely as the "mismatcd tin
righteous," and that a premium
should not be put on sin by mak
ing it tho pro-requisite for di
vorce. It is manifest, however
that if collusion is to be eliminat
ed from the consideration in di
- i -lit
iackvanl step is taken far as
nlli!liil)li I lo- !' ell i
.ncerned. Collusion offers a
. . . i f
aoialile and reauy moans ior
the purposes of habitual divorce
ekers and its unrestricted per-
i , i i
iiiissiLulity would prove to ne
their greatest boon.
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Next Tuesday, April 8, is the
dale upon which the voters of
'.ass county are called upon to
lecide whether or not we are to
have a safe place in which to m-
arcerale the prisoners of the
ounly. it is a plain question.
The levy for SlJ.OOO will be made,
if the proposition carries, and the
nl ire amount paid at one time,
'or some time Cass county has
ieen paying Lancaster and Doug
las counties for keeping prison-
rs because the old bastile, which
rt almost ready to fall down, is
not a safe place to keep them. In
one year Cass county paid to Lan
caster county over 81,000 for
keeping prisoners, and we have no
estimate as to what has been paid
Douglas county, but we can guar
antee that it will average up lo
this sum if not more. The
genuine taxpayers of Cass county
an readily see that a new jail
will prove a great saving to them
in the long run. Then why not
go to tiie polls next Tuesday,
pril 1, and cast your votes for
the building of a new jail.
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A few weeks since William H
Nelson, editor and owner of the
Kansas City Star, was sent to jail
for contempt of court by Circuit
Judge Jacob A. Outline. Nelson
appealed the case to the supreme
nu t and summoned the judge lo
stify before the state commis
sion. Outline testified that he
had written his decision finding
Mr. Nelson guilty in advance o-f
Ihe hearing at which the editor
appeared before him. He wrote
the decision the night before, but
he said be would have changed it
if evidence presented . to him
should influence him to do so. And
this is the sort of fellow who, by
the laws of the land, is both judge
and jury in all cases wherein ne
feels that his personal dignity has
been affected, and it is held that
a recall which would rebuke such
an old fool would strike at the
very foundation of the law. It is
another one of those idiotic ideas
that lawyers and courts endeavor
lo impress upon the people.
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Of course the west side news
papers wilt lire parting shots at
Plattsmouth and the jail proposi
tion this week. Hut they will not
give any plausable cause for so
doing only one of selfishness. The
fact is they make all manner of
misstatements and expect sensi
ble taxpayers to believe them.
Hut in this day mid age of the in
telligence of the uvenvve farmer.
I hey no longer permit the ''wool
to be pulled over their eyes" on
any mailers of interest, at least
one of so vital importance as the
building of a county jail, which is
destined to save them a great deal
of money in the future. We need
the jail. The proposition is a
plain one, and no one with aver
age intelligence need vote mis
undcrstandingly. Wc appeal to
every voter interested to investi
gate tho matter thoroughly and ho
will soon find that the intention af
Ihe enemies of the new jail build
ing is to make more serious
trouble for tho taxpayers of Cass
county. Thai's all,
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During political campaigns you
can't gel certain men on the fir
ing lino to do battle for the party
unless they are candidates or
have some particular friend on
the ticket, but just as soon as the
victory is won they rush in and
try to get everything in sight, and
have no regard to the veterans
who have nlways been loyal to Ihe
democratic nominees, while they
were sulking in their tents, or
bolting the nominee, because he
was not their choice in IJie pri
ma Hps.
nice proceedings, a (leciietli
Yoti can't run away from a
.slanderer or cyclone. I hat s
pertain.
The dreamer starts things.
while the financier finishes I hem
and draws the reward.
The only thing needed to over-
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do I lie disasters oi uim i-r i-
in earthquake and a volcanic
eruption.
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Where is the man in Platts
nioulh who would not be a boost
er for another factory, if he had
a chance?
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The story of- Noah was never
more impressive to the people of
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois than it
is right now.
A book is out entitled "How to
Master the Spoken Word." Some
times the best way to keep a linn
grip is not to speak it.
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Even if Omaha does not get
much bigger this year, it stands
to reason that building contract
ors will have a busy season.
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Tbe road drag and automobile
go hand-in-hand. The drag is
the pioneer that blazes out Ihe
pathway for the auto to follow.
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Time flies, and it has flew so far
that it is no longer good form to
refer to Secretary of Slate Bryan
as the "Hoy Oralor of the Plalte."
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Yon cannot deprive people of
I Heir rights in this free country.
They will assert their right every
lime the opportunity is afforded.
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A lecturer says American farm
ers have not mastered their busi
ness. Nevertheless, a billion
dollar crop is pretty good for be
ginners.
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His admirers concede that W
J. Ilryan lends considerable dig
nity and importance to the job
of secretary of state, as he will to
any other task he tackles.
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The difference between tin
boosters for the new jail and the
enemies thereof, is that the
immiu'i? are nonesi in tneir en
deavors, and the enemies are sel
t i . . . .
fish in their opposition.
The slate senate went on rec
ord in favor of doing awav with
all elections in the fall of 1013
passing it over to the fall of 101 i
If such a bill passes it will please
several fellows that we know of,
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If you have made up your mini
'o live in Plattsmouth then stain
up for it in everything that is
calculated to help it. One way to
help Ihe town is by going to the
polls next Tuesday and voting for
liie new jail.
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.Mne out or every ten citizen;, of
VdK 1K1 L ! K ill ..-... .. II
... a.! wui tiiinic i ne anion
of I lie lower house in killing the
bill apitroiiriatinsr i 50.000 f..r
state exhilut at San Francisco
This is one of the redeeming feat
ures of Ihe present legislature,
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in.: i-i.uiMiiontii journal says
the present legislature is the
worst ever. Probably because
Col. Dates was not elected as a
member. Nebraska City News
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io, no; not that, exactly. Hut
probably because Hubner, the
would-be wise old "presumptive"
of tho News, is not there to ad
vise the boys,
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Some men try awfully hard to
carry water on both shoulders.
Rut if you will watch them care
fully you will find the elbow of
their pants wet from the wafer
that sloshed over in the waggling
to do the balancing act. We've
got, tho water carriers in this
town all right. They are so
absorbed in trying to do the
balancing act that they forget
that people are watching them.
II pays all the time to be a man
just a plain, honest man without
subterfuge or evasion.
COLD STORAGE
EGGSJHE BEST
Exparts Condenin Method of
Farmers.
FRESH KILLED CHICKEN BAD
Committee at St, Louis It Told That
Dressed Poultry Is Best After Nine
Months In Cold Storage Fowl Should
Be Starved Twenty-four Hours Be
fore Being Killed.
Is the freshness of an egg a question
of psychology?
Is a chicken better food when it has
been kept a year or two afer being
killed and dressed than when it Is
freshly killed 7
Both these questions were answered
absolutely In tbe affirmative by experts
testifying recently before the Joint
committee of the council and the houao
of delegates that U investigating the
cost of living at St Louis.
Royall U. Switzler, St. Louis food
export, put undor oath, as were all wit
nesses, told that the question of the
fressness of an egg was largely a
matter of psychology and that the
greatest export living could not tell
the difference between an egg la cold
storage nine months and one of the
kind commonly denominated frecfh
which reach tbe retail murket almost
directly from the farmer.
Fresh Chioken Dangerous.
Miss N. E. Pennington, chief of the
food research, laboratory of the Unit
ed States department of agriculture at
Philadelphia, testlflcd that a chicken
which and been killed the day before
was dangerous to eat She said she
would absolutely refuse to eat a fresh
1.. ' illed bird. The ideal chicken, she
said, was one that had been held In
storage nine mouths or a year. When
one had been kept two years In stor
age, she said, It began to lose Its flavor.
Miss Pennington was on tbe witness
stand nearly two hours. She had stop
ped In St Louis to address a conven
tion of shippers and was persuaded
to appear before the cost of living In
vestigators. "One of the chief elements In the
high cost of living problem," began
Miss Pennington, MU the f rightful
mount of waste. The money value
of eggs In tbe United Btates each year
la $800,000,000. Of this Id per cent r
150,000,000, Is dead loss because Of
waste In marketing the eggs. Sq&e-
where between the hen nd the con
sumer 550,000.000 worth or eggs tuve
gone to uothing.
"The poultry products of the coun
try amount each year to $250,000,000.
and agnlu there Is a 10 per cent loss,
or one amounting to $25,000,000."
Not Enough Cold Storage.
So," Intentipted Delegate Scully,
"we save 00 per cent In spite of sold
storage?"
"In splto of It it? Why, my dear sir,
we havon't nearly enough of It Tho
waste commences, and by far the
greater part of It develops on tho
farm," retorted Miss Pennington.
"The farmer doesn't gather his eggs
quickly enough. He lets them prosper
In tho Incubator of the snmraor sun.
Then they go to the storekeeper, where
they aro held for a time In a warm
room. Afterward n great quantity of
our eggs Is shipped In nonrefrlgerated
box cars that are excellent Incubators.
In the course of three or four weeks
this alleged 'fresh egg' reaches the city
market.
"It Is the good cold storage eggs and
poultry that Missouri and adjoining
states send out to east and west coasts.
The poor fresh product you keep at
home. And maybe one reason thero Is
so much complaint here Is because you
get so little of the cold storage food.
"To get a fresh egg or it good chick
en out of cold storage It must have
been a fresh egg or a good chicken
when It went Into storage.
How to Kill Chickens.
"To begin with, there are few who
kill their chickens In the right way.
Ilere Is the proper way to commence.
Starve the chicken for twenty-four
hours, so that (he intestines will have
collapsed and It will be easy to get the
blood out. Dou't cut off tbe chicken's
bead, but stun It, nud sever the Jugu
lar vein.
"If you cut off the chickeu'a head
you cut other arterlos and veins be
sides the Jugular one, and tbe chicken
cannot bleed properly. Tick the feath
ers dry. Keep the chicken In a tem
perature of 32 degrees for ten days
and ship it to market In a refrigerated
tar." 1
"How long," usked Dr. Randall, "can
1 Chicken be kept in cold storage and
be good?"
"Well, nine months or a year is i
good period," answered Miss Penning
ton. "Uut I should say that a chicken
two years old In storage would begin
to lose flovor."
Women Are Mors Manlike.
W. A. Ilaselden. one of the few
humorist In the ranks of the British
caricaturists, believes the suffrage
movement Is evolving a new type of
femininity much disliked by mere
man. He says: "Women are becotnll
more manlike In figure, face and bruin
every day. The pretty, tender face will
Boon be the face of tho past but as It
gets scarcer and scoreer men will ad
mire and mine It more than ever."