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About The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (May 15, 1913)
The Plattsmouth Journal Published Semi-Weekly at Plattsmouth, Neb.: IV. j. MATKHi I iilllher Entered at the Postoffice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska as second-class matter $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE - THOUGHT FOR TODAY. ! .J. The mark of Hie man of ! J. the world is th? absence of ! J pretension. Mo clous not ! J- make a speech. He lakes J. a low business tone, avoids ! J. all brag, promises not at J all, performs miicli. lie, calls' J his employment by its low- ! est names, and so lakes from evil tongues their J sharpest weapon. Minor- ! J son. 4 :o: Let us Re I rid of the rubbish! on't wait for sonic body else to start the ball to ruling start it yourself. :o: Still if a man's wife 'were an active su(T she might have less time to issin1 ulliiiialtims at her own fireside. :o: People are fairly sensible in most respects, but, it is bard to wean 1 hern from the notion of ex pecting too much from politics. :o: Respect, the governor' procla mation designal in? Saturday, May 17, as clean-up day. Another proclamation from Mayor Saltier would now be in order. tor A great deal of money is spent on travel, but this would be greatly increased, and enable the railroads to pay higcr dividends, if honeymoon trips were extended according to the original plans. ! A dispatch from Japan says I hat three new dieaduaughls of ;tn,000 tons each will be authorized at once by the Jap anese government. This does not scare, the United Slates into doing something il does not want to do. I ;o: Pretty soon, under a new ruling of the; state pure food commis sioner, you will be gelling your bread delivered to you wrapped in rice paper and carefully sealed. The intention is l keep germs, microbes, parasites and similar active and deleterious agencies out of it and off of it so il won't till us with disease. :o: While you are watching the garden grow you might llgu.ro this out: A man went, into a store und asked to have a live-dollar bill changed. The proprietor could not change the bill but gave the man a dollar. Later on the man returned, gave 111 rs merchant four dollars and look up the live. Was it a fair settlement and, if not, which man was out and how much? Anyone setting up to be a prophet could ask no belter op portunity than (o define the future of Mexico. -:o:- The farmers on the west side of Hie county are looking daily for that long-promised new passeng er train on the Missouri Pacific. It can be secured if the proper high official is approached on the matter, lie has not been seen yet, and we will never get it until he says the word. To much time has been fooled away already, and the demand for the train is in creasing. :o: There are some other methods of insuring against fire than pay ing premiums to insurance agents for instance, gelling rid of the causes of fire. Old boxes, rags, rubbish in back alleys have not only originated but communicated lire, and 'it's a question of per centages and averages. Proper disposal of these pdes lessen the risk and will eventually, if not at once, bring down insurance rales, (io to il on next Saturday, or before. :o: The "schoolmaster" president, as Mime of our sarcastic repub lican newspapers clmo.se to term President Wilson, is forging right to the front, in the discharge of bis duties as the i-hief executive of this great nation. The big men of the nation, willi, one ac cord almost, see in him one of tin; brainiest men that ever sat in the executive chair, and he will pro ceed willi the business affairs of the country just as though there were no bench-leg dogs barking at his heels. :o (iood reports come from War den Teuton of the Nebraska penitentiary, and we are glad of il, because we con.-ider Mr. Fcn- ton one of the best men in the slate. It is announced that lie contemplates adopting a merit system among prisoners to dis place a more distinctly punitive system. The custom of throwing a prisoner in the hole and string ing him up by the arms or any other kind of cruel punishment is a thing of the past in the stale prison, under Hie proposed new system, for every month that a prisoner conforms to the rules as a whole he is lo receive a merit mark. If he violates the rules he loses instead of gams. In the end merit marks hasten paroles or pardons. Of course it will be im possible to thus control lo any ex tent the most desperate offenders by the rule of kindness. Hut War den Teuton's ideas commend themselves strongly and matters cannot possibly be made worse by their adoption. There never was a tariff that pleased everybody, and the new lone i no exceplior. And there lis no indication of hard times in consequence of its passage. :o: .Now is the time lo get out and drag tin- roads. The rainy season is probably over for a few weeks, and it, is best to drag the roads soon after a rain than it is to wait one or two weeks afterwards. :o: Norfolk is sti'l in darkness, while talking about that new lighting system. We are remind ed of the blind fishes in the mam moth cave. Can it be that the old town needs light after all these years? :o: We have had no war with F.ng land for nearly a hundred years, but the fact that our capital was burned in the last suggests that there should be some prepared ness in addition lo fire depart ments. :o: The dandelion crop seems to have full sway in many lawns in this town. And every effort is made by some residents lo keep them down. A man with a preparation to kill them out would soon become a millionaire. :o: There are still a few idlers about, town who should be at work. At this busy season no well man should be idle. Lost wealth may be replaced by industry; lost knowledge by study; lost health by medicine, but lost time is gone forever. - :o: There are some walks in the city that need the direct attention of the city council, and they are not all on the bach streets, either. There should be 1,0 distinct ion made with property owners. All sidewalks should be repaired when they n 1 it. :o: The Kagle Pea -cm has im procd wonderfully miicc falling into Hie hands of the present editor, Frank W. McMauis. It is now remarkably well printed and the news mailer gotten up in an up-to-date manner. The people of F.agle now have a paper of which they should feel proud. :o: It is indeed encouraging to hear traveling men speak of the many improvements already ' made in Plattsmouth this season. It used to be with them, "Plattsmouth is a tlead town." Now it is, "Platts mouth is coming right lo the front in improvement!" Let us keep right onward in the good work. :o: The next important event is Decoration day. Yhe day upon which all good and noble people pay tribute to those comrades who sleep in Oak Hill cemetery. It is a day that will be remembered and observed a9 long as the heart beats in the breast of everyone who helped to save the old flag, that the rising generation might live and enjoy life and liberty under its protecting wings. A glorious sentiment. I)onT forget, as you go along, that Plattsmouth is to celebrate the Fourth of July this year. :o: People object to being robbed by the railroads, but the number willing to rob the railroads re mains about the same. :o: Fashion does -lot decree that llannels shall mak' their exit at any particular time, having th'is slight advantage over bats. :o: A Nebraska sheriff out west has adopted the plan of employing the county prisoners in exterminat ing dandelions on county prop erty. Not a bad idea. :o: The people of Nebraska City are rejoicing over their new train service between that city and Lin coln. How soon may we rejoice likewise in that new train service on the Missouri Pacific? :o: Looking ahead a little, it would seem that California might post pone this Jap fuss till after 1915. It might not make so much differ ence who owns the 'and for some time afler the exposition. :o: If the suffragettes keep on carelessly placing bombs in rail way stations and postotlices and other frequented places, we pre dict that ultimately one will go off by accident and kill somebody. :o: Doctors will view the ethical announcement of a probable can cer cure with a good deal more approval. Any layman will con fess that it does sound a good deal like a patent medicine adver I iselllent. :o: Afler so long a luiie consider ing the mailer, Governor More- bead lias left 011'. all the demo cratic, workers in Omaha and ap pointed llarley (!. Moorbead com missioner of Douglas county. While Mr. Moorbead is 110 kin to the governor, the latter has dis played very little politics in this appointment. There is no denying the fact that much concern is given by President Wilson and Secretary Bryan over the stale of affairs in California. The Japanese protest against the passage of the bill in which they are so much interested may be more emphatic than we are inclined to believe. It ap pears to be the hope of the presi dent and secretary that Oovernor Johnson can be induced to refer the bill back for an amendment or that he will veto it. This fail ing, there is evidently to be en couragenicnt toward the holding up of the measure by applying the referendum a cut by that sword probably not, in the calculations when the referendum bill1 was passed. A delay of a couple of years would give both countries an opportunity N settle' many questions that need adjustment bv both countries President Wilson and Secretary Bryan de sire to see the question amicably settled, and they are. laboring in cessantly to this end. The Aiili-Salooa League are certainly out of something to do when they pick up the 'university removal matter to serve their purpose Suppose the university was removed to the stale farm, does anyone with a reasonable amount of sense think for a mom ent that would keep the students from going into Lincoln whenever the opportunity afforded? :o: A slight tightening up in financial matters would give the republican papers an opportunity to send up a great howl, "I told you so!" They would delight in some great disaster lo the ad ministration in order to "howl their heads oft." Some of them are so constituted that a crop failure would be to their liking in order to blame il upon the ad ministration. :o: The; tramp nuisance would be largely abated, the railroads would not be annoyed by these idlers, and the people of villages, towns and cities would not suffer from the hobo problem if the authorities of thes-j communities would put them to work when they appeared to beg for food or money, fs the opinion of Chief Malone of the Burlington secret service, who has studied the situation from many angles. He ports say that the hobo steers clear of every city with a rock pile. Why not try it this summer in Plattsirrouth? :o: Sam Patterson and Dr. P. L. Hall have just elurned from Washington, where they have been to intercede with the department for the appoint ment of Mr. Patterson for auditor of the treasury, lo succeed the present incumbent, W. F. An drews, republican, who is also a Xebraskan. Dr. Hall, who is na- ional committeeman from Ne braska, stands remarkably well with the administration at Wash ington, aim mis, in conneciion with the influence of Senator Hitchcock, Congressmen Maguire, Stephens arid Lobeck, ought to and Sam, and the Journal hopes il will. Mr. Patterson is a form- r Plattsmouth boy and well tilted for the position. :o: Thank (iod! some of us have an old-fashioned mother. Not a woman of the period, painted and enameled,' with nil her society manners and fine dresses, whose white, jeweled hands never felt the clasp of baby fingers, but a dear old-fashioned mother with a sweet voice, eyes into whose clear depth the love light shone, and brown hair just threading with silver, lying smooth upon her faded cheek. Those dear hands, worn with toil, gently guided our steps in childhood, and smother ed our cheek in sickness, ever reaching out to us in yearning tenderness. Blessed is the mem ory of an old-fashioned: mother. It floats to us lik? the beautiful perfume of some woot blossoms. The music of other voices may be lost, but the enchanting memory of her will echo in our soul forever. Now is the lime 'o begin taking your physical cultuie lessons with the law 11 iimwer. our wifii doesn't need the exercise. :o: President Bush of the Missouri Pacific "recognize trusts as an asset in business and a lie as a liability," says one who is near to him, and further says that "truth was foreign to the old time business man; but B. F. Bush does business right out in the sunlight. He lecognizes that railroads can thrive only as peo ple thrive who Pe along their lines. His motto U, 'Trust in the Lord and haul no empties.' Suc cessful railroading means haul ing passengers both ways; and only a happy, prosperous people travel in both directions. Believ ing in truth publicity as a new ethic in railroading. Bush has established a publicity bureau in connection with the Missouri Pa cific an dinsists upon the truth concerning the railroad and its affairs. He wants the man in charge of the publicity bureau to give facts just as they occur, to the public." ;o. Older than history has been the watching and waiting for the song of the dove and the cry of the w hip-pour-will and from the breath of flowers- exhaling the barren earth. In the earliest times the hearts of lovers beat more passionately with the climb ing of the suntoward the zenith, the songs of praise rose with fresh exulalion when violets bloomed and the blood of youth ran riot when the first warmth awoke the sleeping woods. We are as much and as truly parts of what we call Nature as the trees and flowers, arid the tide of vitality ebbs and flows in us as it ebbs and Hows in the world about us. The life within leaps up to I he cry without as the heart of man responds to the heart of its fellow after long reparation.. Half the joy of spring is in the senses and half in the spirit; but the joy of the spirit is deeper and fuller of mystery, for it is to the spirit that the symbolism of the season is made clear.. Of this title of life which keeps the world abloom the divinest form is Iov. In love, and in love alone, life fulfills and re veals itself. Whether love steals, through the senses or storm through them with the im petuosity of passion, its supreme joy is always for the spirit, and that joy rises- out of the sens of immortality. When love comes every hour is full of the' intima tions of the fathomless life, which rises into consciousness in the soul of man; every touch of beauty is a hint of a loveliness; every experience is a door through which the spirit passes on into fuller possession of a'happiness that fills that air of the world with a sweetness whose roots are be low the reach of time and change. No heart that knows love can look at death without looking beyond it. None can shut his eyes so tight as not to see in the spring time smile of nature the death lessness of life and the every watchful love of God. !B MR. HENRY PECK AND HIS FAMILY AFFAIRS By Gross m v 3 ,- , j& m u. ss-HrL sal Jmd
