L 11 PAGE 4. The Plattsmouth Journa Published Semi-Weekly Entered at the Postoffice at Plattsmouth, 'Nebraska as second-class matter ' SVO PER YEAR IN ADVANCE - .. - ! THOUGHT FOH TODAY. 'I Ilf limn the rainbow. b the ! ! storms ..r life! I- Tlir evening beam Ihat -l- ' smiles Ilk- :!"in!s away And finis tomorrow wiili J prophet ie ray. V JJ i on. :o:- How about Hi.' I'all frslhal? ioii'i fo,--,! it. x If I Fit resignation of Ilm'ila will bring peace in Mexico the Foiled Stairs should insist upon his doing -I his. i :o: Tlir ire man's days an- b. ing numbrrtd now. lul how ahout the ro;; I man? :o: Fheer up! Ti'i! weeks from now you may be wishing you could I:ar a small drrorli.ni of litis. . :o: Two r r.hieago nul i -mobi i isl s har lrcn given fourlr"ii years in" tlir penitentiary I'm- murder. Let .uiy-t iibrs and oliirr brands of spoed is relied upon this. :o: There is to hr Hirer hundred ears distributed along I lie Mis "sottri Pacific railway this wc-k i:i Nebraska for the inovrineiil of (Tops. This will help some. :o:- iVIiii.ms for county ownership nl' telephones are being' circulated in Lancaster county, and a .urea' many oilier counlies will I ry the dan if it proves a success in Lau ras! er. t.n. - :o: A I u i s'.'eiifyii e hull inonscr-s -nitd in Omaha Tuesday and rided to go il alom in Ihe election n-( year. They propose nominat ing candidates for state. cmigres si.ma.l, legida i r and oi:iii! tickets, "and - oppos. - fusion with tin- old republican parly. Senator iiitrheoek openly criticises President Wilson's cui--reney measure -and says Mp- hill, if passed, eoiiid not he mad" ef fect ivr for n year. II is also slated that lit"; e op position will In romiii'-r fr-mi lhr lower house. The .Journal was in hopes that t here would he no "scrap" iiiinniir the dtiitoi rats in congress on Ihis measure. :o:- - Ilohoi-s are a scarce, ai l id.- on lite streets of I M a t I s illou I !i alter 1 1 i 1 1 1 since Johnny Fitzgerald wrnl on as night watchman. The hoboes who usually pass I his way, as soon as they learn thai he is on I he force again, make, I henist 1'. i's very Fraife. Johnny rarfied the renulalion ;;s n terror to tramps hen he was on the nirxhl forre seeral r,irs apo. ;tul if they happen to arrive in town in dalime liny ure j:,-t up and dn! heforr iii;--ht fa I. :o : . .- Th" railroads af-c opp.i-.in' the iur-rea-e in paro-l p. isl packages up .to the 1 !!i-p,,t,n. and why slim, Id tiny le- loin ; .y roim:"essni''n wit. n Ihry ;ue simp ly endeuvorii'-,' to protect. (he business properly beloti.sin'-r io them? The editor believe that lh; K'tve.rnmeid has no b'.jsino-.s to do that whidi e.,i:IIi's with ! 14 it iu:;i I e trivale j -i prise. Xewspuper, men hae been ':pj i;rain.-1 (me fealnre of ti(is class of business for , poml many years and w hile il is nice f or J ho othrr fid low t.o.?x-t SQmr'fhiiijr at th.yex rnso of Clio general public, the . other fellow raise? a howl when he g.ds.up against the tea! thin;.'. at PlaUsmouth, Nab.: - 'Henry Lain; Wilson should In. thankful. Who would rare to be in Mexico' now, anyway? :o: A little elbow grease and a scythe ran work wonders in sev eral parts of the rily so far as looks gll. :o: Tiicy iirc taxing lull-boards in most of the a rue r rities and also in many of the smaller ones. Well,, why not? ' . :o: r,e source of news for I he newspapers every dull summer is thr rolljsjons bet wren Sunday rx cnr.n.'ii trains. :o:- J'ine wi-;dher for oulinus. Take a ilay nil" and spend 'I he lime in some shady nook with your fam ily. :o: lou"l r.-ruer tin- old settlers' re Tiiiion. at l.'nion J-'riday and Sat urday, Anuust ." and next week, of course' ou want to at tend. : The automobile business still keeps up in .Wbraska, and (lass cotiuiy farmers are buyjnu Ihem in this nrek ' woods. Tiiis dei'ioustrales o a drad niorlal rerlainly that lhr yeomenry have faith in future prosperls. :o'J A democrat for reenue or a tieiiiorral from priur iple. In w liich rhiss ran ou le p!a "d? Tin first work 1'or Use parly wilh a few of revenue, while I he other works for the party's success because he believes ils principles are ri.-hl. :o: Thai kind word spoken to a friend, thai word of riinnnw !'ie:il fo a buii:ess man or thai, little boost we miuh! make for our rily is such ; little 1'iinu' and mi easily spoken thai ii would pot hurt any person, huS on the otiirr hand it would make the per .ni spi aki.iy: if feel min li beUer, Intl alas how often il is ncuh'cjed nnlil loo late. :o: President Wilson seems o be ral!;er p:rtial lo colleue pio-fessoi-j in hi.?, a pioiij! ment s as ainiiassadors and ministers to forriun rounlries. This shows uood fellowsltip on the pari of the pr.Vsideul, as he is ;i colleue man himself Weil, if Ihey (ill the bill in I heir capacities, as well as President Wilson has tilled his there will be no cause Tor com p.'ainl. ' :o: ' If more wives would shoot fhejr husbands inslead "f riid'n--inu Iheir abuse, it would be uood for sociely,' is the wTiy dudue TatVan put, il in polic-r court at Alemeda, Kal i fori) ia, lhr other n!oinin-r, in laikinjr lo Mir wife f a man who had been arretted for abusiu.u lier and t iirea I cm inu he! life. If a man cannot live wilh a woman without abusing her, be shoutd u'. out. :o: ' (iood inlenlions are seldom imuoliahle for cash. Ask the la.y school boy, who iio" sn'l .-dudy and ad'vanrr with tin; (lass. Hr wilt eil you I (iiit Ire intends lo some time, but. bp i!er doe-. Ask any iTiprovidofif man 'or woman w hy Ihey tion't, lay up some! h i;;-" for a rainy day. They will I II juu tha( ilKy'lnlcntl to sometime but Ihey i.evei do. Ask any slow, i!Rp:ouressie btisincsV; loan vly lie doesn't, discard his obi .an tiquated ways- of business and adr.pt new, up-to-date, progres sive methods of sales and advertising-. All such .will tell you they intend to next week or next mon !h or next year but they uever do. Here we 'arc again. How do you feel about that fall festival? :o: Ilas Platlsmoulh a board of health? And if it has, is it doing its duty? :o: SulVrauc for women probably will in "td another disagreement in scnue homes, w all know. :o : A. man who is never in a hurr seems to accomplish about as much as the rest of us who rush around. . :o: bucs il ever occur lo (lie writer of circular bdters that Hie waste ha.skcls of this fair bind are al ready o erl axed? :o: : If a man keps M.e house from ueltinu jnvay v. hih; !iis family is away on a vaealioii he believes he is some housekeeper. :o: I'ort u na I cdy. the Cass counly farmers ale in a sul'licieul sound linanriat n ndiliou (o stand a hail crop, t vi n if il comes to thai. z . ' If has been so dry this season that many sun-dried eili.ens are envyinu Iaylon, r)!ii,i, which en joyed a Hood early in I he year. :o: II is claimed in some ipiarlers that a rrduclion in pared post harues would cause heavy loss. Mill, low rales have been profitable in Kuropc for many years. -:o: In ot;r cvlendeil observation of uoyernjnental aflairs, you may have observed thai most of the laik about the spoils system comes from (he minority parly. :o: They can base chaul a mpias, ci leiual ions, old settlers' re unions and all manner of pleasant uathrrinus all aii-uud us. I n! nolhi.iu of this kind d -inu in I'lall siinui I h. - And why? :o: . A" icara,'-ua is all rai led toward !he I'niieil Siales by a natural process of coIuiioil. A I'our.se inlinilely belter- than any oilier takes the lead, as a mailer of course. :o: There should b" l'o resjVrle!"' i f persons when il mines lo rid iiiu bieces mi id"walks. and the more, irdeliiuencc a man hasdhe urealcr is It is offense., because a man j T inlelli-:ei;ce inriil Pol to be re-i"iied to have a law lo keep within the Jiniiis of Mu- iaw. II lakes - a health and sound bodied man to become n .Moose." When a couple -of fcifows al lempli'd to be initialed info the mysteries of ihe order a! I'.irin ingham, Alabama, last week, they could no! wilhstand ( he elect ric shock j'.dministereil aval hoHi were killed.. :o : , Where do you look for happi ness? lAery inan and woman is looking for somelhieu or for somebody lliaf will saiisfy !u biiigiiig of Ihe heail. A'o life is complete williin itself. Von are always on the lookout for happi ness, but vim look sometimes in sfraii-'e ami curious daces (o find it. In your piesl for happiness you are often, very ofiea, disap pointed, and you wonder why. Possibly ou havj' looked in the wronu place, possibly you havn looked for the wrong thing. Sometimes your disappoinl mciil i not deserved, but. more oflen Uou tind just what you ought to have e;p-etei. Figs do not grow on ihisfjes. Happiness must he sought wh'-io Providence has plant ol the seed. II glows no where rl.r. You look for happi ness in, rj'-hes. You toil and slrnggle ami work ami -.worry to obtain wealth, hoping to hnd happiness in your hoarded treas ures. Your greed gro upon you with the years, and you ne glect your liner sensibilities, and forget the duties that vu owe your neighbors. Selfishness sears y. ill r- conscience, and you put j. price on every -rood and noble jm j pulse. PLAtTSmuUTII SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Now is 'the tiine to purchase property in Plattsmouth. Ad vancing every day. . ;o: A toy pistol threw the house of lords into a panic the olher d:iy. Then why use less dynamite? :o : A'ew man to Mexiro in the per son of, former (Jnvernor Lind of M innesota. ;o; l'lallsnioulh is still forging ahead on impro ements and con tinues to be the lVsl town in I ! to state for its size. i t-:o : Thei;t:rlii!g!on road is now doing a great business. II is one freight train rigid a tier another ' hese days and nights. :o: Alaska is said lo have Cj.OiH!.- (-(1(1 acres of laud where Ihe grass rows waist, high .in summer. .Make if -alfalfa, with coal de p.si!s below and the boom will beg i ll. :o: This Mexican business is get ting ticklish. I'u I tin re's one consolation: President Wilson is eid,uilly not becoming nervous or excited about it. and isn't a jit:"o. X ;o: .Viler a rain ii California many !ish, some I r inches long, were found sca!le:-e. over a vine yard. Wizard Ihirbailk may rest assnrred thai any combinal i'm of un a! and drink will be thankfully l ei ei ed. Some of the republican papers try lo make tln-ir readers' believe that, ilemocra I ic senators are in a muss over the currrnry and iariii". . Mill. 4 here's uoWiingin if only "Ihe wish is father lo the though! :.:: L. Pla! I snioul h cilizen.-i welcome all newcomers, and those who have come here to make iheir homes in. I he past year an; well satisfied with their investments an 1 pleased wilh Iheir locations and the sociability of our people. ;o: . M r. I "ry a u ita; canceled ipiite a number of i diatdampia engage in. ids in cou-i:;uence of business mrdlers nl Washington. This does md look cry much like the secretary vas neglect ing" his ollicial defies to till 'chaulaippni ngagemenl s. : o :: That preacher wln considers a jungle roslume of beads and .bright smiles more modest than present fashions, should be italic eu!; woman, gentle woman, is edging that way, and may arrh" if the hoi weather lasts long enough. :o: . " Itepresi.pial ie bankers of !i f ly eig h la.rge cities in Iheagri (iillural -regions of tin; soulh. iniildl.'wesl and Paciiic coasl were, iuieil by Seen lary McAd.o lo come lo Washington lo confer wilh I in treasury department re garding the distribution of lhr' sDn.nmumo of government, funds about to be deposiied in Ihe na lional banks of those sections to l'a ilitale the inatkeiing and Mu movement of crops. 'This amount will .be deposited in ihe banks if the situation demands. This is i'u Uiipreeedeiiled step, and a! the same lime a verv vvorthv one.. -:o : Tin Journal would be delighted lo see the ilemoc ia! ic parly unil ed in this stale n":; year. It de pends upon the disposition of Ihe pal ro:iT-re belonging lo Nebraska by those who have if under Iheir coid red at Washington. If Sen alor lliicbcock, Congressmen ".agu ire, I.obeck and Stephens, pu' none but true democrats on guard, in dishing' out the patron aue'in ihis stale, all good and widbut if. on the curi!i'nry, Ihey shirt Id favor those who nr'1 tuiiy tb'moci Ml S W'ilen there is an otliee in sight, irtale of woe may be-Mm; result. ' Ii will be. a bard matter lo get (he democrats in .one solid phalanx if .these gentlemen fail j in their duty. PossiblV, i too, the present situation in JFexico may tend t keep American dollars busy a home. : o : - P-osl niiisl ec Ceueral lhir!r.-oii has formally amiouured thai lnv rr jates are to govern in ihe par cel post. Thanks! :o: Presideni Wilson has acreplei the resiuuatiou' of Amhnssadot Wilson willi ronsUb'iablr relief. X ow . Imar I he ex-ambassailoi blow his head off. II appears thatlhe admin is! ra- li'on and congress arr not doing Miings lo suit sonii of. ihe repub lican papers. I to y ou see anyilM-ng strange, about thai ? :o: , Y u can 'bid your bottom dol lar thai Nebraska will have plenly of corn for home con sumption, mdw il list and ii:g the drouth in "some sections. :o : A seal on the .New York slock exchange sold recenlly for -7,-ocn.- ff'those seals become much cheaper v.e don't know but thai we may be aide (o buy one one self. s:o: 1 Since the sweeping reduction' iv.j express -rales the parcel post, j rales wilt Have 'to rome down a nolrh or Iwo before if can claim Ihe best of the express com panies. :o: Who among riis have been ligtir i pu. a ny how , 4 going, in i he Panama exposition especially to see Kuglaud's exhibit? Ma, he we can w.ri y along wit hop! I "ng !a ml. lot;"l yott Ihink?. . :o : I iov rrnor Shallenbergrr Is about one of (he. best ai I rar ! bui on Ihe rhaulaii'pia rirruil, and there seems fo be a great demand i'.r him. There are n'o liner orators in lheywesl. . :o; .Mrs. I !;. n Thaw .mum's lo Ihe Iron; again. This lime slie has a voluntary petition in bank ruptcy. She owes sii.Sii i for gowns and ir'-', a .''. for jewelry and has assests of '?.!. That ex plains it all. .:o: . The question of a fall feslival is md ;. e(. set t led,-eil lier one way or the oilier, but if we are to have a ny fhing of the. kind il is about lime (ha! we "go to it!" A'ever say quit on Ihe proposition- be cause about a half dozen fellows don't wanl'il. Fliey are md, Ihe Vhol" cheese ,jus yet, r.o mailer how much they may desire to br so considered. :o: ' When the slale normai board commences to cul and slasti the wages of teachei's, it is doing a gross wrong-, not only to the teachers, but "the stale institu tions over which they -preside. TejrhcTs are Ihe poorest paid class of people in Ihe world, ami because the members of the ' - .-t normal board do tunc work with out pay is no excuse, for the board fo nlienipl lo compel the learlic-rs lo do their work for notbing. . -:o : Kveiti s since Saturday morning show quite conclusively that Mr. Wilson is not a president go-in g about w i! h a chip on his shoulder, lie has ndopled, so far as his own ofiice at least, is concerned, a policy oC non-iid ei'venl ion in the ad'airs of .mVxk-o. The Hag isn't chasing the dollar, un.b-r this policy.... An appropriation lo en ait!" endangered Americans to leave thai, country and come back home i favored, but the admin-' i.siral'ou is not ready fo infer veee without a belter ciPi.se than has so far been presnilrd. . :o : Th" hghl agaius free v.oo of the sheep-raising stales has about died oat. The sheep men now say that all ihey want is for Urn government land. In be opened to. grazinu, at reasonable rales. Thai seems fair. - Thomsen, Dentist, Gund BIdg. i - IL is a political axiom that "you cannot corrupt a whole people." And it might be said, with equal truth, that one-half of a people cannot be corrupted. Jut. it is equally, axiomatic in politics that a md inconsiderable percentage in a population are open lo' corrupting, concerning mnlter.s i.;i which neither their interest, It;eir prejudices, or any of the motives or passions or dinarily governing their conduct are appealed to. Sucrf human weaknesses destroyed most of I hi ancient. democracies of which Aristotle writes. :o: .Men shooting nl each other am catling it pad riot ism is not tin worst of il. Tin; worst of it is ihat when great masses- of s.d- xiiers gef together, diseases .break out, and kill more ihan the im plements of war. In Ihe French amiiaigu in Madagascar in ln'Ji fourteen Ihoiisand men were sent lo !ie front. Of -this number weiify-uine were killed in aciion. t:;d seven thousand died from preventable diseases. jjecords vfpl for -00 years show that in ry war four men have !ie( from disease lo everv one killed n lialib-.' In I he Spanish-Ameii- an war, thirteen of our men died rom disease to everv one killed In action. Hut in the Japanese. Russian war nearly three of I In Japanese wen- killed in aciion lo every' one dying of disease. W leiuse ine Japanese CePlllssion o Ibis country, yet in war they arr liie most advanced nation known to history. -:o: Sex hygiene is a .subject thai many public, schools propose jo tackle as a branch study. In the larger ciiies, some of which have already adopted it. and others are thinking slrongiy of doing so. I'.minenl medical men have spoken so emphatically as to declare that the new subject is more vital lo the stu.Ielns and (he cininlry than all the oilier7 studies put together, and who shall say they do not know whal they are ialking about? Kverynne worth consideration commends ell'orls to check Ihe social vice in (he cotinlry. If gil ls- were md ignor ant of 'sex hygiene and ils ailend im! problems, Mir while slavej-'s work of securing" recruits would become twice as dillicull and dangerous as the government now ai tempi s, by law. lo make il. and if Ihe yonlh of the country glean ed their know ledge of (he process of reproduction in a deeeal way. instead of, as frequently happens, from vile associates, there is no doubt in reason that the moral torn- of every community would be improved. :o: We presume there never was a new spaper in any locality I hat gave all ihe local happenings. J is often Ihat someone comes or goes that the roporlers do md see. If happens, (hat the family is missed several times. They gel. Ihe impression that the cdilor dors not can- to mention them. This is a mislak". In most coun try (owns the local work is -t he hardest work 'conuecied wilh a newspaper. A man may lie u good editorial writer, but a Hat failure in the local work, and vice versa, editorial material is obl-nined hv sludy,. by reading newspapers, frequently by using scissors. Per sonals ami local happenings can'l be read aid Hipped from other papers no by ,i jugful. If lakes physical as well as menial exer lion lo get onr-Ct or 8 columns of local news each day in a down the size of Piatt smou! Ii. Most people lake a local paper (, get the local happenings. Don't be afraid lo leil the editor orpporter thai you have friends visiting you. There are lots . of'peopb- who are iu- lerested in your friends. You' owe it as a duly to them to let. your friends knovv of (heir doings. Per haps yo-u Ihink tin; paper shows partiality, but just see if (he paper doesn t treat, you rigid if s o "u -lv" -t-u chance. '. MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 131.?. "PnOFITS' IN OWmrtfG 1.AHD. Students of economic condi tions throughout the country arr claiming that Ihe profit in own ing land in almost any pari of Ihe United Slates is decreasing year ly, unless Ihe land is .being hcbl for speculation purposes only, or is rented l someone else at a rash rj!ilal. The reason for Ihis is hat the prices of land have rapidly increased, while the pro line ion has in no way kept pare wilh the higher valuation. Tii i s increase in laud" nines and decrease in percentage . of profit is working a revolution in the social, as well as I In- economic life of Ihe rural cojnmuiiities. The young man of a gem-ration a;o, who was willing to work and save, could be in a fair way lo owning a farm of his own by the time In readied the age when he might wish to "marry and set lb- down." Today, work and save n.s he may, he will need more Ihan imluslrv and economy lo even he" him a start toward purchas ing a home before he is well along' in the twenties ;i! leasi. The cilje bred editorial wri!"i'- who rave about the "JU i 1 1 io'i a i re farmers" are md stmb-ut s of real condilions in regard to rural -A'callh. The farmers who are re tiring- with a comfortable neslegg- ;t the present lime are, for lie- niosl'part, farmers who have'bei u bb- (o purrha-el and at a b'vv figure a 'general ion back and have become rich on. the incii.tsed valuation, not on the ri h produc tion of their farms. Wages or profits ranm I be iieasured in absirarl lerms of lotlars and cents. Th-'-y nniri be oiisidered in rrlali" lerms of what the dollars ami rents will my In arrive at a true conception f Iheir worlh lo the imlividual. rhe farm hand of today may g- I .'jo a monlh, and be no better o!f ban his predecessor of Iwenly years back who was glad Jo work for .l.j. 'Ih" farmer ma raise live bushels more wheal to the icre and gel .'!( cents more per nishel, and still mil be gelling nearly so much profit on bis land lveslmenl as hi father before mm. s Fconomisls and soeioogjss all igree lh;d tile young man and young woman si.ou.'d be nine to narry a 'a reasonably early a;:.' unl be assurred of Ihe aliilily'lo support themselves an.d a family, f they are willing to worjv. They ilso agree Ihat.. Ihe man who" is industrious and frugal if p. to lb.- ime he is unable to work longer ought, let be aide lo har enough accuiiiulaled to live in comfort the-rest of his natural life. Tim well regulated nation will give hose opporiunilies. Hut ;i Ihe present lime such opporiunilies ire sadly; lacking in our rural command ics, as well as in Hp- ciiies, ami the problem of restor ing such conditions is one which needs solving, and at onc :o: A prominent Iowa republican was in Lincoln the olher dav ami from whal. he says Ihe peopU of fowa an well ph ased wilh Presi- lent Wilson. Hear him: "'c lave no polilics in Iowa. In all ny life f have never seen b-s in terest in pailv lim-s'lhau we Ii.ive n Iowa at present. President Wilson is satisfying the penpb s., veil That (hey don't care losay r do very much except i pq i,jm ia e his own way." - President "jsM1 j,,.,,, f.l(. Mo- cureiicv .bill tlo u... md Setiator Dllie James of Ken tucky is sure tile bit! will I... .. . ........ j.-.. d. Sejialors 'Ilit.ahcock and O'fiorman are (lie oi.dv.democr:. I s tlatly opposed to the inea-ure. :o: Tfie man who drinks ami diives I car. ma.y live to seek another bar "f justice, if tJ,e ollicer.s il I e lllo tlieif- jolts. lo y ou know if the' cemelerv ias reel ived a proper cleaning- up el? "Who wan Is to know?" Whv lb.- ,,,i . . n , , HJ, .IIP' leaders ol the Joni-toil. iof course r 1 ; ' ' r I - ' J'i