THURSDAY, AUGUST 14, 1513. patac 4. PLATTSMOUTH ftSMUWCEKLY JOURNAL. The Plattsmouth Journal Published Semi-Weekly at Plattsmouth, Neb.: K. A." -A. 'A lit-. Ftit:!lli"i Entered at the Postoflice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska as second-class matter 1-SQ PER YEAR IN ADVANCE ' . - THOUGHT FOR TODAY. $ t You may not be able Jo . . I.... i cave vou riiinuen n i-" t Yes, we will have fall amuse ment of some kind. . Tin; farmers of Cass county are feeling beller, I hank you. :o: If ou believe more llian half V inheritance, hul day l.y day v I you iiiav be weaving i-nats for ili.Mii which Uicy will "f- wlml you hear you are pretty .. ...... it nil i.ii.miiv. ? I easy i Cll l Ml .run " ' T. L. Cuyler. The knocker who constantly knocks should not knock when he I gets knockeij. :o: A Chicago pastor says wealth will not down temptation. II wil down temptation to work. No matter how high I he Iher- niometor or. how hot -the winds, the weed crop never' fails. : :o: i " (jet .onto the new water way on. It's a daisy and holds COO Bullous. That ought In do the work. :o: Life in Ihe busy Palkansseems to he just one danged war after another to those who - live buig enough. . :o: ,;-?j;.,t. .j-h-H' vI"H V'K-J Ti.:m i-I.-i ims that his Mexi can caplors used tin- leaves of his bible for cigarette paper. Holy smoke! :o: perhaps' the' Panama Imposi tion will be ;i domesticated affair, l.nf vi w;is I lie job of paving for the canal. . . ;h; Progress was n t noled al any f I lie "progressive1 bull moose birthday parlies. In fact, it was not a subject lo be considered. :o: Many are looking- for Ihe worst in Mexico a war between thai country and Ihe t'uiled Slale The question is are we prepared lor it? -:o: The eliuutau'iuu managers doubtless greatly appreciate tin free adert i.-ing which Mr. liryai. is MM'iirin:-,' for his own engagement,. President Wilson is cool-hcnd- I lie corn crop in some sections Vi ja hjs maneuvers more so or the" Mate is out oT danger of u,ai, mos.1 presidents in the past T I no.-i. ew years. :o :- AH political band-wayuns oughl II seems ridiculous lo be lulk- lo be supplied with emergency iny about Ihe possibilities of an brakes, :o :- Yes, Ihe Tony looked-for rain has come al last, and we should feel rejoiced.- :u: In a New Hampshire town of I. H' inhabitants -.'no have un dergone operations for appendici tis. There's a chance to study loeal color. Marriage may be a failure, but nearly all the women seem lo be from Missouri. :o; Keep a stiff upper lip. The rainmaker is pretty near ready to iel loose yood and plenty. :o: There seems .to be no way lo luaruntine l-he knockers, no mut ter how much they need lo be. :o : President lluerla and ex-'ov oriiiir Lind for it now. May I hey 5 l I. !!.- ('l. iUI. Ill .HI. AH II sible. :o: Seendary l'ryau will lill hi dale al the Weeping' Water chnu- tauqua. this will be pleasing news lo Mr. Uryan's many friends in Ca-s county who will sure be Here. :o:- II a man in a buggy i- in front of an automobile and Ihe laltei wants lo pass, the man ahead i.uisl turn lo Ihe right, giving" the aulo enough room lo pass- Ihe laller turning lo h lell. , This i- the .-tale law and all interested It. id beller lake heed. :o :- A in in down east is said Id have gone ami hanged Inmseli every lime he learned lhal pcope were lime be learned people were find ing fault with him. If we -news paper men would, undertake such a Ihiny as dial we would mighty -on run out oT roie. :o: The women of "Salem, Illlinois. .lave organized to sludy the value f Ihe ballot. One of Ihe most -important rules is: lemagoyuc." :o: There is some consolation in he knowledge Ihat it might be out for smiall .vorse. it lias been hauoeil uov.n from the ayes thai (here's' a place .heie il's holler than lhis. :o : lAcry business house should early frost, hul' some people are actually doiny it. :o: There is sonur trouble in se curiny r'cruits for Ihe army, am peop!' are becoiiiiny more sensi ble in other particulars. :o: Mosl persons beliee . in tin irinciple of yiviny the devil his dues, bu! ilv is a far Keller rule of life nt to owe him anylhiny. :o : The (i o'clock closiuy in Oma- lua 'of Ihe bir deparlmenl si ores on Saturday eeninys, as we as oilier exeuiiiy.sy is workiny all riyht.' Ami why not? :o: The 4,orn crop prosiecls may be a liltle less rosy, but I here is - still enouyh of the yoldeu in siyhl to insure" a c'onlinuance of the heay demand for yasoline. :o:- The expulsou tf (onernor I.ind "Swat the from Mexicro is now declared pos sible. If such a thiny should happen' il would be an insult lo the United Stales, and then "look -:o: I'airopean coiinlries are md cordial lowanl Ihe Panama Fair. .Vol one of I hem would be w illiuy to put o7r. 000, (ion into the -el ready to decorale early ITi- Tslhmiau' canal for the benefit of Jay morniny in honor of t!ie P.o- W(.i,i-S ,.,,mmerce. and it is lemian lournanient; coiriiuenciny ,1(,uliruI if ;U1V t.,,ui,r allord il. n that dale and to continue over L. i rncs of ieal.msv miuiit be .... ' " . uniay. r..mi.! ; iiir.ii. lu.vii ......... ;u; Alter the T. J. Sokol tournu- neul Ibeu eomes (ierman Day AuUuuolule drivers sliould be careful and not exceed Hie speed md Labor Day. After all oms; in passiny Ihmuyh Plalls- nioulh. The city authorities have ordered Ihe arrest, under the slate law of everyone who in Ihe fulure ti i- .i , . ... o'miin r denerai isurlesun paid ijuile a coiupltmeuf lo lion. A. W'i Dockery, I bird a.ssisjanl postmaster general, the other day. In a stale n tlie elii.-f said In- ..... .. .II ..I . . wen j-ieaseu wnii Hie man ner in which Mr. ii, keVv wa. Jie KaH Festival. Oh, I yuess we .vill have plenty of amusements before snow Hit's. , :: A money lendiny shark in .New Jersey "was sentenced to remain ul of Ihe business three years, ind bany went 300 or 'i00 per cent in his financial prospects. A Ai'rniuy lo loan sharks. :: NEPOTISM Ifti STATE OFFICES Governor Morehcad,. dernocra iias inaile the following; public statement, followiny lie an nouucenienl that Henry lleckinan republican commissioner of pub lie lauds and buildings, had ap pointed his daughter' as hi deputy at a salary of s?I,5U0 per annum:. "There can be no doubt as li where . conscientious ollicials would stand in lhis mailer. Those who want, to tlo their full duly by Ihe slale would not think, for a moment of placing" their sons oi daughters in oliice. Some day iere will be a law prohibiting Ihat very Ihiny. ' The last legis lature look one forward step when it enacted Ihe hoaril of con Irol bill and .provided against relalives of (he board member: from holdiny positions in any of the slale inslilul ions under Un onlrol of Ihe board. ".Xepolisiu is 'lindiuy less au less reason for existence as the years go along. II is a relic of Ihe olden days in politics and i m i s I be abolished entirely before Ihat ideal lime will come when Ihe people will Jiave full con fidence in the. stale ollicials. "I bae heard some- stale ollicials complain about Ihe meayer amount of "eoiilhlence iihich many citizens entertain, but this very Ihiny is, among others, responsible for the con dition. When (lie slate' ollicials begin o select Iheir under ollicials from outside Iheir fam ilies I hey w ill have lakeir a long slep towaiU making Ihemselvcs beljler Ihouyhl of, both by I In? people who. elected I hem and by Ihe people whom I hey were elect ed o serye. ".n small "amount of complaint as o Ihe prevailiny condition al Ihe slale house comes from re- Th'c State Juufiivl is out for Church Howe of Auburn' for gov- ernoi but it does not - slate whether on the stand-pal, or hull moose ticket. Wonder if (Ihurch has ever made his peace with Tom Majors? lie should think about thai before lu gels loo far iu'ihe race. :o , The dcYclopmcii I s in Mexico seem lo have played havoc- with Secretary Hryau's chaulaiujua dalijs. At all events he is slickiyg lo Ihe job a I, Washinglon and Ihe dales have been cancelled for Ihe present. Moreover, if nfiy serious harm has been done it is iwd noticeable. l.'nderwood says ihut" "Mulball is a blackmailer and a lia'r." That oiiies from a pretty high source, hit if (here was the. least cause for ('ongressinan I .' nderwood's sarcastic .eniarks il is a wonder Ihat conyressional commillee would b.ave given so mue'ii lime as iiiey have in 111 is investigation business. PRACTI0AL EDUCATION. An investigation, of the reasons wliy girls employed in factories at Worcester, . Mass., left schoo has recently' been conducted by Ihe United Stales bureau" o education with many inlcreslin results. The investigal ion also publicans who feel Ihat. friends of the ollicials' supporlers durin Hit' campaign sliouM be given (losilions ra'her than Ihe idlicers renuives elevaleil o tile places w il iiin I heir " j I t." The view expressed by fSoy ernor .Moreiieaii wiin reiereuce. u ie prospect that "some day I hen will be a law proiubiliny mat very ining, will mee( Willi un hearty npiirovnl of thousands o A'ebraskans. regardless of their r parly affiliations. :o: Slrange enough, some peopl are proud of bav lever. And .am. some men won three in itials seem to think il is an honm ll's up lo ymi o till .your cistern w il It coca cola. :o: There is 'a postoilice ruling .in exchange of kindly ollices and kindly smiles, lie who is unre ponsive arm reiicein, can navi co'iducl iuur the business of his I but few friends.- To make friends department. Whj,. that is (rue. We must be williuy to yive as well ii siini'i ueiao.is ra es . i: i vvel:is receive ----- --. ll.le .llVil COM t in l-i linn A I !ll V .... ' .'I. H'M'ftCiy makes nood in ami Slale Fire (lommissionei position be is ., laced eouurcss.- I Hidyell reporls Ihat duriuy" the i man. governor an.llhiid assistant J month of July fifty-four lires oc postmaster general. curred in Nebraska -exclusive of :o: I Douglas county, and that to per . - . . n , . . . I ovemoi .ioreiit';nl addressed I cent of them were One lo care- Ihe old soldiers :il li turmul I 1s-oies mtiiI bonlil have been disobevs the law. Some of Ihe high-rollers are yoiny -to yet "pinched" if Ihe police 'do their duty. : o: Wheiiicr one. I wo. three or four battleships a year will be one of Ihe biy issues Ihat .will come before conyress al Ihe regular ..... i i... r..: ii.- i.-..: : I ..M,s,,.e i.. ...... j .session. The general board of 1 A I ' II I' I'l lb navy, il is undersl 1, has d If we desire o have friends we eided upon a program calling for four new battleships of Ihe largest type, sixteen "lorpedo boais and destroyers and a larye number of smaller craft. :o: Some newspapers 'that, "keep pounding away" at (Jovernor Morehcad are not hurliny him in the least. They do not seem to be fair in Iheir comments upon his administration and give him credit for nothing. There is one tiling that they should lc fair enouyh to give him praise for. Ami that is that in all his an- J-relay afternoon. The writer was prevented. i ... i I present, aim we were surprised. ' :o:- lhis is the hist 'pporluriity wel A body of promoters, traveliny ev er had of IiearniL' (,i:r '.,iv ernor. I I hi-oii-'b Peimsvlvania in a highlv ..-.t i... 1 i ... i-. i.., . ' I - - Foiiumenis in; uas not seieeieu u, lie lias always iiisi.led that he furnished private car selling ,.ii:.. r :i.- . . . : itiaiiM; mi fiuj ius il 10 11 . opposed to nepotism :o: Ho is was no orator. Y"e know- :i trroal Mown lots in Oklahoma, raised many who' profess lo be orators, over a million dollars from Ihe I l.ol .l.k fw.nt. I . I.. j rrl. Linn '"-i t.f-ui to come ii t tn i I'eimsv iv ail a iarmers. . i iiev um .u-. n. i.. --.v. i - I - - - . -j Illlllji Oil '.III II IS. Ill novernoi .loreneau. .Vnd we sold lots for from R350 to .00 cuss a newsyaper over the 'phone don't want lo hear any ,n0re ex- each. The purchasers paid 50 ruses irom him on this score, down and 10 a month. In-1 Tl-.c old veterans were delighted vesliyaliun showed ..thai the lots with his address and they were were practically worthless' and not slow in telling Iiim so. the promoters- are now in jail. Speaking of bribery, as- the lobby witnesses do, it occurs lo us that the (nice is frequently loo high. which imposes a line of 500 or a year's imprisonment on aayom who through carelessness oi dherwise lakes mail from 1 1 n posioMice not iteionginy io nun and fails lo return it iminediale- y. This applies lo newspapers a. well as ieuers. in say n s-ine rosl master s laim cuis'no ngure under Ihe ruling". -Metier look over your mail before leaving Hi ofiiee. 1 :o: l.ieulenanl (ho ernor McKelv ie is said lo be selling his sails for Ihe next governorship. Which causes the (irand Island Inde pendcul, a reiniblicau .paper, to remark thai "before another cam paign is well under way, how-. ever, there will have lo be a n alignment of republicans if Ihey expect even a lookin. and the big limber al such a realignment i more likely to be selected I ban an Yariy worm of Ihe season previous." - ;o; Senator John M. Tanner is laboring' hard and earnestly for the resloralion of Ihe posVillice at South Omaha, which was merged wilh the Omaha oliice under the Taft, administration over a year ago. Soutu oinaiia is eparale from Omaha, with a population of J5,li(M), and il was an outrage upon the people of Ihe Magic. (h'ty.. It, was a political scheme in Ihe lirst place and one concocted by republicans in Oma ha for a purpose. We hope lo see this wrong rignieu by a democratic administration, and r 1 if Ihe people of SouthOinaha are as enthusiastic for its restora tion as John At. Tanner and his Democrat they will be successful in their efforts. T t H i -?'. What looks more desol.rie than i i o pass a ccmclerv wnere me weeds ami bramble bushes run io over the graves of the depari d ? II would lake only a few iours work by I hose who are lu cres! en o keep Ihe cilv of i lie ead iir a more presentable ap- icarance. (.an il he possible inai ejiarled friends are so soon for- olleu? i llecounil ion is la.-l beemuiuy more and more general that the currency and banking' bill now be I ore . congress is a measure which deserves full support, no! alone by I he democracy, the dom inant parly, but also by the re publicans and progressives, if (hey have a desire l serve (lie country and iml lo merely play partisan polities. A great light in the senate i over the peanul oil. Senator Lodge and Senator Sherman both declare thai peanut oil is a valua ble substitute Tor butler and Ihe poor man's butler sKould nol lie taxed. "Tiie houes't mine work er," says Sherman wjlh tears in his eyes, "buys peanut buller for- ( i rents a pound when dairy bu! ler costs him io cents, and there fore to lax Ih" goober pea or any portion thereof is a diced burden laid upon the shoulders of Hi poor miner.", :o: The eul iiusiasm for good roads js sweeping- the- stale like wild lire. Win-never the people becomi interested il is sure thai some Ihiny will be accomplished. If von cannot, gel the peome in terested, no legislation can d anything Inward the bellermenl of the roads.' One of Ihe reason.- for yood ' roads seiilimeul is, tip advent of Ihe automobile.. II Ihev-never do aiiv thing else only to create a sentiment for Ihe im provement oJ" Ihe roads Ihey havi erved a good purpose. Kvery. both" should favor Ihe good roads proposition. . -:o: seems (o point out somcweak nesses in the present -sysleni of educaliou in- this country, not only inthe factory districts, but aptdicable to Ihe whole country generally. Instead of leariwny Ihat Ihe girls were forced lo quit school to go lo work ii was tounu mat a large percentage of them had quit . because Ihey "did not like school," "could not yet along with the teacher," "wanted lo yo lo work." They dropped out of Ihe educational life and took Iheir places in the vast arm.y of nearly hopeless day workers, go iny from factory to factory wilh no chance of raising lo a much greater hiyhl. This condition we find among the young" folks in every nun. munily. A few, wilh prospects of a college education before I hem, go on eagerly, or at least wiJliuy- ly. i'ul, many oj hers seem lo feel i ii;ii iney are.wasimy lime m President Wilson has leen for tunate indeed in the matter of meeting' his critics thus far. The recent appointment of John Lind. of Minnesota to yo to Mexico as a special agent of the administra tion, is a case in point. Im mediately there followed reporls and charges thai the president had exercised more authority than he should have done, had crealed a new oliice, elc, without consulting' anybody. Hut it js at once shown that tin; president advised with all of the members of the foreign relations committee of the senale, republican and democratic members alike, and acted upon their approval. There is sometimes every reason why there should be political division; there are oflen times when such division is merely nominal. There is. a lime wneii ine neau oi me mil inn ought lit have, the con fidence, sympathy and support of ill parties, and that fiiue is when war or its possibilities threaten. President. Wilson md only has a arge share of this on Ihe purely patriotic basis, but he is also winning a large share of it by his oolheadei.lness. :o: Some peiqde are always agilal iuy lower freight iales. A few which Ihey inighl be "getting a Piaclictl education" in the line of v,'a,s a-" il w:,s ,"w,,r work Ihey like, by goiny to work succeeded ill he political al i al once. So Ihey stop get liny "book learning" and start in 'gel I iny a praelir-al educaliou." There are some schools in Ihe United Stales wilh some of their deparlmenl s well enough recognized Ihat every siudent senl jorin as a graduate can be sun of employment al once. I hit lib vast army of even college gradu ales must yo nur.and make Iheir way in (he world really from I In bottom up. Their educal ion helps I hem somewhat, oJ" course, but a vasl majority of them lind that a great deal of what Ihey studied in school neer comes into actual practice ill Ihe line of business Ihey lake up. This is almost as , ,. ... - ..I. i . .. n:i. producers oi .Nebraska, but in line hi tin; rininu li iiin: or iii-iii school graduate. rates, which they gelling' through demagogues in lln legislature, who feathered their own political in.'sls bv so doing. These fellows are now yelliny lor lower lreiyni rales, and will excite Ihe people lo such an extent thai they hope to land the ollices next year on Ibis issue. It is the issue, not the people, ihey are worKiny ior. l ne clamor for lower freight rales will do Ihe producer tio good, but il will work an injury to the rail roads.- When Ihe demagogue wanls-an oliice and he can work an injury to the ones that made Nebraska, in order to succeed. i whal does he- care? The rail roads have done no harm to Un people find a great deal of fault wilh children because Ihey are al- . . . . . i . ti ii. j,. .1. wavs wi nig o lacKie ine uish thai is loo large for I hem, but lodge the divers chores they miyhl do to advantage. And yet there are a lot of grown-ups who cling fondly lo that childish leu- dency, and don I. do much ot auy- Ihing; because they need tlreir snare li.me to -prepai-e k - for- t he JreafOpporl unity w hich nev er ... . ... . i . . . . i i . irrives. uiiiiuren are imumuTi: , r 1. 1 I m many ways, aim ireunenri oui- jruw this tendency, and become bulwarks in the commuiiily, hul the man who hesitates to d and do well the liltle labors at hand sn't likely lo be the one selected when bigger business needs a booster. ' Anyhow, the liltle work las to be done, ami I hose w ho do it are entitled to 'considerable credit, even if destined to bloom unseen and waste their sweet ness on the arid atmosphere. So we are led lo believe that (he reform we need in our svslem of education is a reform in Ihe direction of making' il practical. Find on I when (he. boy or girl enlers the school what Ihey want lo do in al'ler life and what they are eager lo acquire knowledge about, and then, so far as pos sible, give llieui a chance to learn in lha! direction. If this can bo done the desire To "quit school and gel lo work" will be combat- led, we believe, in' Ihe best and only sensible way. Let us hope such an idea may soon be given ii trial in the educational world. slead. have doubled I be value of Iheir farms, and now are labor ing nigh' and day lo carry oil" Ihe ense wheat crops raised on these farms to Ihe market s Ihat the farmer may get,re(urns from I hem as soon, as possible. The facts are, the railroads are friends Lu Ihe farmer, and while Ihe demagog ne is bow ling for lower i freight rales, it is he who will reap Ihe benefits a I, the expense. of the farmers.- The farmers and Ihe railroads are gelliny along nicely, and Ihey should be willing lo "let well enough alone." :o: Vns anti-carl oou law is pro posed by a Colorado congressman. II is possible that the cartoonists In Iowa Ihey are considering have been holding' loo many mir- Ihe mailer of culling out Iheir I mrs up to nature. couuly poor farms and conceu- ;n: traliny Hie i'nuiales in one or two Cun suffered an estimaled loss inslilules. lu Oerniany Ihey have of "joo.ooo bushels in Julv. The no pom- bouses, insieaii oi iiiaiM,,ng-range weather prophets icy have slale pensions. The in- predict a dry August and Sepiem- (iigenl poor are wards-if Ihe un- her, which would mean a sliil :o: The. Kansas is d isl rilm ! - lion and insleyd of their poverty further reduction. being a disgrace, if is a badge of Hoard of Agifeullur nobility. The fain i ly are -pr'-nyl of iny .'.j,(Ko pamphlets lellir,. Iheir old people, who (bus draw farmers how lo build temporary I . a pension as a reward for having pit silos and save all Ihe forage lived an actrve. laborious and Possible for winter .feeding-. Th l.i. ...ii , . . . .i ... i.i .. .. honest lib'. There are a good ''"- """' i". ..,..,, M.!...vil.i..!r,u-..w..nl.l !e;,.n f.ni.i great impulsre In permanent silo (tennany if we were nol loo. stupid and loo vain lo learn from people who 'have had a thousand years experience along uiese lines aim buildiu; -:o:- Wben ;i girl lands her man and els her wedding day, nothing on who ha,ve arrived at Ihe res nils cailh can side I rack her. Itcceid- Mi, (hat (iroduce bejielit to Ihe com- miinilv al large. YVe have simply I siile, L. f., sluin'dly coined- the. old Fnglish wedding idea wil bout endeavoring' to im prove it, , '.)'. Mulball has had lo lell his .lory so often he finally begins lo relieve jt, even if be didn't when selling it. to Ihe highest bidder. , -:o: Some people think it necessary o sloop io uiriy. mean., unuer- Piiiing srliemes Hi order lo suc ceed, when honesty and truth is always the shortest cut. Fiiith Madsen of Ocean- slarted for her own She- stalled in Ihe sl reel car. The ear was vvreckud. The bride-elect was burl and put in an ambulance. Was she haul ed 10 a hospital? .o. She was carried lo Ihe church. Met Ihe brub'groom. . Married him, and then hunted up a dodo- and had her wounds dressed. :o: -. Vlnni prices were hiked again vesterday. Is the l.' in tol.i rep'iii.-iJd" for the drouth? V t I i i i I ,v -.-. V '-.-,- ri.r-: .-:r; A' f - Ji, . -4.Jl.-'-'..- itdfc-J