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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1913
The Plattsmouth Journal
Published Semi-Weekly
W. A. HA.TICSS,
! Entered at the Postoffice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska as second-cla33 matter
- St. 50 PER YEAR
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2- THOUGHT FOR TODAY. 4.
i The souse of humor is I tio
J- oil f life's engine. W illi-
J out. it the machinery creaks
i- ami frroans. No lol is so $
had, mi aspect of things so
J fri rti. hut it relaxes he fore
J- a hearty laugh. (1. S.
Mirriam. 4
-:o:
If Huerta isn't careful he is
point' to get hurta.
:o:
The farmer with half a corn
crop at double prices is likely to
be aLle to worry along.
-:o:
We are not forgetting that big
wheat yield. It was sufficient in
itself to put us all across.
:o:
Aiiansas has had four governors-
ihis year. It is all some
stalls can do to worry along with
one.
:o:
xWIl, we can get along with
out a fall festival, as long as we
are to hae two big German days
0-kt"r 17 and 18.
:o:
Ti; man who fails to cut up his
corn and take care of the fodder
will be the loser of several nice,
juicy steaks next spring..
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Th season is open for geese,
duck, grouse and prairie chick
ens. But where are the geese,
duets, grouse, etc?
r- :o.
If eongress remains in ses
sion until Thanksgiving day
President Wilson should he re
quired to provide the turkey.
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Th- American peope do not
wan; war with Mexico, and they
are ..onimending President Wil
son for his policy of neutrality.
:o:
If this dry spell keeps up much
long' r the farmers of Cass county
will nave to haul water for their
stock. The Missouri still has
plenty.
:o:
Governor Morehead was bitten
by a rabid dog down in Richard
son ounty the other day. Hut
nothing very serious resulted, we
are pleased to learn.
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The firs! big benefit of the
strained relations falls to Mexico.
She is going to slop playing our
ragtime music. Now, wouldn't
that -ork you?
:o:
The people in general are very
lired of this long, dry hot spell.
Hut according to weather reports
they will have to grin and bear it
for a few days longor.
:o;
Life is made up of what people
do, not what is said of them.
"Honor and fame from no condi
tion rise, act well your part
there all honor lies."
:o:
What a sickening automobile
fatality record is going to stare
the American people in the face
when the 1913 statistics are coin.
pleted! It will astound the en
tire world.
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All parties are willing to con
cede that President Wilson is
made up of the right kind of ma
terial. He proposes to do his
best for the people of the coun
try. :o:
Hon. George W. Berge has
many warm friends throughout
the state who want him to run
for governor next year. Mr.
Berge was always strong with
the people of Nebraska.
at Plattsmouth, Neb.
PnbllHer
IN ADVANCE -
What fools these mortals be!
A man in Pittsburg wants a di
vorce ' because his wife has been
silent for ten years. Some men
don't know when they are well off.
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You can't get the people to go
to Garfield park lo any great ex
tent. This has been fully dem
onstrated at the band concerts.
IoubIe the number go to the High
school grounds that go to the
pa rk.
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Mr. Hryan is filling some of his
dates (n the chautauqua circuit,
but we don't hear very much
howling over the fact. Maybe
they can see where they made
fools of themselves, and thought
it best to draw in their horns.
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A wail goes up by some people
outside the state about the drouth
in Nebraska. They had better
come and get a got id square meal
ami note that the grand slate is
better off than two-thirds of the
state? in the union.
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The complaint among some
Nebraska farmers over a reduced
larifT on Canada wheat, as pro
posed under the reciprocity act,
has disappeared entirelv. even
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though there is under the pro-j
posed Wilson-Underwood tariff
hill a still greater reduction on
farm products.
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Mrs. Parkhurst has wisely de
cided to take a vacation tf ninety
days for rest and recuperation,
ami also to give parliament an
opportunity to catch its breath.
This is good for the old lady, but
parliament will feel better if she
continues her vacation through
the winter.
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II is reported that Mrs. Wil
liam R. Hearst is the owner of
large and valuable mining prop
erties in Old Mexico. The Hearst
papers in this country favor war
with Mexico. There is a reason.
Every American who has mining
or railroad interests in Mexico
are in favor of war. There's
where the shoe pinches.
You are glad that school ha
commenced, because it gets the
children out of your way at home.
Is that the only'feason you are
glad? If it is. then you do not
have a proper conception of the
future of your children. You
should be glad that your children
have an opportunity to secure an
education that will make them
better men and women.
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The bankers demand one re
serve bank and lower reserves.
Well, that isn't any more than
what we expected they would
want, and besides they want to
issue all the treasury certificates
themselves. If congress ever ac
cedes to all these demands there
will be a lot of stay-at-homes af
ter the election next year. Mark
that!
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Authorities in the drug busi
ness estimate the number of
soda fountains in the United
States at not less than 75,000,
and they are said to represent an
investment of $50,000,000. The
annual receipts of these supplies
of soft drinks may total $500,
000,000. :o:
Some smart people are predict
ing 1 corn before the robin's
nest again. Does that mean 10
cent hog9? If it does then there
will be a whole lot of people who
can't afford meat. We're going
to buy a bacon rind so we can
smell and lick it occasionally and
not forget the great American
hog.
Many in Washington believe
that war with Mexico is inevitable.
Hut the most of these have inter
ests and don't care how many are
killetl to save these interests.
Will any of them assist in the
lighting? Not on your life!
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You can always afford to tell
the truth because it is right. You
may sometimes make an enemy
by doing it, but you will gain
friends in the end. We'd rather
have the good will of one man for
telling the truth than to have the
professed friendship of a dozen
men through subterfuge and de
ceit. :o:
Some people are like som
newspapers aways knocking to
attract attention. Not to notice
them hurts them infinitely worse
than to dignify them with
recognition. They remind us of
the ostrich. When it is pursued
and closely pressed it will hide
its head in the sand to avoid de
tection, foi getting that the big
gest part of it is visible.
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So far the recall clause in the
commission form of government
has proved a failure in many cit
ies that have adopted it. It soun
ded plausible at first even allur
ing. The citizens would be boss
and should be! If a mayor did
not meet the popular will it ap
peared to be only just and right
thai he should be subject to dis
missal. And ct its operation so
far cannot be said to be success,
ful. The system is open to spile
work 011 the part of those who
become vexed at the official for
some cause or another. The com
mission form of government bills
fair to be short lived.
While the republicans of
Nebraska are looking around for
a candidate for governor they
should cast their optics in the di
rection of Cage ciuut ami hunt
up Hon. han. Killan. Here is a
gentleman ami scholar who is
loved by all who know him. lie
is honest and conscientious, and
while a member of the legisla
ture he made himself very popu
lar by his genuine fairness in ev
erythinir. Dan Killan is a self
made man. ami worked his way
through the state university
ami finally arose to prominence
as one of the leaders of his par
ty in the state.
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It is rumored that Hon. John
A. Maguire will not be a candid
ate for re-election to congress.
The Journal does not speak ad
visedly on the matter, but we do
not believe there is any founda
tion for the rumor. Certainly
Mr. Mauuire has done his duty
and the people of the First con
gressional district are well
pleased with his services. It may
be that Mr. Maguire is tired of
serving the people in congress,
but no 1 any means are the
people tired of him. His election
for three terms in succession
would certainly denote that he is
"the right man in the right
place."
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Many a soldier who bravely
stood at his post during our civ
il war is covered with badges.
We would not take one from him,
he meri'is them; but many an
"ordinary" woman has stood at
her post of duty for thirty years,
or even half a century, fighting
with sickness, poverty and dis
couragement and with true Spar
tan courage kept the wolf from
the door and saved the lives of
a large family of children. The
man who saves one life receives
a prize for bravery, his picture
appears in the metropolitan pa
pers, and he wears a medal which
says to the world that he was
brave. And he was. But the wo
man who has saved the lives of
many is given no badge, and sel
dom a word of commendation.
These "ordinary" women may
not receive a Carnegie badge
for bravery, but "He who marks
the sparrow's fall" will certainly
reserve a jeweled crown for Ihem
in heaven.
In speaking of the Maine's spe
cial congressional election the
Slate Journal savs: "11 would
he an anti-democratic landslide
if the democratic candidate fail
ed to win with this divided oppo
sition. The old lime normal re
publican majority in the district
was :j,50u." After saying the re
publican majority was normally
y.Gnn. ami that the latter carried
the district by TOO majority, a
democratic candidate is expected.
This is surely consistency with a
big C. m the part of the State
Journal.
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THE ART OF VENEERING.
Many things are done well that
are not worth doing. It don't pay
to he a hyprocriie, yet a lot of
people spend a lifetime trying to
convince their friends ami neigh
bors that they are something dif
ferent from what they really are.
Veneering is an art that is very
generally practiced, ami so pro
ficient do people become that it
is difficult for one to distinguish
between the genuine -and the
spurius. A mahogany table may
have grown upon a pine stump in
North Carolina, and but for its
veneer it would be doing service
as a barnyard gate or standing
guard over the winter's supply of
coal. The veneer fools the folks
who buy and they pay mahogany
prices for an armful of southern
pine. II looks good to mother
ami t I he whole family, hut w hen
it is subjected to everyday wear
ami tear it sheds its coat of
veneer ami reveals il southern
ancestry. It is the inside that
tells tio- (rue story. It i the
works that fix the alue of the
watch, not the polished face and
gilded hands that tell onh the
ime of ilay. Only for appearance
sake, it matters not whether the
outside i of iron . or gold, or
whether polished or in the
rou'-'h. ftut it millers a whole
lot about the material ami skill
that have been nci on the in
side. The Veneer appeals In one's
pride am vanity, and pride and
vanity demand that the outside
be well done, however eheap may
be the inside. Itenee there are
many things done well that are
not worth the doing', and many
thing's that are worth doing that
are never done at all. The out
side is made to shine while the
inside is allowed to rus. Take
off the veneer ami there would
nothing remain except the kindly
and worthless pine. The best
dressed man in town may not
have taken a bath for more than
a month. You can't always tell
about these things. You can only
see the veneer. The X-ray skirt
may cover some mighty crooked
shin bones. You can't always
tell Mm are sometimes left to
guess the rest. Dress is used
largely for veneering purposes
to put a mahogany finish on a
cheap pine hotly. Men and wom
en like to pretend to be what they
really ought to be. They spend
their time and "money and their
best efforts in putting on the
veneer in polishing the surface
that the world is allowed to see.
And this is one of the devil's best
tricks. The smile that meets you
on the street may only be the
veneer that conceals a pair of
hoofs and horns. And this smile
may have another side it may
be turned to hateful frowns and
angry scowls for folks at home.
You can't always tell which the
veneer and which the solid oak
which is the sham and which is
the smile that never conies off. It
takes the wear and tear of home
life to bring out the real stuff
that is in a man or woman. The
veneer is never worn behind
closed doors. Home folks know
whether you are made of pine
knots or whether you are clear
mahogany through and through.
It were better for you to shape
and polish the real stuff that is
in you, than to attempt to live a
lie, to veneer your faults and
weaknesses and imagine that the
world will not find out. Make the
best of what you have and let it
go at that.
The baseball season is about
over, ami then conies foot ball.
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There seemed lo be plenty of
room tin the state fair grounds
this year.
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The I arid" will come to a focus
some time this week. Then we
will know about it.
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Relafies cannot hold jobs in
state institutions. Those who
are in must gel out.
:o:
It is good to see Omaha and
Lincoln dwell together in
harmony even for a short time
only.
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The coal trust is preparing
now to get in its work generally
as the cool winter months ap
pear. :o:
Io not forget the Nehavvka pic
nic t'riday, September 19. Let's
semi down a big delegation from
Plattsmouth.
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Leslie M. Shaw, after getting all
the honors tie could in fowa has
located in Philadelphia. Iowa 'is
too small for him.
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Never go on a note for the fel
low who's always fretting about
the tariff question, unless you
actually mean to pay it for him
when it is due.
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U- kind to your neighbor lend
him your paper every day; you
may n'-etl his name on your note,
some day. to make it worth any
thing at the bank.
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Judtre J. S. McCarty of Auburn
is the latest candidate for gov
ernor on the democratic ticket
John McCarty js a lawyer, living
in Auburn, and is a mighty good
man.
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The governors, in session at
Colorado Springs recently, an
nounced their convictions that
smaller legislatures are desirable.
Amonjr 1 1,-people there is an im
pression, more or less defined,
that a smaller amount of legisla
tion is ( be preferreil.
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Six young women of Salem, O.,
raised oln.ono for a hospital by
publicly selling kisses at $1 each.
A ma ivied woman,, seeking to aid
the project, sold hand-shakes at
25 cents each. We take it that
the young women needed a hospi
tal when they raised the money
for one.
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Reports from Lincoln would
indicate ttiat the capital city is
inflicted with a bum police force.
It is claimed while some people
are allowed t do as they please,
1 others are arrested ami abused
for the least offense. This should
be remedied, but the people com
plain that the present city ad
ministration have henchmen on
the police force, whom it dare not
discharge. A fine way of doing
business !
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Eleven hundred pupils of the
Plattsmouth public schools begin
their year's work next Monday
morning under pleasant auspices,
save for oppressive weather con
ditions. We are proud of our
public schools, their teachers and
management. There is no sub
ject which comes nearer to the
heart of the public than its
schools. The school teacher
bears a more intimate and re
sponsible relationship to the
child than the physician or min
ister of the church. The grow
ing mind is stimulated and in
spired or stunted and ruined by
the teacher. Legislation, civic
reform, votes for women,
eugenics, and the purification of
public morals are all subjects of
minor importance compared with
education in the public schools.
Our teachers are entitled to the
close co-operation of parents and
public, civic organizations and
the press. A city is criticized for
its policies in other matters; it is
tried and convicted on malad
ministration of its public schools.
When the weather is sizzling
and simmering- and the deil
seems to be blowing his breath m
your face, pity the idle; pity lho-e
who have nothing to do but thin:,
of the heat.
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Men who hae spent a hot sum
mer sighing for the backbone of
winter, probably will devote tie
long winter evenings to kicking
about the coal bill. It seems .i
hard to satisfv evervbotlv.
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Mr. Br.van, in a speech at Maine
the other day, extolled President
Wilson as the best prepared man
who has ever entered the White
House. Ami the people of these
United Stales agree with him.
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Last month was the hottest
August except in 181 and 1900.
The mean temperature last
month was IKf. and August in the
two years named was one degree
warmer. In weather "unprece
dented" is a big word.
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For purposes of taxation th-?
incomes have been divided into
amounts ranging from 5.0no to
S 100.000. There will be a great
struggle on the part of the high
er to get into the lower class jfica
f ion.
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There's a nice little sfirl in
this community who needs some
real good friendly advice;, and
should that fail to affect hrr she
should be locked up in the care of
her mother every night, after 7
o'clock, until she is made to ee.
the point.
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The English press declares
Liud's mission to have been a
failure. This is no new thing
coming from that source, as they
have been in the habit of making
such remarks ever since the earlv
pioneers cleaned them out of this
country. Lind has put the pro
position up to them squarely and
retired. Now let them make the
best of if, and "damned be he who
crosses t lie water with any
ulterior motives."
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President Huerta is in a box.
He can't hold on and he can'l let
go. All stories about his trying
to bluff the United States proe
to be false. John Lind as com
missioner is trying to straighten
out matters with him. butjust
how this is to be done remains to
be seen. It is no joke to, bv- pres
ident of the Mexican republic in
this day and age, but the- policy of
this country ought to be plain,
that is to let the two. contending
parties fight it out between them.
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The Mason, Iowa. Journal, in
discussing- the cigarette, says;
The cigarette smoking boy is
dull, listless, legarthic, lazy, im
pudent and careless. He is invar
iably untruthful, dishonest and
untrustworthy. He is a lout and
an undesirable. It is impossible
to break him of the habit by
coaxing, threats, bribes or kind
ness. He is a slave to it and it
ruins him. If you don't believe
this, just ask us about it and we'll
produce the proof.
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The governor of Minnesota has
issued a proclamation setting
aside a whole week as seed corn
week. Ihiring that week he ad
vises every farmer to drop all
other work and devote his time
and that of his hired men to the
selection of seed for next year's
corn crop. Having selected it ac
cording to the directions piven
him by the experts of the College
of Agriculture, the farmer is then
to cure and store it according to
further directions, to prevent de
terioration during the winter and
loss of vitality. What Gov. Ma
jor undertook to do for the roads
of Missouri by setting asid?
special days for work upon them,
the governor of Minnesota is try
ing to do for the corn crop.
Which will accomplish the most
actual cash good for the farmers
is a question, though the corn
seed proposition the more readily
lends itself to figures.
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