THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2S, 1913.
PAQE 4.
PLATTSWIOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY "JOURWAL.
The Plattsmouth Journal
Published Semi-Weekly
R. A. BATES, Publish.
Entered at the Postoffice at Plattsmouth, Nebraska as second-class matter
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f THOUQHT FOR TODAY.
J Read Ihc philosophers,
fr and learn how to make life 4
2- happv: seeking useful pre-
J. ccpts and brave and noble
4. words which may become
-5 deeds. Seneca.
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Some of the republican papers
are still harping on the result of
the congressional elect ion in
Maine. If they can pel any con
solation out of a district that
polled more deino.iijc votes in
the special election than was
polled for Wilson last fall, they
are certainly easily consoled.
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The parcel post system is of
great convenience to the public.
It fills a long felt want that ex
press companies could not or
would not meet. As an adjunct
to the rural free delivery alone,
it is of inexpressible benefit.
That the usefulness or the sys
tem will be increased, there is
not the shadow of a doubt.
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There is considerable com
plaint regarding the telephone
service in this city. We don't
know whose fault it is. The ser
vice is not nearly so good as was
under the administration of
the Plattsmouth Telephone com
pany. People have a right to
kick if they fail to get first-class
service since the rate has been
raised.
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The most useful, the most re
liable and the most profitable of
all domestic things are the cow
and the hen, whose products are
always saleable and always use
able by the family. You show us
a man who lakes good care of a
dairy or one who gives his poul
try intelligent care, and we will
show you a man who runs no
store bill and keeps square with
the world.
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The Plaltsmoulh people
should not forget those outside
the county seat who have favored
us on various occasions. The
way to favor these people is to
remember the golden rule: "Do
unlo others as you would have
others do unlo you." IJy thus
doing we can retain the friend
ship of those who have befriend
ed us in the past.
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IJishop McDowell fold the Il
linois Methodist ministers in
conference that he did not think
it necessary to get outside help
to stir the town religiously. He
insisted that the ancient passions
for souls will do the work in the
modern stream of life. He asked
the ministers if they were doing
the work for which they were cal
led, and that did not mean going
about the parish peddling humili
ty and drinking tea and gossiping
with the sisters. Here is a sens
ible bishop.
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The following sensible and
timely article is taken from the
Lincoln Herald: "The practice
of eh'arivaring is a species of
rowdyism that should be con
detuned and denounced by all
good citizens everywhere. Scarce
ly ever is one of these hoodlum
events pulled off but someone is
injured, a light occurs and the
public peace disturbed. The
fatal shooting of a good wife and
mother in southwest Lincoln
Monday night ought to be the
means of putting an end to this
rowdyism. It calls for the pas
sage of a law making charivaring
a misdemeanor, if not a felony.'
at Plattsmouth, Neb.:
There is loo much talk about
road building, and not enough of
it done. Remember as you pass
down the pathway of Time that
"Actions speak louder than
words" every day in the week.
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The federal government is go
ing into the magazine publishing
business and will issue a month
ly magazine for the benefit of the
farmers, the first issue to be out
this monlh. People who want to
lick the editor will have to go to
Washington to try it.
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Cattle, hogs and slieep are be
coming scarcer in Germany, and
the meat problem more acute.
In the last quarter of this year
7,000 fewer oxen were slaughter
ed than in 1912, iO.OOO fewer
cows,. 11,000 fewer calves of more
than three months, 100,000 fewer
or less than three months, nearly
700,000 fewer pigs and 0,000
fewer sheep. On the other hand,
horses slaughtered for food in
creased from 13,586 to 48,280,
dogs from 2,411 to 2,517, and
goats from 111,081 to 131,110.
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Illinois is at present 4aking
the lead in experiments with the
new methods of handling crimin
als and denizens of the under
world. The Dixon forty-five
honor prisoners from the peni
tentiary at Juliet, unguarded, are
building a road, 'and their only
taciturn exhibition thus far has
been their aversion to being
photographed and looked at by
the curious a natural and justi
fiable sentiment. The Dixon test
is. liable to bring more lasting
and permanent results. Recogni
tion of manhood,' whether outside
or inside of the prison, is bound
to bring recompense.
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GREAT VILLAIN NOT A PRIEST.
An inspection of the Catholic
directory of churches and priests
in this country, published an
nually about January 1 of each
year, shows that no such man as
Rev- Hans Schmidt had a charge
in St. Joseph's church, New York,
as published in the newspapers
of the country following the
atrocious exposure in connection
with a man claiming to be Rev.
Hans Schmidt. The absence of
such a name in the Catholic di
rectory indicates beyond all cavil
or doubt that Schmidt is an im-
poster, and if he was serving as
an assistant he was doing so
under forged credentials or the
stolen credentials of a dead
priest. Under the circum
stances therefore, together with
the statement of Bishop Farley
that he did not have such a man
serving in' his diocese, it should
be accepted as true that the im
post er is not a priest, and the
Catholic church consequently
will escape the odium of having
uch a man listed among its
honored ministers. The Catholic
world is shocked by the revela
tions in New York showing the
hypocrisy of an alleged priest
How the fiend ever entered the
ministry or obtained a place as
a Driest is a surprise, as the
credentials of such a person in
the Catholic church are subject
ed to close scruting. Hans
Schmidt, if guilty of the offense
charged to him. is the most
atrocious man of the cloth with
in the recollection of the oldest
living person. It is so rare that
a Catholic priest falls from grace
and so remarkable that such
crimes are committed as charged
In Schmidt, that the world is
agitated and dumbfounded and
caused to wonder what will be
the next form of depravity to be-
come public.
Criticizing the democratic ad
ministration unfavorably seems
to be a pastime with some repub
lican papers. Such papers never
have the respect or confidence o
the public.
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After permitting the corn crop
to be badly injured by drouth
President Wilson sent rain last
week nad cooled the atmosphere
delightfully. Why didn't he do
it sooner?
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The United States bureau of
chemistry says frozen eggs are
a good, safe food, provided the
eggs were fresh when frozen.
Any old woman could have told
us the same thing without a. big
salary attached.
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Some republicans have lost
faith in prayer. Lver since
Wood row Wilson became presi
dent they have .prayed loud and
long for a financial panic, but it
refuses to come. The mule
speaks something about the
prayers of the wicked.
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The suffragists of this coun
try could have made many new
i-iends to their cause if they hail
informed Mrs. Pankhurst in ad
vance that they could "paddle
their own canoe" in the United
States without her assistance.
The people of this country will
stand no such monkey business
as has been inaugurated in Eng-
and.
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ALL SUBJECT TO MISTAKES.
We have noticed a number of
squibs in our exchanges regard
ing mistakes. These items lead
us to believe that other duffers
besides editors are subject to
the malady. The editor's mis
takes stand out more conspic
uously than most other profes
sional men's because every issue
of his paper is an open letter to
the public. A fellow may happen
along and inform his neighbor
that there is a new set of twins
at Hick's place, and later it de
velops that the twins were a boy
no one pays any attention to the
originator of the false rumor.
Hut should it appear in the paper
as originally reported the father
will in all probability be down
and exchange bullet courtesies
with the editor. Again when the
village belle chances to get tied
up to some worthless cuss, whose
nly qualifications are that he
can chew tobacco and relate sug
gestive stories, the whole town
may with impunity review the
ast history of the two. But if
the editor happens to spell the
groom's name with an "o" in
stead of an "a" and overlook to
record the fact that the bride is
member in good standing of
the Ladies' Aid society they both
would be insulted and mercilessly
fiay the editor and his gimlet.
"What is strange about the mis
takes of the newspaper men is
the fact that no matter how many
errors he makes in lying about
another man's qualities be never
lays himself liable to be punc
tured with a thirty-two or lynch
ed. Indeed, it is a funny old
world. Everybody makes mis
takes. The only ones who never
make them are slumbering in the
cemeteries and it is not unlike
ly that some of them are there
because the doctors also make
mistakes. A man often makes a
mistake in marrying when he
should have taken a post grad
uate course in how to support
himself. A fine woman often is
inferior when she wants to throw
herself away on some fool who
can sing coon songs like Caruso,
but couldn't make a noise like a
loaf of bread to save his life.
A' boy makes a mistake when he
thinks lie knows more than the
entire staff of teachers. Tho
world is plumb full of mistakes
and mistake makers. If the
newspaper man should take the
pains to record them all he
would make the mistake of his
life and die on the bed of the
press with his shirt sleeves roll
ed up and his boots on.
Wait until the country has had
ample time to - get acquainted
with the new tariff, and those
who have been condemning its
adoption will be willing to ac
knowledge that this common peo
pie will reap the benefit of a re
formed tariff.
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The Beemer Times strikes
key note in the following, and
speaks the truth in doing so
"Billy Sunday has just received
$10,000 for saving souls at South
Bend, Ind. This same amount of
money put where it ought to be
put 'would have accomplished
more good. But the people who
scream with horror when he
asked to give a dollar to the lo
cal minister the man who faith
fully baptizes the babies, marries
the sons and daughters and
buries the beloved dead will be
come so enamored of Billy Sun
day's abuse they will gladly part
with their last cent to fill his al
ready sluITed purse. The local
ministers in most all towns are
underpaid and some of them
lave a hard time getting what is
coming to them, litis is a lun-
ny old world and the traveling
evangelist gels the coin." There
not a particle of religion in
such men as Billy Sunday, and
whv communities are so willing
o invest big money in such gad
abouts, U the detriment of min
sters of their own communities,
we are unable to perceive.
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THIS APPLIES TO ALL TOWNS.
R. V. Sparks, agent of the Bur-,
ington, recently wrote a letter to
his home newspaper. This letter
is of such importance and covers
a subject that has been so wide-
y discussed here that it publica-
tion surely can do no harm, so
here it is: ' I
Every day averages li persons
killed in the United States while
trespassing on the railroads. Not
passengers, not employes, not
people on public crossings, but
trespassers persons who have
no right whatever to be on the
railroad right-of-way. These
fatal accidents are scattered so
far and wide that little thought is
given to it by most people. Two
or three of the trespassers killed
daily are minors, under 1 1 years
of age two or three little chil
den killed every day think of
it! Raflroad stations, trains and
yards seem to have a great at
traction for children and young
folks, where there is always great
danger of some accident befall
ing them. A great many parents
do not seem to think of this and
let their children go to the rail
road yards to play, and to the
station when the train comes in,
and become incensed when the
employes try to keep them from
doing this.
There are quite a number of
children in Fairmont who do this
and who are warned to keep away
and not play around the yards
or station. This article is writ
ten as an appeal to parents and
others interested, to co-operate
with the railroad company and
its employes to prevent such ac
cident. It is only for the saiety
of vour own children that we ask
this co-operation and we feel
sure that your interest in your
own children will lead you to do
all in your power to prevent ac
cidents. Quite recently I heard that on
the railroad a little boy 10 years
old had his leg crushed, neces
sitating amputation above the
knee, and this happened because
he was trying to jump onto mov
ing freight cars. Still more re
cent is the case of a 12-yearold
boy who was' riding on the bump
ers of a car and had his foot
mashed ofT. He was not trying
to beat his way, but was a town
boy amusing himself by playing
around the cars. Last winter a
little girl picking up coal in one
of our freight yards, was run
down and fatally injured. And I
could cite other similar tragedies.
In many a town and village there
is some little fellow hopping
around on one leg, or doing the
best he can with one arm, crip
pled for life because he played
around tracks and cars. And in
many a cemetery are little graves
to commemorate the thoughtful-
nes5 of those who should hav
kept their children from the
danger of railroad tresspassing.
Surely, we in Fairmont, do not
want any such fearful accident
to happen here to one of our own
people or children, and we will
not need any such object lesson
if we all. do our part.
Local News
From Tuesday's Dai:y.
Frank Wheeler of Nebraska
City came up last evening to
make a short visit here witli
friends for a few days.
A. R. Thompson and wife of
Brush, Colorado, arrived last
evening an No. 2 for a short visit
here with Joseph Thompson and
family.
Frank P. Sheldon of Nehawka
was in the city yesterday for a
few hours looking after some
business matters at tin; court
house.
Mrs. John Hirz returned last
evening on No. 2 from Salt Lake
City, where she had been visiting
at the J. Y- Egenberger home in
that city.
Mrs. W. W. Glenn of Wymore,
Neb., who Ints been the guest of
Mrs. E. C. Hill and family for a
short time, departed this morn
ing for her home.
Thomas Ruby, wife and little
son motored up this morning
from their home nar Mynard to
attend to some business matters
for a few hours.
Mrs. T. J. Hennessy of Missouri
Yalley, Iowa, who has been here
visiting with her brother, N. 1.
Shullz and family, departed for
icihome this afternoon.
Ray Travis of the United States
ank of Omaha came down (his
afternoon on No. 25, being called
lere by the serious illn-ss of his
father, Judge Harvey D. Travis.
Mrs. Joseph Altman and little
on returned this morning on
No. 15 from Chicago, where they
have been .visiting- .for a few
weeks with relatives and friends.
Mrs. David Hawksworlh re
turned home last evening ironi
.ineoln, where she had been visit
ing for a short time at the home
of her son, Fred Hawksworlh and
family.
Roy Thompson arrived this
morning on No. 0 from Broken
Bow, Neb., and he will make a
visit here for a short time with
lis parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Thompson.
Albert J. Schnelzky and wife of
Stanton. Neb., arrived last even
ing on No- 2 and will visit at the
home of their daughter, Mrs. Ira
Bates, south of this city, for a
hort time.
Dr. and Mrs- Frank Bwrgess of
Cedar Rapids, Neb., and Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Thegeson of Nebraska
City were over Sunday visitors in
this city, being guests at the A.
W. While home.
Mrs. I. F. Bates, who has been
spending tne lasi ie mourn m
Idaho on an extended visit with
relatives and friends, returned
home last .evening, feeling much
improved in health.
fieorge P. Foreman, one of the
prominent citizens 01
the citv today for a short time,
and while here called at the Jour
nal office to visit for a few min
utes, and his call was much en
joyed.
August Paul seh of Wabash and
William A. Cleghorn of Louisville
were in the city today for a few
hours looking after matters at
the court house, and while in the
citv Mr. Paulsch paid the Journal
office a brief but very pleasant
call.
B. J. Reynolds and daughter.
Miss Jennie, and son, Joe, 01
fJrelna, and Edward Reynolds and
wife of Havelock departed this
morning for Thurman, Iowa,
where they were called Ity the
death of the father-in-law of Mr".
B. J. Reynolds-
.Don Seivers and sister, Mrs. E
J. Tuey, departed last evening for
Owalonna, Minnesota, where they
will attend the wedding of their
brother, Jennings Seivers, to Mis.
Ella Frank. The wedding will
occur Thursday evening at the
home of the bride's parents.
Misses Lizzie and Sophia
Kraeger and their brother, Will,
of the vicinity of Mynard, were
visilors in this city yesterday
afternoon, bringing Mr. and Mrs.
C. Mesler of Denver in to take the
3 -Q train over the Burlington.
Mr. and Mrs. Mesler were called
here on account of the illness and
death of Mrs. Mesler's brother,
Henrv Kraeger, and they returned
to their home at Denver jester
day afternoon.
airs, j. fe. wendeil was a pas
senger this afternoon for Council
Bluffs to visit with friends for a
few days.
John Swartz departed this aft
ernoon for Angora, Neb., where
he will visit his sister at that
place for a j'ew days.
From Monday's Dally.
W. II. Holly departed last even
ing for Chicago, where he will
visit for a week with friends, and
goes from there to Racine, Wis
consin, to spend a few days with
relatives in that cily.
A. XV. Fisher of Loveland,
Colorado, an uncle of Dr. E. W.
Cook, came in Saturday evening
from an extended eastern trip
and spent Sunday here with his
nephew and family, departing this
afternoon for his home.
France Balance and E. H.
Schulhof were passengers this
morning on No. (5 for (ilenwood,
Mr. Bullance having visited here
over Sunday, while Mr. Schulhof
will spend the dav then; lookincr
after some business matters.
fieorge P. Barton of Union
was m the city today for a few
hours en route from his home to
Omaha, where he will spend the
day. Mrs. Barton was a nas-
enger for te metropolis on the
early Missouri Pacific train-
John Chapman and wife of
Lincoln came in yesterday after
noon and visited over Sunday
with relatives, Mr. Chapman go
ing out on his run over the Ilur-
ington this morning, while Mrs.
Ihapman will remain for a more
extended visit.
B. J. Reynolds received word of
the death of his father-in-law.
Mr- J. P. Hume, of Thurman,
Iowa, this morning at 2 o'clock.
This makes the third death in the
lume family in three years
Grandmother Hume, Mrs. Yi. J.
Reynolds, a daughter, and Grand
father Hume.
Claude Seivers came in yester
day morning from his duties as a
traveling representative of a
moving picture company, and
spent the day here with his par
ents. James Seivers and wife, de
parting on No. 2 for St. Louis,
where he will look after some
busines matters.
Mrs. Minnie Spore, a returned
missionary from China, where
she spent several years in the
work of advancing the people of
that country, and who has been
visiting for the past week at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Wiles,
southeast of this city, departed
this morning for Omaha.
PECMH
FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY
We will place on sale one dozen
Wizard Triangle Polish Mops. These
mops retail at $1.50 each. We are
going to give you a full quart of oil
with each mop free of charge for
these two days only. Then the oil
will cost you 85c a quart. So now is
the time to try one of these mops on
first approval. The triangle shape of
it in the corners and will take all the
dust out places where the round mop
can not reach. For only two days
you can get $2.35 worth for the
price of the mop.
Now is the time to get that va
cuum sweeper special at $6.98.
Oil cloths and linoleum for put
ting under the stove in 4-4, 6-4, 8-4,
always on hand.
E. G. Dovey & Son
P. H- Meisinger was in the
city Saturday for a few hours
looking after some trading with
the merchants.
W. fi. Meisinger was among
the shoppers from the country in
the ct-ly Saturday, driving in from
his home near Cedar Creek.
Raymond Larson was a pas
senger to Union yesterday morn
ing, where he spent the day with
his sister, Mrs- It. E. Foster and
family. Jia:i8
F. J. Hennings and wife were
in the city Saturday for a few
hours, coming in to 'attend lo
some matters of business for a
short time.
Miss Violet Dodge returned
this morning to Missouri Yalley,
Iowa, after an over Sunday visit
here with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. George Dodge.
Editor C- L. Graves of the
Union Ledger came up last even
ing on the 7:15 Missouri Pacific
and will attend to some matters
at the court house today.
Airs. J. F. Eischeidt and chil
dren of Wymore, who have been
here for a few days visiting at
the home of Mrs. Dan Moore, the
mother of Mrs. Eischeidt, depart
ed this morning for their home.
John Carmack arrived Satur
day evening from Iowa City, Iowa,
his home, to join his wife and
little son, wo have been visiting
here at the home of the parents
of Mrs. Carmack, Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Kunsmann.
Mrs. Ivon White and son, Mark
While and wife, were in the city
today for a short time looking af
ter some business matters. Mr.
White leaves tonight for Kansas
City, where he will enter the
Thornton & Miner sanitarium in
that city for treatment.
You will find the most complete
line of stationery In the city of
Plattsmouth at the Journal office.
The finest line of box paper,
visiting and calling cards.
Evenirg Journal delivered, 10c
$1G0 Reward, $100
Tie render of this raper will be pleased to
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