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PLATTSMOUTH SiSMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL'.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 191 1.
XZbc plattsmoutb journal
Published Seml-Waakly at Plattamouth, N b r.
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THOUGHT FOR TODAY.
Cheerfulness and content are
great beautifiers and are fa-
mous preservers of youthful l
looks. Dickens. -V
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A workman produces. A loafer re
duces. D,on't be a reducer.
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The favorite amusement of Mex
icans is the elimination of leaders.
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When a woman begins to jolly you,
keep your hand on your pocketbook.
:o:
A person who cannot mind his own
business is not thoroughly accom-pli;-hed.
The girl who is a true chum of her
mother was never known to need a
chaperon.
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The Montenegrin kin?: has been
reading American political literature.
He calls Germany a reactionary.
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- When Eve was made, Adam lost a
rib, but from the manner of some
men he made he must have lost his
backbone.
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An optimist is the young man bow
ing his first crop of wild oats. A pes
simist is the same yoing man har
vesting the crop.
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Tiuly a Mexican doc.-., not have to
possess an official authority to pro
test. The right of protest is an
inalienable possession.
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Tiie recent fad of tht ladies wear
ing anklet and garter watches is dead.
The hands on the little watches per
haps tickled the dear things.
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While there is to be 110 extra ses
sion of congress, the president is to
call a legislative conference, or school
of instruction, between now and De
cember. :o :
The royal personage, who is lec
turing the Austrian women to aban
don frivolity during the war, knows
little of human nature.- Frivolity
often relieves a strain which might
otherwise imperil the reason.
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The report of the assistant secre
tary of the navy that v.e have plenty
of battleships and guns without
enouph trained men to handle them
would indicate th3t Uncle Sam is in
the same predicament as the man who
buys a piano but has nobody to play
it.
TO MAKE NEBRASKA GREAT.
In considering the proposed public
warehouse law, the voter should not
lose sight of the fact that it provides
for the storage of all kinds of prop
erty, not specially hazardous, as well
as grain. It will be just as bene
ficial to the miller, the manufacturer,
the packer, the banker and the work
ingman as it will be to the farmer
and other producers. This is pro
vided for in the Class C warehouses,
in which it is proposed to store all
kinds of property the elevators can
not handle. As a point in illustra
tion, here is an item going the rounds
of the press in the telegraphic columns:
New Orleans, La., Oct. 27. What
is saiti by local railroad omciais 10
be the largest consignment of flour
to a single consignee ironi an Amer
ican port is being concentrated here
for the Netherlands government.
"Already 144 carloads, shown on
the railroad waybill at 4,722,000
pounds, has arrived. An equal
amount soon will be in transit, it is
stated. The flour was milled in Kan
sas, and it is understood will be
transported to Europe in vessels of
the Holland-American line."
Under existing conditions without
the public warehouse law, where is
there a flour mill in Nebraska or a
set of them, that can handle such an
extensive deal? In 1909 Kansas had
501 mills producing $G3,476,410 worth
of flour and grist per annum. Min
nesota had 322 mills producing $139.-
i3b120 per annum, and Nebraska 249
mills producing .$17,835,596" worth of
flour and grist per annum. In the
same year Kansas produced 274,
041,000 bushels of grain; Minnesota
277,OGO,000 bushels, and Nebraska
309,195,000. In comparison with Kan- of falsc standards, exchange of ideas,
a community of action and the culti-
wealth of Nebraska exceeding, as site
does now, the agricultural wealth of
either Kansas or Minnesota.
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THE MORAL OF THRIFT.
Every act of waste involves a loss
in human faculty no less than in act
ual substance and an impairment of
those social ideals which we are al
struggling to realize. The habit of
waste carries along with it results
that are not merely economical but
ethical. Waste is not only foolish
and sinful; it is unbecoming and bad
villi x iiv o&mivuiiivy avvtw
wealth on all sides, idle, boastful, self-
ndulgent, is a greater menace to so
ciety than the pauper or the rogue.
The spendthrift offers one example of
the misuse of money, the miser an
other.' Thrift has nothing to do with
miserliness, nor is its mission fulfilled
in the single faculty of saving. If is
ess concerned with the mere saving
of money than with its right use.
Money is of no use unused. Neces.
sary and all-important as a medium
of exchange, it is the most artificial
product the wit of man has devised
Thrift is not simply a rule of busi
ness or household management; it is
something far more comprehensive
and vitaL It is a state of mind, a
point of view. Thrift is both a vir
tue and a grace of human character
Waste afflicts the orderly mind like a
ind of criminality and offends both
judgment and good taste. The habit
cf thrift does not spring from neces
sitous circumstances; quite the con
trary! The poor keep themselves
poor by hapless and uninstructed
ways in "which they spend the little
hat they have. Thrift teaches how
to spend. Franklin's boyish experi
ence in his first and perhaps only fool
ish expenditure and the lesson learned
thereby is commemorated in his say
ing, "Don't pay too much for the
whistle." The problem of thrift is
ndividual and social. Insofar as it
is personal it lies at our own door
nd compels daily minute considcra-
ion of every detail. Arbitrary rules
avail nothing. Attempts to impose
one rule or method upon entire neigh-
orhoods or communities will always
fail; but there will be an elimination
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If you are presumptive enough, it
isn't hard to imagine a world's war
with all nations involved. You know,
in reading a medical book, one can
imagine he has all the ailments dwelt
upon. And there is just as much in
one as the other. There will be no
world's war, and the conflict over in
Europe will be patched up in the
near future, justas soon as it be
comes evident that neither side can
win. Many viewing the conflict from
afar are already of the opinion that
it must be a draw.
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On account of the European war
'ir market for cotton is shot to
pieces, and the dear women have
adopted a slogan, "Wear a cotton
dres to help. out. The word "dear"
i' the above sentence has two mean
ings, and loth apply in this case.
Of course, they are dear and lovely,
and they are by no means cheap.
Alice 'Nielson, A went an prima don
na, announces she will wear a cotton
gown, and Dr. Anna Shaw walked out
on the stage at a suffrage meeting
in' St. Louis the other day wearing
one, ti 1 1
sas, Nebraska had an excess of 35,
154,000 buihels, and 32,435,000 bush
els over Minnesota. At the same time
Kansas had 252 mills more than Ne
braska, and Minnesota exceeded Nc
oraska 73 mills. In the annual prod
uct per annum Minnesota exceeded
Nebraska by $121,300,533, and Kan
sas exceeded Nebraska by $50,C40,814.
The statement may be made that the
excess of Minnesota is due to the
water power of Minneapolis. All of
the floiy mills of Minnesota are not
in Minneapolis! Conceding the state
ment of water power at Minneapolis,
what makes the excess of Kansas over
Nebraska? Or, for tttat matter, over
Iowa with the big dam at Keokuk?
Yet the annual product of Iowa in
1909 was only $12,870,000, with 277
mills in that state, with the enormous
crop yield of 425,179,000 bushels. In
the crops of 1909, Kansas exceeded
Nebraska about 75 per cent in the
yield of. wheat, and Minnesota was
ahead of us by 89 per cent. Yet in
the number of mills, Kansas was in
advance of Nebraska by 101 per cent
in mills and 284 per cent in annual
product. Minnesota exceeded Ne
braska by about 29 per cent in mills
and 080 per cent in the value of an
nual products. If these statements
appear "ridiculous" to the prejudiced
reader, it is sufficient to say they are
derived from the reports of the cen
sus of 1910 anfi the reports of the de
partment of agriculture for 1909.
What causes these notable dispari
ties between Kansas, Minnesota, Ne
braska and Iowa? Barring "the wa
ter power" of Minnesota as a conces
sion, the fact remains that Minnesota
and Kansas have public warehouse
laws, with ample facilities for stor
age and manufacture. Iowa and Ne
braska have no public warehouse law.
The showing of Iowa and Nebraska
as milling states is pitiful compared
to Kansas and Minnesota. Fortunate
ly the people of Nebraska have the
power to remedy this fault in the
next legislature, and the census of
1920 can be made to toil a convincing
story of the rapid increase of the
vation of healthy independence and
self-respect. We shall learn to live
according to our needs and ideals, to
develop our own resources and to
make the most of what we have.
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German soldiers, the dispatches in
dicate, are strong for their national
anthem when going into action, which
is one difference between the Teuton
and English speaking warriors. In
our recent unpleasantness with Spain,
chat ribald ragtime, "A Hot Time in
the Old Town," may have been mis
taken by the opposition for our na
tional air, a it was thp song of the
service. "Garry Owen" was the rol
licking tune which played Custer's
troops into action against Black Ket
tle's Cheyenne hordes, became, if it
was not then, the regimental favorite
of the famous Seventh cavalry. Now
English troops are singing a music
hall favorite, "It's a Long Way to
Tipperary." instead of "God Save the
King," and considering-the latest pop
ular songs on this side we shudder
to think of the vocal atrocities which
might be perpetrated should we wage
war today.
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There may be a bombardment on
the one side and artillery fire on. the
other, but nothing turns the course
of our president against the policy of
peace he has mapped out from the
beginning.
THE POSTAL SMUGS
BMIKS PREDICTIONS
M SATISFACTORY
The War in Europe Is Proving a Big
Boon to the Postal Savings in
the United States.
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Wonder if the Turks know what
they will fight for? Evidently Tur
key finds it less trouble to get into
war than it is to get out of. it.
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There are people who are so con
stantly looking out for their own in
terests that they become nearsighted.
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Be careful not to step-on the tail
of your ticket.
Gasoline Engine Tor Sale.. v
Second-hnd International, in
good condition, three horse-pow.
er, for sale cheap, at the. Journal
office.
The- war in Europe is proving a big
boon to postal savings in this country
From the very day hostilities opened
across the seas postal savings receipts
began to increase by leaps and bounds
and withdrawals fell off, a result quite
contrary to the predictions of many
well informed persons who, in their
imagination, saw lines of feverish de
positors at postoffice pay windows
anxious to again return their savings
to the boot-leg and body-belt deposi
tories whence they came before in
trusted to Uncle Sam. But the fore
casters failed to reckon on the abso
lute confidence of the American cit
izen, regardless of the flag that first
met his eyes,, in the ability and pur
pose of the government to carry out
its obligations, not only among the
nations of the earth, but with the
humblest citizen of our land.
Two important results have fol
owed; thousands of people, largely of
foreign birth, accustomed to send
their savings abroad, are now patrons
of our postal savings system; and
enormous sums of actual cash have
been released for commercial uses
among our own people at a time when
the need for every available dollar is
pressing.
The growth of postal savings in the
United States has ben steady and
healthy, and the system has filled an
important gap between the tin-can
depository and the factory paymaster.
On July 1, when affairs were running
smoothly here and abroad and the
transmission of money across the At-
antic was safe and expeditious, there
was approximately $4d,000,000 01
postal savings standing to the credit
of about 388,000 depositors. Since
then over ?10,000,000 of deposits have
been added and the number of depos
itors has increased enormously. This
unprecedented gain is the more strik
ing when it is considered that the
net gain in the last three months is
arger than the gain for the entire
fiscal year 1914. Scores of offices
have done more jiostal savings busi
ness since the war has been going on
than was- done by them during the
previous existence of thp service. The
increases are confined to no special
ocalities, but have been felt in every
nook and corner of the country. New
York city alone made a gain of more
than a million, while Brooklyn showed
relatively big increase. Chicago re
ported a larger gain in the past three
months than for the previous twelve
months. More than 7,000 new accounts
were opened during the period, bring
ing the number of depositors in that
city up to over 21,000.
The unexpected increase in postal
savings business has not only added
greatly to the general administrative
duties of the system, but has brought
up many ntfw and interesting prob
lems which have called for the careful
prsonal consideration of Postmaster
General Burleson and Governor Dock
ery, third assistant postmaster gen
eral. But their task has been light
ened somewhat by the promptness of
depository banks in the country which
have heretofore declined to qualify as
depositors for postal savings funds,
are now among the eager applicants
for them.
Changes Time of Trains in West.
The Burlington has made a num
ber of changes on the running time
of their train on the western lines,
particularly on the lines out of Mc
Cook. and Lincoln, but have not at
present made1 any change in the running-
time of the passenger trains
through this line of the road. The
change is made on to what is known
as the winter running schedule that
makes up for" the shorter days, and
the stormy weather that lays up these
trains in the west so frequently.
Try This for Your Cough.
Thousands of people' keep coughing
because unable to get the right rem
edy. Cough's are caused by Inflamma
tion, of Throat and Bronchial Tubes.
What you need, is to soothe this in
flammation.. Take Dr. King's New
Discovery, it penetrates the delicate
mucou lining, raises the-phlegm and
quickly relieves ,the- congested mem
branes." Get in 50c. bottle .from- your,
druggist. ' "Dr." King's New Dis
covery quickly .and completely' stop
ped my cough," writes J. It. . Watts,
Floy dale,- Texas. Money, back if not
satisfied, but it nearly alawys helps.
Paper hanging and- painting
See Louio Thomas or call tele
phone No. 131.
HIS TWO TENSE MOMENTS.
One Was a Ninth Inning and the Oth
er at a Dinner Table.
I heard a prominent Cambridge man
tell of the two. most tense moments ot
his life yesterday. But the tension in
each case was different.
"I doubt if I ever shall forget either
occasion," he said reflectively. "They
were big moments.
"The first was when I was iu college.
I. was captain of the baseball team
that year. We came to the end of the
ninth. We needed one run to tie the
score and another to win the game.
Two men were down and two. on the
sacks when I came to bat. And for
once in my career 1 did it. I lined out
a three bagger, right over the railroad
track. When I felt it go well, that
was one occasion.
"And the other." He chuckled, but a
slow flush crept over his cheeks. "It
was thirty years ago. soon after I left
college. I went over to see a girl I
thought was pretty nice and to meet
her folks for the first time. I went on
a Sunday. All the men were away.
And they had duck for dinner." He
stopped. "Ever carve a duck?" he
asked meaningly. "No. neither had I
before. Nor have I since." His flush
deepened. "I never even went to see
that girl again." Le added plaintively.
Boston Journal.
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Men and Oaks.
Once as 1 was botanizing under an
oak I found among a number of other
plants of similar height one that was
dark la color with tightly closed leaves
and a stalk that was very straight and
stiff. When I touched it. it said to me
in firm tones: "Let me alone. 1 am
not for your collection, like other plants
to which nature has given only a sin
gle year of life. I am a little oak."
So it is with a man whose influence
is to last for hundreds of years. As a
child, as a youth, often even as a full
grown man nay. his whole life long-
he goes about among his fellows, look
ing like them and seemingly as unim
portant. But let him alone. He will
not die. Time will come and bring
those who know how to value him.
Schopenhauer.
CAST
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It Ileally Does Relieve Rheumatism.
Everybody- who is afflicted with
Rheumatism in any form should by
all means keep a bottle of Sloan's
Liniment on hand. The minute you
feel pain or soreness in a joint or
muscle, bathe it with Sloan's Lini
ment. Do not rub it. Sloan's pene
trates almost immediately right to
the seat of pain, relieving the hot,
tender, swoolen feeling and making
the part easy and comfortable. Get
a bottle of Sloan's Liniment for 25
cents of any druggist and have it in
the house against colds, 'sore and
swollen joints, rheumatism, neuralgia,
sciatica and like ailments. Your
money back if not satisfied, but it
does give almost instant relief.
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will receive prompt and care
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Farm and Stock Sales
a Specialty!
Rates Reasonable!
ayAddress or phone me at Union
for open dates. .
Ul PLATTSfJQUTH I
FORTY YEARS AGO
Items of Interest to Our Readers
Cleaned Irom the Newspaper
Fi!ea ol Many Years Ago.
Eibert Duke, our old hardware mer
chant, was in town last week, in good
health and spirits, and reports his
trade in Omaha still growing.
Ilatt, the butcher, killed a 3-year-old
heifer last week that dressed GOO
pounds and was so fat so fat as Hatt
was and ate better as dat, you bet
you, heap fine.
The Masons are making extensive
preparations for their annual ball on
St. John's ave. It will be a grand
alTair as usual. Tour hundred invita
tions are out and all the wealth,
beauty and talent of Plattsmouth are
expected to be in attendance.
Mr. E. S. Child of Frontier county,
formerly of Glendale, Cass county,
called on the Herald last Saturday.
He comes, on business with the Aid
society, being one of the distributing
agents in that county, and also cor
responding secretary. He states that
113 persons in his county are sub
sisting on supplies issued for forty
persons, which was the estimate of
the needy made out by the first agent.
Consequently they are rather short,
and he is endeavoring to have sup
plies increased. He says the farmers
are very anxious to know whether
their seed and feed for their teams j
will be supplied, as without these they
can do nothing; but if supplied, they
are all hopeful and anxious to weath
er it out. He states that several
farmers around him are putting up
hewn log-houses, which speaks well
for the timber in that vicinity.
Mr. Clark, the balladist, sang at the
M. E. church on Monday evening.
The building was crowded, and every
one was pleased with the sweet sing
ing. Personally we are very partial
to ballads and good, old-fashioned
songs, of which we can understand
the words and sense of the music.
Below is a list of Mr. C.'s songs that
evening:
"Promised Land Tomorrow;"
"There Nae Room From Two;'1
"We've Drunk From the Same Can-,
teen;" "Irish Courting Song;" "The
World Would Be the Better for It,"
"The Two Villages;" "When the Mists
Have Rolled Away;" "We Cannot
Give Thee Up;" "Queen Mary's Es
cape;" "The Leap for Life;" "Where
Sparrows Build;" "An Unfortunate
Man;" "The Harp That Once Thro'
Tara's Hall;" "I'm Silting by the
Stile, Mary;" "The Swoid of Bunker
Hill."
Mr. Clark will return in February
ami sing for the benefit of the Sun
day school.
Lost,
yesterday, an elk tooth tie clasp, has
small diamond setting and No. 445 en
graved on gold mounting. Finder
please return same to this office and
receive suitable reward. 11-2-JJtd
Letter files at the Journal office.
TCu ftir;Dsigsft- Feim
Science proves that the strongest fence,' because
constructed throughout on scientific lines, is the
SIS1PLE-SCIEIlTIFIC-STROrJC
58 INCH
The Reasons:
'1st Each horizontal extension of the ELL
WOOD is a strrf cable, consisting of twobeavT"
wires intertwined.
2d Each of these cables is tied to each other,
cfiblc by a continuous heavy wire lapped tightly
about every cable not tied in a crooked "knot"
or twifct to weaken the strength ot the tie wir
at the bend in sr point. ( Wrap a, wtre' around
your fingrer and the wire is not weakened: tie
l8INCHwire up in a "ar i"not and you cannot untie
THAT IS ALL THERE IS TO ELLWOOD FECJGE
Heavy steel cables lapped about and held together by steel wire, forming uniform meshM. , LXl
No chance'for weakness in any part; uniformly strong, ine reabuus n o ".-ww rKnw.
- SnotlSdto ind This company owns and operates .its own iron mines and furnaces; its. owawiraraiy
f Sfftories-ehheronoot the six being larger than any other fence factory m the worlcf.
k These facts should be convincing.
Cedar Creek Lumber Company,
CEDAR CREEK,
NEBRASKA
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