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TiTt nDW, December m i. v.xc.r. i. rLATTSMOUTI! SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Cbc plattsrnoutb "Journal Published Semi-Weekly at Plattsmouth, N e b r. Kciftnl at lie IVslolVc at I'lattsmout'i. Nelnaska. as secoml-flass mail matter. R BATES, Publisher bscrlptlon Price: S1.50 Per Year In Advanoe THOUGHT FOR TODAY. Vtu an help o.ir fellow men n .1 by I 't.-i;v; the noblest ami J- i e-t ma.: it is pus.-tide for you ! to be. i'k'ilips Blocks. - - -: o : -etiii.g lead; lor Christ- .vhb.utit l- ihe Happy New Ye..r, ovt r : : r.ew leaf. :-. iki;i';::ii-.'t to ontuo kehlalion against .apr.u i.a annuoon. :a!!".tai: k HIS out! ; 1- g order hi the 'or Zapata. capital. Co i n Turk c:ui j h i-"r--!;h at Ids command rh:e "'.hen ;t becomes reces- v. ': ,ie l.l :--:v.:.c ti-e g!:is.s, or it rn if went io bed in mt i iy .!'..: .d -o ! etvecn i . ie en.e e-iher is i a d to take :o: X Ai'ie; a iailw s each day of ine intei est eu : 1 ;.'v j e e.p-.e.-- a ire.n to ie 1:1-i-a the a. -age jury wan? t l t! u. ..'i!:u:g wrong t, i- theie? 1 :.i toe sea-on lor hrr.s. ; . e s I , later . h. no v.- may save 1. Lack after chim- .e l toepii."S. siatement of (icoi-ge Lloyd 1 iie that ike United State owes (dreut I'..:o'ii lire ieilion dollars, is a state-n.- t in v.hi- h liieie is iiot a spark of ti ntli. :o: Eat some in.geaiou-. act re: s wi'.I . e ie . i a mascot that wi'l be mo: e tar.vie'dy than a bale of txteon. The oj'poi ti.-nitics fer such rivalry aie '1 ....ok. gi in; a mo t beautiful seeir.v 1 thankful da.', a id cveivb: tim' they could enjoy .the privileges giar.ied thein by a kind i'rovidence, a:: ! they V.ere out in fail force to en joy the beautiful sunshine and line weather. :o: Iu:i::g the re-.-do:i of the itgis E: .re this wir.ter the primary election h..v f-hou'd be modified somewhat. Tii. bah'ot . too Ijji.gle.ome and si'.ih; be hortened in some man.ne". T.'i-j Iciiot two years hence is liable to be one of greater length.. :o: .Mr. TJryan's paper, the Commoner, ; : y i C..ngre'-..-ima;: Stephens' fdr.n of e'er : ! !; (,. trnasters was a success. i :'; V. : -.)- ( ess ,y v.rraiu it. ool nave neon a in other districts? Simply i c.a . e t'.e;-e who had the right did i . havn the '-ig-se. It is not too late to :ry this p!a:4 in Nebiaiea- City, however, and it should be done. V. will Ch i.-u.v.i.; bo ' lae peat.'..-, -i Hiw I ." " j T'.t- . :r:.togy of retreat usually is keep ::::! getthig Ikl.ed. :,: The r.w tVh.r:l reserve syslem -veins t I".' i arming ' iiuoihly. :n Til H D WTIIOD DEX EARM ER. C. L. Edson, "The .Man from Arkansas," who writes tlapdoodie for the New Yoik Evening Mail, is a re tired farmer who i; always bewail ing the sad fate of the tillers ami toilers of rural regions, lie retired early from his agricultural career, and admits that about all he got out 1 it was io gel out of it. Therefore he i- sympathetic, and devotes con si lei able space to setting forth the huru.-hips and. poor pay of farm life. Accept it from him, about 7- per cent of the farme's make '.ess than the faim hands i'.K-y are sometimes forced io employ i'i the busy seasons, whdc tkc-e arc pL-nty of ethers who make nothing at ail, an 1 merely stick a:ound because lkero is no chance to gel away. To prove his theory, he tells of certain New York state farm ers who are thus .--adly suuated, fur-ni-king figures to show the futility of breaking the .-tubborn glebe in that secLiun. ile also narrates events aioe-nd Half Mi.cn mountain in Arkansas, where his brief .-ojourn ::.::! to Nature occurred, to .-how that oh! (It he.. rax probably i-5 in the ope: country. There are shif tie's farmer whj would do better as section ln.r.ls. Ar.il a farmer is liable to tricks of oat - re whxen even goou managemeiu t i i might not overcome. Lowlands may be f.ouded, or greeidugs or hot wind-; - . fri-,. .1... c'..a:.ces t f the frame. Eut that is no who nvver accom- j i;ccs; - ai.ei men ;;;. k anything more than losing j money in the business, and the.-e j hard-luck stories may be applied to ia!I fields of endeavor. Yet the fact rc .nair.s that here in Nebraska, and it is true to some extent of other tales, prosperous farmers, who make more than the avcraire professional .;jr.:a i i.i t .v.i', are common enough. And de-spite the long hours and d: udgery of certain seasons, we aren't sure that th.ev make it under as pleasant 1 i: c-mtance-. Like Hon.! Ed.-on. our early agricultural career wa ; an inducement to ouit it, but since v. e have had opportunity to ob -ei ve that a good fanner does we'd, and comes to town in a motor car. and has more time to devote to amusement, rot to menti -a more morey, than many oF us who toil in town. And there are a great many farmers' sons in our state university, and other institutions of higher learning. It may be treason to sug gest it. but it is possible thiu the armer who fares no better than his hired hand may hue principally h;m-.-clf to blame. :o: We have been enjoying a seigc of j damp, dismal weather, which, accord- j inr to Hicks, v. ill change to much colder. :o: An exchange asks "how long is h.r.g enough'.'" We are at a loss for ail answer th.at might be satisfactory to this worthy journal, but here in Nebraska the voters decided that in the ease of Secretary of State Wait "long enough" had been "too long." They removed him with as good grace as was possible and it will be "long enough" before he gets back. :o: I'our brothers, members of the Leys' Corn club of Georgia, produced f.2J bushels of corn on four acres of land this year. Luther Allrcd of Pickens county, one of the brothers, won iir.-,t prize at the state fair for the greatest yield from one acre, lie produced 227 bushels from one acre. Ckucnce Alltel raised L'20 bushel:;, Elmer 210 and Arthur 107, according to the announcement of the judges. Walker Lee Dimson of Alexander City, Ala., holds the national record with a viell of '22 bushels on one j acre. Will we have a while or black Christmas ? :o: Christmas will be here before you knew it. So don't delay your Christ mas shopping'. :o : What would Christmas be without a Cbiistmus tree? Eor the children, nothing at all. :o : Cage county voted three to one at th j last election to abolish the count y assessor. Several other counties also made Uiis oiiice vacant by a majority vole. :o: Do your Christmas shopping early, if you want the pick and choice. And be sure you patrcMihie those merchants who advertise. They are the most liberal. :o : Owing to the cold, dry atmosphere in Greenland not a single infectious disease is known on th.at island. B it who in the h 1 want. to live in Greenland '.' :: Democratic gains in ihe senate have made the present taVili" a cvitainty unt.l 1P1P, and by that time the peo ple will be so wcil pleased with it lhat they will want to take another Hee oil. : General Villa I! oiiibitoii .lapers from the United Suites in -.les'ieo. i;, ignorance down Unit way is dense enough now without is.uuuig out what I.tiie light they ne w.papcrr' : i : The Ibiti.-'n goveri nicnt stems te have fully realized, thai they have no small job in defeating the Cermans, if they ever do, and parliament has nroviuea lor a miiia-n more soniicr-- which makes an airay of A,?) nice, exelu.-d'. c of territorials. One enders, however, wnat for. :o: n le-: Tiie A 1 ti-Sah ue ire now enjoying a vacatioi Carson ami 1.: gang slundd be patti'ig in some time now in tiyir.g to ea!i an honest liv iag. Ilanchinen and farmers nee 1 help now, an i maybe they ceukl earn their board, if nothing more. :o : (Jul of two hundred and eighteen national banks in Nebraska, two hun dred and live have .dgued a ncli.ion 10 be placed in the Chicago di-liict and out of the Kansas City district. The Nebraska interests in this direc tion have always been more or less identified, with Chicago, and it was a great mistake, undoubtedly, to place us where we do not desire to go. :) : . E. r.I. Eroome of Alliance will prove a lively candidate for speaker of the Nebraska house ef representatives. Anyone, oh Lord, but a man without honor, principle or character. Mr. Eroome is an attorney, und a gentle man of considerable ability, and it i-; said that there is r.o false pride about hum, and if elected speaker it will not n-come neces'ary to put an iron band arouiiil his head to keep it from bursting. :o: A lot of fellow:; will soon be com ing home from all patts of the coun try to sit at the tables of the "old .'"oiks" and enjoy a good Christmas dinner, and it is a treat to be able to tlo so. Ealher and mother are getting old and not many years hence they will be no more on this earth. Christ mas comes but once a year, and it shows a loving spirit to thus remem ber the "old folks" wnile they can do so in person and make them happy while life lasts. :o: Even a country newspaper man can't afToril to give up his business to ac cept the deputyskio in the state auditor's office. We can't see how the auditor-etcct, W II. Smith, who runs; a newspaper at Seward, can af ford to accent the position pf e.udito if lie had any business to amount to anything in his print shop. State offices, as a general thing, should be filled by tho'e who can't make a liv ing at anything else. Mr. Davis cf the Ord paper done the proper tiling when he declined the deputyship. LOOKING TOWARD PEACE. Nothing else is so miserable as a conquered nation and nothing else is so great a source of peril to its con queror. Adversity resulting from Ike act 3 of a known enemy blings to body am! mind the strength of hatred that i bhles its time. Conquest that grinds a people into the dusv wins for the conoueror the distrust of the whole world. To be so powerful and so iir. p'acabie as to lieeomc a menace to others is merely to invite one's own destruction. X one of the nations that are now joined in a death grapple can nll'ord to permit its diief enemy to be crushed. The nations are lighting because fear of one another drove them to this desperate course. They have given s good an account of themselves in the battles of recent weeks that they need fear no longer unprovoked attack pro vide J they can contrive to make a fair i honorable peace with the;. enemies. The dream of ea-;y victory has fad.ed out of every ji-.g. mind. The lighting men t f eery nation have won the respect of their enemies by their courage and endurance. The war has heaped horrors on horrors a"d has advantaged no one. On the contrary, it has contrived t; discredit itself not only in the court o humanity, but in the counsels of the military commanders and of the hoaids of strategy. V.ar of aggres sion is played out. The old syrdcal diplomacy that was ').-;? : np'un lies i - played oat also. 1. failed miserably last July. Its bluff and bla-uer must bear much of the idame for the present hideous co;: fiugratb'n in Europe. Ii has gone to its reward pursued by countless thou sands of ghosts of the slain. JYoi'ithv y.r pre: e: tie- in tucir future dealings with one aiv-dier the eat ions should rely upon truth and fair play. Eaiope wants pc; ncnple; of Europe pea 1 e at the hand e. The ftri.la-: are entitled to of their rulers. It is time for neutral per pies to urge upon thrir own governments th" est; ability of making every effort to biing about a state cf things that will induce the warrir.e- nations to order into negotiations loading -t't a lasting ocv.ee. Chicago Daily News. :o: KEEEING MONEY AT HOME. It is estimated that the war in Eu rope, if continued another : ear, wdl save to the United States at hast :10(U';tVt. spent annually in tout country by American tourists. The Laily Oklahomaa declares that 100, i)(( Americans returned to this coun try after the outbreak of the war. Some of thc.se were living in Europe; the great majority of them, cf course, v.eie touring-. Many of them had their own automobiles, and haul made .1.1 otaer an angements lor a proiraceen .day in Europe. The outbreak of war. however, rent them hurrying home. The desire to j o abroad comes as an irresistible impulse to the average person after he or she has accumu lated an income above immediate needs. What it is that impels wealthy Americans to go Europe year aftei year, ostensibly to see scenery, when the scenery of the United States is infinitely superior, is a mystery. Eor years American lecturers and writers have been advising the public to "See America I'ii st" but it has had very lit tle effect on he wealthy classes. Pos session of wealth usually carries with it an affectation and snobbishness which impels its owners to go where they can display it to the best advan tage. This probably accounts for the enormous exodus of Americans every year to Europe. :o : Tiie democratic party cannot afford to support prohibition in the election two years hooe. The majority of the democrats in Nebraska are opposed to prohibition, and it will be a sorry day for the partv leader who attempts to fob:f thin question upon the party. Prohibition is a separate and distinct question, and does rot belong to either party, and the party that adopts it will soon seo that the voters cannot be .solidified in th.at direction. The days of following a leader, whether right or wrong, are past. Business is gready improving ! h: oughout the entire country. : : General Zapata seems to be doing well in his novel role of protector of life and property in jIe ic;i City. ;i ) Should war become general throughout the world, ihe no: th pole explorers will become n,.re numerous. i r Xtarly all the American ambas sadors in Europe represent to many countries that they feel like pooh balis. ;i ; It costs a good deal to live in America, bid think what it costs those people iii Europe, and then they don't half live. '"Eat an apple a day and keep" the doctor away,' is popular e x; : essio:-. Eat an onion a day end keep every body awu"e. Now that the season for p;airie chiekori-; has closed, and di ei.s a re seal ce, what will the hunter do now, pooi fellow ? Tho-e feliows in San Francisco ! tli ink the Tjerer wav to see America s to see the c:: rV.'.: first iced tiie monev. The- I'oinvj;- Eicsidenl T- u! ges taut the? .mei ica:i a: my and nav, i:ow 1 strene.th.ened, a . : that both arm.-, of th : ervic should be in defensive limit. ci ease-a, a Evcui iei concur in I le.iet to ; dv l'oos.vei hearing iiese resti'.Jis. : o : - I'-e. blent Wii011 believes military will ex- i.no.urv now is unumeiv, ana pre.-s himself as opposed to the Gardner military resolution of Congresmnr for an investigation cf tin rlier.gth cf the United States, if nak ed i"or has opinion. The pe a!e of Arils::. a iiil believe in the death penalty, having voted dev. ti an amendment at the late elec tion to aboii.ii it. They ii'. e so clone to t'ne Mexicans, however, th.at they dDubiless feel a strong statute is at times necessary for emergency txues. ;i : A Nebraska City democrat say that, it is more than likely that a po.-t- ?as..cr ,vi!i be selected thee by Lie voice tf the vatic ns at the ballot box. Sin.. e Mr. Erjan lias expresses"! his satisfaction with the result in the Third district he wii' probably not j oppose such a move. . ;(); A freight agent of a Nebraska raii roail says that the apple .growers are not making any money out of the sale of the line apples we have been getting. Which puts up to us a per plexing question, as to whether we would rather go without the apples and have the growers malic money or munch the fruit at the growers' ex pense ? Lincoln Star. :V One tiling about the American peo ple that make; this the greatest country on earth, is in the general helpfulness, one for anethcr. When the situation became such hat it was impossible to move or market the gieat crop of cotton that was raised in tiie south steps were taken to hold it, and the "buy-a-halo" movement has grown nation-wide. The cotton maiket lias ' loosened up and there is general good times in the .south.. Whenever there is a flood, an earth quake or an epidemic in this count: y, there is always a rush on the business men everywhere to send money and provisions for the relief of distress. Ye?, the United States is the greatest nation on earth. We are, in a word, all members of cr.e great family. :o : WILSON AM) CLAK'v. The foiiowing is from the Wash ington correspondent of the New York Herald: That a firm friendship has been established between Speaker Champ Clark and President Wilson which may have important political results driing" the next two years is the in formation that has been conveyed to prominent democrats in the capital. The president has written the speaker "'' Aw C"!liid5'G3? Qry Tho Kin-l "1'oxi Have Alvrays Bonlit, and v.liieli lins heen in xisg fui- over CO years, lias bornotLe signal ivo of ? and lias been mado nntU-r 1:1a it r s -'.(Sfytr1- sonal stipcrvislon since it: ir.faiH-j' t4ZSSjZ S-C2c'.C! Allow no oto todec-civo youinlli;-?. All r-::i:eife"'s, Jin'iafions and 'Tiist-as-ge)5d ' iifft hul; i:I-f;iije:;:s thai; t r! ie T.vii!i and ondangor tlio health of Iiifa;its a::ei Cliiitlrtii Upcrience nijaiiist lixperimtiit. ? ,0 -CeU ' -. '.' j . . i A ft k L a i'm Casfori:'- is a Iinvr;l".c: snhslitz:fe for Castor Oli, Pare- purir;, Drups: ::itl ooolliin Syrap?. It is pleasant. It contains iie 'I:: r Opium, 3I)rpI.i:;o nor ct!iT I-.'.UToilcj cnlxtaiwo. Jbs ago is its srii:iraiitoe. It desfroys "Wcjnas liiid I' t.- risinirss. lias hetii in -'iri -lai.it use Hatuleri.y, V.'ind t'oli-, all Teething; Troubles a:-.il I)iarr!iuM. It roj-rnlatos the toi;;a!x and UoAvtl:;, nssiintbates th-; 1"om1, jriviit'" healthy and natural bleep The Ciiiidren's I'anaeea Tlio Ulothcr's l"ricnd CASTORS A always 'Bears the Tlie o!i Have Always BongM In FJcs Fcr Over 30 Years Tlt; C f NTAUrt a h.-Lltr in which, aecoi ding to this .ufoi niai.ii n, ihe president says that he appreciates ike rpea services 10 the p.::ty, Liu country anel him- - - 1 1 1 . -ei , u-ing language 01 suen a cnar ac'itr as to make it certain that if ever there v. e. ; a barrier between the ivo re.. n it 'a; been completely thj-molir-hed. It i-i stated further that tiie speaker legards the president's kindly expres sleet as a substantial token of genuine friendship that will ir.su. e a lasting ;;oa-. 1 betv.ee. 1 ihe executive and him -; .-.eif. As the letter is a personal com mi.nicaiion i's contents, cot, Id not, of j course, be ascertained in detail. It was further stale. 1 that if ever the pre-ident had net entertained a proper appreciation of the speaker's importance in the councils of the 1 arty this was due to mis-it-presenta-tiom; made to the pre-ident regarding the speaker. The speaker's friends io iv. t charge any specific person with having made these rr. is representa tion... and a c contort to let bygones be bygones.- Among1 those who have heard of the president's letter there is Ice-en speculation about the effect of the new situation upon the relation of the president and William J. Bryan, secretary of slate. Mr. Bryan fought .Mr. Clark at the Baltimore convention, and it is pretty certein that the rpeaker's close friends will never forgive Mr. Bryan. They are inclined to infer that Mr. Bryan will not relish suggestions from Mr. Ciark about the national policies of the administration. The r.ew alliance between Messrs. C'ark and Wilson may mean much to the president in future legislative battles in con gtess. While the house is now overwhelmingly democratic, the majority of the party will be slim in the next house, and the speak er's active assistance in legisla tive matters will be a great asset to the president. Mr. Wilson is said to be highly ap preciative of Mr. Clark's able efforts for the administration in the last campaign, and whatever doubts he may have had of the speaker's whole hearted enthusiasm for the success of the administration were swept away at that time. The president has previously relied upon Mr. E. yan in par- in regard to the control of the party represent atives in the house. A speculation on the probable -effect e.f this alliance on Mr. Clark's future presidential ambitions is some what vague. Democrats say it is too early to predict whether Mr. Clark will Peek the democratic nomination in lflo. Letter files at the Journal office. .r1 1111 1 l "my i,i iiniimi j ,i'iui . 'for Fietchei 1'or more than tliirty years io iV.r the relief of Consfipatirni, Sicmature of CO'-'PANY, N T W V O K CITV. The home-run hitler is taking a vacation. :o : j It pays to advertise and t'ne Journal ; star-da ready to prove it. :o:- Uncle Sam cheerfully waives his guardianship of Colombia. :o: Look out for night prowicrs, and keep your "pop-gun" in shape. :t : Did anybody ever hear of an Indian girl that was not a princess? :o: If it wasn't for the coal bills most of us would be O. K. for Christmas. :o: Edgar Howard has been hobnob bing with Old Joe Cannon. Oil, ILord! :o: War has put a crimp on immigra tion, but after it is over there will be a remarkable increa-e. Those who live through it won't care to have their children repeat the performance. :o: . The liability law is giving employ ers some uneasiness as to how to pro ceed in the matter. It is about as uncalled for a law as was ever' put before the people. But Ave suppose it will have to have a "tiyout" before the people rce the ridiculousness of the intents of the law. :o: The state and national authorities announce that there io not a case of the foot and mouth disease among the stock in Nebraska, and never has been; however, there seems to be hog cholera enough to make up for it, and there seems to be no way to stop its ravages. :n : Y'hen a g'-asswidower on a farm up at Madison advertised for a wife and got her he doubtless readily agreed that advertising pays, and it was only when, three weeks later, she deranded that lie deed his farm to her lhat he began o have such tloubts about it th.at he is now trying io break loose. That is a case in which his ad vertising pai l the lawyers. Lincoln Star. Governor Morehead i ; going to have his say in selecting a speaker ef the house of representative s. The democratic n, embers should have re spect enough for the governor to se lect a prtidlng officer that would be in keeping-w ith his administration, and not a professional deadbeat wb has always had his mitt extended for anything in reach.. A good, clean-cut gentleman should preside- over the next legiskiture. Tyewriter rifcbons vt the Jour nal office.