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THOUGHT FOR TODAY.
All that is perfect and all that
is fair
Is June!
Everything exquisite, every
thing rare,
Sweet June!
Laden with roses ami beautiful
skies,
bringing each morning a wel
come surprise
Sadly we think of our parting
good-bye,
Wonderful June!
Herbert J. Dance.
-:o:
Decoration day was well observed
in l'lattsmouth.
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The way to keep the old town boom
ing is for all to pull together.
:o:
To build up a town, every citizen
is expected to help and should help.
:o:
Ilattsmouth is one of the best
towns in Nebraska, and let's keep it
that way.
:o:
There are people who still main
tain that war is necessary in order to
develop heroism, but they can't be
familiar with the lot of the base ball
umpire.
. :o:
Every town of importance is pre
paring to entertain its farmer patrons
once a week during the summer sea
son. We can't afford to be lagging in
this move.
:o:
The friends of the riattsn'outh
June brides are now considering the
ever recurrent problem of how to get
for .1.:V.) a present that will look as
though it cost $.".00.
:o:
In Kansas the farmers are woi ly
ing about getting enough harve.-t
hands. The unemployed have been
thoroughly warned of the dangers of
going into that state.
:o:
Great suffering is expected in many
neighborhoods on account of the lack
of substitutes for the hurdy gurdy and
hand-organ men who are about to re
turn and join the Italian army.
:o:
The college girls who have an
nounced their engagements previous
to graduation are evidently planning
a thorough post graduate course of
domestic science experimentations on
their prospective husbands.
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Humane Sunday may have been
observed by the schools and churches
in some places, but to get the law
against the cruelty to animals well
enforced it might be necessary to give
Votes to horses, cattle, dogs and birds.
:o :
Marconi has invented an apparatus
whereby he is enabled to sec through
solid walls. He invented the wire
less telegraph and it looks as though
l.i; inventive genius would be able
able to bring into practical use all
the possibilities of the subjective
mind.
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In his Memorial address la.t Sun
oay, Rev. F. M. Druliner paid a glow
ing tribute to President Wilson for
the manner in which ho had conduct
ed affairs since the Kuropcan war be
gan. And especially as regards the
Lusitania affair. His calm, cool artion
came in for much credit. Rev." Dru
liner is the pastor of the Methodist
church and one of the ablest that ever
had charge of any church in Flatts
mouth. He is also a fine orator, and
the old soldiers were highly delighted
with his address.
at PlBtt.mouth, NrETT
NebrasU. s seoond-claei matur.
ITALY'S ENTRANCE.
There may be some who judge Italy
as a weakling among the powers, but
she brings to the allied cause 1,700,000
of the best trained in Europe, and a
navy superior to that of Austria. Also
she adds another link to the ring of
steel around the central empire, ad
ding to the already great difficulty of
tlu; Germanic alliance in securing
support from abroad. Italian cavalry
is counted among the best if not the
best of all nations, while the Italian
machine guns are said to possess a
deadlier e.'IIciency than those of any
other nation. Italy also claims close
kinship with Rumania, and is likely
to induce that biggest Ealkan nation
to throw her forces to the aid of Rus
sia, by an invasion of Transylvania.
That, of course, is conjecture, but
the certainty is that Italy provides
another front for the Teutonic powers
to defend, and their battle lines are
already long; so long that it must be
increasingly difficult to spare forces
from one front for a drive toward an
other objective.
Concerning Italy's right to enter
the conflict on the side of the allies,
there will never be any nearer an
agreement than there has been as to
who was to blame for the war in the
first place. Italy claims the triple
alliance was violated by Austria when
the dual monarchy began an offensive
war against Serbia and the Germanic
powers, of course, contend that Italy
is treacherous and is entering the
war against the alliance in flagrant
violation of a binding treaty. And
the right or wrong of Italy's entrance
no longer seems to matter much, any
more than who kicked the lid off hell
in the first place. The large fact is
that she is in, and due to face her
share of grief and glory, of which
there seems to be enough for all the
many nations involved. Whether Italy
is to be a deciding factor in the con
flict must also be answered by future
events, but at this time it seems
reasonable to expect that Italy should
hasten the end. Napoleon met some
success in conquering Europe, but,
finally, the job proved too large, and
he fell before a considerably lesser
coalition than that which now con
fronts the houses of Ilapburg and
Hohenzollern. Ami the present con
dition seems likely to grow instead of
weaken. Romania and Greece ami
even Rulgaria are likely to break in
before the summer passes, but
whether they do or not, the balance
now favors the allies if this is to be a
war of endurance, as seems probable
from the slow progress, or absolute
lack of progress on several fronts for
several months. Already, Austria is
drafting men up to .j0 years of age,
and boys of 17.
:o:
The apple crop last year in the
United States was the greatest on
record. Europe picked mostly lemons.
:o:
It may be .said that a man resigns
himself to the fact that he is growing
old when for the first time he buys a
straw hat the clerk shows him
instead of a one. After awhile he
will become .j'i reckless he will buy
one for
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The old man who has conducted
this column of the Journal for the
past lli years was years old yester
day, and it is a pleasure to know that
we are still remembered, as each an
nual event rolls round, by kind
friends, who this anniversary have
remembered us so lavishly. May
heaven's choicest blessings rest upon
each and every one of them. It will
be our effort to merit their good
wi.-hes as long as life lasts. It is in
deed food to be remembered by one's
friends, and we truly feel very grate
ful to them.
"what about Saturday afternoon
cj'itertainments?
:o:-
We must have something to enter
tain the people during the summer
reason.
:o :
Next we will hear protests against
the Italians scattering banana peels
along the Alps.
:o :
This time next year the political
pot will begin to simmer, and candi
dates will begin to loom up.
:o:
Roosevelt does not mind those
fractured ribs so much as he does his
shattered reputation as a rough
rider.
:o:
If the weather bureau doesn't know
what kind of a forecast to make, they
look out doors to see if people are
carrying umbrellas.
:o:
Whv should the declaration of war
by Italy cause a drop in the price of
wheat? The Italians will have to eat
maearroni or Yicna rolls.
:o:
It would seem that by this time
President Wilson should know how to
pii-di a baby carriage without letting
the sun shine in the baby's eyes.
:o:
The Hindo prince who says that he
has not seen any beautiful women in
the Unite! States has not visited
Flatt.-mouth, or else he does not know
one at sight.
:o:
The country towns are straining
their resources so that their road
makers can round up the highways
with mud from the gutters to last un
til the next rain.
:o:
In view of the great number of in- :
vitations to Speaker ('lark's daugh- j
tor's wedding, the business of leasing;
dress suits ought to be good in Wash
ington at this time.
:o:
It is strange that the public will al
low such an interesting event as the
Rarnes-Roosovelt trial to cost .-?100.-00(,
when the bills could all be paid
by charging admission.
.n:
Those live Mexicans under death
sentence in Arizona have doubtless
been congratulating themselves that
they were not five Americans under
death sentence in Mexico.
:o:
It is stated that Europe is buying
large quantities of horses in the Unit
ed States, but it seems that the num
ber is small compared with the many
automobiles that have been sold to the
warring nations.
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Wednesday, June 11, is Flag Day.
Old Glory is more popular than he
ever wa- and the best evidence of
your loyalty to the old flag is rever
ence to its memory for service done
in the past by placing it on the house
tops and business places on the 11th
day of June. Remember the date
June 11.
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Italy has thrown in her lot with the
allies. It is now war on another
frontier for the Teutonic forces, but
still the German representatives at
Washington say that it will only pro
long the struggle and that their peo
ple will win in the end. However, it
must be taken into consideration that
the odds against their countrymen are
very great and it looks very much as
if these odds would be still further
augmented by the entrance of other
nations into the conflict. It means
Lhat outside resources have been al
mostly completely cut off from Ger
many and Austria. There undoubted
ly will be hunger and much suffering
for these people. How can it be
otherwise when almost the whole
civilized world is against them? The
Germanic forces have astonished the
world ye.-, they have even surprised
themselves at the completeness of
their military machine and their
ability to keep the fighting on the
other fellow's territory. What the
results of an attack from another
quarter will be, a short time should
tell. In any event another nation has j
entered the hellish business of war.
MEMORIAL DAY.
There was some improvement in
the commemoration of Memorial day
this year over that of last year, which
would indicate that our people were
becoming genuinely interested in
observing the day set apart for
observing the sacred duty they owe
to the saviours of this land of the
free, both dead and living. We had
the pleasure Sunday of listening to
one of the finest rendered sermons it
has ever been our lot to listen to, and
the Methodist church, we are proud to
say, was filled with a vast audience of
eager listeners. After several selec
tions from the choir, Rev. F. M. Dru
liner, who had been selected by the
G. A. R. comrades to perform this
service, delivered his address, and in
a manner that did himself proud. He
is a natural orator, and everyone
present was delighted, and the G. A.
R. post ove to the able and eminent
pastor their heartfelt thanks and an
everlasting debt of gratitude. There
were many sentences in l'rother Dru
liner's sermon that brought to our
mind many things that perhaps
otherwise we might have overlooked.
Sometimes the observance of this day
lias been treated too lightly, and the
real significance of the occasion over
looked and lost. It seems so easy
sometimes to forget the dead and to
let our memories grow dim and dull.
There are so many things around us
and just ahead of us, that we can
hardly spare the time, we think, to
visit with the dead. The grave seems
such a poor place to get inspiration
for the duties of the day, and it is so
beset by sad remembrances that we
hesitate to open anew the wounds that
time has tried so haul to heal. We
dread the thought of death and we
neglect the dead because their loneli
ness and their silence speak too plain
ly of what awaits us just a little way
ahead. We try to forget the common
fate of man, but try as we may, we
: ee death all about us, and its wings
barely miss us as it strikes down
those who stand beside us. We try to
forget, yet it were better that we
should i f member and that we should
keep the dead with us in our hearts
and in our memory. Decoration and
Memorial day, adopted long since as
the day to keep sacred the memory of
those comrades who lost their lives
in saving the Union. It also spurs up
those who were not soldiers to devote
one day to scattering flowers on the
graves of those who have gone to
their final resting places. The grave
need not rob us of our comrades and
friends. We may still hear their
voices and see their smiles and live
ever and over again the happy hours
cT long ago. And there is nothing in
all our experiences so sweet and
tender as in the memory that bridges
i'. cross the grave and keeps active the
friendships of the past. As we re
count these loves and friendships how
our hearts leap with emotion; how
our lips quiver at the thought, how
our eyes kindle at the remembrances!
Memorial day ought not to be a day
of sadness, but rather a day of
solemn and sacred joy of gladness.
The American people cannot too often
go to the graves of those, who have
shed their blood upon the nation's
alter, nor can they too devoutly com
memorate the deeds that they have
accomplished. The memory of the
nation's heroes is the richest heritage
of a free people, and it is the fount
from which true patriotism dravys its
courage and inspiration. As Ameri
can citizens we cannot drink too deep
ly from its living springs. Every
generation needs its grand army of
the republic. The nation today is call
ing for patriotic men to enroll in its
battle for the preservation of the
rights and liberties that the patriots
of yesterday established by giving up
their lives. It is a beautiful custom
to strew flowers upon the graves of
the dead, whether soldiers or relatives
or citizens. The highest praise that
we may bestow upon the old soldier
is to emulate his courage and patriot
ism and to keep his memory fresh
and green by giving the same true
devotion to duty that he gave in his
cloy and to his generation. These
dead may still live in our live?, and
their courage may strengthen future
generations to do battle for their j
country. We done remarkably well
this year in commemorating the dead,
and let us resolve to do better next
year. It is becoming necessary that
business men become more interested
in the day that should never be for
gotten. :o:
A Chicago doctor says telling fibs
lead;; to an early grave. And we had
been lead to believe that the good die
young.
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Any school can hustle around and
provide a valediatorian, but a satis
factory third baseman is a scarce
article.
Maurice Maetenlinck says horses do
think. Could he let us know what is
their opinion of the cavalry service
in Europe?
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Although charity begins at home,
you could hardly expect a woman who
knits socks for the war sufferers to
wear 'em herself.
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The writer has just rounded out
fifty-two years in the editorial chair,
and we still feel as though we will be
able to serve several more.
:o:
Had the Chicago board of trade
managers let the chinch bugs in Ne
braska alone last week they would
doubtless have ail frozen to death.
The old soldiers are not all dead
yet, but in their ranks Sunday and
Monday it could be seen that old age
was telling upon them, and that not
many years hence those who took part
in the exorcises will have answered
the last roll call. We ail realize this
fact. And while they are with us why
not assist them in every way pos
sible in keeping those thing- which
they love so well? And Memorial day
is the principal. Let us not
forget the day, and next year let u.
honor those who are alive by assist
ing in making the next Decoration
day one of the grandest in the his
tory of Cass county.
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STILL MAKING WAR SUPPLIES.
The manufacture of arms, am
munition and other supplies to be used
in the great war now raging in
Europe is causing many of the New
England niiils to work overtime. No
secret is made of the fact that arms
and munitions of war are being open
ly shipped to England and France.
Large orders for clothing, uniforms.
hosieiy and other things in demand
for army use have been placed by
these governments, and it is said that
many of the mills in and around
Philadelphia are also beginnig to
work overtime filling orders. The
Philadelphia are also beginning to
wholly in the manufacture of shells.
The Nova Scotia Steel and Coal com
pany has closed an order with the
Canadian government for three mil
lion and a half of shells. It is not
only for eighteen-pound shells, but
also other shells, which range in size
as high as sixty pounds, containing
high explosives. The largest shells
have a diameter of four and one-half
inches. To complete this order by
March, 11)10, the time specified in the
contract, it will be necessary for the
company to average over eleven thou
sand shells per day, end in order to
do this extensions to their vast plants
will be necessary.
The Russian government has not
enly placed large orders for steel
rails, and is negotating for a big
contract involving about 10.000 rail
road cars, but it is also said to be in
the market for 10,000 tons of spelter,
L",000 tons of copper, 5,000 tons of
r.lumnium. W. 13. Seeling, secretary
of the Chicago Pneumatic Tool com
pany, announces that his company
has in process of manufacture 100,
000 shrapnel for European shipment,
and that the concern has received a
further order for JJOO.OOO shells, work
upon which will begin soon. Roth
orders are sub-contracts from the
Rethlehcm Steed Corporation. From
Philadelphia it is reported that the
Southwark Foundry and Machine
company has doubled its force and is
""crV.ir.g ciav sr.d night in an effor to
fill the large orders from the warring.
nations.
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THE GEItMAN REPLY.
The German reply to the Lusitania
note, however disappointing to the
authorities at Washington and to the
American people, does not come in
the nature of a surprise. Its context
had been pretty accurately forecasted
.-i vera! days in advance of its receipt
an i by some had been anticipated
from the day the American note was
dispatched.
Germany fails to indicate any dis
position to abandon its submarine
warfare on British merchantmen ex
cept on the basis of mutual respect
for the terms of naval warfare, as
already suggested by the United
States, accepted by Germany, and
rejected by Great Britain. Neither,
pending further discussion and as
Germany seems to hope investiga
tion, does the imperial government
give consideration to the demand for
repaiation for the killing of more
than a hundred American citizens.
The implication of the German reply
is that, if the facts were as stated
by the imperial government, no rep
aration is due. but that if they were
as understood by the American gov
ernment the demand for reparation
would be justified. As to reparation,
therefore, the final German reply is
withheld pending the response of the
American government to the invita
tion that both governments proceed
to reach an agreement as nearly as
possible as to the facts before bring
ing negotiations to a conclusion. Con
cerning American ships flying the
Stars and Stripes, Germany reiter
ates that its policy is not to inter
fere with them and when damage is
mistakenly done apology vvi!l be of
fered and reparation made.
In substance the German position
is that it will respect American ship
ping, but that it will not respect
British shipping even when it carries
innocent American lives. Justifying
itself by the British policy as to arms
for merchantmen and the offering
and paying of prizes to vessels that
ram submarines, the German govern
ment chooses to consider British
merchantmen, in effect, as" men of
war. It particularly justifies the
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sinking of the Lusitania with the
sweeping assertion that it was an act
of proper self defense "in seeking
with all the means of warfare at its
disposition" to destroy ammunition
intended to kill its soldiers. The
blame for the loss of American life is
laid at the door of the British ship
ping company for embarking passeng
ers on an ammunition ship in viola
tion, so Germany declares, of Ameri
can law.
The situation resulting from this
exchange of notes is delicate, indeed
precarious. It is undoubtedly the de
termination of the government at
Washington to exact of Germany
strict accountability for the American
lives that were lost when the Lusi
tania went down. In this American
public sentiment is in overwhelming
accord with the government. Ger
many, by taking extraordinary pre
cautions not to destroy additional
American lives, might even be able to
continue its submarine warfare with
out its involving a rupture with the
government of the United Slates.
But it is difficult to see how such a
rupture is to be avoided, entailing as
it probably would a severance of dip
lomatic relations, if the demand for
reparation is not complied with.
Again there is occasion for the peo
ple of the United States to maintain
an attitude of coolness and modera
tion and trust Woodrow Wilson. He
may be depended upon to do what
ever is necessary and proper at this
critical juncture, to protect the honor
and rights of this country. And he
will do it, if it is humanly possible, in
such a manner as to guard against
endangering the performance of our
duty to humanity as the only great
power that is at peace; as the power
which, because it is at peace, and be
cause it entertains good will toward
all peoples, may hope to serve as the
agent of humanity and defender of
civilization in the most frightful
world crisis that history records.
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