MONDAY, AUGUST IS, 1015.
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rLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
Cbc plattsmoutb journal .
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THOUGHT TOR TODAY.
2- The habit of viewing things
cheerfully and of thinking
2- about life hopefully may be
J- made to grow up in us like any
2 other habit." S. Smiles. v
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Three weeks from Monday is Labor
Day.
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The best "wheels of fortune" is
honest labor.
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There is no use talking, you can't
avoid old age without dying young.
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Thc submarine may be eventually
known as the equalizer of the seas.
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What about a base ball tourna
ment? Speak up. Don't be bashful.
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Eve has been terribly maligned.
It has been proven that Noah ate that
apple.
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War seems terrible to a country
that now and then lynches an unruly
nigger.
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Occasionally a preacher tizzies out
because he advertises goods he can
not deliver.
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Every town man imagines that if
he were a farmer he would be a very
intense farmer.
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The interstate commerce commis
sion has rejected most of the freight
advances asked by the lailroads.
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Germany is graciously willing to
grant any demand that Germany
thinks the United States ought to ask.
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When a statesman is pushed back
out of the spotlight he soon learns
that the cold, cheerless world has a
mighty short memory.
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Now watch the scramble for the
thocs of the late lamented Judge Wil
liam Munger. They can't even wait
until his body is laid to rest.
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A soft answer may turn away
wrath, but it will not, in all probabil
ity, bring peace to Mexico, which
should be given both barrels.
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Before Vic Murdock went to con
gress he was a delightful humorist.
His predictions as chairman of the
progressive rational committee in
dicate that he is returning to his old
form.
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Judge John J. Sullivan would be a
good man to fill Judge Munger's shoes
as United States district judge. Since
Judge Munger's death he is perhaps
the ablest lawyer in the state for the
position.
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Now who for Judge Munger's
place? For the Lord's sake don't
give us another Tom Allen. Judge
Munger was an able jurist and a gen
tleman of honor, and a gentleman of
equal ability should be appointed.
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The consumption of sugar per
capita in the United States is esti
mated to be more than ten times what
it was a hundred years ago. During
the past five years the consumption
has averaged about 83 pounds per
capita. A hundred years ago the con
sumption of sugar varied, widely. It
was susually, however, between fou.:
and ten pounds a year. Great Britain
consumed 02 pounds per capita more
than the United States in 1011, but
France and Germany used far less, the
per capita consumption being 39 and
42 pounds, respectively.
A YEAR OF THE WAR.
While Austro-Hungary and Serbia
started to fight four days before, the
great war really began with the. en
trance of Germany and Russia a
year ago. Details of battles and
movements and reports of killed;
wounded and captured have come only
through censors whose chief zeal is
not for the truth. But there are cer
tain outstanding facts no corner could
hide. One is the immensity of the
conflict. More men have been killed
and more treasure spent than in any
other dozen wars of like duration.
Human ingenuity has tried to outdo
itself in devising methods of destruc
tion. Every realm of knowledge has
been drawn upon and every kind of
skill engaged. There has been fight
ing on land, on sea, in the air, under
the sea and in subterranean trenches.
The war and its effects, felt to a
greater or less degree by every human
creature, have occupied the attention
of commerce, industry, science, state
craft, philanthropy, religion and
philosophy. Sages said such a war
was impossible. When it began they
predicted a speedy end. But after a
year of terrific conflict, making all
previous battles seem skirmishes, each
belligerent declares it is fighting for
its life and is professedly confident of
victory. The allies are bound by
solemn peldge not to conclude peace
separately or to make demands for
peace not previously agreed upon
among themselves.
It may well be, called the German
war, for while it has allies, Germany
is the great figure. Through German
aid and direction, the mediaeval Turk
has given the allies the most painful
surprise of the war. A few months
ago Austria-Hungaria was suffering
great reverses and was expected to
become a suppliant for peace. But
when leavened with German troops
and commanded by German officers,
the Austrian army became a mighty
fighting machine. Although it made
its greatest advances to the west and
the south in September, Germany is
still fighting on foreign soil. It holds
Luxemberg, Belgium and the richest
section of France and bids fair to hold
Russian Poland, fighting successfully
now where it fought disastrously last
October. Only Alsace is occupied by
an invader. Germany has lost its
Asiatic and African possessions. Its
commerce has been swept from the
seven seas. It gets no supplies from
outside, except from Scandinavia and
from Holland and Rumania. Being
unable to buy abroad, it has piled up
no great foreign debt. But it seems
to have everything it needs and is
performing prodigies of valor and
daring. With is submarine warfare it
has forced up marine freight and in
surance rates and threatened England
with a fish famine. But the allies
show no lack of confidence. Japan,
finishing its allotted task in the
Orient, has apparently become a
spectator. Serbia has its territory
intact and has improved the oppor
tunity to seize long-coveted Durazzo.
Italy has as yet accomplished little,
but is sure to dD much military and
economic damage to Germany and its
allies. Russia has fought unsuccess
fully but with admirable perseverance
and will continue to engage troops
that cannot well be spared from the
west. France, thought to be as un
stable as water, has astonished the
world by its calm courage and
tenacity. Great Britain ha3 financed
the allies, swept German commerce
from the seas, protected transports
and contributed an army which
Kitchener is said to be increasing
rapidly. Resources of men, ships and
wealth are on the side of the allies
They seem to feel that they can win
and that they must win. They expect
help from some of the Balkan states
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"Can't afford it" puts money in the
bank.
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"Jealousy '. is the manufacturer, of
meanness.
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The latest puzzle: Who is president
of Mexico?
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Sometimes charity begins at home,
and never gets away.
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Don't consign your enemies to
hades. Send them to Mexico.
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The fall in Warsaw may be follow
ed by an early frost in Mexico.
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A married woman invariably feels
flattered when told she does not look
it. So do we.
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It would seem that nearly everyone
can enjoy a summer vacation except
those around the newspaper office.
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If a reporter were forbidden to find
fault he would have an awful time
trying to furnish three columns of
copy a day.
Financing a new Mexican govern
ment may be as easy as Secretary
McAdoo thinks, but wait until bills
for indemnity begin to pour in. .
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It is astonishing how so much war
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news will sometimes maKe a uun
paper. Variety, not importance, is
often the desirderdatum, after all.
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All those European nations with
their whooping up of confidence in
the future are whistling through a
grave yard; and a grave yard it is.
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on. All human probabilities are on
their side. But who, in the light of
what has been done, can put a limit
on uerman capacity tor almost
miraculous achievements?
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After ridiculing his wife's sub
serviency ot styles, tne moaern
American proceeds to put on a big
starched collar for a hot day's work
down town.
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As a business proposition, buying
twenty counties in the southwest and
woving the Belgians there ought to
appeal more strongly to a business
man like Mr. Wannamaker.
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Reports of the prevalence of "bar
ber's itch" i3 the cause for new action
of the health officers of Lincoln, and
an ordinance will be passed by the
commisison which provides that in
struments must be sterilized im
mediately after using in boiling water
or alcohol. Clean towles must be pro
vided for every customer, and powder
puffs and sponges are prohibited. Bar
bers must also wash their hands after
shaving each customer.
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The Mexicans haven't enough
trouble of their own, they are plan
ning to stir up some trouble on this
side of the Rio Grande, and try to
capture some territory and make an
independent government. It would
not take much such talk to stir up
the entire United States, and then it
will be good-bye to Mexico. We have
fooled long enough with that half-
civilized country, anyhow.
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Harry K. Thaw created quite a
sensation in Omaha this week. There
was no particular demand for it, only
that he had killed a man who deserved
to be killed before he was, being a
libertine of the worst nature, and had
ruined many innocent young girls.
Thaw has been punished more than he
ought to have been for the killing of
such a man. In fact, he should have
never been punished at all.
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Perhaps, after all, the resignation
of Mr. Bryan was not so much be
cause of a disagreement on policies as
the. approach .of the chautauqua sea
son...It will.be remembered that last
year Mr. Bryan was criticised quite
severely in some quarters because he
drew a salary from the government
and at the same time spent much of
his time at the chautauquas. Like
everybody else, he likes to be where
the most money is coming in.
HARD ON HOWLERS.
Growlers and calamity howlers are
having a hard time these days in
holding their audiences. Whenever
things are going along just about
right, the calamity howler finds but
few willing ears into which he may
pour his tale of woe. Nobody likes to
listen to other people's troubles and
complaints unless there is a special
reason for doing so. Most people
have troubles enough of their own,
and some to spare. And they are con
tinually trying to get rid of those
they have. They are not taking on
new ones not if they know it and can
avoid it. So at this time when the
people of this country have less cause
for complaint than at any time in the
entire past, the calamity howler gets
about the same unresponsive hearing
as does the dog baying at the moon.
Calamity howlers generally have
something the matter with their poli
tical appendix, and howl for political
effect. These we have with us always.
They howl because they are on the
outside and want in, and not because
there is anything wrong on the in
side. Today we hear them howling
about President Wilson's foreign
policy, about his Mexican policy,
about the tariff, about the falling off
of imports from warring Europe, and
about the defenceless condition in
which the republicans left the country.
The calamity howler doesn't tell how
he would fix things if he had a
chance. He simply howls because he
wants to get Wilson out and wants to
get one of his own kind in.
The people, however, are not taking
very kindly to the political calamity
howler ight now. Most of them be
lieve that President Wilson is the
right man in the right place, and they
feel that the country is secure and
safe in his hands. They stand solid
ly behind him in his foreign policy.
They know that he is a man of peace,
ye"t would be strong in war. They
believe that he will find some means
of restoring law and order in. Mexico.
They believe that he will work out
some plan of national defence that
will render this country secure in the
event of war. They believe that his
new banking and currency law saved
this country from a most disastrous
financial panic on the breaking out of
war in Europe. They know that the
entire business interests of the coun
try have the utmost faith and con
fidence in President Wilson, and that
notwithstanding the chaotic state of
Europe and of European business, our
own people are more prosperous than
ever before. We were officially told
recently that this country now pos
sesses more than two billion dollars
of gold more than any other country
in the world ever possessed more
than any two countries in the world.
now possesses. We are also officially
told that the balance of trade in favor
of this country during the past year
was more than a billion dollars. And
it is common knowledge that the big
gest and most valuable crop ever pro
duced in America is now assured.
Nobody but a confirmed calamity
howler could howl about times like
these. Nobody but a common political
job-hunter would attack President
Wilson at a time when every impulse
of patriotism demands the most loyal
support.
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The store that never advertises is
easily recognized by its stock of cob
webs.
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A golf expert says that no one can
talk and play a good game of golf,
though there are some who regard a
good game of talk as superior to any
golf game.
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In the World's Work is an article
which tells of a machine that makes
1,800 pies an hour. However, the pie
that requires half an hour to make
and is not baked with more than two
or three others is still preferable.
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A noted writer is searching for a
farmer who says "By Heck!" Not
guilty in this neck 'o the woods, broth
er. Farmers around Plattsmouth are
all loated plutocrats, nad as to
morals can give town people cards
and spades and beat them to it.
The farmers are putting in their
best licks.
Many are looking for a big drop in
the wheat market.
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The Turk retains a death grip on
his remaining feather.
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New sleeping porches will wrait till
next summer to be broken in.
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George W. Perkins says the pro
gressive party is going to grow, and it
will be generally admitted that it has
plenty of room.
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When the war is over we may have
to revise our immigration laws in
order to check the inrush of marriage
able maidens from far over the way
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A net waist with a goose pimple
background isn't so danged entranc
ing, and the Girls who Show Through
shouldn't do so in chilly weather.
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The patrons of the Lincoln Tele
phone and Telegraph company are
getting ready to battle against the
high rates threatened by the company.
Put your ears to the ground and soon
you will hear a great rumbling in this
direction.
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Of course the Russians have lost
Warsaw, but hat is so small when
compared to their entire territory that
they will never mind it. The Ger
mans will keep it if they can, but of
course that is a question to be decid
ed later on.
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If Plattsmouth had a few more
enterprising men like the firm of
Peters & Richards, the scarcity of
rental houses would soon be relieved.
They are arranging to erect three up
to-date homes in the southwest part
of the city. This kind of enterprise is
what helps build up a town.
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Charley Wooster never opens his
mouth without saying something, and
at times as grouchy as an old goose
He is now finding fault with President
Wilson, but then he changes so often
that his opinion don't amount to much,
anyway. As one of our western ex
changes remarks: "Charley loves to
hear himself talk and get himself
quoted in the newspapers. That's all
there is to him."
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TIIEY'RE COMING BACK.
Referring, in this instance, to the
feminine fashion of making gowns to
button down the back, or up the back,
depending somewhat on the point of
beginning. Either way it looks like
a hard winter for the men, who are
patient and long-suffering, particular
ly the married men, to whom the new
burden will return. Of course the
women may insist a married man
should provide a maid to attend to
such little chores, but the high cost
of living won't permit it, and he
might as well steel himself for the
worst. The Fashion Art League of
America has issued its decree concern
ing the fall fashions, and it is 'along
the line or spinal Column set forth
above. And what fashion decrees,
women adopts as a necessity or a
blessed privilege, and mere man must
id and abet her if the occasion seems
to demand it, as in the case of the
gown with a rear entrance. And
throughout the bracing fall and on
through a hard winter, he shall play
lis part patiently and hear that his
ingers are all thumbs, and that he is
an impatient brute, and ought to be
shamed to use such language in the
presence of the children, and other
ings and arrows of an outraged
wife, which shall be as solacing as
salt to his wounded feelings. But the
omen won't worry about a little mat
ter like that, and they needn't, for the
men " are rabbits, and, whatever
fashion decrees, man will pay the bills
the best he may, and even act as mi
lady's maid without resort , to open
rebellion. He may act the brute, and
beef a bit, and hate the fashion dictat
es, but he wants the woman of his
choice as fashionable as circumstances
permit, lest he be led to regret that
ch
oice. and devote too much attention
to
the street parade, and other outside
attractions.
Children Cry
TIio Kind Yoir Have Always Bought, ami Mhk-u lias boon
in use for over SO years, Las borne the sUmature of
ami lias boon matle under Lis per
t S S-.jA?7rA-7- Honal supervision since its lalanry.
x-&r-yjC S-CUcJivZZ Allow no one to dec eive on in this.
All Counterfeits, Imitations and Tust-us-gooit are but
Kxperiineiits that trifle Willi and endanger the heulih of
Infants and Children. Experience against Experiment-
What is CASTOR I A
Castoria is a, harmless substitute for Castor OH, Pare
goric, Irops and Soothing1 Syrups. It is pleasant. Jfc
contains neither Opium, .Morphine nor other 3tarcotte
substance. Its age is its guarantee. Jt destroys V'ornr
and allays Koverishness. l'or more than thirty years it
lias been in constant use for the relief of Constipation,
I-TatuliMiey, "Wind Colic, all Teething' Troubles, and
Diarrhoea. It regulates the Stomach and Cowels,
assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend.
CEMUiNE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the
M Use For Over 30 Years
The Kind You Have Always Bought
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YOUR BOY must be educated and developed. If he is not doing
well in school, is discouraged, wants to do more and better work,
the NEBRASKA MILITARY ACADEMY is a school close at home
where you can send him and be sure he gets what you want him
to have. This SCHOOL understands BOYS and deals with them
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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
Some loaf all the time. Others are
satisfied with a half loaf.
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Wheat yield surprises farmers who
thought rain had ruined crops.
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The European war is a year old, and
on the west end it ought soon to be
able to walk.
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It is officially denied that the kaiser
said the war would end in October. It
was too good to be true.
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Cool nights are very much ap
preciated by the sleepers, but the corn
growers would prefer them somewhat
warmer.
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Edison has invented a whistle that
can be heard for twenty miles, and
some man with a two-by-four foolish
car will probably be the first to order
one.
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An automobile caught on the streets
or byways without lights both in front
and rear after dark, the driver should
be arrested on the spot and fined.
That is the only way you can learn
ome people.
THE CALL OF
THE
The Pacific Slope, with its marvelous development, solicits voti to
journey through that land. The
magical resources snapea to tne
wizards; those mighty forests are
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this earth; there are no such orchards, orange groves and floral land
scapes in the world, nor does history record there ever have been.
The Burlington operates five through service routes to CH fnrnin
and two through service routes to Puget Sound, with the Pacific
coast steamship or rail connecting link. You may combine these
through service coast routes for a "See America" tour that will inchiA
the broadest scope of the West and
for Fletcher';
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Signature of
Some people are rich and others are
happy. But you seldom find a person
who is both.
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Chautauquas may be fine things for
the community, but the seats are
usually as hard as the word is to
spell.
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manner we will be in a fair way to
double the wealth of our country.
If Germany can put millions of men
in the war and still cultivate prac
tically every acre of waste land, why
is it we of the United States cannot
more materially increase our yields
when we have no war? When we
answer this question in a practical
Despondency Due to Indigestion.
"About three months ago when I
was suffering from indigestion which
caused headache and dizzy spells and
made me feel tired and despondent, I
began taking Chamberlain's Tablets,"
writes Mrs. Geo. Hon, Macedon, N. Y.
"This medicine proved to be the very
thing I needed, as one day's treatment
relieved me greatly. I used two bot
tles of Chamberlain's Tablets and
they rid me of this trouble." Obtain
able everywhere.
COAST!
melting snows of its mountains are
genius ot electrical and horticultural
the last of their kind left standind on
Northwest.
Let the undersigned tell you of our through service
routes available at the $50 excursion rates to Califor
nia, or the rate for the Coast circuit tour.
R.W CLEMENT, Ticket. Agent.
L. W. WAKELLR. General Passenger Agent,
1004 Fanram Street. OMAHA. Neb.
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