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rLAl'ISMOUTII SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1915.
XZbc piattsmouth journal
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THOUGHT FOR TODAY.
I- And in like manner the Spirit
J also helpeth our infirmity; for !
V we know not how to pay as we J
J oujrht; but the Spirit itself 4
V maketh intercession for us with
I groanings which cannot be ut-
I- tered. Kom. S:2G.
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Folly is a fly that should be swat
ted.
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Look out for frost, if warm weather j
don t come soon.
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Look up your overcoat and sec that
it is jn good shape.
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Many a man stubs his toe on the
doorstep of success.
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Envy, egotism and anger has tor
pedoed many a friendship.
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Disagreeable habits can and do go
out of fashion. Hair oil has.
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A true loafer's favorite amuse
ment is bothering busy people.
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A political trail-hitter means
wavers as long as there is an office
in sight.
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Somehow few of the newspaper men
who are writing warlike editorials
have yet enrolled for military train
ing. :o:
Fifteen millions worth of property
wijM-d out at Galveston, Texas, by a
recent storm, and one hundred lose
their lives.
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Omaha reports a couple in that
ity that recently celebrated their
seventy-fifth wedding anniversary.
They must have been married young.
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The fact that many business men
are taking military training .and can
command a regiment, does not prove
that they can enforce discipline at
home.
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There are not many men who are
as popular as Dr. Hall. Men who can
got the democratic nomination with
out the asking are about as scarce as
hen's teeth.
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Collectors for the churches should
r -fleet that it is not tactful to ask a
man to contribute fifty cents to
preaching at a time when he has just
returned from a vacation costing one
hundred dollars.
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The Lincoln brass foundry has ac
cepted a contract to manufacture $2,
.'00,01)0 worth of brass sharpncl shells
for one of the warring nations. As
Lincoln is Mr. Bryan's home, he be
ing the Prince of Peace, it is a won
der he would allow such a thing right
in his home town.
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Newcomers are in Piattsmouth
every day on the lookout for new
homes, and several have selected sites
for building new residences. They
f-cem to prefer building rather than
buying a residence. Piattsmouth
still booms right along and property
has almost doubled in valuation in the
past five years.
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It is all right for President Wilson
to tell Germany what it must not do,
but John Bull draws the line when
the president tells him what Great
Britain must do. England is as deep
in the mud as Germany is in the mire,
and both should be treated. alike by
this country. Not the least partiality
should be displayed.
at Piatt mouth, Ntbr.
Nebraska as second-class mail matter.
3ATES, Publisher
BEIN A GENTLEMAN."
There are people who bring up thei
children, and those who allow them
just to grow, like Topsv. There are
those who give their boys and girls
the benefit of home training, of a
direct and constant and tender per
sonal influence, and those who, de
pending precariously on laws and po
licemen and bureaus and commissions
to safeguard them, wonder at the
waywardness of youth and bewail the
tendencies of the times.
In a New York paper, the other day,
was told a little story in which there
is food for reflection. An S-vear-oId
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gin, piaying in ine par, was iorcea
to remove her worn shoe because a
nail was hurting her. With the shoe
in her hand she started to limp home
ward. She stepped on a jagged piece
of plass and fell fainting to the curb,
where she lay until an unknown little
gentleman, about 10 years old, came
along. The boy laboriously lifted the
girl to his back and Started for the
hospital, occasionally putting her
down for the moment while he rested.
At the hospital an astonished door
tender took the burden from the vouth
and called a physician. The latter
found the girl weak from loss of blood
and said that a few minutes more
might have proved fatal to her. The
lad persistently refused to give his
name. "I'm bein' a gentleman, like
my father says,' he explained, and
trudged away.
There is a boy blessed with a real
father. Thanks to that father, there
is a boy growing up to be straight and
clean and brave and manly. The lures
and temptations of the metropolis, we
can feel sure without any further in
formation, endanger and will endanger
him but slightly. Evil associations,
bar rooms, dance halls, pool rooms,
the glare of the great white way, can
weigh but lightly in the balance in
their influence on that boy because
the home influence, the father's influ
ence, have gained so much the start
of them.
It is a wonderful shield and buckler
that father is giving his son. The
lessons we learn when we are young
are those we never forget. They
stay with us through life, and become
habit or second nature. The pity of
it is that in that tender, formative
period, when mind and heart are like
wax to receive an impression and like
granite to retain it, there are so many
lessons to be learned that are never
imparted. Father is too busy re
forming his neighbors, reforming the
world, trying to impress his own
habits and customs upon strangers,
who don't like them and don't want
them, to pay very much attention to
his own boy. He figures hazily that
if he can get the laws and ordinances
framed about to his liking his boy can
go through life sequestered and shel
tered by society and all will be well
with him.
It is a sorry mistake. It was a
part of the divine scheme that placed
sin and temptation in this world. Soon
or late thjy come with their siren
whispers to everyone, and woe be
unto the man or woman who must de
pend upon protection to escape them
rather than upon character and ideals.
It is in the home that character is
formed and ideals are planted and
watered. Home influence cannot re
move sin from the world whose thorny
paths must soon be trodden by tender
feet. But home influence can give
the strength to resist and overcome.
It can implant an instinctive love of
good and abhorrence of evil. It can
make it natural for a lad to "be a
gentleman, like my father says." And
so, and so only, is the world to be
reformed. World-Herald.
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A little cool, thank you, for this
time of the year.
Many people are still wondering
when summer sets in.
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It is easier to talk back than it is
to come back, sometimes.
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People forget so readily that there
is an advantage in the closing argu
ment. : o :
Knowledge may be power, but it
takes a heap of gasoline to make thvJ
car go.
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The volcanoes in Southern Italy had
to get into the fray, but the Balkans
are still sitting tight.
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The poor, misguided chigre gets
none of the credit for industry so
lavishly bestowed upon the busy bee
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An exchange announces that "to
matoes are going to waist," which i
admittedly not the proper place for
them.
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It is confidently believed that con
gress will soon relieve the threatened
deficit by appropriating some moci
money.
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The oflicial who can get what he
wants without violating the letter of
the civil service always stands high in
certain circles.
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The Typographical Union is not op
posed to abstainence, but it does not
consider it a proper subject of or
ganized coercion.
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We all made merry over Yill.i s
moving picture battles, but now Eng-
and has adopted the idea, although
iot as a revenue measure.
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Discovery by scientists that the
arly days, of the world may not have
been exactly as thev are described in
Genesis hasn't made anybody happier.
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Now, here comes a judge who
olemnly decrees that fish is meat.
Why is it that nobody can be found
who is inclined to tell the truth about
fi?h?
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The State Journal is so fearful that
the democrats will nominate Dr. P. L.
lall for governor that it has already
been trying to start a feud between
factions of the democratic party.
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Some people want the world, but
they are sure of only what they
work for or fall heir to, and that for
only a brief space of time. Finally it
will take only a very small spot of
earth to be the last resting place for
each body.
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A New York newspaper says east
ern business men figure the United
States will be in the war in Novem
ber or December and are trimming
their sails accordingly. Still, one
guess may be as good as another, or
better. And then it might be "the
wish is father to the thought" with
fome of those New York fellows.
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News of the sinking of the Arabic
caused fresh weakness in the when
world. The Arabic was an Englis'i
vessel carrying a few American pas
sengers, who were very foolish to-t-tempt
passage under present circum
stances. Calm judgment must nov
await the oflicial unfolding of thy
facts connected with its sinking.
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Mayors, bank presidents ami other
men of prominence in the commercial
and political world are taking a
course of military training at Platts
burg, N. Y., and are serving as
privates in the ranks. It is one of
the new methods adopted by the gov
ernment for the national defense in
the event of a foreign invasion, and
should appeal to every man who has
the slightest degree of reverence for
his flag and his country. A like
movement on the part of the business
and professional men of this com
munity would not be amiss, for while
other places may make a more
spectacular showing, there is no sec
tion of the country in which true
patriotism is more pregnant in
emergency than right here among our
own people.
NOT CIIINAFIED.
One may join Col. Roosevelt in
damning the mollycoddles without
sharing the fear that this nation is to
be Chinafield. The world knows this
nation isn't prepared for war, al
though much better situated in that
respect than the celestial republic of
the Far East. Our navy is a third
later, at best, where it should be av
least second, and possibly fusn, in
view of our widespread coast line, an 1
the importance of isolation as a de
fensive measure. Our army is an ef
ficient force for its size, but is a joke
in size, being considerably smaller
than the fighting force of Switzer
land or Holland, and it ought tt be
increased four-fold, and probably will
be. But the fact that this nation will
not be Chinafied is based more on tie
people than on organization, which vj
lack to such a shameful degree. China,
the oldest continuously civilized na
tion, for centuries isolated from the
moving world, is decadent with age
and behind the times, while this coun
try has at least been a leader in other
fields of progress, if a laggard in war.
And we aren't without our military
traditions, although these are based
on little wars as wars are reckoned
nowadays. But we fought for our in
dependence, and for the preservation
of the union, and our rights on the
high seas, and we should fight again
if the occasion demanded.
One cannot by the wildest stretch of
fancy, imagine the United States sub
mitting meekly as China did to the
dictates of another nation regarding
our internal policies. Of course we
might be overpowered, as Belgium
was, and become an enslaved people,
as the Belgians are, but it would only
be after the land was bathed in blood.
However, we don't want to be like
Belgium is, any more than we
choose to follow China's course. Bel
gium's lot is h 1, although somewhat
glorious, while China's position is
most humiliating of the nations of the
world, although safe and comfortable.
Between the two, every red-blooded
American would choose the fate of
Belgium. But for a country of our
potential possibilities, neither course
is necessary. We have the men and
the money. Remains only then to se
cure the training and equipment, and
America is blind to neglect them. Men
may fight fiercely without training,
but training is necessary to get re
sults which are important in warfare
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The unearthed secret correspond
ence shows that the Belgian ministers
were suspicious chaps.
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During courtship an ounce of flat
tery is equal to a pound of caramel.
Take your choice, boys.
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Did you ever notice that if you did
not bet on the home team you wcrj
disloyal to the community?
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Carranza lost all chance of being
recognized when he fulminated
against the landing of marines at
Vera Cruz.
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Whatever their responsibility for
the decline, it is certain that the al
lies do not care how low the price of
wheat drops.
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The census tdiows that there are
S,924,05f unmarried women in the
United States. You can't blame this
on the European war.
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The chautauquas are not so .suc
cessful as they formerly were. Peo
ple get tired of the same amusements
and speakers over and over, and here
is where the line is drawn.
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Nebraska ranks well with other
states from the standpoint of her
ural schools, according to a 125-page
report of the U. S. department of the
nterior compiled by J. L. McBrien,
former state superintendent of Ne
braska, now extension agent for the
United States bureau of education.
le showed that the state was thor
oughly up to the standard in teacher
training, rural school extension, coun
ty unit plans, rural High schools and
the study of agriculture and domestic
Ecience.
Former Lieutenant Governor Mc-
Kelvie has not yet announced his can
didacy for governor next year, but we
presume he will be in the race to the
extent that he was last year, and that
was simply his announcement.
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The kaiser advises the pope that he
is ready to talk peace if the allies
say the word. The allies say they are
going to wh!p the kaiser, if it takes
several years to do it. But somehow
they are slow in getting started.
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All that is needed to make Piatts
mouth a city of 10,000 population in
the next few years is for the citizens
we mean those who have the best
interests of the city at heart to
forge right ahead the way they have
been doing in the past five years, and
we'll have the satisfaction of seeing
the old town to this extent, if not
larger. "Pulling together" will make
any town prosperous.
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Every time a democratic ofiiceholder
dies, or resigns, or a prominent office
is to be filled a half dozen papers over
the state begin to howl "Billy
Thompson," the "Little Giant," and
asking the place for him until it has
become a frazzled joke. Give "Billy"
a needed rest and others a deserved
chance. Kearney Democrat. Now
you're shouting, Mr. Democrat. Give
Billy what he needs ti good, long
rest.
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M. P. RECEIVERSHIP.
Popular regret at the appointment
of a receiver for the Missouri Pacific
and Iron Mountain may be measured
i'elicitations over the apparent pros
pect that President Bush and his
board would be able to avert such
proceedings. Ine efforts ot the man
agement have been prodigious and
have won the admiration of the busi
ness world. Ine properties under
the present management have been
conducted with great efficiency and in
a way to increase their luture value.
The receivership, which appears to
be friendly, was not unexpected, after
the reluctance of the stockholders to
bear an assessment of .f-50 a share un
der the reorganization plan became
obvious. The market value of stock
lropped .' a share. While the hold
ers of matured notes generally de
posited them under the renewal agree
ment, there were still enough out
standing to permit the filing of
vexatious suits in many states. The
federal receivership simplifies mat
ters, insures the preservation of the
unity of the system and offers hope
of a reorganization which could not
be voluntarily effected. Every aspect
of the situation has been so thorough
ly considered, the president, who has
been named receiver, enjoys such uni
versal confidence, and the properties
have been so well conserved by the re
cent management as to inspire hope
that the owners will soon be again in
charge.
So far as the large territory served
by the system is concerned, its in
terests will be guarded. The federal
courts have adopted the wise policy
of insisting on the physician condition
of the railways under their control be
ing maintained at the highest stand
ard. This conserves the value of the
properties and also guards the wel
fare of the communities dependent
upon them. Sympathy is due stock
holders and security owners who may
lose large sums through the re
organization, but this is unavoidable.
Some of the conditions grow out of
old mismanagement, some out of in
adequacy of rates and some out of
facts beyond anybody's control. The
public seems ready to correct what
ever injustice it has done, although its
representatives have not responded
with the alacrity it expected. St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
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in use for over ItO jcars, has burno the signature of
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VVVT S-cUoUM Allow no one to deceive you in this.
All Counterfeits, Jmif ations and '.Tust-as-jrood " are but
Kxperimciils that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children Hincrience against UsnerimcnU
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Castoria is a. harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
jrori., Jrops ami .Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It
cout iins neither Opium, .Morphine nor other 2f:irrotf
substance. Its njje is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays I-Yverihness. l'or more than thirty years it
l::is heeii in constant use for the relief of Constipation
J'Jattilcncy, "Wind Colic, all Teethiiij Troubles and
Diarrhcea. It regulates the Stomach and Howls,
assimilates the Foot!, giving1 healthy and natural sleep,
'iho Children's Panacea The Mother's Ifrieud.
GENILHNE CASTORIA ALWAYS
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THE C E N T AU P COM
HMH-i
IN PLATTSMOUTH
FORTY YEAKS AGO.
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We saw Dick Streight in Omaha
Jlondav, sailing along Sixteenth
street, behind those handsome grey.5
Jeihn Waterman started on Mon
day last for a short trip to Minnesota,
the first holiday he has taken for six
years. We think he ought to enjoy it
to the uttermost, and hope he may.
Julius Pepperburg's house is almost
done and will be very nicelv finished.
?.Ir. Swartz, our German friend, was
the painter: the finish is excellent.
In muddy weather it is almost im
possible to get into the western part
of town on account of the sidewalks
and crossings being in such a bad con
dition. J. V. Weckbach has bought the cor
ner lots opposite the postofTice on
Main street and is grading the same
for a new lumber yard. He will fix up
a handsome; little office and make
things look better around there.
Colonel Yanatta, the bloodthirsty,
went west Wednesday. He first pro
posed to stop over and preach our
funeral sermon at the M. E. church
Friday evening, but thought better of
it and went west to grow up, etc.
George A. Creamer brings us a
specimen of fall wheat, of grass vari
ety; says the grass wheat is properly
a winter variety, great length of
straw and heaels at fifty grains to
each head; he says crops are all right
so far. The wheat which has been
sold here for spring wheat can be
sown in fall as well; this of Mr.
Creamer's was sown in September.
The wife of John E. Barnes died at
midnight, Monday, July 15th, of con
sumption. The funeral took place at
5 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, the
Rev. Mr. Burgess officiating. Mr.
Barnes is left with two small children
and has the sympathy of his friends
in his trouble.
Our county clerk is now recording
a huge document, being no more nor
less than the bonding of the B. & M.
road and appurtenances for fourteen
million ($1-1,000,000) of dollars. This
means new roads on the Republican;
maybe a bridge at this point, and gen
eral improvements in the South Platte
country.
Nebraska military Academy
(INCORPORATED)
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 MJUTARY 'ACADELMYJs 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
individually. Prepares for; college and business. For informa
tion, talk to our patrons, visit the school, phone or write for catalog.
Address SQL. B. D. HAYWARD, President
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
for Fletcher's
Signature of
PANY, MCW VOK CITY
! GOVERNMENT BUILDING
SOON TO RECEIVE REPAIRS
The roof on the government build
ing in this city wijl soon be repaireel
and painted and come out in a gen
eral improved condition, as the super
vising architect's office at Washington
has sent out the specifications for the
work, which will be let by bid to the
lowest bidder. Uncle Sam is a careful
landlord and sees that the buildings
are kept up in first-class shape all the
time and not allowed to run down in
any way.
WANTED A good, steady, gentle
manly salesman to handle a Ward's
wagon in Cass county. No experi
ence needed. For full particulars
write promptly to Dr. Ward's Medi
cal Company, Winona, Minn. Estab
lished lSoO. 8-12-8twkly
Reduced Trices on Eggs for Hatching.
After May 1st I will sell S. C.
Rhode Island Red eggs for htaching
at 50c per setting of 15.
Duroc-Jersey swine, any age or sex,
for sale at all times. Col. Gano, Crim
son Wonder and Gold Model strains.
Call Platts. 'Phone 2221.
W. B. Porter.
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Wall Paper, Paints, Glass, Fictura
Framing. Frank Gobelman.
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