THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1916.
PLATTSMOUTn SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL.
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THOUGHT FOR TODAY.
Half the gossip of society
would perish if the books that
J. are truly worth leading were 1-
but read. George Dawson.
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Did you get a va.entine? If you
did, you wouldn't say so.
:o:
A few bluebirds, the early harbing
ers of spring, have made their appear
ance. :u:
Dyspepsia is something that seems
to be helped very r.iuch by talking
about it.
:o:
It always sounds learned to quote
the bible. But people do not always
quote it learnedly.
:o:
The old-fashioned man who did his
thinking while whittling never com
plained of brain fag.
:o:
Eefore condemning the whole world j
end the people in it one should have
his own liver examined.
:o:
Slnco Secretary Garrison could not
have a continental army he elon't care
a continental for office.
:o :
Double-crossing wo.i't pan out very
satisfactory this year in politics. The
people won't stand for it.
:o:
The fellow who is ?iways trying to
make a good impies--ion all around,
usually doesn't please anyone.
We think it is all light for a man
to love his enemies, provided he is
reasonably kind to his friends.
:o:
Soap was not discovered as early as
gunpowder; and you can realize that
such is the fact, almost anywhere.
tO.'-
After a man has been married about
ten years he quits wearing tight
shoes. Here's at least one way mar
ried life has a good effect upon him.
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Some fellows seem to think if there
is no show for his first choice of of
fices, try another. They are bound to
nurse the public teat, one way or the
other.
:o:
It is very easy to carry water on
both shoulders in signing petitions,
but it will not be so easy for the fel
lows who do this kind of double cross
ing. There'll be trouble brewing if it
is found out.
:o:
In time every dam will break, but
people build in fiood area upon the
theory that it would not break in their
time. But theories won't stop a flood
that has started, or a navy on its way.
Prepare!
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It is pointed out that whoever signs
more than one petition for a nominee
for the same office, i3 subject to a fine
and imprisonment. Just now, when
petitions are flying around thick and
fast, it will be well to bear this law in
mind, or you may get yourself in jail,
or a heavy fine, and maybe both. Take
warning before yoj innocently do
something of this kinJ.
:o:
It should be constantly borne in
mind by every Wilson democrat, that
when the democrats of Lincoln were
circulating a petition to have Presi
dent Wilson's name placed upon the
ticket as a candidate for president,
Charley Bryan, who is making some
pretense now of running for governor
on the democratic ticket, refused to
Ttition. but gave no satis
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factory reason.
If for no other cause
he should be spotted for this
ADVANCE
LONG ARM OF UNCLE SAM.
Every American citizen, whether he
be alien born and naturalized, or
whether he be native born, must feel a
thi ill of pride at the part in the world
events his count: y is being called upon
to play. And as one who stands up
on a lofty height and views conditions
! from afar there rises in his heart the
fervent hope that the United States
will become the world's greatest
ai biter. Though not a prophet nor the
son of a prophet, he can see through
the dense and mirky gloom that now
envelopes all we once held of civiliza
tion as in a pei ilous pall, away out on
the horizon dimly defined between
earth and sky, a tiny gieam of the
star of hope. And tnat star of hope
rises upon the United States and
thiows a radiant influence o'er all the
world.
The dispatches of yostcrday and to
day affirm the splendid position which
the United States has been called upen
to assume in the world's politics. With
cne mighty hand she has grasped im
perious Britain by the throat and with
the other she holds a check on Ger-
manv. she is iriven a fraternal irreet-
ir.g from Sweden, but that is only an
incident. In the administration of her
affairs, as they are intermingled with
the politics of Eurotv, she has reached
out a velvet hand, and it does not
cover nor conceal a hand of mail. It
is a friendly hand, but it has a sinewy
grasp. It is reached out ai the ex
pression of manly justice and with a
magnificent and original interest. It
is extended unabashed of fear or
favor, flattery or frown but it has a
giip, anil if emergencies arise that
grip will be felt. It is the great,
strong arm and hand of the western
hemisphere, representing the might
ind majesty of the United States
. 1 I." .. 1 A.
youngest ot tne wo: :u s nations, oui
her sturdiest and best.
Today it is raised i.s a warning, if
not as a menace. It is the expression
of a voice which says to Birtain:
"Thus far shall thou go, but no farth
er. And it says to uermany: in
your enmadden rush be merciful, for
we cf the Uniteel Slates are citizens
of the world, and we have eyes, and
ears, ana sympathetic nearts to wnicn
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every anguished cry appeals." And
to the rest of the world the hanels of
the United States are raised as
benediction.
:o:
'Once to every man and nation
comes the moment to decide," says the
poet, and sometimes it comes oftener.
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The republican papers are working
awful hard for the nomination of
Charley Bryan on the democratic tic
ket. There is a cause for this, which
every democrat can see the weak
spot.
tot
A veil is probably the most in
teresting thing in the world. No man
is ever too prepossessed to stop and
wonder whether the veil is there to
conceal something that is there, or to
make you think something is there
that isn't.
:o:
The Ford Permanent Peace Tribun
al held its first regular session in
Stockholm last Friday, according to a
cable dispatch to the American Press
associations from th,o Ford publicity
department, with th? mayor of that
city presiding.
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Disposition of the British liner Ap-
pam, brought into Hampton Roads by
a German prize crew, has been decid
ed upon by the United States and will
be announced soon. Although there
is no official confirmation, the indica
tions arc that the sh; will be permit
ted to remain in American waters as
a prize of the Germans indefinitely,
under the terms of the Prussian-American
treaty.
VKAH IN
: Come on, boys, if you want in the
1 race.
til
Washington's
Next Tuesday
ls
birthday.
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A healthy stomach has everything
except judgment.
:o:
Dentists usually aie not as painful
as they are painted.
;) :
Love your neighbor as yourself, but
if you can't, move to some other part
of town.
:o:
Father Time sees a great many in
cidents, but, fortunately, he has to see
everything.
Perhaps the British bachelors hang
back from the firing line in order to
console the British war widows.
:o:
That was a scorcher that Dick Met
calfe paid to the Bryan political ring
in last week's Omaha Ncbraskan, and
every word was the truth. Mr. Met
calfe knows the Bryan outfit and he is
onto their dirty political tricks.
The demand in certain quarters of
Great Britain for reprisals on Ger- !
many on account of the Zepplin raids
leads the Manchester Guardian to say
editorially: "Leaving out of account jmg on in the world as the reauer oi
all moral considerations, we can see, a New York newspaper. The mote a
no real argument of expediency which
would excuse us in stooping to the
baseness which Germans have already
reached." The Guardian recognizes
that the demand is due to hot indigna
tion, but its advocates, it says, after
calmer reflection, will give up the idea
that anything is to b-e gained by hap
hazard murder of German civilians,
although a few may persist in believ
ing that reprisals will yield an ad
vantage. The latter class argue as
an analogy that the 'lies were forced
to adopt the use of poisonous gas in
warfare, but, says the Guardian, "we
reluctantly followed the German ex
ample because gas was a weapon of
definite military advan'.age which since
it was employed by them we could not
afford to forego. But Zeppelin raids
in England have no military import
ance as everyone knows, nor would
curs have any in Germany."
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A TEST WHETHER ADVERTISING
PAYS.
In talking recently with a man who
has made a large success as an ad
vertising salesman in another place,
this question was asked him: "When
a merchant says it does not pay to
advertise, what do ycu tell him?" "I
just ask him this," was the reply:
'What proportion of the population
of this town has been inside your store
during the past two months?" Very
few merchants ever claim they have
had 10 per cent of the population.
Most of the non. advertisers woulel
be glael to get 1 per cent. A lot of
them probably get only a small frac
tion of 1 per cent with any regularity.
Then I say how are the rest of the
people going to know about your
goods? How can they tell whether
it would be for their advantage to
patronize you or not? If you have
good values, or special bargains, how
do they know about it? A great many
ot them rarely or never pass your
store. The great majority that pass
give you only a glance. You are. not
getting their business, having done
nothing to interest them. "Then I
go on," he continued, "to say there
are just three ways to get some of
this trade now slipping past them.
They can send around solicitors from
door to door, distribute circulars or
hand bills, or atlvertise in newspapers.
The newspaper notice is read careful
ly where a solicitor is summarily
turned down, and besides the adver
tising is twenty times cheaper than
canvassing. And hand bills are
chucked into waste baskets, while
newspapers are read. If you don't
care to use any of these methods, I
tell them, most of the people in this
town will continue to pass you by,
without knowing anything about your
goods." These remarks fit here as
well as in the town where they were
made. A merchant must tell the pub
lic about his goods in order to get
trade.
WHAT IS NEWS?
A St. Louis man has been criticising
the St- Ijuis PaPers severely because
they do not come up to his standards
in the publication of news. He seems
to think that more attention should be
paid to publishing news from distant
points and confesses he must buy New
York papers to get the kind of news he
would read. This raises the question
of, what is news? After long experi
ence, it has been demonstrated that
most value is attached in every com
munity to news that pertains to peo
ple and institutions of that community.
Newspapers with an eve to winning
success, will give the greatest amount!
of space and attention to doings of the
people in their own neighborhood. It
is well to have something about big
events at a distance, but what con
cerns all of us most is what is g.dng
on around us. The New York papers
which the St. I.ouis man says he must
buy to get the real thing in the news
line are more provincial in some re-
spe-ets than the rural weeklies. The
New York editors see little that hap
pens more than a few hum! red miles
west of the Atlantic ceast. and ore
reading tluse papers would hardly
realize that there was anything but
unexplored wastes after the Alieghany
mountains have been crossed. The re j
is no ore so ignorant of what is go-j
newspaper considers the doing of the'
people in its territory, the more inter
ested in promoting the welfare of the
community it serves. One editor in
Massachusetts is credited with print
ing the name of every person in his
territory at least twice a year. The I
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man whose mire, is . on the doings
of the people across the water that he
can not have patience to know what
his near neighbor is doing, is like unto
the snob in society whose eye is al
ways lifted to the one above him on
the sojial scale. Alter all, the re..!
stories of human interest, the items
that make for a smile or asigh, car.v.
from people at home, and it is to these i
that will make his paper sell, an 1 give
in the reputation of being r.ewsy. One
interested in a greater field of news
gathering so that he cannot take a:1, in
terest in the eioings of his neighbors,
is in a sad, sad way. It is a safe bet
that the critic of the St. Louis news
papers doesn't know the ptyple wiio
live in the next house, and wouldn't
be interested no matter wh.at happeneel
there.
:o:
Are you one of those unfortunate
cusses who can't express an honest
opinion without knocking?
:o:
Cass county democrats started the
campaign ball to rolling. Now let
other counties fall into line.
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Spring, beautiful spring, brings the
robins and roses and everything in
cluding bluejays and dandelions.
:o:
Judge Sutton, republican, who wants
to be governor, and who was elected
to the district bench three times by
the whisky, beer, rough-neck vote of
Omaha, as he himself terms the Oma
ha vote, is now suen a radical pro
hibitionist that he is going up and
down the state seeking whom he can
devour somebody in joint tlebate on
the temperance question. Mr. Sutton
seems to be about as adept at fakery
as Windy J. Bryan. He thinks pro
hibition a popular wave on which to
ride into the governor's office. But he
will find that the people are not so
easily fooled as he thinks. Lincoln
Herald.
:o:
John Wunderlich is one of the best
men in Cass county. Numerous demo
cratic farmers have visited this office
since John has filed for the re-nomination
for sheriff on the democratic
ticket; and each and every one of them
declared that they were much pleased
to know that Mr. Wunderlich had
again filed for the nomination. They
said that Mr. Wunderlich did not have
a fair show two years ago, but. that
the democrats are determined to see
that he rccives fair treatment this
time. There should not be the slight
est opposition to his re-nomination,
and with harmony prevailing in the
democratic ranks, he can easily be
elected this year.
Don't worry, Bryan is not going to
debate with Metcalfe. He knows bet
ter. to :
Nebraska clothiers don't intend to
introeluce fancy clothing this year.
Hard on dudes.
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Accounts of the terrible ravages of
the grippe should be taken with a
grain of quinine.
:o:
Farm implement dealers are pre
paring for an early spring trade by
getting in scads of goods already.
Society may be '"hollow," but some
of the people in it are solid clear
through. That's the kind to cultivate.
:o :
The democrats of Nebraska can get
together, but it will i.ot be by the ac
ceptance of Charley Bryan for gover
nor. :o :
John Wunderlich will be accepted
almost unanimously as the democratic
candidate for .-dierilF. There is no dis
count on that.
:m:
Medical inspection may go so far
at the public school? that a boy will
know m;ae about his liver than com
pound tiitci'est.
:o:
Vice President M.uhal! is willing
to lun for re-electijp. and ought to
be re-nominated. lie has made good
in every walk of life, and is a splendid
man.
:o:
It is very easy for some leaders of
a party to disabuse the ecu "ider.ee the
people had placed in them. But the
"big-head" will ruin these fellows
every time. Watch are! see them fall
by the wayside in vl.e coming cam
paign on their "rule or ruin" policies.
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The United Stales, it was stated on
highest oilicial authority, cannot pro
test the announced sea policy of the
central powers to sir-k armed mcr
chanmen without warning. That this
government, believing the Teutonic
nations to be within their rights in this
respect, shortly will issue r. warning
to all its nationals not to travel on
belligerent ships that carry guns of
any kind, seemed certain.
STRANGE BEDFELLOWS.
Politics aligns men ;n many strange
ways, which seemed aimost impos
sible a little while ago. The colonel's
boom may never get him anywhere,
except on the first page, and then
again it may. Certainly, his dearest
foes must concede that it is making
some progress. Senator Smoot has
come out in favor of the pride of
Oyster Cay; Senator Smcot who stuck
to Tuft so firmly that the fat profes
sor carried Utah in aa election where
he couldn't carry much of anything
else. Senator Penrose also seems to
view the colonel in a hopeful light;
this stalwart standpatter could easily
reconcile himself to a third cup of
coffee for the great i'atmal naturalist
under existing circumstances, and
if polities ever makes stranger bed
fellows than that, it will have to go
some and then some. But this is not
the limit of the unusual line-up con
fronting the country at the beginning
of a presidential ca-.npaign. Bryan,
who more than any other was re
sponsible for the nomination of Wil
son, is now oir the reservation, camp
ing on the trail of his former chief,
armed with a one-term plank, peace-at-any-priee,
and great gobs of grape
juice. There is e ven talk that the
peerless one may lin up with his old
foe, Champ Clark, if such a course
;cems likely to beat Wilson out of the
nomination. Meanwhile, it is pleasant
to note, Mr. Tai't seems to be very
much himself, and hasn't been chang
ed by the wind.-, of circumstance:;. He
wants a real republican to head his
party's ticket, and the world knows
that Roosevelt isn t anything like
that. And the woods are full of elark
horses and favorite sons ana receptive
candidates until you can't rest, if
politics excites you greatly, a? it
shouldn't. There is going to be much
of it in the land the earning season,
but good weather for crops will con
tinue to be of more vital interest to
the nation.
Children Cry
Tlio Kind You Have Always
iu use for over SO years,
7
ami
S rSJ-27-A-2 ' sonal i
gonal
iTyy. -iUte Allow
All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good " are hut
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the l; ::Kh cf
Infants anil Children Experience against Experiments
What is CA!
Ctesloria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops ami Soothing; Syrups. It is pleasant. IS
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other 2,'arcoilcj
i abstanoe. Its ago is its guarantee. It destroys Y.'or::; ;
r.r.d allays reverishness. For more than thirty years is
has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation,
Flatulency, "Wind Colic, all Teething- Troubles and
liarrhoa. It regulates the Stomach and Iiowels,
assimilates the Food, giving" healthy and natural bleep.
The Children's Panacea The 3IotIier's Friend.
GBNUINE C ASTORIA ALWAYS
SI
)Bears the
sr.
la Use For Over 30 Years
The Kind You Have Always Bought
THE CENTAUn COM
The n.-ychologiat.s lire asseiting that
rti n.s iki-eml on son'e other media
.lu.n tho.-e known to us as the five
if!!se.. The meet conclusive evidence
in favor of thi.; iev is found in
circumstances th:;t even the blind are
i.bla to see dream;; as witness the
expci iences leiorded ly Helen Keller,
LMir.d Tom," the poet of 'Taradise
Lost," and 'others. Hence the con
clu. ion that ii-r, far as physical vision
is concerned only does the optical
nerve guide and Tit it the field of
vision. It is contended that waking
and dreaming differ in degree and
form of manifestation only, not in
principle and essence. Like waking
consciousness, the dream reveals but
loes not create. Th same world that
surrounds the dreaming, only the
viewpoints ami media of observations
;-ie changed. It is recalled that
Harvey of the blood circulation fame
recorded a dream in which a bumble
bee tung him in his left thigh, on a
place whore a couple of days later ap
peared an ugly ulcer, and Malesherbs,
the renowned French author, found
himself attacked by a rowdy who stab
bed him in his brea-t with a dagger
on a spot where the following cvenin
he felt the first attack of a severe
pneumonia. Medical reports are heavy
with similar cases, which have either
.eceived unsatisfactory explanation or
no explanation at all.
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Have you told your congressman
what you think of the subject of na
tional preparedness? He eloesn't
want to hear from you, of course, but
it would be just as well to let him
hear just the same.
-:o:
Of course your excessive modesty
would prevent your answering the
question, but we would really like to
know the name of th-J smartest man
in this community. We know several
who would like to claim the prize.
Fiank Ij. Rhodcn and wife drove up
this morning from their home near
Union and Mr. Rhoden departed on the
early Burlington train for Omaha to
have some dental work looked after,
while Mrs. Rhoden will visit for the
dav in this city.
Miss Hazel Spires if Red Cloud, Ne
braska, who has been here visiting at
the homo of her aunt, Mrs. J. G.
Claus and furnily, for a few weeks.
Jepaited this mornirg for her home,
and en route will visit at Hastings
with her .sister, Miss Viola Spires, who
departed from this c'ty a few days
ago.
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PR. E. R. TARRY 240
for Fletcher's
Bought, and v. Licli lias been
lias borno the signature of
lias ueeil maao unuer per
supervision since us i::far:rr.
no one to deceive you i:i tl.r,.
TORS A
Signature of
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RAN V. NEW YORK CITY
I have decided to quit farming, and
will therefore offer ail my personal
property for sale at Public Auction.
Sale will be held on the Peter llalrr.es
farm, G miles northwest of I'latts
mouth, and 9 miles northeast of
Louisville, on
WEDNESDAY, FEUKUARY 23,
commencing at 10 o'clock, at which
time I will offer the following prop
erty to the highest bidder:
One team bay mares, seven years
old, weight 2,-100.
One team brown mares, full sisters,
coming two and three years old.
One gray colt, three years old.
Four good milk cows, with calf.
Two two-year-old heifers, calves at
side.
One two-year-old stock heifer.
Thirteen head of Droc-ersey brood
sows, all bred to registered boar.
Two Poland China gilts, bred to
registered boar, pedigrees furnished.
One Grand Detour wagon.
One One truck wagon.
One VanErunt carriage.
One Keyes Rros. top buggy.
One Keyes Bros, spring wagon.
One hay rack.
One Piano binder.
One Sucker State press drill.
One lG-foot harrow.
Two Jenny Lird cultivators.
One Eadger riding cultivator.
One Rock Island gang plow.
One Emerson hay rake.
One John Deere lifter.
One Hcosier one-horse drill.
One bob sled.
One disc.
One good pump jack.
One one-hole corn sheller.
One new buzz-saw frame.
One 22-inch buzz-saw blade.
One 8-barrel galvanized tank.
One Hoosier broadcast seeder with
grass seed attachment.
One John Deere ccrn planter with
100 rods wire.
One good Victor fceel grinder run
with belt.
Three sets work harness.
One set buggy harness.
One saddle.
One set buggy fly nets.
One pair buggy shafts.
One buggy tongue.
Lunch Will Be Served at Noon.
TERMS OF SALE:
All sums of $10 and under, cash in
hand. On sums over S10 a credit of
six months will be given from date,
purchaser giving good bankable paper.
All property must be setthd for be
fore being removed from the premises.
A. C. SMITH.
W. K. Young, Auctioneer.
IJ. F. Patterson, Clerk.
Farmers, mechanic;-., railroaders. I,
borers, rely on Dr. Thomas' Eekct
Oil. Fine for cuts, burns, br ui
Should be kept in everv home.
and 50c.
0
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ivJo .loneyji!! Cured
Fistula and All Ractal D!aas cured wltlc
kalfa. PrminntcurMeuGrin(td.
Wrlta far Fraa Illustrated bah on Mvctal
Dlaes and toatlmoniala of hundred a)
curad patlanta In Natiraaka and Iowa. m
Boo BIdg., Omaha, Neb.
