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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLl JOURNAL.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1917.
Oe plattsmoutb journal
PUBUSBED SEMI-WEEKLT AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBBASKA.
Emtarcd at Postoffics at Flattsmoulh. Neb., as cecoad-class mall matter.
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UBSCHIPTIOK PBICEl 91 JO PK TKAB Iff ADTANCB
Don't burn the straw.
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Live right and you'll be right.
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If time hangs heavy on your hands
contract a debt.
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Every time the door bell rings it
means money. .y
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The British have taken Bersheba.
But what about it?
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Some people have a hard time -to
keep the coal bin filled.
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Has the water wagon sprung a leak
in Iowa. It looks like it.
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Widows rush in where cupid fears
to hover around very much.
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Every time a reckless driver gets
at the wheel the devil smiles.
Xo matter whether turkeys roost
high or not, we can't all get one.
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The Kaiser don't want a chancel
lor. All he wants is a phonograph.
The family man who is not pre
pared for winter had better be get
ting that way.
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An Italian correspondent reports
that it is possible to fight all winter
in Italy. Is that good news, or bad?
A few more years and the only
royalty left will be the tattooed prin
cess in the sideshows.
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Why not make Thanksgiving a
meatless day. Just as-well when
turkeys are so high in the treetops.
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In England,' it is" said a' four
pound loaf of bread can be bought
for IS cents, and made of American
flour, at that.
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The kaiser is almost out of pro
vision and he is simply skirmishing
around to see if he can't get a
winter's supply.
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We have not the slightest objec
tion to the war tax on cabarets. The
only thing we can't understand is
why Uncle Sam chooses to tax- them
as "amusements."
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For a town that has been captur
ed and recaptured, Gorizia, is re-
markably easy to spell. Particular
ly so if you are able to keep clear
whether they're spelling it Gorizia
or Goritz this year.
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The perfect girl met the perfect
man and there was established the
perfect home ruled by the perfect
wife. And now the perfect Dorothy
Rice aspires to enter the zone of
supreme effort and become a perfect
grass widow, where the competition
is greatest.
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Our booklet "The New Way" free to
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E. P. IUTZ, Agent, Plattsmouth.
CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS.
The doctrine pressed for so many
years by the extreme socialists de
manding that the people must be
come "class conscious" has come to
full fruition in Prussia. The mili
tary class rules that country is
fully "conscious" of its position. In
England before the war "class con-
sciousness" was universal. There
were the titled aristocracy, the.
"trades people" and the working
men. There was no association be
tween these three classes. If one
of the "trades people" accumulated
a large fortune, he was transferred
to the aristocracy by bestowing some
sort of a title upon him.
It seems from recent articles that
have appeared in the British press
that, "class consciousness" is rapid
ly disappearing in that country, and
fraternal co-operation is taking its
place. Whether it will continue af
ter. the war is a matter of specula
tion among these writers. When
England became hard pressed, when
there were hospitals without suffi
cient attendants, vhena call for
help came from e'very quarter, it Is
said that some of the "gentle born"
ladies began to see things in a. new
light and they went into the hospit
als and workshops to do something
to save the nation.
When seme of these "ladies" went
to scrubbing floors or making beds
on which the horribly wounded lay,
and saw a common "working girl"
at the same work and much more
efficient than they were, they learn
ed to respect her, and the working
girl began to respect the lily-handed
"lady". Class conditions were not
recognized and in the place of "class
consciousness," fraternity and co
operation appeared. The writers
say that class lines have been
broken in a thousand places and they
hope that they -will not be repaired
after the war. World Herald.
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EAD NEWS FROM RUSSIA.
We might as well face the facts
about Russia. It is evident from
Premier Kerensky's statement to the
officials that the slightest sort, of
help is to be expected from the new
democracy. Indeed, from the tone
of his remarks, and his complaint
about the British fleet, it is possible
that there is at least the possibility
of an eventual separate peace.
That makes the job of the United
States and its Western allies so much
the harder. In particular, this
country will be aroused to the neces
sity of bringing all its great re
sources to bear at the earliest pos
sible moment.
The Russian news, like the Italian
defeat, must become a stimulus to
even great activity. K. C. Star.
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THE TWO GERMANIES.
History knows two Germanies.
There is a Germany that is very
dear to the descendants of the sons
of the fatherland, and they may be
found in every country on earth
hosts of them in our own. It is a
Germany that in the past has ap
pealed to the affection and the admir
ation of peoples of other tongues and
other lands. It is a Germany of
love and romance, of poetry and
song, of music, of art and of litera
ture, the Germany of folk love, folk
lore and the folk life. It is a Ger
many that exists today only in the
hearts of those who live what it ha3
been. It is a Germany that has
been transformed by a depotism that
has filled the world with terror a
Germany of the clanking saber and
the Iron heel. Governor C. S. Whit
man, in Leslie's Weekly.
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Iu 1SC2 flour was $18 a barrel.
THE SNAKES IN THE GRASS.
Not the least important of the
reasons that impel the world to
scotch Germany is the fact that she
has been the plotter against peace
security and well-being of almost
every other country. There was
time when commentators on the
war declared that Germany must not
be crushed. Many of them have lost
their cocksureness about that and
others are of the opinion that while
the nation as a nation should be
permitted to retain its intergrity its
powers for evil shall be effectually
curtailed; The story of the plots
that were made to blow up factories,
mills, canals, etc., in this country
when she was at peace with Ger
many is a well-authenticate one. Its
truth is attested by papers written
by men engaged in the nefarious
work. If it were not fair-minded
men would reject it as absolutely
unbelievable. These documents and
testimony show that everywhere
German diplomacj"-has been playing
the role of the snake in the grass,
burrowing under everything, tab
ulating everything, reporting every
thing. Not that any German really
hated all the rest of the world:
not that any of them desired to
murder or destroy out of hate or re
venge or wish to slaughter; not at
all. Behind these plottings, the mo
tive for all this intricate system of
spying, was world domination by a
race that has allowed itself to be
cajoled, flattered and misled into be
lieving itself to be superior to all
others and therefore' entitled to rule
the world. Despite the lessons of
history, this ambition was nurtured
and cultivated until it poisoned the
peace of the whole world. Until
that idea has been wiped from the
German minds and German policy,
the world would be a fool to sheath
the sword. If necessary to crush
Germany to crush that idea that will
have to be done. Lincoln News.
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GLORY ENOUGH FOR ALL.
It is with regret that one encount
ers the complaints from some, of the
volunteer soldiers over the fact that
the men chosen under the selective
draft system were accorded a great
deal of attention when they moved
towards their allotted camps.
"Of course this is due to the fact
hat when the selective draft men
moved toward their camps they went
n masses, while the volunteers
moved as individuals. This made
t possible for the public to recog
nize the former and, impossible to
accord any attentions to the latter.
It isn't how one got into the ser
vice that is material. It is how one
deports himself once he is there.
Those who volunteered out of an
eagerness to serve their country in a
crisis may well feel proud of having
done so, and there were many of
hem. But there Vere others who
volunteered to escape the draft.
through a mistaken idea that it
was more honorable
to volunteer
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than be drafted.
The selective draft law was pass
ed upon the theory that it would be
better for all concerned if men of
conscription age should go or stay
at home, according to the best con
servation of the public welfare. Any
man who holds himself In readiness
to answer his country's call, to "go
where glory awaits him," or stay at
home and reap no glory, is perform-
ng his full duty and is entitled to
all honor.
There will be honor enough in this
war for humanity to provide a share
for all who participate in it, and
there need be no heart-aches over
the distribution of it. Where men
seek to evade their duty there is
room for criticism, but under the
selective draft law the honors due
for service will fall equally, and de
servedly so. Lincoln Star.
It is not that high now, but may
reach it. '.' ' v
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If you are a patriot, let it be
known.
Pretty soon all of us will be thinking
about new resolutions.
NEBRASKA CROPS.
In calling attention to the govern
njent's report pertaining to Nebras
ka crops the Lincoln Review gives
the following:
"The October government report
on principal crops of Nebraska makes
a very satisfactory showing for tlii
state, notwithstanding the great' de
crease in. the wheat crop. This gov
ernment report shows the condition
of all crops in Nebraska on October
1st to be 102 per cent, or two per
cent over the average of other years
The government crop report advances
Nebraska's total crop six per cent
over tne returns given for the crop
on September first. According to
the government report of October
first, the corn crop of Nebraska will
be 259,000,000 bushels. The 191(5
production of corn in Nebraska was
112,400,000 bushels.
"On all wheat, the October first
government report credits Nebraska
with 184,400,000 bushels; this com-
pares with a production of wheat in
Nebraska one year ago of GS.550,,
000 bushels. The government fore
cast for oats as made October first,
gives Nebraska a production of oats
this year of 112,000,000 bushels
This compares with the production
one year ago was 3,OSO,000 bushels
The government report on potatoes
produced in Nebraska this year as
made in its October first forecast,
is 1J.600 bushels. This compares
with the government estimate of
the production of potatoes in 191 G
of 7,663,000 bushels.. In hay pro
duction, the government report gives
Nebraska this year a production of
5,075,000 tons; the government es
timate for hay production in Nebras
ka last year was 7,200,000 tons. In
apple production the government
forecast of October first for this
state is S0C.000 bushels; the govern
ment estimate of the production one
year ago in this state was 567000
bushels.
'Compared with Kansas, Nebras
ka makes an exceptionally fine
showing on October crops. As
shown above, Nebraska will produce
this year 259,000,000 bushels of
corn, while Kansas will produce
129.000,000 bushels of corn. In
wheat, rsebraskas production is
18.400,000 bushels, while Kansas'
production this year is 51,400,000
bushels. The production of oats in
Nebraska as forecasted by the gov
ernment, is 112,000,000 bushels.
while the Kansas production of oats
is 60,000,000 bushels-. In potatoes.
Nebraska's production of 13,600,000
is three times as large as the Kansas
production, which the government
estimates at 4,220,000. Hay produc
tion in Nebraska is estimated by the
government at 5,075,000 tons, is ov
er sixty per cent greater than the
Kansas production of hay that .is
given by the government at 3,261,000
tons."
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According to the Bachelor girl,
the man who is envied by all his
fellows is the one who is strong
enough to eat anything he likes
without getting indigestion, clever
enough to do anything he likes
without getting caught, and ingen-
ous enough to flirt with any woman
he likes without getting married.
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The food administration denies
there is.. a shortage of salt. - Very
good. But it is hoped there will be
no complaint of a lack of pepper in
the food administration, such as
there are appears to be in Professor
Garfield's department. J
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We suppose with C-cent postage
n effect our correspondents will
feel Justified in writing on both
sides of the paper again, after we
had them almost broken of it.
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh is a local disease, greatly in
fluenced by constitutional conditions, and
n order to cura it you must taxe an
internal remedy Hall's Catarrh Medi
cine i3 taken internally and acts tnru
the blood on the mucous surfaces of the
system. Hall's Catarrh Medicine was
frescrtbed by one ot tne best pnytlcians
n this country for years. It ia com
posed of some of tho best tonics known,
combined with some of tho bast blood
purifiers. The perfect combination of
tho ingredients in Hall's Catarrh Medi
cine i3 what produces cuch wonderful
results in catarrhal conditions. Send for
testimonials, free.
ff. J. CHENEY" & CO.. Props., Toledo, O,
au Druggists, t;..
Hall's Family Pills for coas'lpation-
TEMPORARY PEACE '
- ' NOT DESIRABLE
Those who eagerly catch, at every
plea" for peace which emanates from
Berlin and who constantly call for
i
a definition of our war aims, would
do well to keep in mind these words
of General Smuts, the great Boer
leader, uttered in an interview with
the Paris Journal:
"But before thinking of peace
we must be certain of having fin
ished with military imperialism. Be
fore accepting any peace, those who
are charged with the destinies, of
the nations should give serious con
sideration to the terms, for on the
fact that we sign will depend for
generations the peace and future of
the whole world. The stake is the
greatest that the human race has
ever played for; patience and con-
hdence are all that we now need in
order to be certain of winning'it."
We are fighting to destroy an in
stitution, the continued existence of
which would render permanent peace
impossible. That is our war aim.
stated in a sentence.
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WHAT SINK FEINERS WANT.
The Sinn Fein propaganda has
been causing no little stir through
out Ireland of late. Just what Sinn
Feinism calls for is given out by Mr
de Valera, who says:
"The position we wish the world
to understand with respect to Ire
land is that every nationalist Irish
man wants his complete and abso
lute freedom, wants no connection
whatever with England. It is not
colonial home rule, nor home rule
on the statute book, nor any other
form of home rule, which will be
rather Encash rule, but what we
want is absolute independence, so
that Ireland, as a nation can stand
up against the other nations ot the
world as an equal unit with equal
rights, not as a subject nation tc
England, nor as an island on the
other side of England."
This is a clear ut statement and
leaves no doubt as to what the Sinn
Feiuers are working for.
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NO ONE-WEEK JOE.
If t lie people of the United States
are to escape the annoyances and
privations of the government regu-
-
ation of domestic food supplies they
will see that the food card campaign
now in progress does not stop until
practically all of the women of the
country are enrolled for service in
the women's part of the war.
In some of the countries of Eur-I
ope no family can get food except
through cards issued by government,
and then only in quantities and ot
the varieties sanctioned by the au-
thorities.
Unless the women of America vol
untarily enroll to do their full part
necessary to conservation of the footi
supply, sooner or later they will find
themselves up against rigid govern-
ment rationing. '
One woman in Nebraska is report-
ed to have responded to an appeal for j
cooperation by declaring, "I will eat
what I please." She is mistaken
about that, possibly. If there are
t
enough of her way of thinking to in-
erfere seriously with the govern
ment's conservation plan, she and
other women will eat only what the
government is willing to have them
eat.
The period of voluntary coopcra-
ion is here now. If women do not
embrace its opportunities, the com
pulsory period will come later on.
Early reports of the. local Canvas
disclosed that about ten per cent of ;
the women of Lincoln treated the
food card enrollment with disdain.
They must be shown the necessity of
change of heart. The welfare of
11 of us demands that they be made
o reconsider. The food card cam
paign ought to go on until every
woman in Lincoln has realized how
necessary it is that all shall cooper-
te toward conserving the food sup
ply. Hogs are not tolerated within
the city limits. Lincoln Star.
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Food and fuel are to have the
right of way over all railroads.
Children Cry
Ths Ziad You Have Always Bought, and which has been
ia use for over over 30 years, has borne the signature of
yff and has been made under his per-
jCrA sonal supervision since its infancy.
x-uzryr. 'tO iow no one to deceive vou In thie
All Counterfeits, Imitations and 44 Just-as-good " are but
IXpsrinients that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment.
r What is CASTOR I A
Castona is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric,
Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains
neither' Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. Its
age is its guarantee. For more than thirty years it hr.3
teen in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency,
v7ind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness arising
therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach- and Bowels, aids
the assimilation of Food: giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend.
few
Bears the
yy&Qaxs the Signature of
In Use For Over 30 Years
The Kind You Have Always Bought
THE CFNTAUR COMPANV
THE Y. M. C. A. CAMPAIGN.
Next Sunday there will begin in
every part of this country a cam-
paign to raise in nine days 35 mil-
lion dollar's for Y. M. C. A. work
among soldiers at home and abroad.
Kansas City will be asked to give
$350,000 as its share of that fund.
The 35 million dollars is to be divid
ed somewhat after this fashion:
Eleven million to work in army
camps in this country; 12 million to
work among American soldiers over
seas; 5V2 million to work in the
Russian arni3" 2'2 million to the
French army; 1 million to the Ital
ian army; 1 million to work in pris-
ons ot war camps: 4 million to
provide for inevitable expansion
Presient Wilson, Secretary Baker,
Secretary Daniels, every American
I army chief, Lloyd George, ex-Premier
I Asquith, the heads of the French
I government and armv, General
I
j Pershing, and practically every lead-
i
I er at home and abroad has given
I highest approval and testimony to
I the work done by the Y. M. C. A
I among the soldiers. Lord North-
i
cliffe, said the other day that he did
I not see how the. war could have
I been fought without the Y. M. C. A
The V. M. C. A. has already put
j Up five hundred buildiners in army
camps, each costing from $5,000 to
$8,500. A story in The Star recent
ly told what this organization was
doing in Camp Funston with its
twelve buildings, each seating about
one thousand men, and a large cen-
tral auditorium seating thirtv-two
hundred. - The men of the forty
thousand army at Funston pack
these buildings nightly.
Anyone who has been in one of
The Nehawka Mills
arc now Rolling and Manufacturing the
"tatter. M
"Letter Roll" Flour needs no boosting,
For on the top shelf it now is roosting.
The best cooks wherever you go
Use this famous flour, you know.
They just set their yeast and go to bed,
For they know on the morrow they will have good
Bread.
J. M.
C. D. ST. JOHW, Prop.-
JOE MALCOLM, Head Miller.
For Salo by All Doalorc
3
for Flctcher'o
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CASTOR I A always
Sign
i ew roi.K city.
our American army camps, or who
has a relative there, knows what the
Y. M. C. A. does for the soldier. The
Y. M. C. A. hut is the only refuge
for the boys, it is their club, their
church, the tie that binds them ta
home. In the camps are no church
es. The Y. M. C. A. and the Knights
of Columbus are the only two or
ganizations that are putting up
buildings and looking out for the
body, mind and soul of the soldier.
The 35 millions asked for by the
Y. M. C. A. for work among the
soldiers is only a fraction of what
America is giving this year for de
struction in war. Surely the Ameri
can people will not decline to give
that small per cent of the great con
structive work of the Y. M. C. A", in
safeguarding the moral manhood of
the young men of our armies.
Before the campaign actually be
gins the country will be well in
formed in various ways about what
the Y. M. C. A. has been doing and
intends to do; how it plans to fol
low the American soldier boys across
the ocean and right up into the
battle trenches. We are to be told
that in this war are two fronts, the
fighting front over in Europe, where
men lay down their lives, and the
giving front in America, where ev
eryone must lay down his dollars
to help those over there. Kansas
City Star.
-M 'I' M I l"M..M..iHi..i...i..M-i
W. A. ROBERTSON,
Lawyer.
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