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fi'BLIIDCP ICMX-WREKLY AT riJLTT SMOU TB JtKHUASKA.
Catrd at Poptofflce at Plattsmouth, Neb., aa secoad-clasa mall matter.
R. A. BATES, Publisher
IClSCRirnOV PRICK FEB TKAJt Uf ' ADTAHCB
ODE TO GENERAL BYNG.
O General Byng, O General Byng,
Your're doin mighty fine!
Byng on. Byng ever! Bing until "
You're bingin' on the IthincJ
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God bless the Red Cross workers.
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Every true American .is for the
Red Cross.
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It is to remember Tuesday no
meat, Wednesday no wheat
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Americans in France are already
known for their keen thinking and
sharpshooting.
A fellow never realizes how few
words he can pronounce until he
reads something in public.
It is time to pull the chair up to
the calendar and count the days un
til Christmas. Today doesn't count.
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A lot of Ford jokes will have to
be done over in seafaring language
now, since Mr. Ford is going into
the water-fiivver business.
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It will soon be Col. Neville, in
stead of Governor, and when he
steps down and cut, in will be Gov
ernor Edgar Howard.
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The Nebraskan who thinks he has
nothing to be thankful for this year
is a chronic grouch who could r.ot
be thankful for the greatest bless
ings. :o:-
Whenever a million dollars' worth
of sugar or eggs is found hoarded
away, is it taken over by the gov
ernment, or is the finder allowed to
put it in a sack and take it home?
A certain Mr. La Follette will go
down in the ages Hun-wept and
Hun-sung, says the Chicago Herald.
This is a hot one for the once hon
orable and popular gentleman to
paste in his scrap book.
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Plattsmouth will have one Cap
tain that is Captain E. A. Fricke,
who has been commissioned at the
training camp at Fort Snelling. The
Journal extends congratulations to
our young friend.
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Some persons viewing manifest in
justices in the social order get con
solation out of the assumption that
the "survival of the fittest" after all
governs. It doesn't always work
that way. Disease bacteria often kill
useful and brilliant people.
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Whether j-ou believe in this war
or not there is just one of two thing3
we must do. We must either wollop
the kaiser or be wolloped by him.
Which do you prefer? AnJ every
true American will stand by the
Stars and Stripes until the last arm
ed foe expires.
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Good crops, good prices, plenty of
work at good wages, a fine climate,
brave sons ready to fight for God
and right why shouldn't Nebraska
render grateful thanks to the God of
Nations? Let's take a day off on
November 2D and return thanks for
all our blessings, for our oportuni
ties for unselfieh service and for the
benefits received at the hands of the
Almighty. York Democrat.
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
with LOCAL APPLICATION'S, as they
cannot reach the seat or the disease.
Catarra is a local disease, creatly in
fluenced by constitutional conditions, and
in order to cure it you must take an
Internal remsdy Hall's Catarrh Medi
cine 13 taken internally and acts thru
the blood on tho mucous surfaces of tho
system. Hall's Catarrh Medicine was
prcbc-ribed by one of tho hest physicians
in this cou::lry for years. It i3 com
pose 1 of some of ttio best toaics known,
confined with cense or the best blood
purifiers. T:;s ixsrfect combination of
the insre?.!ont3 in Hall's Catarrh ?.Iedi
c;ne is what produces such wonderful
roaults In catp.nhal conditions. Send for
testimonials, tree.
V J. CHENEY & CO., Props.. Toledo. O.
Ah LTi vgLjts. T-i.
Hail's Faintly I'Als for ccnsUpation,
One day nearer Christmas.
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Christmas comes but once a year.
Time to tell the people what you
have for the Christmas trade.
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You can't always beat your best,
but you can always do your best.
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The best way to cure folks who
want to run Russia is to let them
try it.
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The Knights of Columbus fund
in Nebraska is materializing very
rapidly.
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After all Germany should be
thankful that she is not afflicted
wit two kaisers.
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Vice President Marshall is in fav
or of revoking the naturalization
papers of every disloyal citizen.
It must seem strange to the old
mossback how these up-to-date con
cerns can waste so much money on
advertising and still keep going.
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It seems just as hard to identify
girl by her prune colored coat this
j ear as it was to pick her out by her
mustard colored coat last year.
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The season for the annual shoot
ing matches has arrived, ana not
withstanding the scarcity of turkeys
there will be plenty of them.
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In answer to many inquiries as to
why the British should want to take
Jerusalem we should say that a good
enough reason is that it is held by
the Turks.
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How queer it is that wc cast aside
all the other things we know noth
ing about just in order to give our
full time to explaining when the
war will end.
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"Knitters are too busy to darn,"
says a headline, introducing anoth
er war blessing. Everybody who has
worn a darned place over nis pet
corn knows what the blessing is.
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Asks the Indianapolis News:
"Would a grouchless day fit into the
regular program?" Oh, we suppose
so. Y hue they re taking otner
pleasures from us, they might as
well take them all.
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We once read and digested a tele
phone franchise; and another titae
we mastered a book of football rules.
So we guess we eventually shall
catch the drift of the naw draft reg
ulations. -:o:-
The Ladies Home Journal is ad
vertising, "The Book That Stopped
the Bullet," and saved the life of
the soldier who carried it in a pocket
over hi3 heart. The book, however,
3 very small small enough to fit
nto the hip pocket. We would pre
fer a bigger one, something on the
order of a geography.
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Although tho popular effort is to
establish some connection between
profiteers and holdup men, there
really is no comparison, except per
haps in motive. Profiteers are vastly
superiorvln mentality, for one thing.
They never shoot their victims. They
ct 'em come back to be held up
again.
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Cass county is again "Over tho
Top", and the boys in khaki that
whatever a dollar will do for them
will bs done, and done to the utter
most. The Y. M. C. A. war fund has
passed the allotted mark away there,
and is still growing. The loyal
friends in Cass county can be de
pended upon and they will be heard
from, everytime our boys are in need
of anything.
THE HARE AND THE AUTO.
The story of the hare and the auto
mobile is like the tale of "The Hare
and the Tortoise" in that it is an ac
count of a race. It differs from the
impressive old suhool reader narra
tive in that it is in prose instead of
verse and recounts that the hare
won the race. The hare is at home,
eating three meals, or more, a day,
and the automobile is, or was, in
the repair shop. For the automobile
got decidedly the worst of it.
We say a hare. We do so far the
sake of the parallel and for euphony.
It was really a Kansas jackrabbit
The make of the automobile is not
given it we knew what it was, it
could not be mentioned save in' the
advertising columns. But it was
some runner. The race was impro
vised and unwitnessed, but. exceed
ingly exciting for the driver of the
automobile. He thinks it was only
mildly exciting for ' the jackrabbit.
The jackrabbit acted as if it were
only mildly exciting. The auto
driver has a theory ..hat the jack
rabbit had only begun to run when
the automobile was put out of the
running.
It was on a highway between To-
peka and Kansas City. The driver
was an automobile agent. The jack
rabbit hopped into the road ahead
of him, and the driver forced the
race. lie is not the first foolish man
or boy who has chased a rabbit on
a highway. One must take his life
in his hands to do this, but many
r
do it.
The jackrabbit kept the road, and
the .agent kept turning ., on the
lice." He is inclined to think the
jackrabbit had had a drink of gas
oline, but didn't get near enough to
the animal to smell its breath. The
agent appears to have been impelled
hy more than- a mere desire for some
fun. He seems to have wanted to
add a little item to natural history
by gathering a fact bearing on the
speed capacity of jackrabbits. We
have very little information on this
subject. The manner of their loco
motion is well known, but the rate
of it is very obscure. We have had
A A . . .
to content ourselves wth saying
that such and such a one went "like
streak of lightning," but how
much this lacks of scientific preci
sion or even approximation! -
The agent learned that a jackrab
bit can go at least forty-one miles
an hour. At this measure the ob
server had to stop, for he was stopped
abruptly. . His speedometer showed
this rate under full way. He was
no nearer the ackjrabbit when he
was stopped than when the race be
gan He was about to put on more
speed when a hind wheel flew off
and he volplaned into a ditch. Fort
unately he escaped injury.
The agent has no idea that the
jackrabbit was running at maximum
speed. There were too many sisrns.
indeed, of leisure in its-movements.
It was simply "moseying" along, go
ing no faster than needed to, possibly
trying to lure the automobile on.
But this much we have a speed
of forty-one miles an hour recorded
for a jackrabbit. We will not know
more until someone repeats the ex
periment made by the agent or un
til we have a' jackrabbit trained to
run in an automobile speedway con
test. World-Herald.
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OUR SENSE OF BALANCE.
Until the war come, any active
young man of good nerve might get
a job as an aviator. He could go to
a company that employed fliers, and
if he showed aptitude, could be
trained and given employment. Oc
casionally, however, a man of this
sort was the victim of an unexplain
ed accident. He would fail to sur
mount some simple difficulty and
would fall.-
It is now known that many of
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these cases were due to an unsus
pected cause- deficiency in the sense
of balance due to trouble with the
semicircular canals. Most persons
don't even know they have semicir-
cular canals. They are the organs
of balance and are located in the
inner ear, although they have noth
ing to do with hearing. They lie
in three different planes, virtually at
right angles to each other. From
them go signals to the nerve centers
which help maintain the whole ser
ies of muscufar actions that
are
necessary to maintaining the bal
ance. Sight and the group of impres
sions known as the "muscle sense"
aid in maintaining the balance, and
under ordinary circumstances a per
son will get on very well without
much help from his semi-circular
canals. But an aviator is under ex
traordinary conditions. He must be
able to fly at night and to keep his
equilibrium in a dense fog of cloud
where he has no chance to use his
sight or his muscle sense. Unless his
seim-circuiar canais are working a
man has no business fooling with
an airplane.
The tests for the United States av
lation corps make certain that the
semicircular canals- are on the job
f they are not the man is not ac
cepted even though he may be in
perfect health and may not know
that his sense of equilibrium is im
perfect. If he should be accepted he
would sooner or later come to grief
through his inabilitj to gauge the
vuMiiou oi nis piane.
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Men rejected by the United States
examiners have occasionally been
accepted in the aviation corps of oth-
er nations. That simply means that
other nations have nothing like the
reservoir of possible aviators that the
Uiai Mao -.nu Bi- me unitoiu
w " WV41vt JCtli1 wai-ctiai
n.s thev shnnlff h
v..
. Incidentally, this fact gives Amer-
ica an enormous superiority in the
personnel of its prospective air fleet,
Other nations to a considerable ex-
"1U lUrtL ' u&t;u up tneir avau-
able material for aviators. The
United States still has a whole na
tion to draw from. Germany may
produce large numbers of airplanes
But where is she to get the aviators?
K. C. Star.
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GEKMAN SCHOOLS.
The Fublic Safety commission re
ports that more than 10,000 Minne
sota children are now receiving in
struction in 200 private schools
where no other language than Ger
man is used.
This is a condition that should not
be permitted to continue another
day
These future citizens are be-
ing deprived of the Americanizing
influence of school life to which they
arc entitled, and which it is import-
ant to the st.itp thnf iVipi- ehnuM
They arc. being reared in a for-
e,. uiuiUO(,uuc, aim iue aiuiusi. in-i
superable barrier of an enemy lang-
uage is being interposed between
them and the attainment of a broad
and intelligent Americanism. Though
rtuicuw, aim u uitj . to
America the liberties and oppcrtuni-
ties they and their parents freely
enjoy, they are encouraged to re-
main German in thought, character
oynii.. i
It is doubtless due to an alien edu-
cation of this sort that there is so
much indurated bigotry and per-
sistent misunderstanding of the
great questions of the daj- in cer
tain Minnesota communities largely
settled by those of German origin.
The failure of some of those who
have come from Germany to absorb
a staunch Americanism, is under
standable, in view of their educa
tion in the thought and principles
of the autocracy that rules their
fatherland. But the second genera
tion Is different. There is no ex
cuse for an educational particular-
ism that keeps it ignorant of the
American language, of the American
institutions, and of the American
spirit.
This war has demonstrated that
there must be an end of little Ger- I
manys or little European countries
of any sort in this country. The
melting' pot must function. The
school must do its appoint work
laying the foundations broad and
I deep for a sound and loyal citizen-
I ship. Minneapolis Journal.
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SAFE AND SANE THANKSGIVING.
And maybe war will give us a safe
and sane Thanksgiving.
There has been much extra-ordi-
nary stuffing of oureslves mixed up
with our thanking of Gcd, on Thanks
giving Day. We will have, on the
coming national day, more than ever
to be genuinely thankful to God for,
and more than ever will it bo sinful
and senseless to stuff ourselves. If
we continue our usual astronomic
Po!icv w are likely to waste more
in one day than all the campaigning
c r . .
iur iiuu conservation can save in
a week.
rresiclent Wilson, in his procla
mation, appeals for unity of spirit
and purpose of service to tha world.
The world as a whole is going to be
almighty hungry on Thanksgiving
Day, with frightful shortage of food
in vlij many parts. inere is no
cetrer way of arriving at such unity
and performing such service to
hungry humanity than by neglect
ing our usual Thanksrrivinir mnrinsr
' - ctj tr - cj"-4o
Thank God and treat your stom
ach as if it were a sane part of you,
on Thanksgiving Day.
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THE COMMON AIM.
Obstruction in allipH .n.or,i!n,tinn
ih the war, abuse of Mr. Lloyd
George for urging team-work, came
from extermists; from utter left and
furthest right from anarchists who
decry authority, and from tories who
would use arms to uphold autocracy.
let it common purpose do not
i vin. me war, nothing can win it.
I ,
i ' ar-v s nnpn i inncou-u 7 coisi w
i3 policy pursued by other means. If
to self-governing peoples a proposed
joint policy is abhorrent, there is no
unity and no victory. If policy is
doubtful, so is victory. If nolir-v i
avowed, agreed, sympathetic,
co-
operation is almost automatic,
To liberals, to the overwhelming
majority in allied lands, there is an
entente purpose. It is that which
the United States has declared. Let
this be understood, and unity of
action insures the united purpose
the downfall of autocracy.
uniy aurnoriiaiive statement is
needed; the common aim exists
New York World.
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OESMAN CAMPAIGN IN AMERICA.
"Lafe" Young in Des Moines, la.,
Capital: The efforts to deceive the
American people are to delay our
military preparations. Germany is
carrying on the greatest campaign
of her life in this country. She is
,!wnw
American mother who irons tn war
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win De Kiiieu. i ne pacinsts are
holding meetings to help the Ger-
man cause in regard to the certainty
of death upon the part of every man
who enlists. Germany knows that
me conscription is in progress in
the United States. Germany knows
that the American people do not
want war. She knows the American
people are tender-hearted and that
.
tuev are Governed bv soul and im-
pulse, hence the battle is now being
made in the country to touch the
hearts of mothers.
In all these proceedings the lesson
is presented to America that Ger
many is a dangerous country and
that there will be no security for
democracy until the kaiser and all
his kin(lred are dethroned.
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THE DREAM OF PEACE.
There are some people still ask
ing what is the object of the war. If
thev have bibles, which may be
doubted, thev can find the answer
Kliere. although it has been as plain-
b' stated several times by President
Wilson and he speak3 for the Amer-
ican people. It is to bring about
v.-hat Isaiah dreamed when he said:
"And they shall beat their swords in-
of j
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ONLY A LITTLE DIME, OR A NICKEL AND A LITTLE
"STICK-TO-IT" IS ALL YOU NEED, TO GET YOU $127.50 OR
$63.75.
BRING THE DIME OR A NICKEL INTO OUR BANK AND
JOIN OUR CHRISTMAS BANKING CLUB. THEN EACH WEEK
INCREASE YOUR DEPOSIT THE SAME AMOUNT IF YOU
HAVEN'T THE DIME OR A NICKEL 2 CENTS OR 1 CENT WILL
DO.
IN 50 WEEKS:
10-CENT CLUB PAYS $127.50
5-CENT CLUB PAYS 63.75
2-CENT CLUB PAYS 25.50
1-CENT CLUB PAYS 12.75
OR IF YOU ARE "FLUSH" RIGHT NOW BEGIN WITH THE
LARGEST PAYMENT AND DECREASE YOUR PAYMENTS EACH
WEEK.
WE ALSO HAVE 50 CENT. $1.00 AND $5.00 OR MORE
CLUBS, WHERE YOU PAYIN THE SAME AMOUNT EACH WEEK
WE ADD 3 PER CENT INTEREST.
Farmers' State Bank
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to plowshares and their spears into
pruning hooks, nation shall not lift
up sword against nation, neither
shall they learn war . any more."
That is the object of this war as far
as the United States is concerned,
and it will be accomplished if the
war is won.
The plan of President Wilson is
for the disarmament of nations and
a league to enforce peace. The
metaphorical language of the orient
al seer describes the reults in a few
words. If those are accomplished
and national disputes are settled
like disputes between individuals in
all civilized, countries, there will be
no necessity for any nation "to learn
war any more and in modern
language the tools of war will be
turned into agricultural implements.
The pacifist would postpone the ful
fillment of Isaiah's dream to the cen
turies to come. Wilson would have
it fulfilled during the life of this
generation. World-Herald.
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GO HAVE A LOOK!
Vallery and Cromwell leave
Plattsmouth every Saturday night
at 7:45 for Keith, Perkins and Chase
j counties
I They have the good level black
I soil that is raising all kinds of
small grain, corn and alfalfa.
Nohnilv has anv lower nrices and
c,m . ac-l.
i kivi cviiJ mia i. Aji if uv w w
been out.
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FOR SALE
Barred Rock Cockerels. $1.50 each.
Mrs. Wm. Lohnes, Cedar Creek, Ne
braska. n21-4tw.
The R3ehawka Dills
are now Rolling and Manufacturing the
"Letter Roil" 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. -J0Maf rop.
JOE MALCOLM, Head Miller.
For Sale by
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1917.
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SPAIN SHOULD BE WITH
ALLIES, SAYS PREMIER
Madrid, Nov.
!5. Ex-Premier
Count Romanones, responding to a
toast at a banquet tendered him to
day by the liberty party, declared in
the presence of a thousand guests,
that Spain ought to associate her
self with the entente allies against
Germany. His remarks were loudly
applauded.
CEMETERY.
We are now prepared to make your
monument, markers and lot corners
right at home. Cass County Monu
ment Co W. T. Wassell, manager.
Hotel Riley block, Plattsmouth, Neb.
FIVE PER CENT FARM LOANS.
I am prepared to take applications
now for farm loans to be closed not
later than January 1st, at 5 per cent.
Inquire of Chas. C. Parmele, at The
Bank of Cass County.
Well, we are already for Chase
county next Sunday evening. Have
you seen Rosencrans about the trip?
Just call him over the phone and
tell him that you want in on the
trip next Sunday evening. He will
look after your every comfort, and
make the trip an enjoyable one.
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