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If an ocean could always be de
pended on to be smooth and with
out fop, it would be a fine place to
fly over.
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Some barbers have increased their
price for shaves to a quarter of a
dollar. Trying to make Bolshevists
of us all, apparently.
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Is nothing sacred to the salad
hounds? On the kitchen page of
our favorite newspaper is found a
recipe for "strawberry salad!"
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Bui, anyway, poor yr. Burleson
probably will not have to bear the
blame for the recommendations as
to wine and beer in the message.
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With the platinum corner ring
broken up and the fortune tellers
put out of businejw. there will soon
bo nothing to do with one's money
except buy things that take up
rami.
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Of course there is no objection to
giving Germany a week more to re
ply, provided she thoroughly under- J
standi that the Allies will read her
argument and decide against her
next Wednesday.
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The fortunate man is he who,
born poor or nobody, works grad
ually up to wealth and considera
tion, and. having got them, dies be
fore he finds out they were not
worth fighting for.
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The Woman's Congress at Zurich
is prepared to call a world wide
rtrike of women against war. Let's
see; isn't that what the internation
al Socialists were prepared to do
previous to this war?
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"Perhaps it is abou- s well to
realize , once for all.' Inflects the
Hopkins Journal, "that fout every
body you know thinks lie is quite
as important as you are ad not only
thinks it, but probably i ."
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No wonder a man catches cold
the.e days when he hurries home
tinder an umbrella to get out of the
wet, only to find on getting inside
his door that his wife is reading a
tearful new book by Eleanor Port
er. :o:
The President did well to deny in
Paris the impression that America
is a nation of dollar-worshippers.
Any time this country worships
anything worth sixty cents it will
not be under the republican form
of government.
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Glory be! Wouldn't it be great
if the crazy world wuld, or could
return to the days when children
rvcre given a mush and milk sup
per and sent to bed at sun down!
How the big. round faced boys and
the rwe-checked girls, after a de
liciou3 supper of mush and milk,
E!d their evening prayers and
toddled off to bed about the time the
sun was burning up the last piece of
western sky. Their Mood night
was like an amen to a rasper hymn
and in less than four minutes they
.were asleep with a smile on each
face calling to mind the pretty
belief of the Irish peasantry that
rhon vounsrsters smile in their
sleep it is a sure sign that wijb
them the angels are whispering
There were no cases of appendicitis
in the days of mush and milk sup
iwrs The children of our day
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spend their evenings at parties
Koitd and infantile "daboos." Late
uppers in courses, followed by de
lirious dreams, drive the rose jretal
from young: faces and give us the
children possessed of more "cheek
at ten than their grandmothers had
at thirty. The bashful boy or Etr
la a pecies as extinct as the dodo.
Exchange.
Boost for the good roads program
for this state. Possibly we may
not like the way it is being man
aged, but any Improvement will
help.
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The 1919 straw hats, like the rad
ishes and the onions, look as if they
had started up through the ground
all right, but had been held back by
too much rain and not enough sun
shine.
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One Kansas editor asserts that
Russia's greatest need is for a mil
lion executioners. . Since in the
mind of the average Bolshevik the
terms are probably synonymous,
why not argue, about something
else?
BOOZE INTO POLITICS AGAIN.
The American people thought
they were through with liquor as a
political question. They have had
to devote a good share of their
energy to the matter for years. At
last they supposed booze was down
and out and its fate, sealed by the
constitutional amendment.
Why should the president. inj?ct
the liquor question into politics
a train? 4
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OUR SOLDIERS ARE
MEN, NOT MENDICANTS
After a year's trial, the air mail
service Is pronounced a success.
Let's turn all the postal transporta
tion over airmen, then. The ter
restrial mail service has left con
siderable to be desired in a much
longer trial period.
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A couple of draft deserters, think
ing the war was over, attempted to
slip back Into the country from
Mexico yesterday, and were prompt
ly arrested at Xew Orleans. Unless
they are able to convince Secretary
Baker that they are conscientious
objectors, their comrades remaining
in Mexico had better keep their
head down.
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Wages were never as high a now.
and working hours never as short.
That being the case, bo sure and
give value received. Don't visit
during working hours, don't loaf
on your Job, don't give your em
ployer a chance to say that high
wages destroy efficiency. Help per
petuate high wages and short work
ing hours by industry, fairness and
loyalty.
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The German peace delegates have
left the conference in a huff, not
only at the other representatives.
but also among theniselevs. The
treaty is still unsigned, and the
prospects are that it will remain
unsigned for a time at least. How
much better it would have been if
the powers had allowed Foch to
make the peace terms on the day
the armistice was signed, in the
same manner as the American na
tion allowed General Grant to make
the terms with General Lee. Nem
aha County Republican.
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The modern girl's heart is an
apartment house. A number of
young men occupy corners in it.
The greater the demand for space,
the higher rent she charges. Some
times the accommodations and liv
ing conditions become unspeakable
And then comes . the inevitable
building boom. A new apartment
house goes up across the way. All !
but one or maybe two of the
renters move out. One or both may
then retain possession until rent
has piled up past all hope of col
lection in full, when marriage en
sues. :o:
Realizing that the movement on
foot to have the referendum applied
to the primary bill and to the code
bill was started by" Lincoln people.
Politicians over the etate are think
ing of enacting & petition to kill
the capitol bill, as they (eel that if
Lincoln does not care for the legis
lation enacted they should not be
given an appropriation for a new
building. The balance of the state
seems to be satisfied to give both the
primary bill and ; the code bill a
trial, and then if they do not prove
satisfactory amend them. That is
the logical way to look at it.
S'eniaha County Republican.
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Journal WantA&s lay I
An incident reported from New
York is indicative of the spirit of
the young American soldier. On a
street car a woman accosted a sold
ier, and after learning that he was
a member of the Rainbow division,
volubly praised its work in France,
and finally tendered the man a $20
ksii u-iiifh was rpfnsed. She was
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very likely actuated by good mo
tives, just as have been hundreds of
others, who have unconsciously af
fronted the manhood of these boys.
American soldiers are not seeking
"tips," nor gratuities of any rt.
They want what they earned, op
portunity to continue self-respecting
citizens, nothing more. The boy
who wore the uniform with honor in
Franco respects it in America. Give
him a job, and he will look out for
himself. Ho asks neither adulation
nor adoration. His native manhood
revolts at the thought of trading on
his glory. Plainly, our soldiers are
men and not mendicants, and there
is no room in this land for what
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Colonel Donavan, who headed a
sweet outfit of New York fighting
men, so neaiiy cans iap !'-
riotism." Omaha Bee.
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NOT YET A PASSENGER ROUTE.
The demonstration of the prac
ticability of the trans-Atlantic air
passage furnished by t lie American
naval fliers has leJ many prophets
to conclude that this will present
ly bo the every day method of pas
senger carriage between this conti
nent and Europe.
It L permissible to have doubts
of it. There probably will be no
great rush to cross by the air route,
either for business or pleasure, un
til the chances, of getting there
without accident have been very
considerably increased. It may be
good sport to take the present
chances, but few would call it
pleasure and nobody would call it
business. Man now has few affairs
important enough to justify him in
flying across the Atlantic on a
mere point of time saving. Kven
men of the greatest affairs, whose
time we hear reported to be worth
fabulous sums in money, generally
prefer to do their hurrying in the
safest manner possible. After all.
their main object when they titart
anywhere is to get there. They
may have other business of a press
ing nature when they arrive, but
the more pressing it is the more
necessary it is that they should ar
rive In a' condition to attend to it.
When the motor car came into use
it occurred to many men in a hurry
that by taking all the Corners on
two wneeis tney could get sonie
whero a little quicker than by using
all four. But this did not prove to
be the case in all Instances. Some
got there that way, but others were
carried home in slower four-wheeled
vehicles. Gradually it came to be
recognized that the motor car's use
fulness was not confined to time
saving. Comfort, convenience and
safety were elements, and these
must be elements of the airplane's
usefulness before it can be Brought
into service as a passenger carrying
vehicle. It must be admitted that
those elements have not yet been
demonstrated, certainly not in sea
planes. Nor does it seem probable
that they soon will be.
It is now possible to cross from
New York to Liverpool in comfort
and reasonable safety in five days
On a great liner there is compan
ionship, sociability, restfulness and
the enjoyment and mental benefit
that most persons derive from travel
and change. A great many travel
ers even take slower boats by
Dreference. in order to make the
most of these opportunities. It
does. not seem probable, even when
the seaplane shall offer some mea
sure of safety, that it can offer much
in the way of comfort and the oth
er inducements that attract travel
ers to the big, liters. Not many
persons would find their accustomed
travel pleasures in goin at ninety
miles an hour, wrapped la furs and
wearing blinders. One might as
well go by pneumatic tube. On
the whole, it seems a ,ool guess
that the Atlantic aerial route will
be reserved for some time to come
to sportsmen who like the big game
and the danger tang, and perhaps
to the fast mail. The rest of us
will still go plugging along in
ships. K. C. Times.
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GERMANY IN A RECEIVERSHIP.
The same elements of this country
that favored peace without victory
in the winter of 1916. are now loud
in condemnation of the severity of
the peace terms. It seems their
idea that Germany should go scot
.free and be taken at once into asso
ciation with other nations.
It happens, however, that there
are several things to be done be
fore there can be any such outcome.
Germany started on a hideous and,
cruel adventure that pretty nearly
ruined Belgium and Franco and that
inflicted terrible losses on Britain,
to say nothing of the fnited States.
Our first care must be to rehabili
tate these countries and see to it
that Germany is in a position not
to plunge the world into destruction
again.
If the "poor, innocent Gorman
people" followed their leaders into
war without thinking, they will
have to keep right on following
their leaders in settling up with,
or without thinking, just as they
choose.
Apparently Germany had an iLea
fhe could go through bankruptcy
and set up in business again at the
old sta.ld. lWead fhc is under an
indeterminate receivership. It was
appointed with the idea of running
the property so as to meet the obli
gations. Germany must help to re
rtore the ruin she wrought in Bel
gium and France. She must put
back the shipping she destroyed. All
this involves a tremendous burden.
But otherwise the burden would fall
on those who were not responsible
for creating it. The burden must
bo borne so far as possible by the
guilty, not by the innocent. Ger
many delibertcly took this risk when
she began the adventure.
True, the nation is virtually put
under a long guardianship. She has
earned it by her conduct. She has
shown her inability to get along
with her neighbors as an independ
ent state. Now she will have the
opportunity to learn to get on with
others without pulling a gun on
every occasion. She will loam that
she can trust her neighbors by be
ing at her neighbors' mercy.
It is a bitter lesson. But it is
one that. Germany seemed unable to
learn In any less bitter way. As
F. P. A. puts it in the New York
Tribune: "Those who believe the
treaty is too severe, forget, perhaps,
that the war also was too severe."
K. C. Times.
TOBACCO
Horse Sense About Tobacco
Good tobacco ought to be like a well
bred hoss all th' kick taken out but
all th' sperit left in.
You see, half the secret of makin' a good hoss is
in the breedin' an', half in the breakin'. Selectin'
tobacco that's grown right is only half of makin'
Velvet. The agein' is the other half.
Thar's only one kind of agein' that gets th' right
results Nature's own. Nature's no clock
watcher. She does a job right whether it takes
two years or two thousand.
So when she gets through with the fine Kentucky
Burley that we put awav in wooden hogsheads
for two years, it's just right.
It ain't been hurried none,
or short - cutlcd. It's a
Nature-done job.
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LOOKING TO TIIE FUTURE.
The constitutional convention,
which is to be held during the pres
ent years is of much importance in
the fact that the action of the con
vention will have much to do with
the future prosperity of the state,
in as much this convention should
do things which will make the acts
of the legislatures in the future be
more perfect in their workings. Dur
ing the first, portion of the bysj
tive assembly there are recesses,
when thero is but little done except
by a few committees. There is much
Va Ilia Mo. irxct which is scrcr
needed during the latter portion of
the session. Many bills rushed thru
during the later portion of the ses
sion on account many members not
caring- to remain after' the term for
their pay has expired.- Sifting com
mittces while a necessary evil, seems
All kinds of things arc
packed in tobacco tins, but
your good neighbor will tell
you "Velvet is the real pipe
tobacco." Prove it for yourself.
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Rofl a VELVET Cic&reiU
to be the only way of handling tlie
large number of bills which ac
cumulate during the session. Some
one with a bill which is really
harmful introduces the measure, and
then when the time comes at the
close it cannot be looked after with
the carefulness which should mark
the working of every member of
the legislature, and thereby goes
through. I. A. Harrows lieutenant
governor in his challenging the at
tention of the people to the matter
of a careful selection of the personal
of this commission, is doing a wise
act, and all should consider well the
duties which will devolve on this
commission in its selection.
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WILL BE KEPT BUSY.
Former Congressman Connelly
was elected president of the Colby
Commercial Club. In addition he
has taken on himself the defense of
Postmaster General Burleson. His
two assignments are likely to make
ji'r Connelly 'a very busy man; in
fact he will be as busy for the next
frw weeks as a native of Arkansas
that was once pointed out. A strang
er Jumped off a train in Arkansas
and said to a native. "Show me the
busiest man in this place." "There
he is," replied the native. "What
docs he do?" next, asked the strang
er. The- native replied. "He has the
itch and a Waterbury watch and
when he is not scratching himself,
he is winding his watch." Jack
Harrison, in Beloit Gazette.
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Dyspepsia is America's curse. io
Serration. . normal
. . r,iHfv the blood.
goon neanu
Rurdock Blood Bitters.
all drug stores. Trice, $1.25
Sold at
Lost: A black and white. tan
bound, short tall. An&wers to niind
"Whin". Call or noruy iv.
Cedar Creek, Neb.
21-2td2tw
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In the County Court of Cass county
NVIiraska.
In lie Kstate of Nathan D. Foster
To all persons interested in Fail es
tate. Creditors and iteirs at w :
You are hereby notified that Charles
F. Morton has this day filed a pen
Hon in tin's court. allesrinf that Na
than 1). Foster, late a resident of
1'nion. in Cass county. Nebraska, died
intestate in said county, on or about
October 29th. 1911. leavintr as his sole
and onlv heir at law one dauchter,
.lennie Ilarton. nee Jenne Foster, who
is the same ierstn as Jennie M. Barton
of iepal ape, and that said decedent
was the owner of an undivided one-
half interest in and to Lots one (1)
and two (2.in Hlock one (1) in the
Villacre of Union, in Cass county. Ne
hraska, and that petitioner is now the
owner of said real estate, and pray
Ins- for a determination of the time of
the death or said oeceoerit, isaman i.
Foster, and of his heirs at law, the
dirree of "kinship and the riKlit of
descent of the real property belonging
to said deceased In the fetate ot Ne
braska. Said matter lias been set for bear
ing on the 20th day of June, 1919. at
10 o'clock a. m., at which time and
place all persons interested In said es
tate may appear and contest said pe
tition. Date: May 16th. 1919.
By the Court.
ALLEN J. BKESON,
County Judge.
JOHN M. LKYOA.
ml9-3w Atty for l'etitioner.
Takes Hold And Helps.
Marie Heisler, Freeport, Ill
writes: "I had more or less of a
cough for 10 years and I have tak
en quite a number of medicines.
None of them takes hold and helps
like Foley's Honey and Tar." This
old,' reliable cough syrup promptly
help3 coughs, colds, croup and
whooping cough. Contains no opiat
es. Sold everywhere.
aotici: to riti;iu ions
The State of Nebraska, Cass c.
ty, ps:
In the County Court.
In the matter of the Kstatc of C
Den AYindham, Deceased.
To the creditors of said estate:
You are hereby notified. That I I
sit at the County Court room in Pla
mouth in said county, on Jun 2:!. :
and September 24, 1919. at 10 oVl
a. m. of each day, to receive and
amine all claims against said est
witli a view to their adjustment
allowance. The time limited for
presentation of claims against
estate is three months from the
day of June A. 1J. 1919, and the t
limited for payment of debts is
year from said 23rd day of June. 1
Witness my band and the nrnl
said Comity Court this loth dav
May, 1919.
ALLKN .T. BKKSON.
(Seal) ml9-4w County Ju,dg
I.KOAL NOTICE
To Jeptha H. Gilbert, non-te-.l.
defendant:
You ate hereby notified that nn
30th day of January, 1910. Ida till
filed a petition against you in tb '
trict Court of Cass county. Nebra
the object and prayer of Which i
obtain a divorce from von on i
ground of failure to provide any
port for the plaintiff or her ei.'n
although amply, able to do so, and
an orocr mat trie plaintiff )f.
the care and custody of n.
children, the issue of said marriac
You are reoiiired to' answer u i.i
tltion on or before th 23rd dav
June, 1919. y
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