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PA 045 FOUR. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 8. 1910. Cbe plattsmoutb journal PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA Entered at Postofflce. Plattsmouth. Neb., as tecend-class mall matter R. A. BATES, Publisher SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE GOOD OSLERISM. Dr. Osier is 70 years old, and still useful. y It isn't necessary to greet this an nouncement with a grin. Dr. Osier was always more misunderstood than misunderstanding, lie may have been misquoted. In any event, most people failed to "get" him when he spoke of 40 years as an age-limit of usefulness. This scnoiany old physician is useful at 70 because he has follow ed his own doctrine, which he gave, some 30 years ago, as follows: "When a man can bring home neither wax nor honey, he should in the interests of an institution be . dissolved from the hive to give more laborers room," That sounds like a quotation from a classical poet. Dr. Osier amplified it thus: "He must walk with the boys, or else Le is irrevocably lost. To keep his mind receptive, plastic and im pressionable he must travel with the men who are doing the work of the world, the men between the aires of 23 and 40." Every practical man of affairs, or of science or literature or any other field of human achievement, knows the truth of this. Most of the crea tive work of the world is really done ly "the boys" between .25 and 40. Most of the new ideas are originat ed by them and put over by them. Usefulness need not end, however, at 40. It will not end there if the man reaching that goal still "walks with the boys," keeping their fresh ness of view and plasticity of mind. "Has any old fellow got mixed with the boys?" asked Oliver Wen dell Holmes, in a famous poem ad dressed to his gray-haired class mates. His conclusion was about the same as that attributed to Dr. Osier: "If he has, put him out, with out making a noise." But it rests with the individual whether he shall be put out. He need not let himself turn into an "old fellow." It is the characteristic of genius to remain young to the end. Peo ple who are not geniuses may still retain their youth, and accordingly their usefulness to themselves and society, if they will keep the youth ful viewpoint. This is the true Oslcrism. THE UNSOLD LIQUOR. this measure are said to be concern ed partly because of sympathy with the distressed owners of the liquor, and party through fear that the pro hibition measure may be declared unconstitutional on account of its confiscatory nature. The anti-saloon league is expected to enter a vigorous opposition. All those millions of gallons of perfectly good liquor or perfectly bad liquor, if you prefer certainly offer a serious problem. Many a se vere critic of the liquor industry cannot but help feel considerable sympathy for holders of bonded goods who were unable to dispose of them before prohibition closed down on them. Banks, too, had lent money on those goods while they were still regarded as acceptable collateral. Many who were in no wise connected with the evils of the liquor business stand to lose heavily. Nevertheless, whether right or wrong, it is very unlikely that the public will tolerate any compensa tion of the sort proposed, with the resultant loss to the government. To destroy the liquor is probably out of the question, too. Perhaps it could be exported on the principle practised by the re ligious woman who, convinced that her jewels were endangering her soul, gave them to her sister. -:p: GAMBLERS' HOARDS. It is said that a bill is to be intro duced in congress to compensate owners of distilled liquors for the stock left on their hands, unmarket able, by the prohibition law. The internal revenue department, in an ticipation of a request from congress for information, has gone so far as to start an inquiry to find out how nuich whisky, gin, brandy, etc., there is left in bonded warehouses and elsewhere that would be eligible for such compensation. The govern ment, if it paid for the liquor, would take it over and use most of it for the extraction of commercial alco hol. The congressmen interested in INVESTMENTS Public Service Corporation Paying 7 Can be had in amounts of $100 PAUL FITZGERALD, Investment Securities First National Bank Bid', Omaha, Neb. The widespread indignation against storage houses and those using them is based chiefly on the excessive accumulations of food found in them at the present time. There is always a large amount of food stored. There has to be, in order to carry the nation through the winter and spring. But there is no evident justification for the storage of five times as many chick ens as were stored last August, nor for the storage of 40 per cent more butter, 47 per cent more cheese, 55 per cent more pork, and similar in creases of eggs and other things. No one maintains that there were not enough of these commodi ties stored last year to meet the na tion's requirements. Last year's total was fcar above the average. Why should there be so big an in crease now? Even export demands do not explain. The inevitable conclusion is that the increase represents, in general. the hoarding of food by speculators. And a hungry nation is in no mood to deal gently with gamblers who prey on its necessity. :o: THE EX-KAISER'S TRIAL. be brought to condign punishment and thereafter to punish the" instru ments, and not to spare only but to defenil and honor him, the author, is the strangest piece of justice to be called Christian, and the strang est piece of reason to be called hu man that ever yet was invented." Some men have feared that the ex-kaiser might be "acquitted"; others have whispered that his trial mielit lead to the disclosures of "evil facts" concerning the record of allied statesmen; still others say it is not "expedient" further to of fend the German neonle. Surely a better reason than any of these must be found for failing to try Wilhelm, if we are to act in accordance with the ideals for which so many of our boys gave their lives. :o: LABOR CO-OPERATES. As time has passed and the trial of the former German emperor re mains unsettled, many people have begun to lose interest in the effort to bring this royal culprit to justice. The English poet, Alfred Noyes, is not among those people. He be- lieves that a fair trial of William llohenzollern is necessary to the final satisfactory conclusion of the war. In a letter to the London Times, Mr. Xoyes says: "If the attempt to evade a fair trial of those accused of the foul est crime in human history should be successful, there will be far reaching and disastrous consequenc es which I think have been overlooked." That there is no precedent for such action seems to the poet to be a foolish excuse. He quotes Milton In combatting that argument. "Be he king, or tyrant, or emperor, wrote Milton, "the sword of Justice is above him; in whose hand soever is found sufficient power to avenge so great a deluge of innocent blood." Again Milton wrote: "To war up on a king that his Instruments may An industrial survey made re cently in 20 states showed 65 walk outs, with 300,000 men on strike, representing a daily loss of $1,300, 000 in wages alone, not to mention the loss of production. These strik ers with tneir tamnies maue- a total of more than 1,000,000 peo ple. In the whole country it would probably have been found that a population of nearly 2.000,000 was rendered unproductive and wasteful at a time when the nation needs the productive effort of its workers more than ever before. It is unnecessary to go into the causes of those strikes. They may have been justified or unjustified. according to the particular condi tions attending each. On the whole, the attitude of the strikers is easily understood. Finding themselves hard pressed by living costs, they saw no remedy for privation and no possibility of comfort, ease and competence, except through higher wages. Almost over night the situation has changed. The thing has stop ped spreading. The public does not hear of new strikes, and many or he strikers are going back to work. Labor organizations have dropped heir belligerent tone. The rail road situation has eased up. with he apparent acquiescence of the hop workers in the government s wage and hours award. The rail road brotherhoods have made it plain that they will not demand further increases if the cost of liv- . , i r- l ng can be cut uown. amuei Gompers. speaking for the federa- ion of labor, has appealed to the conservatism and patriotism or American labor, with telling effect. Labor representatives in New Yrok and elsewhere have declared their willingness to wait patiently and give the government an opportunity o show what it can do in the way of forcing down prices. This, of course, is the widest and best way to go about the matter. If there is any possibility of restoring normal living conditions, it is to be found along this line. :o: SPEEDING THE BRIGHT PUPIL. Man wants little here below, A poet sang with fire; There's only comment to make, That poet was a liar. :o: ' "Your money what will it buy in fall clothes?" inquires an ad. Just the buttons, apparently. :o: Apparently, about as good a rule as any is: If your income covers your living expenses, you're a profiteer. -:o: An interesting innovation in the ordinary educational regime is be ing undertaken in some schools. This is the establishment of special classes for exceptionally bright children. There has been a steadily in creasing development of careful work among backward children In most school districts, but usually the best the more brilliant child could hope for was a position at the head of his class. He might be cap able of doing work a term in ad vance of the rest; and though in occasional cases he was advanced a term, as a rule he was compelled to mark time, when he might have been marching on and making the advancement to which his powers entitled him. To experience the routine of pub lic school life is excellent for . any child. It develops the democratic sense. But there is no excuse for any public school being a hide-bound machine which takes no uote of the individual. Every move which gives more children a better chance brings the public school system nearer to the thing which the public has a right to demand that it shall be. The main draw back about age bringing wisdom is that it don't leave- a fellow much time to get ac tion on it. :o: It's too bad about putting the booze men out of business, but they have put more men out of business than war has. :o: There are now several thousand postal savings banks and yet t hat elusive dollar seems to slip away just the same. :o: There is a quality in the soul of a manly man that is superior xo cir cumstances, rises above poverty, and defies calamity. :o: You can't tell anything much about a woman's age nowadays from a rear view, any more man ironi her telephone voice. :o: You can not tell from the red and gold band around a cigar wheth er the ii 1 1 i n was grown in tuna, Connecticut or Texas. :o: Don't make 'much difference whether times are good, bad or in different, little Dan Cupid and the old stork are always on the job. :o: i One would think the way the Kirls wear their hair over their ears lhat thev could not hear, but you just ask them about ice cream. :o: ' Ladies, in keeping up with the latest novels, don't overlook glanc ing over the cook-book once in a while. Lots of good reading in it. :o: The Los Angeles Times says an endless gorilla warfare is likely to continue indefinitely in Mexico. An endless gorilla must be some beast. :o: Two thousand love letters are to be read in a Los Angeles breach of promise case. The state needs a law for the prevention of cruelty to jurors. :o: There is some crusty prejudice against giggly girls, but there are some young men who could improve themselves by giggling more and guzzling less. :o: You can't throw an old hard bak ery bun on the waters and have it return to you after many days a nice hot biscuit with 70-eent butter and honey on it. :o: Marcus Aurclius wrote: "Do not disturb thyself by thinking of the whole of thy life." If Mark were alive today he would have simply said: "Ah. forget it!" :o: Even though our Christian faith be fallacy, still are we thankful for it. We'd rather be a good and happy heathen than a high philoso pher and miserable. :o: To be a bride and have a trous seau is, no dotibt, partial compensa tion to a woman for having to take over a man along with the rest of it. The man is the pill and the trousseau the sugar coating. :o: Sound gospel from the employees of the Midvale Steel Company: "The only sure remedy for the high cost of living is increased production and the stabilization 'of prices in con formity with wages now paid." i n n (7 pc vv 1 .iyj LA if jjKw Ffyr'mm-Lmt5i iu-jp,Lotw r""i rs jf7 " " ' 1 GET a package today. No tice the flavor the whole some taste of Kentucky Burley tobacco. regular Whv do so many men" buy Lucky Strike cigarettes? They buy them for the special flavor of the toasted' Burley tobacco. There's the big reason it's toasted, and real Burley. Make Lucky Strike your cigarette rt Guaranteed cr This J&iAXica SAWED OFF TALKOLOGY. Cash paid for Ford cars. Pollock, Garage. 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A BISHOP CONSECRATED FOR THE EPISCOPAL DIO CESE OF NEBRASKA Those having the misfortune to sulTcr from backache, urinary dis orders, gravel, dropsical swellings, rheumatic pains, or other kidney and bladder disorders, will read with gratification this encouraging statement by a Plattsmoutb man. E. M. Buttery, stationary engin eer. Tenth & Walnut Sts.. Platts moutb. says: "Pains caught me in my hips so that I could hardly raise a shovel of coal. At times, there was lameness across my loins.. I had reason to believe that the trouble was caused by disordered kidneys and I got Doan's Kidney Pills from the Crescent, Pharmacy. I got quick relief." (Statement given June 11. 1906.) On February 22. 1916 Mr. Buttery said: "It has been two years since I have had any trouble with my kid neys and I have enjoyed good health in every way. I recommend Doan's at every opportunity." Trice COc. at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mr. Buttery had. Foster-Mil-burn Co.. Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y. From Saturday's Daily. The Reverend Ernest Vincent Shayler, Rector of St. Mark's church, Seattle, Washington, will be conse crated Bishop of Nebraska on Thurs day, Sept. 11th,- in his parish church. The Rt. Rev. Joseph John son, Bishop of Los Angeles, the Rt. Rev. Frederick Keator, Bishop of Olympia and the Rt. Rev. Frank du Moulin, Bishop Coadjutor of Ohio are the consecrators. The Bishops of Spokane and Oregon, the present ers and the Bishop Coadjutor of Ohio, the preacher. The Very Reverend Jas. A. Tan cock, dean of Trinity cathedral, Omaha, and Mr. Walter T. Page of Omaha are the delegates appointed to attend the consecration, and will leave for Seattle on Sunday evening. In a letter to Father Leete. the secretary of the diocese, Dr. Shayler announces his intention of arriving in Omaha on the following Thurs Cay, and asks that a service of in stallation take place on Sunday, Spt. 21. St. Matthew's day, in the cathedral. This service will be in the afternoon so that the entire city may be present as well as the ad joining towns. It is hoped to have the combined choirs for the music. A later notice of this service will appear in these columns so that Plattsmouth people may be able to attend. The bishop-elect is one of the noted priests of the American Epis copal church and Nebraska is fort unate to have him for her bishop. SUFFERS SEVERE INJURY. B. J. Halstead of this city has received word of a very painful ac cident which befell his son, Byron, at Rockport, Missouri, a few days ago. Mrs. Halstead and children have been visiting for a few days at Rockport with friends and on Monday while Byron was playing around in the yard he ran against a scythe and his foot striking against the sharp blade he received a very severe cut that proved quite serious FOR SALE. 1C0 acres Cass county land at a bargain. See owner, John Larsh. Union, Neb. 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