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PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 8. 1910.
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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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"Your money what will it buy
in fall clothes?" inquires an ad. Just
the buttons, apparently.
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Apparently, about as good a rule
as any is: If your income covers
your living expenses, you're a profiteer.
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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.
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It's too bad about putting the
booze men out of business, but they
have put more men out of business
than war has.
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There are now several thousand
postal savings banks and yet t hat
elusive dollar seems to slip away
just the same.
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There is a quality in the soul of
a manly man that is superior xo cir
cumstances, rises above poverty, and
defies calamity.
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You can't tell anything much
about a woman's age nowadays from
a rear view, any more man ironi
her telephone voice.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Los Angeles Times says an
endless gorilla warfare is likely to
continue indefinitely in Mexico. An
endless gorilla must be some beast.
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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.
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There is some crusty prejudice
against giggly girls, but there are
some young men who could improve
themselves by giggling more and
guzzling less.
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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.
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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!"
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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.
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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.
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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."
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When being bribed, don't take
checks.
Opp6rtunity knocks, but it won't
ring the bell.
Be yourself, be natural, and go
ahead.
Most of us get our bouquets at our
funerals.
Want ads won't restore lost man
hood. liaise hell and you'll get your
share.
It's worse to be a pretty man than
a homely woman.
The man who hesitates is bossed.
Olives are an acquired taste, as
the dove said' to Noah.
An actress is either getting di
vorced or married.
Do your best and you will beat
the average.
Was it Adam or Eve who turned
over a new leaf?
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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
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was lameness across my loins.. I had
reason to believe that the trouble
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and I got Doan's Kidney Pills from
the Crescent, Pharmacy. I got quick
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On February 22. 1916 Mr. Buttery
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I have had any trouble with my kid
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in every way. I recommend Doan's
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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
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