PIATTSKOTTTH STOT-tTEEKLT JOURNAL
MONDAY, DECEMBER 2&. Iflfel.
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PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA
Entered at FostofCIce. Plattsmouth. Neb.. a second-class mail matter
BODILY HEIGHT
Figures for the army examination
Americans on an average are eat
ing 8 per cent less meat than they
did twenty years ago.
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It is said that the Chinese pay a
doctor to keep them well, while we in this country today is about two
CANT BE HIDDEN
Can you read character in a face?,
R. A. BATES, Publisher
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
Americans pay an embalmer
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i inches less than it was at the time
of the civil war.
One thing right after another. The , Figures for one of
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Now look for a big snow.
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Pretty cool.
But it will be colder.
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January is the coldest month, gen
erally, of the winter.
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Women never respect "grey hair if
a drug store is handy.
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All the world loves a cheerful liar
until it finds him out.
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Charity begins a: acme, but a Jit
tle outdoor exerci.-e lielps it.
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A fine way to fix an auto th:tt
won't go is to u?e dynamite.
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When the roll is called up yonder
politicians will want a recount.
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They say Germany wants raw ma
terials. Send hr. C:crvo case?.
The last word usually ' brings on
the first blow.
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It takes horsa sense to establish a
stable business.
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A good umbrella means a frequent
change of owners.
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The 'sweet faced girls make us
think of powdered sugar.
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When .1
Motor car drivers who try beating
trains are jumping at conclusions.
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The trouble with borrowing things
that it takes too much time taking
them home.
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There was a day when we called
them grass widows, but now we call
them self-made.
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If a young man kisses a girl once,
"ie evidently believes that first im
T'.vji'.jns are lasting.
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c. n a man is forced to swallow
records he is apt to suffer
--lo-'.s attack of mental in-
t.r; w a-
W.un -:
ings a miit-ral".
all.
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The dollars of the family are not
carried in the wife's name as often
as the sense.
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Skating is starting ia the colder
state and it is found peticbats are
still being worn.
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You have to be an old man before
you believe a fellow ought to wrrk
and save while young.
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An Olkahoma man has seen his
wife for the first time in ten years.
She must.be a movie fan.-
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If we corraled the horsepower
wasted cussing it would be worth
more than Muscle Shoals.
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The Indians have named Foch
"Charging Like Thunder" even tho
he doesn't resemble a railroad.
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Cold storage men are claiming'
they were
. : his haste that all
. ;. have sound-
:? -it time to say
diplomats.
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Fashion has never dona much for
r.ian. The only garment it ha? per
mitted aim to leave off in the past
200 years is the vest. .
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Old Bill Hart, bachelor, once too
shy to propose marriage except by
mail, is at last married, and we hope
he stays in that fix.
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Mary Garden says. "The most beau
tiful thing is a leg in a black silk
stocking." Mary mustn't believe
what every man tells her.
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The Louisville Courier-Journal
editor says he is trying to make him
self contented, but gTape juice and
hash are mighty poor substitutes for
champagne and lobster.
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"War is the life preserver of the
world's floating debt," say the Wash
ington Post. The metaphor is some
what mixed. If the things floated it
weinie roasting season is at an end
and now we have fried rabbit.
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Lives there a man with clothes so
worn, who never to himself doth
mourn, this is my own, my only suit.
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After all, American cooking can't
be so very bad. Marshal Foch gained
twelve pounds while in this country.
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The parent who has to pay a child
for doing right 'will have to pay lat
er when the youngster goes wrong.
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Speaking Methodistically, Secre
tary Hughes has been the presiding
elder in the conference at Washing
ton. :o:
Germany s talk about a morator
iums doesn't frighten many persons
in this country. We've all been vac
cinated. :o:
If have paid the last installment
of your income tax, you can now
commence to save up money to pay
next year's tax.
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What we are afraid of is that
when Santa Claus sees our sock he
will think we need a darning needle
more than anything else.
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Uncle Sam is the greatest Santa
Claus in the world. He is giving
$20,000,000 worth of food to the
starving Russian children.
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Thoughtful persons will send their
Christmas N packages in ample time
for- the recipients to re-address and
to other friends.
during the recent war are said to Can you ize up a person and know
show that the average male height j whether or not he can be trusted?
Occasionally you meet some one
who has the instinctive gift of pene-'
trating any facial mask. "That fel- !
low," you comment, "has eyes that
look right through you. He can see
to the bottom of one's soul. He's a
judge of character." j
This is a gift that can be acquired.
the eastern
women's colleges however, show that
the average height of the students
is three inches more than it was in
1884 and figures for several thous-
send them
and Leland Stanford girls who.were Develop it. as one of your powers,
doubtless taller to begin with than It may save you from a heavy loss,
eastern girls show an average in-j You have observed the different
crease of more than one inch since expressions that flit across a ri:o-':
1894. The evidence seems cbnclus-' face as se ees ?.omo.air!;r pP.'fa'..
ive that the American woman's sta-' strange, e r:Y.c, ridic-ti-ture
is going up as the American lous or r.ev.
man's is going down. j Those expressions reflect emoriom
This contrast tends to discredit th3t have le:n roused. The fact', in
the theory of the anthropologist that nearly every cast', :s the mirror of
the Americans are getting shorter the soul.
because of racial changes in our pop Ejch of us is dominated by soiu'
ulation, bringing into the mixture one cmoiion rnch as fear, caution,
more of the shorter European tpyes. 1 recklessness, groed, generosity, aficc
If our boys are mads shorter for that'tion or trickery. When that emotion
reason, why not our girls? j is exct d in t':? average person.
The difference in height may come the face re-pcru1,-; v.ith a betray::!?
rather from a difference in mode of expression. When that er.io'.iou is;
living. It is found that girls gain in j frequently aroused, finally becoming j
height as they live a more health-j dominant, it is constantly mirrored!
ful physical life, taking more exer-jin the face. I
cise, wearing more sensible cloth-j No difficulty in fathoming the
ing. being more careful about food man with a worried look, the man
and sleep etc. Isn't likely that boys! with a happy-go-lucky countenance,
In Friendship
and in a feeling that makes us de
sire that you may enjoy a Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year
- that you may prosper in the
years that are to come.
THAT'S OUR WISH
E. J. RICHEY
For Sale
are losing in stature from opposite
influences? The girls get out door
living more and more the sort of life
their brothers used to live. The boys i
neglect out door life for the confine-! face.
nient of office, factory and
amusement. The sexes
changing places in these respects. No
wonder, then, that women are gain
ing rapidly on men in stature and
other things.
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Single comb Rhode Island Red
Cockrells for sale.
MRS. NICK FRIEDICH
or the man with a greedy, eager ex- il you want gOOQ printing let C8
pression. You know what to expect ' do your work. Eest equipped job
of them. 'shop in southeastern Nebraska.
When you look into any person's -
ask yourself:
Advertising is the life of trade.
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merely.
"What
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indoor ; emotion i3 this face betraving?
seem to be gives you "his number."
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RAILROAD SETTLEMENTS
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their eggs will hatch. Bet the little
chicks ccme out wearing overcoats.
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don't need a
life preserver.
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A New York man who was con
tinually shouting for water was sent
The emporer of India has a pair of to an 5nsane hospital. Perhaps his
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you like to see what is on the hip?
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Mary Pickford brought 14 trunks
of new clothes back with her. Doug
las is glad his wife works out for a
living.
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The Journal Stationery Depart
ment has been quite busy for a few
days, waiting on Christmas shoppers.
But there is yet a big stock of Christ
mas goods to select from, what you
want.
, desire for water was regarded as con
clusive proof of his insanity.
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Senator Jones wishes to change
senate rules so as to mite members
stick to the point in derate, instead
of "talking about everything." Sen
ator Jones asks the impossible.
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Perhaps it ought to, but it doesn't.
Prohibiting prize fights never caus
ed fight fans to sit down to a nice,
quiet game of checkers. And we
opine it is going to be the same
way with war.
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thnt t:--
and pressing .-.-. :'.. : .
ing his clothes in much more
presentable condition than
when he got acquainted with
us. And it doesn't cost much,
either.
Goods Called for and Delivered
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SSLJOURNAL OFFICE f
i It won't hurt you a bit to drop
some loose dimes, quarters, halves
and dollars in that net presided over
by the Salvation Army lassie, and
you can feel sure the money will be
used for worthy causes.
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This disarmament cra7e is becom-
g so strong that some fool is sure
to come along and demand that all
the obsolete cannon stationed in a
public park be scrapped because they
are reminders of the war.
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"We think newspapers give us
more vaiui for the money than any
thing else in the world," says a great
N'e v York bank and trust company.
T "lis is true because the newspaper
fundamentally, a cmmercial
: They labor always for
'"It of humanity.
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o expectant mothers
1 recent years, says
... T.-o'V: n-itMn of New
. ( i. i..; J hygiene. To
explain the reason, sociologists ad
vance many theories. The correct
one is that women, like men, are
paying the penalty for not living the
natural life.
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Two Chicago bandits stole ?400
which had been raised to distribute
Xmas gifts among the poor. When
the custodian of the funds tried to
tell them it wa3 Santa Clans money
they said they didn't believe in San
ta Claus. Any robber who lives and
thrives under the kindly rules of the
.Chicago police department and tays
he doesn't believe in Santa Claus is
just a plain liar. , "
It's a sign that he isn't married
to the right woman if a man sits
up and takes notice of every noisily
dressed woman that passes.
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, The fate of the world has been de
cided at Washington, so you can
study your Sunday school lesson
with perfect peace of mir.d.
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We may be mistaken, but you of
ten see a person called the best man
at a wedding who looks as though
he. felt Just that way about It.
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A sure-enough optimist is a let
ter carrier who can make his own
children believe that Santa Claus
totes all the Christmas presents.
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These are the days when the late
buyers discover that those who did
their Christmas shopping early did
not go into it with clean hands.
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"Why is it that you hear but very
little handclapping at the movies?"
asks a subscriber. It's chiefly that
most of the hands are being held.
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Scientists tell us that women have
grown taller since 1860. It is in re
ality since 1825. That was when
heels were first put on women's
shoes.
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One of the surest ways of reducing
federal taxes is to reduce the num
ber of persons in this country who
look on the federal treasury as Santa
Claus.
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"Furs are necessary when proper
ly worn," remarked a fashion writ
er. She must mean when worn by
animals to which" they originally belonged.
The 1921 production of apple ci
der is less than half of that of the
year preceding, so it's up to this
year's supply to "work" just twice
as hard as the cider did a year ago.
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In an area of 25 miles from the
city hall in New York, there are
more people than in seven of the
western states. That is figured out
by Joseph K. Hart, educational au
thority. Too many in the dining
room, not enough in the garden. The
solution of city problems is to get
out of the city.
BOYS
You Can Earn from $1.00
to $10.00 a Week. '
Quick, easy Just an hour or so af
ter school. Nothing to sell, and no
money required. We want two am
bitious boys in each town and com
munity. Could you use some EXTRA
MONEY? if so, fiend your name and
address TODAY a post card will do.
Addres
Plattsmouth
Why Mr. N. Windsor (R. 10 Put Up
, with RaU for Years
','cr MO I got some rat poison, which nearly
kUled our fine watch dog. We put up with rats
ontil friend toM'me about Rat-Snap. It sorely
kills rats, though hoose pets won't touch It." Rats
dry up and t no s mel Prices. 35c. 65c. $1.25.
Sold ajid guaranteed by
Bestor & S'tfatek
raba F. G. Fricke & Co
According to the reports of Direc
tor General Davis, in response to the
La Follette resolution of inquiry, the
United States government owes the
railroads of the country on claims
and adjustments arising out of gov
ernment control a total of $243,042,
060, on the other hand there is due
the government from the railroads
an aggregate balance for equipment
of $507,62S.50S. .
This situation is one with which
congress must deal, and in a gener
ous and wise manner. Some senators
and representatives object strenously
to the government paying large sums
out to the railroad and not collect
ing the sums due from the roads.
Under ordinary conditions that would
be regarded as poor business man
agement, but with the existing facts
it is justified.
It is well known that the carriers
are unable at this time to meet the
government's bill for replacement
and that the money due them on
adjustments are desperately needed.
Consequently the practical way of
dealing with the situation is that
proposed by the administration, to
fund the debt of the roads to the
government and give" them ample
time in which to pay the sums due.
There exists a vital necessity that
the roads be placed on a good basis
to render adequate services when the
expected business resumption has ful
ly developed.
In responding to the resolution
Director General Davis, with the ap
proval of the president, declines to
give the details of settlement with
each road at this time. He says to do
go would hinder and delay the work
of the railroad administration and
prevent expedition in final liquida
tion, which undoubtedly is the case.
This is not the time for a detail re
port on this subject, but when all
the adjustments have been made and
the work of the railroad administra
tion has been completed congress and
the country will have a full report of
what has been done. Public senti
ment demands that this work be fin
ished as quickly as practicable.
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We doubt the report that Capt
Schweiger, the man who sank the
Lusitania, has been killed by his men
in a mutiny in Paraguay. With our
own eyes we saw Capt. Schweiger
commit suicide in a movie three
years ago, and a little later in an
other movie we saw a closeup of him
as a raving lunatic in a padded cell.
Capt. Schweiger seems to have taken
over the duties of the Wandering
Jew, the Flying Dutchman, the Man
in the Iron Mask, and the Man Who
Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo. "
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Forty-two leading iron and steel
producing companies increased their
number of employes 12 per cent dur
ing November. "So goes steel, so goes
general business." Production of iron
and steel has been mounting stead
ily since July. Recovery is not rapid.
But that's an indication it is a heal-:
thy movement. Others will follow
the leader steel.
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Brown Leghorn Cockrels
I have a number of brown leghorn
weyncn & Uaa- at one dollar each. Murray telephone
But this is the exception that proves
the rule. Nine times out of ten, the
face is a glaring billboard, easily
read revealing character.
The study of psychology, through
analysis of facial expression, is be
ing furthered by the movie--. The film
characters arc? constantly r?gister
ing emotion?, teaching people the
meaning of facial expression.-.
That gives you a great advantage.
Your grandfather had no such teach
er. His knowledge of facial expres
sions was acquired slowly, by ex
perience. He had to reason it out,
step by step. j
There is the real intellectual val
ue of the moving picture. It is mak
ing us a nation of shrewd psycholo
gists, teaching us how to read the
mirror of the human face.
This is a field in which men have ,
much to learn. In the past, women
have been the greatest psychologists. '
Cooped up in their homes, with very
little to occupy their minds, they
have, by concentrated analysis and
deduction, become experts at "get
ting his number."
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To One and To All
We are wishing you a happy and
prosperous New Year, as well as a
most Merry Christmas.
Plattsmouth Battery Station
FACT
Local Evidence
Box 248,
- : Nebraska
Evidence that can be verified.
Fact is what we want.
Opinion is not enough.
Opinions differ.
Here's a Plattsmouth fact.
You can test it.
J. li. Pat ridge. Sth and Locust
streets, says: "Some years ago I was
bothered a great deal on account of , E
the bad condition of my kidney?.'!
caused by hnrd work on i.1'? far:n U j
my your.gor ray. ?.'y '! ''. . vs pctct' '
very ir;e'.y. v t?ne. Civ. .; ..; re."
We Mre Wishing
-ret up ;i gre.tt i'pI (Jur1r.
A thc-se times I vs: .-o
hardly strain!" ten. I h'nr!
with tho ai'l of two cir.es.
night.
I COL' .. j
tO WO IK
Not lore:
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All our friends and patrons
a most Merry Christmas,
and a prosperous New Year.
after I commonccd using Down's Kid-;Jj
ney Pills I was -well and I have notj J
netued to take them any more. My!,J
kidneys? wpre strengthened and acted
reaularly agpin. It has been several i K
years since I have had to use a kid-,
ney remedy and I give Doan's the
credit for the condition of my kid
neys today. I got Doan's at Mauzy's
drug Ftore."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills the same
that Mr. Pat ridge had. Foster-Mil-burn
Co.. Mfrs.. Buffalo. N. Y.
STRAYED
Strayed from my pasture, south
west of Cedar Creek, one light red
muley steer. Weight about 450
or 500 lbs. Anyone Feeing same
please take up and notifv
A. O. AULT.
Cedar Creek, Neb.
Cockrels for Sale
I have a number of pure bred sin
gle combed Buff Orpington cockrels
for sale at $2.00 each if taken before
December 1st.
MRS. J. II. BROWN,
Phone 2412. Murray, Nebr.
Office supplies of ail kinds han
dled at the Journal office.
2712. Mrs. Walter Sans.
tf-w
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j WE WISH YOU
Merry Christmas
AND
Happy New Year!
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North Sth Street.