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Aad sitnilies: As cocksure as a
bleacher baseball manager at a world
series game.
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The expert who said pie is not
made of dough alone would probably
admit that neither is a bank roll.
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Probably it is proper that gold
should be yellow in color. It always
plays the slacker in times like these.
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Sometimes a man's credit is bet
ter than his banker believes it to be
but that doesn't convince the
banker.
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How did so many people live to be
come elderly in the days before it
was decided that almost all ailments
were caused by defective teeth?
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You can always tell when a new
bock by a philosophical writer is im
proving your mind. At page six you
commence to yawn, and at page ten
you are sound asleep.
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There are a lot of folks in our
towns and cities who, when they
feel face to face with starvation,
back the car out of the garage, go to
a movie, and forget their troubles, j
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It is rather hard to convince a
farmer that times are getting better
when he has to use two and one
half bushels of cottonseed in pur
chasing the cheapest package of cig
arettes. -:o:
Maybe Notre Dame's football op
ponents are caught asleep so often
because the players get to wondering
hew to spell the names of the Notre
Dame players and forget to watch
the ball.
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The next war. between nations
will be fought with poisons.; says a
military expert. In that event, these
United States will be in fine shape.
We can mobilize a million bootleg
gers overnight.
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Speaking of economy, that West
Virginia baby born with four thumbs
on each hand, but no fingers, was
carrying things a bit too far. How
ever, he may grow up to be an ex
pert hitch-hiker.
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Glenn Wilbur Voliva says the
world will come to an end in 1935.
Now, there's a way out of all our
troubles. Why not everybody issue
bonds to cover their Indebtedness,
payable in 1936?
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Mass meetings don't mean muca
when farmers who might want
participate ai- unable to defray ex
penses to the meeting place. -all,
the world is often governed by
revolution but rarely by resolutions.
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15 STOCK PIGS
14 FALL BOARS by Promoter, Hawkeye llarvel
ard Yankee Xing, Jr.
THE FIRST PRIZE SECTOR ROAR at Nebraska
sells. He is a sen of Promoter. There are other
good cnes by the same sire and Yankee King,
Jr., the latter from a High XZarrel dam.
11 JANUARY DO ARS
AMONG THESE are some choice prospects by
Clean Sweep.
A. W. Thompson, Aact ; Uehawka
What in the world do people talk
about when there isn't a world series
going on?
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Wall Street, harassed by bulls and
bears, now has the British lion to
worry about.
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Who is more uncomfortable than a
6 foot 3-inch, 220-pound man in the
rumble seat of a Ford?
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Finlanders, we read, call moon
shine liquor "korpikusen kyyneleita.
Evidently theirs is about the same as
ours.
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Before all the people get through
telling what the country needs, pros
perity will be back on an 8-hour
shift.
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So many scientific reasons for
criminality have "been discovered that
just plain cussedness is being over
looked. :o:
We are beginning to find out that
some problems can't be solved by
passing resolutions or hold an in
dignation meeting.
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Now that Al Capone's income has
been cut to $2,000,000 we can expect
the gangs to take matters into their
own hands and bring back prosper
ity. :o:
If newspapers are going to print
euto routes to all the big games this
fall, it would be a bad idea if they
suggested going to them on the wa
ter wagon.
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In Virginia a man committed sui
cide by blowing himself up with ten
sticks of dynamite. His method may
have been rather rough, but he cer
tainly knew what he wanted.
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Up in Indiana you can purchase a
marriage license with six bushels of
wheat. The magistrate who performs
the ceremony should be entitled to at
least one peck at the bride.
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A professional reformer says that
it was the "rough element" in The
American Legion that voted for a
referendum on the prohibition ques
tion. Yes, some of those boys are
mighty rough. They were especially
so at Chauteau-Thierry, Soissons, St.
Mihiel, Verdun, and in the Argonne
Forest.
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Man, after experimenting for
years, has finally discovered that by
an ingenious mixture of castor oil,
ethylene, glycol, carbon, hydrogen
and oxygen he can make a silk fiber
almost as good and not more than
three times as expensive as the one
a Chinese worm has been manufac
turing for centuries.
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14 SPRING COARS
THE BEST PIG ever sired by Promoter from a
line bred Yankee King Jr. dam is a feature at
traction. The Third Prize Junior Pig at Lincoln
is also an outstanding prospect by the Champion.
He is a full brother to our 1CS0 first prise boar.
The Third Prize Junior Yearling by Promoter
will also make someone a good sire. - lie will
fit into any herd.
Send for the Catalogue Address
J. L. Holer and Ctssel P. EalL Fieldzaen
Eank, Clerk. '
SHAKESPEARE Hf LOW GEAR
That Shakespeare was a' lawyer,
barristers have long been convinced
?rom the wealth of legal knowledge
hownin his works. From tin.? to
time sailors, for similar reasons,
have felt equally sure that he must
have spent several years afloat. And
scholars, from the classical allusions
in his plays, have often concluded
that lie was a man of professional
learning. No one hitherto, however,
has supposed that Shakespeare was
a motorist. Rut from data compiled
in a recent letter it seems evident
that he had a copious and exhaustive
knowledge of automobiles that would
not disgrace a garage hand. In op
position to this theory there is, of
course, the trifling difficulty that in
Shakespeare's time motors had not
been invented. Such a slight anom
aly, however, has never been known
to discourage the determined "re
searcher," and on other grounds the
evidence is so overwhelming that
only the most incorrigible of skep
tics could refuse to recognize that
the Swan of Avon was a handy man
at the wheel.
His private preference as a car
owner is perhaps revealed in his ex
clamation in "Troiius and Cressida,"
"Give me Swift for transportation,'
while in "Hamlet" he draws public
attention to a famous brand of petrol
with the words. "This Lapwing runs
away with the Shell." He was not
a one-car man, however, for there ia
an unmistakable note of satisfaction
in his remark' in "Henry VI," "Here
is the Talbot." Nor was he above
making mistakes now and again.
Some of them indeed are rather sur
prising in a writer of such universal
knowledge. In "The Merry Wives of
Windsor," for example, he asks.
"Which of you know Ford of this
town?" No doubt the Inhabitants of
that pleasant royal borcugh soon put
him on the road to Detroit.
But what sort of a motorist was
Shakespeare? He was not immune
from the ordinary trials of the own
er-driver. His question in "Mac
beth." "Whence comes this knock
ing?" will strike a responsive chord
in many a breast. He was emphati
cully a law-abiding motcrist. His
dislike of excessive haste is shown
in his outburst in "Hamlet," "O most
wicked speed," and again in his cau
tious advice in "Henry VIII" (show
ing here perhaps somewhat less than
his usual wisdob), "To climb steep
hills requires slow pace at first." It
13 gratifying to know that the great
est of English poets was essentially
the sort of man who would not at
tempt to cross the streets while the
lights were against him.
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One of the former husbands of
Peggy Hopkins Joyce is in trouble
with the courts. He has been sued
for $10,000 for shoes, purchased by
Peggy prior to the nuptial event.
Sounds like the bride might have
walked home from the wedding.
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If you want to find one cause for
the economic crisis, observe the large
number of folks who, although their
homes are heavily mortgaged, bowl
up and down the highways at from
40 to 60 miles per hour with no
place to go ; nothing to do wuen
they get there.
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Read the Journal tTant-Ads.
'BEST F02, THE C0UUTRY"
A recount of the ballots In the
Eighth Illinois congressional district
develops that the republican incum
bent, who was issued a certificate of
election, was defeated. A new cert I
ficate will be issued, this time to the
democratic candidate. With this re
placement, the democrats ' would
have 215 members of the new house,
of representatives, wnich meets in
December, and the republicans 213
members.
This incidates that the next house
of representatives will be organized
by the democrats, with Garner of
Texas as speaker, and democrats in
control of the committees. One
might naturally conclude that the
prospect would be a cause of worry
to the republican leaders. But the
truth appears to be quite to the con
trary. For a good many months, in
deed, it has been talked, in the po
litical columns of the press, and in
places where politicians congregate
that It would be' for the best Inter
ests of the republican party, and
strengthen it in the approaching
campaign, were that party to lose
control of the house, as it has al
ready, in every way except nomin
ally, lost control of the senate.
Here, for example, is Albert Shaw,
in the Review of Reviews, lament
ag republican disorganization and
factionalism, and going on to say:
"Actual , republicans would
better serve their party and
the administration if they would
admit the plain fact that the
democrats have a plurality in
the senate, and ought to be
made to take the responsibility.
If the real democrats have a
majority over the real republi
cans in the house, it will be best
for the country and in some
ways it will be advantageous to
the republican administration
if the democrats are permitted
to elect their candidate for
speaker and to organize the
principal committees."
Here is sounded a note of dismay.
cf dread of responsibility, of defeat
ism. There is a plain acknowledg
ment that, because of the inability
of the republican party to function
it will be "best for the country" as
well as for the party to let the op
position party take charge.
This same humiliating confession
is made by the Chicago Daily News,
now under the management of Col
onel Frank Knox, once bull mooser,
now regular Hoover republican. That
newspaper says; '. . . .
"In view of the circum
stances certain to obtain when
the house assembles, the smart
thing for the republican mem
bership to do would be to pass
control, and responsibility along
with it, to the democratic party.
Such a course would better pro
mote republican success in .ue
next election than would as
sumption of a wholly fictitious
control of the house, accompan
ied by a very real responsibil
ity in the ruttMf mind for what
the house might do. . . .
"From the administration
standpoint it is possible, and
indeed almost probable, that
the president would receive
more intelligent and effective
co-operation from a democrati
cally controlled house than from
a nominally republican house,
which would be actually con
trolled by the radicals. The lat
ter wear the livery of the re
publican party and spend all
their waking hours in creating
obstacles to the successful ad
ministration of public affairs by
the party to which they pay
only a lip allegiance."
Clearly the republican party is
desperately sick when its spokesmen
talk like that. And because the re
publican party, which is the party
in control, is sick and feeble and
helpless and knows it, is probably a
very important reason why the rest
of the country is sick too. The party
cannot control itself. It is eaten by
a cancer, or tormented with a dual
personality, or whatever one may
r.se to call' it. Anyhow, it is un
nole to manage its own household.
How then can it be expected to man
age and direct public affairs wisely.
courageously, with vision and vigor?
It can't be and it isn't and it
doesn't.
But conditions have come to a
tragic stage when the Grand Old
Party is caught praying aloud thai
the democrats may control the next
hause, and the next senate too, "for
the good of the country" not only,
but to avoid a further pitiful expres
sion ot republican impotency in a
period which demands brave leader
ship.
One can sympathize with Presi
dent Hoover, who for so many
months has been a captain almost
helplessly adrift in the storm. He
has learned what a hollow and frail
?hell his party has become, and how
torn with dissension and mutiny is
its crew. Under such circumstances
it calls for extraordinary courage to
essay to play a captain's role, and
so, for the most part, the shell has
been left to drift, towing the coun
try about aimlessly along with it.
The conclusion Is unavoidable. It
would be "the smart thing" and
"best for the country, not only to
"pass control" of the house and sen
ate to the democratic party, but con
trol of the presidency along with it
World-Herald.
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TEE PERENNIAL CHALLENGER
The fame of Sir Thomas Johnstone
Lipton, K. C. V. O., went far afield
because of his valiant but fruitless
quest for the premier prize of the
sailing pastime. His name was a by
word for resilient courage and fine
sportsmanship far beyond the bor
ders of the British Empire. Repeat
edly vanquished, he won greater re
nown than roost victors.
Persons who regarded his vast
contributions ,to the industrial cele
brations of the British Empire in the
jubilee year of Queen Victoria as
something in the nature of a
"splurge" were compelled to "haul in
their sails" as years went by and
the genial Irish baronet continued
to uphold the loftiest traditions of
Britain in sailing conquests. In the
last thirty years, Sir Thomas has
nailed the blue ensign to the masts
of no fewer than five yacht in an
able though unsuccessful fleet of
Shamrocks.
Aside from his sporting enter
prises, generous contributions to
public welfare enterprises frequent
ly marked the career of the man
wno rose from the place of a humuie
Glasgow grocer's boy to the head of
a great mercantile establishment.
The year 1930 loomed brightly in
Sir Thomas's leng career as an in
ternational yachtsman. To be sure.
Shamrock V bowed to the defending
boat, but the American people would
not permit him to go home empty
handed. Entirely through public
subscriptions, a cup valued at sev
eral thousands of dollars was pre
sented to the Irish knight. Upon
this occasion. Sir Thomas remarked
that while he would "try and try
again in the hope of lifting the Am
erica's Cup," the trophy presented
by the American people "represents
something far finer." I
The crowning pcint in Sir
Thomas's career came earlier this
year when he was elected a member
of the Rcyal Yacht Squadron. It was
the first time that a man had arisen
from such humble circumstancea into
the circle of those privileged to fly
the white ensign at sea. On the
strength of his character. Sir Thomas
Llpton won a high place in the
hearts cf . people throughout the
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GERMANS SUSPEND POLITICS
The mandate which President Von
Hindenburg has given to Chancel
lor Bruening, ' to form a personal
cabinet, irrespective of party affilia
tions, temporarily ends any semb
lance of democratic government in
Germany. The republic has become
& complete dictatorship. For some
time past it has been administered
as a modified dictatorship, through
tt use of the president's extraor
dinaiy powers under the constitu
tion, to institute financial reforms
by decree, instead cf by parliamen
tary action. Now those powers are
to be applied in such a way as to
mobilize the entire nation, to meet
the economic emergency, and to pre
vent all party or individual ovstruc
lion
The creaticn of a "national" gov
eminent in Germany naturally re
calls the similar action taken in
Great Britain a few weeks ago. In
bnth cases the object has been to
submerge party antagonisms in a
time of national emergency and to
enlist the services of the ablest men
cf the country, withoutr egard for
their political connections. Although
nvst -f the Labor party leaders de
clined to co-operate, the attempt has
been largely successful in Great
Britain, and has produced a minis
try, composed of the outstanding
leaders of the Conservative, Liberal
and eld Labor parties. What the re
sult will be in Germany remains to
be seen.
There is a great difference, how
ever, between the arrangements un
der which the two ministries are to
operate. In Great Britain parliament
is still supreme, and the political
parties are continuing to function.
In Germany the reichstag has been
rendered ineffective, together with
the complicated party system. The
reason for this difference is probably
to be found net so much in the na
ture cf the crises confronting tne two
countries, as it Is to the greater ex
perience which the British have had
in self-government. Germany is han
dicapped by the faced that her voters
have had real charge of their gov
ernment only since the World War.
Under the circumstances, Ger
many is fortunate to have two such
men as President Von Hindenburg
and Chancellor Bruening to. head a
dictatorial government. Both com
mand public confidence in a high de
gree, because they are considered to
be above personal ambition. It is for
tunate, too, that such cordial rela
tions exist between the president and
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the chancellor. Their foreign policy
is likely to be moderate and based
upon an honest attempt to meet Ger
many's obligations abroad.
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MUST FACE FACTS
Amidst these chaotic conditions
we cannot make progress if we re
fuse to face facts.
Facta are stubborn things. We
cannot alter them with romance, or
by trying to set aside the simple
rules of reason.
Ther& is much grumbling and
growling just now because salaries
of public employes and wages of
workers are being reduced.
These reductions are unfortunate,
of course, but in an overwhelming
majority of instances investigation
will show that they are brought
about by stern necessity.
It is better to have a job at re
duced wages than to have no job at
all. Multiplied thousands of unem
ployed, able and efficient men and
wemen, would be glad to jump Into
any of the places where pay has been
reduced.
Every form of business and indus
try has been compelled to reduce
oparating expenses, and the wage
roll is always the chief item of the
overhead. .
In many instances wage reduc
tions will not work hardships because
of the increased purchasing power of
the' dollar.
Perhaps a frank recognition of
these fundamentals would have been
better at the outset. At least, it
would have caused less complaint.
In every period of depression costs
of business and industry have been
forced to yield to declining markets.
Politicians and bare - braint-
tbeorists with their cheap nostrums
and artificial remedies cannot cure
conditions such as these.
The merchant who cuts down his
sales force does so because sales ave
been lessened, and he is figuring
frantically to break even.
This is likewise true of the manu
facturer who faces a restricted mar
ket for his commodities.
There can be honest differences of
opinion on what brought about this
economic crisis, but tnere can be no
difference of opinion as to the neces
sity for resognlzing facts as tn.y
exist.
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powerful mwdkine.
That's the beantr of this
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tiniest infant as often as there is
need. In cases of cofic diarrhea or
similar dstnrbance, it is invaluable.
A coated tongue eaDs for just afew drops
to ward off constipation: so does any
ensation cf bad breath. Whenever
children dont est veil, don't rest well,
or hare any little upset Una pure
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that's needed
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The State of Nebraska, Cass coun
ty, es.
In the County Court.
In the matter of the estate of C. N.
Barrows, deceased.
To the creditors of said estate:
You are hereby notified, that I
will sit at the County Court room in
Plattsmouth, in said county, on the
23rd day ot October. A. D. 1931, and
on the 25th day of January, A. D.
1932, at ten o'clock in the fore
noon of each day to receive and ex
amine all claims against said estate,
with a view to their adjustment and
allowance. The time limited for the
presentation ot claims against said
estate Is three months from the 23rd
day of October, A. D. 1931, and the
time limited for payment of debts is
one year from said 23 rd day of Octo
ber, A. D. 1931.
Witness my hand and the seal of
said County Court this 21st day ot
September, 1931.
A. II. DUX BURY,
ORDER OF HEARING
and Notice on Petition for Set
tlement of Account
In the County Court of Cass coun
ty, Nebraska.
State of Nebraska. Cass county, ss.
To all persons interested In the
estate of Fred G-. Coryell, deceased:
On reading the petition of Laura
Coryell, Administratrix, praying a
final settlement and allowance of
her account filed in this Court on
the 28th day of September, 1931,
and for final distribution of the as
sets of said estate and for her dis
charge as Administratrix;
It is hereby ordered that you and
all persons interesed in said matter
may, and do, appear dt the County
Court to be held in and for said
county, on the 30th day of October,
A. D. 1931, at ten o'clock a. m., to
show cause, if any there be, why
the prayer of the petitioner should
not be granted, and that notice of
the pendency of said petition and the
hearing thereof be given to all per
sons Interested in said matter by
publishing a copy of this order in
the Plattsmouth Journal, a semi-
weekly newspaper printed in said
county, for three successive weeks
prior to said day of hearing.
In witness whereof, I have here
unto set my hand and the seal of
said Court, this 28th day of Septem
ber, A. D. 1931.
A. H. DUXBURY,
(Seal) o5-3w County Judge.
ORDER OF HEARING AND NO
TICE OF PROBATE OF WILL
In the County Court of Cass Coun
ty, Nebraska.
State of Nebraska, County of Cass,
ss.
To all persons Interested in the
estate ot Green Piggott, deceased:
On reading the petition of Jennie
E. Jenkins praying that the instru
ment filed In this court on the 23rd
day of September, 1931. and pur
porting to be the last will and testa
ment of the said deceased, may be
proved and allowed, and recorded
as the last will and testament of
Green Piggott, deceased; that said
Instrument be admitted to probate,
and the administration ot said estato
be granted to James Earl Jenkins
as executor:
It is hereby ordered that you, and
all persons Interested In said mat
ter, may, and do. appear at the Coun
ty Court to be held In and for said
county, on the 23rd day of October
A. D., 1931, at ten o'clock a. m., to
show cause, if any there be, why
the prayer of the petitioner should
not be granted, and that notice of
the pendency of said petition and
that the hearing thereof be given
to all persons interested In said mat
ter by publishing a copy of this order
in the Plattsmouth Journal, a semi
weekly newspaper printed in said
county, for three successive weeks
prior to said day of hearing.
Witness my hand, and seal of said
court, this 25th day of September
A. D., 1931.
A. H. DUXBURY.
(Seal) s28-3w - County Judge.
ORDER OF HEARING
and Notice on Petition for Settle
ment of Account
In the County Court of Cass coun
ty, Nebraska.
State of Nebraska, Cass county, ss.
To all persons interested in the
Matter of the Trusteeship of the es
tate of Anna Gorder Ploetr, deceased:
On reading the petition of Julius
Ploets, Executor, and Winfield R.
Ross. Administrator with the Will
Annexed of the Estate of Augustus
F. Ploetz, deceased, praying a final
settlement and allowance of their ac
count filed in this Court on the 23rd
day of September, 1931. and for as
signment of said trust funds to Frank
A. Cloldt. as TVustee of the Estate of
Anna Gorder Ploetz, deceased, and
for discharge of Augustus F. Ploets
as Trustee;
It is hereby ordered that you and
all persons interested In said matter
may. and do, appear at the County
Court to be held in and for said coun
ty, on the 23 rd day of October, A. D.
1931, at ten o'clock a. m.. to show
cause, if any there be, why the pray
er of the petitioner should not be
granted, and that notice of the pen
dency of said petition and the hear
ing thereof be given to all persons In
terested In said matter by publishing
a copy of this order in the Platts
mouth Journal, a semi-weekly news
paper printed In said county, for
three successive weeks prior to said
day of hearing.
In witness whereof. I have here
unto set my hand and the seal ot
said Court, this 23rd day ot Septem
ber, A. D. 1931.
A. II. DUXBURY,
(Seal) s28-lw County Judge.