THE ELICS MEMORIAL
At Parrnelc Theatre, Sunday, Dccem
ter 1, 1937.
DEPARTED MEMBERS.
J. M. Pattcrsoi
Percy W. Agnew
)tt '. l!.okm-ycr
Frank .J. Morgan
Samuel M. Chapman
c. k. Coirty
With the Parmele theatre crowded to i
iU fullest extent with our citizens who
wished lv their presence to honor the
f.i,.n,b .. v. aiu,t nif ml iitk of tin'
lienevolent and Protective Order of Hear voice, claiming the full attention
Elks, who have since the organization of the entire audience. She was ac
of this order in the city been called to companied by Miss Kittic Cummins,
the great beyond, was opened, the j The closing ode was followed by the
ceremonies last evening which should benediction by Iiev. J. II. Salsbury.
show honor on those departed. ,
After the prelude played by K. II. j Ry request of many of those who at-
Wcscott, dining winch the lodge en
tered .-niil takinf their Maces. 1 lie
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ceremonies were opencu ny ine r-.nii'i
Ruler, U. W. Clement, and the roll call j
of the dead, bv the secretary, T. I..
Murphy, which showed high in the rear
of the stage in letters of light, well
typifying the immortality of the de
parted brothers, whose names showed
in glowing symbols, showing the way
to that Other World, to which those
departed have preceded us, were the
names as called by the secretary.
Don C. York sang in a way that
showed that he felt that he was speak
ing to those who had lost dear ones,
"Re Comforted, Ye That Mourn," and
was listened to during a deep silence.
I). O. Dwyer followed in an eulogy of
the dead, in which he said that the
order was here honoring those who had
preceded them to the other shore, were
but exemplifying that friendship and
that brotherhood which had preceded
the Christian era thousands of years.
and was as immutable as the very i They were all manly, honorable, up
earth itself. In illustration of the ever ! right, good citizens who enjoyed the
present query. "Shall we meet again'.'" j confidence and respect of this commu
he gave an answer, the reply of one on J nity. They were men of pluck, intel
his death bed, when asked by a loved j lect, honesty, justice and incorruptible
one. thhe same question, he replied, j faith and truth, and possessed in a high
"This question have I asked of the j degree the noblest attributes of trie
vternal hills, that have stood in grand- j manhood ; the moral courage which
vur since the formation of the world. I feared not to assume a responsibility:
have queried of those bright stars
which pierce the azure field of blue,
whose light Iris guided the mariner
since the seas were navigable and whose
light has been a verity for the millions
of years, only to receive no reply, and
to be as deep in the darkness of uncer
tainty as at first, but when I look into
the depth of the love which animates
your face, which pours forth from your
eyes, I get the reply, 'We shall meet
again; there is a hereafter which is
yours and mine. " He closed with the
admonition that we should continue
this noble practice which we have begun
of thus honoring the dead.
Here followed the responses of the
officers, ami the invocation by Rev. A.
L. Zink in which he recognized the
hand of the Omnipotent Ruler in the
many blessings of life, and asked that
every member of the lodge be guided by
the life of the Master.
Mrs. Edna M. Eaton sang a soprano
solo, "Ave Marie," Miss Kittie Cum
mins, presiding at the piano, followed
by Miss Lillian Bookmeyer, with an in
strumental number on the piano and Mrs.
Mae Morgan came next with a solo,
"Thy Will Be Done," each number be
ing well rendered.
Then came the principal speaker of
the evening, Robert W. Patrick, who
in beginning his address, said, "I am
sure I cannot say anything that will add
to the beautiful program, the sublime
sentiment which has animated the
utterances of all who have preceded me,
but I wish to leave with you this one
thought, that in this age we are living
in an era of gross materialism, where
man and man's success is reckoned by
the amount of this world's goods he has
accumulated, how many diamonds glit
ters from his bosom or the rings which
encase hi:1 fingers, or the magnificent
equipage in which he rolls in splendor
past our door. I want to say to you that
tho Elks' misson in this world is to re
deem the world from this condition, and
I see in their growth and good work
a long step in that direction. Other
orders it is true are doing something in
the same line, though most of them
have a smattering of that same mater
ialism from which we are seeking to di
vest ourselves, the insurance portion of
the orders. I do not have anything to
say in disparagement of their efforts,
but only wish by comparison to call at
tention to the effective manner in which
this brotherhood is working. Good pro
fessions are well and good, but the ef
fective works for the benefit of a
brother is much better and is exempli
fied in the little poem, written upon the
inspiration given by the seeing of a
skeleton, which was accidently exhumed,
lying in the moonlight, which says:
Id-holt this ruin, 'tit a skull.
once etlierlal spirit full:
This narrow cell was life's retreat.
This space was t houtf lit's mysterious seat.
What beauteous pictures tilled this spot.
What fl reams of pleasure Ion furtrot.
Nor irrlef. nor pain, nor hope, nor fear.
Hare left one trai-e or record here.
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Then followed a contralto solo by
Miss Lucde Rates, who sane in a rich
tended the Elks' memorial services last
Sundav eveninir. followinir. we imblish
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the address delivered by Attorney I). ().
Dwyer, of this citv on that occasion:
Perhaps no organization in existence
is accustomed to revere anil perpetuate
the memory of its departed more than
the lienevolent and Trotective Order of
Hlks, which annually on these occasions
gives public expression of its ritualistic
teachings.
You heard the roll call be the secre-
tary of those of this order whom the
Grim Reaper has claimed as his own.
There was no audible response. Their
voices are forever stilled in death. The
river of life and the river of death flows
between us and them and all know that
they will never cross over to us, but we
must all cross over to them.
Four of them departed this life at its
noonday, in the strength of man, while
the other two passed to their rewards
close to the setting sun of life's journey.
a singleness of purpose which could
never be deflected from the paths of
rectitude; an indomitable will and abso
lute integrity; while the kind and genial
side of their natures bound their friends
to them with "hoops of steel."
To us. with our limited vision, groping
blindly in the dark, the death of such
men in the midst of their honorable and
useful labors, seems an unintelligible
and unmitigated calamity; but may not
the blows which took them from earth
have been dealt in mercy and wisdom?
It is not given to mortals to lift the
veil which shuts out the future and
none can tell what that future may
have in store for him. The great mys
teries of life and death are as unfath
omable now as they were when the
Creator breathed the breath of life into
the inanimate clay or when sin brought
death into the world.
The right to live is, in human estima
tion, the most inviolable, the most in
alienable. The joy of living in such a
splendid and luminous day as this is in
conceivable. To exist is exultation.
To live forever is our sublimest hope.
Annihilation, extinction and eternal
jd?ath are the forebodings of despair.
To know, to love, to achieve, to triumph,
to confer happiness, to alleviate misery,
is rapture. The greatest crime and
severest penalty known to human law is
the sacrifice and forfeiture of life.
And yet we are all under sentence of
death. Other events may or may not
occur. Other conditions may or may
not exist. We may be rich or poor; we
may be learned or ignorant; we may be
happy or wretched; but we all must die.
The verdict has been pronounced by the
inexorable decree of an omnipotent tri
bunal, without trial or opportunity for
defense; with no knowledge of the ac
cuser or the nature and cause of the
accusation; without being confronted
with the witnesses against us, we have
been summoned to the bar of life and
condemned to death. There Is no writ
of error or of review. There is neither
exculpation or appeal. All must be re
linquished. Beauty and deformity, good
and evil, virtue and vice, share the
same relentless fate. The tender moth
er cries passionately for mercy for her
child, but there is no clemency. The
craven felon sullenly prays for a mo
ment in which to be annulled, but there
is no reprieve. The soul helplessly beats
its wings against the bars, shudders
and disappears.
Certainly, the pearly gates of the
Celestial City shall open widest and
offer freest entrance to its eternal glor
ies to those who in life on this earth
strove hardest to aid the weak, to shel
ter the defenseless; to lighten the bur
dens of the heavy-laden, and to those
who brought the most smiles and the
fewest tears into this world.
Whether we shall meet our departed
brothers again we cannot tell. We only
know that we shall see them here on
earth no more; but a faith that will not
be uprooted bids us hope, a faith that
antedates the Christian's promise and
res-ts upon the ties that binds us to
each other. We are i.ot willing to be
lieve that the heart's affection which
brighten, adorn and purify our lives,
the love of mother, father and child,
h'jstiand and wife.of kindred and friends,
are all to be buried in the grave.
! Humanity revolts at the suggestion.
But for this faith in a future life would
perish from among men.
Invading the realms of mythology, we
are told that centuries I. e fore the dawn
of the Christian era, when the new
made king of Argos was about to give
up his young life in obedience to the
i orders of the Cods, she whom he loved
so fondly, in the wild frenzy of her
grief, pleaded with him to tell her if
they should meet again. He answered:
I have asked that dreadful question of
the hills
That look eternal; of the flowing streams
That lucid flow forever; of the stars,
Amid whose field of tzure my raised
spirit
Hath trod in glory: All were dumb; but
now
While I thus gaze upon thy living face,
I feel the love that kindles through its
beauty
Cart never wholly perish. We shall
meet again.
Whether supported by the Christian
faith or taking counsel of the love we
bear the dead, we answer as did the
(I reek.
However, the most sorrowful and
bitter experience of mankind is at the
grave. I know how the hearts of those
to whom our departed brothers were
nearest and dearest, cry out in bitter
anguish for "the touch of a vanished
hand and the sound of a voice that is
still."
The Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks of this city mourns deeply the
loss of its members whom these cere
monies are held tonight. We are, how
ever, conscious of the fact that while
on this earth they were each and all of
them ever faithful, honest and upright
to each and every obligation of this
order and to their fellow-man. They
lived within the lines and sentiment of
the poet who said:
So live, that when thy summons comes
to join
The innumerable caravan, which moves
To that mysterious realm, where each
shall take
His chamber in the silent halls of death.
Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at
night.
Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained
and soothed
By an unfaltering trust, approach the
grave.
Like one who wraps the drapery of his
couch
About him, and lays down to pleasant
dreams.
CELEBRATES HIS
61st ANNIVERSARY
A Large Number of Neighbcrs and
Friends Assist in the Happy Event.
Sunday evening being the 61st birth
day of John Peter Keil, of Cullom, a
number of his neighbors and friends
gathered to appropriately celebrate the
event. A good time was had, and good
fellowship and good stories flowed very
freely. Reminiscences of old times
played a good portion in the evening's
social games, and music interspersed
with a good story and refreshments
were added to program of the evening.
Many beautiful and substantial presents
were given as tokens of the good feel
ings cherished for one of the best of
neighbors. A supper was served, brought
by the relatives and friends, and was of
splendid variety, quantity and delicious
ness, that it is reported it would be
hard to beat. On departing all wished
Uncle Peter the return of many such a
happy event. Those present and to add
to the pleasure of the event which
marked the passing of another mile
stone of an old friend, were:
Andrew F. Seybert and wife, Wm.
Keil and family, Philip Treitch and wife,
Henry Keil and family, W. H. Seybert
and family, Julius Hillflicker and family,
Leonard Born and wife, C. F. Reihart
and wife, Henry Albert, Eddie Kelly,
Philip Albert, Wm. Wolf and wife, and
John McNurlin and family, of Platts-
mouth.
Family Reunion.
The home of Mrs. Frank Stander on
Gospel hill was the scene of a happy
Thanksgiving gathering. It was ar
ranged for the assembling of the entire
family and strange to say, not one was
missing in the large family of 47 chil
dren and grand-children. It was per
haps the largest family reunion held in
the county. There are thirteen in the
family, four daughters and nine sons,
namely, George, of Plattsmouth; James,
Henry, Helen, Peter C, William E.,
Lester C, Olive, Ralph and Alice of
Louisville; Elizabeth, Louis, Ralph of
Weeping Water.
The Stander family are pioneer resi
dents of Louisville and enjoy the friend
ship and esteem of the people in
general. Louisville Courier.
Will Viiit in Illinois.
parted last evening for the old home of
their father, J. J. Lohnes, of Pekin.
Illinois, where they will visit for two
weeks or more. They were both born
there, but haven't been there for more
than twenty years and remember
nothing of the place, C. E. Lohnes
being only about two years old when
his parents moved to this place.
PERUNA IS EFFICIENT
IN RELIEVING
JjmM SISTERS OF THE COOP SHEPHERD. MONTREAL. pjPtoaJ.
HOSPITALS ALL OVER THE CONTINENT F1NU PE-RU-XA VALUABLE IX TREATING ALL CATARRHAL DISEASES
CATARRH of the respiratory organs
is a common ailment in Canada for
at least two-thirds of the year.
Thin condition is no doubt caused by
the long, severe winters experienced in
hid part of the continent.
Therefore, when l'eruna was discov
er 1 by Canadian people to lm a reliable
remedy for these catarrhal diseases, it
at once became a popular medicine, not
only among individuals and in families,
but in the great hospitals, where it was
used as a preventative and relief in
hundreds of cases.
These institutions do not hesitate to
give their endorsement of the remedy
which has been so helpful in the treat
ment of their poor and sick.
Among these institutions is that of
the Sisters of tiood Shepherd, who gave
the following endorsement:
The Perutia Company,
Columbus, Ohio,
Having used Peruna for the past few
months, for our sick and poor, u e are
happy to say that it has given us great
satisfaction.
The Sisters of the Good Shepherd,
August 20, 1903.
Montreal.
After a continued use of the remedy,
this institution has found no reason to
change ihs good opinion of the remedy
and expresses its satisfaction in the fol-
lowins terms :
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Has a Finely Appointed Office.
During the past three weeks Attorney
D. O. Dwyer has had the carpenter, the
painter, paper-hanger and a number of
other people at work on the Dwyer
building, formerly known as the Martin
block, and during the time, they, like a
set of real fairies, have transformed
the place into a modern set of offices,
which will '.ompare with any set of offi
ces in any city. The library, which is
lighted from above, is an especially in
viting room, giving the light from the
skylight window, getting the best possi
ble light for reading, and diffusing it in
such a way as to be most restful on the
eyes. Besides this room Mr. Dwyer
has three more, one of which is for
general business, one a study room, and
one a private consultation room, all
heated by furnace on the same floor.
This makes as fine and as convenient a
set of offices as can be found in the
state. Mr. Dwyer is to be csngratula
ted upon having a place so well appoint
ed in all respects.
While Looking for Ink Bottle.
Miss Belle Hulfish met with a serious
accident at her home Wednesday of last
week while looking for her ink bottle
Supposing that the object of her search
was on the clock shelf, she went there
to and procured a bottle, accidentally
spilling the contents on her right hand.
She wasn't long in discovering that the
liquid was of a pale cast and a short
reflection revealed the fact that it was
carbolic acid. She is now nursing a
very painful wound as the result of her
mishap. Elmwood Leader-Echo.
Deserves the Box of Candies.
Little Anna Penterman, sister of the
Penterman Bros., general merchants,
came very nearly being run over by the
4:32 east bound passenger Sunday after
noon while playing at the crossing
in East Elmwood, in company with
some other small children. She was
rescued from death's clutches only by
the timely arrival of her next oldest
sister, Lottie, who pulled her from the
rails jnst in time to avert the inevitable.
The story as circulated is very startling
and should Jbe a warning to all little
children to never play near the railroad
tracks. The engineer promises a box
of choice candies to the little girls.
Elmwood Leader-Echo.
. Two Roads Pay Taxes.
The Burlington railway paid their
personal taxes today, $20,414.08, giving
a check, while the Rock Island paid
theire in money, mostly gold, amount
ing to $4,124.30. The Missouri Pacific
has not yet been heard from.
PROHINENT HOSPITALS SAY
ALL CATARRHAL DISEASES.
Montreal, Aok. 7, 1003.
We found Peruna a relief in several
cases.
We can say It Is a good tonic and we
are very thankful.
Sisters of the Good Shepherd.
When catarrli once fastens itself upon
the system it ln-comes an obstinate dis
ease to eradicate.
A systemic remedy one that reaches
every internal organ of tho body is an
absolute necessity.
l'eruna is Just Fiu-li a remedy. It
searches out the cause of tho disease,
healing and strengthening the mucous
membranes, and thus giving Nature an
opportunity to perform her part of the
restorative process.
One of the many hospitals which have
found l'eruna of value in treating old and
obstinate cases of catarrli is the Hospital
St. John, who write, as follows :
"We are happy to tell you that your
Peruna lias given us satisfaction. Three
patients have tried it, one US years old,
Itenoui Dupuis, afllicted witli catarrli. is
much relieved, more than lie lias been
for a number of yars.
"A young girl, 15 years old, had an
obstinate cough, which half a bottle of
Peruna caused to disappear.
"As to myself, two bottles have con
vinced me that Peruna is magnificent
as a tonic.
"Before tho treatment I could not
walk for a quarter of an hour v illiout
Returned From Oklahoma.
Sunday evening Jacob Tritsch and
wife, who have been visiting in Okla
homa for several weeks, returned and
report having had a very pleasant trip.
They at first visited at the home of
Peter and Nick Volk, near Renfrow,
where they had a fine time, and where
they found the Cass county people all
well, happy, and prosperous. They
then visited at Thomas, which is about
75 miles southwest of Enid, with Philip
Volk, for some four days. Mr. Tritsch
says they have a good country down
there not better than what we have
here. Taking the trip all in all, they
found a good country and had a very
pleasant time but Plattsmouth looked
pretty good when they got back.
Four Generations Eat Turkey
Chas. Manners and wife returned
home last evening from Carroll, Neb.,
' where they were the guests of L. H.
Young, a brother of J. M. Young, of
this city. They spent Thanksgiving
there and at the dinner were repre
sented four generations, present being
Chas. Manners and wife, of this place,
L. H. Young and wife, Edward Young
and wife and E. E. Phipps and wife of
Carroll.
There's nothing so good for a sore
throat as Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil.
Cures it in a few hours. Relieves any
pain in any part.
Raplil changes of temperature are hard
on the toughest constitution.
The conductor passing from the heated
inside of a trolley car to the icy temperature
of the platform the canvasser spending an
hour or so in a heated building and then
walking against a biting wind know the
difficulty of avoiding cold.
Scott f E,mxxlsion strengthens the
body so that it can better withstand the
danger of cold from changes of temperature.
U will help you to avoid taking cold.
ALL DRUCCISTSl 60c. AND Sl.OO.
1
Hi
I experiencing much fatigue.
Now I can
walk a mile easily.
"Through these three cases we tletdro
to make known to the public tho ef
ficiency of your remedy."
Hospital St. John, of St. Johna,
Province of (jhiIm-
A later letter received from the saim
institution reads a follow:
"Three weeks hro I wrote to tell
you how satisfactory we found
Peruna. We recommend It highly for
colds, coughs, catarrh and neuralgia.
"1 have used it myself as a tonic with
tho bi-st results, taken as directed, half
a teaspoonful every half hour."
Mrs. Etta Rooker, Inindurn, Sak,
N. W. T., f'anada, writes:
"I suffered with pelvic, catarrh until
I wrote to 1 r. I (art man, and afb-r tak
ing treatment as lie advised, 1 can say
I am now cured of this most tryint;
affliction, for which I am truly thank
ful. I think Peruna the l-st iin-dicino
for catarrli. I never f-. lt better in my
life than I do at present."
l'eruna not only promptly relievos
cougiis and colds in their first stages,
but is equally prompt and ellicient for
catarrhal diseases in the chronic stago.
Of course, it is only reasonable to
suppose that a great deal less medicine
will be necessary to cure a slight at tac
of catarrh than would Imj required
relieve the ailment after ithad beeu al
lowed to becoiau chronic
To Measure Corn and Hay.
As the Journal has heard so much of
late regarding systems of measuring
the different products of the farm, we
give the following from a Texas man as
his rule for measuring corn in the crib,
hay in the mow or stack, etc: The rule
for measuring corn applies to any kind
of a crib: Two cubic feet of sound, dry
corn, on the ear will make a bushel
shelled. To find amount of shelled corn
in crib, multiply the inside measure
ments of the crib, length, breadth and
height and divide by two. This amount
will be the number of bushels in the
crib. To find the number of apples or
potatoes in a bin, multiply length,
breadth and height together and this
product by eight and then point off one
figure in the product for decimals. To
find the amount of hay in mow, allow
512 cubic feet for a ton and it will be
nearly correct.
Will Visit National Live Stock Show.
Luke L. Wiles, from the southwest
portion of the city departed last even
ing for Chicago, where he will attend,
the National Live Stock show, where
he will see the fine stock on exhibit,
and probably buy some. Mr. Wiles and
his father, Captain Isaac Wiles are the
owners of a valuabe herd of Red Polied
cattle, of which they are making a re
putation, extending over more than one
state.