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MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1918. PAGE FOUR. PLATTSMOOTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. Cbc plattsmoutb journal PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA Kiitered at I'ostoITke, riattsmouth. Neb., as secoml-class mail matter R. A. BATES, Publisher SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: $1.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Baud concerts is a go. :o: The weather is beautiful. :o: The grass is coming up nic-ly. :o: Have you gotten your lawn mower in shape? :o: If truth is a scarce article, wouldn't it be a good idea to "con serve it?" :o: While early radishes are unfit for human food they are excellent to brag about. :o: - It is only when the other fellow holds all the aces that the Icing can do no harm. :o: It is probably useless to point out to the kaiser that he who decorates best decorates last. :o: Anyhow, the war bread vogue will put lie average restaurant shortcake in a more respectable light. :o: To free a man from error is to give, not to take away. Knowledge that a thing is false is truth. :o: As soon as the sassafras bark appears in the drug store window the great spring offensive will begin. ro:- . Kncke's comet is about to return, but nobody seems to care much. There is too much else in the way of fireworks. :o: : After the average "man of his word" prcmses to do something for you, he actually will do it if you keep nagging him long enough. :o: Show us the man who has never been stung by the political wasp and I'll show you the woman who has never had a longing to "get in to" society. :o: The tennis players hate to start in on another season of hard work, just like a motor cop hates to 'race his pop-pop in front of your apartment house at 1 o'clock in the morn'ng. :o: Evidently the Senate thinks the government knows something it doesn't, and demands the truth. And that makes us all want. to know what it is the Senate thinks it ought to know. :o: n . Congress reluctantly gave Mr. Hoover permission to control wheat prices, but refused him power to set corn, oats and barley prices, which accounts for the fact that, substi tutes cost more than the real thing. ' :o: Secretary of War Baker may not know as much about running a big war as some of his corner grocery critics think they know, but he is at the front learning, which is more than can be said of most of the critics. :o: The tpring sun shines and the soft v iuds blow, the fish down in the hole under the bending willers prom ise to bit but do not guarantee to do so, tho same old wholesome smell rises from the new turned earth, the same springtime yawns resound o'er the lea. and the same place on your back that you cannot scratch with out artificial aid itches like the livin fury, even if the greatest war in all history is going ou. $100 Reward, $100 Th readers of this paper will be pleased to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all its stages and that is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly influenced by constitutional conditions requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Sur faces of the System thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, givins the patient strength by building up the con stitution and assisting nature in doing its rork The proprietors have bo much faith n the curative powers of Hall's Catarrh Medicine that they ofTer One Hundred Dollars for any case that it fail3 r.irT Send for llet of testimonials. I O core, -T.rviTTr i m,j .t. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. C!iM ii nmegist- 75e A good, soaking rain would help :o: ' All that is left in the Germans sausage is sage. :o: Old Sol is trying to get the best of the coal dealers. :o: Graduation day will soon be here. Then look out for the sweet girl graduate. :o: x This war must be seen through to victory. This world will not be worth living in unless it is. :o: : It is the consumer who suffers from war prices, so why not be a producer? Everybody can have gardens. :o: The last word in loneliness is the letter a reporter writes. A reporter has to be the lonliest object in the world before he writes a letter. :o: When a small boy has worn out three pairs of stockings in the course of winning five marbles, he figures himself 'way ahead of the game. :o: Chicago has adopted an ordinance abolishing the cabaret. Now has Chicago some way to persuading the police to enforce, the ordinance? :o: Mrs. Lease has at last found a country that is willing to take her well known advice. Russia is rais ing more "hell and less corn every day. :o: What makes us madder than any thing else is the person, who stands by his country in this crisis all right, but acts as if he were making a great concession. :o: ' What has become or tiie old fash ioned bartender who drew big royal ties on a certain cocktail he had in vented? And what is he going to do for a living from now ou? :o: As compared to making pro-Germans kiss the flag, smearing them with yellow paint is highly prefer able. Nobody has much objection to 't the desecration of yellow paint. :o: Thanks to the daylight law, few ball games will be reported "Called on account of darkness" this year. Now if the government can figure out a remedy for the "wet grounds" evil. I :o: i If people generally were so hard up as their studied conversation would Indicate, the holdup men would starve. But we know the holdup men are not starving, or even weakening. :o: Since the deposal of the czar, 3S, 000 petitions for divorce have been filed in Petrograd. Things have come to such a pass in Russia that the people won't even statid up and fight their legal mates. :o: Hill and dale now resound with tho cackle of the laying hen, and this is some cackle when you know she produces about a car load of eggs a day which are shipped from this sec tion of Cass county every day. :o: The milkmen, obviously, are also to be set ahead one hpur'on March 31. So the stay-out-lates and the milkmen probably will miss connec tions for a few days, until they be come adjusted to the new rule. :o: "When your hopes are high, it seems to you that Hindenburg is moving along at a terrifying rate. Then your spirits rise, and you figure With exultation that he is not getting anywhere and might as well give it up. Adding both speeds together and dividing by two, you find with considerable Joy that even then, he will have to hump hiuself to arrive , .in A'ans py Apru.x ' GERMANY AND THE NEUTRALS. Long ago treaties and internation al law were swept to the winds by the emperor of Germany in his wild dream of world conquest. Now ruth less submarines are fast removing from the German mind the concep tion of a neutral country. In the' eyes of the Prussian a nation is either ally or foe. There is no such a thing as a neutral. In South America the great repub lie of Argentina has been constantly imposed upon, although President Irigoyen has held steadfastly to the laws of neutrality. "Sink without t warning" the ships of Argentina, urged Count Luxburg. Spanish ships have been sunk repeatedly and the Danish ship RandelsboTg was sunk on the 15th of this month. On the 16th Germany captured a large number of Swedish fishing boats and the steamer Princes Ingeborj. Norway has a long list of ships sunk and Germany has given notice that ships carrying food for Switzerland will not be spared. Such is the kaiser's attitude to ward the neutrals. And when the day of reckoning comes, the repre- sentatives of these neutral ntiticns will sit in the great council and their hurts will not be forpotten. Though today they may not be on the side of the allies, on that day of dictating peace terms to Ger many they will surely be friends of the kaiser's foes. Lincoln Star. :o: OUR STAKE IN THE WAR. What are our stakes in this war? Freedom, equality, happmess, pro tection, progress, national independ- ence and standing in the wor'd, to say nothing about our obligations to ( humanity at large. What are these blessings, individ ual and national, worth? Are they worth only what can be spared of our surplus and profits? Or, are they worth all that we can possibly sac rifice? The American workiugmaii is entitled to all he earns. He can spend it as he likes. He can build up his own ideal of home and happi ness, lie has as great right as any other to determine the form and acts of government. This ends, if Germany wins. The American farmer or busi- nes man has the right to pile up all the wealth he honestly can, and to use it as best suits him. He. too. can create the home and the happi ness which he most desires. He, too. s one of the governed without whose consent there's failure in government This ends, if Germany wins. The American nation is entitled to prosperity. It has taken the forests and prairies, and helped to feed and clothe the world. It has taken its blood for the God-given right of freedom, and has been the refuge of the poor and oppresred of ill nations. It is highest in financial standing, most humane in aspira tions, and greatest in liberty of thought and opportunity. It owes tribute to none other, and todav 0 stands as the bulwark of civilization. Among nations, it has its inalien able rights to be free, independent. ;qual, progressive after its owns deals, and solvent. This ends, if Germany wins. -:o: "Conscience" is a word that once had a definition. :o: If you lick the hand that smites you, it is because you can't smite the hand that licked you. :o: A New York man asked for a di vorce saying his wife hypnotized him. On that ground we could all get away. :o: Not only is a big mule worth about as much as a motor car these days, but its voice is sweeter than most automobile horns. :o: It's usually not nearly so hard to figure out what you really ought to do as it is to stick to it and do it after you've figured it out. rot- Make up your mind we are going to win the war if we have to have meatless weeks, wheatless months and sweetless years. t Rheumatic Aches o Drive them out with Sloan's Liniment, the quick-acting, sooth ing liniment that penetrate with out rubbing and relieves the pain. Always have a bottle in the house for the aches and pains of rheuma ism, gout, lumbago, strains .sprains, stiff joints amf all muscle soreness. Generous sized bottles - i TWO QUESTIONS. In the approaching political cam paign two great questions should be asked regarding each candidate, for office. Question number one: Is the candidate loyal to our coun try and its flag? No man should receive the vote of any loyal citizen unless this first question shall be satisfactorily ans wered. But a satisfactory answer to this question is not enough. There is a second question which, should be propounded and satisfactorily answered. Question number two: Is the candidate loyal to the cause of the common people? In times of war men have been known to cloak themselves in the flag of our country, while at the same time serving criminal interests which were preying upon the coun try in time of distress. In the approaching campaign ev ery good man should try hard to differentiate between the real and the professional patriots who shall appear as candidates for public office. The cause of the common people should be very closely related to the cause of our country in time of war. a beef trust congressman will be dangerous to the. cause of th: com mon people, even though it be true that he has invested thousands in Liberty bonds. A stockyards state senator or legislator will be danger ous to the cause of the common peo ple of Nebraska, even though he shall have his name on the Red Cross roll of honor. It is high time that the voters of Nebraska were getting ready to de mand from all political candidates fair answers to these two questions, not one alone, but both. Columbus Telegram. -:o:- "DEATH DUTIES'' IN WAR. The estimated A-aluation of 50, 000,000 put upon the estate of James Stillman, ranks it as one of the great, though not colossal, fortunes amass ed in this country. Its public inter est is due less to its size than to the amount of taxes it will yield to the government as the first conspicuous aggregation of private wealth to be come subject to the increased rate of federal inheritance taxation imposed under the war revenue law of Oc tober a, 1917. On a valuation of $50,000,000 the estate will pay a tax of $11,722,000 to the general government, in addition to a tax of $2,014,000 to the state of New York. The Stillman fortune thus be comes notable not as an example of private wealth but as Uncle Sam's first "swollen fortune" derived from federal estates taxation. From this single source the government will re ceive a tax return larger than the combined -individual income tax col lected in Massachusetts and Pennsyl vania in 11)16, and likewise larger than the aggregate internal revenue receipts for that year from all the New England states except Massa chusetts. New York World. :o: Yes, this will be a hot summer. :o: : Run the time limit with your quar antine smallpox cases. Is this being done in all cases? :o: Kvcn in the city election it should be asked of each candidate: "Is he t loyal to the country and the flag?" :o: Really if ignorance were bliss there's a whole lot of people who would be so happy that they'd choke. :o: Tho fellow avIio is always trying to stand in with the popular side, never amounts to .anything anywhere. 'PEACE BY NEGOTIATION." Although Germany and Russia have signed a peace treaty the Ger mans are now marching on Moscow and expect to capture it in a short time. They are sweeping through Russia without meeting with resist ance. Why is this? Because Russia and Germany are now "at peace." The beauties of "peace by negotia- tion" and the advantages of getting up high-sounding and elaborate treaties are now exhibited to an astonished world. Arthur Hender son of the British Labor party and the other. dobblers in "peace by ne gotiation" and "international" theories should take notice. The actions of Germany at this time constitute the most astounding brazen nad cynical climax of infamy that has ever been brought to light. Any one who will still maintain that Germany is fighting only in "self-de fense" is a self-evident idiot or liar. Will the pacifists still maintain that an honofable peace can be ob tained and maintained with Germany undefeated, in the face of this unex ampled villainy? Will they still de- If the academic doctrinaries, in ternationalists and the well-weaning but short-sighted people who want to sit down and discuss peace terms are intelligently patriotic they will now abandon their futile attempts and admit that there can be only one feasible war aim and that is: Beat Germany. Wichita Beacon. :o: CRAZY? YES. It used to be Bedlam. Now it is Russia. The inmates of Bedlam once were exhibited in cages or turn ed loose in the streets to beg. In Russia the bolsheviki parade in hon or of autocracy one day and instruct democracy the next. We learn from Moscow that peace was made with Germany because the ntention was to continue the war. Those who talk loudest of more fight- ng speak for-people who say that they will not fight. Eminent leaders o fthe revolution openly declare that heir main object in signing the reaty of peace was to complete the demobilization of the army so that war might be renewed with a super- or force. There is hope also in von Hinden burg and von Ludendorff. If they can be persuaded to take all that the bolsheviki have given them, the war will continue in spite of the peace and the eventual victory of the pro letariat is assured. Furthermore, we are told that the revolution is dem ocratic, but that it is disturbed to some extent by a family fight be tween two imperialistic groups, both of which, are seeking ends more vital than liberty or justice or hon or. Philanthropy did a great deal to relieve Bedlam of its evil name. It is now the boast that many of its inmates are restored to reason. Rus sia may not be incurable, but it has no call to lecture the peoples of the earth whox long since proved their ability to get along without keepers. New York World. :o: SEDITION LEGISLATION. It is to be hoped the legislature will show no mistaken leniency in the enactment of law to stamp out and punish sedition. And thin f should cover any attempt, by any means, to hamper the enforcement of war measures or to interfere with or discourage the war activities of the government. When it is the security of free institutions that is at stake, when. our young men are across seas dying in our' defense, there can be no compromise with or toleration of disloyal citizens and their disloyal acts. Of all possible enemies there is none so odious as he that fires from the rear: from within the ranks. Precautions should be taken, of course, not to confound legitimate criticism with sedition, or to mane it unlawful for patriotic citizens to agitate for the change or amendment of laws. For example, criticism of the law fixing the price of wheat and not of other commodities is valid criticism, and agitation for iucreas- Children Cs-y Xhe Kind You Have Always . Bought, and which has been In US3 for over thirty years, has borne the signature of - and has been made under his rer- szAffljtrtt sonal ' supervision since its infancy. All Counterf oits, Imitations and " Just-as-good " are but - Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children Experience against Experiment. What is CASTOR! A Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. For more than thirty years it has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency, "Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness arising therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural Bleep. Zhc Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend. GENOESE CASTORS A ALWAYS Bears the In Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought THf c CHTAUR COMPANY, N PW VOR l( C I TV ing the minimum price is proper agi tation. As a result of such critcism and agitation the senate recently passed, by overwhelming vote, a bill by Senator Gore increasing the mini mum price from $2.20 to $2.50, and making it apply to No. 2 wheat as a basis instead of No. 1. In tho same manner criticism of the government, whether we indorse it or not, for al lowing cereals to be used for the brewing of beer, is within the rights of citizens. Numerous other in stances might be cited to illustrate public criticism that, in war the t same as in peace, cannot properly be gaged by governmental authority. . Nebraska wants a sedition law that will meet all the requirements of the situation, and do it both fair ly and drastically. But it does not want a sedition law that would pre vent Colonel Roosevelt from making a speech or the Chicago Tribune from circulating within the limits of the state. World-Herald. GOOD FARMS. We have some good bargains in Land Prices. Right with good terms. Otoe Co., Gage Co.. Pawnee Co. and Johnson Co. land, Southeastern Ne braska. Mockenhaupt & Curtain Land Co. Sterling, Neb. 2S-lmowkly Plant your money in a 9 1 ana waicii your .balance m - OurB IF YOU DON'T PLANT ANYTHING, WHY NATURALLY NOTHING WILL GROW. YOU CAN START A FORTUNE TO GROWING WITH ONE DOLLAR. YOU'LL NEED THAT MONEY SOMEDAY. . . ! THE FARMER JS WILLING TO WAIT FOR HIS CROP TO GROW. ARE YOU NOT WILLING TO PLANT A FEW DOLLARS AND LET THEM GROW? ; IT IS A MIGHTY COMFORTABLE FEELING TO HAVE A FAT BANK BOOK IN YOUR POCKET. WE PAY PER CENT ON TIME DEPOSITS, AND 3 PER CENT ON XMAS SAVINGS CLUB. rttt COME TO OUR BANK. Farmers' State Bank ITHE NEW BANK.I SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES 50 CENTS PER YEAR. TVS 1 - . 'AV-l JT 1 ...II. 1 HI J "TT1 -f for Fletcher's Signature of JUST GOT OVER A COLD? Look out for kidney troubles and backache. Colds overtax the kid neys an doften leave them weak. For weak kidneys well, read what this Plattsmouth man says:, Ben Brooks, Main St., says: "A had cold left me with a severe at tack of kidney complaint. I had pain in my back and hips and at times it extended into my shoulder blades. I was laid up for two weeks. My head ached for hours and I was subject to dizzy spells, during which my sight blurred. Half- a box of Doan's Kidney Pills checked these troubles and after using two boxes, procured from Edward Rynott & Co.'s Drug Store, I regained my health." (Statement given April 10. 1912.) On February 22, 1916, Mr. Brooks said: "I couldn't speak too highly of Doan's, for it was this old, re liable medicine that fixed me up in fine shape when I was down with lumbago. I haven't had an attack since." Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mr. Brooks has twice publicly recommended. Foster- Milburn Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. Mr. Farmer It will pay you to drive to Sterliug, Nebraska in your car and Buy a Farm of Mockenhaupt & Curtain, Sterling, Neb. 2S-lmow . . ft. mmnm r 7, vy-f " VJfcV - Ym& ' t 7 . rot.--:.-...-.