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lEMattemoutb SKMI-WI-KKLY EDITION - FOUk PACKS VOLUME XX VI II PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2I, 1908 NUMBER 51 ATT J . SIKOL HALL A Fine Exhibition of Turning and an Enjoyable Dance Excellent Address by Superinten dent Gamble of the City Schools. From Monday's I tally The turning exhibition an.l dan e given Saturday 1 1 i 1 1 k ft tin T. .1. Sokol hall w as largely at K ii.l'-1 an 1 was a most sueeeiyfiil affair. The program was printed in the Journal was carried out. The program did not begin until alnmsf niii" thirty as the turners from ahr ad did not ar rive until the '.i:::u train. The local class of turners is under the direction of Mr. Louis .Mian ami the manner la which they acquitted themselves? Saturday night speaks well for his i.i Sstruction. The music for both the gymnastics and the dance was fur nished by .lamia's orchestra. As the Plattsmouth turners came into the hall they ma le a pretty appear ance in the turning uniforms. They gave a ealisthentic drill that was heartily applauded by the audience. Then Superintendent Gamble of the city schools was introduced by Emil Ptak and gave a thirty-five minute address on ph!-r al culture. As sev eral U . -e.i ii le- si l in k straight from !!! siiollhler I'Im! gave some f:tt il.at cann.): !. .1 nied and that r.ini-t it met. lie was greeted with jipplause upon his introduction, and cppSadetl loudly and long upon his conclusion. Mr. Gamble is a pleasing speaker at all limes and was at his Lest upon this occasion. We give be low mi' characteristic extracts from his address. He was followed by J. Sterba. district director, w ho spoke in Bohemian and who was well ceived. . Mr. Sterba demonstrated that he was thoroughly at home upon the details of instruction in the science or iHiiiuing me uoay ana uis auuress. mav mtle (lwarfed, stunted, weas while not understood by the Enklishenod boys smoking cigarettes, and speaking portion of the audience, j otherwlse dostrovin g their bodies .for was clearly appreciateti uy nis no hemian auditors. Between the two addresses all in the house were given a thorough understanding of the val ue of physical culture for both mind and body and the addresses could not fail to be of great value for their educational influence. After the speech making, there was an Interesting exniDmon or turning work by the Plattsmouth and South Omaha teams, the work consisting of horizontal bar, parallel bars and the horse, all of which was fine and high ly pleasing to the audience. In these three classes of work the local class showed well the training of Director Jiran' and outclassed the visitors throughout. The work of the local class reflected great credit upon the members and shows that training has done much to make them expert turn ers. Their evolutions met with hearty appreciation from the im mense crowd and applause was fre quent and spontaneous. The dance which followed was one of those delightful kind which lias made the Sokol famous and the dan cers twirled through the various dances to the strains of the fine mu sic of Director Janda's orchestra in thoroughly satisfied style. It was a very late hour before the affair closed. It netted the society quite a handsome sum as such an affair deserves. Below is printed some ex tracts from Superintendent Gamble's address. Kxtracts from Supt. Gamble's Address No nation is stronger than its citi zenship and that nation is the best na tion that has for its citizens a peo ple who are strong physically as well as strong along other lines. The trite staying of the old Greeks "A strong body about a strong mind" is in force today and the man. no matter what his mental capacity, who is hampered by a weak body, is greatly handicapped in the race for survival, in these strenuous times. We owe much to the Greeks. We study their language, their literature, and their philosophy at the present time. And the world today with all Its boasted civilization cannot pro duce men who are the equals of some of the Greek poets, painters and phil osophers. Do you wish to know why? The Greeks developed bodies that were fitting homes for their minds and when the test came they did not suffer a nervous breakdown and have to bo sent to a saui'ai iiiiM just when tli'-y were in their prime tin 1 capable of doing their greatest work. Human dev Ici tlii ofcld. mental. Liio.it should he moral an ! .physi vi:,,!L!!sizo 1 with- cal. X fiiio an be e:i out. iohs to tin- other two. .Mental : development ah. ne produces a human , cycle podia a bundle of nerves. Moral development ;;It ii,- products a crank. an l not always on- that will turn j things ei'ii r. Phvs-hal de. elopr.MV.it i alone produces a ; iiz lighter, a I rr.te. I'm mental, moral an I phy , si::l (!'. i I pn:enl. produces a man. Systematic exercise sho;:ld begin when we are children and continue : uni il we are past our prime. And ;fhe proper place for this work to be , done is in our public schools. Don't tell me our children don't need physi cal exercise. Spend a day with me in our own schools and sc.? your own 'children with pale cheeks. hollow chests, curved si .duos, and ether ail ments when they should be physically sound and see whether ihey need it or not. If I had my way I would have a gymnasium in every school house in our villages and cities. And I would make physical training as truly a part of the education as I would arithmetic and reading. Our Y. M. C. A's and societies, such as yours, are doing a great work for the nation, but unfortunately they j reach only a small class of people and re-jthey are usually not the ones who ! most need physical training. If we had more gymnasiums and more people taking physical training we would not have on our streets so 'these things do not go well together. Look where you will in our city and you will not find a cleaner set ot fellows than the young men of this class, who are standing before me and those of the other society with which I affiliate. I am glad to count them among my friends and anyone who says that the turner halls are not fit places for the boys to go when regular class work is being done, do not know what they are talking about. If a fake doctor of some kind were to come to our city and offer free cure he would be unable to secure a hall large enough to accom modate those who would seek him. Yet in many cases the only thing that is the matter with us is that we do not take enough proper physical exer cise to keep the body in a normal con dition. And now I am sure you will par don me if I speak plainly, I believe that the sentiment is changing in this regard with the younger men in this society. I have but one regret, and one criticism to offer. For the sake of your young men you ought not to allow intoxicating liquors to be sold in your hall upon any occasion. It is not necessary for me to tell you that the use of liquor and good ath letics cannot get on well together. I hope the time will come when you will not sell liquor in the same build ing in which your boys receive their physical instruction. In conclusion. Superintendent Gamble gave the fol lowing history of the T. J. Sokols: The T. J. Sokol. one of the largest athletic organizations in the United States and Europe, was first organ ized in the United States in St. Louis in 1865, with 65 members. From 1867 to 1877 local clubs were organ ized as follows: Chicago, 1866; Mil waukee, 1867; New York, 1869; Mavina, N. J., 1869; Cleveland, 1870; Cedar Rapids, 1873; Detroit, 1875; St. Paul, 1876; Omaha, 1877. Oma ha organized with 554 members. In 1877 the first national tournament was held in Chicago. At this time Chicago was made their headquar ters and a monthly magazine was published, which is continued to the present day. Between IS 79 and 1898 national tournaments were held in Chicago, Detroit, Cedar Rapids and Omaha. To Cedar Rapids Nebraska sent 15 delegates. In.l8S2 the mem bership increased to 3,500." In 189S, 4; lodges contained 2,997 athletes. In 1903 the national assembly was held in St. Louis. At this time the Young Women's Athletic association was organized. The national tour nament in 1904 was held at the St. Louis exposition with 226 men and 66 young women delegates. Last August at the Detroit national as sembly the association was divided into four districts. Nebraska being in the western district, with Omaha as headquarters. Nebraska has a membership of 1,112 members. There are thirty as sociations in the state, five of these being young ladies' associations. An nual tournaments are held in various localities. Every five years an nter natienal tournament is held at Prague.. The last one was held last year. In 18S1 the first international ouiirinieiit was held at Prague wit!: 720 active members; the second in 1S91, with 7,000, the third ia U'J.".. with 7.500, -1,500 cf whom were ac tive. The fourth was hell in 1 : o 1 . with If., 000 delegates of which 2,400 were active members, 800 cf ther.i being women. The fifth was held in l!Mi7. with 20.000 delegates, of whom :;,:!5o were aYtive turners, S50 being I men an 1 2.500 women. Er.rope h:;s 71 1 local lodges cf 5S, ooo members, T.ooo of which arc yoi:;ig women, 12.000 boys, 11,000 girls and 3.500 teachers. 1 ne Plattsmouth Athletic associa tion was organized in 1891 with 12 members. Today the organization numbers -12. Card ff Thanks. The active class of the T. .1. Sokol society desires, through the columns: f the Journal, to express their thanks to Superintendent J. W. Gamble for his able address upon physical cul ture, given at their entertainment Saturday evening. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BURLINGTON Shows and Excellent Business and a VeryLow Death Rate. The annual report of the Burling ton Railway company filed with the railway commission shows that the company is doing a better business in Nebraska than it does on the entire svstem. Its operating expenses in Nebraska are only 5S.42 percent ot the gross earnings in Nebraska, while for the entire system the oper ating expenses are about 71 per cent, It receives more per ton per mile for hauling freight in Nebraska than it does on the entire system and it car ries more passengers per train mile in Nebraska that it averages on the system. The gross earnings from all sour ces in Nebraska for the year ending June 30, were $20, 594, 78a. 74. Its operating expenses in the state for the same period were $12,004,798.67, The receipts per passenger mile in Nebraska are 18 9-10 mills and on the system 18 5-10 mills. Its receipts per ton per mile were 11 5-10 mills in Nebraska and 7 9-10 mills on the sys tem. The average number of passen gers per .Train mile in Nebraska was 72 while on the system it was 61. These figures show that even with a two-cent fare law in force in Ne braska' the Burlington road carried more passengers per train mile in this state than it did on the system and that the receipts per passenger were more than the average on the entire system. The death record on the lines in Nebraska is considered very low Thirty-three were killed and none of these was a passenger. Twenty-two of those killed were reported as trespassers and eleven of the killed were railway employes. The num per of persons injured was 694. The Burlington reports capital stock aggregating $110,839,100. Its bonded debt is $183,064,000. During the year covered by the report it paid $15,517,474 in dividends and to do this drew $6,6o0.346 from its surplus fund. It paid one divident I of 8 per cent and another of 6 per cent on its stock. There was paid on the bonded debt $7,126,003.33. There was expended for betterments for railway and equipment $13,550,615. 23 which was charged to capital stock and $3,168,414.61 which was charged to special funds. Good Farm for Sale. Good 160 acre farm, 2Y2 southwest of Oreapolis, 5 miles miles northwest of Plattsmouth, good im provements. Water is plentiful. For particulars and terms see G. J. Halmes, Plattsmouth. lmo. In District Court. From Monday's f);ii:y District Judge Travis came home Saturday night after a week's court at Nebraska city, and this morning held a brief session of court here. Among other matters he had Fred Ossenkop arraigned before him and raised the amount of the bond under which he is at large from $10,000 to $15,000, accepting John Ossenkop as surety for this sum and for the ap pearance of the defendant. In the matter of the sale of land in the Dewey estate. Attorney John M. Leyda, as guardian ad litem of the minor heirs, filed a motion asking to have the sale set aside upon the ground of improper notice having been given. The motion was net passed upen. In the case of Iee vs. Hall a motion for a new trial was argue.l an.! sub mitted. DEATH OF hWS. . H. P03SALL, A Good Wife and Loving Holler Pas cs Over the Great Beyond. From .Monday's lliiily Died Pcisall .Mrs. Jennie Kin";,hr aged 52 years, 8 months aud 2 3 days:,, it her home in Plattsmouth, Neb , on November 22, l'lOS, at 1:20 p. m. Fi'iieral from the residence oil South Seventh street on Tuesday. November 21. at 2 p. m., Rev. Randall officiat ing. Yesterday afternoon th ; giim de stroyer invaded the home of George H. Poisall and carried away the eom panion of his life, death coming to Mrs. Poisall after a brief illiness. For days this most estimable wife and mother had been lying in the shadow of the long valley, and when the end came it was not unexpected. Seized with her last illness very suddenly a little over a week ago her condi tion had at no time shown improve ment and the attending physician held out no .hope to the stricken hus- band and children, an of whom were at her bedside when the end came. For thirty years Mrs. Poisall had lived in this city, and during that time she had made many friends who live to mourn her untimely taking away. An earnest, conscientious and faithful woman, one whose whole life was such that it merited the respect and love of all with whom she came in contact, death leaves a void in their hearts which tyne can never obliterate. Her life's journey with its sunshine and its storm closed all too soon, but all who knew here re joice that her Christian spirit was sure of its final reward and a glor- ous future beyond the river. Mrs. Poisall, born Jennie Knight, first saw the light of day on February 29th, 1856, in Whitley county, India na. When she was two years of age her parents moved to Sarpy county, Neb., locating near the then town of Forest City, now Gretna, where her aged mother now resides. On June 9, 1876 she was united in marriage at Forest City to Geo. II. Poisall remov ing from that place to this city two years later, and since residing here. To this union there was born nine children, of which eight still sur vive, four boys and four girls. The boys are George, jr., Harry, Robert, and Charles,, all of whom live in this city, and the daughters were Mrs. Emma Chandler, residing at Fair- bury, Neb., Mrs. Myrtle Speck, resid ing at Omaha, Neb., and Mabel Pois all, living at. home in this city, and one other daughter married. The funeral services will occur to morrow afternoon from the residence on South Seventh street, at two o'clocke p. m., Rev. A. A. Randall of the Methodist church' officiating. During all her life Mrs. Poisall was a devoted member of this church. The entire sympathy of the com munity goes out to the stricken hus band and the sorrowing children for Mrs. Poisall was one of Nature's noblest women. For Sale or Rent A good, eight room house, with barn. Enquire of T. M. Patterson at Bank of Cass County. KILL the COUCH uo CURE the LUNCG wi Br. ling's Nou Discovery FDR ROUGHS PBICE KIV. Ar 1 m w yj OLDS Trial Bottle Free AND ALL THROAT AND LUNG TROUBLES. GUARANTEED SATISFACTORY OS MONEY REFUNDED. THOSE UM Uirj D ill Hiss Ruth Chapman and Ghas. Bell, jr., Divide First Prize of Five Dollars Those Who Captured the Other ' Minor Prizes. Protn Tii y' l;iiiy The A. 15. ('. editor after spending several days in st ruuiiliiiir with -the :-.::;; cf letters submitted in eompo i' ic.n f c r the several piizes has linal- ly t t'ern.med upon the award an 1 the same is printed below. That the (omest was a big success one nee I only look over the great immbir t otters to toll. A ii 1 out tf them all thtry were ju::t two that were entire!;.- collect aiii only cue which ha i h'.:t one mistake while six had only two mistakes. The letters came fir. is: ::il sections cf the state, and .von from fur distant states, w.ioie the .Journal had its in -illation. Thai it is a good meli'.'.rn of a Iveriisin-.'. was evident from this f.ict. The let ters further represented all classes of people and of every age from small children whose painfully scrawled missives struggling for the prize ompaied wkh the (-ultimo, -v 1! rounded hr.nd ot the man of busi ness, or the doli'-ato lines of femin ity. ! In awarding the prizes it was ! thought best to divide them. The I correct list of words w hich were I misspelled were: I Correct A Radiant IJ Repairing C Selections D Ad E Mechanics F Patronize G Merchandise H Russw in I Coates J Medal M Illustration O Restaurant L. Liability R Delicacies S Special U Absurd Misspelled Radient Repaireing Celections Add Mechanicts Patrinize Merchandice Ruswin Coats Medel Ilustration Restruant Liability Decalicies Speciall Absu rb EXCELLENT PRO GRAM RENDERED By the Plattsmouth Musicians at the Presbyterian Church Sunday Eve. From Monday's Daily-- The fine musical program prepared and given by the Phesbyterian choir at the church last evening was heard by a good crowd, many being attract ed by the superior excellence of the program and the talented singers en gaged upon it. That the church would have been filled to overflow ing had it not been for the inclem ent weather is quite sure. At it was the attraction was sufficient to bring out a very nice crowd. As v.as to be expected the several solos and quartettes were the fea tures of a program throughout most excellent. Mrs. Gamble sang St. Quentin's "Spirit Eternal' in excel lent voice as is usual with this tal ented artiste. The solo selected by Mr. McEJwain Hope was also one of St. Quentin's productions, and he gave it an exceptionally good rendi tion. Mr. White sang "Come Unto Me" splendidly and greatly pleased the critical portion of the audience. The several quartettes "Tarry With Me," and "Christian, the Morn" were excellently given by the fine quar tette consisting of Mrs. Gamble, Miss Baird, Messrs White and McEIwain, the audience greatly appreciating their work. The work of the chorus was also excellent and the entire program was was such a one as the members of the choir might well be proud of. In County Court. In county court several days ago an action in replevin growing out of the recent case of Wilkins vs. Ben fer was commenced by one Maher, who claims to be the owner of the fix tures which were in the saloon and were attached. The title of the case is Maher vs. Wilkins and Den . . . son, the constable, ine contention or A. N. Sullivan, who represents Maher, is that Benefer did not own the fix tures. No effort is made to replevin the stock of goods levied upon. -A 1 vv ays Aiatei ial Pres.-ing Confe; t fond y Allwavs Mat a rial Prosing 'oiil'e( i i iii.rv Y Those who .'-leclcl the al.OVi- I vv( nis :.n ! erectly speiie.l them lit : their letters vveie Miss Ktith Miii . '-..'Hi'l ( h-ij)tn;:u and Ch::s. !. 1, jr.. both of this ity. Each r (' v. ''om are ;.v. Mete i two d.-llar: an a f. If, lie- list jii.e of (jve or -liars iing : v r;,o 1 bit ween Hum. llcth ot ; these lists Were excellently gotten up , and were exact in pointing out the ei roi s of the list as well as spelling the words eoiioctly In I heir list, j The sc.-ond prize of ( , i, dolbu s i: j awarded to Mrs. E. Duke, of this icity. Mrs. Duke also sole-ted an ex jcellent list, pointing out all the mi. I spoiled words but making one slight I error which was responsible for rob bing ii-r oi a snare in the :;ist pr. . The three prizes of one (h it ir ea Ii i fire to be divided between : jv compet itors, there being no way by which ithe superiority between them colli-? i be determined. Eac h of those had I two errors in their list which wan just enough to throw them out of" the first and second prize winning classes. Those who win in the third class and win fifty cents each an Bertha Jackson, Box l!t.i; Alice Weyrich, Plattsmouth; Homer E. Miller, Box 27, Plain view. Neb.; Miss Norine Sohulhof, Plattsmouth. Neb.; Miss Alice Rakes, Mynard. Neb.; and Otto E. Lutz, Box 2 7, Plattsmouth, Neb. Many of the other letters submit ted were excellently gotten up and came within very little of winning some of the prizes, but unfortunately errors prevented. It is pleasant, to find so much interest was taken in the contest, and that Journal ads are so generally read. Saloon Open Again. From Ti p'':iv's I i I v j Other and additional complications 1 arrn xh? ,i,is.a,i"" r(in out ox me ueiuer saioou property mention of which was made in these columns several times recently. Sat urday, Attorney W. C. Ramsey, on behalf of Ed Egenberger, attached the fixtures in the saloon for one of Benfer bills and yesterday Sheriff Quinton replevinied the same on be half of one Maher, who claimed to own. them. Today a surety bond was given by Vaher to the theriff and the fixtures and saloon was turned over to the Blatz people once more. They notified Constable Denson and Attorney Ramsey to at once take out the stock which they had attached so they might open and do business. This led to considerable argument between the parties for a time and it looked as if a choice lot of wines, liquors anj cigars was going to be set out into the street, but this af ternoon the stuff was finally taken out by the constable and the saloon again opened up. There are a num ber of interesting questions involved in the litigation which will likely be long drawn out and expensive. This afternoon when Constable Denson and Charles Wilkins went to the saloon to remove the attached stock. A. J. Lepinski, the agent for the brewery, became rather obnoxious in his conduct and for a few moments it looked as if there would be trouble between him and Wilkins. The con stable finally interfered and quiet was restored. The litigation is caus ing some bitterness between th parties. Accidently Shot. Chas. Dasher, formerly of this city, but now located at Rogers, Neb., was in the city overnight, returning to his work on the early train this morning. Mr. Dasher was called to Omaha sev eral days since by an accident to his brother Will. While out hunting last Thursday that gentleman acci dently shot himself in the calf cf the leg, inflicting-a wound pjainful and serious which caused him to 1k taken to the hospital. Mr. Dasher reports that he is now in fair shape, and should no unforseen complica tions arise, he will likely recover without permanent injury.