Auto Livery! JIJ Tlrr-' Supplies!
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Imperial $1285; $1650; $1875
Detroiter $850.00 and $900.00
sAll cars fully equipped. Agents for Chopie Gasoline En
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Warga
, Cecil
Plattsmouth,
TRUTHFULL REPORTS
Plattsmuoht Reads Them With
Uncommon Interest.
A IMaltsniouth citizen tells his
experience in the following state
ment. No better evidence than
this can be had. The truthful re
ports of friends and neighbors is
the best proof in the world. Head
and be convinced.
Jonathan Hatt, general store
keeper, 414 Main street, Platts
mouth, Neb., says: "I consider
Doan's Kidney Pills a very effec
tive remedy for backache and
other kidney troubles. They have
proven their value to me. Other
members of my family have also
tried this preparation, getting our
supply at Hynott's Drug Store.
They think just as much of it as
I do."
Mr. Halt is only one of many
Plattsmouth people who have
gratefully endorsed Doan's Kidney
Pills. If your back aches if your
Sidneys bother you, don't simply
ask for a kidney remedy ask dis
tinctly for Doan's Kidney Pills,
the same that Mr. Halt had the
remedy backed by home testimony.
50c all stores. Foster-Milburn
Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y. "When
Your Bask is I.ame Remember
the name."
Charged With Being Inerbriates.
This morning complaint was
(lied with the insanity board
charging Timothy and Richard
Schlater with being inebriates and
they will be brought in for ex
amination by tlx board in a
days. The parties reside
Louisville.
few
in
Famous Stage Beauties
look with horror on Skin Krup
tions, Blotches, Sores or Pimples.
They don't have them, nor will any
one, who uses liucklen Arnica
Salve. It glorifies the face.
Kez-nia or Salt Rheum vanish be
fore it. It cures sore lips, chap
ped hands, chilblains; ' heals
liurii.x, cuts and bruises. Un-
Mpi ib'd for piles,
i. Kricke & Co.
Only LT.c at F
Ni is the best time to order
for Christmas llowers, plants and
wreaths. Andrews & McDonald,
Florists. 'Phone No. 15. .
12-12-1 fd
-Establish a Ranch on Public Land-
High Prices of Cattle Insuros this to
Be a Good Business for Many Years
It is not generally known, but it is a fact, that one person can now take up
til1) acres of Government land in Wyoming as follows:
First, file a Desert land entry on 160 acres where you can catch the drain
ag from 10(H) acres, in a series of small storage reservoirs sufficient to irri
gate as much as 81 acres of the entry and at lcHst 5 acres on any 40 of the 160.
For this 1C0 you pay the Government 25 cents an acre at the time of filing and
an acre which proof is made.
Second, file on 320 as a homestead no charge for the land, but entryman
must reside upon the homestead seven months each year for three years and
ran"? a crop on 20 acres the second year and have 40 acres in crop the third
year.
Third, buy 160 acres from the Government at $1.22 per acre. This 160
mu.-t join the homestead.
There are hundreds of such locations now open to entry. If vou want one
Week of December 8-22
& Manners,
Nebraska
John (Jorder called at this office
Thursday and renewed his sub
scription to this paper for another
year.
Adolph Wesch was a passenger
this morning on No. 15 for Oma
ha, where he attended to some
business matters.
Charles Troop was a passenger
this morning for South Omaha,
where he attended to some busi.
ness matters on the stork ex
change. Misses Anna Heisel and Ilattii
Fight were passengers on the
early train for Omaha this morn
ing, where they visited for I he
day.
John Fitzpatrick, the veteran
policeman, was a passenger this
morning for Omaha, where he
visited his daughter, who is in a
hospital in that city.
Arthur Smith and two brother
in laws, Will and James llaygood,
of Parsons, Iowa, departed this
morning for that place. Th
Messrs. Haygood have been visit
ing Mr. Smith here for several
days.
Money to Loan.
I have $100,000 to loan on Cass
county farms between now ant
March 1st. If you want any oi
this money make your application
early. W. K. Ro-icncran.
12-1 2-.1 1 01
Just arrived Our new 1913 Art
Calendar Pads. Come in and see
them.
If you are troubled with chronic
constipation, the mild and gentle
effects of Chamberlain's Tablets
makes
your c
Fricke
them especially suited to
tse. For sale by F. fi.
& Co.
h-:--k--k:-w-.
J The Modern Woodmen of
America will give their first
annual mask ball on the
I evening of January 25, 15)13.
J Good prizes will be given
and a royal good time is
j assured to all. Music by the
! M. W. A. orchestra.
ot tne:e ranches write me today for map and particu
lars. D. CLEM DEAVER,
1004 F.iriiain St., Omaha, Neb. Immigration Agent.
CHRIST'S GOSPEL
'MISREPRESENTED
FoGlisfensss of Preaching to the
WorlSly-Wise.
HIGHER CRITICISM'S BLIGHT,
Why Should God' Ministers Preach and
Entreat While Earthly Rulers Com
mand? In the Coming Ago of Mes
siah's Kingdom It Will Be Different
The Law Shall Go Forth and the
Transgressor Shall Receive Correc
tive Punishment, Says Pastor Russell.
Lancaster, Pa.,
Dec. 22. Pastor
Russell spoke here
today. The text
for the occasion
was: "It pleased
God by the fool
ishness of preach
ing to save them
that believe." - I
Corinthians, i, 21.
There Is a wide
difference between
ftWQg. gUSSELD
foolish preaching
and "the- foolish'
ness of preaching" which our text de
clares Is of Divine arrangement. The
many topics of Interest and profit to
humanity all have their time and place
But the preaching of the Gospel bas
an exclusive right of way In the Church
of Christ. If some claim that the peo
ple will no longer attend Divine serv
Ice to hear Gospel preaching, we reply
that there are three reasons for this.
(1) The Church lost the real Gospel
during the Dark Ages, and few Chris
tian people have yet recovered It The
word Gospel, as all agree, signifies
good tidings, a message of joy; but the
message handed down to humanity
from the Dark Ages has been the re
verse of this bad tidings of great mis
ery for nearly all of our race. Is It
any wonder that the great majority
are disgusted with the horrible mis
representations of the creeds? Man
kind havo trials and difficulties enough
In the present life, and need encourage
ment to hope for better things In the
life to come.
(2) Responding to the growing senti
ment of Intelligence, the ministers of
the various denominations of Christen
dom have ceased to preach bad tidings
of great misery for all but "the very
elect." Nearly all ministers, gradu
ated within the last twenty years, lost
all their faith in the Bible as the in
spired Word of God, in the theological
seminaries, where they were taught
unbelief, under the name of Higher
Criticism; whore they also were taught
to consider it honorable to stultify
their manhood by accepting ordination
and salary for serving a denomination
whose published creed they disown
and despise. In the same seminaries
they aciiilred the thought that It Is
right and honorable to receive title,
honor and salary from a church, osten
sibly us a Christian minister and Bible
exponent, ami then to use the oppor
tunity to undermine the faith of the
church and to destroy confidence in
the Bible as the inspired Word of God.
Under these conditions, what shall
these ministers preach instead of the!
Gospel of Christ, which they no longer
believe? Is It any wonder thnt they
preach those things that they ought
not to preach, ami leave unpreiiched
those things that they ought to preach?
Not many of their hearers care for
scientific disquisitions; not ninny of
them care to hear commonplace essays
on good morals. So how can such min
isters avoid foolish preaching?
(3) Not content with undermining
the faith of the people who trust and
honor and obey them, these ministers
mix their higher critical views and
evolutionary views with diluted moral
ity, and serve this as Instead of the
Gospel of Christ. He who thinks that
such n message will convert a mind
from sin to righteousness, from unbe
lief to faith in God, deceives himself.
He who thinks that such messages will
have a sanctifying power In the hearts of
God's people, equally deludes himself.
No Gospel Without Redemption.
The essence of the Gospel of Christ
is that He died for sinners, trie Just for
the unjust, that He might bring man
kind back to God. But the false gos
pels deny that man ever fell from the
likeness of God, and equally deny
therefore that he needed a Redeemer
and that he has a Redeemer. Such
spurious gospels, which leave out the
very core and essence of the Divine
Message, arc false, by whatever honor
able channel they may have come. We
may be sure that they are of the Ad
versary himself; for they make void
the Word of God, the death of Jesus
and Ilia resurrection, and Ills coming
again to give to mankind the glorious
blessings and privileges bought with
Ills precious blood.
The True Gospel, tlio "good tidings
of greai Joy. which shall be unto all
people," contains not a single word re
specting an eternity of torture at tho
hand of fire-proof demons. It contains
not a single word which would dis
credit the Wisdom, Justice and Love
of the Father above, whose tender mer
cies. are over all Ills works and whoso
salvation Is yet to he extended to the
ends of the enrth.
The True Gospel, acknowledging that
humanity has conns Justly under a pen
nlty or curse of death. :ets before the
p-oanlii': creation n glorious hope. It
proclaims, ns Joins did. thnt the time
U cct'iliiir whn the curse shall be re
' I
tv -Ji'f
moved, andj when God through the'
Messianic Kingdom "will wipe away
nil tears fruiu off ail faces." (Isaiah
xxv, 8.1 It proclaims, ns Jesus did. a ;
glorious prosHct for all who desire to j
come Into harmony with God; and a j
Just penalty, or stripes, upon all those ;
who sin wilfully against light and j
knowledge and opportunity. H pro
claims mat a .New imy is uawnmg, in
which the Lord will give "beauty for
ashes, and the oil of Joy for the spirit
.f heaviness."
The True Gospel includes the "Gos-
pel of the Kingdom"-Unit the Divine
arraugement now Is for the selection of
t lie Kingdom class from amongst men.
to be heirs of God and joint-heirs with
Jesus Christ in His Messianic King
dom. It proclaims the honorable work
of the Church as the Kingdom of God
by and by, to judge, rule and bless all
the families of the eanii. It proclaims
also that the number who will attain
to this Kingdom glory is limited a
Little Flock, to whom it will bo the
Father's good pleasure to give the
Kingdom, (Luke xii. 32.) It exhorts
the making of "our calling and elec
tion sure" to a share in that Kingdom.
Is Gospel preaching Logical?
Let us notice the world's viewpoint.
which causes the Gospel Message to
appear foolish to them. To tho worldly-wise
It looked very foollah, Indeed,
for Jesus to go about Palestine wltn
twelve disciples, performing some mir
acles and Inviting chiefly the poor to
become Ills followers, leaving business
mid other pursuits. "Ah " says the
world, "how impractical was Jesus,
and how foolish was nis message! A
business man would have laid a good
foundation for hla work by making
friends with the Scribes, the Tharlsees
and the Doctors of tho Law, and utlllz
Ing their Influence with their hold upon
the tieople."
But, we ask, how then would the
Scriptures have been fulfilled? Who
would have crucified Christ, or have
caused Ills death? There would have
been no reconciliation possible for man
kind. It is well for us that Jesus did
not follow the suggestions of worldly
wisdom. Truly "the wisdom of this
world is fpollshness with God," even as
the Wisdom of God is foolishness wltn
the children of this world
It Is because worldly wisdom got in
its hold in the Dark Ages that the Gos
pel has been perverted bo greatly.
Great human Institutions have arisen,
mighty and powerful, through man's
cunning. Priestcraft and statecraft
have made the professed Church of
Christ one of tho greatest business in
stltutlons on earth. Not more, but
less, of human wisdom Is what we
need: and not less, but more, of Divine
Wisdom and Instruction from the Bible.
Why It 8eema Foolish.
From the world's standpoint It seems
foolish that God should invite any to
do right and to be Ills servants. It
seems weak for a God of all power to
entreat, where He could command and
enforce obedience. F.arth's kings, bav
ing the power, would enforce their
commands; In fact, everybody, as
rule, executes his own will. How
strange, therefore, it appears to the
world, that It should be otherwise with
the Almighty!
The Bible, however, gives the Infor
mation. God wishes to select a special
class of special servants. To test their
loyalty, there must be opportunity for
them to resist Him and to refuse obed!
ence. God causes His Message or in
vltntloii to pass on to others also, that
thus He may find the peculiar people
who prefer to do good rather than evil
to sii' h an extent that they are willing
to suffer for righteousness' sake. The
special work which He designs the
Church to accomplish requires such
loyal, faithful souls as these men and
women glad to sacrifice their lives in
the service of the Lord. Ills cause and
Ills brethren. The clnsslle seeks "count
not their lives dear unto themselves."
God carries the proposition still
further, however, and puts this special
clnss to peculiar and severe tests, that
the trial of their faith mid obedience,
being more precious thnn that of gold,
may be found acceptable unto Ills
pleasement eventually.
Persecutions, tribulations, attacks
from the world, the flesh and tho Ad
versary, are permitted to come against
these to test their loyalty. None of
these things are what the world would
expect; and to tell the world of these
Is to relate what seems to them fool
ishness. They cannot see why conse
crated people of God should suffer re
proofs for righteousness' sake, for
Truth's sake.
But all these matters are clear nud
plain to those who are taught of God
to those who have learned thnt the
Church Is being selected from amongst
mankind for a very special work of
God. This makes it appropriate that
their loyalty bo tested to the limit, in
order that they may bo counted worthy
of the "glory, honor and immortality,"
which God has for those who love Him.
By and By It Will Be Different.
The Divine Plan outlined in the Bi
ble is different The procedure under
Messiah's Kingdom and dealing with
the world will bo exactly what tho
world will concede to be a wise pro
gram. In that time all darkness, ig
norance and superstition will speedily
pass awy under the advancing light
of the Sun of Righteousness. Tho way
of righteousness will no longer be nar
row, secluded and rugged, as at pres
ent God describes It through the
Prophet, saying. "A highway shall be
there, and a way, and It shall be called
the Way of Holiness; the re
deemed of the Lord shall walk there;
no ravenous beast slinll go up thereon."-
Isaiah xxxv, 8, 0.
Faithfulness will bring the Divine re
ward of freedom from weakness, and
of Increase of sireiivlh menu!, moral
nud pliyvi' at. Day by day the well
doer, walking on tl.e I;;:!i
l!o'-
i
ness, will be comlug nearer to human
perfection. Thus will be fulfilled,
through Christ, the gracious promise
that "God shall wipe away all tears
from all faces," and "there shall be no
more curse, neither sorrow, nor sigh
ing, nor cryiug; for the former things
shall have passed away."
Many Stripes and Few Stripes.
The Bible clearly Indicates that the
Adanile condemnation against our race
will be fully offset by the merit of
Christ's sacrilice. But on the other j
hand. It tells us that every transgress-1
sioii which is not purely of Inherited
. x . ..r
weakness is ennrgeu io me mnmui j
the transgressor and must be met by
him. Jesus emphasizes this lesson,
saying. "He that knew his Master's
will and did it not. shall be beaten
with many stripes; but he that knew
It not and yet did things worthy of
stripes, shall be beale-n wuu iew
stripes." Some of thee stripes, ot
punishments, may Indeed come to the
transgressor in the present life; anti
if so, he does well to profit by them.
But whether in the present life or in
the future life, every wilful transgres
sion will receive "a just recompense of
reward." The difficulty with our theo
ries of the Dark Ages on this subject
has not been that they taught a pun
ishment for sin; but that they taught
au unjust penalty, dishonoring to the
Creator and stultifying to the believer.
The Records of Wilful Sin.
It is a mistake to say that increasing
sins would increase the pangs of con
science and that thus each would be
punished. We know to tho contrary
that many, as they become Bteeped In
sin, lose all sensibility. St. Paul cor
roborates this thought, saying of some
thnt their consciences become "scared"
calloused.
God provided that each Individual
shall keep a record in himself of his
own moral obliquities. Each violation
of conscience weakens the character.
Character weakened, degraded, can be
reconstructed only with proportionate
ly great difficulty. Thus some, during
tho period of Messiah's Kingdom, will
be struggling against weaknesses
which they brought upon themselves,
aside from those of Adamlc horedlty.
The assistance from the Royal Priest
hood will be proportionate to the
Adaniic weakness, contrary to the hu
man will. Outside temptations will
be gone. Full knowledge will be there;
but character will be the thing of para
mount importance as determining who
will attain everlasting life.
Our Redeemer gave a suggestion
along this line when He said to the
Tharlsees, "How can ye escape the
condemnation of Gehenna?" (Matthew
xxlll. S3.) Tho Valley of Qlnnom (Ge
henna) outside Jerusalem, where the
offal was finally destroyed, symbolical
ly represented the Second Death, as
explained in Revelation xx, 14. Jesus
did not condemn the Pharisees to tho
Second Death. Ills mission to the
world was uot to condemn men; for
thpy wero condemned already under
the Adamle condemnation. Tho Son
of Man came "not to condemo the
world; but thnt the world through
Him might be saved." (John ill, 17.)
At the time He spoke these words re
specting the Pharisees, He was laying
down His life on behalf of all the chil
dren of Adam. They could not forfeit
their share in His resurrection work
until that work had been completed
and they had enjoyed their share of
tho Redeemer's favor.
The Import of the Redeemer's words,
therefore, was that He perceived in
them so much of dishonesty and hard
ness of heart that He prophesied that
they would have a hard time to reform
character, even under the favorable
conditions of the Millennium. They
had seen the Master, heard Ills teach
ings, witnessed ills miracles, and must
have been reasonably convinced thnt
It was a holy power which opernted in
! III,n- wh,n- tliarrfore. In bitterness of
aplrlt they declared fhat His miracles
mid teachings were Inspirations of Sa
tan, they were well nigh wit bout excuse.
It could hardly be supposed that such
perversity of spirit was the result
either of Ignorance- or of Adumlo weak
ness. Bvldently there rwaa great wil
fulness associated with It. Hence the
Master declared that persons who
could thus attribute to Satan things
which they recognized ns good, pure
and holy, must have grentlv perverted
their consciences. They will he oblig
ed to suffer stripes accordingly, and
will have proportionately grent difficul
ty lu bringing themselves into harmo
ny with the requirements of the Mes
sianic Kingdom.
"Preach tha Word."
All of God's people aro preachers.
Tho begetting Influence of the Holy
Spirit Is the only ordination necessary,
and without it no one has Divine au
thority to preach, rrenchlug. In Its
broad sense, means fo declare, to make
known. God's Book makes no division
of His people into clergy and laity.
"Ho that hath My Word, let him speak
My Word faithfully." salth tho Lord
Let us declare God's Message In its
purity and simplicity, whoever bears
and whoever refuses to hear. Let us
not bo disappointed that the worldly
wise will think It foolish, as In St
Paul's day; and let us uot bo surprised
if the preaching of this Message shall
bring odium, ns It did upon the Master
and the Apostles. "The world know
eth us not, even as it knew Illtu not."
God's Me .ige, for all that, will ac
complish Its purpose. lie will flud the
"peculiar people" whom He seeks; not
one member of the for ordained num
ber will be lacking. They will all be
blessed and holy. As Messiah's asso
ciates In the Kingdom, they will then
"declare the decree." (Psalm II. "t
The Law will go forth, and chastise
ments will follow to enforce the Law,
until all .shrill be brought lo a knowl
edge of 1 1 it Troth, the Incorrigible de
stroycd.sindevery kneeshall bowand even-
tongue i-olil'ei :. lo the clory of Cod.
CUPID WHS AGAIN.
Alice C. Thaw, Sister of
Harry K. Thaw, Who Will
Wed a Boston Broker.
Thoto by American Prens Association. ,
The former Countess of Yarmouth will
marry OeofTrey W. Whitney of Boston.
Sim married the Karl of Yarmouth in 1901
and divorced him In KnMand In l8.
years after her brother had shot and
killed Stanford White. Her marriage ta
Mr. Whitney will probably take place a
tha spring ami be one of the big society
events of I'lttaburgh. where the former
countess Is now living with her mother.
REBELS CAPTURE
FEDERAL GARRISON
f
Refugees Reaching Juarez Tell
of Slaughter of 250 Troops.
El Paso, Tex., Dec. 23. Refuge fed
eral soldiers arrived at Juarez to re
port that 250 federal Irregular troop
garrisoning Ascenclon practically
were annihilated when rebels attacked
the town, about seventy-five miles
southwest of Juarez. The attack was
made shortly after midnight and fight
ing continued only a few hours. The
garrison commander reports by letter
to General Trucy Aubert at Juares
that he knew of only fifteen of his
men escaping besides himself. He is
hiding at a ranch, ho writes.
The fate of 150 federal regulars at
Gu.man, nearby, Is not known, but It
is believed that the town was taken
by rebels before Ascenclon. The reb
els are commanded by General Salazax.
MEXICO NOT ALARMED
No Uneasiness Exhibited Over Warn,
ing From Washingtono.
Mexico City, Dec. 23. Neither tha
officials, the newspapers nor tho Mex
ican people are manifesting any great
uneasiness regarding the document
which Is now being drafted at Wash
ington with the object of calling the
Mexican government's attention to the
demands of the Unltsd States for thi
better protection of American inter
ests in Mexico.
ICleven thousand soldiers are now
engaged In the campaign In Chihuahua,
according to an official statement
Concerning the sltuntlon at Cananea,
Sonorn, where the employees of tha
American mines are on a strike, ths
government declares thnt the garrison
there Is quite sufficient to give pro-
j lection. Fcur hundred troops lefl
here for the north and 700 for Tepee
! have been dispatched to carry out a
i campaign Ir Morelos. General Blan-
(jnet h is not began nn active campaign
I In the state of Mexico because of lack
I of troops.
I ' "
Argue for Kline in Dynamite uerense
Indlnnapolit', Dec. 23. As the elev
enth attorney to speak for tho defense.
Walter I Ball urged the jury nt the
dynamite conspiracy trial In behall
of Hiram R. Kllno of Muncle. Foul
more days are to bo devoted to argu
ment before the jury receives Its In
fctructlons to retire and vote upon Iti
verdict.
Koetter Is Indicted.
Chicago, Dec. 23. John B. Koetter
nt Cincinnati, tho reputed fiance ol
Mrs. Emma Kraft, who was murdered
by a hammer blow hero, was indicted
for the murder by the grand jury here
Koetters has not been apprehended
and th grand jury declared him a fu
gitive from justice.
Man Fatally Wounded by Posse.
Ijulsvllle, Dec. 23. Trying to es
cape from a posse, seeking him for
shooting and fatally wounding his
wifo and her woman friend, Domlnlck
Gyr, a dnirymnn, barricaded hlmselt
in his home, five miles from here, and
was not ti'ken until he was fatally
wounded.
Kills Wife and Self.
Auburn. N'eh., Pec. 23. John Ilcln
ricks, fifty six years old, and a resi
dent of this county twenty five years,
idiot mid nun tally wounded his wifo
nnd then nhol himself through the
head. lie was tho father of twelve
children ;k'l of whom aro iilive.
