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V FLATTSMOUTH EVENING JOURNAL. i THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1916. PACE 7,. 4 Slip a few Prince Albert smokes into your system! Copyright 19I by R. J. Keyuoic lobacco C. You've heard many an earful about the Prince Albert patented process that curs out bite and parch and lets you smoke your fill without a comeback 1 Stake your bank roll that proves out every hour of the day. Prince Albert has always been sold without coupons or premiums. We to give quality! prefer There's sport smoking a pipe or rolling your own, but you know that you've got to have the right tobacco! We tell you Prince Albert will bang the. doors wide open for you to come in on a good time firing up every little so often, without a regret! You'll (J the national joy smoke in W I I' feel like your smoke past has been wasted and will be sorry you cannot back up for a fresh start. You swing on this say-so like it was a tip to a thoifsand-dollar bill ! It's worth that in happi ness and contentment to you, to every man who knows what can be gotten out of a chummy jimmy pipe or a makin's cigarette with Prince Albert for packing"! R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO. Wuutoo-Salen. N. C. Thli is the reverse aide of the tidy rea tin .y THE Prince Albert tidy red tin, and in fact, every Prince Albert packace. has a real message-to-you on its reverse side. You'll read: "Process Patented July 30th. 1907." That means that the United States Govern ment has granted a patent on the process by which Prince Albert is made. And by which tongue bite and throat parch are cut out ! Kvery- obacco is sold you'll find :e Albert awaiting you toppy red bags, 5c: tidy red tins. 10c: handsome pound and half-pound tin humidors and in that clever crystal glass humidor, with nge - moistener " i, that keeps the bacco in such me condition alwaysl 7y EARLY HIST THE WE "DRY OF ST INDIES Legends of Days f Old That Read Like Komanre and Yet Are True. Cum -crning the early history of -American about-to-be possession?, the Danish West Indies, the National (Jeorgraphic society issues the follow-in?- from Washington: "Of the three small islands on the northeastern edge of the Carribean sea. for which the United States ex pects to pay Denmark ?r,oon.0()0. St. Thomas and Sa. Jo, both smaller and less densely populated than St. Croix, have been the scenes of many thrill in. ir episodes. Here white colonists of four nations followed each orther with bewildering perplexity during the sev enteenth and eighteenth centuries. "More than a hundred years after the discovery of St. Thomas by Co lumbus in 1 193, the island was unin habited, although its excellent harbor had been a port of refuse for Dutch navigators during rcanv decades. When a handful of French colonists, survivors of a massacre on Crab Is land, perpetrated by a band of Span iards from Porto Rico, reached its shores in a dugout in 1(47, they found evidences of an earlier settlement, but no clews as to the nationality of their predecessors or of their fate. These French wanderers were not disposed to brave a similar mysterious end, so they sailed on. "At about the time that Peter Stuy vesant was established a representa tive form of government on Manhat tan Island, some of his fellow coun trymen were establishing the first re corded settlement on St. Thomas. These hardy colonists met the same fate which overtook their brother Hol landers of 'New Amsterdam,' for three years after the town on the Hudson became New York the St. Thomas ice every Sunday in Christian's fort when the drum beats, and on failure of doing so is to pay a fine of 25 pounds of tobacco. Persons of all other nations are bound to attend service every Sunday afternoon at the same place, under the same penalty.' "As to armament the order was: 'For the defense and good of the coun try every householder shall keep in his house for himself and every man the English also. - The latter soon de- j jn hjs service, a sword with belt, and serted the island and turned to the more fertile lands of St. Martin's and pioneers were foi'ced to surrender to St. Eustatias, so .thtit in 1671, when the Danes, wishing to shore in the colonial prosperity of other European nations, chartered the West Indes and Guinea company, St. Thomas, unin habitated again, was awaiting the ad vent of settlers who were to establish Denmark's right in the island. With has been maintained from that day up to the present time. "The legend that St. Thomas was at dme time the headquarters of the ruth less buccaneers who terrorized the Spanish Main for so many years, is perpetuated in the names given to two towers still standing on the heights back of the seaport of Char lotte Amalie. On one hill is 'Blue beard's Castle,' while on an adjacent height rises 'Blackbeard's Castle.' j History does not substantiate the ro mantic tradition, and it is extremely doubtful if the buccaneers were ever in possession here. "When the Danes arrived they were under very strict orders as to religious observances and with respect to a 'preparedness' program against rival colonists. The first order issued by the governor was: 'Every person who speaks Danish is bound to attend serv- The Plefoawka ClSiils arc now Rolling and Manufacturing the i mm FLOUR! MIT The Popular Cass County Brand off Flour EVERY SACK GUARANTEED! Also a Full Line off By Products! C D. ST. JOHN, Prop. JOE MALCOLM, Head Miller. For Sale by Hatt & Son, Plattsmouth, Neb. and Puis & Ganserner, Murray, Neb. hundred slaves were surrounded and wllen they realized that escape was impossible they held a great feast of death. Tradition says that they then plunged over a cliff, but the historian Hort says that they shot one another and that when they were found at Brim's Bay they were lying in a circle." ELECTION TO COST ILLIONS FIFTY M Vast Sums Spent for Postage, Tele grams, Advertising, Etc., Etc. a gun with sufficient powder and ball; and also each householder shall have two pounds of powder, or more if he pleases. Every person neglecting this duty shall pay 100 pounds of tobacco. "The order for the citi.en army ran thus: 'Every Saturday afternoon the drum beats, all persons who can use a gun shall meet at the parade ground fully armed. Any person absent, in favorable weather, shall forfeit every time twenty-five pounds of tobacco, which is to be paid at the end of the year for the benefit of thote who meet, regularly.' 'The shortage of labor during te first year er two of Danish occupa tion w:is overcome by the importation of many slaves from the Cold Co:u t of Atric :. The laws governing thso human chattels were extremely severe. 'Drum dances' and feasts were for bidden and all slaves were required to be at home by sunset on Sundays. A slave transgressing such regulations was for the first offense whipped, for the second his ears were cut off and for a third he was hanged and his head placed on a stake. "In the neighboring island of St. John the slave laws were even more drastic. Here are some of the penal ties which brought about a bloody in surrection in 1733, costing the lives of many white planters-, their wives and children: 'The leader of runaway slaves shall be pinched three times with red-hot iron, and then hung. . " 'Each other runaway slave shall lose or.e leg, or it ins owner snvii pardon him shall lose one ear and re ceive 1-30 stripes. " 'A slave who runs away for eight days fhail have 150 stripes;, twelve weeks, shall lose one leg, and six months, shall forfeit his life, un less the owner pardons him with the loss of one leg. "A slave who lifts his hand to strike a white person or threaten him with violence shall be pinched and hung, should the white person de mand it, if not to lose his right hand.' "In the terrible insurrection one of the victime was a Judge Soctman, who was murdered and decapitated in the presence of his beautiful 12-year old daughter, and while a council was being held to determine what should be done with her the ' child, ' over whelmed with grief, .entreated, them to take her life also, to which plea they gleefully acceded, laying her mangled body across that of her father. "The insurrection was put down only after the aid of the French in Martinque had been invoked New l oi k, Nov. 7. Elections mis fall will cost $o0.000,000. Such is the concensus of conservative estimates by political leaders here. Some place the figures twice as- high. Only a small part of this expense goes toward electing a president and a vice president. About 75,000 state, county, city and other offices will be filled or, in the case of a few states, have been filled this fall. Two hundred thousand men and women are running for office. Of the fifty millions, about half will be spent by the candidates and their supporters and the other half by the state .and municipal govern ments in preparing for and holding the elections and counting the ballot. In New York state alone the cost of registering voters and conducting the elections will be about $2,500,000. 25.000,000 spent in furthering the campaigns will be divided among post age, telegraph and telephone service, advertising, press agent publicity, speakers' pay and expenses, bands, rent of halls and theatres, clearical help, campaign buttons, badges and banners, rallies and conventions, printing and engraving, and sums larce in the aggregate given to the hundreds of thousands of minor work ers." It is estimated here the republican national committee will spend over $2,000,000 and the democratic national committee over $1,500,000. In liiOS the republican national com mittee s;nt $70,000 for printing. ,.0,(i00 for advertising, over $i0,()00 for campaign lithographs and $10,000 for buttons. This year these items will be much larger. For one reason, the cost of almost everything to be bought has doubled or tripled. In I'JuS William J. Bryan had his national treasurer try a plan of solic iting dollar contributions. This plan was a failure, because it was found the cost of getting the dollar ate up all but a few of the hundred cents. Cornelius N. Bliss, jr., republican national treasurer, has been success ful this year with a campaign for $10 contributions however. This scheme has increased largely the number of individual contributors. Wilbur W. Maish, the democratic national treasurer, has used the "every member canvass" idea, said to have been invented originally as a scheme to ' raise church mortgages. He has built up a wonderful country wide organization to carry out the plan, with local committees every where. The local committees send out teams of two men each. A team outnumbers the democrat attack and heu?ually capitulates for some sum, according to his means. JOSEPH J. SPEGKA AND MISS LILLIAN LIPERT UNITED IN WEDLOCK A MISCELLANEOUS SHOWER IN HONOR OF MISS BEESON From Tuesday's Dally. Last evening Mrs. E. P. Stewart entertained at her home at a very charming miscellaneous shower in honor of Miss Gertrude Beeson whose marriage to Mr. II. H. Cotton is to take place on Wednesday, November 29th. The evening was one of rare enjoyment and the guest of honor re ceived a large number of beautiful presents from the friends that will be cherished by her in the years to come. lhe shower was arranged in a very pleasing way, the gifts being fastened to a large silk Japanese parasol and the bride to be requested to gather up the numerous gifts that had been pro vided. A number of games were en joyed and in the bridal flower contest Mrs. A. J. Beeson was awarded the first prize .a beautiful china plate. The guests also enjoyed a questioning game in which each one was permit ted to ask the guest of honor a ques tion and this afforded a good deal of amusement. Refreshments were served during the evening that proved a pleasing feature of the occasion, Mrs. Stewart being assisted in serving by Mrs. John Beeson. Those who were in attendance were Misses Opal and Marie Fitzgerald, Florence White, Eda Marquardt, Jessie Robertson, Ellen Leyda, Leona Brady, Florence Balser, Gertrude Morgan, Garnet Cory, Edith Johnson, Muriel-Barthold, Marie Svoboda. Mesdames A. J. Bee son, W. G. Brooks, Bert Coleman, E. C. Hill and the guest of honor, Miss Eeeson jgm imm rffu I For. Men L3A2 t FACTORY S NOW RUNNING OIL CAPACITY From Tuesday's Dally. This morning at the Holy Rosary church in this city occurred the mar riage of Mr. Joseph J. Spicka of Omaha and Miss Lillian Agnes Lipert of this city. The beautiful nuptial mass of the church was celebrated by Rev. Father John Vleck, and the cere mony was witnessed by a large num ber of the relatives and friends of the contracting parties who gathered to assist in the happy event. The groom is a very estimable young man resid iner in the meti'onolis where he has a good position and is a young man held in the'highe:f, esteem by all those whom he has been associated with. The bride is the daughter of Frank Lipert, one of the enterprising farm ers Residing south of the city, and is a young lady whose friends are a legion in this community, where she has spent her lifetime. By her pleas ant personality the bride has made a great many friends that all join in wishing her a long and happy mar ried life and one free from all care and sorrow. Mr. and Mrs.; Spicka will make their home in Omaha in the future. George Becker departed this morn ing for Glenwood, where he will en joy a short visit there with relatives Three I and friends. 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Over a quarter of a million people have voluntarily given signed statements telling how Tanlac has relieved them of nervousness, how it has restoi-ed their appetites, in creased their weight, rid them of dys pepsia, bad blood, constipation and man" other ailments which arise irem a broken clown condition ot me body tissues. Tanlac is being specially introduced by the Mauzey Drug Company at Plattsmouth. Tanlac may also be obtained in Springfield, at II. Fiegenbaum's store, nd in Weeping Water at the Meier Drug Co. IF ANYBODY HAS Died, Eloped, Married, Had a fire, Divorced, Embezzled, Left town, Absconded, Sold a farm, Had a baby, Been arrested, Come to town, Bought a heme, Cracked a safe, Robbed a house, Killed an officer, Been assassinated, Fallen from an aeroplane, THAT'S NEWS! Telephone the Journal. The Truth About Cancer. A valuable book giving a most com prehensive explanation of Cancer and its successful treatment without the knife will be sent free to anyone in terested Address O. A. Johnson, M D., Suite 528, 1320 Main St., Kansas City, Mo. The Florsheim Shoa is for men for the particular man the man who cares. W earing Florsheims ives you the comfort of "Natural Shape5 lasts without sacrificing style and finish for your individual taste. Every day we are showim& more men the advantages of wearing Florsheims we'll add you to our list if iven the opportunity. They're the best men's shoes made priced at $5.50 and up. JL eizer Dnoe Better Shoes Co &PA&0 Vq term it lrr'VfV ; a Classic -i;Vi:uft-;..:::;i;v::Vn i you will, too n "J 3 A GOOD HALLOWE'EN " STORY FROM GULLGM From Tuesday's Dally. A mighty good Hallowe'cTi story comes from the vicinity of Cullom and the victim of the joke, W. II. Sey bcrt, takes pleasure in acknowledging that it was put over on him in good shape. It seems that W. II. arose as usual on the morning after Hal lowe'en, with his hired man, hastened out to the barn to harness up the horses for the day's work. As they enteredr the barn they found it filled with a fine array of the farming tools of all description, that required some time to clear away, and then it was found that the harness was missing from its accustomed place. The farm was searched in the neighborhood of the barn for the missing harness and not a trace was to be seen of the long looked for article. It was finally de cided that the search was useless and Mr. Seybert resignedly took up the. milk pail and started out to do the milking, and his surprise may be im agined when, on entering the cow barn, he discovered one of the placid eyed bovines all harnessed up and ready to go. Bill, seeing the joke of the affair, enjoyed it as much as any one, and while suspicious of who did the plotting of the affair appreciates that it was cleverly carried out. John McXurlin, who is staying at the Sey bert home gives the story to the public. HAS FINE NEW CAR. city My- ncv From Tuesday's Dailv. Cornelius Bengen was in the today from his farm home near nard and came in with his fine Overland auto which he has purchased of John Bauer, the local agent. The car is a "six" and provided with the latest equipment that has made the Overland famous the country over as one of the best cars on the market. Mr. Bengen is very proud of his ma chine and justly so as it is a beauty in every way. Hew to Make Labor Light. You are buying labor-saving appli ances, typewriters, sewing machines, etc. No need to praise1 such wisdom. But to make your work permanently easy and highly efficient, use Triner's American Elixir of Bitter Wine, which will brighten your mind and stimulate you to work. It clears out your bow els and removes the source of indiges tion, nervousness, sleeplessness, gen eral weakness and dullness. Price ?1. At drug stores. Jos. Triner Mfg. Chemist, 1333-1339 S. Ashland Ave., Chicago, 111. R. W.. Knoor of the Variety store was among those going to Omaha this morning, where he was called to spend a few hours looking after some mat ters of business. n U JUT ti t R OLE F Touring car completely equipped. Self-starter, electric lights, storage system. Reduction in Price from .90 F. O. B. FACTORY. W. W. WASLEY : AGENT. 5