The Plattsmouth journal. (Plattsmouth, Nebraska) 1901-current, December 13, 1917, Page PAGE FOUR, Image 4
PAGE FOUR. Cbc plattsmoutb Journal PUaUIHEO EKI-Wfl KLT AT PLATTIMOUTH, NSBBABKA. BaterWat Feetomee at Flattsmouth. Neb., at ooad-c!as mall matter It A. BATES, Publisher rftiCBi bum mtoRirnon Old Winter's here. :o: But how about coal? :o:- Give presents to those who can'i buy. :o: Tretty cold when it is 16 and 18 below. :o: The kids are counting the days till Christmas. Ercry father "Who lias a bright youns con firmly believes la Iicred-j ty4 Another goou uimwas slogan for these days: "Buy for those who need instead of those who have.'' UK The left over turkey question has solved itself, but they have had a hard time getting away with the balance of that cranberry sauce. :o: It was Nebraska's first liquorless . Thanksgiving, and somehow or oth erwise it seems to have been just as full of good cheer as in the days .one by. :o; By all means give father an addi tional pocket book for Christmas. There is no telling how soon the one ho has now may appear like the elephant had stepped on it. :o: It is claimed that Germany is able to put fourteen men in the field for what it costs the United States to I put one. And it is believed they arc worth fully that much. :o: WhPatloss-. meatless. sweetless davs; also 'backerless. crackerless 1 davs. Kissless. blissless and other I less days. But what of it all if it helps us win this helluva a war we didn't begin? :o: The United States has spent, from the time of Washington until the war broke out 526,000,000,000, says Frank A. Vanderlip. This includes all past wars, but the first year of the present struggle comes to -$19,-000,000,000. tot- Buy a War Saving Stamp. You can buy them for 25 cents or five dollars. When the buyer of the 25 cent stamp reaches the amount of five dollars, he can exchange them for a five dollar stamp. The 25-cent stamp is called a "thrift stamp. v hue the bigger stamp 13 a war saving stamp." Everybody is able to invest in either one or the other. :o: Under the new regulations every person registered for selective draft is restored to his original status, sec tion 4 stating that all exemptions and discharges made prior to De cember 15 are revoked. The office of the Provost Marshal General de dares it is Imperative that every registrant know his 'order number" Every person who registered or should have registered June 5 is charged with a knowledge of the se lective service law and additional reguiauuus, miu lanuic iu periurm any duty so prescribed is a misdp- mcanor punishable by imprisonment for one year and may result in the loss of valuable rights and privileges and in immediate induction into! military service. Catarrh Cannot Be Cured wth LOCAIj APPLICATIONS, a they cannot reach the seat of the disease, Catarrh ia a local disease, greatly In- Uuenced by constitutional conditions, and in order to cure It you must take an internal remedy Hall's Catarrh MedU ' J 4- t.iron Internally and acts thru the blood on the mucous surfaces ot the system. Hall's. Catarrh Medicine was nrescribed by one of the best physicians i ha untrv for years. It is com. nosed of some of the best tonics known. combined with some or me oau Buriflers. The perfect combination of ir" 1 Hair Catarrh Medi- cine is what produces such wonderful Jesuits In catarrhal conditions. Send tor testimonials, free. rrAn n J. CHENEY & CO.; Props.. Toledo. O. ah DruKjridts 76c .. M Hall's Family Pills for ,codupuw. p tba in adtancw Give freely, but give wisely. :o: The coal question is it. :o: Do your shopping early, but do it in Plattsmoutb.. :o: A "Smokeless Day" would be all right, but will deprive Uncle Sam of lot of' revenue. :o: While quail are reported to be plentiful, it is advisable to warn hunters not to "go over the top." :0. Since April, incendiary fires have destroyed enough foodstuffs to ration an army of 300,000 men for a year. :o: It doesn't take long to get used to coffee without sugar, but oatmeal, we foresee is going to be a different proposition :o:- Because a man cannot do a thing he should not conclude that it can't be done. The chances are that a woman can do it with a hair pin. ;o: The crow of the rooster may sound J louder and shriller these frosty nior , nings, but it's the cackle of the hen that calls attention to the golden egg. :o: The President's address may lose something of its force and finish in the process of translation, but Aus tria probably will be able to get its meaning in its main essentials. ;o:- The St. Joseph Gazette favors the plan to give the Sammies free postal privileges. Otherwise, it says, ans- w,nB a" inc e"s me ooys are 1 A. A. t 1 1 1 geiung wouia Keep our army oroKe :o:- Prepare to give the children a "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year." They can't help how we feel about the war. Bless their , little lives they are looking forward to the arrival of Old Santa, for happy time, and let us not disappoint them. :o: The people must save in order to lend to the government, Secretary McAdoo says. Indeed most people must save in order to have the strength, even to hear the govern ment when it calls for the next loan. -:o:- We not only believe thaw the con victs should be taken out of the state penitentiary and put to work on the roads, but that some of the contrac tors who have been building the roads ought to be in the peniten tiary. -to: If Russia knew what is the mat ter with her she wouldn't have the power to try to remedy it in her present condition. She is in the grasp of idle dreamers and until they have had a chance to show the world how incompetent they are there isn't much hope of permanent reform there. -;o:- The British armies in France alone each month require 95,000 tons of oats; 4 million gallons of gasoline; i zu.000 tons Of flour; 10 million J pounds of Jam, and 75.000 tons of J hay. Ponder on these figures and you begin to realize that demands J arc -written on io-league canvases with brushes of comet's hair! :o:- "I suppose not many fortunate by-products can come out of a war. but .If '.the. United. States can learn something about saving out of this " war it will bo worth the cost of the war; I mean the literal cost of It in money and resources. - I suppose we have several times over wasted what I we are now about to spend. We - I have not known that there was anv I . limit to our resources; we are now finding out that there may be if we are not careful." Woodrow Wilson. OVERFEEDING A CRIME. It is no kindness to offer food to an already well-fed . man. And while it is generally true that the shortest way to a man's heart is through his stomach, the well-intentioned people who are trying to make the boys in blue and in khaki feel that they have the sympathy and the appreciation of the whole nation make two serious mistakes when they imagine that by feasting the soldiers and sailors they are tak ing the best means of touching the hearts of the nation's defenders. It is fellowship, not food, the men in the federaj uniform need. Our gov ernment is lavish in its provision for feeding the men it has called to its service. If there is any fault to be found with the commissary it is that it Is conducted in wanton disregard of the most elementary rules of economy and conservation. While the civilian population is being exhorted hourly to measures of self-restraint and self-abnegation because of the shortage of food sup plies of almost every character, while they are being told that "food is going to win the war" and that every available ounce must be saved for the soldiers and for the people in the stricken war zones, tons of food are literally being wasted ev ery day of the week in many of the encampments and barrracks unscien tific methods of preparation and dis tribution. It is a singular bat la mentable fact that the army and navy seem to be totally ignorant of those- principles of conservation which other agencies of the govern ment are clamorously inissting up on as vitally essential if we are to acquit ourselves honorably as a na tion, in the great undertaking, to which we are committed. For these and other reasons peo ple are finding out that "feasts" for the soldier boys are out of keeping with the spirit of the times, besides being unnecessary, and that the wanton waste of good food, which is the inevitable accompaniment of al most every such entertainment, is a wrong not to be too strongly de precated. Philadelphia Ledger. :o: JUSTICE TO THE FARMERS. It is time to put a stop to the sending out of so many news dis patches that are wholly false and which only produce discord and dis content. The dispatches lately com ing from Chicago are to the effect that farmers will make no effort to increase production and will let all their land which they cannot till themselves lie idle. How did the man who gave out that information know that there was any such feel ing among the farmers? Had he taken a census of the farmers and j inquired what they would do next spring? A little thought would brand the declarations as simply malicious. The best way to find out what are the intentions of farmers is to read the agricultural papers. Millions of copies of them are read by the farm ers every week and they, more ac curately than any other publications, represent the farmers' views. Not one of them has so far exDressed any such opinions as were contain ed in that dispatch. Neither has any farmer in this part of the coun try. The only complaint that any of them has made is that the prices of their products have in' some cases been fixed by the government, while the things they buy havo not. Presi dent Wilson called attention" to that in his message and recommended measures of relief which will, with out doubt, be soon applied. There is no more loyal body of men in the United States than the farmers. In raising Ued Cross and other benevo lent funds the cities have great pa rades and the movement has large space in the" papers. There are no parades and brass band.s in the coun try and the efforts of the farmers and their wives have little space in the news columns. The work prog t resscs more slowly among the scat tered population on the farms, but they are all, both men and women. just as patriotic as the people of the . PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL. cities and will dq their share to win the war. There has been . a tend- ency of late to attack the farmers cn every occasion and without occa- sion. The thing should be stopped World-Herald. :o : LEARNING TO GIVE. Many of our peoplo are already complaining of the numerous gifts which they have been asked to make. We have had the Bed Cross, the Y. LI. C. A., and innumerable solicita tions to relieve the distress in the countries of Europe. We ,have had the Liberty loan. At the same time, our taxes are increasing. There will be no let-up in this matter of giv ing until the war is over. We must learn how to give, and this great, rich valley between the rivers can afford to give liberally, far more liberally than it ever has given to any purpose. Our gifts will not only help the people who receive them, but, far more, they will help us. Many thousands of years ago there lived a wise man named Solomon. He und erstood life and human nature as few have ever understood it. lie lived a very full 'life; came in con tact with all sorts of people; was poor and became rich. He had a wonderful faculty of observing and a still more wonderful ability to put the results of his observation into plain words. On this matter of giv ing he said: . . "There is that scattereth, and in creaseth yet more; And there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth only to want. The liberal soul shall be made fat; And he that watereth shall.be wat ered also himself." There speaks a wise man, and what he says is confirmed by the experience of the man who gives wisely. We have talked with many men who have practiced real tithing; that is, have given at least one tenth of their gross income each year. Without exception, every one of these men lias told us that from the time he began this practice he prospered financially more than he had prospered before. Giving to worthy objects enlarges the soul and warmcth the heart, stimulates the mind and sharpens the intellect, increases the ability to earn and makes a more efficient man. We have been in touch with the various war activities and with the various purposes for which funds have been solicited. In our judg ment, the money given for the Army Y. M. C. A. work goes farther and counts for more both for our boys in the navy and in the army and for the folks back home than any oth- I .... er money we have given. And in saying this we are not offering any criticism of nor belittling in any way the other activities for which funds are being solicited. There is no loafing with the dol lar given for Army i. M. C. A. work. It gets busy at once as soon as the boys reach the camp. It makes it possible to offer the right hand of fellowship to the raw re cruit who comes in. It provides a building which is his club, his home, his church, his place cf rec reation, his school, his bank, his postoffice a place in which he al ways finds warm friends whose role business it is to help him in every way they can. It softens the rigors cf army life. It helps him keep sweet and sane and clean and wholesome. Tl.p Armv'Y. M. C. A. don not stop with the training camp life. It follows the boys to the battle line, up to the front line trenches. The last thing they see as they go into the trenches is the Army Y. M. C. A hut. The first stopping place when they come out is this same hut, in charge of fearless young men, who have their hot coffee or cocoa unVl other thirigs ready for tho' tired, mud-ccvercd men from the trenches. Mr. Lewis A. Crosaett. head of tho Crossett Shoo Company, who has becu giving his entire tJnie to Army Y. M. C. A. work, on his return from j the front, spoke of the "Y" work at the front as follows: 1 .i "I found a 'hut' near the entrance of the front trench, where shells ! were coming down all around it. This hut was in a little dug-out made of logs and covered with sand-bags. At one end was a little kitchen, where there were two tanks of water boil ing. Here fresh tea was made, and ret out fresh for the men who came , to the hut when relieved of their trrific strain in the front line trench' es. rsot inirequeuiiy, a cup in uui, refreshing tea is given free of charge to 300 or 400 men in these trenches, and I am sure this is appreciated by those brave follows. While talking - . . - i i r l . with some of the men, one of them remarked: 'If it had not been for the Y. M. C. A., there would have been mutiny and revolution here. That is where we get our comfort and cheer.' The Association has been providing amusement as well as warmth for the fighting forces; it has provided ath letics wherever possible, and in oth er wpys has reneveu me soiuiers from the strain whenever they have had a chanc to obtain that whole some life and play which takes a man away from his troubles." We hope the farmers of Iowa will get into this Army Y. M. C. A. cam paign next week. We hope they will neighbors have an opportunity to give. Those who nave loys should find comfort in the thought that the dollars they are raising and giving may be the very dollars which will help these boys of theirs in their time of greatest need. Those whd do not have boys should welcome the opportunity to help to provide com forts for their neighbors' boys who are fighting for them." Wallace's Fanner. :o: WHAT'S THE ANSWER? In Mar times as in peace times. many things that take place in the United States are unaccountable, or at least seem not understandable. It may be asked, for instance, why, while an American citizen is serving his country, his neighbor, who is not a citizen, is privileged to step in to a better position than any he has hitherto held, draw a good round wage or salary, and then incite strikes or suggest treason among scores of his kind. The answer may bo simple and satisfying, but what is it? GRAND ARMY ELECT OFFICERS. Tom Tuesdays Daily. At their meeting last Saturday evening at their room at the court house the John McConnie Post No. 4-1 elected their officers for the com ing year. There are but a handful of the men now as compared with those who were members a few years ago. With each recurring election there are fewer to choose from, and fewer to do the choosing. The officers as elected for the com ing year are Thomas Wiles, Com mander, Asbury Jack, senior vice commander, Pierson T. Walton, jun ior vice commander; T. W. Glen, quartermaster; W. 11. Freese chap lain; George S. Wall, officer of the day; Wm. Gilmour, officer of the guard. TRINER'S CALENDAR OF HEALTH More beautiful than ever before is the new Triner's Wall Calendar for 1918. A lofty figure of the Goddess; of Health, with herbal ingerdicnts of Triner's remedies in her lap, forms j the centre, fiv interesting histor-, ical pictures illustrate the evolution of remedies, and two views demon- ' strate the modern equipment of Triner's Chemical Laboratory. Send, 10c to cover mailing expenses. Jos., Trincr, Manufacturer of Triner's American Elixir of Bitter Wine and other remedies, 1333-1343 S. Ash land ave., Chicago, I1L 12-5-3td-3tw Old Soldier Gives Recommendation. Custav Wangelln, Commander of CJ. A. U. Tost. Pinckneyville, Illinois, writes: "1 highly recommend Foley Kidney Tills, which I prefer to all ethers I have used." Foley Kidney Pills give quick reJief from backache, rheumatic pains, stiff, swollen joints, languidness, kidney trouble and sleep disturbing bladder ailments. Sold everywhere. - When baby suffers with croop, ap- ply and give Dr. Thomas' Eclectic ! Oil at once: Safe for jchildren. A j "little, goes a long way. 30c and 60c .at all drug stores. hiSdren Cry f it y S Tlie Kind You Have Ahrays iought, and wh; !i Las been in use for over over 30 years, has borne the r.ruature cf w7 and pT. ccnal All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-as-good " are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger t-ie health cf Infants and Children Experience against Experiment. What Is CASTOR! A Castona is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotb substance. Its r.ge w its guarantee. For more than thirty years it has teen in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic and Diarrhoea ; allaying Fevcrishness arising therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach nn'l Bowels, aids the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural sleep. The Childrea's Panacea The Mother's Friead. GENUINE CASTOR I A' ALWAYS 5 'Bears the t yr r j Jr- In Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought " """"" co"""y- " - V K Extra Work for Women. War conditions try the strength of women. The overworked woman, in homo, office or factory, will find in Foley Kidney Fills a great relief from kidney trouble, backache, head ache, rheumatic pains, stiff Joints, swollen muscles and that awful tired feeling. They assist nature in restor ing strength and vitality. Sold ev erywhere. Well, its time for another trip to Chase county, and Rosey fs going again next Sunday evening. Are you ready for the trip now? You surely have been thinking of this trip long enough to have made up your mind to go. See Rosencrana now for reservations for Sunday eve ning. Ready Now at Old Prices. Fresh -lots of Foley's Honey and Tar Corupouud are selling at before the-war prices. This puts this well known cough medicine, ready foi use, in homes at less than it costs to buy and mix the ingredients your- self, and all bother and muss is avoided. There is no better remedy for coughs, colds, croup or lagrippe. Sold everywhere. Well, we arc already for Chase county next Sunday evening. Have you seen Rosancrans about the trip? Just call him over the phone and tell him that you want in on the trip next Sunday evening. He will look after your every comfort, and make the trip an enjoyable one. The ehawka Mills are now Rolling and Letter to "Letter Roll" Flour needs no boosting, For on the top shelf it now is roosting. i ne nest cooks wnerever you go Use this famous flour, you know.' They just set their yeast and go to bed, For they know on the morrow they will have good Bread. J. M. C. D. ST. -.JOHN,. Prop. JOE MALCOLM, Head Miller. For Sale by All Doalers Dro. Mach Cl Mach, The Dentists a The l&rgit and bt equipped dsnUl offices la Omaha. Spoialit 1b I charge of aUwork. Lady attend ant. ModtrMe Price. PoroelaU tWf I Joit like tooth. Instrument carefully lunuzou alter using. I Send for nxx sample of Sani-Pyor Pyorrhe Treatment- 3rd Floor Paxton Clock OMAHA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1917. fog Fletcher's ft .1 Wf bus been, ziade under his per- supervision Binca its infancy. Signature of Impure blood runs you down makes you an easy victim Nfor dis ease. For pure blooe and sound di gestion Burdock Blood Bitters. At all drug stores. Price $1.25. Journal Want-Ads Payt -WAWTEDS- Car Load of Live Poultry to be delivered at poultry car near Burlington freight depot, Platts- m0uth, Nebr., on Fridayv Dec. 21st one day only for which we will pay in cash : Hens 18c All Young Roosters 17c Old Roosters 12c Ducks, Full Feathered 16c Geese, Full Feathered 15c ,Cow Hides .16c Horse Hides $6.00 Each Will be on hand rain or shine to take care of all poultry offered. 17; E. KGEflEY Manufacturing the y IF )