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PAGE FOUR. PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOTTRNAE Cbe plattsmoutb lournal PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA Knte-red at I'ostofllce. riattsmoutli. Neb., aa secortd-class mail matter R. A BATES, Publisher SUBSCRIPTION PRICE $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE Green apple season Is here, the painfullest of all the year. :o:- This world wide indisposition to work hangs on like a poor relation. :o:- Another reason why two can live as cheaply as one is because three or four can. :o: ' The canteloupes this year seem to also be affected by the sugar thortage. :o:- The offer of a prohibition party nomination to Bryan might be classed as dry humor. :o:- All editors in America should rise in defense of that woman who killed a man for sending her a spring poem. . :o: There seems to be times when Mr. Bryan is as adept In side-stepping a nomination as he is in stepping in front of one. . :o: A North Mississippi negro was killed by lightning while praying in church. However, this does not mean that church-going is dangerous. -:o: : There is an abundance of coal at the mines, and there are thousands of empty coal cars, but the public is not getting coal. Somebody's brain is missing on all cylinders. :o: Its the public that pays the bills. The railroad workers ask and re ceive higher wages and the common carriers merely "pass the buck" to the people. ' It's a great game if it don't drive the nation into bank ruptcy. :o: : Some rascally enemy of ours has evidently been spreading the report that our physician forbids the eating of fried chicken. He hasn't done anything of the sort, neither has he denied us roasting ears, watermelons, canteloupes or peaches. :o: "The crescent moon is rising In a clear and turquoise sky," says a poet in one of the current magazines. Quite pretty, but astronomically in correct. The crescent moon never riffs; it sets. Furthermore, the sky at night is never of a turquois hue. -:o: ALIVE IN THE SUN The rankest sort of selfishness is surrender to the "blues". For melan- rhnii: oxcpnt in a hermit, is the most pervasive of maladies. It casts a chill and breeds a despair a3 it walks about; it infects a company. poisons the light and denies the pure wells of happiness and spontaneous glee. Instead of giving way to the "blues" we ought to yield only to the spirit of high-hearted courage that keeps. us merry, with a laugh. whatever the odds. The minute you are found to be cheerful a thousand will rise up to give you battle and to prove you wrong; but there are tens of thousands who will be grate ful and will bless you. Those who resisted will be in time converted; they will Join the throng that find the palatable medicine of a smile, and so achieve the cure of the many ills that dwell with the megrims and the darkness. Nothing is more irritating than to be told when and where to be glad, it is like being prodded to ap plaud. Artificial warmth, like arti ficial ice, is wanted only for our bod ies, not for our souls. We cannot read in a book how to be joyful and then sally forth on the streets and be joyful convincingly by rule and re cipe. Nor does it create irrepressi ble mirth in us to persue theUook of Martyrs, so much worse off than we, or some doleful tome about people supremely holy but repellently unhu- man. The man whose presence enlivens is he who begins with thankfulness because he is alive. He awoke to the same sun that came through silken hangings at a rich man's win dows. He went out to the day that is impartially divided among all the sons of men. He had a work to do. as very man has a task, though not every man has found it. And he has not done the whole of his duty until he has gone about his calling, be it high or humble, in a mood of good humor that no hard luck and no shocking casualty can permanently alter. Do you not believe that this man, whose laughter is as the music of the mornings of the spring, has bur dens and troubles and crosses? He is the humorist even as Lincoln told his stories out of the depths of the afflictions of a man of sorrows, acquainted with "grief. Harry Lau der's power to cheer, as to sympa thize, was the greater after he lost his son. The appeal of the man was intensified when it ceased to be an appeal for himself. Invite the world to scrutinize your hopless case, to audit the bill of par ticulars in your uncollecta'ole ac count against humanity, and with its fingers in its ears like Bunyan's pilgrim on the run it will flee from you. Ask the worm to listen wnne you spin a tale that charms it from its age ddistresses and beguiles it from a grim and sirdid struggle, and U will come to you and listen, and be your friend. Its premiums are bestowed on joyf illness. "He who is bitter is beaten." Philadelphia Pub lic Ledger. :o: !syfooting on the part of his leader I on this. question. . , , f "Senator Harding", says Senator Johnson, "unequivocally iook stand upon the paramount issue in the campaign the league ol nations. The republican party stands com mitted by its platfrom; its standard bearer now accentuates that plat form. Senator Harding is to be congratulated upon his flrm and emphatic stand against the pro posed league of nations." Now what has Mr. Taft, chief ad vocate of the league, to say? Where does the captive independent, Mr. Hoover, get on? What about Mr. Hughes and Mr. Wickersham, ardent pro-leaguers with reasonable reserva tions? Mr. Boot wanted the league S Dru?fUt ' 1 Box I fo2 TO-NiGHT-j J ! moddit An tut nnnn 01 IlLilU I ML UUUU WORD" SHE SAYS F. G. FRICKE & CO. HR. BRYAN'S TESTIMONY Mr. Bryan was bitterly disap- with reservations and is now com- pointed in the nomination of Gov mitting the unpardonable sin ol ere- ernor cox because lie does not be ating an international tribunal for lieve llim to be orthodox, from the the league. Is he, the reputed au thor of the league plank, to be re- niKluteil? What of the group of mild-reservation republican senators and the great host of pro-league re publicans? Shall we have republican spell binders arguing for and against the league on the same platform, or shall Bryan viewpoint, on the liquor ques tion. As to that, undoubtedly it makes much loss difference what Mr. Cox has thought about prohibition than either wots or drys are likely to imagine. He can't change it and since prohibition is the law, if elect ed lie can do no other than enforce 1 to the limit. Indeed, judging by we have the country divided up into j his prevjous record and his present pro-league districts and anti-league 1 v?f xvs tjiat is precisely wiiat lie jan districts, with" the orators carefully ,;e fit.pended upon to do selected to fit the differing shades ol opinion and the varying interpre tations of the platform and the utter ances of the oracle at Marion? Either the republican party will be in the ridiculous position of fight ing for and against "the paramount issue" in the same campaign or it will have to find a Daniel to read the handwriting and the interpretation thereof for the benefit of the voters. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. :o: . FORGOTTEN WAR AND SOLDIER Hat there was a Hn.e when Mr Bryan wa more enthusiastic about Mr. Cox, possibly because the lienor ;:e:tion was not then in his Yni id. He was addressing thi PennsylvHn!i legislature on May 13, 1912, and ho liclJ up Clovernoc Cox as an example of i itccess in state ; jniinistrat io 1. And this is what Mr. Bryan said: "Look at (Jovernor Cox nf Ohio. There is a reformer who asked thirty- ix reforms and got thirty-six." This testimony, as a matter of fair ness, may le introduced now to on set Mr. Brvan's present resentment of Governor Cox's nomination. Du- Iuth Herald. :o: t WABASH HAPPENINGS PIN HIM DOWN Mr. Harding's acceptance speech will be especially disappointing, ve imagine, to the American soldier. No reference to our participation in the greatest war in history appears in this speech until just at the close. Kven then, nobody could tell fn.m the context whether we had won or lost the war. Acknowledgment is tendered of "sacrifices made" ami "sufferings endured", but that is the inevitable cost of war. Our soldiers are told that they proved themselves worthy sons of worthy sires, but that same proof has been given under van quished as well as victorious arms. It does seem as if Mr Harding might have conceded that, in associa tion with our allies, we had won the war. It may be that partisan malev olence was reluctant even to render such an indirect tribute to the Wil son administration as would be im plied in a statement of victory. B-it should hatred of Wilson go to such lengths as to deny a simple assertion of what the American soldier did? As a matter of fact, the only in stance of unrestrained emotion in the Marion occasion was inspired by the iaiitwa..o. , v,.v...v.. - sick tne lat week was taken to a railroads under the governments di- I Lincoln hospital Tuesday evening rection evoked lamentation and pro- I Mrs. J. W. Staton came down Tues- irwi Pliers hut Hiitp wfrp tiPitL-.r! lay. n ft ernomi and returned the same 1 A. t 1 X J 5 .dress ceg& better 1 wv women learned that there are two ways to care for clothes. They are learning to take care of them. It is quite amannerly thing to take care of your clothes investmeut and protect it up to the limit. Having your clothes carefully dry cleaned will improve their wear and help to prolong the life of their stylish lines. Getting acquainted with our work rrottintrin touch with a real money saving service. Goods Called for and Delivered k'.'jaHHii.kyflimYi Irl Wilson was in town Tuesday afternoon. L. K. Stanley autoed to Omaha Monday and returned Tuesday even ing. O. O. Thomas was in town one day last week looking after business mat ters. Mrs. W. S. Lane and daughter and niece, Lena Johnon, spent Wednes lay in town. The farmers are busy threshing -!ome ot tn wheat is making iorty bushels to the acre. Theodore. Jr.. and Pauline Miller spent Sunday with their parents, Mr. uid Mrs. Theodore Miller, Sr. A number from Murdock attended he ice cream social at the II. II. Gerbeling heme Saturday evening. A number from Weeping Water attended the ice cream social at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Gerbe ling Saturday evening, July 21st. Mrs. M. V. Woods, who has been Wants Others to Know How Tanlac Has Overcome Troubles of Many Years Standing. "Little did I think I would ever give a public statement for a medi cine, but TanlaC has proved so won derful in my case that I want to spread the good news around," said Mrs. A. M. Hughes of 956 Thirty fifth street, Milwaukee, Wis., re cently. "My stomach .has given me trouble for years," 6he added, ' 'Idahnabened for years," she added, "and I had spent so much money for medicines without benefit I was all out of heart. For eight years I had been unable to eat any meats and vegetables even caused me trouble. Cereals, milk toast and the lightest kind of dieds oftentimes caused gas to form on my stomach, keeping me in pain and misery for hours. I often suffered with heartburn and the gas pressing around my heart caused it to beat so hard and fast it was all I could do to get my breath. I had raging headaches nearly every day and got so dizzy when I stooped over or was going up or down stairs I felt like I was going to pitch forward and had to catch hold of something to keep from falling. I had awful pains in the small of my back and under my shoulder blades that hurt me so when I leaned over I could hardly straighten up. At times I bad rheumatism in my shoulders and arms so bad it was all I could do to use them. I slept but little, for I was constantly in pain and very rest less and when I got up in the morn ings I often felt worse than, when I went to bed. I just kept getting worse in spite of all I could do. "So many people ' with troubles like mine were praising Tanlac in the papers. I sent for a bottle and the first three or four days I took it convinced me that what I had read about it was the truth. Before I fin ished the first bottle gas stopped foimrng on my stomach, those awful pains left me and I began to feel hungry. I can now eat most any thing in reason and my stomach troubles me so little afterwards I hardly notice it. My head aches no more. I am entirely free from pain and have no more dizzy spells and am able to get plenty of sound rest ful sleep every night. Tanlac has done me a world of good, so much in fact I want my statement published for the benefit it may be to others." Tanlac is sold in riattsmoutli by F. G. Fricke and Company and the leading druggist in every town. When you hear a man criticising this country, pin him down. Make him tell you what country he ha-3 in mind as being better than this om?, and why. Have him give a remedy for whatever evil he complains of. Let him propose a system of govern ment that would work better than this, or a plan of living that would work out to greater advantage than the one under which we are now living. The Des Moines Capital asks a number of questions it were well that every critic be asked. Under what other government are the con ditions of life as desirable as they are here? Where else is food more abundant? Where is it as easy to earn the'price of a meal as in Amer ica? Where else Is employment as easily obtained? Where is there greater security for life and better j ditions, would bring the government tears nor cheers for the experience of the American soldier under the government's direction. Well, the drums are munled arm the flags furled. The war is over. Let us have done with sentimentali ties. Mr. Harding is the herald of a new day the day of common-sensi- cality. St. Louis Pest-DLpatch. :o: REMEMBER HIS CREATORS evening with her mother, Mrs. M. . Woods. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Johnson and Harvey Johnson were in town call ing on friends and relatives Wed nesday morning. RESIDENCE FOR SALE It is evident that in the youth ut his candidacy Mr. Harding remem bers his creators- the forces which after hours of deadlocgk in the Chi cago convention, finally settled ci the Ohio senator as an acceptable The commodious brick residence in Plattsmoutb known as the Weckbach- Walkcr homo located at 4th and Oak streets. This property is the last of the best down town properties that can be secured "at a reasonable price. Only half block from post office, li brary, court house and shopping dis tricts. About four fine lots, is high, sunny and sanitary, fine shade and lawn, good well, cistern, city water, Drotection of the home? Where are class, distinctions so easily broken down. Where does the power lie in larger measures in the hands of the people to change their laws and their officers according to the will of the majority? There are a thousand more ques tions along the same line that might be asked of those who complain. It is all very well to find fault, but when a person does so, he ought to have in mind something to cure it. No one ought to have the right to complain at this country unless he can point out a better one, and if he is able to do that, he ought to be invited to go there, just as Old Bill in the trenches advised his buddy that if he knew of a better 'ole he ought to go to it. :o: A DANIEL NEEDED r-unriirlatp helieviner tliev li n fl nifkert " , o , i , , . , 1 1 a man who would restore the old tra- nas BOO1 ,,arn- Paruy ouer... lu shed oak floor in living room. Hie place needs seme repair; will make -plondid home for retiring farmer or any one desiring a substantial in vestment or high class residence prop erty. Ont-nf.fnun owners "of this property have requested me to ais- back to the placid, non-irritating re gime of the '80s and '90s, and v.culcl permit every department of go.-crn ment to bask in the liberty of t is constitutional privileges. There nothing in Mr. Harding' speech of PHON 166 opposite: acceptance to indieate that his rpo-i.POSiU of il t once, I will therefore sors were mistaken. As a campaign document the ad dress follows closely the lines of the republican platform and is quite as non-committal. It is nicely worded. "listens good", and does not limit the candidate's course of conduct in conveniently should ho he elected From the point of view of the intense reformer it is disappointing. In certain features it is unquestionably weak. But it doubtless will be at cepted by a very large majority of republicans as a creelitable statement or party principles, and it must give to all right-minded persons the im pression that its author is a well- intentioned, conservative American offer it for about one-fourth of its actual replacement value. L. C. SHARP MFG. CO., M-F Plattsmoutb, Neb WILL DO TRUCKING Having secured a new truck I will do all kinds of trucking and will make a specialty of cattle hauling to the Omaha market. Call Adam-Mel- singer, 110 4 Louisville farm line, 2t-w OIL SEIZURES ARE TECHNICAL. San Francisco, July 30. Seizures of oil by. -Hie navy from the Associat ed Oil company were "seizures only in a technical sense," according to a tatement authorized today by the executive committee of the company, which added that the question of prices for oil delivered to the navy up to June 30 had been adjusted with Admiral Koontz at Washington, and that a satisfactory adjustment of the question as to the price the navy is to pay for fuel oil in the future was anticipated. Six destroyers last Monday took from a loading plant of the company at San Francisco, 500,000 gallons of fuel oil which the company had de clined to deliver at the navy's price of $1.72 a barrel. Regarding this and similar incidents the company statement said that to protect its claims for the market prices the com pany had "recognized the demands instead of the ordinary purchase requisitions of the navy for oil" and that the facilities of the company have been "as freely and as fully at the command or tne navy in mi'6 the oil deliveries as they are for any other customer. Mrs. C. P. Sydebotham departed this afternoon for Omaha, where she was called by a message announcing that her son-in-law, J. A. Johnson, was to be brought to that city to undergo an operation at one of the Omaha hospitals. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Irelan departed this afternoon for Nebraska City where they will visit over Sunday with relatives and friends. jloffisnsnffii f - - h Has Never Seen Their Equal "I have used Chamberlain's Tab lets for stomach trouble, biliousness and constipation off and on for the It is not a colorful document, but Jat ten years. I have never sec. their equal yet. They sirciiKuiciKu mv dieostion relieved me of head aches and had a mild pleasant action- on my bowels. I take pleasure i" recommending them," writes H. D. F. Parmenter, Cridersville, Ohio. Senator Johnson has no doubt of the interpretation of Senator Hard ing's remarks in his speech of ac ceptance concerning the league of na tions. If the somewhat indirect and vague statement which we thought meant the rejection of the league in favor of a peace resolution was in tended as an evasion, it missed fire paign will come back to you trippled , office accessories of all kinds at I with Hiram. He will have no pus- In a very short time. . the journai 0ffjce. 1 then its author is not a colorful gen tleman. Detroit News. :o: The money you spend In a con Bistent newspaper advertising cam VAGGM SCALE FOR SALE! 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