THURSDAY. DECEMBER 8, 1921. PAGE FOTTX PLATTSMOUTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL Cbc plattsmouth lournal PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY AT Entered at rostofftce. Plattsmouth. R. A. BATES, Publisher SUBSCRIPTION FBJCE $2.00 THE ARMS QUESTION His arm around her slender waist. She nestled close, in sweet content; Not e'en a Borah's eloquence Could make her want disarmament. :o: Right ear is generally higher than the left. -:o:- Pedestrians don't make very pood shock absorbers. o:o First I'rotestant missionaries ar rived in Japan in 1SS4. -o:o- One half of the world flives and the other half steps lively. -:o:- It takes eight quarts of milk to make on pound of cheese. o : s The way to avoid being down and out is to be up and doing. :o: Special trains can be hired in Eng- lend at a cost of $5 a mile. :o: The army of unemployed is not all draft men. Some are volunteers. :o: Safety first pays well. The invent or of safety pins made $2,000,000. :o: About those ships, we must all sink together, or we will sink separately. :o: The man with a pile is the man who can smile when bills come along all along. ' :o: ' Lloyd George will spend Christmas with his rich relatives. He is "com ing to America. o:n After an automobile driver has rac ed a train to a crossing and has lost he never tries It again, . :o: The Stillman case is i going into Canada; We hoped' ft- woalel go to a hotter instead of colder place. . : -o: o- If Old Mother Hubbard dressed in the prevailing style, . her cupboard wouldn't be the only thing bare.. :o: When they say Germany has 7,- 000 soldiers - ready ; to"" fight. they mean Germany has 7,000 soldiers. :o: It may be one's privilege to point out his friend's faults to him. but if one loves him he rarely ever will. - :o: Women have taken out 600 pa tents. It is simply wonderful how much one can do with a hairpin. . :o: ' Sometimes we wished preachers would wear wrist watches. Then they would know when it was time to quit. :o: Dr. Fisk says in 2420 A. D. people will live as long as they care to. Our mistake was in being born too early. -o.o - Speaking of love, how does it hap pen that in real life their chests nev er go up and down like they do in the movies. c "It don't take a man long to bag his pants at the knees, and to make a finely tailored suit look thoroughly disrepu table that's the man of it," avers Dainty Dorthy. But she goes on to explain that the man - who is making use of our cleaning, steaming and pressing, services is keep ing his clothes in much more presentable condition than when he got acquainted with us. And it doesn't cost much, either. Goods Called for and Delivered PHONE 166 OPfOSITE JOURNAL OFFICE is r .sir PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA ! Neb.. a aecond-clasa mall matter FEB. YEAB IN ADVANCE Many an effective sermon is word less. ( -:c: Red Cross Seals are trained to per form wonders. :o: Only five more months before one piece bathing suits. 0:0 The millenium and another war are being predicted. o:- People who "jump at conclusions get the wrong ones. -.0: Price makers are not doing much Xmas shopping early. :o: ' When a girls says she can't play, don't make her prove it. :o: Wise parents always buy their Christmas presents early. :o: It must be great to be so rich you don't have to pay your bills. :o: It's strange this love shortage and so much love is being made. :o: Worst thing about punctures is one never stays close to a garage. :o: About all you can do with a nickle is to pay the preacher on Sunday. . :o: When some prodigal sons return father should kill the fatted head. -:o:- You never realize how brave some men are until you meet their wives. :o: About 50,000 garment workers are striking. Business is just sew, sew. :o: While new dances may not broad en the feet they often thicken the head. A lengthy dispatch pays the Princt of Wales walked a mile alone. He is only 27. .. :o: First successful overhead trolley line was 'installed in Richmond," Va., in 1887. ' :o: Lloyd says disarmament is a rain bow. Wonder who will get the pot of ' gold? - -:o: : Currency issued by Germany since the close of the war totals 98,000, 000,000 marks. Germany will have lots of money if the mark ever, be comes of value. "There are no beautiful women in the United States," says' Prof. Fred erick Starr, internationally noted anthropologist. Make your own com ment. Ours is unprintable. :o: The instant ability to produce a new proposal every time an old one is rejected probably is one of the things that have given Mr. Lloyd his repuatation for forhandedness. :o: China seems to be winning all its points at the Washington conference, but 'whether' it will be able to make anybody remember them after the conference is over probably is an other thing. ' ;0; I This is nice hog-killing weather, and, without desiring to appear in sistent on the subject, we again hum bly remind our rural readers that town folks certainly do love back bone, spare ribs and old fashioned country pork sausage, i :o: I It is easy to understand why con gress passed a law prohibiting me dicinal beer. First, they knew the ! measure would be unconstitutional. jand, second, the average member of congress doesn't care for beer, "any how. He prefers whiskey straight. :o: An eastern health expert is urg ing ' that we adopt the European method of greeting embracing each other instead of shaking hands. He says that handshaking is dangerous to life. We might be willing to com promise with -the gentlemen let those of like sex embrace. Still, we don't know. That would require tak ing to the-woods pretty often. - :o: There is no present hope of any I great advance in farm prices. These are set in world markets. JEtelief will come only through the balancing of ( industry by lowering of prices of transportation and the other things the farmer must buy. How these prices can be brought down is a quea j tlon that ought to receive careful at ; tention from every business man and ; worker. For, until they are down and the purchasing power of the farmer is restored, there is bound to be de pression, with unemployment and jbad living conditions. Reports of a new oil belt in Mexl - ' co indicate she is not yet ready for 'recognition. ' :o Some can't understand the naval program even though it is illustrat- ed with cuts, :o: There are 15,000,000 telephone numbers in this country and still one is hard to get. " : :o:. , . Pretty books and Christmas trin- , Journal office. A New Yorker" has developed a nw lMnrt of hpater that tnav also h Ul Ull 1 1 1 H O IVUllU av used as a toaster. 0:0- There are 6,000 unemployed In Washington, not counting many of those who have Jobs. :o: Place three drops on the dog's back and if the hair comes off the stuff is ready to drink. 0:0 Don't wait till the day before Xmas to buy your Christmas presents. Buy now, and avoid the rush. :o: The man who is ashamed to admit he is a politician will never get much coin out of politics. :o: Deaf people will have special churches in Germany with telephones between the pulpit and pews. r .0: Romance makes a bee line for the tall timber when a man begins to re fer 'to his wife as the "old woman." :o: Since the armistice, Krupps have taken out eight patents in France for guns equipment and submarine periscopes. :o: I tell you we are living in a fast age. "Why, it actually makes a fliv ver hustle to keep up with a hearse these days." :o: Thirty-three thousand fires cover ing 12,500,000 acres of timberland cost the United States about $20, 000,000 annually. :o: The Journal has the largest sup ply of Christmas books and fancy stationery that has ever been dis played in Plattsmouth. :o: A. Missouri man went out part ridge hunting the other day and was accidentally shot by his companion. Now, wouldn't that make ,you quail? ' :o': Honesty may be the best policy, but if you applied that theory . to a woman's complexion, all the beauty parlors would be forced into bank ruptcy. :o: : . Ordinarily we do our best to be contented, but it does make us-dissatisfied to meet a man with more gold in his teeth than our capital amounts to. :o: If . the Journal stationery depart ment has not what you want in holi day articles for children and grown people, there is no use looking else where in Plattsmouth. :o:- You simply can't understand a wo man. " For illustration, we cite the case of that New York lady who hacked her husband to pieces with a hatchet and wept bitterly, declaring that she did not intend to kill him. :o: Yes, Christmas will soon be here. Then is the time the youngsters look forward to good cheer. Seeing the Journal's fine display of just things you want at our stationery depart ment will convince you of what you need for the girls and boys. :o: A nephew of Henry Ford has mar ried an Austrian princess. That prob ably doesn't set well with the fliv ver king. It would please him bet ter If the bright young nephew, were working in one of the factories and courting an American princess. ;o: Is there a Santa Claus? Yes, 'and we have seen him come down the old fireplace several times, about 70 years ago where he found several lit tle stockings stringing along on the mantle 'shelf. We slept in the trun dle bed, which found a hiding place under my mother and father's bed in the daytime. Oh, those happy childhood days never to be forgot ten. :o: FOR SALE Pure-bred Duroc-Jer-sey boars. Cheaper than you can raise them. Healthy, growthy. SEARL S. DAVIS. 3wks-w , ... Murray, Neb. WOMEN Can You Use Some EXTRA MONEY ? If you want to earn some extra mon- ey in your SPARE TIME, show your friends and neighbors a new and handy household article, wanted in every home. NO MONEY REQUIRED. I must have a representative in each town and community. Write me TO- DAY. NOW before you forget it. A. post card will do MIOO M. K. OLOON. Plattsmouth Nebraska j YOUR PENNIES ARE BUILDERS I Tuberculosis kills every third per- son between 15 and 60. j This terrible creeping disease last year killed 132,100 Americans. The figures would have been 210,000, if 'it had not been for the active fight ag:aInst tuberculosis that started 20 year3 ago J Tne greatest weapon in this war- t fare is the Red Cross Christmas Seal. . ... . . . The Red Cross this year wants the , i t . . AOO nflA AAA r9 4 uuuiiu io uuy ui stamps. The public shuld respond by buyln 10 times that many. Unemployment and housing con - jgestion are powerful allies of the1 tu- j mighty little of the important in jberculosis" germ. The need for a big ' ventions typewriter, moving pic- .sale of Red Cross Seal3 this year is 1 M t- ri 1 1 . greater than ever before. Put a seal on every letter and par cel you mail. Make it more two or three. Thereby you will save lives and protect yourself against tuber culosis. It should be borne in mind, also that much of the net proceeds will be devoted to the work of fighting tuberculosis right here in our city and county. Remember that every Christmas Seal you buy is a bullet fired at man kind's greatest enemy. . :o: WAR ON THE WHITE PLAGUE As far back as it is possible to go with any aocufacy In the records of the human race there is .evidence that tuberculosis was one of the principal causes of the death of men, women and children. Antiquatians have cer tified that in some of the Egyptian mummies of the days of Rameses and the Pharohs marks of the disease are found. Historians of the ancient civ ilizations of India, Persia and Pal estine, as well as those of Greece and Rome, describe symptoms which are easily identifiabe as being peculiar to pulmonary tuberculosis or consump tion. It is, of course, a mere truism to say that this almost universal dis ease retains Its decimating powers, for it still takes fearful toll of the inhabitants of the civilized world. Despite the time, energy and mon ey expended in recent years in com bating tuberculosis, its real genesis is not yet fully understood and no spe cific treatment has been found to cure it absolutely either in children or adults. Great advances have, how- ever, been made, arfd it is now gener ally recognijfed that the conditions w'-hich particularly favor development of the disease are darkness, damp ness, dust, malnutrition, anxiety and exhaustion. Similarly, in treating it, it has been determined that the best results flow from fresh air, rest. abundant food and fortitude. That by these -means it can-be kept to some extent under control is proved by an ever decreasing death rate from that cause In this, country. Deaths from consumption amounting in 1901 to 193.6 per 100.000 had fallen by 1919 to 125.6. There is then, hope that the rav ages of tuberculosis may gradually be mitigated and that eventually it may be altogether wiped out. The best prospect appears to lie in saving the children, keeping well those who are well and curing early those who are attacked. From the various edu cational campaigns now being under taken on the subject such for exam ple, as the modern health crusade, which is a system of health educa tion for children of school age, much good Is expected. Once the whole na tion1 has learned to realize that on the one hand tuberculosis is deadly and that on the other it is prevent able, the battle against this most dreaded of humanity's foes will be in a fair way of being won. -1 :o: THE WRONG ROAD If it could get into the history books. It would read like this: "Nov. 24, 1921 A Thanksgiving day ex cursion carried 1,000 scientists and professional men to Staten Island, in New York harbor, where they wit nessed the tearing down of a chim ney, 148 feet high, 47 feet in diam eter at the basei Despite the huge size, this smokestack was razed in the record-breaking time of 15 min utes." j The history books would ignore the chimney's usefulness and the fact that it took two months and two days to build it. History is 98 per cent a record of destruction. It is designed to teach us what man has done but it clings almost entirely to recording what man has undone destroyed. An excellent movement is gaining headway in America to revise his tory as it is taught in our schools. What the child gets now is mostly a record of slaughter and aestruc- tion--the history of ill will between England and America, North . and South, races, religions and politics It took over 60 years of organized fierhtins: and thousands of years of progress to give bur women the bal - lot. Yet this, under our present sys- tem, will get less space in school bis- toriee than some battle that took on-j 'ly a few hours and had an infinite less effect. What happened In 1776? The De claration pf Independence, of course. But some school histories have for gotten to tell you that in that same year James Watt sold the world's first, steam engine. The real history of the growth and progress of our country is not a mat ter of battles or; Indians shot by Dan iel Boone and other explorers. The Monitor, which fought the r n . - ( jierrimac in leoz, was uie iirst ar- mored ship. Every school child has ' had the marvels of that invention (drilled into his brain. But he reads ture, electric light and motor. History practically ignores the evolution of barbaric government in to American democracy touching, however, with great emphasis, on bloody battles incidental to the pro gress. A world, weary of war, wants to disarm, though It has only partly convinced its diplomats. We are turn ing frcm destruction to construction, and the first step in' that direction should be a complete revision of his tory text bocks for schools. School histories now in use lie not that they do not tell the truth, but because of what they omit. :o: BUYING AT IIOXE Patriotism should begin at home; extend out from the bonis to tlie hometown or community; thiincc over the state and nation. The patriotism that does not include its own ne:;t," its own family and its own surround ings, is not much patriotism, nation ally, or any other way. We should airthink of these things continually, for they are vital to our best inter ests of our family, friends and neigh bors. There is always argument on both sides of any question, but the basic facts remain, just the same, and we should not lose sight of those bas ic facts. As a rule goods can be pur chased in the home town as cheap as In other towns cr cities; not all things, but the majority of the com modities which we use. Some articles may be a bit higher once in a while, but it is equally true that some are often a bit lower, and' the whole monthly account will balance pretty well, take it up one side and down the other. , But even if it cost a trifle more to trade at home than to ser.d money away to the cities, still it would be cheaper in the long run to buy at home and let the money circulate around the town, each dollar doing a hundred dollars worth of business before it finally slips away. If we do not build up our own home town there will not be any home town and all our investments in it, for homes or anything else, will fall flat, and we all lose out. Anyway you want to look at this trading away from home business, it figures out a loss in the long run for everybody who engages in it as a regular thing. :c: HER FOLKS When it comes- to making trouble for Friend Husband, mother-in-law cannot compare with sister-in-law. This is the opinion of Judge L. B. Day, youngest district judge, on the Nebraska bench. He knows his sub ject. He handles as many as 12 di vorces a day. Judge Day recently commended a man for gathering up the personal effects of his sister-in-law and set ting them in the street. . "The mother-in-law has been un jusitly condemned in the past," says tho judge. '"It isn't fair. A mother usually has the best interests of her daughter at heart. She realizes that, even though there be some sacrifices it is usually better for the home to be kept intact. She sees with the eyes "of wisdom and experience. "The sister-in-law, on the other hand, is a rabid partisan. She devel ops" a personal grievance against the brother-in-law, and is out for ven geance. The sister-and-sister relation is more clannish than the mother-and-daughter relation. Chances are, the two sisters time and again dur ing childhood have gone on secret larks together and have formed an offensive-defensive alliance against parental authority. They aro always "in cahoots," as many a hut-band can testify. In a family row, sister-in-law us ually has nothing to lose. But the wife's mother has her daughter's happiness at stake. Brother-in-law and father-in-law generally have their minds occupied with business., and are more apt to be spectators than participants in home difficulties of wife or husband. In some form or other, nearly ev ery married person has such difficul ties. People look at things with dif- ,ferent eyes It' Is much better, says Judce Day, J - vyhen relatives do not live too close together. Trouble brews w;hen relat- ed families live in the same house or ? the same neighborhood t '-ft : .' in E CA?3 YOU 1) BUSHRASH BWA2I RISIMIWITHAWL VD HACLQAII G US LEAD I BT BUT SO KEEK Can You Solve This Puzzle? Here is a puzzle that everybody should try. The other night at the "Movies' the operator wanted to try a new "stunt," so he rearranged the names of some of the fsmous aciors and actresses and threw them on the screen like you see in the picture. Everybody "loads' of fun figuring oilt the correct names. See if you can do it yourself. No. 1 is Dorothy Dilton. If you can solve them all you can win $1,000 or a Hupmobile. J - Though you probably know the names of all the popularactorsand actresses well came a few of them just to refresh your memory : Mary Milai Minttr, Doug' Fairbanks Mary Piefcford, Juanttt fXanatfl. Burtar Kaatoft, William 8. Hart. Clara Kimball Young. Tom Mix. Mabvl Nermand, Tbemaa Mighan, Oougtaa MacLaan, Bryant Wuhkum Dorothy Dilton, Harold Lloyd. faar Wtuta, jackw Coogan, Gloria Swanaan. " "turn. 110 Points Will For aach nam you can arranaa correctly you will raeoiva Ava pointa or fifty pointa iff you aolva tham all. Vou can arn 35 mora pointa by qualifying your an That it, by proving that you havo ahown a copy of Tha St. Paul Oaily Nwa to fiva paoplo. Tha final S points will ba awardad by tha judgaa, who will ba thraa v. all-known St. Paul buainaaa man. IT COSTS YOU NOTHING TO TRY Vau da not have ta subscribe ta The St. Peul Daily News nar epend a aent ef yaur awn mo nay ts win a prize. VVe have swsn away a great many wonderful things and you can be the next winner if vou stnd In your solution to this puzzle at once. Be cure your awn name and addraee is en yewr solution ta th pun. ana son wnjti-iww .r in.. w . unuy R. C. WILLS, 94 E. Fourth St. ST. PAUL, MINN. Hate, like love, frequently is a matter of proprinquity. :o: BURNING CORN Iowa reports some of itr. farmers are selling their corn as low as 17 cents a bushel, with the average around 22 cents. Corn sold for 14 cents a bushel in 1896, but it was grown on land' worth about a fifth as much as corn-bearing land of 1921. . , All around the corn raiser is in about the tightest corner of all. lie has been hit terrifically by the crash in corn prices. This prevent him from becoming a normal buyer, so the corn situation reacts- on all of us. a ball and chain on business re covery. - ' - - " The American Farm Bureau-Fed eration estimates that on- Nov corn stocks totalled 3.452,000,000 bushels, not counting that stored In country mills and elevators. This is 370,000,000 bushels more than ever were consumed and ex ported in any one year. The law of supply r.nd demand has played havoc started on an extended barnstorming with prices and the property of corn j triP- , ' . . Before leaving Ruth was warned growers. by Judge Landis not to make the AVith starvation-in many parts f trip, as the'judge declared the na the world, situation rises in which tional rules plainly forbid such ex middle western farmers say they ! hibition games by players who had must burn corn this winter because it is cheaper than coal. Department of Agriculture says, games were abandoned. The players that, in heat value- ; declared the trip was called off in ,', ' . accordance with Landis wish. Cushel of ton of I Ruth later went on the stage. Lan- Crn at . Coal at ; dis sent a questionnaire to Ruth 14 cents equals $ 7.00 which the home run hitter filled out 17 cents equal S 00 and returned. It was on the answers "0 cents emials " ' ty Ruth to this questionnaire that cents equals lu uu!the Judge's decision was based. 22 cents equals 11.00 j Judge Landis inhanding down the 24 cents equals 12.00 . decision said: 26 cents equals 13.00: "Regarding Ruth, Meusel and 30, cents equals 15 00 1 Piercey- These Play6rs were members cenrs equais """!0f the New York American league, a cent5 equals 1C.00 contestant for the world's champion- For instance, according to this ta-j ship in 1921. Immediately after the ble, if the farmer cannot get more series they wilfully and defiantly vi than 20 cents a bushel for his corn, i ojated the rules forbidding their par- . . , ; ticipation in exhibition games dur lt is as encan to burn the corn fnr ! n.. . v. .ia' r i mg ue year 111 wuicu iurs r ui m a fuel as to buy coal at $10 a ton. championship was decided. Secretary Mohler of the Kansas' "This rule was enacted in 1911 State Board of Agriculture disagrees, j nl' after repeated acts of misconduct Tr . ,& by world series participants made its He believes that corn, even at pres- I adoption imperative for the protec ent low prices, cannot be used o tion of the good name of the game, greater advantage than in fattening The rule was known to all players livestock I and larticularly to thes men upon Corn fed to hogs; is stored as feed ; for human. A hog fattened on cheap corn now will in all probability but rather mutinous defiance intend brlnsr a satisfictnrr nnP lntr ivTipt. ed by the players to prevent the ques- it goe"s to market. Burning corn for fuel "keeps the coal miner idle. Burning corn for fuel holds down the nation's supply of hogs, which have decreased nearly 8,00'0,000 since 1918. In some instances, burning corn n a fuel m q v a nmnnlcnrr "Rut .let a general proposition, it is an-econ- ' a neX eig Bar omic fallaiy that will only increase eain, if taken at once. 4wks-w the cost of living, curtail available! supplies of food, and hinder return to normal conditions. :o: A SURPRISE PARTY Here is a paragraph picked from the personal column of the Cochrane, Wisconsin, Recorder, and reproduc ed in the American Legion Weekly. "Born to Mr. and Mrs. Walter F.je each. Schultz, a baby boy, on August 22,. at Gotb.tr, Thurigen, Germany. Word of this news was received here last week by his parents." You can figure it out to suit your self, but frankly, It don't look regu lar to us. Even at the risk of being consider-1 NAME THEM s JMraiEHASAlTOT OfilHEEOTHAMSAH (9) LfuTx R0IX HOD HffiEPETIAV Win First Prize Tha baat carract iiuw kulll n ... and tha aaeond bast asrract answsr Second P.-iu, and sa forth. In caaa of a tie both winners will be award, ed fuil amount ef tha price. Sand in your answer TODAY and a sample ef the paper will be tent yea at anea to help you qualify. hkiuivi Hifv mnw iweue enp man yeur answsr Mow ed old fashioned, we contend that it was the duty of at least one of tha parents to be present at the birth of that baby. -ro LANDIS HITS KING OF SWAT A BLOW Babe Ruth is Fined His World Ser ies Money and is Suspended Until May 22, 1922. Chicago, Dec. 5. Babe Ruth, homerun king, was swatted by Judge K. M. Landis, baseball commissioner, today. i Ruth, was fined his world series money share and suspended until May 20, 1922. for playing exhibi tion baseball after participating in the-world- series, in violation of the I i . . l . a 1 -,! V 1 V , kee plavers wno joined Ruth ln tDe mil riercey anu uuo meusei, xau- barnstorming trip, were also fined j their world series money and sus- pendeA until May 20, 1922. i Ruth, accompanied by Bob Meu3el an(i um piercey, both Yank players. participaieu in me worm series. After playing several games, the 1 crowds fell off and the exhibition 1916 for its violation. This situation involves not merely rule violations tion: 'Which is the bigger oaseoau or any individual in baseball? "There will be an order forfeiting their share in the world series fund' and suspending them until May 20, ' 1922 on which date and within ten s day thereafter the ywill be eligibU to apply for reinstatement." FOR SALE i Cnntih.Tnnntil Shnft. SEARL 6. DAVIS; Murray, Neb. For Sale White Rock cockrels, $1.50 If pur chased soon. Mrs. Roy Stewart, AIvo, Nebraska. FOR SALE Foland China pigs 10 weeks old. d&w A. O. RAMGE. Phone 3513 For Sale Duroc Jersey boars for sale. Path finder breeding. Hernian Wohlfarth, Murray, Nebr. OfTice supplies of all kinds han died at the Journal office.