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Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-04-08

This table shows that since 1892
the increase in the number of mort
cages is IS and the increased in
debtedness s21, ,412. Now it is only
necessary to glance at the period
covered by this table and you have
an argument that the farmers of
our county began to borrow money
largely only after the Democrats
assumed control of the national
government.
However the statistics DO not
truthful!y furnish political capital
for either party. While it is true
that our farmers are borrowing
money to some extent, it does not
mean that they are running behind
hand. In ninty-nine cases out Of
one hundred the money has been
borrowed for the purpose of max
ing improvements or acquiring
more land. and while the farmer
thus increases his indebteness. he
at the same time increases his assets
in greater ratio by enhancing the
value of his property. The loans
simply represent so much borrow
ed capital invested in extending the
agricultural industries of our coun-
try. and the returns from these in
vcstmcnts Of borrowed capital pay
the interest. and. eventually. the
principal also.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-04-08
Bourbon;sm Versus progress.

TIE retarded development of
Southeast Missouri is the cause of
much wonder to strangers passing
through this section of the State.
and never fails to bring forth com
ment from them. 1t is only too
true that we are far behind the
northern and central portions Of the
State in the matter Of development
and progress. 1t is not that we
lack any of the natural resources
that should be inviting to capital
and enterprise, for ii has been fully
demonstrated that the Southeast is
one of the richest and most pro
ductive sections of the entire State.
We must. therefore. look for other
reasons why we have not advanced
in the same ratio with other and
less favored portions of our great
commonwealth
Southeast Missouri has long been
known as the Gibraltar of the Dem
ocracy: it has. until within the last
two wears. Wlthsto0d. successfully.
TIE assaults upon the party for
more than three decades. and had
il not been for the heavy Demo
cratic majoritics of Southeast Mis-
souri, the party would have lost the
State years ago. Thu, it will Ec
seen that Bourhonism has for wears
controlled the State government
through its power III this section,
and how has it been rewarded: ::
Believing Southeast Missouri would
pcrpetually, under any and all con
ditior+, keep up its heavy Demo
cratic ma joritieS, the party 80 long
in control of the State has. with
base ingratitudc, kept this section
in the background, ignored its ma
tcrial interests and retarded II
growth and the Development Ct it.
resources. immigration was dis
couragcd, also, for new people have
new ideas, and new ideas would
have been detrimental to party III
terc~ts. Nor was this section re-
wardcd with the Offices, even. All
the best nominations went to such
parts Of the State which had not
the habit of giving large Demo
cratic n!aloritics, year after year
without Iccompcnse.
But the turning point has cont
at last, and the people Of Southeast
Missouri now realize that this sec
tion can not progress until it free
itself from Bourbon influences.
They can do this withou, feelings @!
compunction in the matter. They
have received nothing from til,
the Democratic party that couI'
inspire gratitude, and al siloul,
hail the day when it is oycTtirown
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-04-08

of the farmers and the manufac-
turers. 1t can not cvade the re-
sponsibility for this monstrou> blum
der. The benefits Of the reciproc-
lty treaties We're well known
when it deliberately rescinded
them; and subsequent experience
has fully demonstrated that val
liable trade was riticed for the
mere purpose Of latlfying Il feel
ing of hostility to a Republican
policy. 1t can no! hope to escape
the condemnation that such pro-
ceeding deserves. The people will
see that The policy which materially
enlarged the foreign market for
our products, is restored, and hat
the party which on giiiated it Is
again placed III control of the
Government.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-04-08

LITTLE Rhode Island reelected
her Republican Governor last week
by IN increased majority. Little
Rhody" occupies only a very small!
space on our map, but she knows
how to set the pace for her larger
sisters when it comes to giving
large Republican majorities.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-04-08
Missouri Z Certain Republican
State.

An editorial in the st. Louis
Republic Of last week, says tIlc
gain in the State of Missouri from
immigration will largely benefit
the Republicans, and that the iie>
Of st. Louis and Kansas City VIA.
determine the vote Of Missouri IN
the coming fall elections. \ careful
investigation of the vote Of the
state for the last eighteen years
discloses some important facts. III
1876 the Democratic vote OF The
state was 2oa,o11. The Re:yubii-
can vote was 1i5,02a AID the
Grcenback .,t:tS. IN 1894 the
Democratic vote was 2..6, 81; the
Republican vote 22o. 50! and .'op:s-
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-04-08

The Post-Dispatch views every
thing through free-silver spectacles.
The other day it GOT hold Of the
State Labor Commissioners staiis-
ties regarding farm mortgages and
discovered that the farmers Of
Missouri have been increasing their
indebtedness to 4 considerable
extent since 1891. The Post Dis
patch, Of course, attributes this
to the demontizat;on of silver.
The figures below are those per
taining TO Washington County:
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-04-08

SOUTHEAST MISSOURI has been
ignored long enough in the distri-
button of State offices ut the hands
of the Democratic party. y Re-
publican candidate for Governor
from this section would Get Il rous-
ing majority.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-04-08
EOR COLLECTOR.

N-e are duly authorized to announce
ROBERT II. ENENS,
OF Breton township, as candidate for
the Office OF collector Of the revenue
OF Washington County at the election
II he held November Sd, 1896. subject
- The decision Of the Republican con-
Fcution or primary election.
We are duly authorized to announce
JOHN NJ. HUGHES.
Dt Concord township. as candidate for
The Office OF collector of the revenue Of
Washington County at the election to
hc held November Sd, 1896, subject to
the decision of the Republican conven-
tiCn or primary election.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-04-08

Gov. BRADLEY, of Kentucky. is
a good man, but he is a little too
new for serious consideration as a
presidential possibility. He ought
to wait until he has worn a little of
the gloss off.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-04-08

CONGRESS has at last taken def
mite action on the Cuban question,
and on Monday passed Il concurrent
resolution granting belligcrent
rights to the insurgents. The res
olution now awaits the action Of
the President.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-04-08

MCKINLEY keeps right on cap
turing delegates in the territory Of
other favorite Sons, and thus dem
onstrates that he is the favorite
son of the whole country.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-04-08
FOR ASSESSOR.

Ne are duly authorized to announce
NORMAN +. ROBINSON,
n( Harmony township, as a candidate
iur reelection to the office Of assessor
Of Washington County at the election
to be held November 3d, 1896, subject
to the decision of the Republican con-
rention or primary election.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-04-08

TIE JOURNAL gave Mr.. Cahoon's $
gubcrnatoriaI boom big boost
last week.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-04-08
FOR REPRESENTATIVES,.

/ hereby announce myself as a candi-
date for reelection as representative
frona Washington County TO the 39th
Cc&efal Assembly Of the State Of Mis-
souri,, subject to the decision of the
Aepublican county convention,
EUGENE G. BAJGHE ER.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-04-08
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

NoTiCE.-Candidates for county Off
cls announcing in this column will be
charged s.. The cash must accom-
pAny the announcement. No cOmpii-
mcntaries. Please observe this rule.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-04-08
FOR SHERIFF.

We are duly authorized to announce
JAMES X. WIIITEH EAD.
Of Harmony township, as a candidate
for the Office of sheriff OF Washington
County at the election to be he'd
November Sd, 1896, subject to the de
cision of the Republican convention
or primary election.
We are duly authorized to announce
HARRY McGREW,
of Belgrade township, as Il candidate
for tie Office of sheriff of Nashing,ol
County at the election TO be held
November Sd, 1896, subject to the de-
cision of the Republican convention or
primary election.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-04-08

FOR PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
We are duly authorized to announce
G.. |. VAN ALIEN,
OF pOtOsi, as Il candidate for the Office
Of prosecuting attorney Of Washington
County at the election to be held
November Sd. 1896. subject to the de-
cision Of the Republican convention or
primary election.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-04-08
FOR JUDGE COUNTY COURT.

We are duly authorized to MnOun .
HENRY G. COMPTON.
of Harmony township, as a candidate
for the office of judge Of the county
court for the I'd district Of Washington
County at the election to be held No
vember Sd. 1896, subject to the decision
Of the Republican county convention.
We are duly authorized to announce
S. ii. WILSON,
of Walton township as a candidate for
the Office of judge of the county court
from the I'd district OF Washing ton
County at the election to be held No
vembcr I'd, lS4G. subject to the decision
Of the Republican convention.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-07-30
For the La nd's Sake.

York are for the most part very poor,
and are, until a few years after their
arrival. at least. unable to give any
profitable patronage TO the larger
stores. If fortune favors them and
they acquire means, they have learned
English in the meanwhile. and the
aid of 1talian-speaking statesmen is not
required. Many wealthy and well-to-
do Italians, also speak French as we'll
as their own language. Italians are
furthermore ~singularly adept at ac-
quiring English. After a brief resi-
dence in town the most unlettercd and
untutored Italian will have at least
a smattering of %colloquial English. and
be able to make himself understood
The same is true of the Russian Jews
who come TO the United States. and
after a brief residence are able to con-
verse volubly in English, or, at least
what serves as English.
The importance Of the Italian colony
in New York is at present one of num-
berS rather than of influence, but is
will probably not be many years until
the aptitude of the Italians for Americ-
an ways, as well as for the English
language, will make itself felt.-New
York Sun.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-07-30

the back of their heads. One of the
dangers of the wheel has been the
liability to meet injury from behind.
Now a bicycle mirror has been pat
cntcd which will enable the rider to
keep his eye on the road behind him.
This is really very important, for
there is danger from that quarter as
we'll as from in front of him, especial
ly fer the novice. A bicycle rider is
never safe from a runaway horse com
ing up behind him at a three-minute
gait.
1t is also claimed that the mirror
would be of advantage in a race. as
it would enable the leader to keep his
eve on the field. Racers, however, say
that they are so intent OIL forging
ahead that to glance in Il mirror and
take their eye off the rack would dis
tract their attention.
While it may not come into use on
the race track, it has advantages that
will certainly appeal to the average
rider, who feels nervous when a clat-
ter of hoofs behind an ap-
preaching vehicle. On the boulevards
the carriages with ruber tires ap-
proach noiselessly, and the horses
hoofs are distinctly heard on the dirt
roadway. With the mirror the rider
will be enabled, without glancing
around and thus running the danger
of a fall, to tell exactly what is coming
after him.
The inventor, X. +. Bucherer, of this
city, has the device fastened TO his
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-07-30

Fig. IA Simplified Photograph.
inderS are made of celluloid and NAV
be fixed upon a shaft set in motion by
an ordinary clock work that Is wound
up with a key. No. 2 of the accompa-
nying figure l shows us the clock-wOrk
movement and the adjusting cylinder.
Above there Is q fixed and vibrating
disk with rubber transmitters of a
style already well known. The trump
ct for loud-voice additions presents a
few interesting pecuiiaritieS. 1t Is
shown in section in No. 1 of Fig. l.
The vibrating disk is a sheet of mica
placed at the bottom. Upon this rests
externally a metallic rod bent into the
shape of a hook and held by a screw
placed in the interior of the trumpet.
This arrangement assures a certain
sensitiveness of the disk. The words
are not always very distinct, but the
airs of fiourishes are remarkable. We
have operated this interesting little
monograph on several occasions.
Without attaining the perfection of
details of the similar apparatus that
we have hitherto made known, it con-
stitutes a very simple and amusing
toy hat will be capable of captivating
ever grown people.
Fig. 2 shows another model of the
monograph still simpler than the first,
and which constitutes the plaything
that is now ready to be placed in the
hands of children. The mechanism is
the same as that described above. but
the clock-work movement is simplified
and is similar to that used in talking
dolls. At the side is the celluloid cyl
inder, which may be easily changed at
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-07-30

shocked remonStrance. But she hid
her laughing face.
Il am" said Daisey. land you're 60
in with me. She'll find it in the norm
ing. Come on
I'VE mustn't" Phoebe protested.
Eyes, we must. She was mean, you
know she was. She deserves it. It'll
do her good
Daisy prevailed, as usual, and the
girls set forth on their errand. Miss
Chipman's woodshed adjoined the
kitchen at the rear. Its door stood
open. and within they sew Il strange,
bright glare.
The girls rushed TO the spot. Some
thing doomed up blackly before them
IA tall figure standing on a barrel. A
frightened yell burst from the appari-
ton.
"Who'sh that, l shay?" a familiar
voice quayered, in shrill terror. The
fiery light shone on the red hair and
the pale, skewed face of Ozro Martin.
He stared at them: tehn, with Il
choked and stammering word, he
clasped his queer face in his lean
hands, jumped from the barrel and
loped off into the darkness.
A smell of Kerosene filled the shed,
and the Tafters had caught the blaze
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-07-30
CATALAN SPOKEN HER E.
New York Stores Not Anxious fo
Italian Patronage.

New York Stores Not Anxious for
Italian Patronage.
In those parts of town in which
the foreign-born population is largest,
signs in windows indicating the pres
nee indoors of statesmen or saIeswo-
men with linguistic accomplishments
are not rare in retail stores, and this
is especially the case along the chief
thoroughfares of the east or west side
of town. In the east side the sign
"Deutsch hier g~esprochen" is frequent.
Likewise, on the west side of town.
two signs are familiar, "Ici on parle
Francois" and "Aaui Sc habla Espa-
mol" for Spaniards, Mexicans. Cubans
and South Americans. But though the
Italian population of New York is very
much larger than either the French
speaking Oh Spanish speaking colony,
signs announcing that italian Is spOk-
en- within are rare. The reason for
this is to be found probably in the
fact that Italians are much more clan
nish than other nationalities in New
York. They buy by preference from
their w people; they trade with
their w compatriots. inc as Americ-
an retail dealers derive little benefit
frem the patronage of Italian purchas-
ers. they do not find it eXpedient to
secure, ever in the larger stores. sales
men familiar with the Italian tongue.
Moreover. Italian Is a language spok-
en- practically by Italians only. 1t is
nowhere a substitute for any other
language. whereas German is very
generally spoken by those coming from
Russia and Austria, as well as Ger
many. while French Is the language
of many of the Swiss and nearly all
of the Belgians in town. Still another
reason to account for it is this: The
Italian emigrants who come to New
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-07-30

of a burning mass of something which
Ozro Martin had been stufing in
among them. Run! get some water"
Phoebe cried, and while Daisy ran,
she mounted the barrel and tore at
the burning has 1t was a bundle
of rags, soaked with kerosene.
A few minutes later, Miss Chapman,
hearing peculiar noises at the back
of the house, dropped the paper she
was reading by her sitting-room fire,
took the lamp, and her pistol out of
the bureau drawer in her bedroom,
and marched out to the wood-shed.
If it was burglars Miss Chapman felt
equal to them.
She threw open the shed door. "For
the-land's-sake!" she uttered.
The Throop girls stood there to-
gether. Their hands and their faces
were strangely blackened: water drip
ped from their hair and from their
clothes. All around them lay a litter
of charred fragments. The air reeked
with the ordor of kerosene.
ut was Ozro Martin. He was try
ing to set your house are. We came
over for something-for something,
and we caught him doing it," said
Phoebe, facing Miss Chapman with a
tfeu1ulouS smile, she was nOlQlnS one
hand in a pail of water.
He'd got those old rags, and dip
ped them in your oil-can, and cram
med them up there among the beams
and set them atire," said Daisy.
Its all out" said Phoebe. reassur-
iGgly. For Miss Chapman had grown
very pale.
Every smitch." said Daisy. 81
brought water from the pump, and
we threw it on, and Phoebe pulled
the rags out. She's burned her hand"
"Never mind Phoebe murmured.
"Never mind?" said Miss Chapman.
Come in here."
In they went. Before they came
out the girls had confessed all about
the half apple and the note; the spin
ster, whose property they had saved,
had explained hat she had used her
own peck measure because through
some error in the making, it contained
more than a peck. Next, Mrs. Nose
ley and another caller wondered, how
Miss Chapman and them Throop girls
came to be so thick and lastly the
whole village wondered why it was
that 'stingy Miss Chapman was a
goin' to send them Throop girls to
the Bradley Normal school, they were
so anxious to attend. Mrs. Moseley
said this:
Il wouldn't have believed it. a spell
back. but now-Well. I don't know
as it's quite a miracle. but it's next
thing to it."-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-07-30

A counterpart to the story of the COL
legc professor who was driven almost
to a frenzy by the behav ier of his gal
vanOmeter while he was making some
tests. and who. on removing his hat,
in the rim Of which there ha opened to
be a strip of metal, found that the
needle swung true again, TO mis- inf
mite relief, has been met in California.
In the electrical department in the
girls high school in a suburb of San
Francisco tic professor in charge has
for some tine teen grievously per-
picked and disturbed. His delicate
testing instruments would play him
all of tricks, and experiments
which he had always made with the
certainty of a specific result would
turn out in n most ineXplicable way.
These curious phenomena were exhib-
tied only when certain of the students
approached the galvanometer. The
professor discovered that the disturb
ance was caused by the wearing of
corsets with ribs of steel. The instru-
ments were entirely unaffected by the
proximity of the students who wore
health waists ~ webbing braced with
WhaipbOnn, or other substitutes for
steel. The position was a delicate
one, and the professor became strate-
gle. He took counsel with two of the
women teachers. who lectured the
girls on hygiene and physical develop
ment, and warned them of the evils Of
corsets. But the real motive of the
new crusade leaked out, and many Of
the girls found plenty of excuses for
declining to make the sacrifice suggest
ed. Finally the professor was obliged
to issue a rule forbidding corsettcd
girls from entering the electrical labor
atory. and the governors Endorsed the
rule. Some of the girls, who thought
they could succeed in gaining admit
lance to the laboratory reckoned with
out the professor, and were promptly
turned back. At the entrance of the
department was placed a sensitive gal
yanometer. alongside of which the pro
fessor stands u~nobtrusively. On the
approach of a girl wearing steel-rib-
bed corsets the needle gyrates fran
/ tically. and the wearer is respectfully
but firmly reminded of the rule. 1t is
impossible to beat the game, and ex.
postulations are useless.
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THE TROOP GIRLS.

81 am wondering how the Throop
girls will get along with Miss Chip
man." said Mrs. Mosely to her GALLERY
She looked over at two houses across
the street, a large white one and a
little yellow one.
1.-THE Throops have just moved
here" she explained, "from Underhill.
There's just Phoebe and Daisy and
their father. I've got a sister in Tn
derhill, and she knows them. She
says they're good girls, and smart as
steel-traps. They've got ambition.
They want to so to the Normal School
at Bradley and get an education and
teach school.
At that moment the "Throop girls
were consulting over Miss Chipman's
meanness in declining to fill a peck
asu they had brought or some
apples with which to make a birds
nest pudding. Miss Chapman had not
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-07-30
Railway Ticket Machine.

The latest development of the nickel
in-the-slot idea is a machine that au-
tomatically sells railway and ferry
tickets. Its only drawback is that 1t
can not make change. Besides selling
the tickets. it saves the cos of printing
them. A blank roll of paper of the
width of the ordinary ticket is placed
on a bracket at the top of the ma
chine. and as the successive nicke,s
are dropped through the slot it is reel
cd off by a mechanism actuatcd by the
weight of the coin. The strip is chop
ped by a sharp knife into the required
lengths. and the ticket drops out forth
with. The automatic ticket seller
stand on a 4-fOot supporting pedestal.
The mechanism is contained in a cyl
indrical box of iron about a foot and
Il half high. The numbering of each
ticket affords a check on those who
have the collection of the cash. The
last number tells how many nickels
there should be in the money dra wer.
The inventor says he devised it to
save the large cost TO railroads of tic
ket sellers, but that he will not guar.
antee that it can not be successfully
beat" by counterfeit coins.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1896-07-30
Fax Straw as Fuel,

The manager of an electric light
works has adopted a practice which
may be of great service in districts
where coal is scarce. He is located
SO far from the nearest coal fields thai
transportation charges make the use
of coal prohibitive. Soft coal would
cost from $3.50 to $3.50 per ton. ac-
cording to quality; and wood ranges
from 50 per cord for soft wood to 81
for hard on the cars. With fuel at this
price he would be unable to carry on
his business at a profit. He has over
come the difficulty by resorting to fax
straw, WHICH he can buy in abund-
ance for 81 per ton. Two tons of
straw are equivalent to one of the
best coal, and it car be burned with
out any special arrangement for it.
The same furnace and boiler are in
service; but it has been found neces-
sary to construct sheet iron chutes with
f1aring approaches to the furnace
doors. BY keeping the chutes full of
straw. and gradually working it into
the furnace as it is consumed, the
necessity of constantly opening and
closing the furnace doors is avoided.
The fiber in the straw makes an in
tense heat. This fuel requires some
what close attention; but 1t lasts much
longer than might be expected from
its light and dry nature,