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Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-01-06

WHAT shall we give the Popu-
lists as their reward for helping us
out of a bad hole, is the question
Gov. Stevens will PROFOUND to the
Democratic hosts assembled at jeff.
City to catch the pickings, and a
mighty roar from the faithful will
answer: "Nitr'
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-01-06
FUNNY CLERGYMEM
Some OF the Queer Habits Many Of II
Get into.

Some Of the Queer Habits Many Of Then
Get Into.
''The Lord is in His holy temple; VIII
the sexton please shut the doorT !
There is an Episcopal minister IN
town who entertains his congregatiod
with such running commepts on what
l.asses before him while he reads It'd
aervtce. As he rarely changes bis tond
his people are constantly pursuine him
With perplexed glances through th4
prayer book. Occasionally the connect
ton between things mundane and spin,
itual are so closely made that they oco>.
zion embarrassment, as when in tho
midst of q peroration about the scatt
let woman he called to . Svell-known
pewholder to move over and give The
lady seat.
When preaching, this minister kept.
enc hand or the other 1ingling coiul
and keys in his pocket, 30 as to be plain.
ly heard throughout the church. These
apparently he provides for the purpoaA,
for one Sunday, by some mischance, ono
pocket being empty, he stopped delib-
erately, emptied his pockets like boy,
and divided the conteats between the
two, after which he proceeded smooth.
~ and cheerfully through his sermon,
It was another clergyman, who, teel
ing the moral necessity Of having
money in His pockets, borrowed five
dollars Of member Of the congrega.
ton in the vestibule, which immediate.
" after the service he paid back. An
empty purse, he confessed, took away
oil his self-confdence.
These idiosyncrasies endear clergy.
men to their congregations, who relate
them as do parents the antics OF spoiled
children.
There is another New York clergy.
man who is always late at church. He
comes up the aisle swinging his hat:
then tossing it on the pulpit sofa, says:
LET US pray" before the hat has land.
ed. When he has pronounced the bene'
diction, by the time the "Amen" has
reached the back seats he is OF.
This same man breaches from little
scraps Of paper, which, as he uses them.
he drops on the floor. By the time he
shoe deep in manuscript. While the
congregation Is singing he is scurry.
ing around on the floor gathering up the
scraps. When he prays he keeps hil
eyes open. tracing out the cornice OF
| the church.
Those familiar with DR.. Richard
storrs will recall how be always
preached to the top right hand corner Of
bis church, mourning over it's sins and
urging it to repent. While bis wonder
full descriptive powers would send bis
congregation from the church - i un'
der a spell, he would himself hasten
to get hold Of some member by thl
arm. and tell funny stories by the yard
N. Y. journal.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-01-06

''WHEKE is the prosperity" So
shrek our business men who do
rot advertise. la '11eo who adver
-iza = l..4 .5r-&%zL 4-r--- l>
cccealon .J ask nc c.,.1..-.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-01-06

~ &-- = .J---L-~- t---si=. -- - th'''
imperial Missouri has no other re-
sort than to send a frazzled out
old Vest, hanging on an ex-Con-
federate record, to the United
States Senate.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-01-06
( .5aan Is insecure undel

any political conditions.
There is no occasion for alarm
on account of these few failures,
which would have befallen even
had the silverites carried the late
election on their pet theory. Be-
cause a few banks have fallen of
their own rottenness, the carping
critics of the gold standard make it
an excuse to rise up and condemn
the whole financial system Of the
Government from a political stand
point. Nevertheless, the banking
institutions of the country are safe
when properly managed, and there
is not the slightest danger that a
continuation of our present finan-
cial system will. cause a general
bank suspension.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-01-06
NOTICE..

AS desire to retire from the saloon
business, would be pleased to have
all parties who are indebted to me on
account to call and settle same at an
early date as possible.
PERRY Bass.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-01-06
FOR RENT.

Store building and store fixtures at
Richwoods, Mo. Good business loca.
lion; post office in building. Apply
II. FLYNN & Co, Richwoods, Mo.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-01-06

Business men should lay in supply
Of stationery, for the new year.. AL
kinds Of commercial printing done at
the JOURNAL Office.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-01-06
Two months more and it will
be President Mckinley, and Grover
will pass out of the clover patch.

THE grand army of Missouri
colonels has already invaded JET
ferson City to get the spoiIs Of the
Bourbon victory.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-01-06
Famine Bread.

In times Of famine bread has been
baked from wood bran and husks Of
corn. The woodbzead is made by select
ing the sawdust of the least resinous
wood-the breech. for example-and
washing it with water to remove any
soluble matter. It is then dried in an
oven and reduced to fine powder. With
the addition Of a little -four, some yeaat
and water, it forms doughwhich. when
baked, constitutes bread resembling in
appearance and taste our ordinary
brown bread.-Chicago Inter Ocean,,
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-01-06

nection whatever with these fail
ures. The leading causes of these
bank suspensions are the injudi-
cious, and in one or two cases inn
proper, use of the banks funds by
the officials: and the involving of
one bank having the tendency to
drag other banks down in its own
wreck. Wherever the funds of
depositors are safely invested the
bank stands upon firm base from
it cannot be shaken by political
.ha1ec~; bus when deposits are
-.-.- ~ -- ting rrecariOus spec
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-01-06
Noon Mountains,


The mountains of the moon are i'm.
mensely large in proportion than those
Of the earth. The moon is but one
forty ninth the size Of the earth, but
its mountain peaks are nearly as high.
Twenty two are higher than Mount
Blanc, which is within . few feet o1
three miles high. Tho highest Is a" lit
tie more than four miles and q half
St. Louis Republic.
A Safe Man.
A gentleman standing on the bank o1
Q river called out in loud voices "Hat
loa, there! which Of You fellows car
owim?'
All the boatmen at once crowded
round him, exclaiming: II can, sir,
/ can" Only one stood apart from
the rest. To him the gentleman said:
"You, there, can't you swim?"
mo, SIR"
every good; thea ferry me across>'
-TitBits.
The age-herald., 1897-11-16
Golden Hair Barred.

The other night several ladies and gen. tlemen were not allowed to take supper at a popular Broadway restaurant in New York. because one of the ladies had golden hair. The restaurant proprie- tor frankly admitted to newspaper man that this was this reason. He said that the lady's hair was of such a con- spicuous shade of yellow that it would attract too much attention.
 11he victim is Mrs. Louise Hepner the wife of Chicago business man. At the time referred to her husband was with her. She is an actress, but is said to be thoroughly respectable and ladylike The affair has created much talk and Mrs. Hepner has sued the restaurant for $25,00O damages
 Matters have reached bad pass when the color of a woman's hair is regarded as a certificate of good moral character or the opposite. Women with ultra blond hair will take warning.
The age-herald., 1897-11-16
Prosecuting a Humorist.

Recently the. newspapers published statement to the effect that Mark Twain had succeeded. by hard work, in pay ing his creditors, and was now In com- fortable circumstances
 Twain has been heard from and he denies the story. He is still in debt, and was hoping that his new book would help him out, but It's sales have fallen off since the publication of his good fortune, which was an invention of an enemy who has persecuted him for the palst twenty years by starting false re- ports which have done him great dam- age.
 It is not explained why &his person pursues the humorist so relentlessly. Joel Chandler Harms had similar ex- perience for years. only the element of
The age-herald., 1897-11-16
victoria's Daughter.

The Princess Louise of Lorne, al- though surrounded by a crowd of young cousins and nieces at the English jlibi- lee festivities, shone as one of the queens of beauty whenever she appeared 1t was weIl-nigh impossible to believe that six and twenty years have sped by since this almost girlish looking princess was married to the Scotch marquis.
 Those who remember seeing the newly welded pair as they left Windsor Cas- tie under a shower of rice white satin shoes and the new broom that John Brown, in highland fashion, threw after them, rub their eyes in astonishment whenever they meet the princess whot like the sleeping beauty, scarcely changes as the years go by. To a bright and sweet disposition and an unfaiiing industry may so youthful an appear ance be attributed. The marquis and marchioness live happily together in the old palace of Kensington. Of the country both are very fond, and at one time wers fortunate in the possession of a pretty cottage near Tunbrldge Wells. Lord Ronald Gower wrote, 'FTlhe princess is much attached to the place and it is pleasant to see the busy Ger man housewife strongly developed in her; she bustles about all day, looking after and experimenting all the domes- tic arrangements, carving at meals and generally making herself useful" Be- sides being useful the princess knows how to be ornamental. No professional house-ds oorator can arrange room more deftly than she. and her leisure hours are given over entirely to the pursuit of ant. How well she models and paints in oil and water colors every one knows. The queen is very proud of her daughters attainments, and it grat- flied her much that many of the mono- grams, devices and illuminated scrolls which adorned Kensington on the occa- sion of the jubilee visit were the work of the princess own hands.
The age-herald., 1897-11-16
Federal Judges Disagree.

According to United States Judge Jen- kins, of Illinois, and Judge Cox. of the District of Columbia, subordinate em- ploye under civTl service rules may be removed or transferred to another de- pertinent by his superior.
 Judge Jackson of West Virginia, is right the opposite. He holds that under ctvil service & superior cannot remove sub- ordinate. or transfer him to another de- pertinent with harder work and a lower salary. He says that an employe treat- ed in that manner may obtain adequate relief in a court of equity.
 Now, with these different decisions, t1ow Seces the matter stand? It is to be hoped that the supreme court win soon settle the question. At present a civil service employe has plenty of rights on paper and very few in fact. ,-f
The age-herald., 1897-11-16
Manly But ImpoIitic.

Grover Cleveland is man of firmness and courage. Such men are always say- ing impolitfc things, and the ex-president ftas just broken all of his previous rec ords, and they were numerous enough.
 Recently the Presibyterians have given MT. Cleveland and pr. Shields 'HaA Columbia" because they signed petit tion for the liquor license of the Prince ton Inn. The Chicag g'o Times Herald, the other day, asked MT. Cleveland if he had anyl5hing Lo say on the subject, and he telegraphed the folio wing response:
 q don't care if all the synods and presbylterieS in the country were to offer an adverse decision, it would be no good reason why I should alter my opinions. am very sorry tt,at Dr. Shields tlfas been bbthered over this matter, as he is an old and very dear friend of mine. Otherwise, the action of the presbytery does not affect me in the least When I signed the petition for the Nquor license of ',he Princeton Inn, in no sense conn., mitted wrong, and 9f the same proposi- tlfon came up for my cOnsfde ration again Il would do the same thlng.'
 MT. ClevefanSd's position Is right from political point of view, but from a figh moral and religious one there may be @ question of douItl.. He has vind1cated his alctGon as free citiaen in a matter tor which he is responsible to his God. but he has expressed talmsef in man ner which is needlessty offensive to many good people. He Is a Presbyterian him. self. and it does not sound we'll for him to say that all the synods and pressby- teries in the country cannot alter his opinion. This is equivalent to saying his judgment is infalMble in regard to a moral question, and that the overwheim- ing ma jority of hls church must be in the wrong when it holds a different view.
The age-herald., 1897-11-16
Lucky Atlanta.

JAS there are lucky and unlucky men, so there are lucky and unluclky cities. Atlanta has again demonstrated the fact that she is one of the ucky ones In Sundays Constitution there is a long editorial claiming that her recent ex- perience with the refugees from the gulf coast makes it plain that the climate and altitude of Atlanta exempt that city from the conditions under which yellow fever is propagated.
 pr. James F. Alexander, the president of the Atlanta board of health. has al- wsSs held this position, and he is a very experienced physician. Undoubtedly the Constitution has pretty good foun- datdon for its editorial, and Atlanta is to be congratulated upon her escape from this and dther epidemics. But there are reputable medical men in the south, and even dn Atlanta, who have recently said over their signatures that they be- heve certain conditions to be possible
The age-herald., 1897-11-16
THE TOMJoNES isSJE.
Governor Johnston and His Quarantine ReguIa-
 tions.
Frocn the Eufau1a Times.

From the Eufaula Times.
 Commenting on a paragraph in the Times, the Montgomery Advertiser ex- pends several inches of valuable space. The Advertiser says the greater the dan ger in Montgomery, the greater the gov ernors duty to remain there. This is not a good argument. Gov. Johnston is no yellow fever nurlse He never proposed to be. He was not elected on platform calling flor a ffnst-rate nurse. The fel- lows who groomed the cap, ain for gov ernor never set up that he would make faithful nurse in an epidemic. He knows nothing of yellow fewer. He would prob ably during the campaign have acaSnowa- edged that he WAS totally deficient in clements going to make up a good nurse. He wanted to be governor, and his fol- lowers believed he was ihe man to name They named him with all his deficiencies as a possible nusse. The duties of a nurse are entirely different from the duties of a governor. lit flas not been heretofore considered necessary Ho inquire of such a candidate Ef he could take tenn perature change linen and seiwe nourish- ment to fever patients Tn the next canl- padgn these accomplishments will doubt- 
 ernor is a. modest man. If these requi- sites had been named to him before his nomination he would doubtless have agreed that the convention should go elsewhere for a nurse. He, was innocent of lthe requirement., and now, no doubtt. is distressed to death at his own de- ficiencies.
 what Gov Winston did and what Gov. r 1 ta rirc1lu1N<ts3 froeS. we confess we do not know and do not care. What Houston said he would do df the fever came along is a matter of no concern ito the Times. They may have been good nurses, we do not know, and they may have remained at Montgomery or ran away. We do not know and do not care.
 The Times does profess to know that a governor, as a governor and not a nurse, can be of more service Ito the state in the position Ito which are was elected in any oL her place than in one in which an epidemic of yellow fever exists. Fifty men can and will go Iao see him at Birmingham where one could have seen him in Montgomery.
 The Advertiser is simply enaking peo- ple laugh at it, and, in its own interest. should quit it. Johnston can make fifty or a hundred or two hundred blunderS such as this one and then carry. in fihe primaries, sdxty-ffve of tine sixty-six counties in luhe eitalte. We commend Ed ftor Watterson's course to Edbtors Screw WIS and Glass Editor WaEterson gave up the fight after the eledtion. He said in a much quoted editorial that he would be wdlhng thereafter to 'trot along behind the democratic wagon and not attempt to lead the procession He gave up being a leader, he said. The fortunes of war are against the Advertiser, and its fight on Johnston is making him no eneplies. We can assure the Advertiser that this statement is true
The age-herald., 1897-11-16
The Riuht Talk.

The Memphis Commercial Appeal wants to know why we should continue to have yellow fever on the American continent. and then it goes on to say:
 '"The answer to this may seem to be that we can't help it; but as a matter of faot We can. Why should Europe be entirely exempt from the disease? There was a time when it was not ex- empt; but since the plague of Lisbon ], in 1857 there has been no such disease as yellow fever known to Europe. Science and civilization have driven it out; and they have accomplished this feat by sanitation and sanitary engl- neerng."
 The Louisville Courier-Journal heartily dndorses this view. and remarks:
 Science and sanitation not only ought to drive yellow fever out of the United States, but 1t ought to drive out all other of the Digger Indians, and yet we are dying by the thousands all the time from dirt. The unpardonable sin of civiliza- tion is its daily death rate from dire.
 True, every word of it. Sensible san itation, national quarantine and the thorough cleaning up of Cuba would for ever banish Yellow Jack from the shores of this country.
The age-herald., 1897-11-16

uater which tte 1ever would spread in that city
 With such conflicting opinions. t is the part of wisdom ard conservatism to act prudently wherever the public health is menaced. It is to be hoped that this region will never again be visited by Yellow Jack, and that Atlanta will be tempted to take no further risks. The Constitution scene to be deeply grieved over the intimations that Atlanta was moved by the spirit of greed when she opened her gates It very naturally re- sents this charge, and it is only simple justice to say that human nature Is very much the same everywhere. and. if AL 1anta looks out for the rolling dollar, the same may be said of many other places.
The age-herald., 1897-11-16
FLOWERS OF SLEEP.

Very ancient is the history of the pop py. It's name is entwdn5d with that of tine lotus of Egypt and the thyme of Greece. It was cne of the flowers the ancients dedicated to Venus. The Shirley peoples in our gardens are descendants of the wild red poppy of Europe. often called the corn rose, about which Burns and Tennyson have wdtttem.
 However, these garden peoples have changed with the years Some are pure white, others are bordeqed and sp,ashed with the red or are a dainty pink. There Is the oriental poppy. which has sbems four feet high and whose flowers are of ten seven inches across, of a daIsk and splendid scarlet. with black spots at the
The age-herald., 1897-11-16
Mister Thomas G. Jones.

Ex-Gov. Thomas G. Jones displays | more vanity than was expected when he | allows complaint to be made about his l being called Mister" in The AgeIHer- ald. instead of using the military title, which he won during the war. nf ex- Gov. Jones does nuc know that the high est title conferred upon a gentleman is that of Mister" this is a good time to learn it.
 He has perhaps forgotten that the late Carter Harrison, twice cnayor of Chi
 eago, nade it a rule that his friends should never call him anything but Mister" MT. Harrison served with dis tinction in congress and held other inn portant offices. Does he not remember
 that Samuel J. Tilden, one of the most
 distinguished men in American history. once governor of New York, and candi- date for the presidency in 1876 insisted that all his friends should address him as plain '.AIfsrer' Samuel J. Tilden? Does he not also know that James Buchanan, who retired from the presidency of the United States on March 4, 1861, after re- turning to his home at Lancaster, Pa, made speech to his fellow citizens, in which he said he warGed to be known among his neighbors as Mister Buch- anan," and not "ex-President Buch- anan?'
 The Age-HeTald has conferred upon ex-Gov. Jones the highest title worn by a gentleman, that of Mister" Military titles in these days count for little. Thousands of people born since the war are wearing military titles to which they are not entitled. In some parts of the country, as humiliating as it may seem. even negroes are given military titles. The Age-Herald would not detract from the high position occupied by ex-Gov. Thomas G. Jones. Tt has always pre- ferred to designate him with the highest consideration, and for that reason it has elected to call him Mister Jones.
The age-herald., 1897-11-16
Concerning Demagogues.
lar gas

From time to time The Age Herald has sounded a note of warming about the demagogues who stir up discontent and strife among their own people in order ito ride into an office, and it heartily en- dorses the following from the Whining ton (N. O Messenger:
 They seek to infiame the public mind and to stir up strife and animosity be- tween neighbors. To consummate their own selfish, greedy plans they are indif- ferent to public calamity and are ready for any plot or plan that will continue them in public office and give them personal following. The political prin- clples of demagogues can be shed as stituted may be of any color necessary to harmonize with new surroundings They are political acrobats at one time and political chameleons at another time. It is as absurd to call their self seeking public policy and genuine prin- cipal as to call foul water pure or rotten eggs sound.
 No greater curse can befall a young and growing country than to have a crowd of demagogues an control of af- fairs. Just at this time every commu- nifty in the south needs men of sound judgment and integrity on deok. / Send the selfish and scheming pofti- clans to the rear. One new factory Is worth a thousand such fellows. While the people are taking care of their po- litical interests, it is we'll to have an eye to business also.