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Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1900-10-24

The Democrats here are indus
triopsly circulating report that
Mr.. Chas. B. Parsons, of Bonne
Terre, superintendent of the St.
Joe Lead Co., and 5 lifelong Re-
publican, was supporting Dock
cry for Governor on the grounds
that he did not believe Joe Fl0ry
competent to fill the Office. A let
ter of inquiry was sent to Bonne
Tsrre to get at the truth of the
matter, and the reply comes back
that the report is a campaign lie
and that Mr.. Parsons is and has
always been an earnest supporter
Of Mr.. Flory's candidacy.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1900-10-24
Mlssourt's Credit.

Whenever an attempt is made to
investigate ,the financial manage
medt Of the state a shrill Demo
cratic cry is raised that a conspiracy
is on foot to injure the credit of
Missouri. Although the testimony
printed is from official recol ls, the
same howl is heard all along Tho
ringster lines. 1t makes no Aif,
ference where the examination ssii-
begun orhow carefully and iplmr,
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1900-10-24

The Republic has finally come
to announce that the school fund
certificates Of Indebtedness are the
same as state bonds, and that the
10 cent tax for state interest pdr-
poses is sufficient to take care of
tie 6nal payment Of the cis;ftih-
Gates. This corroboratss: just what
tho Republicans have always main-
tained-and the Democrats have
Just a. strenuously denied-that
tho school fund, in its present
shape, is part Of the state debt.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1900-10-24

The attack upon Oh the editor Of
the Journal by the Independent
was undoubtedly instigated by that
Democratic Macchiavelli who rules
in the court house. However,
turn about is fair play, and the
full history of u Certain partition
suit will mako interesting reading
two years hence.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1900-10-24

II the school fund has been used
TO cancel state bonds, what in the,
name df common sense are the tax
payers required to put up quarter
of a million dollar every year to
pay interest on the cancelled in
'debtedness for!
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1900-10-24

The Republicans of Washington
County are entering in harmony
With their county ticket and the
prospects are daily growing bright
ar.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1900-10-24

For Representative,
GEO. E. HRECKENRIDGE.
For County Judge-1st district.
JULES f. BOYER.
Fof County Judge-2d District.
+. E..COLE.
For Prosecuting. Attorney,
N. e. RHODES.
For Treasurer,
f. u. DEGGENDORF.
For Sheriff,
GEO. F. PATTERSON.
For Collector,
p. e. DOUGHERTY.
For Assessor,
J. f. WILLIAMS.
For Surveyor,
Fl. HAWKINS.
For Coroner,
CHARLES WILLIAMS.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1900-10-24

Web Davis f1op to the Bryan
ties is now fully explained, he was
paid s125,OOO by the Transvaal
government TO start a pro-Boer
movement in the United States.
When Web found the Republicans
unwilling to help him make a
pressnso at earning his money he
'turned to the Bryahites.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1900-10-24
Blood.

We live by our blood, and on
it. We thrive OF starve, as
our blood is l-i>.a c. ooor:
There IS ne II. ~lse to live
On OF By.
Y Wren strength j. full and
spir-ts h ;, Nt age ICING re.
fresilv,., bora muscle aad brain,
in body and r>:ad, with con.
tinual flow of t.4ll blood.
This is health.
When weak, in low spirits
no cheer, no spring, when rest
is not rest and sleep is not
Sleep we are starved our blood
is poor: there is little nutri.
ment in it.
Back of the blood, is food,
to keep the blood rich. When
it fails, take SCOTS Emulsion
of Cod Liver Oil. 1t sets the
whole body going again-man
woman and child.
If YOU have not tried it. send for free sample,
its agreeable taste viii surprise You.
SCOTT s. BOVINE. Chemists
so94Is Pearl Street, New York.
SOC. and 81 to; all druggists.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1900-10-24

goes up from the Jefferson Cit,
ring. to be echoed by its servitors
and newspapers in every county:
'You are trying to destroy the
credit of Missouri" The select
political circle at the state capt.
tai that hands aloag the Offices
within its own exclusive ranks
from generation 10 generation
claims to be Missouri, and when a
light is turned upon their accounts
they fiercely resent it and assert
! that somebody is trying to stab the
commonwealth This ridiculous
humbsag and idiotie p<etention is
played out. The people of Mis-
souri, have an unquestionable right
to run this state, and, though they
have waived it for many years,
under tie trickery of ringsters Gu
pable of writing the present Dem
ocratic state platform and calling
it truth, there has been no lapse
of the functions of popular govern
ment and judgment.
1t has become the rule at the
state capital that no one must see
the books except the innermost
members of the ring. At last
years session of the Legislature
a resolution was offered in tho
House calling upon the State
Treasurer and State Auditor to |
furnish statements giving the con-
dition of the various treasury funds. |
Though there is a constitutional
claim to the information, the Dem
ocratic majority in the House ia
bled the resolution, and doubtless
felt that they were foiling a fresh |
plot to injure the credit of Mis-
souri,. The people are now look
ing into the status of what is Of
ficinllv called a school fund. 1t
amounts, according to Auditor
Seibert, to $4,3ss, 1882. Near
ly all was derived from outside
sources, and chiefly from the
Uni,ed States through the cession
of lands and a war indemnity.
Some came frOn1 individual gifts.
All originally was cash. Thirty
yesrs ago the fund was invested in
government bonds. Then the
Democratic party came into power
and sold the government bonds,
putting state bonds in their place.
They have, as they state, cancelled
tha state bonds; and they have put
in their place nondescript ''certi-
ficates Of Indebtedness" which
could not be sold for cash and on
which the taxpayers meet the en-
tire annual interest charge, chiefly
at 6 per cent, and in no case less
than 5 per cent. +.
The people of Missouri are de-
termined to know what these sscer.
ti6cates Of Indebtedness are and
how the interests of the school
fund and of citizens interested IN
the schmls, which is the whole
population, are affected by them.
No sooner is the'probe introduced
than the familiar clamor is started
that the credit of Missouri is .again
ws,h,only'ssssiled and will suffer
to the '6xtent Of smiilions. The
credit of Missouri can he irsR;s,tain-
ed and advanced by honest, truth
ful government. when the plat
form of the dominent party in
this state is fca,nd to ignore one
item If debt a,nA,nfing to Il ,3OO,-
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1900-10-24
Our Reply.

VI all the candldateS on the he
publican county ticket the editor
of the Journal has been singled out
by the Democratic organ on the
hill for a personal attack: We
have anticipated this ever since we
were nominated and have wonder
ed that it was withheld Until now.
Ordinarily professional courtesy
would demand at least a decent neu-
trality on the part Of our opponent,
but perhaps he does not know the
meaning Of the words, courtesy
and 'decency. We have, through
out this cahpRign refrained from
carrying on personal fight against
the candidates ON the opposition
ticket, and intend to continue this
policy to the end of the campaign.
We have all along treated our op-
ponent in fair and gentlemanly ly
manner, for it is only by such
means that we would care to be
elected to: the Office for which we
are u candidate.
As to our record while laborin g
as a journeyman printer in ST.
Louis we have no apologies to Of
fer. We entered a non-union 'es-
tablisbment, first to complete an
apprenticeship, and afterwards
continuing as full hand. During
all the years we worked at the case
we enjoyed the friendship and es-
TEEN Of 'inaby Of the strongest
union printers in the city.
That We we're ''expelled'' from
Typographical Union, No. =, Car
scarcely be true, as we were
never, at any time, an obligated
member Of the order. In June
1894, we fled an application fol
admission into the union, but be-
fore the application was passed up
on we had left the city, and a few
weeks later had established th'
Journal Ii tPotosi, thus becoming
an employer instead of being
jonrneyman. As we never ap
ffexred before the union to sig'
fthe roll and obligatory rules, ou
name was undoubtedly droppe.
from the list of applicants.
That we are a friend of labor is
We think, practically demonstrate,
by the fact that men who work il
the Journal Office are paid abon
double what the printer in the In
dependent Office receives, and W
work them only about half as man,
hours 4 day. We believe pdbli
opinion will bear US out in the CLAIM
that We have Always maintained
REPUTATION for veracity, whic|
fis 'lh0re than the editor of the In
dependent can lay claim to.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1900-10-24

Seven constitutional amendents
will be voted on in Missouri at the
forthcoming elections, viz:
First. To repeal section IL Of
article 9 of the constitution, and
substitute the following: ''No
person shall be prosecuted crimi.
nally 'for felony or misdemeancl
otherwise than BY indictment or IN.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1900-10-24

Tn to date not one of the Demo
cratic explainers appears to have
made q truthful statement as to
what wns done with the cash taken
from the school fhnd.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1900-10-24

600, and bearing $3.50, 900 interest
and a boast made over
debt reduction that is inaccurate
by millions, the credit of Missouri
is endangered by the phenomenal
lies of the party in control and, on
the other hand, protected by the
purpose to expose the falsehoods.
Democrat.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1900-10-24

FIRE INSURANCE.
I am agent for the Orieot Fire In
surance Co.; Of Hartford, .Oooo., and
respecoly .s6licit yorr pacseaaose in this
hne. w. T. HUNTER, Rosoai, Mo.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1900-10-24
Republican National
Ticket.
For President,
WILLIAM MCKINLEY
For Vice -President.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
REPUBLICAN, STATE TICKET.

For Governor.
JOSEPH ELORY.
For Lieutenant Governor,
T. F. ALLEN.
For Secretary Of State,
W. L. PORTERFIELD:
For State Treasurer,
w. s. FL LEMIN0.
For State Auditor,
w. F. BLOEBAUM.
For AttorneY-General.
SAMUEL +. OFALLON..
For Railrood and Warehouse Commis-
siOner,
&C. GROUSE.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1900-10-24

Potosi Meat Market,
6. e AIcQtt Proprietor.
Keeps the best Fresh and
Cured Meats, Lard and Sau-
sage and Packing House Pro-
ducts.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1900-10-24

For Congress,
JOHN II. REPPY.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-05
" OF COAL.
Wonderful Power stored Up in Natures
subterranean YueL.


Let us take q pound OF what we will
call average coal, containing, say, TO-
900 heat units. This would be some
what smaller in size than a mans fist.
A pound OF this coal IL expended In
mechanical work, would give us 236
horse power. Imagine at the time OF
the Pharaoh's two long lines OF men,
extending over half a mile, all pulling
steadily, at the command Of the task
master, at a great rope. to raise some
huge obellsk, and as you see them
sweating. Juggling and straining, think
again of this small lump OF coal In
which nature has placed an equal
amount Of power. In some countries
men who have been specially trained
as porters, to carry heavy loads on
their backs, will, as a full days work,
carry a total Of from $50 to GOO pounds
a distance OF n mile. And yet
each has expended but one-third OF the
power stored up in this pound Of coal.
An exceptionally strong man has been
known to do one-half horsepower OF
work as his mightiest effort, but In
two and a half minutes. work at this
rate exhausts his muscular force. Let
us suppose 100 such men putting forth
such extreme effort at rope, or crank.
or crowbar: as they fall back, red
faced and putting, to catch their
breaths, we might imagine this little
black lump saying to them: Il can
do as much as your whole company.
and then can stand II for fully two
minutes longer before l am exhaust
ed" Let us now turn to another
portion OF the human race. From the
earliest times spinning has been a
much-prized accomplishment Of the
fair sex. We need look back only to
our own grandmothers. We can pic
ture them. from their own stories, told
us when we were children, as rosy
checked damsels sitting around the
open fireplace and spinning from early
candlelight till bedtime, let us say
possibly two hours. Let us then con-
slider for a moment the thousands OF
spindles rafting and whirling In a
modern cotton factory, impelled by the
power locked up in coal. One pound
OF this coal carries the potential en-
ergy to do the work Of 5000 such
spinsters. In saving wood, a man may
work at the rate of about sixty strokes
o minute, and consider himself a top
sawyer and his saw blade may have
progressed Ave feet a minute: but 9
circular saw, driven by machinery
may be put through seventy times a
much wood. And yet this n little
pound OF coal contains power enough
for $50 such saws.-E. ID. Meier. IL
Casters Magazine.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-05
DRIED LIZARD Tea
4 MEDICINAL DRINK MADE FOR
CHINESE ONLY.
Lizards Cut Open In China. Dried, and
Sent to the United states to Make
tho Cup That Ches--Drisd Lizards
Dutisble.

The devious wanderings OF the acute
Chinese mind and the queer shape
which Oriental logic takes were well
illustrated in a recent decision Of the
United States general appraisers in
New York. The question was whether
dried lizards, from which the Chinese
make a medicinal drink-for them-
selves only, thank heaven-come in the
same tariff category as frogs, whose
legs are eaten as food. II the answer
were yes the stuff for the Chinese con-
coction. according to Chinese logic,
ought TO come into America at a lower
rate Of duty. The Collector Of Gus
toms in San Francisco took the mega
tive end OF the argument. whereupon
a Chinese firm Of importers appealed,
with the result that the decision of the
collector was affirmed.
In China the lizards are cut open,
stretched on bamboo sticks and dried.
the United States to make the cup that
cheers and cures the Chinaman in this
country. The appraiser in San Fran
cisco returned the stuff as a medicinal
preparation not otherwise provided
for, and assessed 1t at the rate Of %
per CEN ad valorem. Then the i'm
porters kicked" They represented
that the merchandise is not a prepared
medicine, but is merely dried lizard
and should be taxed at 10 per cent ad
valorem as an unenumerated, unman'
u%factured article.
The Chinese members Of the import
ing firm delved deep into the mysteries
Of the American tariff. They restet
their claim upon a Treasury decision
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-05
OLD Roy BEAM, JUSTICE TIE Hn PEACE

an accomplished bartender had filled a
large beer glass with pure alcohol and
then he reversed the Terror as II he
had beer handling a toy. Now, look
here, stranger" said Mr.. Bean, in ten
der but deceptive tones, you have
been finding fault with the quality OF
my whisky and you have seen proper
to satisfy your fastidious taste. to order
a peculiar drink which | have taken
the trouble to prepare for you" The
Terror turned his white face toward
the bar. and when he saw a tarantula
and a vinegar room floating about In
a tumbler OF alcohol he uttered a groan
OF distress and his knees began to
tremble. There Is the peculiar drink
and the trimmings that you ordered,
young man. and my name Is Roy
Beam said the old man, as he pushed
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-05
HEAT AND MOISTURE.
Interesting Experiments Recently Made
ON Fabrics In England.

At a recent meeting OF the Philo-
sophical society in Cambridge, Eng
land, experiments upon the rise of tenn
perature Of fabrics when moistened
were described by DR.. l.. Cobbett. DR..
Cobbett showed that II expired air Is
breathed through several layers OF
dried filtered paper wrapped round the
bulb OF a thermometer a temperature
of ten degrees centigrade or more
above that of the body may be regis
tered CDR. D%udgeon's experiment., ana
that IL q roll of flannel thoroughly
dried, be warmed to ninety-six degrees
c%entigrade and put into saturated
steam of 100 degrees c%entigrade the
temperature within the roll may rise
thirty degrees centigrade or more
above that OF the steam CDr. Parsons
EXPERIMENT. DR.. Goblet concluded
that such substances when quite dry
have the property of uniting with wa
ter and of generating heat In the proc
ess, and this without becoming damp
in the ordinary sense OF the word, and
maintained that the source OF this
heat is not alone the latent heat Of the
vapor condensed, because a rise OF
temperature takes place when dried
filter paper is wetted with water at the
same temperature, but he must include
also either the latent heat OF water
converted into the solid state-as Sir
w. Roberts has suggested in discuss
ing DR.. Dudgeon's experiment-or else
the energy set free in a chemical COM
bination between the material and the
water.-Nature.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-05

inal statutes of Texas" said Roy Bean,
land | find that there is plenty OF law
to punish one white man for killing an
other, but there is no law to punish
a citizen of Texas for shooting u
Chinaman."
Roy Bean was not at all a bad man.
He was as brave as a lion and liberal
to a fault. He was the right man In
the right place. From San Antonio
to Los Angeles he was known as the
tanner of the long-haired Wild Bills
and all other desperadoes. No task
pleased him better than one that af-
forded him an opportunity to make
a staggering, Boosting bully wilt and
take a seat in the background.
One day one of these gentry from
Arizona strolled into his place bent on
having some recreation. IL have been
spending a few weeks in San Antonio"
he said, 'and my shooting irons were
getting rusty" After taking a few
drinks at the bar he began to berate
the mild and feeble qualities Of the
liquids offered for sale in the infant
city. Give me a little ~tarantula Juice
with a real Vinegar Room floating
around in it," shouted this Arizona
terror.
"All right" calmly replied the old
man behind the bar. Il think we can
accommodate you, but you will have
to wait a few moments"
We'll get up the beverage," roared
the terror. and I'll amuse myself dur
ing the delay by dropping a few bull
lets around promiscuously among the
lamps and bottles and SIGH things"
LAS you please suavely replied the
old man. II like to see a stranger en-.
Joy himself"
; The terror glanced at the polite bar
; keeper rather suspiciously, but h,
ing to old Roy Bean.
= Fairly choking with suppressed mer
riment, old Roy went out on the plain
: only a few steps from his saloon an,
l after turning over two or three rock
he got n big ~tarantula and a monste
e vinegar room. After MASKING tn
heads Of the poisonous reptiles, he re
'uTueu 10 tue Ddl-Ioohi' entering III
Il door Just as the Terror with a viii
h Comanche yell began to rain lea
Z among the bottles and glasses. As III
patrons OF the house started throug
Ie the doors and windows in confuslo,
old Roy shouted, Keep your seat
n gentlemen. This infant cyclone wi
be OF short duration" The next II
10 ptant tina 1'arrnr fnupH himsalf ctan,
of ing on his head and his weapons We
te falling upon the floor. Mr., Bean he
A. the amazed man in that position unit
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-05

in which the goods in that case we're
frogs intended for food, though there
was no contention that they were for
any other purpose, and the sole ques-
ton was whether they were dutiable
as prepared meats or as dead frogs.
The statement of the lizard importers
showed that the lizards are used only
as medicines, being boiled in water, as
herbs and similar articles are pre-
pared. This concoction Is drunk to
impart vigor and strength. Several
years ago, however, the Treasury De-
partment was called upon to decide
this same question, and 1t held then
that the stuff was a medicinal prepara-
ton. Therefore, In accordance with
this decision, the New York general
appraisers announced that the dried
lizards are dutlable as a medicinal
preparation, as assessed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-05

the trembling Terror towards the bar.
The amazed and thoroughly alarmed
stranger found voice enough to beg for
mercy. Drink every drop OF it or I
VIII break your neck" said Judge
Bean. The poor devil gulped down the
AWFUL mixture. and with a scream OF
terror sprang out into the street. He
nit the earth a-running," and he
never ~slackened his speed until the
town Of Vinegar Room was far behind
him. 1t is supposed that the mans
stomach instantly rejected the fearful
poison, for he lived to tell OF his ex-
%perience in Vinegar Room, though he
said there was not gold enough in the
world to hire him to revisit the place.
No lawyer was allowed in those old
days to question the jurisdiction of the
court or take an appeal to higher judi
cial authority. lie fined a "pettyfog-
cling lawyer" as he called the attor-
neys for even limiting at an appeal.
Il Will have you to understand, sir"
roared the enraged justice Of the big
judicial district. that there is no ap-
peal from this court. | am the law of
Texas west of the Pecos River. Let
the supreme court at Austin and your
little district court at FL Paso tend to
their business and | will tend to
mine" Felonies and even divorce
cases were tried and the decisions en-
forced, in spite of the angry protests
OF attorneys and the frantic threats of
~litigants and prisoners. Divorces were
granted and thieves were convicted and
sentenced to the penitentiary. Peace
prevailed. and long before this strange
character was checked in his wild
career a child might have carried a
purse Of gold through the streets OF
Vinegar Room at midnight without fear
Of being molested.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-05
Prc,oupcing the Spanish 'J.'

A friend Of mine who happened to
be in Las Vegas, n. NJ, managed to
make a blooming idiot of himself at
the dinner table at the hotel in the
presence Of several women. He had
been downtown, and in pronouncing
some names had been told that all
words beginning with - were pro-
ounced as beginning with III" 80
when he had been invited to dine with
a friend and several women he took
the menu, and, in order to show his
knowledge, he ordered in a ton of
thunder: Bring me some howl and
ielly,-Denver Times.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-05
Nav Mexico First In Sheep.

Today the seat of the sheep-shear-
ing industry of the Union has shifted
from the middle west to the plateau
region between the Rockies and Sier-
ras. Ohio is still doing very well In
the business, with nearly 100000
head, but she has dropped from first
to fourth In the list of mutton pro-
ducing states. New Mexico Is at the
head, with more than 4,O0o, 900; Mon
tana has nearly as many, while wy
oming leads Ohio by a few hundred
thousand head. Idaho closely follows
Ohio in the rating. Oregon, California
and Texas each has about 2,5OO,OOO
sheep.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-10-05
Automobile Propelled by Salt.

A new automobile has been invented
by a Russian named Hutal Serky. He
has discovered a new system Of loco
motion based on the use Of a certain
kind of salt, the composition Of which
is, as yet, his secret. Two pounds or
this salt placed in the box of the au-
tomobile, and subjected to a certain
heat, forms a gas which puts a cylin-
der in movement. The automobiles
that were tried in Moscow produced
the best results. The emperor OF
Russia. who takes great interest in
this invention, intends to send Serky
to Paris to make known his secret
The Russian press is Of opinion that
1t will cause a great revolution In the
trade.-Lisbon o Dia.