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Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-10-07
4 GREAT SENSATION.
CourtOts.

Miss Maggie IIntchings has return
ed home.
Making Inolasses keeps the man
with the hoe busy these days.
There is prospect OF saw-m!ll In
this neighborhuod in the near future.
Land buyers are beginning to cir
culate around in this locality little
of late.
When some people in this world
wind up their affairs terrestrial and
start for scenes celestial are stopped
at the pear,y gates aud St, Peter re.
quests them to produce their last tax
receipt, based on the valuation OF
their property given under oath, we
wonder what they will say.
POTOsI SIXTY YEARS AGO.
BIaoksmiths during the lrueh-piI
| period made set of lynCh-pins cost
80 cents: Vulcan pIow, weighing j.
lbs, S.: 90; Cary plow, Weighing %
lbs., So. .26: mattox 81. 30, fire shov
ell $3.50, an ak $3.50, Is feet OF stove
pipe, 81 SO; tire for cart wheels, s2l
a one-horse wagon, s65; a set OF horse
shoes, s.; nails cent each. Andrew
Casey paid 5l.OO for mill pick: two
bands for a rattlestaf, weight 10 lbs.
cost him s. SO, and 2t iron bolts
weighing %, lbs, cost 15c per h., 0
s22, BACK Loo.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-10-07
Nature vs.. Bryan.

Precincts are doioful folk; and
Mr.. Bryan never could keep from
dropping into prophecy. For at
least seven years he has been spec
ulating upon futures and has al
ways got on the wrong side Of
the market Nature, that sly old
deviling wug, seems to have bent
all her energies to contuto this
earnest and confident soothsayer.
She sent fair weather and enor
nous crops to the United States,
drouth and famine to India. AT
her command the gold that lay
perdn In the bowels Of Alaska came
| out to add to the money Of the
! world and the discontinue of Mr..
Bryan's woefui vaccinations. Ag-
riculturo burned into mortgages
and still had "moncy to burn. The
bleeding brow of Labor wore a
brand tall hat. Prosperity
came with full horn and blew il
torisiyeiy ct the saddened see
from Nebraska,
There was one mere pa. Il
lmuHut issue--tl he .rus,ts -t.le "ivti
ed, wicked trusts. The accnyse'
monopol.es ,hnt were sucking 'ht
lifehlood Of the producing cias&
nust be Nhoup, hnrrah
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-10-07
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Laud Oi,ice al ironton, Mo, AuguEe
2G. 1906. is hereby given thze
the tolioWirE-ramcd settler has fiad
notice o. hi< intention to make fluaS
proof in support Of his claim, aud ttsa&
said proof win hc made before tbG
J Juti.;a 0i the PROBATE Conrt at Potosi,
Mo, on Saturday, Oct"hcr ltth, 1903,
viz: William Is. Matchcli. II. e. l4ts3
fer the = 5 E ! section S. township
IS r.. range ! ". He names the fei-
lowing witnesses to prove his cuntiuu-
Gus residence uron and cultivation u
sajd land: VIZ: William Cooper, Pnt
Ton Lucas, George Lucas, and w. a
Compton, MI O. Brazil, Mo.
GEORGE STEEL, Register,
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.-S-J ia e
&, .aYS
50 ~ q 2A

Eight cents a pound is
1:,::,5: q young woman paid for
:v"clyc pounds Of flesh.
She WIS i!;;:1 and weak and
paid ere dollar for a bottle q
Scots Emulsion, and by tax
inc regular doses had gained
twelve pounds III weight before
the bottle was finished.
Eight cents a pound Is
cheap for such valuable ma
tcrial. Some pay more, SONS
less, some get nothing fol
their money. You get your
moneys worth when you bu,
SCOTS Emulsion.
We will send you a llttl'
free.
SCOTT & BOVINE, CHEMISTS,
400 Pearl Street. New Yorf
soc. and $500; all druggists,
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-10-07
II. sSrerrc ssiG!e Conflict.

n a late speech, Jas. !. Rc",;,
soaetiiae eauciidtto 10y governor,
says the bDodIjnr in Missouri is q
patt" affair, and besides, ''to AT
iir,u :hut there il ncccssity f1r
making :. political issue on bocd!c
:sIn in Missouri is to say th&, :.
considerable portion Of the people
arc il. favor # corruption and that
battle must he fought to deter
mine whether The honest men az"
in the mnjorisv.' Reed jnmhIe9
the m,itter. i'hc issue Is boodiinG
by nnfai!hfu! public servants, not
ty The people, Every person II
decent int>iljganec knows th": :"
,uHjorlty If the people aro honest
and in favor Of honesty IN office.
| Reeds game is 10 minimize The
reign of hoo,linc and advise the
people TO make something else the
issue. On a fair vote, the people
would never sanction corruption,
1t is the boo,;lcr5 who are nrralgn-
ed, not tho people on a charge thai
they are Indifferent to or on the
Of corrnp! state officials and legis-
Iatures bribed to do the bidding of
trusts.
In vain will Reed try to make
the people themselves defendants
in the Doodle indictment. The
people will pass upon the charges
Regardless OF Reeds advice to
quasn them at once. They will oc-
cupy the Jury boz, not the prison
er's seat 10 which Reed invites
them. Boodle Developments are
SO clear and numerous that there
is little danger OF deception at the
hands Of demagoguos. Tie roal
peril is that the people will be
cheated by the state boards in the
convention or at the polls by the
same machine conspirators. Nc
doubt exists us to the Judgment OF
the people on bocdIing, unless they
are swindled out Of a true express
; sion Of thcir views. Reed strlig-
gles use!essIy against The Doodle is
sue. 1t is here and will stay until
disposed of by the voters OF Nils
souri,. Reed could accomplish
more by adding another verse t,
his little song about the mossy
dincles where tho magnolias war
bio their vespers to the Colder
frcckles Of the zenith. Globe
Democrat.
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belong to the organization unless
he is II least 70 years Of age.

he is at least 70 years Of age.
The last store building in Hal
lec!1. one Of the oldest towns in
Buchanan County, was toru down
the ether day and now there is lit
tie left Of the OLD trading post. -At
one time there were six stores in the
town. The pos.officc was discon
tinuad 13 months ago.
Lord" +. Seymour burlington
has been Indicted in 81. Louis
Cuttnty for the murder Of his
friend, James 2. McCann, at Bon
ills last June. Darlington is a bo-
gus English lord who has been fig
lring quito extensively III public
print for a year or more.
Two masked men entered the
home Of Mrs. S. A. FuirchiId al
Linncus one night recently and aftei
rohbing her, saturated q bed with
coal oil and set it on fire. Mrs.
Fairchild barely escaped with hel
little granddaughter before The
house was all aflamc.
nj. s. Glenn of Mountain Grove
has been arrested on charge OF
using the mails to defraud. His
game was to send circulors to job
printers offering to sell them enve
lopes at extremely low prices. |,
the printers bit and made a remit
tanoe on all order they never heart
from Mr.. Glenn again.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-10-07
low Many Words Dc We Know

We ofsen hear the statement
made that an ordinary man will
say everything the occasion calls
FOX with vocabulary of 1000
words. Of these he commonly
uses 400 or 500, reserving tho re-
mainder for special occasions. A
speaker at an educational meeting
once said: '''rho best educated
person in .his room will not use
more than 600 or 700 words" 1t
is estimated that an English farm
hand uses only about 300 words,
while an American workman who
reads the newspapers may employ
from 700 to 1000. Five thousand
is Il large number even for an edu-
Gated speaker. This is far short
of the 5000 employed in Shake
speare's works and 5000 in Mil.
tons.
However this may be, it is GER
tain that the educated person knows
the meaning Of a great many more
| words. even if he does not us'
them cf;cu. Que ;erson took {
dictionary and estimated them il
this way. He found he knew twen
tv pri,nstiye and thirty derivativ
words on IN average per page. II
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-10-07
ROUND ABOUT Us.

Fiat River BARRIERS have organized
union.
sitoddard county will vote on local
option October 29th.
a Farmington grocer advertises
"canvas hams and bacon" They must
be u tough variety.
De Soto will hold a special election
on Oct. l3 fer the purpose Of voting
on a waterworks proposition.
FlatRiver had another serious fire
on the night of Sept. 26, the second in
a month. A block Of FIVE business
houses was destroyed, involving a loss
of s35 ,O0O.
Allen Conway, workman at Sligo
furnace, in Crawford County, was kill
ed OIL Monday Of last week by falling
from scatfoid and striking his head
on piece OF iron lying upon the
ground.
The will Of the late Judge VIM. E.
Taylor Of Pennington was fled for
| probate one day last week. 1t distri-
| butes an estate estimated at three
quarters Of Il million, his widow and
| children being the benefciaries.
In our experience of forty years or
more in the newspaper business, we
have observed that it is very frequent
| ly the people who do not even sub
scribe for the paper are the ores who
want the longest wedding and obitu
ary notices. Register.
George ard VIII Douglas, and a ma,
By the name Of Benton, got into row
at Sligo furnace last Saturday, which
ircsUlted In thetw3 Dodg,usscs getti NJ
shot-George perhaps fatally. The
Douglas boys aud Benton had somC
words about Il dollar, which is aiIeEcI
tn have been due from Benton IL the
Douglas boys which they had won II
game If craps. A son Of Benton saw
. the fight. and went to the house ant
, secured a 32-ca.ibre revolver. returned
and commenced shooting atWill Doug
| las. George Douglas saw the airal
and picking Up some roc@s, went u
the assistance Of his blctner, and wa
shot in the left side, tho ball rassl's
through the left lung and lodging il
the right lang. VIII Douglas wa
also shotiu the iieshy part Uf the lc:i
: hip,
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-10-07

Along gallops wild young bron-
GO ridden by wild young cowboy
with far-seen cleaning teeth and Il
wealth of voice. He charges at
the trusts. He pats tho bleed ing
brow of labor. He gathers i'll the
toiling masses. Poor Mr.. Bryan
is lef, without a prophecy fulfilled
or an idea with any votes in it not
boldly prigged and carried off by
the emphatic young gentlemen
with the bronco md the dental ex-
hlbition.
Mr.. Bryan is an engaging man
rs ever made or mounted a plat
form or a hobby. Don't blame
him. He did the best he could.
He is the victim of tho humor OF
things. .-Everybody's Magazine.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-10-07
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Land Office at Irontcn, Mo-, Oct. 4
1908. Notice is hereby given that ta0
following named settler has filed o.
tice of his intention to make 6aaD
proof In support OF his claim, and t,aa4
said proof will be made before ~
Judge OF the Probate Court at Potsdl
Mo-, on Saturday, Ncyember IA, r2aR.
viz: James K, Midgett, H. T. 1lGD
for the w u S e x section %, tosD-
ship 36 n, range w. He names IL
following witnesses to prove his o.
/ tinuous residence upon and culNso-
tion of said land, viz: James L. Maso.,
Marion Jarvis, Jacob f. Cover, Mo-
man F. Robinson, all OF Courtois, n.
GEORGE STEEL, Register
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-10-07

Several anti saioon men in Farm
ington got together one day recent
ly and secured from the county Of
feia!s there reliable figures rclnt-
ing to the income of St. Francois
County from saloon license tax an|
the actual cost to the taxpayers ii
rcctIy and Indirectly traceab!c tt
the local liquor traffic, The roFo
nucs from saloon licenses was 80,
O0C and the cost to the people il
criminal costs, etc, arising out ol
the drink evil was nearly S23, 000
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-10-07

There is some talk going about
Of the Republicans redooming Mis-
souri, next year, but how thcy ere
going to do it with DocI<cry's state
election boards in charge Of the
count in the three larger cities Of
the state is not explained. The
perpetrators of tho trnndulcut
counts i'll those cities in the past
have net reformed neither have
they been sent to the penitentiary.
As long us The Democratic machine
is in power in the state and in
charge of The election machinery
in St. Louis, Kansas City and 81.
Joseph tho rinystors will be count
ed i'll regardless Of how the people
may have voted.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-10-07
The great railroad companies

The great railroad companies
demand of their employees that they
abstain from indulgence in intoxi-
eating liquors that the safety Of
the public may be advanced, but
it does not occur to the companies
that they arc acting as wholesale
barmaids by transporting the pro-
duets of the distillery and brewery
to the consumer. We must all
work together if the unclaimed
beast, the liquor traffic, IS ever
brought under control. If the
trainman is to forfeit his job be-
cause he drinks liquor, then the
railroads might consistently be re-
quired to give up their charters be-
cause they arc the conveyers OF
that which they have themselves
condemned.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-10-07

IAc supreme court expects to
teach II b;ttler's case on set. -.
4 II. louis 'l,an is sail to have
invented 'n s,is shii, via. paddle
wheels lif>o 4 Steamship.
Franklin County has appropriat-
od $500 from the county funds for
,hc purrc1c uf making a suitable
display of It's products and re-
sources at the World ) Fair.
The State has secured now site
in s.. Lnuis for thc Missouri; school
fer Blind, paying 80 ,ooo therefor,
The sthool at present is located in
IN very undesirable part Of the
city.
The St. Louis police force has a
"cun.h!iu2 squad. moi 9or The sup
pression f gambling, bat a squad
pf officers who spend their nights
around the craps table instead of
walking their beats.
Hereafter any one who treats
his friend 10 & glass Of beer, whis
key or any other spiritGous or in
toxicating liquor in kirkwood lays
himself liable to sentence ot
twelve months in jail and the pay.
ment of a 81 900 fine.
The Old Mems Club Of I.afay.
ette County held their annual con
vention at Lexington recently.
One of the clubs constitutions
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-10-07

Senator Stones suit against those
with whom he wss associated in Il
Kansas City newspaper venture
bids fair to h,ing the Senator out
moro conspiciously than ever as :he
friend Of the corporations. Is
ono Of the defending litigants has
expressed it, Store is the enemy
only Of such corporations on whose
salary list bis name does not ap-
near
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-10-07
POEBEDTHE GRAVE.

A startling iaciden. is narrated by
John Oliver OF Philadelphia: az fol
lows: Il was in an awful condition.
Ny skin was almost yelIew, eyes sunk
Ell, tongue coated, pain continuity IN
back and sides, no appetite, growing
weaker day by day Three physicians
had given me up. Then was advis-
ed tr use Electric I5ittors: to my great
JOY, the first bottle made a decided
Improvement. | continded their use
for three weeks, and am now a well
man. know they robbed the grave
of another victim" No one Should
fail to try them. Only SOC, guarau
teed. at +. y. Teasdale's drug store.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-10-07

Tie price Of coal nader normal
conditions in the mines WAS lower
with an import duty on coal than
it has been since all duties or the
commodity were suspended. Hcw
arc cur free trade Democrats 60
ing to figure themselves out Of this
tnlo
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-10-07

Labor unions arc Il good thing
far b,tL the lah0rcr and the en-
nlover when they d not for
90, their true mission--organlza-
lion to elevate the standard of la
hor and the mainta;nance Of tht
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-10-07
We can uiI enjoy the fall season
this year with no political cam-
psign on in Missouri.

Missouri ought to be Republican
for a while just 70 show the people
OF the state what honest govern
mont is like. Il has been 4 long
time since Missouri I,a- had an ex-
hibiiion cf t,iis kind.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-10-07
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
MAX ESS A CLEAN SW EEP.
Z l. zoo nnthinu Ilisn iNirp Il lhinn

thoroughly. OF Ali the sialves you
ever heard Of HuciIiin's A:u.ca Saivc
is the best. 1t sweeps away and cures
Burns, Sores, HruiaCs, Cuts. Botls, u
GERS, Skin Eruption' and Plies. its
only 25C. aBd guaranteed 30 give salts
faction by l.. \. I'casdaie, Druggist,
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-10-07
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU AHk
Taxing,

When you take Groves Tastelcss CkiY
Tunic, because the formula is plai alF
printed on every bottle. showing tlsak
taste. esS form. No Care. No Pay. Hso.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-10-07
WANTED - SEVERAL.

WANTED - SEVERAL INDUS
tIious persons in each state IT, travel
for house established eleven years and
with large capital, to call upon iner-
chants and agents for successful and
profitable line. Permanent engage
ment. Weekly cash salary Of SIS and
all travelling expenses and hotel bills
! advanced III cash cacI. week. Expert.
ence not essential. Mention :eIerencc
and eGcluso self-addFessed envelope
| THE NATIONAL, 81 Dearborn st,
| Chicago.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-10-07
FOR SALE
Recleaned FuItz Saed Wheat, eoc Per
bushei. by Wm. Rhiel. Po.osi. Mo.
FOR SALE.
Probate Cour: Booklet.
November Term, 1903.

November Term, 1909.
Monday, November 9,-First Day.
Morgan 7. Casey guardian Of Benz.
G. Casey, minor.
Morgan J. Casey guardian OF Ecrd
NJ. Casey, Il minor.
Morgan J. Casey guardian Of Regina
NJ. Casey, minor
Chas. e. Summers guardian of Nellie
Anthony, a minor.
Nm. G. Johnson guardian of Leslie
l.. COndit, a minor.
Tuesday, November l0,-Seconi Day
John S. Springer administrator es-
tate OF Eliza Springer, deceased.
Aaron Eaton administrator estate
of C. c. Shepard. deceased.
George w. Wilson guardian Of Step
lel l., Sailie aud May II. Lyons, nia-
ors.
/ Alice Andes eXecutriX estate Of Ar
:huc Z. Andes. deceased.
Wednesday, November !1-Third Day.
II. IL, Flynn guardian of Louis A.
Flynn. {. minor.
willis Cummins guardian Of Milton
Cumuins, minor.
john 0. Long administrator estate
OF Josephine Degonia, deceasd.
i e. r. Eyersole administrator estate
Of Frank f. Eversoie, deceased.
Charles ". RrasWcii administrator
estate OF Sarah T. Howard, deceased
! L. Z. Ramsey administrator estate
Of f. 4 Sloan, deceased.
Witness my hand and seal of saiG
court. Done at Office in rotosi, no.
this "a day Of October, 1908.
ISea! JAS. A. HENSON.
Judge an ex-of1icio Clerk of Probate
Court. Washington County, Missouri
Il GREAT SENSATION.
There was big sensation in Lees
vile, Ind, W. II. Brown OF that place
who WIS expected TO die, had his !ift
, saved by DR. Kings Discovery fo'
. Consumption. He writes: Il eudnF
cd insuf?erabie agonics from Asthsn
but your New Discovery gave me i'm
: mediate relief ana soon thereafter Of
= fcct.ed il com npletc cure. Similar cure;
If Consumption, Pneumonia, Bron
chitis and Grip are numerous. III
: tha peerlsss remedy for all thi0at arf
Hang troubles Price nc ana @I,UC
Guaranteed by T. X. Teasdale, Drug
: gist.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-10-07
A y'UCIGf.TEUI. MAN

N. u. Austin Of Winchester. ,nd.
kneyg what to dG in tbo iH'.r 81 need.
i;ie vie i.at: such an unnsaai case OF
stomach aud liver trouble, physicians
cntidnot help her. He t!ioaght oi
and tried Ir Kings New Life Pill
and size got relief at nt;cc and was H.
nally cured. OAly &c, at Ieasdalc'
Drug Store.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-10-07

the SIS pages Of the dictionary this
would foot up to 1920 primative
and 2S, 400 derivative words, or al
most 5000 in all. 1t is therefore
concluded that every fairly read
person will be able to define OF
understand as used nearly or quite,
perhaps more than $4,000 words.
We are told that certain lady liv
ing in this locality took out her false
teeth and laid them on the center
table one night recently, when heI
husband to play joke on her snbsti
tuted horseshoe in the place of them
She wore the horseshoe all the next
forenoon complaining that her teetf
didn't flt, and only discovered tht
change by the wide cash the too calh
made when she bit biscuit.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-10-07

TO CURE A COLD IN D.sE DAY
Take Laxative Brono Outline Tab
lets. All druggists refund tie money
if it falls 10 cure. l.. W. GrGve's sig
nature is On each box. 23c.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-10-07

S,ibSci:I,e for the .iouru.i. only
81 no nor wear.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-10-07

Booze politics makes hoosiIc j,,i
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-10-07
u Azr {, 1ssnd the State
With Pen and Scissors.

Iac supreme court expects to
l;cauIl FL Dutier's case on oct. i;t}.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-07-19
BOYHOOD OF "JOEv CANNON.


Linsley F. Terbush. in the August Success.
The spiders had not spun their first cob
webs in the Tuscola law office Of J. G. Can
non before the tenant was marching In the
front rank Of the plain people of that plain
State. Uncle Joe" Cannon saw the force
and effect of the direct, Straightforward
code Of the frontier, and he has adhered TO
it through life. He had been born TO the
rough and ready way of the frontier. HIS
parents were members Of the Society or
Friends, who, with others Of the sect, had
been driven from Massachusetts, by persecu-
ton. and had formed Quaker settlement
called New Garden, near Guilford Court
house, in North Carolina, where Joseph u.
Cannon was born. The first hard bumps he
ever received in life, he says, were against
the oaken sides of a prairie schooner" in
which the family made the long journey
from New Garden to Indiana. His life in
Indiana had been that of most frontier boys:
He worked on the farm, went to, school, and
his father, a poor country doctor. was even
able TO give him two terms at the Friends
Manual Labor Academy at Bloomingdale.
When Joseph was fourteen years old, his
father was drowned, a calamity that ter
minated the boys school life. He became a
clerk, and, for five years, he was among
the thousand and one things that. in those
days, comprised the stock OF a country store.
At nineteen, Mr. Cannon had $500, which
he had saved while clerk lie decided to
study law, and entered the office OF Usher
& Patterson, in Terre Haute, and, in 1858, he
was admitted TO the bar. A year later. being
unable to make a living In Indiana, he
moved TO Illinois. The practice of law was
very different in those days from what 1t is
now. There were few or no precedents. Only
small number Of the decisions of the Illi-
nois Supreme Court had been printed. The
lawyers had to reason out a proposition In
conformity with their knowledge of funda-
mental principles, instead of searching for
support Of their contention in reports OF ad-
Judged cases. The sittings of court al a
county seat were great occasions. and the
sessions We're attended by many who had no
part in the litigation. The trials were gener-
ally before juries, and the lawyers depended
as much on their wit and eloquence for win
ming a case as they did upon the legal points
brought out and sustained.
Mr.. Cannon rode the circuit on ok.
He was an interchangeable worker, and, in
less than year, he gained an enviable rep
utation for thoroughness and for resourceful
wit. The rough and tumble passages which
he had with the other circuit riders gave
him good training for his subsequent career
I'm Congress. They taught him how ~ use
his great natural wit to the best advantage