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Gilpin observer., 1909-02-18
GRIP IS PREvA-

GRIP IS PREVA-
LENT AGAIN. A
prompt remedy is what
every one is looking for.
The efficiency of Peru
ma is so we'll known that
its value as a grip rem
edy need not be que:s-
toned. The grip
yields more quickly if
taken in hand prompt
ly. If you feel grippy
get a bottle of Peruna
at once. Delay is almost
certain to aggravate
your case.
For free illustrated booklet entitled
"The Truth About Peruna," address
The Peruna Co., Columbus, Ohio.
Mai1a6 y,octpai1
Gilpin observer., 1909-02-18

The clubwomen ur Massachusetts
lower the milk standard in that state.
Gilpin observer., 1909-02-18

Smail-minded men regard faith as .
theory; large-minded men use 1t as .
practical working power to get things
done and done right.-Ruskin.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1909-05-14
5ett abaeIiefert.

Bir nDuen unIeren 2eIern eth
5sldlif perIiAern oaB BOihse'S
German Syrup beut5utase pplttto
los eln5i9e 8rdparat i'm NVartte Ut
uetdbes G6ninbiuht ltnoert uno
jetlt. @s ertbalt Die @teenmlttel,
lle reiner 2beer, GuS5ng upn VILLAIN
SenbarS IL, o.. weldle alS QsilmIttel
ur Sulten uno SnminOiubt uou Den
weDesty, 4ler &ouereien 10 bod ae'
ihaet ,db.~ Der bGutnbFdjttBe,
sinerlei Jb bic arantbeit i'm pale
1rer 4uuQe mus oeS IuhtS Rube
babe uno ops DtDrQens fret lein BON
Nniduc pm trudenen uuo %fulternoen
!ouieu. Sic erfrnriten Gbeile oers
tauaen no6 Rube, September nno
t~inOenDer BenunOiuu9, uno Der Ras
tient be0arf Der ridden 2uit, outer
yInhrnnQ ireieu Au8Durfs BEG More
aen8, nit ihrsGsr unO o%nuernoer
3trpcruus. ateiue 6tGidGen 81
As Gents gerBNntithe @r0Be uabesu
, Mal 10 uiel eptbalten6 70 Gents.
sSn d0en NpDthetsn Su hnber.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1909-05-14

Die au iippioe. Gem 96rper Mrs ~
piel ge6oteI on &ube uno miiBiaer
Stunoen, Dor allen Gingen ober an
ern1brer6en Subitauscn. Gr miro ge.
itoptt nit 81 1roBen Yortionen
Sleii4 @iern @3chIipeiien uno
l6lperel @etrdufen. Gieie 6iiIle ser
ytobrltoffe fam er nidt ben1ltigen,
eS feblen 5pii9en ibnrn al,6 sic Iei9.
terett, permitteluoen, Die @emiiie, ga.
late, 0nS Gbit. ginen Shcil Der @6br.
ltofe gi6t Der WaScn rtgeniitt mel.
ter. Der anoere wtr6 baupti19li6 az
Set oerareeitet, m1breno oas 9lut
uuo Die 9teruen oarben. 90 Iei6et
mander Heid)e, Der allie Gage an boil.
belester Goiel idlpel1t, all llntern1b.
rllng uIS Der @r3t ml!B ibm ollie m6g.
ltfen ton5entrierten Wobrungsmittel
oerlhreiben, INN ieinen ar6fte5uitano
5u b26en.
We0er Die eiren, 1oh Die an0eret
an l(ntern0brung laborieren6en So.
tienten bdtten ben ar5t ooer elm flint.
lit)es arGftigrngsmittel notbig, lpenn
NE alIein elm pernunftgemGBes Sc.
ben einihlagen pollten. 9as bebel.
let 10 piel ais: reeeImGBige, frGftige,
aber nidt 5u reidIide uno I6uere,
uno, mas Die SaIptldte lit, in Der
rtdtigen Irt suiammengeieste Soft
(mebr Semitic, SnIote uno SbIt alS
Sleiid, uentge ODER gar feline Marriott.
fden @etrGnte, nie Snffee, Sbee un6
Ilfobolien reeelmGBige Spa5ier.
gGnge, pobet mir ben Srauen iagen
fpollen, bob IN Der Gle ouSaefiibrte
geiorgungsg1nge feine @rboIuna be.
oeuten, - friihs Suit altd I'M 3inl.
mer ourh tiidtiges Bitten, Der n0tbi.
&c S6laf IN Der Raht, nift au irgenS
elmer Eages5eit, uno ipItematiiae
&orperpflege. Gin nit foniequentcr
&egelmabigfeit ie6en Morgen IN Ell.
ner 9aler bon ettpa 10 Minuten &C.
nommenes 9uftbab, NIT 40rperii6un.
gen perbunben tbltt aIIein idon
Bunber an einem geitn66ten Srga.
= 9efIagen sic es ni8t,
nleine 9amen, mabnt elm fGbiger
ar5t, tuenn Gle neben Sbren
nod Observation-Disclosures
beiorsen miiiien, i'm @egeu.
bell, wiomen sic iid ibnen 70 biel
pie mSgIidl Sober arat piro S6nen
.agen, 6ab 0as @irtbi9aften 2ebens.
fir ben 8orper Der Srau 1T.
ipenn sic ii6 beS Morgens MIR
Sbr S4lafsimmer aIlein a%ufr6unen.
eur iiberanitreneen iolIen Sic fiji
li4t. 0arrm geben Gle lieber ale
t%nn6tbtgen &raftpro6en Sbres &6r.
'ers auf, fagen sic BEN Ebee ab, Iai.
en- sic bic @tideret an Sbrer @Iuie.
eien sic einen &ontort tpeniger. sic
loben bafiir Sbre 2ebensenergie ge.
tdrft unb Sbr 2ebeu b~erlGngert, unb
lit ooh aud ettpas mertb.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1909-05-14
Gekte Rofnuns p%sridwunoen.

GeBte boffnune perihpunoen.
NIs berporraaenbe Nerste iaaten
6nB Us. Nt. Smitbhart, opn Sefin,
Sn,, u%nbeilbare Shninbiudt babe,
mar beiien lebte SDffnuna bahin.
ober Or. Sings 1ew DISCOVERY fir
ghminbiutt, Suiten unb @rtattuu.
aen retteten tim pum @rabe. @r
iaet: r8ieie Rebisin bat mid ariinos
lid furirt uno meiu 9eben eerettet.
Seitoem babe i'd fie 10 Sabre lang
eebrauht, un6 erndte bieielbe oils
cine rpunoerbares Salss unb 2uneenr
Strene miFenIhaft,
lihes Setlmittel fir 5uiten, peben
SalS ober @rtdltuneen, unb FbereS
@orbeuaungsmittel aeaenBneumonia.
@arantirte 6loihen gu so Gtnts unb
$1.00 in @alfer 8roS. GpDthefe
8rpbe Slaihe fret.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1909-05-14
9nr6 Gift farisrt.

gtner ber gefeiertIten Gerste Con.
6ons gu Infang oes porigen Sabr.
bunSerts mar Or. Spbenbmrt, BON
Dem In Sit Bits folgen6e 4nefbote
er51blt miro:
Sett LANCER 3eit fonIuItierte i'm
Elm rei6er, Neutrality-suspicious. 0ann,
Der aebuIoig ollie MeOi8in nabm, o6ne
Dob ii6 lem 3ltitauo beiierte. GnoIt9
iogte Der gr3t 3t Inn: nSerr Baron,
meme Wtttel iiuO iest eri66pft. 8oI.
len Gle Sbr 2ei6en enoli6 IosDeroen,
10 miifien Gle Or. &obinfon 8u SSyn.
berneB In GhottIanb oufiuGen, Der
hir Serortige 9eioen Spe3iaIiIt lit. Sd
9ebe Sbnen einen 9rief an i'm init.
gle ioIIen ieben, er bilft Sbnen Il.
derl"
8ie Reiie bon 2onSon nod benz
d1tberiten Noroen S6ottlonos mar
bamalS 1,rBerit lanopierig un6 Inn.
ft1nOlt5. aber Der 8atient botte bel
8eit unb @eIb, CUTE 8ferbe unO $50.
gen unb Dor allen Ben breltnenoen
@rnid. eeiuno au peroen. 60 mad.
te er fid benn auf ltno fam nod Dol.
len bret @oden in S5noerneB an.
Sier ie6of iil6te er Or. &o6inion
bergebli9. Or erhlbr, oaB fein Nr5t
6ieies Rontens porbonoen iet, nod lie
bier geIebt babe. Sn beIler 8utb
retite Der Boron pteber nb un6 5tpar
NIT folder @eidpinoigfeit, ooB er
idon nad aebn Sagen gu $aitie fuar.
Gofort nad ieiner anfunft In 2on6on
beeab er ith au Or. Sppenbam uno
fiibr i'm an: s@ie fonnten sic mid
10 tduidenl Sdiden mid an einen
Or. @rbinIon unb niiierL 6aB feiner
eyiittertl @as fir cine @HtfhuI6f.
gi,tte f5raer sic porbrineen2" Or.
Spbenbam blieb gang r1ibig unb Tag.
te: .$err Baron. cine Srage: SiibIen
Gie ftd jest nidt tpobIer aIs felt Sab.
REM Sinh Sie SIR alteS 2eioen nidt
uOlllB lCSq
Der Baron badte etnen aueenbIid
nod, nn6 mitBte es 5ueeben.
.Seben sic, Serr Boron, barts
ltegt meme gntidi,loisung," ertpi.
berte Der arat freimiitbtg, lid pubte,
boB cine &eiie bur6 bos idottiIae
$odlaub sic seiuno MAIDEN ipiirbe.
auf anSere @eiie aber bGtte i'd Sie
nift bingefriegt. 9lir Inn Or. SO.
btnion su foniultieren, tuagten Sie
bic neite &eiie. gs mar meir einat.
ses Mittel. GIio bod Or. &obii,.
ionl1
1tno Der Baron mar aufrieoen un6
Danfte Dem Icnifenfenner.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1909-05-14
sdredIide sdmsr,sn es. inject

Sdredlide Sdmersen se .inSstt.
9nrtb idredliae Sdmerseu ee'
peiniat infoIee Der @efte unperbau.
ten Speiien, nabm Y. o.. CITATION,
uon Suta, Mif., Or. 8ina's Stem
9ife &iqs, init benz &eIultate,A uie
er IHreibt, nbaB id iurirt wurbe.'
aae Rasen unb @ebdrmeunorbuun.
gen tueroen eebuben burd ibrem lin.
oernben Siublaana beiunbere @iaen,
itcften. rs Gents In @alfer Bros.
Gppthefe.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1909-05-14

ettpos 9radendbnIidcs beiiet, mag ~
ieinem unO ieineS &G6iten @obl uno
Nu5en bic 9ra6enituoien fortiesen
unb ole Grge6niiie 6ericIben Der oailf.
barren gtadjmcIt idriftIib binterIaiien.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1909-05-14
sdlan.

Game: r$ier baben Sic elm @Ios
@ein. Erinfen sic es ouf meiue sc.
innbbeit.1 2utider: yslber, and.
bige Sran ieben mirflid franz ans.
@drc es oa nidt better, i9 trdnte
stuet9"
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-10-15

by state experiment stations, expert
enced agronomists and the U. s. agri-
cultural department at Washington,
d. c., shows this soil to be the richest
known for producing small cereals.
These reports are known throughout
the eastern states, and do you wonder
at the great influx of eastern people?
have been pretty generally over the
state this fall, and no proportion of
Montana appealed to me so much as
the Judith Basin and Judith Gap
districts. It's simply wonderful! OF
course the large yields secured caused
me to examine the soil. And soil!
Why this soil will be raising bumper
cereal crops two hundred years from
now. It's the kind of dirt that por-
tons of Switzerland and Germany
has-and cereal crops have been rails
ed continuously on the same ground
in those countries during the past
two or three hundred years. And
better crops are being produced each
year. AS is often the ease, people
living on the grounds here don't real
ize what agricultural riches they
have in this soil have seen land
around my home city when it was
nothing but prairie-when one could
get on a hill and see tens of thousands
of cattle grazing. Land was then
cheap, of course. Now when climb
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-10-15

on the same hill l see thousands Of
acres under cultivation-and good re-
turns are being made from the crops.
It's the same with this district.
Better crops will be raised here in
the next few years than have in the
past. More intensified farming will
do it. Land will increase in price.
The crops will warrant the increase.
and land is getting scarser every
year. Stay by the farm, mix brains
with your muscle-get the land under
cultivation, but don't pillow more
than you can handle-and you'll
win.''
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-10-15
GAPLETS

Miss Mary Cameron returned last
week from Helena.
For SALE.-A 16N1s house, one
story. Enquire Harry Lane.
p. J.. Schiller and family left last
week for Chicago, where they will
spend the winter.
For good smoke try Harlowton
Favoritas.
Miss Mary Pheland of Milbank,
$. d., is visiting with her uncle,
Frank Brennan.
House For Sale.-1SX2O, SIT. posts.
Enquire Of Harry Lane, Judith Gap.
&. F. Mccullough of Chicago, was
in the vicinity Tuesday looking for
location.
Mrs. Mary A. Weistaner of Bill
lings, was in town Wednesday on her
way home from Kendall.
Herman Lehfeldt OF Billings, con-
tracted with Hugh Dawes the first of
the week for car Of oats.
Leonard Cone, representing the
Billings Gazette, was in the city be-
tween trains Wednesday.
Mrs. w. NJ. Weston aud daughter,
Miss Bertha, of Garneill, were shop
ping in the city Monday.
Phil Schanz of Butte, is visiting
with his old friend, j. A. McCauley
at the latter's ranch near the city.
Mrs. Charley Roberts, who has
been visiting in Kendall, returned to
her ranch interests near the city the
first Of the week.
Bert Anger, a prominent attorney
Of Bismark, n. d., spent Wednesday
in the city visiting with his oldfriend,
Attorney G. $. Bills.
Dinger Readerman, who OWNS con-
siderable land in S-1O-15, returned last
Saturday from Iowa, where he spent
month on business visit.
Rancher Irene of 1854, is build
ing comfortable cabin on his place.
Mr.. Irene halls from North Dakota,
and is prepared to commence active
agricultural pursuits.
Rev. A. A. Coslet returned last
week from Great Falls, where he had
been laid up for month in hos
pital. Although the Reverend is still
week, he is on the road to recovery.
Contractor Sharp and Foreman
Breeder of Moore, were in the city
the first of the week in search of car
penters to help them out on sl5,WN
worth of contracts which they have
on hand.
Our Uncle Samuel has furnished
Postmaster Robinson with all the
necessary supplies required to trans
act post Office business at Oxford,
and mail is now being received and
delivered from that station.
d. \. Henneberry, II. p. Bannick,
W. +. kaffer, Y. Jonsted and IL. j.
Dwyer, all Of Minooka. ILL.,, were in
the city the first of the week. These
are all 'big bugs" and some of them
made investments in this district.
Strayed or Stolen.-A black horse
weight about 1000, left so-o-ls last
Saturday night with halter ant
picket rope. Branded l. with bal
VENT OH left thigh; also 2x on LETT
thigh. Reward for return to thu
Herald office, Hedges. or Journa
office, Judith Gap.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-10-15
CROP and INFORMATION REPORT

CROP and INFORMATION REPORT
Farmers and Ranchers Please Fill Out the
Following and Mail to the Journal Office
Total No. Noofac plovpl
Please correctly crop 1902
and the yield
Oats Barley
tighten who have no idea of the ol crops harvested in mis- district W. @ ]
o. onhanixixs
|
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-22
An Old Problem.

The bankers in their session at
Chicago Yesterday perhaps imagin-
ed they were giving to the country
another illustration of the old
problem of what would happen
should an irresistible force meet
an immovable body when they un-
animously declared their opposi-
tion to a postal savings bank. The
trouble with them is that they
have mistaken one of the elements
of the problem. That the senti.
ment for postal savings bank is
an irresistible force there can be
no question. 1t has been growing
in volumn and waxing strong in
power until it is now too large and
too strong to be resisted. The
people demand it, the Postmaster
General asks for it and the Presi.
dent will recommend it. 1t is ir-
resistible force. But the bankers
are not the solid and immovable
body they imagine, and there the
problem fails to completeness.
On quite another matter, that of
currency reform, Speaker Cannon
was bold enough to tell them they
could not have what they wanted
and that they we're small potatoes
anyhow in comparison with the
whole country. This was bold
talk to make in the face Of the men
who handle the eountry's money
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-22

The Journal says no man can
enforce the law against q power
q eater than the law-the power
Of centralized wealth. The Journal
is right yet it advocates the pro.
tective tariff the most potent
agency in creating centralized
wealth that exists within the
borders of the United States.
dependent.
While giving the Independent
credit for the astuteness Of it's re-
mark, we fail to see the truth of
the assertion that the protective
tariff is the most potent agency of
centralized wealth. Our own
country ls not the only one where
the power of wealth influences the
law to inoperation against it. In
England, for instance, the con-
ditions in this respect are very
similar to those that exist here,
yet England operates under a free
trade system. OF course, the In.
dependent may see a different
reason in England for the same
condition, but then it sees through
A mill stone no farther than it's
political partisan instincts has
bored.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-22
ANTIQUITIES MADE TO ORDER.
Switzerland Proves Itself In No WY
Behind the Rest Of the World
In This Connection.

Switzerland will have an additional
attraction this season for the tourists.
"The one hundredth anniversary of
the struggle for independence will be
celebrated, and the thrifty inhabitants
Of the little republic" says an Ameri-
can tourist, always watchful for the
coin, are making great preparations
for the various celebrations. Aside
from the pageant and other civic fes-
tivities, they are laying in a stock of
historic souvenirs, for which they
know there will be a ready market.
An Innsbruck paper says that one of
the popular manufactured antiquities
is the Swiss nag of a hundred years
ago. A new one IL made to resemble
a centenarian by a process which in
cludes fading the colors In the sun,
bespattering it with tallow and laying
1t In the granAry, where the mice
soon give It the necessary tattered ap-
pearaace. Finally 1t Is subjected again
to the rays Of Father Sun, is mounted
on Q worm-eaten, broken staf, and is
then ready for the English or Amert.
can tourist n search oe centonuial
t1epA3oos"
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-22
RIVERS THAT MAKE DAMASCUS
Uninhabltabis Were It Not for
These Two Streams.

The situation Of Damascus IL r.
markable-shs stands isolated on an
oasis Of the vast desert which every
where hens her In. You may sec
from Damascus the sunset lrs touch
with purple the low western hills -
miles away. These hills mark the
beginning Of the great desert-beyonA
them there Is nothing but rolling
waste and the long roads to Palmyra
and Dagdad. The permanence and
prosperity of Damascus arc due to the
presence Of two rivers, which have
converted this spot Of the dreary,
desolate and uninAabited desert into Q
smiling and we'll watered plain The
PharDar approaches only within seven
miles Of Damascus, but BY means Of
canals and aQueducts sends its life.
giving waters to the gardens OF the
city. The Abana ID the stream from
which the city's main supply Of water
il obtained. Minerva like. it springs
full born from the base Of . perpsn-
dicular rock at Ain Fifth, in the heart
Of the Anti.Lebansas, and runs .
course Of ten miles in . gorge, . large
river 40 to 80 feet wide and four
feet deep, its waters always fresh and
Toe cold, casting out branches every.
where, psrmeati1g every nook and
corner Of the city, until. ~ oas has
said: Literally, there 10 scarce .
street, bazaar. khan, courtyard ss
dwelling house which has not it, mar.
bic or stone fountain constantly 1llea
with running water supplied directly
BY the ALBANIA itself" Thus, the Aha
na, not fruitlessly wasting her waters
on that thirsty land. saves them b
her narrow gorge till she can AiAs
them well out ON the desert. and e1'
pends all her life at once In the crear
tioa OF . siagle city.-Biblical WeslA.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-22
MISSOURI STATE NORMAL
SCHOOL.
A State College at Cape Girardeau,
Missouri.

College courses leading to the
A. B. and B. s. degrees.
Advanced Normal Course lead
ing to the life State certificate.
Elementary Normal Course
leading to the Elementary teachers
certificate.
A course in Agriculture which
will prepare young men for sue
cessful farming. Schoo! operates
a small farm.
A course in Manual Training
which prepares men for the me
chanical trades aud engineering.
A course in Domestic Science
and Household Economy, inclnd-
ing Cooking, Sewing, etc.
One of the best Schools of Music
in the State.
A complete Business Course.
The highest culture combined
with practical training for life.
Two large boarding halls afford
ing students home surroundings
and comforts. Fine equipment.
Moderate cost.
For further information address: !:
Missouri State Normal School,
Cape G,rardeah, Mo.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-22

President Taft said at Chicago
the other day, in speaking of court
reforms, that our court methods
favored the escape of criminals
rather than rendering prompt and
even-handed justice. We may
assume that the President knows
whereof he speaks, since be has
occupied some pretty prominent
positions on the legal bench. He
says further: II am a lawyer
and admire my profession, but l
must admit that we have had too
many lawyers in legislating on
legal procedure, and they have
been prone to think that litigants
were made for the purpose of fur.
nishing business to courts and law.
yers and not courts and lawyers
for, the benefit of the people and
litigants.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-22
School Rules For Parents,

No doubt some Of the parents OF
this state are ignorant of tue laws
governing the attendance OF their
children 10 school, or they are wilfully
violating them, and 10 order to In
form them Of this section of law aud
the penalty for violating 1t, we pro.
duce it here. The provisions of the
new compulsory attendance law, made
and passed by the state legislature
and to be enforced by its officers, is
causing considerable comment among
the parents and guardians of children
of school age, but it seems to be the
proper thing aud we hope all our peo-
pie will abide by it. Here it is:
l. Every child between s and IA
years old and between IA and 16, when
not regularly employed, must attend
some day school at least half of the
term each year.
2. No child can be excused on
promise, to attend; he mnst attend
first half OF the term before being ex.
cused on that account.
3. Courts having Jurisdiction
Justice OF the peace in rural districts
and 10 cities having less than $4,000
population may excuse children from
attending school for the following
reasons: ~ parents cannot supply
proper clothing, ~ child is mentally
or physically unable to attend, f3) no
public school 10 two and one-half
miles of the home, (4) lapor of child is
necessary to support OF family, (5)
child has complete common school
course.
i. No child between and Ia can
be employed in mine, factory, work.
shop or store unless excused for one
of the five reasons, or has a statemei t
from the teacher that he has already
attended three-fourths of the term
for that school.
5. It is the duty of attendance Of
ficers and district clerks to notify
parents and guardians when children
fail to comply with the provisio rs of
the law.
6. The penalty OF non-attendance
falls ou parent Or guardian, aud it is
a maximum fine, S25 or inpr isonment
for ten days or both.
!. For Illegal employment OF child,
the employer is liable to ii fine Of $50
and COSTS
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-22
A Prophet Of a Second Secession.

I1Ou. 4uOudS VdlsoH uNs re-
Gently added new role to his al
ready large repertoire. An editor
by profession, a historian by
chance, a candidate incidentally,
and critic naturally, he aspires
now to be a prophet. His latest
vision deals with a second secces-
sion of discontented States. In
the sectional determinations of the
tariff he sees grave dangers, and
he predicts a breakup of the
Union. Divergent interests will
demand distinct governments, and
four republics will rise, he declares,
from the tariff wrecked and trust
destroyed union.
Few persons will take Watson
seriously in this dire prediction.
1t is. however. interesting to OBJ
serve that his theory is not alto
gether new. As far back as 1861,
when the storm of secession was
breaking over the South, Governor
John Letcher, of Virginia, pre-
dicted the ultimate dissolution of
the Union into five separate gov
ernments. These, he said, were
to be marked by distinct interests
and by natural geographical divis-
ions. Virginia's alliance was not to
be with the South, but with The
a adjacent States and with the Mid
die West. The result of the war
no more verified Letcher's predic-
tions than the present outlook
justifies Watson in his gloomy pro-
phecy.
Other critics than Letcher and
Watson have seen the possible
divisions of the.Union for natural
reasons. The different interests of
East and West, their separate
traditions have led writer's occa-
to predict disunion. Pro-
fessor John w. Burgess, for ex-
ample, in his "Political Science"
called attention 10 the fact that the
Alleghenies and Rocky Mountains
divided the continent into
three divisions.
We're the different sections peo'
pied by rival or mixed races, such
q possibility might arise. But
with one people, quick to assimi-
late newcomers, and with one
government, there is no likelihood
of disruption. Sectional wrong
may result from unfair Legislation,
but national right will triumph in
just unity.-Richmond Times Dis
patch.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-09-22

There is probability that
financial and banking legislation
will be an important subject
before the regular session of Con-
gress which will convene next
December. just what this will
end in is now difficult to foresee,
but any legislation in this direction
that does not consider as first the
interest Of the people generally
will not do much to alter the pres.
ent System of finance and banking
for the better. In making such
laws il has heretofore been the
practice to regard only the recon
msndations OF banking interests.
While We regard banks as worthy
and fairly satisfactory institutions
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