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Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-05-26
Onr Wasteful Politeness.

Not very long ago the manager
Of Il telephone company in Que Of
oar larger cities issned Instructions
to tho exchange girls ,ha, they
must no longer use the word
"pIease" in conversation with pa
irons. 1t consumed too much
time. "Whst number. please"
was shorn of lis embroidery and
reduced tD 'Wbat nunber.' To
be sure, it was less courteous. bat.
on the other hand, it was infinitely
more profitable. BY actual coant
it was fonrd tlia: the girls had been
| saying please 100000 times tt
| day. AIlowin. half seeoud 10
its utterance. here WAS an awful
daily waste of l25 hours. Five
DAYS going la waste every Round
of the clock: sheer loss If sixty
| months out of every year. Is Ii
any wonder The manager waS con
cerned aud put Il stop In the drain /.
! Why, The time ii ,o"k la say
"p.ease" iD one DAY WAS more t!,an
enough 10 allow him uust his whs IL
family Ia 60 /" Europe.
] Trme. this i. bat "a local c!rcs..n
s,upcv: but .n those IF us mho art
mot asleep ii i"'r:en'is ilse begin
piny of world wide reform. |;
The elimination uf single wstrd of
ioliieneSs in II telephone exchange
can insnre such remai kabie say.
ing of precious lime, our duty lies
clear i,efnre US. ''Hello." dear
sir, Yours sfnly, beg par
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-05-26

don. i'!laak you" aud Il Scole
"f either little rleasantries eft over
from cur nrrrocres>ive da; 5 must
esltabiy follow the fate Of the
tc:ci''Inne "i'!c'ssc and the kitchen
coiiee grinder. 1t would BOT he
surprising 10 learn tina, the people
Of The United States say Good
morning" a hundred million times
day. The i,.>s of lime that this
Represents. allowing second 10
each greeting, is enough TO befud
die The most reckless sre:dthrift.
Ii Means that as a nation We stand
still! mere than three years every
day. There are no, figures enough
10 calculate where the world would
;,ayc been in lis history by this
time if we had been free of Just
tbs ore encumbcriHg formuliiy of
,peecli-L.yginco.t's Maggie.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-05-26
Hair Splitting.

Were it not that we might say
something in Incorporate language
and thus be running the risk of be-
ing summoned before the State
supreme court and fined for con-
tempt, we would like TO give vent
to some caustic criticism of this
court on its reversal of the Warner
boodling case from St. Louis ou
no other grounds than that the
word. the" had been omitted ia
one place in the indictment. How.
ever, the following editorial eriti-
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-05-26

Mrs. F. H. Ingalls,, president of
the St. Louis district Of the W. &.
I. o., charges the defeat of the
prohibition amendment to three
state senator's, viz: Senators Peck,
Hudson and Buford. The latter
is our own senator, and this dis.
trict was undoubtedly in favor OF
the submission. Mrs. Ingalls, says
that these three men had promised
to support the measure and ,her
went over to the brewers in the
last moment. Senator BuforC
might as we'll make up bis mine
to retire from public life after thi'
rank desertion of his constituency
In a crucical moment.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-05-26
Field, Humphrey, Dawell, Majt,r,
McAIlis,er, NcDavid and others to

Field, Humphrey, Daweli, Majnr,
McAIlis,er. NcDavid and others to
originate home rule propositions
this Democrn,ic Senate took lis
che and inspiration from the Dem
ocratic Home Rule Headquarters
on Pine street III ST. Louis the sa
loon of Senaior "Snake" Kinney.
This in itself is sufficient 10 show
bow the home rule proposition was
regarded by the Democratic iead-
ers. And it shows what was teal
ly behind the contention of these
same senators for "genuiDe home
rule"
While there are many matters
of interest connected with the late
session Of the General Assembly
the effort of the Democrats To put
the Republican i'll the hole" on the
home rule question and to cripple
tho administration of Governor
Hadley by preventing revenue and
blocking bis l,IaDs for constru;ive
legislation and progressive pol
icy were most conspicuous from
the beginning and are most notable
at the close of the session. The
people must not be deceived about
these things, and they shall not be
if the Republican press of the
State is faithful! to them.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-05-26
We do not believe that Gov

We do not believe that Governor
Hadley is personally indicative
towards the railroads or that he is
making bis policy towards them
the foundation for selfish interests.
He had had ample evidence that
the maximum rates imposed by the
state laws, which the railroads are
fighting against, are ample for the
profitable operation of the roads,
and in seeking 20 enforce these
rate regulations he believes be is
serving the interests of the people.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-05-26

AZ long ~ women workers. stop
work at marriage they viii eostisus
to be, a. . class. lov-paid. oveg-verke1
unskiiled. looking only to The day anl
never to the future. catering inAustry
casually without training retiring
from IL Unexpectedly without warning.
hard to organise into trade uoIoAa.
hard to interest in technical ia1r0vo-
ments. hard to inspire With 1aaoe3aa
ambition. behaving. in every rospoet.
with the utmost good sense. tast 81
actly Ia the manner n which any
class Of admitteAly and csase3s1gly
temporary workers sh0ulA bsAavo. le
is hard to believe that sacA . s1e1n-
tion can Be right either 1nr wgDea -
for industry. Ths. women 49, eDDogA
tun1ties. Is1usrsy loDoD 01G111ne
3voeYhoI4h
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-05-26

A man in St. Louis is suing for
a divorce from his wife on the
grounds that she had called him a
rhinocerous. This man is evident.
ly q little too sensitive. The.woman
may have meant something
entirely different by the term than
to imply that be was a ferocious
beast, seeking what be might devour
and smash the household furniture
to indulge in the freakishness of
anima! passion. A rhinocerous is
noted largely for being thick skin
ned, and that is condition quite
often found in husbands also.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-05-26

grocer. sxpressman and ticket ONCE.
and given the maid . months vacation
and arranged with q relative for the
care Of the dog. gaxed At him in ri.
lence.
"A great deal on my mind" he re-
peated. Then the interrogative nature
OF his wife's silence forced him to ex-
plain.
You see." he said, II have got to
put q nail In the cellar window and
stop the newspaper."-Youth' Com
panion.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-05-26

Democratic senator's beard so
much ''dry" talk during the ses-
sion of the Legislature that they
were driven to drink. For their
convenience somebody on the
"wet" side provided them with
plenty of good liquor and cases Of
beer in a side room near the Senate
chamber. 1t was like an oasis in a
desert. and made it easy for these
weary statesmen to see all temper.
ance bills and prohibition amend
ments in spirituous if not spirit.
ual Iipbt,
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-05-26
Women Who Suffer

DIR. Miles .Anti-Pain Pills are the
best pain remedy on earth. Mother
and | have used them for the past
seven years"
MISS ORLEANA SCHENKE.
Enid, Okla.
Pain is simply nerve disturbance.
Derangements in any part OF the
body irr:tate the nerves centered
there.
DR.. Miles And-P Pain Pills
stop pain and misery because they
allay this irritation. Women find
great relief from periodical suffer-
ing by taking DR.. Miles Anti Pain
Pills on first indication Of pain or
distress
The frs. package will benefit; not.
your druggist will return your money.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-05-26

The Characteristic National oeeol.
II 10 not only in SeetIaad that besah-
fast 10 the Characteristic nAt1eoAl
meal. says the London Chrooicae.
Travel whore you may. The 1rst Deal
OF the day is the one tAat StTikoo tho
foreign note. luncheon aaA AiA0ee
having gradually absorbed eeeosDelf
tan qualities that are Mt svon eoo-
fined to Aotsls- But you never fosl
80 much Of N EnxfisAnaa - vhsa
Switserland gives You rolls a1l buttsr
and honey. and nothing mere. wttA
your coffee, or when FfaDeo 0Akoo
this into one exquisite erunA1lnG
''croissant," With an inch Or tvo fre0
= yard long Loaf. or wAea Dss0ark
adds cream instead Of milk to tho
coffee and . dangerous piece q ~
try to the black bread and roan1
white roll.
Yet our English breakfast became
IN institution only in tie sleAtoaath
century. Before that only royalty
breakfasted OF meat. breaA 80
cheese and ale. The connosee, sueA
such a. Pepys. took merely q Morn
ing draught of buttered ale.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-05-26

Some light was thrown on the
labor strike question in Chicago
the other day, when evidence was
produced in court to show that in
the instance then before the tribu.
nsl the Union labor leader ordered
a strike to blackmail an employer
into buying him of.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-05-26

Attorney General Major is now
engaged in building his own little
anti railroad slide to land himself
in the Governors chair in 1912.
It won't work, though. Missouri
is getting the Republican habit.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-05-26
OPPORTUNITY
~

They do me wrong who say come no
more
When once | knock and fail to find
you in;
For every day stand outside your
door,
And bid you wake and rise to fight
and win.
Wall not for precious chances passed
Weep not for golden ages on the
wane;
Each night burn the records Of
the day,
AT sunrise every soul is born
again.
Laugh like boy at splendors that
have sped,
To vanished joys be blind and deaf
and dumb
My judgments seal the dead past
with its dead,
But never bind moment vet to
come.
Though deep in mire, wiring not your
hands and weep,
l lend my arm to all who say:
Il can
No shamefaced outcast ever sank
SO deep
But he might rise and be again
man. n.---WAlTER MALONE.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-05-26

The tariff debate in the Senate
continues some breezy and al times
becomes even 'windy." The pro-
gress the Senate is making is slow.
but hot weather in Washington
will probably soon stop the flow of
talk and hasten the fnai vote.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-05-26
WARNING NOTICE,

Notice is hereby given 70 hunteFs
and all others. that trespassing with
10 the enclosure Of our farm north.
west OF Potosi Is positively f0rbidden.
aud anyone found upon the premlses
without permission will be proseeat.
ed. RIcHHsON Bios.
Potosi, Mo May II, 1909.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-05-26

H. H. Rogers, vice president of
the Standard Oil Co.. and who
next to j. D. Rockefeller himself.
was the leading force in the or
ganization and conduct of that
great corporation, died suddenly
the other day, and the oil business
never slipped cog. The Stand
ards affairs went on just the same
with those who had been subordi-
nate to Mr.. Rogers in charge.
This incident goes to show how
little great enterprise engaged in
the production of the necessaries
of life or their distribution among
the consumers is dependent upon
the personal efforts of single in
dividual, no matter how important
a position he may occupy in the
entire system. One man drops
ont. another takes his place, and
the machine goes quietly on. For
a day the missing mans absence
may be noted by his associates,
but they do not need him as direct
ing force in the daily routine to
which they are trained. As it is
with the great oil business, so it is
also with our great common car
risge systems. The railroads op-
crate uninterruptedly regardless
of whatever changes may take
place in the executive force of the
owning corporations. H. H. Har-
riman, Jas. H. Hill, George
Gould, either or all of them might
die today and the trains would car
ry passengers and freight tomor-
row without check. This is due
to the fact that such business en-
terprises have passed the bounds
of a private institution. They
are, in fact, public utilities operat
ed by the public and funded for
the operation by the money taken
from the people in fixed charges.
The only private funds that enter
into them is the original capital in
vested in their creation. which has
in most cases long since been re-
turned to the investors iu the
shape of dividends. or the excess
above the expense Of operation.
maintainance and extension. Since
these institutions, therefore, have
their foundation upon public sup
port and cannot be Withdrawn oil
checked by those who claim pro
prietorship of them. why should il
be necessary for the public to pay
tribute to such ownership? Th'
vast sums that have sccrued il
profits to the public utility corpor
ations are simply SO much more
money taken from the public thai
was necessary &c carry them on il
rendering their service tothe public
If the people themselves owned
and controlled these utilities the,
could, for the same cost they pa,
/, to maintain them under private
!. ownership. have a better and NOR
extended service.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-05-26
Read tho Journal regular. The
price is within reach of al.


The Psychology ef the 0s60e.
I've always noticed" spoke up
Old Jim. that u farmers. vhsa ws
git on . billed shirt and Q derby has,
feel about the sane - Q city fellse
Woafin' Q soft shirt and Q olopeh hat.
We sort o b'lieve that lie oas auty
70 over-in-dulgs. In the old days
wus one o then hind What couldn't
even pin Q badge N ny coat without
a-feelin' that I had . hcense tsr paint
the town red"
Yes" laughed Cal. there hain't
NO sadder sight than ter see Q pr.
fectly sober man >ll covered with ~
bins and badges."-From -OlA jim
Case Of South Hollow"
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-05-26

clsm from the St. LOUIS Star, uD-
der the caption of ''Grammar and
Justice" expresses our sentiments
in the matter:
| Again the Missouri Supreme
| Court has rendered one of those
! decisions that render all level head
ed. sensible men impatient with
the reign of technicalily in court
procedure and the people general
Iy contemptuous of all courts.
There is no thought on the part of
The Star to criticize tue judges
constituting the court, nor to de-
clare that they have erred in any
way, according to the precedents
and accepted practice of appellate
courts. 1t is these precedents and
practices common 10 all courts
that are at the bar of judgment ot
the people, and haye been con-
demned. Declaration and execu-
tion of sentence are all that re-
mains 10 be done, and these must
naturally come slowly and after
long delay, chiefly because our
legislation is almost exclusively
shaped By lawyers, and they are
"ali tarred with the same stick" in
this matter of exalting the letter
of the law above its spirit and sub
ordinating the equity and merits
of all litigation to the technicalities
of its handling.
"Proudly as we may boast Of liv-
ing under laws made by the peo-
pie themselves, we are in fact liv-
ing u.,der court-made laws. The
tremendous and final power giyen
the courts to construe all laws
makes their application strictly a
judicial matter. For what, to the
man of hard common sense, is
most trivial, unimportant and
merely clerical defect in the record
of case, the courts as calmly as
though there were nothing at issue
but an academic discussion of fine
points of grammatical idioms,
overturn the work of a trial jury,
before which the convicted man
had every opportunity to defend
himself and suffered no deprivation
of any material right. The gram
maticsl nicely in no way affected
bis guilt or innocence nor his abili-
ty or opportunity to prove the lat
ter if it were fact.
Not all grammsrians will agree
| with the theory held oy the court
in the case of Delegate Warner,
that the omission of the word
"the' SO changed the definition of
the word "State" that~it failed to
indicate the State of Missouri.
The use of the word "the" is lido
matte. 1t many idioms we omit it
as unnecessary. In some Ian
gnages it is omitted entirely. 1t
is 10 no sense vital when the mean.
| ing of the word it qualities is per-
fectIy clear from the context, as it
was in the Warner Indictment.
The convicted man did not misun-
derstand the meaning of the sem
tence. nor did his attorneys, the
prosecutor, the court and the jury.
Only the closest adherance in the
highest technical sense to previous
court rulings upon such immateri-
al grammatical imperfections
could bring the court to such a
conclusion. 1t is this supertech-
nicalized condition of our courts,
and especially the appellate courts,
which the people deplore and scofi
at. and which they are determined
to reform just as soon as the law
yers they elect to the legislatures
will permit them to do so."
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-05-26

President Taft got drenched iD a
rain the other day. Must have
been quite a freshet.

The Democrats in Washington
have reached the stage of cutting
loose from Bryan where they no
longer telegraph to him to learn
what be thinks of it before they
make q move.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-05-26

Get your reading matter for 1909.
The Poto>i Journal and Twice-a.
Week Globe Democrat for o.. year.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-05-26

deal with the evil is to wipe it out
of existence. Abetting the unlsw-
full sale of liquor does not look to
us like an intelligent treatment of
the liquor question.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-21

Those who take Father Johns Med
icine recommend ii to Others. Cures
colds, bronchitis. asthma and all
throat and lung troubles. A food
medicine and body builder.
Father Johns Medicine is the best
remedy ever prescribed for consump-
ton Indorsed by physicians and hos
pitfalls.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-21
BENNINGTON COUNTY SAVINGS BANK

Dividend July LIST, 1909, was at the rate of
4 per cent per annum.
Dividends are declared twice a year, viz as
of the first days of January and July, accord
ing to law.
All dividends not withdrawn will be added to
the principal and draw interest as new deposits,
whether bank book is presented or not
Deposits made on or before the fifth day of
any month draw interest from the first day of
that month.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-21
AN ORIGINAL DRAMA
"Polly of the Circus" Appeals to Al
Classes of Theatre Goers.

"PoIly of the Circus" Appeals to All
Classes of Theatre Goers.
While New York theatregoers have
been thoroughly aroused by the cru
SADIE instituted by church and civic
organizations against the present al
legged tendancy to immortality on the
stage as evidenced by several recent
productions, Polly of the Circus,
which is to be presented in its origi-
nal metropolitan magnitude at t1e
Bennington Opera house on Monday
evening, Aug. % is receiving common
datiOn by clergymen of all denOmina-
tions in the various places it visits as
one of the cleanest and most whole
some plays OF the age, and an enter
tainment that no lover of an evening
of genuine enjoyment in the theatre
can afford to miss.
Telling. as it does, the story of the
odd romance of a pretty little circus
rider and village pastor in the Mid
die West, Polly of the Circus is
drama as original as it is refreshing,
and is one of those rare plays that
appeal to, the gallery gods" WITH the
same force as to the occupants of or
chestra chairs. Since this epoch
making play was first produced hun
dreds of thousands of persons have
been moved from laughter to tears
and to sheer joy in following the for
tunes of the wistful girl from which
comes the title, Polly of the Circus,
and her ministerial admirer. The re-
production of a mammoth circus in
full swing in the third act is the
greatest piece of stage realism yet
achieved and will be seen here iden-
tically as witnesses during its season
long run at the Liberty theatre, New
York City.
The company presenting this play
is by all odds the most competent
acting organization sent on tour this
season, and the local engagement of
Polly of the Circus" is certain to
prove the real event of the season.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-21
TO BREAK STANDARD OIL
Early Decision in Case Brought by
Government Expected

Washington, Aug. 2O.--An early de
cision in the case begun by the gov
eminent under the Sherman law to
break the Standard Oil combination is
expected
1t is believed by the department OF
Justice that it will come in a month.
The circuit court at ST. Louis before
which the case was heard, will meet
September !.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-21
The Treasures Of
Captain Kid

were lost years ago, and there
are some foolish people who
are still hunting for them.
But no one has to hunt long
to find a treasure in the way OF
writing paper. That made by
Eaton, Crane & Pike
is the best in the world, and is
to be found at our store in ev-
cry size, style and tint now
recognized by fashion.
There arecheaper papers than
the Eaton, Crane & Pike kind,
but you cannot afford to use
them, nor can we afford to sell
hem.
In buying writing paper do
not consider yourself, but those
to whom you will write. Then
buy an Eaton, Crane & Pike
paper.
EVANS
Selling Agent AL Main st.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-08-21
ARLINGTON

O. E. Adams returned from Rutland
Thursday night.
Mr.. Turner, who has acted as clerk
at the Arlington has resigned,
Mrs. George Howard and Mrs. Chas
June were in Bennington Saturday.
Miss Flora Hamilton of Eagle
Bridge has been visiting Mrs. z. Hard
H. S. Wilson is not as well at this
writing still being confined to the
house.
A daughter was born Wednesday
night to Mr.. and Mrs. William
Keough.
Miss Margaret Reed and Mrs.
James Cullinan were I'm Rutland
Thursday
Mrs. Sllas Wright of Middlebury
spent Monday evening with Mrs.
Sara Vault.
Miss Edith Haskins of Charlemont,
Mass, was the guest of Miss Lena
Sprague recently.
Miss Maude Adams returned We'd
lnesday evening from visiting Mrs. F.
b. Randall of SALISBURY.
Bernie Cullinan has returned home
from Bennington where ne visited
his sister Mrs. Guy McKeon.
Rev. and Mrs. George f. Pratt of
New York city are in town. Rev.
Pratt is former rector of st. James
church.
Mrs. Fred Bonesteel of New York
City, the Misses Perkins and Charles
Hard of Manchester were at z. Hard s
Sunday.
A card party was held at the home
of Mrs. Clarence Gilchrist on Friday
evening for the benefit of the Village
improvement society.
Mrs. Mary Adams and Miss Flor
ence of Bennington spent Sunday in
town. Monday they left for Fitch
burg to visit their brother Stewart
Holden.
Miss Gwendolyn Hayes and Hawley
Bump were married Wednesday eve
ming at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs.
Fri Bump on River street by Rev.
Alfred Taylor, rector of st. James
Episcopal church. Miss Hayes has
made her home in town for the past
few years and is niece of +. r.
Pell. a former proprietor of the Ar
lington, Mr.. and Mrs. Bump went
to North Adams on the evening train
returning home Thursday evening.
The death of Thomas G. CARPENTER
occurred Saturday afternoon, August
l4th at his home in Watervliet. Mr..
Carpenter was employed by John l..
Thompson, Sons & Co, wholesale
druggists of Troy. The funeral was
held Tuesday afternoon from the resi-
dence being in charge of King Solo
mons Prentice lodge. Mr. Carpen-
ter nas been coming to Arlington for
twenty-eight years and had great
many friends in town. He was here
only Tuesday before he was taken i'll.
O. II. Adams attended the funeral.