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Rru,.n school Day. q. The, were.

PROM ne L0adOa Dgtv CArOafcis.
Coleridgcs record OF the meals at Christs Hna-
pitaI IN his school days gives detailed picture Of
what vas once thought good enough for growing
boys. oar diet Vas very scanty. Every morn
ing a HIT Of dry bread. and some had small beer
Every evening = larger piece OF bread and cheese
or butter. whichever liked. For dlnner-o on
sunday. boiled beef and broth Monday. bread
and huttrr. and rniik and water. Tuesday. raaat
mutton. Wednesday. brcsd and butter. and rice
milk Thursday. boilesi beef and broth Friday
boiles mutton and broth saturday. bread and
butter and pcase pOrrtdge. our food Was por
toned. and excepting on Wednesdays never hsd
q belly Phi. our appettes we're damped. ne, ~
a tlsncd. and Ne had no vegetables
The hard ShipS OF life AZ Et0n IN the Old days
we're aggravated by bullying witch. IN the words
% one Of the victims, sometimes amounted 20 "A
reign Of terrorism Provost Okes ~ Kin9's
Colisre. Cambridge. contributed the following
story
In Iuiv. isos. contsm plating natrtmony I
went "a the University Life Insurance Society
for a policy. went before the board-sons
siyt-rn m~n. You are . fellow Of Kings. I SOC
Nj Okrs. from your Papcrs.' Yes. sir = infer
then. necessarily that YOU were AZ Elton and IN
college 'Nr-. slr Hos long were you In col
I-xr'' Fight years where did you sIeep-
In I.our chamber. sir AN that time Yes
air We nredst asE Mr.. Okes any more qus--
TORS And they did not ~ meant =. ne
Provost said. ~ you passed eight years In Long
Chamber and alive ~ ~, you are q fairly Sase
life
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There are three lines Of one verse that every
one knows and tina Herrick. for once want
ing in tact. initiated and spoiled. vet they
are less beautiful than the three lines that
follow. So We will quote the whole verse 70
show sucking ~ mis- best.
Her feet beneath her petticoa'
Like Httie nice. stole In and out
A. n they feArd the ngh'
Pat y. she dances surh . way
W uDon Easter dsy
4. half me q sianL
II - n pity that he could not end even ha
masterpiece without a wink and leer
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BEETHOVEN.S LATER LIFE.
s~isseinisster'. Daughter Hho wsde
Notes &C the N1.ieaan's Acts.

The appearance 81 two new volumes
u the Life Of Beet bowen recalls the in
ter~stlnG history % the writing Of this
volume When Alexander Thayer died
in 1897 three volumes only % the hook
had been published. Dr Hermann Deit-
er-. who translated ThRyeT's original
manuscript. undsrtOOk TO revise thess
volumes and 10 complete the work He
revised Vol before his death aud pre-
pared the new volumes These have
been edited by Dr. Hugo R,emann. and
many details have been added from
recently published documents Among
the interesting contributions 10 the book
arr quotations from the diary kept by
Fanny Giannatasio. the daughter Of the
principal ot the school in which Bee
thOyen PLACED his nephew IN lsiS. The
great man was on very friendly terms
with the family and Fanny made notes
dIay by day with no idea that they would
ever appear in print
The Conversation Books with the
letters form the chief sources % infor-
nation for B~ethov~ns later years
SCHNEIDER possess~,l not fewer than go
% theae. many Of which he destroyed.
considering them Of little value
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Ia Monte and Mcncken'$
MEN VS.. THE MAN

Letter. TOR AMI against SOs'isllsui. 81 IS net
Among the popular books on socialism that
have appeared rerently the most intrrrst TIN G
aud perhaps also the most Instructive
Both writer have strong convict tons. are
veil Informed and rom mand = readable styte
. provides a fair statement of the arEu
ment on either side OF a Nexei question. -
THe .~un.
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JANE ADDaWs. UGLr DUCKIING.
80 BeasI she Th0aght she Was Oae when
she Was q latte Glrt.

The idea that Jane Addams 81 Hull
House. honored by probably millions %
her fellow creatures. should ever have
wished To spare others the mort feat ION
% seeming to he related 20, her may Se~m
like a fantastic joke. But she he rSelf
tells the story.
My great pride in my father she says
in the Americas MsOGsiRs. manifested
itself In curious ways On several sum
days doubtless occurring in two Or three
different years. the Union Sunday School
Of the village was visited by strangers
some Of those strange people who 1--we
outside a child's realm. yet const antly
thrill Il by their Close approach.
My father taught the large Bible class
in the left hand corner % the church next
Ia tho pulpit. and. to my eyes. AZ least
was a most imposing figure in his sunday
frock coat. his fine head rising high shove
all the others
Il imagined that the strangers were
led with admiration for this dignifled
person, and ! prayed With all my heart
that the ugly. piReontosd little girl.
whose crooked back obliged her to walk
with her head held very much upon one
side would never IN pointed o,rt to these
visitors "a the daughter OF this fine man.
In order tn les~sn the possibility Of a
connection being made. On these part TO-
ular Sundays I did not walk hs.side ms
father. although this walk was the great
event 81 the week. but Attaciled myself
firmly To the side u my Uncle James
AdiaIns. in the hope that I would he
mistaken Tor his child. or ai least that
I would not remain so conspictOusly AN
attached that troublesome quest ions
might identify AN Ugly Dnckling with
her imposing parent.
4 simply could not endure the thought
thar strange people should know thai
INV handsome father owned this hOmely
little girl But even tn my chivalTtc
desire 10 pruteCt him from has fate. |
was not qu to easy in the Eacrifice Of nv
uncle. although I auieted my scruples
Wiih the reflection that the contrast was
less marked and that. anyway. his own
little aiFl was not 80 very pretty
Happily. however. this spectre was
laid before it had time To grow into a
morbid familiar. 10y a very trtning an
CiCient cine day ! met my father coming
Ouf &c his hank On the man street. Of the
yeritable whirlpool u society and com
mer,~. With a playful touch ~ exag
gerailan. he lifted his high and shining
silk hat aud made ne an imposing bow.
This di-tin g,Iiahs-d puhlic recognition.
this totally unnecessary ident ihCAiion
among mass Of strAnge p~opl" who
couldn't p,sssihlv know unless he himself
made the sign. suddenly filled nIe with a
sausr 81 the. absuTdiiy Of the entire feeling
|, NAV not even then have SEEMED a. alb
surd a. u really was bat ~ least D; SEEMED
enough ~ TO COLLAPSE. or To pas into he
limho ~ forgotten spect rec
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Grant shOwcrman's
WITH THE PROFESSOR

wit rot ton erudite. and fancy not 100
Fiotous. The keynote of the book = sort 20
cheerful deri~i0n OF gieeful sarcasm. OF good
humoTryi pessitnisnl. punrtuAtegl with ~
manner Of drOH concerts. b. TAs Dial - .
ne.
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The Rsd We'll Applied

Iru"t ~ IonGoH b'Hf shT""t %"
IoAn WrsIry's mother b~iis, I'll In b'rrhiuC rhii-
drrn a. the earliest possible age zach one 10 her
family ~ rnrpcled "a celebrate his arm birth
day by ~arniaN The alphabet by heart In order
tia; THIS task might he accomplished Mr. esiry
after SsuinV strict oris-s that one no should dis
tuTb her shut hctscr up for ~ EourS Win the
rhILt and drove the ~'rrs into bis brain with the
AID Of a rod Nine o,Ilbr'. a Irrnrh cOntrtn-
tGrAry % Mrs Wesi~y, was equally firm 10
IIe,eF In the virtues o. corporal punishment but
was not sufrtrntly strong - administer wtst she
considered satisfactory logging. She there
fore engaged a constable to call twice week and
fog her three children. ~ BY rhARc~ they had
not been naughty then the punishment was ~
ferred 10 tns aceount u future iFansErrSSions
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n1rN WIlsaa WssslPsw saa GSgtrUs,
Aahrpean memsr Deeisapsal,.

Mrs. wIlson wOodro ~ diAagre~a dia-
matrically with Osrt rude Athsrion IN
the lssteg's criticism - the American
novel a. lacking background and u ths
American man a. tscksEs { IN 5;=ySh0toEi-
cal qualify Our national genius. Mrs
Woodrow says. was ~ nrna given "a the
task Of c0nausring nature. then to the
organization % great Industries and
and ant ricats comhlnations The national
gsaius has been typiAed in our great
iinancisrs and they have riosn to the
stature " the continent. And Ia ind
these people who have accomplished the
uarvels which have taken placs "a
America ID an Incredibly short tune with
out Psychology . TO Tall TO Apprsciate
them o. the magnitude of the situai ion. :
Mrs. Woodrow has made one 10 these
great financisrs the hero 10 her new
novel, The Beauty
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CharIemaane's Pssrn.

Cardinal RampoIa. IN answer "a = letter "
inquiry ~ 20 the ChArtensgns uAnuscript which
was recently discovered b. him tn the Vatican.
a. announced In this column. says There can
be- M dOuht io IT, genuineness. n T. eel
known also that he had often expressed himself
In poetry. and n goSd example of his corn position
and style i the epitaph on Pope Stephen. The
discovered document II an elegy the dea IN
% his son. written IN Latin. and whsn found Nas
In two pieces the Joining Of Whirh Wa . laborioss
ask
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Nru WORDS FOR ENGL iND.
A." N"knoW I~sIErs the mrrrtpi sf sem"
Trr~e ENprr~sIsn. Fr9sa a..

FfOW re psSSH.
e.. wy-I- mike an amusing study.
. ....r war gave ~ trek ~maftick
.p.umlr,l.,r and the coronation
.-. 30 .curunHte Motors and air
.r.. r,-srDn-ibl.' for fr''rh expressions
.,u..r found ~ To- mote mo
-EIrIR-- and chauffeur" aud
..r -Upplt-d rs with -aviators.-
iud aviation. And We are
....ar with the USEFUL terms -wirrs.-
and 'ta Niz.
~ American friends have made
-.rf II some terse phrasSology.
N... '..v vrut ~ to ~ rHInct Jlal they
on tiine. and when they
.-. Huick they ak ~ 10 hustle.
N'y" laugh; ~ the word bad
waist" for "a blOus.'. and multi
.Uttrs.
..- Hfr portable terms. bat we arp
r.. E.d Gy theiT pODdsrJus words
100 md -~l~cf rifioAtion.- Then,
'.r good or ~. a certain s-t Of
.." 'sm. into constant use la
.I' Journalism. OF therSs are the
fru i'Tn- weird quaint.
.t@.rv.- trend. i" outlook. and
.ph'" md when " riting Of social
r';Irr -iunrtiOn" and enter
~" fuEiish language may
!. ''' 'han ~ wore, Du' y has picked
Y"w cuil,-tuillismS.
- o. ftIious pus-tisa 80 Literary CT-aIt.
rrpr % rHr SIS sF 10 would
Literary Ua~s" showed morr teelinE
..- .I mat most I-r'fiiar business ~aiied
.r tffaur.rip a. tho eas~ may h..
... Yf human nature lnds cditOrs
dcLghtIu or amusing. but they
rr. s1f 10 th,y 80. what have poor
!. .'urH o. Ordinary peopie'
Hrsa.F" 81 appearing IN the March
Rs. au0wn s'u YORK magazine. and
U Sew 0rE newspaper In less than
r.ishrd o. merely mentioning from
quoted Ths editor paid no more
- .7 H No than ~ : didn't sHist
grD' oked' 70. indeed. { coast1ered IL
~ rr a. ,. a..
Pos ANnoI. April Is
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T.. Lawrence DudIey's
The ISLE OF WHISPERS

tale % q mystfTiOus No Mans Land
neat Nantucket tstSOl
Keeps the attention a. closely eHDertsnt
10 his bold sketching a. does his Vreat protO.
type " his more finished picturea- irore IN
ished. but hardly stranger. In one very
great essen tial Mr. Dudley has unseertaken-
and succcsSfuliy--4 more ambitious piere of
melOdpama than Il Treasure Island Hta
terroTs and AgOnies are less of the concrete
Of the flesh. They quite miniu iEe dca On And
physical torture. The loss of esteem and
love aud honor are the more ONerN helullpR
disasters 81. Hartford COuraHl
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-10-26
Is It Time For Men 10 Change.

Two souls never had single
thought. Two hearts never beat
as one for sixty minutes since
the world began, says Erman
j. Riglway in The Delineator for
November. And unless men learn
to live larger lives, less and less
will their souls think the thoughts
of wonan's souls; less and less will
there be rhythm in their heart
beuts with womans heart beats;
for woman is coming TO her own,
and man must change.
When | say man must change,
do not mean it as Il threat. | do
not mean that woman by force or
by the ballot is going to upset
things, ride over things in rule.
or-ruin frenzy. l do not mean
that she is going to set herself up.
on II pedestal -or take herself toe
seriously. | do not mean that e!le
IL yeIns become masculine o,
force men' bctome feminine.
Quite the contrary.
Women III this their a., arc GO
ing To he equipped To look out fol
their own feed and clolhing ard
shelter. | mean so equip III,
daughters. Diner men have The
same thought. | mean to Leave
my girls, if | am taken away ant
what | leave them is taken away
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-10-26

The Democratic papers are Civ
ing out lot of figures compiled
by State Auditor Gordon Demo.
clreA which purport to show that
the Democrntic state officers are
conducting affairs at jefferson City
far more economical than when
Republicans were in charge there.
OF course these figures are colored
to 1T the Democratic cause, in
other words, they are made to lie,
and lie boldly. For instance they
are made to show that under the
first twenty months of Governor
Folks administration, the cost Of
the governors Office was ~, ,691
less than Governor Hadley ex-
pended during the first twenty
months of his term. And so on
through the state departments, in
each the figures are distorted to
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-10-26
A STUPID PARAGRAPH

The fellows who get up Democratic
campaign dope" for gullible editors
seem to have cast to the winds pru-
dence, decency and an -lonest regard
for truth. They show that in the fol-
lowing paragraph which found its way
to the columns of several good Dem
ooratic papers:
"Hadleyism has proven one OF the
costliest Investments the voters Of
Missouri have ever yet made. 1t has
reduced the state from the fifth to
the sixth place irf population, and it
will require heruclean efforts on the
part of our people TO regain our lost
prestige. 1.-THE first thing we should do
to that end is to begin the work OF
a thorough fumigation. and to turn the
rascals out just as quickly as pos
sible."
Ii Democratic papers have readers
foolish enough to accept such state.
ments as tha, then there is very little
hope Of ever educating them The
idea of Missouri having lost anything
under the present administration. and
the idea that Democrats, by heruclean
efforts, can help back to its rightful
position this grand old state they mis-
managed, hindered and hurt for nearly
forty years;
But-oh, what's the use botherine
about men who will write or print
or believe such stuff as that paragraph
contains.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-10-26
Capitalizing Earnings.

One reads with a good deal Of
interest the plea made by some Of
the railroad attorneys at the recent
hearing before the Interstate Com
merce Commission, that railroads
should be permitted to capitalize
their earnings, that is, the profits
they put back into the business
should be made basis for aChli-
tional stocks or bonds or both.
This demand interests two classes
Of people; the holders of stocks or
bonds or both, and the patrons
who pay the freight, and thus pro
vide interest on the bonds and
dividends on the stocks. 1t inter
ests the former class because the
stakeholder knows that railroad
properties, like men and women.
are subject to decay. The rail
road, from the time the last spike
is driven, begins slowly, very
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-10-26

so equipped that they will not hsye
to marry for food, clothing and
shelter. | mean to have them
equipped so that if they make a
mistake and marry Il brute instead
Of man they can send him on his
way. Do you see what that means?
Fathers arc doing it everywhere.
Women are not going to be house
keepers nor dolls nor mistresses,
but mates, and that means man
must change. When women live
with men because they want to,
and not because they have to, mar
riage will average very much bet.
ter in beauty and happiness than il
does now.
And men will be men, which
many of them are not now, snd
women will be women, which
shame on men!-many of them are
not permitted to be now. And it
is all coming about naturally,
without social cataclysm; and
fathers are quite as much concern
ed as mothers.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-10-26

ing power would be less. In this
it failed. But under Republican
rule, without change in the mon.
ey standard, the prices of commo.
dities, as now admitted by the
Democrats, have advanced fully
fifty per cent. Today the land is
thick with Democratic orators de-
nouncing the Republican party for
having accomplished through tar
itf legislation what they (he Dem
ocrats) were hoping to accomplish
with the "heaven born" issue of
free silver. Mind you, at the
same time, labor is being far bet
ter paid and more fully employed
than it was back in the days when
it was being ''cruci6ed upon the
cross of gold," etc. Supposing
the Democrats get back into pow
er, lnaugurate a free trade policy
and accomplish general reduction
in the cost of commodities, and,
necessarily, it may be added, in
the price of labor also, how would
they defend this outcome? Would
they not have to 60 back to the
money question agains 10 any
one who Is really capable of con.
ceiving intelligent ideas, it would
seem that they are getting them
selves pretty we'll balled up in a
tangle of their own weaving. Dc
Il little thinking, dear voter, be-
fore you cast ballot to restore
the Democratic party to power
and make sure that you really
want to see the lower prices that
party is promising YOU.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-10-26

Rev. George Warren, former
chaplain of the Missouri peniten-
tiary, while he was filling that Of
fee got curious to what extent al.
coholic liquors figured in the crime
for which the prisoners were doing
penal servitude. He found that
out of the 2279 convicts in the
penitentiary at the time the inves-
tigation was made, IS per cent of
the entire number came there di.
rectly through the influence of
liquor, and Eve per cent of the re.
mainder came there indirectly
from the same cause. Or, in other
words, 1000 of the convicts in the
Missouri penitentiary are there
through the licensed Liquor traffic
in this state. Get that fixed il
Your mind and reflect upon it be
fore you make up your mind how
yon will vote on the Tenth Amend
ment.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-10-26

Speaking of the joint debate be-
tween Congressman Elvins and his
Democratic opponent, Walter L.
Hensley, at Fredericktown recent.
ly, the Dem. News of that city
says:
"Mr. Elvins opened his address
by reading the questions that are
alleged to have been propounded
by Mr.. Nipper of Potosi to Mr..
Hensley to answer and which Mr..
Nipper proposed to pay reward
of $25 for anyone who would get
Mr.. Hensley to answer them.
Well, had Mr.. Nipper been pres
ent when Mr.. HensIey got through
with Mr.. Elvins Saturday night his
curiosity on this point would have
been fully satisfied"
We followed the Dem. News ar
ticle closely, but we failed to find
a single statement in the nature of
reply to Mr.. Nipper's questions.
According to stenographic re-
port of the debate, the only state.
ment made by Mr.. Hensley that
bore upon the questions at all, was
that the speaker was in accord
with the Democratic platform on
the tariff question, and that he left
it to the wisdom of that party
as to whether the tariff schedules
on lead, tiff, etc., were too high.
Mr.. Nipper asked for plain yves
or no" from Mr.. Hensley in reply
to his questions, for the reason
probably, that he had no faith il
the "wisdom" of the Democratic
party on tariff legislation, and, be
cause he felt, also, that the voters
of this congressional district had ,
right to know before the election
instead of afterwards, how th'
Democratic candidate for Congress
would vote on those schedules i
he got the change. Perhaps tn
Democrat=News will give US SOM
enlightenment, with distinct le
ply, such as the ~Ironton Registe
made, as to the wisdom of tn
Democratic party On tariff legisla
ton.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-10-26

make comparison favorable to
the Democrats. Since this report
has been circulated, S. I. Ores
ham, who was chief clerk to Audi
tor Wilder (RepublicaD) has gone
over the accounts of the various
state officials for the period in
question and has put an entirely
different face upon the matter. He
shows that Governor Folk cost the
people of Missouri in that twenty
months period, $4,373.2S more
than Governor Hadley cost them.
State Auditor Gordon himself has
exceeded Wilder's expenses $2,-
581.73; State Treasurer Cowgirl
has made his Office expenses S3,
531. 43 more in twenty months than
those of Treasurer Gmelich, bis
Republican predecessor. The
Democratic Attorney.GeneraI's &C.
count is 81, ,215. IS larger than that
of the Republican he supplanted.
Mr.. Grisham's figures were taken
from the books of recold and are
reliable. 1t may be added thai
the Democratic party of Missouri
at no time in its history ever made
a record for economy. Its ex
travagances in the days of its long,
unbroken regime, were so grea
that it looted the public schoo
funds to pay expenses and fasten
ed upon the people perpetual in
terest- bearing debt of nearly fiv'
million dollars thereby.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-10-26
counties.

The Fredericktown Dem. News
has had a good deal to say about
the failure and closing down of the
North American mines and smelt.
er, situated in that neighborhood,
and, as we size up it's argument, it
seems to hold the Republican par.
ty and particularly Congressman
Elvins responsible for the shut
down. Will the Dem. News please
tell a seeker of information just
how the Democratic party, in con-
junction with Mr.. Walter L. Hen.
sley, proposes to restore this mine
and smelter to profitable opera
tion2 Come, tell us about it.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-10-26

slowly, to die, unless it is constant
Iy repaired. Now if the money
that is necessarily spent in repairs,
in accordance with this law of na-
ture, is allowed to become the
basis of new issues of stock, then
1.-THE first stock becomes less valu
able for the reason that each share
represents a smaller portion of the
real value. That which represents
the original stock slowly dies,
while new stock is issued for the
repairs.
1t interests the patron, because
increasing rates will be demanded
to furnish dividends on this addi
tional stock. If this is allowed,
the railroad levies additional taxes
on the country tributary thereto in
the guise of advanced rates, and
makes every mans farm proper
tionately less valuable.
To make this point little clear
er: If the farm was capitalized
and additional stock was issued for
the earnings as taken for repairs
of buildings and fences, how long
would it be before the shares
would decrease in value and earn
ing power? If the farm were
wisely capitalized at first, it would
soon be over capitalized; and hence
stock in it, if sold at all, should
sell at reduced price. The farm
er knows he could not make those
he deals with pay the cost, and has
too much sense to try it. If with
the earnings, he made new ina
provements that increased the earn.
ing power of the plant, the results
would show in the increased price
of the shares; and it would be pre-
cisely the same in the case Of the
railroad. Railroad officials would
do we'll sometimes to put muzzle
on their attorneys. - Wallace
Farmer.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1910-10-26

Gov. Folk said in a recent speech
that there is Il tariff of 81 per
cent on sugar, while acorns are
free. Under Republican rule the
people have never been compelled
to get down to acorns as an article
Of diet, they will not haye them
even if they are free. A tax on
acOrns would bring more revenue
under Democratic rule.