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Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-11-08

Our Democratic friends here
in Missouri are peculiarly be-
tween the devil and the deep sea
in the matter Of the initiative and
referendum law in this state
A Democratic Legislature having
placed this measure upon the
statutes, the party must now
either defend it or diScredit It's
own act. and. strange as it may
appear, oar Democratic friends
are trying to both these things
at once. The constitutionality
of the initiative and referendum
is now being aSsailed in the
United States supreme court on
an appeal from Oregon, the state
where it was originally adopted.
AS the decision Of the supreme
court in the Oregon case must
affect the standing of the initia-
tive and referendum in all the
states that have adopted it, Mis-
souri, is strongly interested, and
Attorney General Majors has en-
listed in the Oregon fight and
filed his brief in the supreme
court defending ,he constitutions
ality of the law. But, here is
the rub. AS the Missouri Republi-
cans will invoke the initiative and
referendum to break up the
outrageously unfair gerryman-
der of the congressional and
state senatorial districts by the
Democrats. the latter are ques-
tioning the lawfulness Of this
proceeding under the constitu-
ton, and are straining every ef-
fort to prevent the law from ap-
plying in this case. Thus we
have the Missouri Democracy
defending and assailing the in
tiative and referendum principle
in the same breath Should the
people of Missouri insist on leg
islating for themselves in the
matter of redistricting the state.
there will be JOY in the Demo
cratic camp if the supreme court
knocks out the initiative and re-
f ferend u n on constitutional
grounds.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-11-08

J. p. Morgan, it is said, feels
feels hurt over the government $
prosecution of the Steel Trust,
regarding it as reflection upon
his personal honesty. Morgan s
notions as to how much money a
man may accumulate honestly
are somewhat Overdrawn. He be
lieves that there should be no
limit, while there are plenty of
us who feel that even to accumu-
late one million one must be
committing IA moral wrong
against his fellow man.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-11-08
WHEN THE EYESlGHT FAILS
Then Things Lock oeed % One That
Everyone EIss 10 crstIelelaO
AaUhly.

Everything has its compensation"
declared the man whose hair 10 gray
ing over his ears and who cant read
fine print as easily ~ he could ten
years ago. Yes. sir! Things look
good to me that hear other people
criticising like the mischief. Every
girl has a hawless- companion; ev-
erybody's hair looks - II 1t grew
there and didn't have to bs pinned on:
all my friends are handsome; the
streets seem clean and my clothes
look new.
Then. when put on my spsctacaes
-! But I've learned not to, except
when l want to read. When my straw
hat gets too spotty my good wife
punches me up ase -says its time to
buy a new one. aDd whih she needs
a frock she just quietly hauls my
specs out Of my pocket. hands then to
me pointedly. and stands before ne IN
a good light. Rose-colored spectacles
are all right, she tells me. whea I'm
looking at her face, but she pr6oers
me to inspect her last summers gown
with my strongest. clearest lsnssA"
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-11-08
PROBATE COURT DOCKET.

State of Missouri, County OF Wash
ington.-ss. Docket OF cases in which
settlements are due from administra-
tors, executors, guardians and cura-
tors, at the November term of the
Probate Court Of Washington County,
to be held at the court house, in said
county, commencing the second Mon
day in November, 1911.
First Day, Monday, Nov. 18th.
Jules Boyer, guardian Edward Han
son, minor, annual settlement.
Joseph Grenia, guardian Alvin Gre
MIA, minor, final settlement.
NJ. E. Rhodes, guardian Berthe E..
White ct ais, annual settlement.
NJ. d. Rasnick, administrator Will
liam Wigger. deceased, annual settle
ment.
Frank B. Boyer, administrator Ma
ry A. Boyer, deceased, final settlement.
r. r. Bean, executor Sarah A. Hays,
deceased, final settlement.
Second Day, Tuesday, Nov. 14th.
John Scott, guardian Nellie Antho-
ny, minor, annual settlement.
James Lefler, guardian Lucy Letter
ct al, annual settlement.
L. I. Hall, executor Julia A. Hem
enway, deceased, final settlement.
F.. T. Eversoie, executor d. IN.
Srarks. deceased, annual settlement
Third Day. Wednesday, Nov. 18th.
Belle Freeland Mason, guardian
Robert Judson Mason, minor, annual
settlement.
B. F. Kendall, administrator Evan
B. Day. deceased, annual settlement.
Nancy s. Higginbotham, executrix
l.. B. Higginbotham, deceased, annu-
al settlement.
w. F. Haney, executor Robert T.
Wells, deceased, annual settlement.
Fourth Day, Thursday, Nov. 18th.
NJ. f. Rhodes, administrator Fred
erick Will, deceased, final settlement.
August Brass. Sr., administrator
Charles Allmann, deceased, final set
tiement.
Charles F. Silvey, administrator
James NJ. Silvey. deceased, annual
settlement.
Eliza n. Murphy, guardian John
Murphy. minor, annual settlement.
Morgan A. Casey, administrator
Barbara Miller, deceased, final settle
ment.
State of Missouri, County of Wash
ington,-ss. /, James A. Henson,
Judge OF the Probate Court OF said
county and state, do hereby certify
the above to be true copy of the
docket of the probate court at the Nov
ember term, 1911, Of this court; where
unto | sign my name and affix the
official seal Of said court this Sd day
OF October. 1911.
rc,7 JAMES A. HENSON,
t0e"il Judge Of Probate.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-11-08
Proper Age To Marry.

One fact looms large in the
statements made by deans and
presidents Of Women'S colleges
to the New York American in
discussing the fact that college
girls are rarely. if ever. figures
in 4 divorce court. This is that
the proper age for a woman to
marry is between % and 2Syears.
The able heads of Nassar, Bryn
Mawr, Smith and Wellesley unite
in saying that if all women wait
until this period of life, and in
the meantime devote their brains
to intellectual work and their
bodies TO healthful athletics,
there would be fewer divorces,
more and healthier children and
more happy homes.
Thus are two old fashioned
ideas exploded at once. Higher
education is a real boon to woman
hood, and the girl who weds at
Is. as our grandmothers used to
do. is making radical m :
take. New York American.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-11-08
ELECTION NEWS MEAGER,

Owing to meager reports pre-
vious to our going to press defin-
ite results of Tuesdays elections
in seven or eight different states
cannot be given in this issue.
Gov. Foss, Democrat, has been
reelected in Massachusetts by
a reduced majority.
In Kentucky the Democrats
were also successful, apparently,
and will supplant a Republican
governor.
In New York. where an cleo
ton for number of minor state
officers was held. the Republi-
cans are reported successful,
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-11-08

The man who edits the average
country newspaper cannot well
avoid treading on somebody's
toes continually: must expect to
be censured often for uninten-
tional failures; must expect hard
work and little thanks: must ex-
pect to be called a coward be-
cause he does not pitch into"
everything that somebody thinks
is wrong, and a fool if he speaks
out too plainly on public evils;
he must expect to grind other
peoples aXes-and turn thegrind
stone himself. Still we thinkit
is one of the noblest professions
on earth: the one in which the
earnest man can do the most
good to his fellow man and in
which an honorable man can
WELD much power for good. .-Ex.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-11-08
Where David copperfieId Was Written

BLEAK House" at Broadstairs, Eng
land, which has failed to find a pur-
chaser. is of interest to the Dickens
lover because the greater part of
David Copperfeld" was written there.
But 1t Is not the BLEAK House" of
the novel, which is definitely located
in Hertfordshire. The novelist and
his family appear to have been some
what tightly packed in their Broad
stairs home When Lord Carlisle con-
templated paying visit to Our wa
.tering place. in 1851 Dickens wrote
promising him the North Foreland
Lighthouse for a night light in his
bedroom, and he continues: "As We
think Of putting mignonette boxes out
side the windows for the younger chill
dren to sleep IN by and by, l am
afraid We should give your servant
the cramp II we hardly undertook to
lodge him" During the last few years
the house has been transformed out
Of all recognition.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-11-08
School Becky Sharp Attended.


II one had to select a single Thack-
cray shrine in London for q pilgrim
age 1t might we'll be Walpoie House
on Chiswick Hall. This was not only
the house where Thackeray as a ner-
vous, shortsighted boy was placed at
school with DR.. Turner and was so
miserable that he tried to run away
1t possesses that other interest which
makes the scenes Of Mr. Pickwick's 8
imaginary adventures more historic
than those Of Dickens real LIE, for
Walpole House !s certainly Miss Pin
kerton's academy, and here is the
spot where Becky Sharp scandalous-
ly hurled back the dictionary.
Lloyd Sanders, studying Old CHS
wick, admits, indeed. that Thackeray
borrowed some details for Miss Pin
kerton from other houses But Wal
pole House Is the basis. Here, too,
when 1t was q boarding house, Daniel
O'Connell ate his dinners and here
Charles us Duchess Of Cleveland
probably ended her days.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-11-08
The"County Newspaper.

\ grOuchy subscriber com
planned to Bert Walker Of the
Osborne Kansas Farmer because
he would not reduce the price
Of his paper and said he could
get a big daily almost as cheap.
This led Mr.. Walker to grow SEN
timental, and he moralized thus:
"'Tis Il thing of sentiment, the
little old country newspaper.
When perchance disgrace paints
the scarlet letter on the family
circle. it listens to the pleading
of the broken heart and whispers
not of it. When it does YOU a
favor YOU come in and beg few
extra copies, but when it steps
on your to-s you drop arouud to
lick the editor. Without your
dinky country papers your town
would be like the man who threw
kisses at the girl in the dark-he
knew it. but nobody else did.
You might imagine you were
alive but other people would
have to come out and see for
themselves. Thu ends h e
tale Of the blooming old thing
that wasn't worth two cents week.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-11-08

How many of our readers car
tell Us what the stripes on bar
Der pole signify? You see the
pole with its stripes and you
know there Isl barber shop back
Of the pole. but here the know
ledge Of the average perso
ceases. In the early days bar
bers did the bleeding for the
community and surgeons were
not as plentiful as now. The
first thing thought necessary,
way down to the time Of George
Nashington's ) death, was that
any patient should be bled. Tap
him and take few ounces of
blood from him, no matter how
weak he might be. The req rib
h"ns on Il barber pole mean the
bandages that BARRIERS bound
over the wounds caused by bleed
INC people.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-11-08

Ordinarily the st. Louis Globe
Democrats is prompt with an
extended editorial comment on
the event of any question of
great public and national in port.
but it has so far maintained a
profound editorial silence on the
subject Of the governments suit
against the Steel Trust. Other
metropolitan dailies have been
similarly tongue-tied On this sub
ject, though they can bray loud
ly enough upon the governments s
prosecutions of the Oil and. To
bacco trusts. Probably J. Pierp.
issued institutions for a soft ped
al chorus from the corporation
owned dailies.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-11-08
FINAL SETTLEMENT NOTICE.

All creditors and others interested
in the estate Of Charles Allmann, de-
ceased are hereby notified that | in
tend to make the final settlement of
said estate at the next term of the pro-
bate court Of Washington county, to
be begun and holden at Potosi, in
said county on the 18th day Of Nov
ember, 1911. AUGUST BRASS, SR.,
Administrator estate Charles ALI
mann, deceased.
October l6, 1911.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-11-08
FINAL SETTLEMENT NOTICE,

All creditors and others interested
in the estate OF Frederick Will, deceas-
ed, are hereby notified that I intend
to make the final settlement OF said
estate at the next term OF the probate
court of Washington county, to be
begun and holden at Potosi, in said
county. on the 18th day OF November,
1911. NJ. E. RHODES,
Administrator OF the estate Of Fred.
erick Will, deaased.
October II, 1911.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-11-08
minute.

As a warrior the Turk is not
to be despised. He is of the
same stock as the men who com
posed the invincible phalanXeS
of Philip of Macedon and Alexan
der the Great. In the Middle
Ages it took the combined forces
western Europe to hold him in
check. On anything like equal
terms he can even now give the
Dago all day in a good scrap.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-11-08
How A Girl Acts.

\ Topeka girl who married a
millionaire" q year or two ago
hasn't been home since. which
is an indication that her husband
did; have much. " h e n a
woman marrieS man that really
has money she comes back to
her home occasionally in order
to show off the things she has
bought with it Topeka Capital.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-11-08

In the mayoralty primary cleo
ton at Los Ageles, Cal. last
week the Socialist candidate got
the most votes, and will proba
bly, be elected mayor at the gen
eral election that is to follow.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-11-08

The time is near at hand where
the Old Guard of the Missouri
Democracy will give Joe Folk an
other promise. Plenty of EN-
on hand, Joe, and you'll get all
that's coming to you.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-11-08
Yor ara not tovpor;r,op<;nu ~, yo,,-

You are not experimenting on your
self when you take Chamberlain
Cough Remedy for a cold, rs that
preparation has won its great reputa.
ton and extensive sale by its remark.
able cures of colds, and can always be
depended upon. It's equally valuable
for adults and children and may be
given to young children with implicit
confidence as it contains no harmful
drug. Sold by all dealers.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-11-08

The Steel Trusts quarterly
dividends will be as large as
ever, the news dispatches state.
Of course, of course: those dear
dividends must be preserved at
all hazards.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-11-08

A St. Louis man went to Chi
cagO one day last week where he
gave up thirty five perfectly good
dollars for a machine for making
one dollar bills, that refused t.
work when he turned the handle.
A lot of people would have 10 60
work were it not for the fact that
there is sucker born every
minnie
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-11-08
The Democratic are not with

ne De1lOcIdllC dIe uol Will
out some serious troubles Of
it's own. Unless they nomin-
ate a man Wall Street will stand
for-Gov.. Harmon, of Ohio, for
instance--they will not handle
any very fat wads of Wall
Streets money in the campaign.
If they nominate a Wall Street
man the progressive element in
party threatens to turnhim down.
1t is on the Wall Street Doodle
that our Democratic friends are
counting to put their party
across next year.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-11-08

President Taft emphatically
says the antitrust law must be
obeyed. The trusts might as
fall in line and take their medi-
cine. it will not burt them much.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-11-08

The United States now stands
second as a naval power. but
YOUR Uncle Sam isn't strutting
around with chip on his shout
der on that account.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-11-08

Don't trifle with cold is good atss>
vice for prudent men and women. 1t
may be vital in case Of child. There
is nothing better than Chamberlain
Cough Remedy for coughs and colds
in children. For sale by all dealers.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-11-08

The best plaster. 4 piece Of flannel
dampened with Chamberlain Lini-
ment and bound on the affected parts
is superior to a plaster and costs only
one tenth as much. For sale BY all
dealers.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-11-02
ITALY BECOMES AROUSED
Decides to Seize Other Turkish Pos
sessions IL War Continues.

Chiasso, Switzerland, Nov. with
view to bringing the war with Tur-
key quickly to an end, the Italian cab
met decided that the porte must Ell
ther accept peace Immediately or lose
more territory.
This means that some of Turkeys
valuable island possessions in the
Mediterranean will be seized unless
she submits to her fate.
This decision was reached at a Sc
ries of secret conferences between
Rear Admiral Aubrey and members
of the cabinet. Aubrey arrived in
Rome suddenly and secretly. Lengthy
interviews with the premier and the
ministers of war, navy and foreign af-
fairs followed Definite arrangements
were made for sending the Italian
fleet into action against Turkeys Med
iterranean possessions.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-11-02
YUAN SHI kAi is PREMIER
Prince Ching Retires as Head of Chi
nese Cabinet.

Peking, Nov YUAN Shi Kai has
been appointed premier of China and
will organize new cabinet as soon
as he assumes his post.
Prince Ching, former premier, who
will continue his duties as acting pre-
mier, has been made president of the
privy council and Ma Tung and Hau
Shih Chang, vice presidents. Wei
Kuang Tao, formerly viceroy OF
Kwangtung province, becomes vice
roy of Hupeh and Human provinces,
to which Office Yuan Shi Kai was ele-
waited when he was recently recalled
from official banishment to restore the
imperial authority in the southern
provinces.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-11-02
POSTCARDS ARE CENSURED
Chicago Postmaster Begins War on
Objectionable Pictures.

Chicago, Nov. "A crusade against
Objectionable postcards has been start
ed by Postmaster ID. A. Campbell, who
appointed censors at all Chicago sub
postal stations.
The three chief kinds of pictures or
dered barred are: Men and women
kissing, women in abbreviated CO.'S
tune and animal pictures.
When asked why he had placed the
last named variety on the list Post
master Campbell said:
mot one postal card in hundred
bearing the picture of an animal is fit
to be exhibited in public"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-11-02
TAKE REGISTERED PACKAGES
Bandits Hold Up Train on the Rock
Island Road.

Memphis, Tenn, Nov. Rock
Island passenger train No. 43 was held
up and robbed between Bridge juno
tion and Hurlbert, Ark. Hurlbert is
fifteen miles west of Memphis.
According to advices received by
Rock Island officials here the robbery
was committed by two men, who es-
capped, after wrecking the express car
in an effort to blow open the safe with
nitroglycerin.
A message from the railway oper-
ator at Hurlbert says that nothing was
obtained from the express car but
that several registered packages of
unknown value were secured from
the mail car.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-11-02
Tortured for Is Years:

IUTFuTtU EUI IU UhIEs
by a cure defying stomach trouble that
baffled doctors. and resisted all remedies
that he tried, John w. Modders, of Mod
dersville, Mich. seemed doomed. He
had to sell his farm ond give up work.
His neighbors said, "he can't live much
longer" Whatever / ate distressed me
he wrote, It'll tried Electric Bitters
which worked such wonders for me that
| can now eat things i could not take
for years. Its surely grand remedy for
stomach troubles" Just as good for tine
liver ard kidneys. Every bottle guar
anteed. Only SOC at all druggists.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-11-02
REITERATES HIS
FORMER DENIALS.
Hines Again on Stance; s;ss st ts, he
Stephenson PrOkDossdd's5 sy seod wlii
og and ad-
e. hich ex-
BRANDS EVIDENCE FAILS

Robert ]. Shields Over the Amount
of Money the Latter Was to Get for
Putting Over" Stephenson-Story
as Told on the Stand Branded as
Absolutely Untrue.
Milwaukee, Nov. Edward Hines.
the lumber man, again denied before
the senatorial investigating committee
that he had anything to do wrongfully
with the election of Senator Isaac
Stephenson
"A story has been told before this
committee that you attempted to OBJ
struct the election of Mr. Stephenson
with view to obtaining money from
him; but you went to Washington and
suggested he put up half of $4,000
to put the election over. Is that
true?" Mr. Hines was asked.
Its absolutely untrue" replied Mr..
Hines.
~ hoS bNSh 6Natt0 AAaA rou hoa "a
dispute with Robert ]. Shields over
the amount of money Shields was to
get for putting over Senator Ste
phenson's election; that in that dis
pute you threatened to send Shields to
the penitent.ary and that when SO
threatened, Shields replied to you: i
g.
have bribed the assessors for you and
committed every crime in the cal
endar for you except murder, and IL
go to the penitentiary you'll have to
go too Did any such dispute take
placer"
Certainly not. I never had a dis
pute with Shields over Senator Ste
phenson's election, nor did ever pay
him any money in connection with it. >
The alleged dispute between Hines
and Shields had been given to the
committee by State Senator Paul o.
Husting. Husting testified he had Sc
cured the information from Writ H
Cook in an attorneys Office in the
spring of 1909 in the presence OF
Lieutenant Governor Thomas Morris
Cook got his information from Dan
iel Haley of Duluth. Ii was admitted
by all the witnesses that the informa.
ton involving Hines and Shields was
based on hearsay. No one stated
when or where the alleged dispute
took place.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-11-02
Churches Scored for Using Wine.

Milwaukee, Nov. 2.-The use OF fer
mented wine for sacramental purposes
In churches was scored before the
delegates at the session of the thirty
eighth annual convention of the w.
G. T. u. here Mrs. III. j. Hollins-
worth, superintendent of the Infer
mented Wines League of Ohio. was
the speaker.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1911-11-02
REVIEWS IMMENSE FLEET
Secretary Meyer Visits Armada As
sembled on the Hudson.

New York, Nov. with the broad
pennant of the secretary of the navy
broken out from her main truck the
trim little Mayfower, bearing George
Won L. Meyer, steamed up the Hudson
river through the broad water lane
made by the greatest armada America
has ever gathered together.
When the flagship Connecticut, fly
ing the blue pennant of Rear Admiral
Hugo Osterhaus, commander of the
100 vessels of war, began firing the
secretary's salute of nineteen guns,
25, 900 sailors and marines manned the
rail and stood at attention as the Sec
retary's yacht nosed her way through
miles of battleships, armored cruisers,
torpedo boat destroyers, torpedo boats.
submarines, colliers and mine laying
ships.