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Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-05-31

the people.
| Second: The Legislature pro-
vided two plans, one of which
must be adopted, or the State be
left without Capitol for years
to come. The first of these
propositions is the bond issue of
50, 100000 to be voted upon on
August /. If this fails a bond
issue of s5,OOO,OOO is to be voted
upon in November, 1912.
Third: By the adoption of the
So, 100000 proposition on August
1st, the people can save 1,5OO,-
600, and prevent two or three
years of expensive delay in the
completion of a new building.
Fourth: The amount each tax
payer will be called upon to pay
is insignificant. For instance,
a man owning a farm of the cash
value of $4,000, assessed at ST.
600, would be called upon to pay
20 cents year for not over 13
years, with the prospect that he
would have these taxes to pay
for only eight years, owing to the
rate increase of the value of tax
able property in the State from
year to year, and the consequent |
increase in revenue.
At first blush three and one
half million dollars may look like
a large sum to invest in a new
capitol building for even so
splendid a State as imperial Mis-
souri,. But when you take into
consideration the increased cost |
of building material and labor
over few years ago, you must
realize that the sum asked is a
very modest one. The fact that
the building is to be fireproof
throughout should not be over
looked in considering the ques-
ton of cost And then, too, we
should not forget that while
there may be those who consider
three and one half million dollars
too much, there are others who
believe it too little. This ele
ment in the Legislature forced
the submission of a five million
dollar proposition in the event of
the defeat of the smaller amount.
And when we consider that the
three and one half million dollar
capitol must receive two-thirds
while a bare majority
will carry the five million dollar
one, it ought to put every advo-
cate of economy to work for the
to be voted on Aug
ust 1St.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1911-05-31

know.
The Winslow mail., 1911-06-03
Line Means Much to Brazil.

The line of the Northwestern rail-
road of Brazil crosses the Panama
river at Itapura, where rapids divide
reach; then the Aquidauna and Mi
randa rivers, tributaries of the Para
quay and navigable to that stream,
which the railway crosses at Espe-
ranca 1t then runs up the further
bank of Corumba and reaches thV
Bolivian frontier, five miles beyond,
after having run due west, along the
twentieth degree of latitude, across
an almost totally uninhabited country,
with only three towns (by courtesy
to mark the line-Carpo Grande
Aquidauana and Miranda.
The Importance of this line is con-
siderable. Politically, it unites the
furthermost state with the center of
the republic, and diverts through Era
zil a considerable portion of the traf-
fic for which the Argentine republic
has been catering. From military
viewpoint it provides a quick route to
the frontier, while considered as
railway, it represents the building of a
line 915 miles long without any rail
way connection on the way, and that
in a remarkably short space of time.
1t is hard to realize the difficulties
of all kinds that had to be met and
overcome across country almost as
unknown as Central Africa, where cpl
denies of malaria broke out fire.
quently, and whose portion of the
hitherside of Itapura is still infested
with Red Indians, who keep on at
tacking the works.-Lienel Wiener in
Cassier's magazine.
The Winslow mail., 1911-06-03
Street Sayings Are Short Lived.

If some London slang has Il short
life, the street sayings current for a
time pass away even more quickly.
Most Of these, such as HAS your
mother sold her mangle?" who shot
the dog?" and How are you off for
soap?" survive only in the pages Of
contemporary novelists.
Some, however, have long life.
Does your mother know you're out?"
has been traced back to 1910 and may
possibly have been current before
then. Others are revived, with slight
alterations. Ten years ago rude little
boys would shout, Where did you
get that hat?" when their grand
fathers would exclaim, What! the
same old hati" And the expression
Of dissent emphasized nowadays by
mot in these trousers!" used to be
conveyed thirty years ago by the tag,
mot in these s!"-London Chron-
icle.
The Winslow mail., 1911-06-03

Connie Mack's men seem to get the
hits all at one time.
Gregg, a coast recruit, has done
the best pitching of any of the Nap
boxmen.
Outf1elder Noojin is the latest play.
re to be secured by Chattanooga from
Cincinnati.
Wolter, Daniels and Cree are play
ing great ball in the outfield for the
Highlanders.
1t seems that Vim Campbell would
have signed with another major league
club had he obtained his release from
Pittsburg
Pfeffer and Beebe, two former Uni
versity Of Illinois pitchers, were pitted
against each other at Philadelphia the
other day.
DOC" Casey, tooth snatcher and
former Tiger. is playing third base
and managing the Fort Wayne Central
league team.
With twenty-five runs and twenty
five hits against Newark the Toronto
team has probably set years record
early in the season.
Catcher STANCE, of the Tigers, broke
Ty Cobb's bat during a practice ses-
sion and poor Tyrus has had to use
a TRANCE club to hit with.
Tyler, Fred Tenney's new pitcher,
looks good to the Boston fans. A lit
tie more experience should make the
youngster a regular winner.
Scranton, Pa, will spend $4,000 for
a new part outside the city limits, so
that it may play Sunday ball without
offending the morals of the pastors.
Milan, the Washington outfelder, is
having his picture printed quite as
often as Walter Johnson is having
his. Milan is making a great record
this year.
Superstition keeps Pitcher Mullin
from having the operation on his nose
He has been winning with the nose as
it is, and don't want to take a chance
to change his luck.
President Ebbetts of the Brooklyn
club says he would not think of sell.
ing the club to Harry Payne Whitney
for $500,000 The famous horseman
wants to make McGraw manager if
he gets it. Ebbetts is going to get
a WINNER before he quits the game.
he says.
The Winslow mail., 1911-06-03
NOW GO TO MECCA BY TRAIN
Pilgrims to the Tomb of Mahomet
Saved the Hitherto Necessary
Trip Across Desert.

The decision of the Turkish govern.
ment to extend the famous Hedjaz
railroad by carrying the metals of
this line across the desert from Me-
dina to Mecca calls attention to what
is undoubtedly one of the most daring
railroad enterprises Of the age.
This railroad is unique in it's claim
of being the only railroad built for the
purpose of carrying pilgrims. Indeed,
known as "The Railroad of the Pill
grims,' it is being used for the trans
portation of Mohammedan pilgrims to
Medina, the burial place of their
prophet. Starting from Damascus it
runs almost due south through wild
and sterile country for more than 500
miles to Medina A short distance
from the terminus is Daraa, now quite
an imposing and important station,
where the line joins that coming up
from Haifia round the southern shores
of the Sea Of Galilee.
From Daraa the line gradually as
cends the undulating slopes of a
plateau as far as Zerka, where it
drops into a deep valley, and climbs
out again by a winding belt AS the
line proceeds southwards, signs of
civilization become fewer and fewer,
and the sense of desolation more
pronounced. Pursuing a course paral-
lei to the River Jordan, and almost
identical with the old caravan route,
the railroad traverses district as
full of interest for the Christian as
for the Mohammedan. Decayed ruins
of past civilizations and silent monu,
ments of long-departed prosperity ere
visible on all sides.
So the journey continues until El
Ula is reached, 609 miles from Damas-
Gus and 210 from Medina Beyond Ell
Ula none but Mohammedans may go,
even the engineer-in-chief, who is a
German, had to relegate to a Moham-
medan assistant the carrying of the
metals into Medina. The railroad is
now to be extended to Mecca, the
birthplace of Mohammed, but to ac
complish this, 285 miles of track las
yet to be laid across the desert This
is now being rapidly done and con-
struction trains carrying the neces,
sary material have proceeded south
from Damascus with Turkish soldiers
who will build the line under the di-
rection of a Mohammedan engineer
1t is interesting here to note that
when the Bagdad railroad has pro-
gressed another 200 miles and the
Bosphorus is spanned by bridge, the
sacred city of Mecca will be in direct
railroad communication with Cen
stantinople.
The Winslow mail., 1911-06-03

of war, and, with this showing of an
awful waste of blood for his argument,
he passionately took up the cause to
which he gave the remainder of his
life and the last ounce of his energies.
He unconsciously initiated what has
become in this later day general ma
tional movement for the conservation
OF natural resources, movement that
f1ttingly began with the conservation
of human beings.
He started alone, fearlessly facing
hostility or inertia on every hand;
but his unselfish enthusiasm and his
unwearied persistence slowly won the
interest and confidence of presidents
and congress.
He saw the safeguards grow year
by year and rate of slaughter on the
rail decrease. He fought on until he
saw the laws require every freight car
in the country to be made over for the
safety of the railroad workers,
equipped not only with automatic
couplers and brakes but with uniform
running boards and ladders and grab
irons. He saw the hours of service
on the trains limited by statute, and
peace between railway employers and
employees fortified by effective provi-
sions for mediation and arbitration.
His long task all but finished, he
sank down literally at his post Of
self-imposed duty, lamented by CRATE
full thousands in cab, caboose and
switchyard all over the country, and
respected by those against whom he
had manfully striven They knew best
of all that he was not battling for him
self, but for others, for the man in
overalls. By the sheer force of his
generous enthusiasm and devotion,
tempered by practical common sense
and a spirit of fairness, he had dis
armed opposition at every encounter.
Moreover, while the cost of his
system of safety car appliances will
run high above $100,000,000, so dis
tinguished an authority as the late
E. H. Hartman commended it as a
means to increased economy and eff
cheney in operation, and the effect OF
the arbitration law in averting strikes
has saved the roads more than the
total expense entailed by the new car
equipment.
No honest interest ever loses by JUS
tice
The Winslow mail., 1911-06-03

I can't find words to express my thanks
for the good your medicine has done
me. You maypublish this if you wish"
Mrs. HERMAN SIETH, Pound, Wis.
The success Of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled. 1t may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements, infam-
nation, liberation, fibroid tumors, ir-
regularities, periodic pains, backache,
bearing-down feeling, flatulency, indi-
gestion, dizziness, or nervous prostra-
ton.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
suffering women owe it to themselves
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Proof is abundant that it has cured
thousands of others, and why should
it not cure you?
If you want special advice write
Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, for it.
1t is free and always helpful.
The Winslow mail., 1911-06-03
British Locomotives.

Although British locomotives, limit
ed as they are by the narrower clear
ances of tunnels, bridges, ETC., have
never reached the size of locomotives
in America, there has been a steady
growth in dimensions, and some of the
latest engines are extremely powerful
Thus ten of the Atlantic type, built for
the East Coast Scottish Express use,
have total heating surface of 3,456
square feet, and CRATE area of 27
square feet. The barrel of the boil
er is five feet six inches in diameter,
and fifteen feet ten and one-half inches
in length. The tank has capacity of
4,125 gallons of water and five tons of
coal The total weight of the engine
alone is nearly 80 tons.-Scientific
American.
The Winslow mail., 1911-06-03
WELCOMED BY MEN WHO
SMOKE

Particular men who smoke realize
how offensive to people of refinement
is strong tobacco breath, and how
Objectionable to themselves is that
Ozark brown taste" in the mouth
after smoking.
Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic is worth
its weight in gold for this purpose
alone. Just little in glass of water
rinse the mouth and brush the teeth.
The mouth is thoroughly deodorized,
the breath becomes pure and sweet
and a delightful sense of mouth clean
liness replaces that dark brown to-
bacco taste.
Paxtine is far superior to liquid an
tiseptics and Peroxide for all toilet
and hygienic uses and may be obtain
ed at any drug store Is and SOC box
or sent postpaid upon receipt of price
by The Paxton Toilet Co., Boston,
Mass. Send for free sample.
The Winslow mail., 1911-06-03
TYRUS COBB IN VAUDEVILLE
Famous Tiger Player Has Received
Many Tempting Offers to Go on
Stage Next Winter.

1t is not at all improbable that Ty
Cobb may go on the stage next winter
in vaudeville act of some sort. Sew
eral managers have been after him
to go on the boards and some Of the
offers made him have been attractive
from salary standpoint. Up to date,
Ty's engagements have been such that
he has passed up the Thespian propo-
sition, but next fall he will be ready
to consider an offer.
Ty hasn't decided yet what sort of
an act he will attempt. A monologue,
baseball sketch, moving picture lee
ture and a number of other plans have
been considered, but so far the Geor-
gian hasn't been able to make up his
mind just what he wants to do. There
is no doubt that with any sort of an
attractive act Cobb would be great
card in vaudeville, for hundreds of
persons who would be willing to pay
The Winslow mail., 1911-06-03
Her Onerinu.

A young lady boarder in country
household lamented the absence OF
letters. Catching little Melba, the pet
of the household, up in her arms, she
said:
Precious, nobody loves me; guess
I'll go out in the garden and eat
worms"
The next day Miss Alice was inter
rupted by a low knocking at the
door. In answer, to her summons,
Melba entered grasping a large chip
carefully in both hands, the child
said:
Miss Alice, bad old postman not
bring you any letter; here's free big
worms. Now you won't have to go
out in the garden"
The Winslow mail., 1911-06-03
LARGEST Electric Switch Tower.

The largest electrically controlled
switch tower in the world has just
been put into service at Providence,
R. l., on the New York, New Haven &
Hartford railroad. The tower is
equipped with II switch levers, provid,
ing 266 combinations Elaborate pre-
cautions are furnished to prevent the
giving of wrong signal. The power
used is taken from the feed wires of
the railway, but as precaution two
other sources of power are provided,
which may be drawn upon in case o.
emergency.-Scientific American.
The Winslow mail., 1911-06-03

Manager Jim McAleer, of the Sena-
tors, is sweet on Detroit this season,
to perform like the Cubs-come back
and win their fourth flag.
He figured it thusly in a recent con-
versation: when Detroit won the
three pennants she did it with bum
inf1eld one pitcher and decrepit first
baseman One year the pitcher was
Mullin, another Donovan, while Ross
man and Tom Jones, never first-class
first basemen, we're on that bag.
The Winslow mail., 1911-06-03

time out. Having seen Mathewson
and some of the other baseball actors,
Ty doesn't think that there is much
for him to beat in making good
George Moriarity may be asked to ar
range sketch for the champion swat
ter, and it is possible that one or
more ball players would be carried to
assist Tyrus entertain the public.
The Winslow mail., 1911-06-03

Look at it this year. Jim Della.
hanty is good, splendid second base
man. Bush is a good shortstop as
lives. Moriarity is as keen, clever and
able third baseman as the American
league has and the new man on first
hasn't got to be a wonder to be bet
ter than Rossman or Jones. The
pitchers all look good and the team
is hitting hard. Under those favor
able conditions why shouldn't Detroit
repeat?"
The Winslow mail., 1911-06-03
THE TRUTH ABOUT BLUING.
ak No. 1.

Avoid liquid bluing. Every drop Of
water is adulteration. Half a cents
worth of blue in a large bottle filed
with water is sold for cents or 10
cents in many places.
Always use RED CROSS BAG
BLUE, the blue that's all blue A
large two-oz. package, all blue, sells
for cents or 4-oz. for 10 cents. De-
lights the laundress. AT ALL GOOD
GROCERS.
The Winslow mail., 1911-06-03
Hot Water Bottles That Warm French
Local Trains.

in comfort Especially is this so as
regards heating, the primitive hot wa
ter bottles being still in use.
These bottles are so hot when first
placed in the compartments that it is
impossible to keep the feet upon them,
but they soon grow cold and are worse
than useless before station is
reached where an exchange of bottles
may be made-Popular Mechanics.
The Winslow mail., 1911-06-03
Fittinq.

did your nephew make suitable
marriage?"
yes" replied the man who habitu-
ally thinks along erratic lines. "He
has curly blond hair, and has never
done anything more herculean than
to pick flaws on guitar, and-well.
he married female baseball player" "
Puck.
The Winslow mail., 1911-06-03

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The Winslow mail., 1911-06-03
Select American Rails.

One hundred and fifty-two miles of
the government railroad lines in Vic
toria Australia, have been relaid dur
ing the years 1908-1910 with American
rails 142 miles of 80 pound rails, and
ten miles Of 100 pound rails.
The Winslow mail., 1911-06-03
WATER BOTTLES GIVE HEAT
Primitive Custom That Survives or
Trains Running on Local Lines
In France.

Although the limited trains on the
branch railways are provided with up
to-date equipment, the local trains,
made up for the most part of the old
est cars, are almost entirely lacking
The Winslow mail., 1911-06-03
Train Ran 70 Miles an Hour.

A new record for long run by a
regular passenger train in the east is
credited to the New York, New Haven
g. Hartford Railroad Colonial Express,
as the result of its performance when
it covered IT'S miles between Boston
and New York in 1872 minutes, making
four stops The speed for most of the
trim was close to 70 miles an hour
The Winslow mail., 1911-06-03
Cab at the Front

A rather curious development is
seen in the latest style of locomotives
on the Southern Pacific, which are run
cab first, the smoke stack end bring
ing up the rear.
The Winslow mail., 1911-06-03

money just to see him before the foot
lights.
Cobb says that he has plenty of con-
fidence, and that he believes he could
get away with anything he attempted
in the line of vaudeville skit. He
has been called upon for speeches in
theaters on several occasions and has
The Winslow mail., 1911-06-03
verv Like.

did Hawkins take his punishment
like MANI" asked Lollerby.
you bet he did," laughed Dub
bleigh. "He hollered and yelled and
used strong language to beat crea-
ton. "-Harper's Weekly.
The Winslow mail., 1911-06-03

1t sometimes happens that a woman
marries man because she is sorry
for him. But is not that a poor way
to show her sympathy?
The Winslow mail., 1911-06-03
channe to Oil Burners.

One hundred and fifteen Great
Northern locomotives are being over
hauled and changed from coal burners
to oil burners.
The Winslow mail., 1911-06-03

aggregated a ter
rible yearly toll.
Under Mr.. Nose
ley's direction the
actual statistics
were collected and
published. The to-
tails of the killed
a n d woun d e d
proved to be as
appalling as those
The Winslow mail., 1911-06-03

FAILED TO
HELP HER
Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Pound, Wis. -"I am glad to an
nounce that have been cured of dys-
The Winslow mail., 1911-06-03
Riches.

Knicker-Brown counts his wealth
in seven figures.
-Perpendicularly?
The Winslow mail., 1911-06-03
DID A GREAT WORK
RAILROADERS remember MR..
MOSELEY WITH GRATITUDE.
Man Mainly Responsible for the Safe
ty Appliances With Which the
Lines of the Country Are
Now Equipped.

Every one knew that the casualties
among the trainmen and switchmen
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-11-25
CUPS AWARDED IN
STAR AUTO RACE
Long List of Perfect Scorers in
Recent Contest Receive
Prizes.

Loving cup and medals have been
awarded to the following perfect scorers
test: Jackson runabout, entered by ]. D.
Nicol, driven by j.. D.. Nieol; Ford run
about, entered by Essex Auto Company,
Inc, driven by Clifford b. Wyckoff; Penn
driven by Guy M. Reynolds; Correja run
about, entered by Correja Motor Car
Company of New Jersey, driven by =. G.
B; Riley; Haynes touring car, entered BY
Haynes Auto Company, Newark branch,
driven by e. R. SCHUYLER; Stevens-Dnryea
touring car, entered by A. G. Spalding
Bros, driven by George +; Eveland;
Company. driven by Walter Davenport;
Cadillac touring car, entered by Detroit
Cadillac Motor Car Company, driven by
Clarence e. Fisher. American tourist car,
entered by Jersey Motor Car Company,
driven by Ray Magruder; Auburn touring
car, entered by j. j. Meyer, driven by
j. j. Meyer; Hudson %runabout, entered by
A. Elliott Ranney Company, driven by
R. B. Mann; REQ touring car, entered by
R. NJ. owen & Co, driven by P. Hay
cock; Lion runabo1t, entered by Apgar &
Apgar, driven by +. L. Apgar; Lion run
by N. H. Apgar; Lion ~runabout, entered
by Steel Construction Company, driven by
R.. G. Clements; Paterson car, entered by
O'Neil Motor Car Company, driven by
The following will receive medals and
cups today: Maxwell touring ear. entered
by j. ". Mason, driven by j: w. Mason;
EMF touring car, entered by Louis F.
Pfeiffer, driven by Louis F. Pfeiffer; Ford
runabout, entered by Russell e. Gilman,
driven by Russell e. Gilman; Flanders
touring car, entered by EMF n Elan
ders Newark Sales Company, driven by
NJ. Fl. Jolly; National runabout, entered
by Thomas Hoy, driven by H. c.. De-
Raismes; Cole touring car, entered by
Wallace-DeWilde Company, driven by
John b.. Wallace; Premier touring car, en-
tered by DIR. II. r. Cook, driven by Her
man Peterson; Oakland %runabout. entered
by Central and Grove Auto Company,
driven by Thomas Buchner; Correja run
about, entered by Frank j.. Rodel, driven
by Frank j.. Rodel; Washington touring
car, entered by Cater Motor Car Com
pany. driven by H. o. Carter; Oakland
runabout. entered by Oakland Motor Car
Company, driven by Casper J. Maier, and
shoff, driven by Louis j. Blanchard.