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Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-10-15
The Editor Retorts.

Newspaper men are not the
only people who make mistakes.
Over in Hartford while ago a
New York house wrecking com
pany started in tearing down a
house, and when it was nearly
wrecked it was discovered that
the men had selected the wrong
house. In Wakefield a f7w weeks
ago a big load of furniture was
delivered at the wrong house and
all nicely placed in various rooms
before the mistake was discover
ed. Yes: there are others who
make mistakes, and if a word
happens to be misspe lied or a
letter upside down these little
incidents should be borne in
mind. Wakefield Mass Item.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-10-15

The Srarchlight. a Republican
stand pat paper. says that the
presidential contest of 1916 will
be between President Wilson on
the Democratic ticket and TheO-
dOre Roosevelt on the Republi
can ticket. in which case it would
be for Wilson. Just why Mr..
Roosevelt should be taken uD
again by the Republican party is
not made clear in the talk of
making him the leader of that
party IN the next presidential
campaign. He took himself out
of the party in 1912 and says he
is out of it now and will remain
out, and is therefore not eligible
to the Republican nomination.
Even in the event that the Re
publican convention displays the
insanity of going outside of the
party for a candidate, and even
though that candidate were
Theodore Roosevelt. he could
rot possibly be elected by Re
publican votes. The strength
that might be gained from Win
ming back the Progressives un-
der Rooscvclt's : leadership would
be offset bv the loss of the
straight Republican vote. for
such foolishness would only open
the party breach wider than ever
and open the way for a bolt from
Roosevelt. Mr.. Roosevelt lost
his chanceto be elected preSi-
dent in 1916 when he bolted the
Republican party in 1912.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-10-15

empty, the cellar much the same
and from the present outlook
we'll have to live on game: bu,
no doubt should now di turb US,
nor should our faith be slack,
for the Democrats at Washing
ton are sticking to the track,
and when they get through
working and fairly on the road.
then the cussel piu,Dcrats will
have to tote the io"tI. And we
all will have plum r:.I ling and
pie for every day and ride
around in autos, whit; 'hc piutes
will sleep on hay: anl riches
vast and pleasure Vii. truly be
yours and mine, for the country
will be saved at last by Wilson
and Bill Bryan TX.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-10-15
Who Pays 1t?
Is 1t You?

Who pays for the advertising:
Do you pay for it: Let's see il
you do.
Suppose you buy a labeled, ad
vertised article and it doesn't
wear; 1t is no good. You can at
least be sure of not being taken
in again by that same inferior
piece of merchandise.
And that is worth something
to you.
Then suppose you buy anoth.
er brand of labeled, advertised
goods, and it pans out O. X. 1t
fits better than any you have
ever worn before. 1t lasts twice
as long. 1t gives you double
your moneys worth in service
and satisfaction. You'll never
use any other kind as long as
you live.
And you can be absolutely sure
|of getting identically the same
article-uniform in every iota of
quality. The label does that fOl
you.
And that is worth considera
able to you, too.
No, you do not pay for the ad
vertising. Dollar for dollar, you
get more for your money wher
you buy advertise goods than
when you buy unknown, unla
bled kinds-and you have the
salts faction of being sure.-Ex.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-10-15
Select Your Seed Corn Now.

There probably never was a
time when good seed corn was as
scarce as it is this year, and ev.
cry Missouri farmer should make
a special effort to select the best
of this ,Tear's crop: otherwise he
will b.. forced to buy bottom
ground sect. which in many
cases has 9ivcn very poor results
on prairie land.
The Missouri College of Arri
culture has found by c:.refn! OBJ
Seryatiun ard experiment, that
FOR best results. seed ShuEld be
selected from the fed during
October. 1t takes only s,Hr doz-
en- good ears of Seet corn to
plant an acre. Any farmer can
far better afford to take one days
time and select seed for his en-
tire crop than to pay an exorbit-
ant price for seed grown in an
other part of the state. One
lead ear out of every twelve
would cut the yield of a 80 bush
el crop over four buShel per acre.
Each farmer should go through
his corn sometime within the
next three weeks and husk out
twice as much corn as will really
be needed for seed next spring.
Hang this corn up in a dry. well
ventilated place where it will be
safe from mice and rats. In
case there is no corn standing in
the field, pick out the best seed
corn while shucking out shock
corn and hang these ears up for
seed.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-10-15
TRIBE LEADS PECULIAR LIFE
uriankhai Ut One Time Dvvellod In o.
besia. but Have Been Drivsa -
China by Russians.

The Uriankhai are q poor, semfno-
madic tribe. who have been driven into
the recesses of one of the most din
cult and remote regions Of Asia BY
stronger advancing hordes Of Tartars
and Siberian Russians. They used to
dwell in better lands on the Siberian
side. but now they are all within the
Chinese empire In the peculiar noun
tain-locked basin around the sources
Of the Yenisei.
The existence OF these people in
this region is peculiar. says the Wide
World Magazine. Long. long ago there
there was a race of people who In
habited the banks Of the Yenissi In St
IBERIA. who titled the soil and worked
metals- They made stone implements
until they learned how to make bronze
ones. and later they attained to the
knowledge OF iron. They covered the
land with gigantic gravelmounds. the
burial places Of their chiefs: thsy drew
pictures on the rocka, and wrote their
strange picture language. thereby CIV
ing US q clew to their identity and
helping US to know something about
them.
Hordes OF men from the south. how
ever. drove them out Of this good land.
and they retreated to the far north.
where they still exist. They live there
In q bleak land Of tundra. within the
Arctic circle, and are called Samoyeds
primitive people who have returned
almost to the status of the stone age
But . portion Of the tribe remained
for q time. and gradually retreated far.
ther into the inaccessible forests to
the south and east. where We now
find the remnant In the remote cor.
ners Of the Upper Yenfssi basin
These are the Uriankhai. the forest
dwellers-or as some call them. the
wild Unankut." Outside food, birch
bark and reindeer skin are their sole
necessities. Theirs is indeed the sim
PIE LIE!
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-10-15
A Fashion Hint.

Among the Central American
Indians is a tribe that gathers
silk by permitting it's members
to become living cocoons. the
worm spinning its web as it
drags over the naked body of
the human spools, until they are
covered with seamless gar
ment as neat fitting as the skin.
This bit Of information is offered
merely because it is said that
skirts will be worn tighter next
season ana some lady of fashion
may score a beat over her rivals
by sending to South America
for couple of silk worms.-Chi-
cago News.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-10-15
National Convention In Prospect.

The Republican National Com
mittce will meet at Washington
Decem ber the lG. and may call a
National Convention to be held
early next spring 1t is doubt
full whether the National Com
mittee will assume to determine
how delegates to the National
Convention of 1916 shall be selec-
ted, or on what basis states may
be represented, as there is now
such a wide spread demand for
changes in methods of selecting
delegates and in the basis of rep
reSentatiOn.
If a National Convention is
called by the National Commit
tee, nation wide campaign for
control of it will be inaugurated
at once and the party will have a
lively contest on hand. New
York having started the move
mert for change in party rules
the issue cannot be avoided. 1t
is reported, on good authority,
that a majority of the members
of the National Committee now
favor call for National Con
vention to be held before the
, Congressional and Senatorial
campaigns of next year open. In
a number of states. candidates
for United States Senator and
for Congress will be nominated
in the spring. Several states
will elect Senators this year.
One of the main issues involved
in the demand for National
Convention is the proposition
that the National COmmitte shall
assume authority immediately
after their election. and thus
have charge of the National Con
vention, though it is also pro
posed that the temporary roll OF
a convention shall include only
the names of delegates certified
by state authority or by authori
ty of a State party convention
This would obviate interminable
uuarrels over credentials of dis
trict delegates and transfer
f, troublesome and dangerous con
tentions from the National Com
mittee to State Committees. \
determined fight will be made
for the selection of delegates by
the primary election method
with has been adopted by sever
al of the larger Republican
states.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-10-15
What Kansas Whiskey Will Do.

A farmer out in Kansas is said
to have loSJ can of syrup which
he had intended to mix with
some poisoned bran to kill the
grasshoppers that were running
his crops. AS he did not have
time to go after more syrup and
having quart of drugstore
whiskey handy, he substituted
the booze for the syrup as Il
drawing card forthe doped bran,
which he spread where tine
grasshoppers could get at it.,
and this is what happened: \
hopper would come along, take Il
bite of the bran, jump about four
feet in the air. spit a stream of
tobacco juice" light down and
take another bite of bran. and
then start out to lick the first
hopper he met In this way all
the hoppers in the field were
soon lighting each other. AS
one hopper was killed the victor
sought new opponent and be-
fore long there was only one
hopper left. Then a rooster
came along and made dive for
/ him, but instead of allowing
himself to be gobbled up the
hopper jumped up and kicked
the ole roofter in the face, spit
tobacco juice in his eye and
chased him under the barn.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-10-15
Kicked a Good Friend.

Hogs increase more rapidly
and mature sooner than any
other livestock kept on the farm
unless perhaps chickens and
rats. Further, pork is a sub
Stantial meat for man and is the
only meat that can be so cured
as to be used in any cline on the
face of the earth without the can
ming process. Is it not strange
that the hog does not receive
more consideration? Yet in
many quarters heis in disrepute.
On nv way to town. one morn
ing. a neighbours son hailed me,
says Sam Mckelvie, in the Ne
braska Farm Journal. His father,
he said. wished me to do an err
rand for him in town, and would
be out presently. 1t was one of
the mornings when everything
was going wrong. He couldn' t
find his coat or his hat, but any
way he would be along soon.
Sure enough, he soon came tear
ing out of the house, putting on
his coat as he came. Passing
through the yard gate his coat
was caught and a jerk tore it al
most in in two. AS he finally ad-
justed it and was viewing the
rent he saw a SOW quietly graz
ing close to his pathway. With
vindictive kick he sent her
squealing away.
The son said to me, in an aside:
Father will be all right now that
he has had a chance to kick a
hog
And sure enough, when he
reached us he was in the best of
humor. Asking how he felt, he
replied that he was fine, never
felt better: but the cOnfOunded
hogs are always in a mans way
when he's in a hurry"
| remarked that they were a
pretty good thing to have around
if in market condition and one
was needing a little ready cash.
He then toll me of a load of six
hogs ,he had taken to market a
few days before, not yet nine
months old. that brought him
So6. These were all of one litter
and besides, he had kept two OF
the best SOW pigs for brood sows.
| remarked that 500 represents
10 per cent interest on 1850 for
one year. to say nothing of two
of the best out of the litter left
and asked him if he didn't think
that when we kick a hog we kick
one of our best friends. He did
not know, but said they must get
out of his way when he was in a
hurry.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-10-15

Gladys had been naughty. so naugh-
ty. In fact. that her mother was forced
to have recourse to the time honored
and only effective remedy In such
cases.
This operation being successfully
but painfully completed. the little girl
sank into her mothers lap disconso-
lately.
Mamma" she sobbed. did gran'ma
spank you when you was small?"
"Yes. dear; when was naughty"
"Oh!"
A minutes pause. then:
And did her mother" continued
Gladys. spank herr"
Year. dear"
And was she spanked. too, when
she was naughty
Yes"
Gladys gave Z sigh OF despair.
Then who did start the silly Gus
m."-Ansvers. London
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-10-15

. series q hs.sy. unadv4ed and 6oa';;
Trajectory ocmmands. With al ~
willingness In The world the sense q
distrust which - thus awAkeae1 0uG!
gests disobod1onoo.
The troubls With many cldldfoo who'
seem not to know how TO ooey - that;
their paro0ts 10 not know how 10,
command. The orders are givea Aao-i
tly and changed readily On petition.
Even IN uawillingness to obey ~
made sufficient reason for withdraw
ing tho il'1nek1oo. Some Of the dr..
ciplins Of yuang Children = - fool.
ish - The mother who says In N
swer to the question "Whyr' b.
cause! Ara you know. Johnny. tAae
when mother says 'BeoausS' sAe -
ways means Because!'" Tho eA1A
quickly persaaves that tAe parental
discipline has no moro sense In Il thA0
that. The a1sobedienes which sasaso
u . fair exrRession Of da0trHsk o.
diencs begins with respect Bat ~
spect II forfeited when 4 = 16o
plain that the commands ars - l1esa-
ugently given.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-10-15
The Bank Of Squashville-A Fable.

The directors of the Bank OF
Squashville, having a suspicion
that their cashier was somewhat
dissatisfied. and being unwill-
ing to go down into the funds of
the bank to give him salary
that would rcndrr him efficient.
cOncluded-aftrl tie manner of
some OF the cnurchos-tO give
an oyster supper and raise some
money. kl.JVing something of
the charms II good women, they
enlisted the;: wives in the enter
PRISE. 2cgge>. some cans of oVS-
tcrs flcln Soi':" If their deposit
OrS, ciitc!,'!> = from others. ard
salt an.: celery from others whom
they he" might become depos-
itors, "a, gave fine oyster SUP
per. they had a good time all
around, and of course everybo-
dy paid a quarter apiece: and all
seemed merry as marriage bell.
When the guests began to
think it over, they concluded
that if the bank was not able to
pay its cashier a sufficient sala-
ry. there must be something
wrong with it's management.
Nothing was said, but the depos-
its gradually declined. Then
borrowers began to fear that as
the bank was growing weak, it
would not be possible for it to
furnish sufficient credit, or to re-
new their notes when occasion
demanded.
The cashier, feeling thai his
salary was to some extent de.
pendent on oyster suppers, got
careless, made some mistakes.
and took the first opportunity to
secure another position. When
the place was offered to another
man, having heard of the oyster
supper incident, he concluded 1t
would not be safe for him to
serve a bank that was dependent
on the community for part of his
salary. Preferring a fixed sala-
ry, to be paid out of the funds of
the bank. he declined to take the
position. The bank steadily de-
clined.
All of which is commended to
the notice of churches that try
to piece out their minister's sal
ary or make needed repairs by
the aid of an oyster supper, in
stead of putting their hands
down to their pockets and do
ing business on recognized busi-
ness principles. es.-Wallaces Far
mer.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-10-15

We are still living under the
lap of the Republican prosperity
era, the times that the Demo
Gratis said said were wrong and
which they proposed to change
as soon as they got back into
power. Now they don't want
them different, only they are be
ginning to steal the credit for
them, and are calling it the era
of Democratic prosperity.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-10-15
An Ode to Autumn.

The melancholy days have
come, the saddest of the year.
and the boys will have to wear
old clothes or give up lager beer.
The crops are short, the roads
are bum, and congress still is on
the job to stop the factories
hum. The woodhouse still is
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-10-15

The statistics tell us the farm
er averages about a dollar day
as the return for his labor and
that of his family which helps
him, which doesn't bear out the
claim that the farmer is respon.
sible for the growing cost of liv-
ing-unleSs he was working fo1
nothing before the advance.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-10-15
There is some kicking against

There is some kicking against
the income tax law. We will
cheerfully pay our share of the
assessment when our income
gets within the operation of the
law, $4,000 a year. Our delin-
quent subscribers will please
help US out in our laudable am
bition to give the government
revenues a lift if they have the
proper patriotic feeling.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-10-15
He MIGHT Go Once.

An elderly gentleman, q stranger IN
New York. and not sure OF his way,
stopped a young man on Fifth avenue
and said:
Young man. l would like very
much to go to Central park"
The young man became thoughtful
for a moment. and then. looking the
old gentleman in the face. said:
well. don't mind your going
Just this once. but don't ever. evez
ask me to 20 there again"
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-10-15

The impeachment trial of Gov
ernor Sulzer proves nothing so
much as the grand mistake the
people of New York made a year
ago in putting the Democratic
party back into power in the
state. The effort to oust him
from office has resulted from a
fight of looters over the spOils.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-10-15
PIANO Keys MADE OF nnu|
osbseiswas ssr Ivory FoSad - - neee
Endvsahea and 10 9xeoaolvGly
uood In ManufooAasst00.

1t u Z little known fAct tAA& ~
most delightful music at the peeeeAe
day = produced by playing q mn.
says London AnswerA
The supply Of ivory nowadays doss
not. to . great extent meet tAs d.
mAnd. Strange as It may sound. ska9
milk forms substitute. 1t 10 used
for making the keyboaros OF pasnoe'
and in appearance this hardened sso'
stance is hardly distinguiohahs nom
ivory.
What 10 more. 1t 10 mach Iess ex'-
pensivs, ana its durability nearly dos-
BILE.
Syrolit. rs the skim milk ivory 10
named, is a practically new inventSoo.
but 1t the present time thousands OF
gallons of separated milk are DAILY
transformed into one Of the most use
full materials Of modern Invention.
The milk is not mixed with any 9TH
er substance. but. after being purined.
4 u compressed. 90 that all the mois-
turo Is extracted. and The substance
becomes hard and dry.
Practically In every part OF the
slohe this product IL now used. II II
turned into umbrella handles. buttons.
photograph frames. etc. The comb
making Industry especially Appreciates
~ worth IS i. can he made to lock
IKE horn. Its noninhammabtiity Is
another OF it's assets
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-10-15

We are now informed that the
consumer will not be benefited
in cash savings through the new
tariff bill so much as in the quality
of the goods he buys. And yet it
was money in the consumers
pocket that the Democratic plat
form promised us.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-10-15
CAUSE OF cHlLD's MIsTRUsT
Many Mothers Fail to Give Babes Sat
tsfaetory Answsr When ousS
TONED About Command.

The obedience Of children 10 often
made dimcult By parental uncertainty.
says The Ladies' Home Journal. 1t
is sometimes forgotten that obedience
10 q virtue for which the cooperation
Of two persons u essential: one 70
give the orders, the other to carry
them out. The initial condition 10
1udicio1s, firm and well considered
etvtnr Of orders. Nothing Il 20 de-
norsnslag u wuelEpsn. o. oo,6su -
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-10-15

Some one is mean enough to
say that the new Democratic
tariff law is nothing more than
the revision downward promised
by the Republican party in it's
last platform.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-10-15

The combatantS in Mexico have
no difficulty in handling prison
crs of war. They Care disposed
of with ~ lead pill and ditch in
the ground.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-10-15

The Missouri senatorial cleo
tiOn next year seems to be
worrying our old friend William
}. Stone quite considerable. The
old cinch afforded by the jerry
wandered state senatorial dis
tricts has been cut by the new
amendment to the federal con
stitution which makes United
States senator's elective by the
people. Besides this, Stone will
probably have some pretty
strong opposition for the nom
nation.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-10-15

The Missouri Democracy,
which pretends to stand as a
guardian bulwark of the inter
ests of the people, at the session
of the legislature last winter
made such a raid on the state
treasury through the creation of
new jobs and increasing the pay
of the old ones that the official
salary list is now nearly double
what it was before. When YOU
put gang of looters in charge of
the strong box, you may expect
to have it emptied.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-10-15

Germany likes the new tariff.
so does England and France.
Why shouldn't they? 1t opens
a tine market here for the sur
plus products of those countries.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-10-15

1t is said thata good deal of
first class road material is going
to waste in the statuary hail in
the national capital to perpetuate
the memory of u lot of second
rate statesmen.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-10-15

In shaping up tie new >urron-
cy bill Il clause guaranteeing ma
tional bank deposits would max"
il look much moro attractive.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-10-15
S1.OO Per Annum.
Can the Glass currency bill
stand oil the hammering it is
getting?

An exchange calls Bryan'S
prOclivity to talkativeneS fatal
malady. still he seems to comba
the allment on even terms
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-10-15

The cost of living will come
down with Democratic hard
times, but l. is not likely to be
of much benefit under those con
Iitinpc
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1913-10-15

i.c, IT, ,.jIe know you are In
business ~ advertising the fact in
the Jou' hil.