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Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-04
MADE UP OF LITTLE THINGS
Small Events Count for Much More in
Life Than Those We Consider
Of Importance.

We love little things, we hate little
things. we fear little things: our lives
are knit up with little things from the
time we are born to the day we die.
Big things draw US up TO Heaven Or
crush us down to hell. Little things
live beside lis on the earth. eat and
sleep with US. laugh and Srumble with
us. catch the early train with US, or
make US miss it, irritate and appeasa
us-never leave US alone for a min
ute.
That is why they are so much more
important than the big things-the
things that only come once in a way,
at long intervals, and even then are
nearly always the result of hundred
and one little things combined.
To be crushed by a large misadven-
ture is natural, but to fall victim to
a series of petty misfortunes is hu-
initiating. There are many who would
prefer to break their necks oace and
for all by falling Off a mountain. than
70 bruise their whole bodies ano dis
locate their tempers by the daily
stumbling over mole-hll II is the
little things that count-the satisfac-
tion OF climbing Mount Olympus is G.
poor sort Of attainment if the scores
and scores of pleasant details which
wait upon success be absent-FTom
tha Atlantic-
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-04
WHITE SERVANTS GOOD WORK
Did Much Toward Building UP tho
South in the Days Before the
Revolution,

Socially the white servant was an
important factor in helping to build up
landed aristocracy in the south, be-
cause he made possible the cultivation
Of extensive areas Of land. declares a
writer in Harpers Magazine. But in
the course OF few years he became
free citizen and owner of small
estate. Thus was developed yeoman
class, much needed democratic eie-
ment in the southern colonies, while
at the same time settlers were secured
for the black lands, where they were
needed to protect the frontier. Never
theless, they did not form a distinct
class after becoming freedmen. Some
were doubtless the progenitors of the
poor white trash" of the south, but it
is likely that environment rather than
birth was the main factor in producing
this class. While comparatively few
rose to prominence. yet there are some
notable examples to the contrary. Two
signers of the Declaration Of Inde
pendence, George Taylor and Mathew
Thornton: Charles Thompson. the sec
retary of the continental congress, and
General Sullivan of revolutionary war
fame, had all been white servants 1t
is certain also that many became sue
cessful planters. and perhaps the ma
jOrity respectable ard desirable citi-
zens.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-04
SAYING Came True,

The discovery that Scottish bank
notes have actually been forged with
In the walls of Peterhead convict
prison recalls an amusing incident.
Unlike the notes of the Bank OF
England (Which are destroyed as soon
as they find their way back to the
bank), notes on Scottish banks are put
in circulation again and again. The
result is that some of these notes get
very dirty, the one-pound notes get
ting particularly grubby and worn
in the course of their travels.
An English barrister who was once
given a sheaf of these notes in pay
ment OF large amount. regarded
them with horror for a few seconds.
holding them de!icately between his
thumb and finger.
Now" he said. holding them at
arms length, now ] understand the
meaning of that saying about filthy
lucer.'"
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-04

A Democratic exchange refers
to Congressman Hensley as "a
human dynamo. He may be
all of that and still be a flzzle SO
far as his rushing energy apper-
tains to real accomplishment for
the welfare of the people he rep
resents; and since it has come
to pass that large part of these
are now suffering again the af-
fiction of hard times contempor.
aneous with the return to power
of the party of which Mr.. Hens,
lev is an eminent and "brilliant'
member, it is clear that he is
wasting his dynamic" forces in
misdirection, lost motion, into
the outer sphere of uselessness.
There is beginning to be sin.
cere feeling of hopefulness in
this congressional di7 t1ict that
this human dynamo" will be
sent to the political scraphear
next November.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-04
Prohibition Necessary
to Clean Government.

The adoption of the prohibition
amendment will come because
the people of this country have
made up their minds to clean up
this gOvernment-ro trunk
and branch. And the liquor in
terestS stand today as the foul
est stencil of governmental cor
ruption in nation. state. county,
city, village and township From
the saloonkeeper to the brewer
the CERT to the baron-they
violate with impunity and i'm
munity more laws more times
than all the inmates of all penal
institutions multiplied by thous-
ands. They are individually and
in the aggregate the greatest
force of civic corruption in the
world. And upon that rock they
are going to destruction,
And, despite tn" many good
fellows among them, they will
90 unwept, unhonored and un-
sung.
The liquor business today is
the greatest evi! we have. It
could be made d lesser evil than
prohibition-couId easily be
made so. But it won't be. And
it won't be simply because Of the
greed of millions for nickles-
them that has wants.
And so, not through mora: re-
vulsion or pedantic bigotry-but
because of the relentless greed
OF this frightful octopus for the
last nickle in the pay envelope
the whole thing will be wiped
out, and wiped out as we used to
say in our old home tOWn-Slicl1
and clean.
And here's to Hobson, Shep-
pard and Works and anybody
else that will hel lp Us give a Swipe
at the worst evil that now aSsails
the real accomplishment of pop
ular government.-The Search
light,
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-04

The time is not so distant in
the past when the man Who pro
posed nation wide prohibition
was sneered at for a crank-a
temperance fanatic assailing the
rights and privileges of personal
liberty; and the politician who
supported the proposition well,
he did not remaina politician long,
he was retired to private life by
political power of the saloon.
But now the friends of national
prohibition stand up in congress
and in the senate and demand
the submission of an amend
ment to the federal constitution
for the adoption of national pro-
hibitiOn, and they are sustained
by public opinion so forcible that
the submission of the amend
ment cannot much longer be
denied. The liquor traffic can
no longer beat these public men
back into private life with Sa-
loon politics, for the saloon is
disappearing, and the parent
power that was behind them
the distillers and brewers-is
fighting in the national legisla-
ture to postpone its death SEN
tence that is written in the pro
posed amendment. The man
who now talks national prohibit
ton is no longer viewed as a
crank, he is clear-headed. pro-
gressive citizen, and his views
have become so impressive that
the big political organizations of
the country must soon subscribe
to them and abandon their old
ally-Demon Rum-or be cast
out with him.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-04

Teddy is still in South Ameri-
ca and there are mauy people III
this country who wouldn't care
if he should stay there.-Salem
Monitor DEM
Now what do you think of that
as case of biting the hand that
fed you? Without the assistance
Roosevelt rendered the Demo
cratic party in 1912 by splitting
the Republican party in-two and
taking away the big end of it
Woodrow Wilson might not now
be warming the presidential
chair, and numerous of his fol
lowers instead of holding down
postoffices and feasting on the
succulent pie would still be on
the outside looking in, but we
have yet to hear the first express
sion of gratitude to the Colonel
from our Democratic friends.
And by the way! how do our
Progressive friends like the idea
of thus having their leader con-
signed towel, South America,
permanently. There is much
more bitterness against ROOse
velt from the very party he aid
ed to power than from the Re
publicans. We account for that
only because of an instructive
fear among the Democrats that
Roosevelt will be back in the
Republican party before long,
shifting it's old foes with his big
stick
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-04

Pos tmaster General Burleson
is now going after the Republi-
can postmasters in all fourth
class postoffices where the an
nual compensation of the post
master is $3.50 or more. All the
incumbents of such offices have
been called upon to stand a civil
service examination to test their
fitness for the jobs, and it need
not surprise any of them to find
that they are not qualified for
the office nearly as well as some
Democratic applicant who knows
nothing about the work at all.
There are more ways of killing
a cat than to choke it to death
with butter.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-04

It does not meaa that q woman can
not take charge OF her own children's
bringing-up simply because she puts
them in a nursery. She can take
charge of them as well in nursery as
out of one. If they are in charge OF
governess, however. she should be
a woman who can be thoroughly trust
ed. In these days of mothers help
ers the young woman who fills that po-
sition would have the supervision or
the nursery in house where she was
employed. and she should be chosen
with the greatest care. For the whoie
value of the nursery idea is that the
children who are brought up in
nursery lead a quieter more untram'
meled life than they do when they
live out of the nursery.-Exchange.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-04
F1l ,5.77.

Be kind to your daddy, O gam
boiling youth; his feet are row
slug. i~I and cold: in ent on ycrr
pleasures. you don't see tae
trL~il which is that rour dad $
growing old. Nh. once he could
whip forty bushels Of snakes,
but now he is spawned and lame:
his joints are all rusty and tor
turcd with aches. and weary and
Worn is his frame. He toiled
and he shaved like il government
mlllC to see that his kids had a
chance: he fed them and clothed
them and sent them to school.
rciOiccd when hr marked their
advance. The tandScape is moist
with the pillows Of sweat he
cheorluliy shed as he toiled, to
bring up his children and keep
out Of debt, and see that the
home kettle boiled. He dressed
in old duds that his Mary and
Jake might bloom like tho roses
in June, and oft when You Sval-
lowed your portcrhouse steak.
your daddy was chewing a
prune. And now that he s worn
by his burden Of care. Just show
tnat You are worth all he did:
look out for his com fort, and
band him a chair. and hang up
his Siic|.er and lid Walt Mason.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-04

Our state government under
the present Democratic admin
iStratiOn is costing the taXpay-
ers many thousands of dollars
more than it cost under the ad-
ministration of Governor Hadley,
Republican. Another thing,
we never hear the Democrats
Squeal over the extravaganza of
public expenditures when their
own party is piling up the costs;
they simply take it as matter of
course. The more Democrats
you attach to the public teat the
better the party seems to like 1t.
The Democratic spellbinders
used to grow purple in the face
while denouncing the billion
dollar" congresses under Repub-
lican rule. The Democratic
congress elected in 1910 beat
the appropriation record of the
proceeding Republican congress
by many millions, and the pres
ent congress will pass that
of 1910 by as many more millions
in piling up the national expense
bills, if present indications hold
good. Under Democratic rule,
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-04
Just the Same.

Doctor Livermore, the famous
Bingvilae surgeon, has Il Chinese
servant named Hop. One day
Hop asked permission to go to Il
funeral.
"All right said the doctor.
Then he added. L suppose you
will put a lot of chop suey and
rice on the Cninaman grave,
like they do in China:'
Alice same China," Hop re-
piled.
Now, Hop" continued the
doctor. when YOU think do you
think the dead Chinaman will
come up and eat the food YOU
leave on his grave?:"
Alice same time Mclean man
comes up to smellee flowers YOU
leave on. his grave" answered
Hop.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-04
Trick Of the Orator.

Disraeli. whose eloguence LORD Cur.
zon ranks below that OF Gladstone.
tried hard to give his hearers the i'm
preston that he was not in the habit
of preparing his speeches. Discussing
Plunket's oratory with Disraeli. Lord
Granville remarked that the Irish
statesman hesitated SO long for a
word that he seemed to be on the point
of breaking down. Lord bless you.
DisraeIi exclaimed. Did that take you
in? Why. that is part Of the trick
have often done it to make it appear
that my speech has not been >->
pared"
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-04

His wife had made Il little Cuiat In
vestigation Of his coat.
Henry she said in no pleasant
tone, YOU never mailed the letter
gave you last week. c2n feel il
right in the corner OF your coat"
Her huso band brought oct the coat
in rather sI.ame-.acad "av There
vas 40 doubt. ,Ao letter Na@. just
where she s;id. ifeachins into tie in
sire pocket, he "rcped down and down
until he at lat @rasrr;' etn envelope
Yes, my dear, r. ,er,;cd; you
see, it slipped dovl. ,!ah me torn
lining you promised % sew up more
than q month ago"
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-04

Men are drifting back here to
their old homes from plac s
where they have been steadily
employed for years. Closing
of industries because of lack of
orders has thrown these people
out of work. Some of these men
were not content with the pros
perity they were enjoying under
Republican rule and voted for a
change" now that they have the
change, they are unhappier still.
They had it dinned at them
good and plenty what a
return of the Democratic party
to power would bring them, now
let them enjoy it.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-04
Making Fence Posts Last.

Does it pay to treat fen g
posts with q nre>tryativ" IN or
der to make them last longer:
Is it possible to treat cot ton
wood, elm. sycamore or bass
wood pests 50 that they will last
as long as a good white oak or
black locust post does without
treatment: The Missouri Col
lege of Agriculture has started
an experiment which, will help 10
answer these questions.
On November 30, 1913. the
Forestry Department of the
Missouri College GI Agriculture
set the last 81 :,:;;::i posts. repre-
senting - ditltrtn1 kinds of
wood Tie posts were set two
feet deep on q level piece Of land
where soil and moisture condi-
tion> are the same fnrali. Posts
of each species Of wood We're
treated in seven different ways.
Some were set IN the ordinary
way without treatment Of any
kind. These will serve as a
check. Some We're set III gravel
so as to test the benefit. + any,
from having better drainage
around the post. Others bad
the lower three feet charrcd
Another series was given two
brush coats ol hot crHOSottA.
spreading it over the lower three
feet. ! \ fifth series was given Il
one brush coat Of hot c1t'boi"u'n
The sixth series WAS treated
with creoSotc by the open tank
method. while The seventh series
was treated by the sane meth
cd, except that the posts We're
soaked in creosote for two and
one half hours III each bath.
So the long distance race IS
on, Missouri farmers will be
interested in watchin. this test
of endurance. 1t will probably
take good many years before
the whole race is finished anU
the last contender checked in.
but long before the end We will
know a few things about fence
post durability and fence post
economy that we only guess at
now.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-04
If continued, we will soon see
two billion congresses. Throw
the rascalS out,

Congress has just voted S4O,-
600, 900 to build a government
owned railroad, and the expert
ment will doubtless be watched
with much interest. Except for
the ocean to ocean railroad in
the Panama canal zone, the
United States has heretofore
owned or operated no railroads.
The Panama road came Us with
the cana and has proven to be a
profitable Investment. The new
road is to be built in N!asku, and
because of tie uGutveIorrd con
dition Of fIat territory and the
severe physical conditions Of its
topography and climate, its So
lect;rN =, the scene Of this, eX-
pertinent is about the worst
that could have been chosen. We
cannot expect this railroad to be
cheaply built, nor protitabIy
operated. at least, not until the
the Territory is more developed.
The purpose of the road is de
velopmental of Alaska's recours-
es, and in that respect it will
Justify it's cost. AT any rate, it
commits the government to the
policy of proprietorship of rail
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-04

concerted opinion of these men
that the assessed valuation CT
property for taxation should be
raised high enough to bring the
county out Of debt and keep it
out. In Justice to our county
court. there is 10 disposition on
part Of the people generally. nor
on part of this paper. TO hold it
responsible for the unfortunate
situation in which the county
treasury is involved on the
ground that this situation has
resulted from cXtravagant and
unnecessary appropriation OF
the revenues. 1t is recognized
by all who take an intelligent
view Of the marter. that the
steady rrowth Of public expcns
es in this. as we'll :Is in all he
other counties Of the state. are
the result Of new laws and other
a@ct3l.rS creating these eXpenS-
eS. over which the county court
has no contro'. Our county
court has been delinquent only
in the point that # i;".; not re
cOgnized the urgency Of provid-
ing sufficient revenue to meet
the ever growing calls upon the
treasury. In adjoining counties,
so far as we are able to note, the
administrative officers met the
new conditions as they were
thrust upon them, and their rev.
enues are equal to or in excess
of the callupon them. The duty
before our county court is plain
enough and should be met in a
business like manner.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-04

The seven wonders Of the modern
700 European and American scientists,
who were asked bg Popular Mechan-
les to express their opinion, are the
following: Wireless. telephone, aero
plane, radium, antiseptics and anti
toxins, spectrum analysis and the X
ray. The seven wonders OF the an
cient world We're The pyramids of
EgyDt. P!laros t!iEhthouse1 of Alex.
antlria. banging gardens Of Babylon,
.lmpia q: :i.aHa Il t5rhesus, statue
- 5s:;. =: I'..,-=sa. rv-a1so.aum OF
r-..., -.. ,ss.'.', @-.s- i Rhodes.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-04

Two years ago an ordinary
horse could not be bought here
for less than $3.50, now the same
of horse will not find buyel
at S1OO. Two years ago the cost
of hay was $40 a ton higher than
it is now and other feed as high.
Now, what we would like to
know is, was it the cost of feed
or the Democratic party that
knocked that $50 from the mar
ket value of the ordinary horse?
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-04
The Globe Printing Co.. Publishers
ST. LOUIS. MO.


Mary Alice had been punished and
shut up in the bedroom. She had been
quiet for some time and papa was just
about to open the door and tell her
she might come out when her sobs
burst forth afresh.
Don't cry any more" he said, sooth.
ingly. Papa has forgiven you"
"Oh, l know. papa" she answered
between sobs. But just think! What
an awful thing it would be if l should
grow up and have a little girl 81
naughty as am"
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-04
There Seems iio Escape.

whittier can one :i"o 70 escape
caInmny: This Wee : edition
OF IT, jo5,ette Pcnitcntiary news
paper "ot3t;.in> 3 severe editorial
drl.rnc.~tion g ti.c work of
scandal mongerS il, that prison.
Even there regulations are not
safe, i. seems. Cincinnati I'm
Guirer.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-04
Didn't See the Other One,

In a suburban electorate the candi-
cate was being Taucously heckled and,
though an a1niable man as a rule, he
was provoked to the suggestion that
the conduct of one man in the meet
ing at least was asinine IF am an
ass roared the interjector. there's
two of us here. Ha. Ha." I've no.
ticed you," said the candidate quietly.
I've heard you bray-but l don't see
your friend"
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-04

We are pleased to say that our
recent editorials on the financial
condition or our county have had
the endorsement of mum Der of
representative, taxpaying citi-
zens of the county. It is the
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-04

Champ Clark rises to remark
that he will be the next Presi
dent of the U. S. This is equiv
aent to telling Woody that one
cup is enough for him.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-04

Even the new currency law
hasn't stopped the industrial
slump, but Woodrow is after the
trusts; maybe that will do it.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-04
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

Notice Is hereby given to all credit
ors and others interested in the estate
OF Louis Brennecke. deceased, that I,
the undersigned executor of said es-
tate, intend to make final settlement
thereof, at t'ic next term Of the pro-
bate court "f Washington County,
Missouri, to he holden at the court
house in the city OF Potosi. in said
county, on the second Monday in
February, 1914.
EDWARD BRENNECNF.
Executor II the estate Of Louis Prem
necl;e. decreased. Jan. IS, 1911.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-04
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S1.OO Per Annum.
The country is beginning to
realize that it acquired a gold
brick in November, 1912.

The Republicans can now say,
we told you SO, and they ought
to rub it in good and strong.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-04

Good Job Printing done at
this office.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-02-04

NOT incomplete and imperfect Rural Edition" The
paper for which other subscribers regularly and willing
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Washington farmer. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1914-1971, 1914-06-15

THOUSANDS travelling Northern Pacific Railway have
been impressed with colony red dairy s stables and
poultry houses half mile south of Kent the of the track Across
buildings
the slogan of The Route the Great Big Baked Potato
During the night this together with 20
marks the illumination.
This Pacific which
the milk
Northern
of milk eggs by this great railway
Mr. Titus
been
Washington farmer. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1914-1971, 1914-06-15
NORTHERN PACIFIC DAIRY AND POULTRY FARMS

attendants After the milking
where is first passed through cooler then bng
the refgerang where kept until taken the For
milk
through the the bong and then ger
80
The dairy spnddy lighted ventilated 80x20
furnished throughout with machinery making ideal
the handling After the milk
skinned milk
raised for the making little
the diners
The poultry plant the uptodate the One of the
Washington farmer. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1914-1971, 1914-06-15

company where thew
themselves of having absolutely fresh all supplies
dining
looking decided
where
company
in retaining manag
The dairy barn model particular being 2Ox1OO
well lighted and ventilated An
absolutely clean in all matters All milking milking
chimes and at milking time the washed and clipped uniformed
Washington farmer. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1914-1971, 1914-06-15

16x45O
supplied
N dining
refrgaing consisting of
machine This enables the
milk
their products The motive the farm electrical
H. P. and two 10 H. P being used.
Taken all together the credit the dining department
getting possible