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Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-23

cheek, producing a sound which
is best described as :, cross be-
tween a tatn tub eShausting and
a boss pulling his foot out of
mud hole. The way a Dexte;
boy kisses is to hold the girls
chin between the thumb and in
dex finger Of the right hand, the
left arm supporting the back colt
fuer, when the gaze of her limpid
lamps is at an angle of Il de-
grees, noiselessly press a long,
lingering salute on her speaking
trumpet. This kind is given only
to husbands and tiances in Dex-
ter, and when a fellow steals one
of this brand he pays from $50 to
S40O for it, and we guess George
will believe it is worth the money.
This is all from hearsay. We
really don't know him person
ally.-Dexter Statesman.
PshaW, Old Ed Crow don't
know what he is talking about.
He may be authority on other
matters. but upon the osculatory
pastime, he's nix. The kiss he
describes as being of the Dexter
brand went into the discard
along about the time that bustles
Went out of fashion. His model
is wheezy with age and its trans
mission gear slipping. The kiss
of to day is but a peck upon the
| forehead or upon the cheek. Fol
in the hurry Of the twentieth
century who's got the time to &C
through the antics he describes
as being the Dexter vogue: And
as for the salute on the speaking
trumpet, don I Grow know tina,
the geeks of science have pro,
nounced that as positively dan
gerous and put it first among the
Don It's" in the laws of health:
Not that we are to be understood
as preferring the new model, but
we are living in a progressive
age and must keep abreast of tht
times, even in Osculation. - Wayne
County journal.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-23
Theodore Roosevelt on
Country Life.

Through the courtesy of Mr.
Curtis, Of CHM 4 Company, we
are permitted to publish the fol
lowing letter from Theodore
Roosevelt, giving his ideas on
country life, after expressing
his appreciation Of the object
worked for in their book, play
and Recreation in the Open
Conntry.''
The men who live in the open
country must be in the future,
as they have been in the past.
the backbone OF this nation, or
we have evil times ahead of us.
The country must restore and
read just the old-time conditions.
and at the same time develope
| them to meet the new needs.
, Wealth in the sense of material
well being must be the founda.
ton of life in the country as in
| the city. for unless men make
enough money or its equivalent
to keep themselves and their
families in comfort, they will be
remISs in their duties to their
families. and will be a drag on
the community. But material
Wcll-being is only the foundation
and it is worthless without the
superstructurc OF life and love
and happiness, which means Joy
in life. The spirit of play must
come into rural life as having its
full place beside the spirit o.
work. The children should be
treated not as a by pcoduct O
the farm, but as the object fol
which the farm exists. Th,
country school must be organ
lied so as to be once more, ant
more than ever, a social center
nor must we forget the place tha
the country church can play. =
/ Wallace'S s Farmer.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-23
How Many Shots viii be Fired.

The question is often asked,
how many shots are fred in an
ordinary battle. and, although it
would be impossible to make a
guess in regard to the small
arms. the Scientific American, in
its special war mum Der of Sept. ),
gives the following figures relat-
ing to the artillery:
The mum beroi rounds that will
be fired during an ordinary bat
tie can only be imagined. We
nave data from the Russo. -.jaDa
nesc war showing that at Lao
pan one battery fired 26O0 rounds
in one day, while another fired
55330l rounds, making for each
gun about 4l3 rounds in one day.
This was not an uncommon Oc-
currence. and it shows the ex-
pensc involved in carrying on a
modern war
The most common projectile
of the three-inch ca!iber is the
shrapnel, which is in itself a
gun. arranged by time fuses sc
that at the desired height it is
made to burst, shooting forward
out oj a shell -250 lead balls, each
effective to kill a man.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-23
DRAGON ALWAYS A SYMBOL
In All Comparatively Modern History
It Has Figured In Some
Manner.

There has always been a good deal
that is mythical about the dragon.
though biologists tell Us the skele-
tons OF snakes lend some credence
to the notion of flying serpents.
Usually in literature the dragon 10
associated with the author Of all evil.
the devil. The ancient banner Of the
British kings bore the device of .
dragon, and the leader of the others
in war was termed the pendragon.
Before the conversion Of the Emperor
Constantine, the old Labarum or
standard of the Roman army bore .
bronze dragon and the bearer of the
Roman standard. even after cross
replaced the dragon. was styled .
"draconarius." or dragon bearer. Ac.
cording to the teaching OF the Greek
Catholic church-Greece has the
same natiopal saint as Great Britain
st. George Is to be described a.
"tropaiophoros" or standard bearer
lin Creek. In old church windows
and pictures st. George is commonly
Denoted with a standard. He would
therefore bear the Latin title Of dra-
gon-man, or dragon-bearer, and the
legend would easily spring into be-
ing, OF his encounter with q dragon.
Still there is ''Sir Bev,s"' and Spen-
ser's ''laidly worm" to be reckoned
with. and 1t might upset heraldry to
some extent IL we altogether disposed
of st. Georges dsason in 20 prosaic
q manner a. b here suggested.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-23

It is being said that the voters
ARE taking little interest in poll
tics this year, that a general con-
dition of apathy prevails. The
same thing has been said of po
litical campaigns for years, but
the voters always turn out on
election day. The last resound
ing campaign in which the gen
eral interest of the people was
conspiciously manifest was that
of 1896, when free silver was the
paramount issue. In that
campaign a public speaker, no
matter how unimportant was his
note, always had a good crowd
before him, and it would appear
that the people got a surfeit of
political oratOry that year,
for since then a campaign
speaker had to be of more than
ordinary prominence to win an
audience of respectable proper
tions. The fact that people no
longer flock to hear campaign
oratory is no sign that they are
not interested in the issues of
the day, their interest IN politics
is as great or even greater now
than it ever has been. They are
reading more and making up
their political nina in the quie-
tude of their homes, free from
the disturbing factor of tlowery,
but highly biased partisan wind
jamming. Anyone who believes
the people are not thinking out
things political now a dsys be-
cause they are not making a
great noise over it, reckons with
out his host.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-23
LOOK HERE FOR 1T.
Many a Potosi Reader Will Be
Interested.

When people read about the
cures made by a medicine en-
dorsed from far away. is it sur
prising that they wonder if the
statements are true: But " hen
they read of cases right here at
home, positive proof is within
their reach, for close investiga-
tlon is an easy matter Read Po-
tosi's endorsement of Doan s
Kidney Pills.
Lee Pounds. Main St, Potosi.
says: My kidneys we're not
acting as they should and my
back was lame and painful.
When Doan's Kidney Pills were
used, they brought me relief.
Others os my family have taken
Doan's Kidney Pills for backache
with the best results.
Price soc, at all dealers. Dom
simply ask for kidney remedy-ge
Doan's Kidney PiIls-the same tina
Mr.. Pounds had. Foster r-Milbnrn Co.
Props, Buffalo, n. Y.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-23

When the last legislature
adopted Amendment No. l, to be
submitted to the people at the
following general election. the
Journal said at once that it was
bad. Ostensibly it is aimed at
the single takers, but in reality
it assails the peoples right to di-
rect legislation through the init
ative and referendum. We are
glad to see most of our eXchang
es taking a stand against the
adoption of the amendment by
the people at the coming elec-
tiOn. 1t should be defeated, the
people of Missouri can not afford
To vote away their rights under
tie initiative and referendum.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-23
As to Kissing.

\ Dexter girl sued a fellow
down there for $40 for a kiss.
In Greenville that price would be
most unreasonable, but in Dexter
we'll, we opine the fellow didn' t
get his moneys worth.-Wayne
Co. Journal. Greenville, Mo.
Now, what on earth does Geo.
Stivers know about osculation.
An art he hasn't practiced for
years. no doubt. His idea of kis-
sin is to smack a girl on the
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-23

The people of this congress
sional district should be inter
ested in Congressman Hensley's
conduct on the extravagant ap-
preparation bills that have
wrecked the national treasury
and are forcing the administra
tion to resort to extraordinary
taxation to raise the funds with
which to meet these appropria-
tions. Mr.. Hensley will no doubt
vote for the war tax" as he vot-
ed for the appropriation bills,
and with such a record he cuts a
poor figure as a conscientious
and capable servant of the peo-
pie asking reelection. Under
the unfavorable conditions now
prevailing, due to the general
industrial depression and two
successive seasons of partial
crop failures, the community
Mr.. Hensley represents can i'll
sustain the burden of extra tax
es. The thing for the voters to
do is to retire him on the record
he has made as a supporter OF
party protligacy and incompe.
tency and elect John H. Reppy
to succeed him.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-23

A we'll known Democratic
mem ber of the House defends the
heavy appropriations by Con-
gress on the grounds that it is
the people and not the Democratic
Congress who are extravagant.
He maintains that the people in-
sist on such heavy expenditures.
This information will please the
people little, and they will want
to know what the Democratic
party meant in that section of it's
national platform of 1912 which
says, I'VE denounce the profit
gate waste Of the money wrung
from the people by oppression
taxation through the lavish ap-
preparations of recent Republican
Congresses. The Democrats
are spending a hundred million
dollars a year more than recent
Republicans Congresses" spent
to crafty the "extravagance OF
the people, and they are now lay
ing on Oppressive taxation" ir
the shape of a war tax while we
are not at war to supply the
funds. TIE Democratic mem
Der above referred to absolves the
Republican party from the indict
ment in the Democrstic platform
and lays the offense upon the
people.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-23

All the candidates on the Dem
ocratic ticket, state, district and
county, will vote and work to
support the Democratic admin
istration under whose govern
ment the country has been plung-
ed into an era of commercial de-
preston and hard times.
If YOU are a Republican
and believe that the Demo
cratic party is responsible for
these conditions, you cannot con
scientiously vote for candidate
who supports the party respon-
sible for them. There is politics
in county Office as much as in
state or national Office. The Dem
ocrats who are now urging Re-
publicans here to vote for the
man" in filling the county offices
make their own partisanship OBJ
viOus and offensive by indicating
that they would not vote for the
man" under any consideration il
the man happened to be a candi.
date on the Republican ticket. II
the Democrats are strong enough
to elect their ticket, well and
good; but the Republican voters
should beas partisan as the Dem
ocratic candidate who is asking
them to vote for the man."
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-23
TX Back to the G. o. P. and pros

T Back to the G. O. P. and pros
perity.
Kosciusko is said to have been
the greatest Pole, and yet he
failed to knock the persimm mon.
Someone should define the
word economy" to our Demo
cratic friends, they seem to have
lost it's meaning.
The pork barrel' had to be
fattened up with millions to stay
the appetite of the Democrats
after that long fast.
A southeast Missourian speaks
of petrified ham as great cur
iosity. They are not so rare, we
have seen lots of them.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-23

The bottom dropped out of the
wheat market Monday in st.
Louis and the price came down
to 81 bushel on belief that the
war would soon end. Farmers
who are holding their wheat for
high prices may soon have lot
of 6S cent wheat to sell.-Salem
Monitor.
What. under Democratic pros
perity, too?
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-23
He Grievance.

Look here" said the irate suburb
ante 10 Mr.. Josh. OF Josh & Bluster.
real estate agents, you persuaded me
to buy q lot at 6wamphurst."
$50 d1d." answered Mr.. Josh. Any
thing wrong with 1T"
.Just this: I expeoted to put . bun
snlow On that lot and not . house
boatl"
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-23

England's friendship for the
United States will not last long
il this country builds up a large
commercial marine. The Briton
wants a monopoly of the shipping
business.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-23

The Democrats will put tax
of two cents a gallon on gasoline.
So every time you crank 'er up,
bing. two cents for the war tax.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-23

The watchful waiting of the peo
pie on the Democratic promise
to lower the high cost of living
is becoming wearisome. They
will not have to watch and wait
long to see the Democratic lay
on special taxes to replemish a
busted treasury, however.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-23

Looks like we are going to have
the bank check and postoffice
money order stamp back again.
He is an old acquaintance tie
peOple will not welcome.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-23
No Democratic Growth in Maine.

OuI oSbGel1tu iEtIIllS Lti-
temporary rejoices over the re-
suit Ofthe state election in Maine.
not because a Democrat received
a plurality Of 33e7 over RcDub-
lican for governor, but on the al
legged ground that there was an
increase of over 11.O0D in the
Democratic vote. We eXOnerate
our contemporary Of any Willful
intent to deceive. it having doubt
less been misled by some COM
parisons of the gubernatOlial
vote with that of the last preSi-
dental election made by some
correspondent WHO evidently
knows nothing about Maine. Mr..
Curtis has, in fact, received few
er votes than any;democratic can
didate for governor since 1906.
His vote is 5000 less than that of
the Democratic candidate Of zoos,
is $4,000 less than that of the
Democratic candidate of 1910 and
5000 less than that of the Demo
cratic candidate of 1912 A Dem
ocratic governor was elected in
1910 by S753 plurality. over twice
that of Curtis.
The combined vote of the Re
publican and Democratic candi-
dates for governor has been
much larger than for president
in Maine ever since 1896. In
1900 it 1,52l more. in 1904 it was
%, ,313 more, and in 1908 it was
81, ,413 more. Mr.. Wilson receiv-
ed Is, 635 fewer votes in Novem-
Der, 1912, than Mr.. Plaisted. the
Democratic candidate for cover
nor, received in September. The
reason doubtless is that the mul-
titude of candidates for county.
district and state office bring cut
a larger vote than presidential!
electors. The exception in 1c9f
was due to the abnormal interest
in the silver question. Maine
Republicans lost two congress
sional districts in 1910, the Sec
ond and Third. The third was
redeemed in iD133, but Repre-
sentative McGillcuddy again car
ried the Second by 1881 plural
ity. In the 1912 state and con
gresSional elections there We're
no Progressive candidates. This
election saw progressive candi
dates for offices, vet the Re
publicans retained all three dis
tricts. including the Third, which
the Democrats expected to car
~.
AS the Republic admitted il
it's columns Monday, party lead
ers id that the Maine result
would be in no wise Signlfi
can't Roth the tariff and tenn
perance We're discussed. but i
was conceded that the issues il
the state were more local thai
national But after the eIectio,
the same prophets would herals
the result as glorious vindica
tion of the president. and the.
seem to attribute it to the intlu
ence of such slogans as: Wa
; in Europe, Peace in America
God Bless Wilson, If the Dem
Ocrats desire Ito consider th
Maine election a rebuke to TIL
European war it will do no harm
But they cannot boast of an az
tual growth in the Democrat
4 vote in the face of the figures
. The only real indication fror
Maine is that the Progressiv
vote has not yet dwindled enoug
to insure complete Republica
a control. Globe Democrat.
Let the rruJle know You are !
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-23

A Democrat was elected gov
ernor in Maine the other day
he Progressives did it again. y
rst what satisfaction the Pro
.ressives get out of this is not
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-23

Since the cotton growers have
started the vogue with their ap-
peal to buy bale, maybe the
brewers will como along with an
appeal to buy barrel.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-23

1t is said that the Kaiser wept
when he declared war. And
thousands upon thousands are
now weeping becaue he declar-
Nl -
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-23

That the ''war tax revenue
must be immediate shows how
hard up Uncle Sam is under the
Democratic management.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-23

Let the rccjle know You are in
business ny advertising the fact in
the Jou'Lal.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-23
$500 Reward. SiOO

The readers Of this paper VIII be
pleased to learn that there IS at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able To cure in all its stages, and that is
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ers that tney offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that It fails to cure. Send
for list Of testimonials.
Address: F. J. CHENEY & Co, Toledo. Q.
Sold by all Druggists. 1ac.
Take EaiTe Family Pills for constipation.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-23
REPUBLICAN TICKET.

State Superintendent of Schools
WILLIAM P. EVANS.
Judge of Supreme Court,
Fl. S. ROBERTSON,
Congress,
JOHN H. REPPY.
Representative.
WILLIAM II EVENS.
Presiding Judge County Court,
GEORGE W. SEABOURNE.
County Judge. First District,
". B. COMPTON.
County Judge, Second District.
S. Y. EYE.
Probate Judge,
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-09-23

Good Job Printing done at
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-06
ILLINOIS PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMISSION GETS TO WORK

The new Public Utilities Commits
sion of Illinois became a reality yes
terday when the body did its first
real days work. 1t first began an in
vestigation into the cause of the
street car accident at aV nBuren
street and Racine avenue.
1t also instructed the State Grain
Dept not to allow it's employees free
transportation on railroads.
After this the new commission held
an informal discussion with mem
bers of public utilities commissions
from other states and also represent
atives of railroads and express COM
panies on the recent ruling of the
Interstate Commerce Commission in
regard to express rates.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-06

NAAL4 ! blgalpAE.lN Wv
Now that Morgan & Co. have be-
gun quitting the interlocking direc-
tory game, Woodrow Wilson may be-
come known as the man who I'M
scrambled the eggs.
However, the job isn't finished yet.
Rebellion appears to be popular
nowadays. Everybody's dom it, and
the baseball players are having the
time of their lives.
Whatever else happens, that Fed
eral League is going to put more
money in circulation.
When the Michigan mine operators
turned Densmore down, it made the
third time they had laughed in Uncle
Sans face.
Maybe it will be three times and
out. Here's hoping anyhow.
Recently this column referred to
the Calumet Citizens Alliance as
business anarchists -,.
A Chicago anarchist objects on the
ground that anarchists have ideals
while those business men have not.
We accept the amendment.
When one reads of Henry Ford
raising wages to a minimum of So a
day, it starts wish that fellow had
enough dough to go out and buy
Ford auto.
There's another good thing about
those little FoTds. They don't hurt
so much when they run over you.
The Harvester trust handed the
kept newspapers nice New Years
present in the shape of page ad;
In this ad the big trust tells how
much it has done for Labor.
But fails to say that it will not per-
NIT it's employees to organize.
And quite innocentIy the trust says
the company has no desire to discuss
in the public prints the merits of its
case with the government:
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-06

PEOPLE AND THINGS
If advertising will do the work it
ought to be. ......
But here's a suggestion to some of
the preachers:
When a merchant adVertises and
don't live up to his advertisement, he
may catch suckers once, but they
won't come back.
If he delivers the goods, customers
will come back.
1t will be the same with some of
the preachers. If they don't deliver
the goods, business will fall off after
that particular Sunday.
We have always had a notion that
when children don't like to go to
school, there is something the matter
with the school or the teachers.
For there is nothing the matter
with the general run of children.
Believing that there is nothing the
matter with Christianity, and very lit
tie the matter with people,
The inference is that if people don't
go to church there is something
wrong with either the church or the
preacher.
We still think that the real solution
is for the church to go to the people
when the people won't go to church.
-O-O-
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-14

Texas Press


"vs'nss' Optimism Growing.
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h''l'' tI 'Nr"ii continued Dn " s'nfa-
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