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Potosi journal., 1914-08-26

viii we always have war: Pro
baby, until the masses of the
people reach that point of gener-
a. intelligence where they can
conceive higher usefulness for
their lives than dying for the
honor of their country" A
dead patriot is just as dead and
useless as any other dead man,
and in Europe just now the war
lords are egging thousands On to
death on the plea that the honor
Of their respective countries has
been asSailed and must be vindi.
Gated. The common people, how
ever, are not allowed to deter
mine the question of national
honor, all that is required OF
them is to get themselves shot to
death and be buried in com.
mon trench along with Il dead
horse or mule, perhaps. to up.
hold it. What glory" can be
culled from the heaps of dead
men the war lords will gather to
them selves for their own aggran
disment. We believe in a nation.
al spirit that inspires men for
the protection of their home and
fresides, but when the common
people once get the right idea
about what constitutes the high
est ideal of patriotism they will
kick war lords out of power,
throw away their guns and de,
vote themselves to that ideal
that the highest honor any na'
tion can attain is in the conser.
vation of human life and the
promotion of happiness.
Potosi journal., 1914-08-26
HEAVY COST OF WAR SYSTEM
Even When Armies Ase on Z peaco
Footing the Aggregate Amount 10
an Enormous Sum

A learned professor tn the United
States tells Us that Europe, h 1S1a-
had 5,5o0,O00 men under arms.
These men were non-protncttve,-
paid and fed at the cost Of the 9TH
ers- They were not paid much, to be-
sure The salary Of soldier IN,
France is one cent per day for three
years, and each man loses the chance
every day 70 earn SO cents The ma
ton loses what he might have earned
The division Of labor tn Europe tnt
wolves a loss Of the production Of serve
iceahle goods, amounting to $2,750,1
600 600 IN 1913. Interest on var loans
foots up yearly $3.50. soc, 600 more And
pensions amount to 1885,, 900 00e9 more
The entire sum Of $5930. .00O, 900 u
said to bs necessary" for rational
defense, e,'-defense agains. themselves
and against each other. Outside the
superheated Balkans, there has not
been the slightest danger Of attack
from any nation ON any other.
There does not exist among re-
sponsth1e people In any Of these m
tons the slightest desire to fight any
other. The people OF Europe are sick
and tired ct war. They are growing
equally tired of the war systsm This
Is plain in Germany. equally 50 in Eng
land and tn Franco It Is toaexated
only through the pious belief that 4
Is sad necessity"
Il fs stm true unfortunately that
Il you desire peace, you mkx pre-
pare tor war.
Potosi journal., 1914-08-26
Led By a Woman.

In Buchanan County, Missou-
n, at the August primary elec-
ton, woman polled the highes,
vote of any candidate far county
office. In Kansas a woman re
ceived nearly 80. 900 votes on a
non partisan ballot for the su,
preme court and will make the
race for a judgeship against five
men this fall. This latter occur
renee was not SO surprising. per
haDs, as Kansas has suffrage and
Mrs. Sheldon was a popular wor.
ker for the suffrage cause. but
in Missouri the success full candi.
date made the race strictly or
merit. And she Won in a walk.
Seven states will vote this year
on giving the ballot to women.
Ohio, Missouri, Nebraska,
North Dakota, South Dakota.
Montana and Nevada are the suf
frage battle grounds and it looks
as though the women have q
chance to win in every state
There is little doubt that the
proposition will carry where the
city population is small, but il
Missouri and Ohio where the Ii
auor vote will be cast solidIy
against the amendment suffrage
success is doubtful. If suffrage
carries it will be good citizen
snip vote that will put il
through.
Most country women are indif
ferent about suffrage Rura
dwellers do not have the evils t
contend with that affect those
who live in the city although
there are always conditions thai
could be bettered no matte,
where you vote. Its the city
woman who is genuinely inter
ested in the welfare Of her chill
dren who has desire for the
ballot. Give the woman of Kan
sas City the right to vote and
there will be house-cleaning al
the first election. And the LORD
knows it is needed.-Missouri
Ruralist.
Potosi journal., 1914-08-26

No Caesar or Napoleon was ever
yet born who could make successful
defense against an insect m1s1ou.
Pharaoh vas helpless In face 0 the
visitation Of lice and flies The ant
Is not only a lesson to the sluxgard;
he has successfully defed the onset
Of the early riser from time knmemo-
hal. Apparently the Only possible
way to cope successfully with per-
nicious Insects Is to get the aid of
other parasite insects who viii eat
them. Acting en- this plan. the CALI
fornh state horticufturtst has pYo-
cured AoOo.o coo ladybuA which he
viii distribute this spring to farmers.
The ladybug Is a beetle that delights
to prey upon the aphids which attack
melon. hop, bean and grain cropS-
Hence more hdyougs, more melons-
More melons, less melancholy among
the sons of men CaiiIu.a:a II On the
right tack.
Potosi journal., 1914-08-26

We can't get away from it, our
money kings are practically the
power that runs the government
of the United States. They may
wreck railroads and fleece thou
sands of people out of hard earn
I'd savings, but in every situa-
ton of public concern we find
them called upon by the govern
nent at Washington for advice
md direction. Without the Nor
rams of Wall Street our govern
.aent would be a helpless craft
in time of national storm and
stress. Here we are threatened
with financial panic, but the
government of the United States
which, according to the ideas
o. the most of US is about the
biggest and most powerful insti-
tuition on earth,-is not capable
C. dealing with the situation
without calling in Mr.. Morgan,
Of Wall Street, for advice and
direction. During the financial
panic of 1907 we saw the same
ling, the late J. P. Morgan STEP
ing in to save the country. He
L ID it not from any patriotic spir-
j., at his own cost, but with his
Ind In the United States treas
ny and for his personal profit.
ALL the rest Of NJ may suffer
Potosi journal., 1914-08-26

Washington crowd paid no at
tention to the manufacturers
with the result that the su
gar factories practically all clos
go, and sugar was sold at four
cents a pound. The farmers
planted no beets in the west and
no sugar cane in the south. The
pauper labor Of Europe could
send sugar here cheaper than
we could make it. Now we have
nothing out of which to make
sugar aud the big war in Europe
makes it impossible to i'm port.
Is it any wonder that sugar has
almost doubled in price?
Potosi journal., 1914-08-26
Big Interests Struggling.

The proposed amendment to
our initiative law forbids it to be
applied to aEy taxation subject.
THIS OPENS AN EASY PATH
TO ANNUL THE PEOPLES S
POWER ON ALL OTHER SUB
JECTS.
Joseph ". Folk is right when
he says that if the enemies of
popular government succeed in
hobbling the initiative ana refer
endum in regard to the subject
of taxation the next step will be
to hobble it in another subject,
and then another. It is only a
question of time until all our i'm
portant and vital rights will be
taken away. To-day it is taxa
tio-. Tomorrow it will be some
thing else, prohibition or woman
suffrage, or control of corpora
tions, until the people, instead Of
deciding everything, can decide
nothing.
The initiative should be applied
to'ALL subjects.
The big interests" are strug-
Cling for the throne in Missouri.
The common people have become
too impadent; they must be
punished. They favor the initi-
ative principle, and, as the entire
law cannot be taken away from
them all at once, it is to be ampu-
tated on the installment plan.
Is it reasonable to suppose
that the authors of bill that has
been carelessly. or perhaps in
tentionally, made defective have
any honest designs whatever in
regard to the peoples rights:
This is the situation as regards
Amendment No. l today. It is
the duty Of all good citizens to
join in the fight against Amend
ment No. / until the iniq uity that
is being attempted is thoroughly
exposed to every voter in ihe
state
Potosi journal., 1914-08-26

The Democratic papers are
pointing out the big things
the Wilson administration has
accomplished. They have, how.
ever. no doubt purpesely, failed
to include in the list the biggest
and most conspicuous thing OF
all that this administration has
accomplishments closing down
of numerous industries and thus
forcing some two or three mil
lion workingmen out of employ
ment, with it's entailment of
hardship and suffering pom that
class least able to provide against
misfortunes of this kind. This
is an accomplishment that
only the Democratic party seems
able to produce and it never fails
to materializa it when it has the
opportunity. We do not hold
that the party does this with
malice aforethought, to wreak
vengeance upon the working
class, the party just can't help
it and is not proud Of it's work.
The mention of this great Dem
cratic achievement is left to Re
publicans. Now, the point for
the voters to consider is, wheth
er the great accomplishments of
the Wilson administration point
ed out by the Democratic papers
condone and minimize the one
great accomplishment of the
Wilson administration pointed
out by the Republican papers.
Shall we indorse an administra-
ton that has successfully
"watchfully waited for in
stance. over affairs in Mexico on
one hand and on the other pur-
sued a policy that has thrown
American industry into a de-
preston and several millions Of
American working people out of
their iObSp
Potosi journal., 1914-08-26
That Blessed Rain.

1t came many years agO-we
don't renem ber just what year
-bu. we never forgot it. 1t was
a hot. dry spell such as they had
in Kansas last year. and are hav-
ing in some localities this year.
The corn fields looked Eilted, dis
couraged. The timothy mead
ows looked dry and bare. appar-
emily totally dead; but if you ex-
amined closely you would find in
in the bulb a little green shoot,
just ready to start whenever rain
came. The blue grass meadows
were apparently dead. and the
potato vines aeemed to have Civ
en- up trying to grow potatoes,
and were contenting themselves
with just living. The COWS had
failed il their milk. The steers
were loosing flesh in the pas
lures. How to water the stock
was problem. Everybody was
looking for rain.
On Sunday the preacher pray
ed Cor rain, and preached for
rain, taking his text from the
book of Joel: How do the beasts
groan, The herds Of cattle are
perplexed, because they have no
pasture; yea, the fiocks of sheep
are made desolate. 0 OJehovah.
to thee do cry: for the fire hath
devoured the pastures of the
wilderness, and the flame hath
burned all the trees Of the field.
Yea, the beasts Of the field pant
unto thee: for the water brooks
are dried up, and the fire hath
devoured the pastures of the
wilderness"
We came home from that ser
mon looking for rain. There was
no cloud in the sky: nor was
there any On Monday, nor on
Tuesday, nor On Wednesday fore
noon. An unbeliever, who had
obtained a smattering of natural
science. made fun Of US for pray
ing for rain. On Wednesday,
the clouds gathered slowly, no
thunderheads, no roar Of thund-
er. no flashes of lightning. 1t
began at three o'clock, leisurely,
small drops. increasing in mum
Der. Then it gathered strength,
and rained all night. In the
morning it was still raining. The
boys, who usually went barefoot
delighted to splash in the mud
which was back of every house,
and let the rain soak their hair
and clothes.
The corn opened out its leaves
and drank it in. The pollen that
WIS left from the drouth-and
nature always provides a super
abundance of pollen-shed its
fructifying showers on the tas-
sells that were waiting. The ears
pushed out and lung over. The
timothy meadows soon showed
green. The blue grass pastures
were like a lawn, The disoour-
Potosi journal., 1914-08-26
MUST HUMoR THE BALDHEADS
The More "ivory-Topped" They Aros
the More They Insist on Being
Fiattered.

The fat man, leaving the barber
shop, slammed the door viciously.
You've lost him." said the boss
You've lost him now for good"
Il know" said the assistant But,
hang it, forgot"
You shouldn't forget. George" said
the boss.
And a gloomy silence ensued. We
ventured to break this silence.
What was the trouble!" we asked.
George forgot" said the boss. to
part the mans hair. He only Just
siicked down the sides and back"
But the man has no hair!- We
cried. He was as bald as an egg
No matter" said the boss. No mat
ter for that. The balder a man is, tho
more punctilfously you must make an
imaginary parting on his COCO, and the
more carefully you must plaster down
the imaginary hair to left and right
He'll quit you forever II you don't"
We laughed cynically.
TT isn't so ridiculous as it seems"
the barber ended. Every bald man.
BY studying his head in a certain light,
manages to find a bit Of fuz on It.
This fuzz he brushes religiously half
dozen times day. It doesn't seem to
him that he's bald. Hairs a little thin,
perhaps. But he's not bald--not bald.
like Brown or Smith--oh, no!
And You break his heart when, af-
ter you shave him, you neglect to
brush his fuzz- Ia he then. really. n
bald as Smith. Curses. no! You're a
fool that's all He goes out, slamming
the door. and he patronizes thereafter
q barber who will fuss over his white
dome as though it was Samson's.
Potosi journal., 1914-08-26

aged potatoes made up their mind
to make another effort. and they
grew great, large potatoes, from
which the skin would peel off
from under the thumb at gather
ing time.
What a blessed rain that was,
after season of protracted
drouth. .-Wallace's Farmer.
Potosi journal., 1914-08-26
The White Naxer

The late George W Vanderhzk VA
a scholar and. Ike most scholars, he
had little sympathy with the hypo
critical white slave" movement that
publishers and impresaTfos and FIN
frms have been fostering for the
sake k g1fn
Mr. Vanderbilt, after one of his rare
visits to the theSter. saAd to a Waah-
ington reporter:
These are queer times, reactionaxy
times. Why. from the talk at the the
ater last night I really believe the
public wants the managers to stop
being white slave missionaries and So
ctal evn refcrmars and to go back to
simply play producanG"
Potosi journal., 1914-08-26
We see President Wilson .

We see President Wilson ap
proves the contem plated expend
iture of $25, 100000 by the gov
ernment for the purchase Of yes
sells of commerce. Will the ships
be handed over to private par
ties. or will Uncle Sam take an
other step toward Socialism
and run them himself?
Potosi journal., 1914-08-26

The Lawrance. Kan, Journal
World still labors under the de
fusion that the Republican party
is dead. The c.. o. p. is a pretty
lively corpse, and Judging from
the showing made in the prima
ries this year it does not need
burial half as badly as the Pro
gressiye party does.
Potosi journal., 1914-08-26
Belgium. Special Distinction.

Showers of compliments fall
ing upon the Belgian for his sol
dierly qualities may crafty him
after several generations had
been taught to diseredlt him as
a fighter. For years following
the battle of Waterloo. Germans
and English who eontroverted
the point of which Of them had
saved the day found ons point of
agreement. Each declared that
the Belgian had only been in
his way, and although the Bel
gian. during centuries before
that, had earned a war-lEke fame,
his name was blotted out of glo-
rvs book
Now it is being rewritten
there, but not nearly SO high as
it should be- There are millions
|of men in the world capable Of
looking an armed foeman in the
face. In this country we can do
it as we'll as the Bslsians, out in
the open. The Bslgian's chief
glory is that he can do brave
things We can not do, OF at least
never have done yet. II was on
July 2s, at the beginning Of the
war, that Nestor Wilmart, Bel
gian banker, railroad man, news
paper proprietor and ali around
sportsman was sentenced, at
Brussels, to ten years imprlson
ment after conviction of having
swindled the investing public by
a great over-issue of shares in
the Ghent- -Terneuzen Railway
in 1912. Five of Wilmart's ac-
eonplices in the swindle were
sentenced at the same time, Ras-
|quin, the traffic manager, getting
seven years, another four years
and three others three years
each.
Ifit were true that We admire
most in others the things we our
selves are most untitled for do
ing, it is this boldness of the
Belgian in actually sending rail
way wreckers to jail " hich would
most com mand our plaadlts now.
We know how to fight. More
over. We are not afraid to fight.
But if we know how to send a
crooked railway fnancier to jail
for his crimes, then it must be
that we are afraid to send one
there, since we have yet to send
anybody along the road for erin
inal deeeptions of railway invest
ors, Or investors in any sort OF
watered securities. Our efforts
in that way have been confined
to bankers, of whom we have
jailed a considerable number in
the last decade. While we have
been moving bankers inside the
bars. the men on the security
water wagons have enjoyed such
immunities that some Of the
largest steals of long era were
consummated while Morses and
Washes were pleading for par
don. We are no more afraid Of
batteries. siege guns and eharg-
ing cavalry than the Belglans.
But we seem to lack the Bel
gian's steady nerve and cool
composure in facing a shyster
lawyer armed with a puerile
teehnicalitv C1lOhe-Domocrat.
Potosi journal., 1914-08-26

According to the news dis
patches the Belgians were lick
ing the Germans every day, but
the Germans were always press
ing forward. Evidently they
didn't know they were licked.
Potosi journal., 1914-08-26

Every once in a while someone
breaks into publicity by predict
ing the end of the world on a GER
tain date. Any one can predict
the end of the world, but the
world is never ready to fulfill the
DradjctiOn
Potosi journal., 1914-08-26

The war in Europe will come
in handy to the Democratic party
in the present campaign, it fur
nishes an excuse for the party's S
failure to lower the high cost OF
living with the new tariff law.
Potosi journal., 1914-08-26
Remedy For Poison Oak.

A subscriber writes that one
of the best remedies for poison
oak is to use common kerosene
oil. He says three applications
well rubbed in, twelve hours
apart, will cure extremely severe
cases, and that the cure will be
immediate and permament.-Ex'
change.
Potosi journal., 1914-08-26

from financial panics, but the
Morgans may make them profit
able to them selves. What Roose-
velt's administration was COZ
demned for in 1907 by Demo
Gratis, We see the Wilson admin.
stratiOn doing in 1914.
Potosi journal., 1914-08-26

The several warning nations of
Europe are ali battling with the
sword of the Lord When
lid Lord ever carry, much less
WELD, sword. He was the
Prince of Peace.
Potosi journal., 1914-08-26

Japan may think Germany a
dead lion and, therefore, safe to
kick: but in this instance the
Japs may discover that they act
ed little hastily.
Potosi journal., 1914-08-26
Governor Major made another
lot of good roads the other day,
have you noticed them?
The Republican party never
laid a war tax here because of a
war In another part of the world.

The Constitutionalists are now
in charge of the Mexican govern
mont, so we may soon expect an
other revolution there.
Potosi journal., 1914-08-26
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
United States Senator.
THOMAS J. AKINS

IHOMAS j. Ah1NS.
State Superintendent of Schools,
WILLIAM P. EVANS.
Judge of Supreme Court,
H. S. ROBERTSON,
Congress.
JOHN II. REPPY.
Representative.
WILLIAM II EVENS.
Presiding Judge County Court,
GEORGE ". SEABOURNE.
County Judge. First District,
". B. COMPTON.
County Judge, Second District.
S. V. EYE.
Probate Judge,
Potosi journal., 1914-08-26

HAVE YOUR JOB PRINTING
DONE AT THE JOURNAL
OFFICE.
Potosi journal., 1914-08-26
How's This D.?

We offer One Hundred Dollars
Reward for any case Of Catarrh
that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F. ]. CHENEY & CO. Toledo 0.
We. the undersigned. have known E J.
Cheney for the last . years, and believe
him perfectly honorable IN all business
transactions ard financially able to carry
out any obligations made hr his firm
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE.
Toledo, Q.
Halls Cata-ra Cure IS taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and nlu-
Cous surfaces Of the system Testimonials
sent free. Price 3 cents per bottle Sold
by al Druggists.
Take Ha.Ts .-aa1I!y Pills for constipation.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-21
CLERKS STOPPED
A BRISK FIGHT
Johnson Said He Had Heard
Shields Collected Money
From Lobbying Local
Bill Caused It-Johnson
Went After Gun to Shoot
Lawyer.

Washington, D. c., Jan. 20.-Repre-
sentative Johnson of Kentucky, and
John Shields Of Washington. d. c.,
lawyer. fought in a committee room
today, and broke up the District of
Columbia committee meeting The
trouble started when Shields appeared
10 argue for local bill before the
sub committee.
Johnson said he had heard Shields
had collected money from the Wash
ing police for lobbying.
Shields said the statement was false.
johnson knocked him down.
A brisk fight that followed, was
stopped by house clerks.
Johnson went to get a gun and
said he would kill Shields Shields
left the incidents closed.
After the two men had clashed and
several blows were struck. Represen-
tatiye Johnson broke away shouting
get me my pistol; I'll kill him.
Mr. Shields was knocked down be-
fore clerks OF the committee with sew
eral spectators could quiet the two
conlbatants. Fred Allen and Samuel
Eskew, two clerks, tried to hold the
Kentuckian but he got the better Of
them and breaking away, dashed off
for his private rooIn shouting for his
A dozen men were in the room when
johnson started away but his demand
for firearms soon emptied the office.
When he returned only the clerks re-
manned. The Kentuckian berated them
for their interference and the incident
closed.
The clash between the two men fol-
lowed a hearing on a bill to increase
the salaries of crossing policemen
whom Shields represented. Represen-
1ative johnson declared ''he heard Mr..
Shields had collected a large lobbyists
fee'' during the last congress and that
10 vote the proposed increase might
he voting somebody a four or five
thousand dollar lobby fee
Shields demanded an opportunity to
reply to false statements and at that
johnson struck the lawyer a blow
straight from the shoulder that
caught the attorney under the eye and
sent him to the floor
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-01-21
GENERALS ARE IN
PECULIAR POSITION
None Of Foreign Officers or
Soldiers Will be Permit
ted to Leave Barbed Wire
Inclosure-A1l Grateful
for Asylum Uncle Sam Of
ferred.
BY ASSOCIATED PREss

Ell Paso, Tex. Jan. 3O.-The $500
Mexican federal soldiers six Mexican
generals and 1859 women and chill
dren who sought asylum in the United
States after they were driven out of
Ojinaga, Mex, by Gen. Francisco Viii
las rebel forces, arrived In Ell Paso
today They will be held at the Fort
Bliss military reservation.
Arriving IN ten trains from Maria,
Tex. the refugees were taken at once
to Fort Bliss where they were put in
a camp enclosed by a barbed wire
fence and guarded by United States
troops. The refugees had marched 81
miles overland from Preside, Tex, TO
Maria.
The first OF the refugees TO step
off the train was General Mercado. Il
am completely dumbfounded BY the
unusual position We are in said Cen
eral Mercado. 1T is something unpre-
cedented to have a whoIe4a rny liyis
ion interned on foreign Soil We are
grateful TO the United Etates for the
asylum afforded us and for the atten-
ton shown my soldiers.
Il hope the world will understand
that our flight was on grounds OF hu~
manity, to saw ths lives of women
and children as SsseI AS 81 soldiers,
who ran out Of ammunition. The reb-
els would have killed us. What IS 10
become of as I do not know. We
shall wait and see.'
General Mercado was joined By his
wife and three sisters-in- law. About
one-third OF the common soldiers are
accompanied by their wives
AS soon as they could be assorted,
the 1853 refugees to be fed, sheltered
and clothed by the war department
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