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Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-05-05
Blind Cultivation.

Just as soon as corn is planted,
begin to cultivate. Don't wait
for weeds and grass to appear,
or for a rain, but go on the field
with the peg top harrow before
the corn is up and stir the sur.
face of the ground. If the land
was properly prepared before
planting, the harrow should be
the only tool needed until the corn
is high enough to cultivate. The
custom of rolling is not to be
recommended. The, seed bed
should be prepared before the
corn is planted and not after it
is up. The roller too often only
presses the clods down in the
ground out of sight where they
help to bring the capillary water
to the surface. Whether we have
a drouth or not we cannot afford
to lose moisture from the soil.
SETH BABCOCK,
Department of Agriculture
S t a tie Normal School, Cape
Girardeau, Mo.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-05-05

and limited in time of circulation
by a progressive rate ofinterest
He knew that panic does not wait
on engravers and printers, so he
induced Congress not only to pass
the act. but to print half a million
dollars of the currency. When
the hour of desperate need struck
last August the Treasury was
able to meet the emergency.
When the British Treasury de-
cided to issue emergency one
pound and 10 shilling notes, Lon
don bankers bitterly regretted
and suffered from the delay
caused by having to print them
after their issue was authorized.
Mr.. Aldrich's name will always be
associated with the crisis which
his foresight provided for. By
that single stroke of statesman
ship he saved this country untold
millions of dollars. None but a
man of affairs could have realized
the peril and devised the defense
against it.-New York CONNER
cial
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-05-05
Enrichins Life.

The man who has cultivated his
mind has resources unknown to
those who let their mind lie idle
like fallow fields Though he
finds his habitation remote from
the oenters of society, he knows
no solitude. The rugged noun
tain, the broad prairie, the spread
ing expanse of the ocean cannot
make him lonely. Nature speaks
to him in the waving Of a blade of
grass, the color of q flower, the
fight Of bird. These all open
up whole histories to him. Be-
sides them, he has in his books
the best oompanionship of oil the
ages. All Of US fall naturally in
to some philosophy of living.
The man of culture deliberates,
reasons and gradually forms his
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-05-05

The great prosperity Demo
cratic Officialdom is seeing
nowadays doubtless has its
foundation in the fat salaries
they are drawing from thei1
jobs. This is apparently proven
by the rush of Democrats to gel
into office whenever there is G
vacancy, or even a prospective
vacancy. Only a short time age
the marshal of the Missouri su.
preme court became i'll, and it
was soon noised about that he
would not survive more than a few
days. Before he was dead the
members of the court we're be-
sieged by applicants for the
dying mans job, and by the time
he was buried there were $50
applicants for the appointment.
The court had to overstep the
bounds of customary decency on
sucn occasions and fill the office
at once to check the rush. When
so many men are eager to get
into public Office it becomes
pretty clear that there are few
opportunities for connecting
with prosperity" in private av-
ocations at present. The new
marshal is now doubtless a pros
perity shouter, but the small
army of willing patriots that al
so ran is probably shouting
something that would not look
nice in print.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-05-05

German governmental efficien-
CIV does not manifest itself in
ability to make W alone. There
is more behind it-a lesson it
would profit even us here in the
United States to study. 1t is
the efficient care of the welfare
of her people that makes Ger
many rise above all the other ma
tions of the earth, for no other
government t kes the same pa
ternal interest in the we'll bein.
and intellectual development Of
the common people, and we're il
not that they must still bear the
brunt of war, they come the
nearest to realizing an idea
state of civilization short of com
plete altrnism. One circum-
stance alone may be pointed to
to prove that Germany has out
stripped all other countries in
cultural progress-the fact that
no individual or group of individ-
uals within her borders is per-
mitted to profit inordinately
through the misfortunes of the
people from any cause beyond
their control. Imagine the I'm
tied States placed in Germany s
present situation, here, where
speculation and greed runs un-
checked under any conditions,
how the control of things
depended on for. life itself would
be manipulated for private profit.
In Germany the government
quietly controls the situation
by fixing the prices of the neces-
saries of life and the dealer
must sell his goods at those
prices or the government will do
it for him. Human greed must
stand back and the welfare of
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-05-05

philosophy, changing it from
time to time as experience teach.
es him the flaws in his judgement
and always welcoming the change,
because culture does not imply a
finished perfection but rather a
constant pruning and enriching.
He learns 10 direct his life and
not to allow circumstances and
surroundings to smother his indi-
viduality. He is not discouraged
by failures, for he knows that the
effort is often more valuable than
the end. He find happiness in
work and not attainment, and so
reaches every day what too many
of US think of as goal that is al
ways afar of. ff.-Milwaukee Jour
nal
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-05-05
The God-Made Horse.

From speech delivered in the
House of Representatives, March
4, 1915, by Hon. Isaac R. Sher.
wood, of Ohio:
The history of all civilizations,
Christian, pagan and Mohammed-
an, proves that God made
the horse for mans utility, CON-
fort and pleasure. Those who
think that any made machine
however artistic, can ever take
his place know little and think
less. OF course we shall have
machine motors, as we have wax
flowers and paste diamonds and
crockery dolls. But wax flowers
will never shed fragrance on the
bosom of a divine woman, like the
God grown blossoms: and crock
cry dolls will never take the place
of real babies; neither will the
counterfeit blaze of paste dia-
monds ever mock successfully
the rainbow tints of the real
gems. And the live horse, the
horse immortalized in song and
story and sculpture and romance
and war, will ever be animate and
imperishable; mans best and
most wholesome friend among
the animals.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-05-05
One Stroke Of Republican
Statesman.hip.

Mr.. Aldrlch lived to see his
country saved from panic and
industrial distress by his own
emergency currency law when
the finances and trade Of the
whole world were thrown into
confusion by the outbreak Of the
greatest of wars. After the
panic of 1907 Mr.. Aldrich realized
that Congress would take its time
about amending the banking and
currency law. It took six years,
so he was not mistaken. He
therefore proposed the expedient
of emergency currency to be is.
sued when needed upon security
other than United States bonds
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-05-05
Warning.

The State Food and Drug De-
partment issues the following
warning:
The attention o. manufactures
and proprietors of bakeries,
slaughter houses, confectioneries
restaurants, hotels, groceries,
meat markets, dairies, creamer
les, butter factories, cheese facto-
ries, and all other food produc-
ing establishments, manufactor-
les, or other places where food is
distributed, and vehicles in which
food is placed for transportation,
is directed to the requirements
of the laws of Missouri, 1911,
page 258; providing for the sani-
tation of these places and regu-
lating the health of the operatives,
employees, drivers and other
persons on the premises, or who
handle the material from which
food is prepared, or the finished
product.
1. Every building, room, base
ment or cellar. occupied or used
for the preparation. sale, manu-
facture, packing, storage, sale or
distribution of any food, shall be
properly lighted, plumbed and
ventilated, and conducted with
strict regard to the influence of
such condition upon the health of
the employees therein.
8. The floors, sidewalks, cell
ings, lockers, closets, furniture,
receptacles, implements and
machinery of the places herein
before mentioned, and all cars,
trucks and vehicles used in the
transportation of food products,
must be kept in a clean, healthy
and sanitary condition, and to in
sure this object. all food in the
process of manufacture, prepa-
ration, packing, storing, sale, dis
tribution, or transportation, must
be securely protected from flies,
dust and dirt, or other foreign or
injurious contamination.
3. All refuse, dirt and waste
products, subject to decompo-
sition and fermentation incident
to the manufacture, preparation,
packing, storing, sale, distri
button and transportation of food
must be removed daily.
/. All trucks, trays, boxes,
baskets buckets and other re
ceptacles, h oots, platforms,
r; cks, tables, troughs, shelves.
and all knives, saws, cleavers and
other utensils and machinery
used in moving. handling, cutting,
chopping, mixing, canning and
other processes In the manu-
facture, sale and handling of
foods, must be thoroughly clean
ed daily.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-05-05
Missourilsns.

Americas greatest humoris
was a Missourian. (Marl
Twain.)
Americas greatest children's
poet was a Missourian. Eugene
Field.)
Missouri has the biggest scien.
tlhcally managed apple orchard in
the union.
For citizenship, hospitality,
noble men, good and beautiful
women, Missouriis unsurpassed,
Native Missourians are strong.
er and taller than the native citi-
zens OF any other state.
Inthe Missouri Ozark, "a great.
er Switzerland" can be found
some of the most beautiful seen.
cry in the world.
Missouri has the largest lettuce
farm west of the Mississipp
river and the second largest in
the world.
Missouri; has the largestspring
in the world, it flows at the rate
of 50O,OO0,000 gallons every
twenty four hours.
Missouriis a great strawberry
state; we grow enough straw.
berries to make every shortcake
in the United States longer.
Missouri is great peach state
great for those that hang on the
trees and those that hang on the
gates.
Missouri leads all other states
in TIE production of barytes.
producing IS per cent of the total
output of the United States.
Missouri has the worlds big
gest apple orchard, the Oldest
and largest nursery, and more
apple trees than any other state
in the Union.
Missouri has the largest lead
and zinc mines in the world, pro-
ducing more lead and zinc than
all of the other lead and zinc pro-
ducing states combined.
Only one state in the Union pro-
duces more cotton to the acre
than does Missouri. With the
of the Sea Island yarie
ty of cotton, Missouri grows the
fl~est quality of cotton fiber IN
the world.
Missouri has the greatest hay
market in the United States, and
grows more hay than all the
south central states. Missouri's
hay crop is worth more than that
Of Kansas, including all of her
Missouriis a great watermelon
state; ia carloads of water mel
ons were shipped out of Scott
county, Missouri, in one day. |
One man in Scott county has
an average of 1000 car
10 ds of melons to market each
year for the last twenty five
years!
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-05-05
privation

The one thing needed to make
Republican victory certain in
Missouri next year is to avoid
nominating dub candidates. The
Democrats have often elected
that kind of men, tits true; but
the Republicans are not yet
strong enough in the state to
put them over. The good pros
pect of winning should produce
the right kind of Republican
candidates.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-05-05

er stuff.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-05-05

Other crosses besides those
commemorating brave and hon
Orable conduct will borne by
the people of Europe for many
years to come, those of grief and
nr;vofior
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-05-05

Maybe it was the grape juice
invigorant that has weakened
the Democratic party. It has
long been accustomed to strong
err stuff.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-05-05

the people to the fore. No Ger
man in Germany will come out
the war a multi-nillionaire be-
cause the war afforded him an
opportunity for exploiting the
necessities of the people.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-05-05
common b

Since it is beginning to appear
that no one can be licked in the
war over there, they might as
we'll call it off and split fifty
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-05-05
We wonder how a person Of
English and German parentage
neutralizes on the European war
QustiOn.

From present indications the
real estate business in st. Louis
needs reha bilitation an a busis of
common honesty.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-05-05
Guessed Wrong.

A blunder signalized the legis
lative career of the present ad
ministration.
Tie Democratic tariff bill, frs
in the articles of Democratic
faith, and the one achievement
on which naturally they would be
expected to expend their most
exhaustive study and care, was
so clumsily executed that it fail
ed to accomplish the results in
tended. The failure was due tc
crude, hasty, unscientific, secret
legislative methods.
Designed to furnish sufficient
revenue to finance the U. S.
Treasury, it has proven absolute
ly inadequate for that purpose.
In writing the tariff bill the
Democrats dimly foresaw a posi-
BILE reduction in customs receipts,
though they did not know how
much and did not ascertain the
facts. So the income tax pro-
vision was incorporated, in the
hope that it would make up for
any miscalculations in the tariff
bill, though the Democrats did
not know and did not ascertain
the facts.
But what happened when these
provisions went into effect?
Customs receipts were millions
Of dollars below the amount need
ed from that source, and at the
same time collections from the
income tax fell many millions be
low the amount needed from that
source. The inevitable result
was to leave the treasury with
out sufficient money for its needs.
The failure was caused by care
lessness. Had there been con-
scientious, open consideration of
the revenue bill, sufficient to
enable members of Congress to
study and understand it, the re-
duction in revenue could have
been properly safeguarded. But
instead of getting accurate infor-
nation and adequate estimates,
the Democrats guessed at it.
And they guessed wrong.
The results of this first mis-
take should have been a warning.
But the startling facts remains
that the Democrats committed
the same kind of an error again.
Forced by their heedlessness to
provide more revenue, they pass
ed a war tax" in time of peace.
Based on a guess instead of an
estimate, the war tax did not
produce money enough. For
months the receipts of the treas.
ury have been daily falling short
of expenditures, sometimes more
than million dollars day. Ac-
cording to official estimates the
deficit will probably amount to
one hundred million dollars by
July l, the end OF, the fiscal year.
No chain is stronger than its
weakest link. The fatal weak
ness that has characterized the
work of this administration from
its inception two years ago has
been it's eagerness to propose
laws, carelessness in drafting
them, haste in committee action,
and stubborn refusal to permit
intelligent amendment in either
House or Senate after the party
brand had been affixed oy the ali
powerful caucus.
Every American citizen has
had to help pay for these costly
There will be still
more to pay until the errors have
been corrected by thoughtful,
intelligent legislation.
n O.
The Detroit times., 1915-05-15

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The broad ax., 1915-11-27
unearned Gratitude.

A sample Of the late DR.. william
Everett's caustic repartee:
Il always experience a sense Of deep
obligation 10 you whenever L meet you
or hear of you" said George Babbitt
to DR.. Everett one morning when they
found themselves pacing the deck Of
an ocean steamer together.
why 500" piped the doctor.
Because" said Mr.. Rabbit, Il re-
call that | was once so fortunate as to
win the Boylston prize for oratory at
Harvard and you were chairman Of
the board of judges"
II remember it perfectly WELL" re-
Joined the brusque doctor. THE judges
were five in number. AT the conclu-
sion of the speaking We retired to con-
slider the merits of the contestants. 1t
was moved that you be awarded a
first prize. On that motion the vote
was 3 to In your favor. / was one
Of the two."-Boston Transcript
The broad ax., 1915-11-27
Puzzle of the Arctic rarn.

Ornithologists have finally awarded
first place as migrator to the arctic
tern. Recent investigations have proved
beyond all question that this bird Of
mystery makes flight every year to-
falling 1900 miles. 1t is on the wing
literally twenty weeks out Of the fifty
two, with daily average fight of ap-
proximately $50 miles. When It is
winter In the northern hemisphere the
tern Is feeding at the edge of the ant
arctic circle, far south of Cape Horn.
When spring banishes winter it re-
turns to the arctic, 1000 miles away
from its winter quarters, to build its
nest in the arctic regions. Almost
with mathematical precision the tern
arrives in the north every year on
June 15 and on Aug. 25 begins its long
southern fight. Curiously enough, re-
ports of the birds seen en- route are
exceedingly rare. One or two have
been seen In the last three or four
years along the Long Island shore, but
beyond this clew to the course they
pursue nothing at all is known of the
route they follow.-Philadelphia Rec
ord
The broad ax., 1915-11-27
The Oldest Death Sentence.

The oldest death sentence extant is
found in the Amherst papyri contain
Ing the trials of state criminals in
Egypt. about 1900 b. C. The criminal
In this case was found guilty of magic,
which his judges state was worthy
of death. which he carried out. and he
killed himself" apparently by stab
bling, as in the japanese harakiri,
which is also of very ancient origin.
Among less civilized peoples drown
Ing would seem to have been the ear
lest method Of legal punishment. for
about $50 B. c. the Britons killed their
criminals by throwing them into a
quagmire. OF other than capital pun
ishments the oldest recorded comes
from Chaldea. where it was enacted
some, 5000 years ago that when any
one manned a slave the hand that
thus offended should pay him each day
measure of corn
The broad ax., 1915-11-27
Echo of Sound.


An echo Is q sound reflected from q
distant surface. Sound is produced by
waves or pulses OF the air. and when
those waves come In contact with q
cliff or wall or other opposing surface
they are reflected like light or heat,
and the returning waves cause a repe-
dtion Of the sound. The word echo Is
Of Greek origin. According to ancient
mythology, it was the name of noun
tain nymph, daughter Of the air and
the earth. Echo was one of Juno's at
tendants, but her loquacity displeased
Jupiter. so she was deprived of the
power Of speech by Juno and permitted
to answer only when she was spoken
to. Afterward Echo fell in love with
beautiful youth named Narcissus and
was changed into a stone. which still
retained the power of voice. Milton
personifies her thus:
Sweet Echo, sweetest nymph. that liv'st
unseen
Within thy airy shell,
By slow Meanders margent green,
Canst thou not tell me of gentle pair
That likest thy Narcissus are?
Philadelphia Press.
The broad ax., 1915-11-27
How to SIay a Grudqe.

Il forgave you once. and won't for
give you again" This is what we
heard one brother say to another who
had unwittingly broken his chisel for
the second time. He would not listen
to an explanation. You shall not use
another of my tools" he continued.
The next day he wanted to borrow a
book from that brother. But before
he asked for 1t he remembered he had
said he would not lend his tools any
more. He said to himself: well,
don't care If l did. He owes me
something for breaking the tool. so |
will just ask for the book" And he
did. Certainly you can have it and
keep 1t as long as you want it." replied
the brother without one bit Of grudge
In his heart. The effect was good, for
the very next day he asked his brother
to go with him into the tool room, and
there he said. You can use any of
them if you wish. only please be care
ful not to break them" The grudge
had OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Herald.
The broad ax., 1915-11-27
Geographical Forenames.

The name "Dardanelles." which one
girl baby bears. is more musical than
some geographical names with which
children are burdened. Mrs. Andrew
Lang tells of a family where the ba-
lies were named after the places
where the father happened to be when
he heard of their births. He being a
courier. there were a St Petersburg
and Naples, Kattegat and Skagerrak
were the twins, while the only daugh-
ter was named Vienna
Another curious geographical name
is recorded in the Souvenirs du Che
Waller de Cussy." In 1920. when at
tached to the French embassy at Ber-
lin, he met II Countess Bernstorff. who
had been christened America because
she was born there during the war Of
independence. her father at that time
being in command Of a Hessian regi-
ment.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The broad ax., 1915-11-27
ksir Hardis,. ROUGH Attire.


James keir Hardie. the British Ia
Dor leader. never relinquished his
working class garb. and many were
the occasions when his rough attire led
to mistakes on the part Of others. One
story Is that Keir Hardie. then many
years an II. p. WIS challenged by a
policeman outside the house Of COM
mons. The officer asked Mr. Hardie IL
he was working there. Yes" On
the roof?' (which was undergoing re-
pair. NO" answered the leader Of
the Independent Labor party. ION the
floor" Another time a landlady re-
fused to let him have rooms until he
gave references. He looked too rough.
The good woman was astonished when
Mr.. Hardie named number Of the
most prominent men In parliament.
He was arrested in Belgium once on
suspicion of being in collision with a
notorious anarchist whom the police
had detained. The Belgian police new
er could understand why a British NJ.
z. was not deliberately attired.-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
The broad ax., 1915-11-27
They Paid the Price,

The corporation of the city Of Glas-
gov wanted to purchase the Whistler
portrait of Carlyle and in due course
waited on the master OF the gentle art
Of making enemies about the price
Q,OO0 guineasI. They admitted it was
a magnificent picture. but do you not
think. Mr.. Whistler. the sum a wee.
wee Bit excessive?"
Didn't you know the price before
you came to me?" asked the master.
with suspicious blandness.
lob. aye, we knew THAR replied the
corporation.
very well. them" said Mr.. Whistler
in his suavest tones, Tets talk of
something else" And as there was
nothing else of interest to detain the
corporation" they paid the price and
made an excellent bargain.
The broad ax., 1915-11-27
A Painters Troubles.

The desire of the Bank Of England
officials to discover forgers has some
times led to curious mistakes. On one
occasion the painter, George Morland.
in his eagerness to avoid his duns.
retired to an obscure hiding place in
Hackney, where his anxious looks and
secluded manner Of life induced some
Of his neighbors to believe him for
ger Of notes then in existence. The
directors, on being Informed, dispatch
ed some dexterous detectives to the
residence. but Morland's suspicious
were aroused by their movements In
front Of the house and, thinking them
bailiffs. escaped from the back to Lon
don. Mrs. Morland Informed the Wis
itors Of her husbands name and show
ed them some unfinished pictures. The
facts were reported to the directors,
who presented Morland with two TWEEN
ty-pound notes by way of compensa-
ton for the alarm.