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Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-20

party, but they are peculiarly
silent in regard to their capacity
for spending them. In this line
they exceed even their proud
ability to collect the money. The
cost of the state government,
during the past two years is
something like one and a half
million dollars higher than for
any previous biennial period,
and the indications are that the
appropriations of the legislature
now in session will make a sim
liar gain over those of two years
ago. The Democratic policy is,
that no matter how much the
revenues are increased, spend
1t all and little more. This
creates occasion for a further in
crease in taxes. Whatever gain
is made is taken care of by new
Offices and raising salaries in the
old. What the people would like
to sec is, not how much revenue
the state officers can collect and
spend, but a little economy in
running the state and fewer tax
es, and that would be something
to brag about.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-20
Mature Charms.

Not q few men Of rty-eight or
forty have fallen victims to woman's
mature charms. A recent case is that
Of a well known Englishman, who first
married q beautiful American woman,
widow of q British lord. whose sons
were nearly the age of the young hus-
band. After eight or ten years of mar
ried life, whom she divorced him. he
Immediately married the most famous
actress ON the London stage. herself q
woman with children grown to young
manhood and womanhood. Both were
women Of unQuestionable charm
clever, fascinating, gracious-and both
attracted the young Englishman as no
young girl could have done.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-20

Have you ever noticed that the
LIQUOR interests never complains O
the tax burden that is laid uJr'
themY The taxpaying power nt
the liquor traffic is it's boast an'
it uses it as one Of the leading
arguments against prohibition
The constant increase in tt {
cost of government is viewed
eheerfully by the liquor inter
ests, since it makes it so mucl
harder for the government t
give up the revenue derived from
LIQUOR taxes.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-20
The Fuel Value Of Wood.

The fuel value of two pound
of wood is roughly equivalent t
that of one pound of coal. Thi
is given as the result of certain
calculations now being made il
tie forest service laboratory o
the Government, which shov
also about how many cords o
certain kinds of wood are re
quired to obtain an amount O
heat equal to that in a ton of coal
Certain kinds of wuod, sucl
as hickory, oak, beech, birch
hard maple, ash, elm, locust
longleaf pine and cherry, have
fairly high heat values, and only
one cord of seasoned wood o1
these species is required te
equal one ton of good coal.
It takes a cord and a half OF
shortleaf pine. hemlock, red
gum, Douglas fir, sycamore, and
soft maple to equal a ton of coal,
and two cords of cedar, redwood,
poplar, catalpa, Norway pine, cy-
press, basswood, spruce and
white pine.
1t is pointed out that It:t val
ue is not the only test OF Ii ..'''l-
ness in fuel wood, and sine. :,
per cent o. all wood used Tor
fuel is consumed for Domestic
purposes, largely in farm hous-
es, such factors as rapidity of
burning and ease of lighting al.
important. Each sect.,, I: ne
country has it's favore.. ~oods,
and these are said to be, in gem
eral, the right ones to use.
Hickory, of the nonrc>.;.ous
woods. has the highest fuel value
per unit volume of wood, and
has other advantages. 1t burns
evenly. as housewives say, holds
the heat. The oaks come next,
followed by beech, birch and ma
pIe. Pine has relatively low heat
value per unit volume, but has
other advantages. 1t ignites
readily and gives out a quick,
hot flame, but Que that soon dies
down. This makes it favorite
with rural housewives as a sum-
mer wood, because it is particu-
larIy adapted for hot days iu the
kitchen. The principle disad
vantage of the resinous pines
is their oily black smoke.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-20
Another Way Of Putting 1t.

Another Way Of Putting It.
In a police court an inspector was
giving evidence Of the arrest of the
prisoner.
Il went to No. ~ he said, in a
dignif1ed staccato fashion that came
from long practice. where l saw the
prisoner in bed. said: I have a
warrant for your arrest for burglari-
ously entering the premises at - -
and so on.
At the end of the inspectors evil
dent the magistrate asked the pris-
oner:
Any questions?"
Yes, sir" said the prisoner, and
he intimated that the inspector had
not given his evidence correctly. I'm
sure" he said. "MrSJackson"-the in
spector-'don't want to say only what
is true Didn't you come to my room"
turning to the inspector-"and say:
Now. then, Ginger, 'op out Of it
want yer'?"-London Answers.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-20
Winter Care Of Brood Sow..

Proper care of the pregnant
SOW during the winter demands
that attention be paid to three
things, namely: her feed, shell
ter and exercise. Neglect of
any of these three essentials
may mean failure, even though
the other two may be watched
carefully.
The most common IN, stake in
feeding the brood SOW in winter
is to supply too much corn. Per
haps not too many pounds OF
corn, but the corn ration is not
properly supplemented with 9th
er feeds. There are several rea
sons why corn should not make
"a .n'f't cation Ia. brood
s,W-, /: 'n-'S nOt contain
enough muscle and boLe build
ing nutrients to supply the
needs of the brood SOW. It is
constituting in it's effects and
does not furnish bulk e: ough-
1t has tendency to put on a
large amount Of internal fat.
which is injurious to the pigs in
utero. Corn should be supple,
mented with a small amount OF
some feed like tankage, linseed
OIL meal. ship stuff, bran and the
like. Some good leguminous
hay, such as alfalfa, clover, COW.
pea, etc, also supplies the need.
ed protein bulk and produces
the laxative effect desired.
This brings US up to the ques'
ton of how to supply the neces
sary exercise: BY placing hays,
such as above mentioned, in
racks and allowing the sows tc
eat at Will, they are induced te
exercise.
The shelter for the pregnant
SOW need not be expensive to be
efficient. The things to be guard
ed against are lack of space sc
that the sows pile up" damp
floors. filth and lack of sunshine
1t should not be necessary t.
add that the SOW should be Civ
en- opportunity to get all the
pure water she will drink. Toe
much corn, too little exercise
and too little water result il
constipation. a thing which must
be guarded against for best re
suits with the brood sow.-Mis
souri, Agricultural Experiment
Station Bulletin.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-20
Solve This Problem.

Here is a communication ad
dressed to the Kansas City Star
About fifteen years ago live
hogs were selling at the Kansas
City live stock yards for So pc,
hundred pounds and I bought
GoodIbacon from the retail butch
er at 10 cents a pound, a differ
ence of Z cents between the live
hog and the finished product.
At the present time on the same
market live hogs are bringing
about 8 cents per pound ION the
10th the top price was s.. 80,
and am paying the retailer 35c
q pound for the same bacon that
l bought for ten cents Is years
ago. Then the difference be-
tween the live hog and the bacon
was about Z cents, today the diff
ference is about 20 cents. Who
gets the 20 cents? Surely the
packers cannot claim increased
cost of converting the hog into
bacon, because the improved
used by them would be
more apt to decrease the cost
than to increase it, and the
sreedirg up system practiced
or their .mr.oyes will more
than offset any increase in wag-
es that may have been granted
in the last Is years."
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-20
Napoleon q Good Reader.

Napoleon not only read a great deal
but read with profit. His memory was
extraordinary. Take. for instance, his
knowledge of Roman civil law, long
passages Of which he once reeled of
by heart to the establishment of the
state council engaged with him in the
production Of the Code Napoleon. To
ono OF the councillors he explained how
he gained his legal learning. When a
young lieutenant he found in the cup
board Of a prison room in which he
was confined a ponderous tome of Ro-
man law. You can easily imagine, -
he said, what q valuable prize that
book vas. When, at the end Of
ten days l recovered my freedom, l
was saturated with Justinian and the
Roman legal decisions" Napoleon
added that the old book was covered
with marginal notes-so much SO that
he could not have been idle II his i'm
prisonment had, lasted 4 century"
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-20

We have before us cOmpar.
ative statement issued by the
eight leading railroads operat'
Ing in Missouri, showing that
their net income had fallen of
$14 732, ,2O7.2 in 1914, compared
with their net income of 1913. The
figures for 1913 are S26,512, ,248..
90; for 1914. S11,7oO,O0.79, de
cline of 55.577 per cent. This
statement is presented to suS-
tain their demand Tor an increase
in rates, and while they certain
~ make it appear that the rail
road business is in a sad plight
indeed. they are also full IF meat
for reflection in other directions.
Something happ ned in 1914
that hit the railroads hard which
apparently did rot exist in 1913
Or in any of the years Immediate
IL previous to that period. WI a.,
was it? 1t certain y could not
have been the present rate laws,
for these had already been in
operation fer several years. and
while tn railroads had protested
against the enforcement of these
laws, they made no serious out
cry against them and were evi-
IDENTIFY still able to do a profita-
BILE business under them. It
was in 1914 they were hit so
hard that they yelled for succor.
What hit them is the same thing
that hit industry in general in
this country that yeaI-the gen
eral business depression follow
ing the rev tariff law The rail
reads a,e conI ara,i\ely nu
greater sufferers from this bi, "
than the manufactures. the bank
r., ,hr merchant O.: even (takir @
him collectively TIE hnmi'le
wage Garner. But CT all q q
have felt the effects of this in
dustrial blow, the railroads are
the only ones WHO claim the priv
iIeee of shifting their part of the
generaI burden from their ov n
>lrulH, % these uf ,Nr ',| le
by ltatuirt III AL itlaly in
rrea>r in he price of their ser
vice to the public. 1t may he
that to keep the railroaGs in eff
fective operation tnis increase
will have to be granted, and thus
they will obtain relief where
the res: of us cannot apply. Any
increase in the cost of railroad
service " i'll eventually come from
the pockets of the consumer
the great burden bearer. His
relief lies in changing the econ
omic policy of the government
in q way that will restore the
general prosperity of the coun.
try. This cannot possibly be
done without the overthrow OF
the party now in power
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-20

Tho government has a plan on
foot to make every postotfice an
employment agency to find a job
for the man out work. Why no.
also supply the jobs by making
all the jobless d. putty postmas
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-20
lasting

Cole Blease, late governor of
South Carolina, is a queer gink.
He almost cleared the state pen
itentiary with pardons, disband
ed the state militia, and finally
resigned Ave days before his
tarm exnired.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-20

The Democrats in the Nilsson
ri legislature voted down reso
luton that the clerks appointed
be required to report for work
if they are to draw pay. Thus
It seems that the clerks were ap
pointed to draw pay only.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-20

Whichever way way your sym
D thies lie in the European war,
don't overlook the fact that We
have never had a war with Ger
many, while we have had to lick
England twice-and may have t.
do it again.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-20

Times getting harder and the
cost OF living still going up. Isn't
it about time the Wilson admis
tration we're doing something to
correct these conditions. The
patience of the people isn't ever
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-20

Yah, yah! You never were
progressive" is the parting sa-
lutation of the Democrats to
their former aids" It makes
a big difference whether they
are going or coming.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-20

Senator Stone has just said
he wished there was no whiskey
on earth, but that he was op
posed to state and national pro
hibition. The Senator sees the
evil of boose, but seems to con
siuers it a necessary evil.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-20

Governor Major wants a state
fire marshal, an office that would
be about as useful to the people
as legs are to bat. All a bat
needs his legs for is to hang on
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-20

With the shaking up she has
Just received from Mother Earth
Italy won't care much about go.
to war for q while.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-20

President Wilson is beginning
to talk too much, a sure sign he
is getting ratt,ed over the criti-
cism of his administration.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-20

In tho schools of Australia boxing
has been introduced as regular exer'
else foR schoolboys. In Sydney 107
boys responded to the call for those
desiring It, and in Melbourne the plan
has proved even more suocosstul
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-20

The Democrats up at JEFF City
have already started several bills
on their way through the legis-
lature for the creation of new
0f1icos
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1915-01-20

Germany is bending the line
slowly and surely in the direc-
ton of Paris.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-04
EU ening Chat
On Borrowing Ewes.
BY RUTH CAMERON.

How much we see through other
peoples eyes.
A housekeeper is getting her house
ready for critical guest. She goes
about inspecting it to see if it is sat
isfactory. She looks everywhere for
dust, she gives the brasses in the
kitchen an extra polish, she pauses
to straighten the shades, and all the
time she is looking at her home, not
through her own eyes, but through the
critical eyes of the coming guest.
If she were preparing for a less
critical guest the house would look diff
ferent to her.
A girl goes out to buy suit. in
stead of looking at the suits out of
her own eyes and liking and disliking
accordingly, she sees them out of the
eyes of that cluster of girls whose
standards SO largely determine her
conduct. She really cannot afford the
blue suit. The brown is what she
should buy. But she has heard her
friends criticise that style as not quite
up to the latest mode. She might
have bought the less expensive suit if
she had seen it only through her own
eyes, but she sees it through their eyes,
and, of course, buys the blue suit
which she cannot afford.
1t is really astonishing to find what
important things people permit them
selves to look at through the eyes of
others. A letter friend once wrote me
that she was really in love with a
worthwhile, likeable young chap in
her neighborhood. "I think I would
marry him." she wrote, eff it were
not for one thing. He is a carpenter
and my girl friends look down on
him. You see we four girls have been
together a long while and their opin-
ion means a lot to me. OF course,
they don't know him as we'll as 1 do.
They look at his rough, working
and his lack of little refinements and
of schooling. They don't know what
really fine mind, he has, and how
courteous and gentlemanly, in the
best sense, he is. But I'm afraid if I
married him L would feel their disap-
prevail of him and it would make me
sensitive and unhappy"
In other words she lets herself look
at this man through the prejudiced
eyes of others instead of through her
own eyes. 1t seems to me she comes
pretty near deserving to make the big
mistake she is getting ready to make.
OF course, there are times when it
is good to be able to see things
stance, it is good to be able to see the
sion through your opponents eyes and
it is very good to be able to catch oc-
casional glimpses of yourself through
the eyes of others.
But don't forget that God gave you
your own eyes for your own service
and don't be afraid to use them. Be
able to Trust yourself when all men
doubt you" as well as to make al
lowance for their doubling too
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-04

ssNill you take one of my bundles ?"
asked the old lady. Il have so many
they are very heavy"
"Yes, indeed replied the old man.
'sI will carry some of them and NIFTY
will carry the rest" and he patted
the mule, who pricked up its ears and
nodded his head as though to say, Il
should be glad to help the old lady,.
When they came to where the road
branched off the old lady said: q
shall leave you here, you take my
bundles home and 1 will call for them
some day"
When the man reached his home
with the load of bundles his wife was
very angry. Whatever are you do
ing with all these bundles?" she
asked.
Il helped a poor, old woman" he
told her, land she is going to call for
them some day"
I'VE have plenty of rubbish in the
house now" replied his wife. Garry
them into the attic she told him,
for all you know they may be full
of f1eas.'
The old lady did not call and after
a few days they were forgotten.
BY and by the old man fell sick and
they became very poor and had to
sell their household goods in order to
keep them from starving.
One day the wife said, 81 have sold
everything in the house but the bun
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-04
is THIS PROGRESS

After all, are frenzied motion and
progress synonymous? writes a con-
tributor in the March Atlantic ANY
kitten chasing its own tail might if
we were really observant, disprove for
us much of our modern claim of great
gain. Would any age of real prog
ress talk so much about progress, and
so loudly count it's achievements? Is
not much of this done to hide the in
ner sense of loss and lack? Perhaps
it is from a far-of country childhood
that 1 derive a persistent belief. not
obscured by all the noise and dust
and glamour of our time, that real
growth is silent. For many and MANY
a day I have heard this glowing talk
of progress, of widening intellectual
horizons, and for many a day have
watched the growing usefulness of
human faces. The more thoughtful
become increasingly sad, while the
number of the merely stolid increases
apace, as do the restless ones, with
their apparent longing for distraction
and change. Unfinished faces, unsat-
isfied faces, are familiar to us ALL
They lack the high record of expert
ence greatly taken: expression that
denotes profound inner life Today
we are so comfortable, so enlightened,
and, with our widening philanthropy,
so estimable. that we surely ought to
be happy! Yet we see few satisfied
faces, such as we can remember from
long ago, full of inner content, faces
"on which the dove of peace sat brood
ing" and we pause to ask what our
boosted progress has to offer in COM
pensation for the great loss that has
come through the seeming gain of
these later. years?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-04
LOWERING FOOD COSTS.

The increasing population of the
world has for many centuries caused
speculation as to whether the world
will continue to produce sufficient
food to support properly the people
living upon it, says the Kansas Indus
trialist This has been the theme of
especially careful thought in the last
100 years, since Nautilus laid down his
famous law.
More recently, however, not only
better methods of farming but the
more economical use of food products.
seems to be assisting in the solution of
the problem. Articles which were
formerly not used for any purpose, or
even thought to be poisonous, and
products formerly used only for stock
feeding, are now being found of value
for human consumption.
The war in Europe has caused reg
ulations to be passed in some of the
countries that potato meal be used in
making all. bread. The bureau of
chemistry of the United States depart
ment Of agriculture, seeing the posi-
BILE value of this economical practice,
is carrying on experiments along the
same line. 1t is also testing other
products as possibilities for bread
making when mixed with wheat flour.
Some of these products are soy beans.
millet, kafir, milo, cottonseed flour,
cassava, kaoliang, rice, and peas
These products, it is stated. promise
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-04
OLD DAME FORTUNE.

An old woman hobbled along
country road one day. On her back
she carried a net filled with bundles.
She stopped at the houses along the
road and asked to be allowed to leave
one of her bundles. Il will call for
it some day." she said, ''but my load
is too heavy for me to carry today"
At each door she was told she could
not leave any, because" they told
her, the bundles were not nice look
ing"
""They may not look nice, but they
contain that which is good said the
old lady. Still she found no one who
was willing to tighten her heavy load
After going some distance she met
man with a mule.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-03-04
Kansas Comment
4 HINT TO FARMERS.

The United States department of
agriculture, the state boards and the
experts all over the country are urg-
ing the farmers of America to Guilt
yate every available acre during the
coming wear. The war in Europe as
s,,res the sale of almost everything
that can be raised. Every article that
is exported to feed the soldiers and
the citizens and the stock of Europe
means Just that much less for home
consumption, therefore, even with
big crops of everything, the prices Will
be high If it is not big crop year
the farmer will at least raise enough
for home use and will not have to
paw the high available acre for grain,
grasses and vegetables. In many sec
lions farmers are urged to try dou-
BILE acreage of potatoes. 1t should not
be necessary, under proper conditions,
to import potatoes into any agrlcul-
tural county Put the hens and tur-
KEYS to work and give them square
deal. Raise pigs, cattle and horses In
as large numbers as the accommooa-
lions of the farm will justify and any
losses that any farmer, planter or
rancher may have sustained last year
will be more than made good. The
war in Europe may last for months or
wears but while it continues there
will be an active demand for every
thing we produce. Should the war
end this week the nations engaged
will need all our surplus products for
a wear at least Take our advice, for
once. and do not permit, good tillabfe
land to lie idle in 1915.-Shawnee
Chief.