El tOTO51r$1.00 Per Annum. POTOSI. 0.. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 16. 1014. Votea2l. Ho. 17

Suggests New PlanFor School Reading.

If the oountry had only stoodpat in 1912 there would now beno hard times or war tax. f SfFE BRISKLOW PR1GE SfLE!

BEGAN NOVEMBER 18th AND LASTS UNTIL DECEMBER 25th.

On account of the largest stock of goods we have ever bought, we mustraise $10,000 between now and January 1st to pay our bills, and theonly way to" get this money is through the sale of the goods. We have,therefore, determined on this Stupendous Reduction Sale.

"NOTE PRICES QUOTED BELOW

When men send out circulars with fairy tales of 600 or150 or 50 per cent per annum, the financial investor hadbetter put his money in the bank. It is better to be sureof 3 per cent and one's principal than to luxuriate on 150per cent dividends for two or three weeks and then loseboth dividends and principal. Chicago Tribune, editorial.

HOW TRUE THE ABOVE ARTICLE.

Can you not call to mindmen who have wasted theirentire sustenance on somecrazy, scheme?

Let us care for your investments.You may have times of thinking this old bank is slow.But paste this in your hat, brother, she is safe.

BANK OF POTOSIPOTOSI. MO.

MEN'S OVERCOATS AND SUITS.We have a big lot of Men's Overcoats

regular price $8.00, sale priceMen's All Wool Serge Saits, regular prioe

13.00, sale prioeBig lot of Men's Suits, regular price

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SILK SCARFS.Ladies' Silk Scarfs reduced to 1.25

Others as low ae 25c,DRY GOODS.

Flainelettes, regular price 10c, now 8 & 7cDress Ginghams, guaranteed good wash-

able, regular price 10e, sale priee 8cApron Gingham, reg. price 10c, now 7c & 5oHeavy Fleece-line- d Dress Goods, was

12o, now goes at 8eToweling, regular price 10c, now 7eGood Towls, regular price per pair 30c,

now sold at. 20cMen's Cotton Hose, were 10c; now 7cMen's Heavy Work Suspenders and Sun-

day Suspenders, were 30c, now go at.. 15c

4.75

8.50

.6.50regular

7.75regular

2.50formerly

2.901.25

price.. 1.75former

1.75

for this3.00

sale at1.25

10.00, sale price..Men's Navy Blue Serge Suits,

price, 12.K); sale priceMen s Pants, All Wool Serge,

prioe 3.25, sale price.Men's Heavy, All-Wo- Pants,

sold at 3.50, nowMen's Pants, formerly 1.75, now- -Men's Pants, formerly 2.50, saleBoys' Suits, from 4 to 16 years,

price 2.50, now..LADIES' COATS.

Ladies' Coats are marked downsale to 9.00 and some as low as

Children's Coats will go at this3 00 and some as low as

Turkey Red Table Cloth, regular price20c

20o

now goes atall shades, regular

30c, now out toCalico, per yard,Silk Stripe Poplin,

priee 30c perGood, Heavy SUCCESSOR TO

JAS. A. SHIELD A. SON.ESTABLISHED IN 1668.

REAL ESTATE, ABSTRACTSLOANS, INSURANCE

POTOSI. MISSOURI

LADIES' SKIRTS and SUITS.Ladies' All Wool Dress Skirt, former price

4.50, now 2.50Ladies' Skirts, former prioe 2.00, now 1.25Ladies' Suits, formerly sold at 8.00 and

10.00, now go for 5.00 and 6.00

MENS' CAPS, HATS, SHIRT8and U NDERWEAR

Mens' Heavy Caps and Hats are reducedso low it will pay you to get one and holdit in reserve.

Mens' Wool Shirts, former price 1.50,sale price 1.00

7Mpcord Dress Goods, for- -

naerly sold at 2Je per yard, now 10cWe have about 3000 yards of this

goods which we must sacrifice.White Table Linen, which was 50o per

yard, now sold at 30cGROCERIES.

We have also a large stock of Groceries,which we must reduce, and prices are

therefore dropped to the last notch.Sugar 16 lbs. for $1.00

Coffee, 12c per lb. Rioe, 5c per lb.WATCHES AND JEWELRY

We have a large stock of Men's and LadiesWatehes and Rings on which we have cut

prices to tempt the buyer.Elgin Watches, 18 and 16 sizes, nickle

ease open face, were 7 50, now go at.. 4.50Dollar Watohes, guaranteed for one year,

will go at this sale for 75cSee our stock of Solid Gold Rings,plain and set, and select your pres- -

ents for Christmas,We have thousands of other articles,

which lack of space forbids mention, but onall of which we have cut the prices.

CALL AND EXAMINE OUR GOODS.

Mens' Shirts, formerly sold at 1.Mens' Heavy Cotton Shirts, former price

50c, now cut to :

Mens' Heavy Fleece-line- d Underwear thatsold for 1.00 a suit, now goes at

SWEATERS.Mens' Heavy Sweaters, formerly sold at

3.00, sale priceMens' Heavy Sweaters, former price 75c,

rvTITijv .- -

Ladies Sweaters from 2.50 downChildren's Sweaters at the lowest

ever made in Potosi.

Bargains ao Long as tho Goods Last

fBRfHRM NfUlM.-OTOSI'- Ma

The public school is one of themost wasteful institutions in thestate," says J. L. Meriam, pro-

fessor of school supervision atthe University of Missouri, at.Columbia. "To illustrate thiswaste, take the buying of schoolbooks. When a class of thirtyruns out of reading matter theparents pay $10 for thirty newbooks, all alike. They have only120 pages of new reading mate-rial. That class had better beensupplied with different bookswhich would give the pupils thir-ty times the amount of readingthey are now getting in a largepercentage of schools."

Professor Meriam says thatreading is more efficiently taughtfrom different readers than wheneach pupil has read the story twoor three times. Theae is nochance for the pupil to becomeinterested in what another pupilis reading if the story is stale tohim. Again, there is no incentive to the reader to try to readwell when he knows that noother pupil cares anything abouthis reading,

Our "Neutrality."

The President's announcement that in his opinion thespirit of neutrality would beviolated if submarines should beconstructed in this country forthe use of any of the warringnations, may be welcomed as anindication that the true meaningof the word "neutrality" has be-

gun to dawn on the persons responsible for the conduct of national affairs. Until quite recently every move that might by anymeans be construed as of possi-ble advantage to Germany wassure to be promptly squelched,while the allies had but to inti-mate a wish to have Washingtonhasten to comply with it. Thissubserviency on part of our Ad-

ministration called forth indig-nation and disgust in German- -

American circles, and the sting-ing rebuke administered to theDemocracy in the Novemberelection was largely due to thiscause, even the German-America- n

press of Democratic leaninghaving condemned the attitudeof Wilson, Bryan et al. in no un-

certain terms. The lesson seemsto have had the desired effect,and if from now on our obligations to the various parties inthe European conflict --hall bemore carefully weighed andmore conscientiously carried out,this may be regarded as atriumph achieved by the Ger- -

man-America- n voters. St, LouisWestliche Post.

1b Belgium And Here.

No doubt your farm does lookquite bad, my sad-eye- d Belgianfriend. The German troopstook all you had, and stood yourhouse on end; they hitched yourhorses to their guns, choppedoff the heifer's neck. You saythey acted just like Huns, andleft your place a wreck.

In spite of that, and even so,though you have suffered much,you have no corner on the woe,and neither have the Putcb, forI will show you, my good guest,if you're inclined to doubt, ascene here in this peaceful Westto make you eyes stick out.

You see this farm without aspeck of paint upon the housewhich stands, a guant and greu-som- e

wreck, unfit for man andmouse? The barn, you see. leansall awry, the windmill hangs itshead, the orchard makes us wantto cry, for half the tiees aredead. The weeds, observe, arestanding guard about us every- -

Beware of Qiatments forCatarrh that Contain Mercuryas mercury will surely destroy the senseof smell anil completely deranre thewhole system when entering It throuskthe mucous surf aces. Such articles sfe.wKinever be used except 9 VaVcnpUunsfrom reputable physitf&ns, as' the cKtmagothey TiiU io leu'iow'io. h eood youcai ?"v,Ij- - aerive front tfarfm- - Hall'sC4X-tr&- ' Cur. ' inamtfaotured by F. Jv'lney-- ' & CV. Toledo. O., contains notiwriwrp. and Is taken Internally, actingdirectlj' upon the blood and mucous sur-faces of the system. In buying Hall'sCatarrli Cure he sure you get the KVt-In-

It is taken internally and roa- -

Toledo. Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Tes-timonials free.

S..ld by Prugstet. r'rice 75c per bottle.Tak F.mUr Pilla for cooattpation.

It seems the Mann act is to berepealed because too many wom-

en are taking advantage of it.

Times never get so hard thatSanta Clans is thrown out of hisjob, though at present he is notwording over-tim- e.

The President never once re-

ferred to "watchful waitingwins." Perhaps he has come tothe conclusion that it didn't.

The Secretary of the Treasurywants to make the war tax per-

manent. It will be, as long asthe Democratic party is inpower.

European statesmen must havesleepless nights of late if theyhave any conscience at all. Tbeyshould have heaps of dead men

on their minds.

Mr. Bryan don't seem quiteso peerless to many of his Demo-

cratic friends since he intimatedthat the party should divorce it-

self from whiskey support.

President Wilson stated in hisrecent message to Congress thatthe way was now open to honestbusiness. But will it be closed

to the dishonest business man?

Our Democratic exchangesthat have been seeing prosperityrushing upon us as the result of

their party's rule have not yethad to dodge to keep from beingrun over by it.

As soon as the family row isover, those dear relatives, KingGeorge, Kaiser Wilhelm and CzarNicholas, will go visiting among

each other again and meet with

embraces and kisses.

The State of Missouri has notfunds enough to pay pensions tothe ex Confederates. It needsthe money to pay the army of

relatives employed by the headsof tne various state departments.

For the benefit of the IrontonHeel iter, which seems to haveoverlooked the fact, we mentionagain that a free soop house hasbeen opened in St. Louis, wherea thousand or more jobless men

are fed every day. Quite likethe days of 1893.

If our soldiers down on theMexican border are Retting inthe way of bullets fired acrossthe line by the Mexicans, what'sthe matter with moving the sol

diers out of range? If we arenot inclined to take a hand down

there, what is our army doing in

that neighborhood, anyway?

Someone predicted the otherday that Roosevelt would be acandidate for President in 1916

on the Prohibition ticket. Thisprophet is making a poor guess,however. Judging from his recent remarks on the liquor interests and the Democratic party, it is much more likely thatWm. J. Bryan will be the nominee of the Prohibition party, on agrape-juice-platfor-

Congressman Sereno E. Payneof New York died suddenly inWashington lastThursday night.Mr. Payne had much to do inshaping the last Republican tariffact and thus gave it his nameWhite that tariff may not havebeen the best tariff law everframed, as President Taft once

poke of it, it was incomparablysuperior to the one the Democrats made to supplant it. ThePayaa tariff was at once a busiaess promoter and a revenue getter, and in this respect it standsout with scintillating brilliancyin contrast with the present tar-igla-

which is not capaple ofoither of these things. Mr.Payne was a ''standpatter,''

- which events have proven tomean that h stood for somethingdifferentia the way of nationalprosperity, welfare and happi-

ness than that which has beenfoisted upon th country by theparty that has held "standpat.-tism- "

up to opprobrium.

SHIELDS,

DIRE PENALTIES FOR ERRORS

Italian Government Severe on 8ubcdinates Who May Happen to Do

the Wrong Thing.

General AgliardI, the nephew of acardinal haa been put on the retiredlist because, when captured by rebewith six other officers, he surrender!. I

his sword. He Is the victim of t: )

policy followed for fifteen years 1

Italian rulers towards the masse ;.

General AgliardI, who proved himselfa brave soldier in three wars an I

was promoted to be a general afterthe Turkish war, cannot possiblybe suspected of cowardice, but thoughtto Interpret the policy of the go v-

ernment by refraining from use-less resistance It being a case otseven men against 600 which wouldhave led only to bloodshed withgraver complications.

His case Is not Isolated la Italianhistory. Crlspl once endeavored toconclude a modus vlvendi between theQulrinal and the Vatican, andseemed about to succeed when. In-

stead, the negotiations failed. Theduke of Torlonla, then mayor ofRome, knowing nothing of the latterfact, and thinking to accomplish amaster-strok- e, went to the CardinalVicar to present the felicitations ofRome on the occasion of the birthdayof the pope. Crlspl dismissed himImmediately.

Harpooned Big Shark.To harpoon a shark in the Delaware

bay with a weapon hastily constructedfrom a section of a bamboo fishingrod and a clasp knife was the experi-ence of William Maag, clerk In theDover (Del.) post office.

He and his companions were fishingIn a rowboat when they noticed thatthe baited hooks and sinkers of theirlines had been snapped off. Maag saidthat a shark was near by, and he be-gan to shape the crude harpoon. Atew minutes later the shark appearedless than twenty feet away. Maagthrew the harpoon. The shark leapedfrom the water and then beaded tqpthe boat. Maag's companions roweddesperately and pulled out of danger.Then began a struggle that continuedfor a quarter of an hour. The sharkfinally died from loss of blood. Themen's capture weighed 260 pounds andmeasured seven feet

Water Famine.Ton fellows In the city welcome

a cold snap," says a country corre-spondent "You pretend you don't,but yon do. Frightful weather meansheadlines In the papers, and conie- -

quent news and excitement to you. Toua In the, country It means actualphysical suffering. It's the same waywith every inconvenience. If yourwater is pronounced unwholesome,what do you do? Tou go to the storeand buy bottled water. We cant dothat In the country.

"Last year we had a water faminedown In the little town where I live.Had to distill our water by a slow andpainful process. One afternoon mywife came to me and said:

"Well, my dear, what would be bet-

ter to do this evening wash Bobby'aface or have boiled potatoes forupper?"

Not to Be Envied.! "Dobbs has a charming home, a pret- -

lty wife, a smart baby and a motor car.; What more does he want?"

"You can't always tell whether aman is happy or not by outward ap- -'

pearances. Dobbs' home is heavilyi mortgaged, his wife has an artistic, temperament, his baby Is monopolized' by his wife's relatives, and hto" motorj oar Is a last year's odeL"

Read the Journal, $1

yard, now..

for whom Is it intended?)This passage is irksomely elo-

quent as usual; but at least itgives gratifying evidence of thePresident's realization of the faotthat the most ideally constructedmill is worthless unless grist canbe brought to it and its wheelsean be set in motion. St. LouisTimes.

If the Editor Had the Nerve.

Last week we received an invitation to buy a bale of cotton.Say, Willibald, the way thingsare going we'll be lucky if we canbuv a spool of cotton. Gee! Ifwe only had the nerve! Whatwe couldn't do! Had we beenborn with the rind of some people we hnow, here is what youwould find on these pages fromweek to week:

"On account of the Europeanwar the subscription price ofthis paper has been raised to $5a year, cash in advance.

Ob account of the loss fromimport duties advertising rateswili be increased to 50 cents aninch."

"We are pained to announcethat, owing to the almost com-

plete suspension of the importation of chemicals, obituarypoems will cost you 10 cents aline hereafter."

It being impossible to exportprunes to Prezemysl, notices ofchurch suppers will be chargedfor at the rate of $2 each and twotickets to the supper."

. Kesultmg from the suspen-sion of regular shipping facilities between this town and theGulf of Obigosh, all pumpkins,apples, potatoes, corn, grapesetc., brought to." this office under the pretext oi exhibition tothe editor will be seized as contraband of war.

'All persons owihg this papermore than a year's subscriptionwill be shot as spies." Axtell(Kan.) Standard.

HAVE YOUR JOB PRINTINGDONE AT THE JOURNAL

OFFICE.

where, the cows, asleep in thefront yard, have even lost theirhair.

He stood a siege of 15 years,my friend Josiah Thorn, surren-dering at last in tears to Sir JohnBarleycorn. Josiah fought avaliant light, albeit he fought invain, for Barleycorn worked dayand night, in sunshine and inrain. '

The army which invades yourland would not cause such dis-

tress; "No quarter" signs on every hand, foul crime without redress! Go home and beg theBelgian folks to send assistancehere to help the helpless whiskeysoaks, to fight o'd Colonel Beer- -

Chas. B. Driscoll.

He Woke Up.

John Gorman, a boiler-make- r

of Redwood City, California.went to bed on the S. P. tracks.An engine struck him and knock-ed him 20 feet. A wagon start-ing to a hospital with him, hit arut. Gorman bounced out. Hewas laid on an operating tableand his wounds dressed. A patrol wagon took him tothecountyjail and he was carried up a flightof stairs, sound asleep all thetime. At 8 the next morning afactory whistle blew. Gormanawoke. "I'll bet I'm late forwork," he remarked. He was.

DON'T LEA VE POTOSI.

No Need To Seek Afar. The Evi-

dence Is A Your Door.

No need to leave Potosi to huntup proof, because you have ithere at home. The straightfor-ward statement of a Potosi resi-dent like that given below, beardsan interest for every man, worn-a- n

or child here in Potosi.Eugene Hayes, Potosi, Mo.,

says: "Some time ago I had alame back and pains across myloins. It hurt me t stoop orlift and my back was stiff andlam when I first got up of amorning. Doan's Kidney Pillsgave me prompt relief

Price 50c, at all dealers. Don'tsimply sk tot kidney remedy getEIg&u Kidney Pills the same thatMr. Hayes had. Foter-Milbur- n Co.,Props., Buffalo, N. V.

p4i, OVER 65 YEARS'EXPERIENCE

Trade MarksDesigns

'Mt" Copyright vcAnTonesentna a rt-- h and dcwrtptlrvi may

aalckly arf!un our onnimn Snm voher mainvention tt probably ptesl. Ommnalea-tlon- trictlTcon6dCTit'i). HANDBQSa cm HMaotaMnt frea. OldM wki for secKMiiff patent.

Patents W5 tbmueh Stupa a Ca. racetrervtaai without cure, ia Ut

Scitnfinc nneticaitA baadsoinely illustrate weaklr. Inrreat

of any maeatme toarnal. Tent, ti afear: foor months. SI. Sold by aU newaSaaien.

25, now .75

.35

.80

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..p..,... 45as low as 50cprices

individual, Is a matter of conditions rather than of theories.

President Wilson as a theoristis a man to be respected. As anexecutive and as a pilot of theShip of State, be has been, during the two years of his incumb-ency in office, a failure.

There is something wholly bewildering in the fact that the in-

dustrial status of the Nation hassteadily gone from bad to worseever since President Taft leftWashington.

There is no question of parti-san bias, of narrow strategic ar-

gument, in the statement thatthe administration must havebeen at fault in this relation-ship.

The old argument that Repub-lican capitalists may always putall kinds of obstacles in the wayof the success of a Democraticpresident is a childish one. Allcapitalists are not Republicans.Many pf them are not politiciansat all, to any considerable ex-

tent. And those among themwho are not obsessed with polit-ical affairs would be quick enoughto seize tne opportunity to for-

ward their own enterprises, ifthere were any merely strategicmotive on the part of other man-

ufacturers and men of large activ-ities, who, according to the pue-

rile oharge, put on the brakeswhen to do so means the discrediting of a political party.

The President's message man-

ifests a lack of assurance, of con-

fidence, of definiteness. It mayeasily be seen that is authorrealizes that no amount of excel-

lent theorising can be set againstthe fact that the Nation is in dis-

tress and at a time when no

natural pauses are to be suggest-ed as an explanation. ,

The one pertinent paragraphis that whioh is said to be an afterthought, interpolated for thereassurance of the businessman." (One wonders why thewhole message should not have,

been addressed to the businessmap as to any other. And if itia not for the basiness man, then

There is a good deal of discussion just now as to whether theUnited States is prepared forwar. If we are in no better posi-

tion now in that respect than wewere at the outset of the Spanishwar, we would make a poor showing indeed against a first-clas- s

military power, and in view of

the advance in modern warfareHlnce that time, it is not veryprobable that we are much better off in the means of waging a

successful war. Peaoe is a finething and we hope we may neversee the day again when the Amer-

ican people will be called upon to

break it; but when we are in dis-nut- e

with another nation ourown inclination toward peace

must be subordinated to the other fellow's inclination to fight;and when the other fellow isready to fight, we may take it forgranted that he is fully equiproifor it. That the gnjtea oiaiescould be conquered and subject-

ed to foreign rule i beside thequestion. We would smocner aninvading force in the course oi

time bv sheer force of numbers,

but it would cost us dear beforewe could do it without &h equipment equal to that of the invadr

er. wnue it may iuok. ukcishness to spend money for armswhile there is no probability of

war, it is really no more foolish

than to spend money for fire in-

surance on your house while

there is little .probability of itburning down, yet we insurethe house. Until all modern na-

tions can agree on a policy ofdisarmament, we will have tospend money on preparation forwar as insurance against damagefrom the nation who may oeready to fight us.

Wathinfton'i Attitude.

The President's message giv-

en tq the public yesterday ismore significant in what it pmitsthan in what it contains. It is,fn effect, the evidence that athoroughly conscientious and en-

ergetic man realises, tardily, thata nation's life, like the life of an