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Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1880-11-13
Our Silent Army.
By MRS. r. V. WILSON.

Oh, boys in blue, where'er you lie,
by northern lake or southern river
Where east winds blow, or west wind-
sigh,
Where willows droop or pine trees
shiver
In unknown graves where friend nor
foe.
Your resting places can discover;
On hill sides steeD, in valleys low,
Where wild birds sing and brown bees
hover.
In country church yards, calm and
still.
Where often comes sad wives and
mothers:
And to the st'ning children tell
How fathers died, and sons and
brothers.
Near cities where proud marbles
guard.
The sacred dust beneath them lying;
And columns rising hcavenward.
Proclaim the fame you left undyIng.
Sleep sweetly in your honored graves,
Oh may the sods rest on you lightly;
The flag you loved above you waves.
And all its stars are cleaning brightly
Your names in patriot hearts vii
dwell,
viii live in history song and story;
And coming generations tell
| The deeds that gave YOU fame ant
glory.
In its financial columns the New
York II eraid remarks that taking int
account the great excite
ment incident to national election
the week preceding election was ont
Of most unprecedented commercial ac
tiyity, compared with which all c,rres,
ponding weeks Of previous years were
completely thrown in the shade. The
same paper says further: The marx
cts have been almost universally char
acterlzed by iirmness of tone and {
buoyancy Of feeling which indicate al
increased confidence in the future. III,
markets are gcncraliyin most healthi
condition, with out few failures report
ed OF anticipated. The much talked o
change has been Indefinitely postpon
ed, and. whether for better or worse
there are but few who express any re
gret that it is so, In fact the existing
state # affairs, commercially speaking
is eminently satisfactory. Business il
almost every department Of trade i
fairly active, profits are satisfactory
and the belief is fully expressed tina
increased activity viii soon be witness
ed on every hand, now that the unset
fling influence of a pending election !
no longer felt.-QajacH Hhig.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1880-11-13

Though the largest country
paper in the state, the Graphic
will be sent to any address,
post paid dfor only
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

n WILSON, east side Of the s,uare
keeps complete stock OF Drugs, Me,licines,
Patcnt Medicines, and all articles usually
kept IN Dsuy Store.
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f. r. Tine IaCIeS.
QUINCY MISSOURI * PACIFIC r. r.
GOING EAST
Nail and Express Is =. IN.
Frci.h. 10 IS J. N.
Go!.G WEST
Vail and ESp-css . p. m
Freight IL p. IN.
WABASH. ST. LOUIS AND PACIFIC.
GOING SoKTn-
Mail and Express 1:Tam.
Freight and Accommodation ~ 2a p. IN.
GOING SOUTH.
Mail and express s33 "
Freight and accommodation f:25 =. N.
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/ baby car put Its rosy little toe IN
It's mouth more easily than It's iatherca
but wbenssit comes 10 putting the whole
fcosinit the man Of years and experience
can discount the baby half a hundred
AID tken I'M out Iiawkeve.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1880-11-13

- Wilson's Rocky Mountain Herb
BitteEs, are rapidly increasing in popularity.
They stand at the head IA Tonic medicine
in all eases OF debility, indigestion ehills and
fever aid all muIarious Diseases.
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Persons having EARNS or town nro

wa-tea-EOTRADE.
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THE newspaper or the politician
whose support during campaign is
only retained ;g an assurance of fu-
ture rewards in pecuniary way, is too
much Ike soldier whose sword goes
to the side that DIS The highest wages.
They will always bear watching
especially in critical emergencies.
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ture rewards in pecuniary way, is too
much Ike i soldier whose sword goes
to the side that psy The highest wages.
They will always bear watching
especially in critical emergencies
TIE iiaysvlIle Ky. ,lRepublican says:
TIE Inks that hold the solid south
havs ben shiyerej to atoms. no more
exodus now The people # the south
will he protected in voting as they
please And We viii add, have their
woes counted also.
Here is q democratic organ that has
the holiness 70 say for Itself what il
thinks, and 10 say for other democratic
organs what they have thought Tor
Themselves without the courage to ut-
ter their sentiments. TIE following is
from the Se3-,ia (No.) Democrat, which
offered reproof and counsel 10 democra-
cy Just before election, in this wise:
And now tie democrats are complain
ing ~hinins.y that the republicans are
cc.onizing IN New York City, and tnat
they mean t. play the same game there
that vas recently played IN Indiana.
mercliul God. has it come 10 pass thai
with the whole elective machinery oi
this great city IN the hands of the dem
ecrats, from tie iil,iest Iivet 10 the
hugeEt driving wheel The parry else
where ,,as TO he disguised with pit.iul
lamentations over republican cAicanery
and fraGG: 60 TO old Tweeds grave
and get ineI Iiration from ,he bones OF
the dead bulldozer. He won. lie had
fight in him. Rather than whine he
would have died at the stake burning
slowly. He had no need TO whine
He stuffed ballot boxes, bought votes
colonized voters, kept an army of re,
peaters IL pay. an army Or shoul9er-hit.
ters II constant practice. lie won
firtorY anpints and abSolyeS tbs i:
the SiusB age. american suffrage Is
only c0yeted as something that Is mar,
ke.ab.e. Go into thG market and buy
Where one republican Is colorized. col
oaize two democrats; discount the re-
pealers: do as you please with the hal
lot-boxe.: do ANYTHING to carry ,ths
state for Hancock. Win, only wiu. arc
psalms will be sung for You in tn.
churches. and fatted calves killed fe,
you in staiehouses and capitals. A.
for the right Of such work. stuff! Tn,
civI! war killed everything in polite,
but victory.
The only difference between the his
souri paper and divers other democrat
ic organs is, that the Missouri pape
Al the ,lI,Yat ty. IN I,tte,. ifc Se,, ~, a,,.
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Adair Guards.-N. G. M.-Arm0r: hall
over DcRcamcr's hardware store. Meets
Tuesday nights ofeach week. Capt j. II.
Kinnear: lat Lieut., J. A. Richardson; Ind
Lieut. W. T.. NcCartucy.
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Workers and Baltimore brought from
81 25to4 ;i5: mixed packing 81 35to
I 50: butcher and select 5 50toi 60;
rough heavy s3 9UtOi u.
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T;ck1h Z
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AGENTS WANTED

To sell the new, enlarged, revised and only
illustrated edition Of that startling and won-
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1880-11-13

Fair native stock steers, av.
500 to $50, nominal. ...
Good to prime native cows
and heifers.
Common 20 fair native cows
Fair to good corn fed Texan
steers ................
Fair to good Colorado steers
Common 10 good grass Tex
ans
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-04-01
Length of Mourning,

Visitors to this country, says a New
York paper, are greatly surprised at the
long period during which people wear
mourning and remain in seclusion.
The custom must be purely American,
for it does not obtain elsewhere. In
England a widow or widower may,
with perfect propriety, divest them
selves of mourning attire at the end OF
twelve months, although, in most cases,
they retain it, in some degree, n while
longer. Mourning is worn for par nts
for one year, but changed to lighte
mourning after six months, and the
same as regards the mourning of
parents for children. Except in the
case of widows and widowers, it is not
deemed at all obligatory to abstain from
society for more than six months, al
though in the case of parents who have
lost children it would be unusual TO go
to large entertainments before the ex-
piration of a year. Where a parent has
died well stricken in years, and quite in
ordinary course of nature, it would ex-
cite no remark were the children to 60
10 quiet dinner parties after three
months. A two years mourning and
seclusion would, in such case, be deemed
affectation. Mourning is here carried
to such lengths that some people really
pass a large part of their lives in weep
ing and seclusion, the death of a father,
mother and sister Or brother making an
aggregate of five years. 1t is a question
whether we are not carrying the thing
too far. Life was surely not made to be
spent in permanent seclusion on account
of bereavement, more especially for
those who, in the ordinary course of
nature, must predecease us. Thousands
of persons would gladly cut short their
mourning but for the tyranny of fashion,
which arbitrarily rules in this as in SO
much besides.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-04-01
Sam Scott. Trnrie nenth.

A still more appalling leap than taken
successfully in 1929 by Sam Patch has
lately been made by a Canadian named
Harmon Peer, from one OF the two sus-
pension bridges which span the gulf
into which Niagara river falls.
At the SAINT time il is impossible TO
deny that other American divers had
heretofore prepared us for the poszibil-
ity of descending with safety into the
water from great heights, and there are
many still living in the metropolis who
can remember the feats performed in
lS4l by an American swimmer named
Samuel Scott, who was in the habit Of
diving from the top of Waterloo bridge
into the Thames, a fall Of about forty
feet, The unfortunate man had accus.
toned himself to 60 through many fan
tastic tricks before throwing himself
into the river, and for this purpose he
had caused q %scaffolding TO be erected
Immediately over the second arch CT
WaterlooIbridge, on the Somerset House
side. In order TO increase the sensa-
tional features of his exhibition, Sam
Scott was in the habit OF thrusting his
neck into the moose of a swinging rope,
and %suspending himself after the man
ner OF a man who is being hanged by the
neck. Upon the 18th of January, l84l,
he assembled the scafTold as usual, seized
the rope, placed it round his neck, eI-
claiming at the top of his voice, Nov,
I'll show You once more how TO dance
upon the air before 1 dive" With his
head in the running DOS he let him
self down to the extremity of the rope
and hung there for three or four min
utes. One Of the spectators, who was
intimate with the exhibitor, shouted out
that his friend hadhanged himself in re-
atty, and a cry of "Cut him down." as
cended from the crowd. Some moments
elapsed before a knife was forthcoming,
and when the unhappy man was rescued
it was found that animation was sus-
pended. He was carried with ali possiss
bic speed to Charing Gross Hospital,
ana, though life was not entirely extin-
guished, the utmost efforts Of the sur
geon in attendance we're unable TO save
him. The jugular vein was opened and
he wa placed in a warm bath, but be-
fore many minutes had passed it IA
discovered that he was dead. Since
that day Londoners have seen others
throw themselves safely from the
bridges of u metropolitan river, and
of the mastheads of vessels moored in
the stream, but no such leaps a those
taken at Niagara by Sam Patch and
Harmon Peer have ever been attempted
in this country. 1t may be reserved
Tor Harmon Peer, if he successfully re-
peats his adventurous feat upon the
Fourth of July-which is said to be his
intention-to startle the public by a per
Torrance of this kind, no less than
Blondin has long done by his marvel
Gus achievements upon the tight-rope.
london Telegraph
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-04-01
The Young Lady Graduate.

What the Valedictory Said-Kind
teachers, ever shall we look back to the
happy days when, under your patient
and loving pilotage, w climbed the hill
of knowledge; ever shall we hold the
recollection of your self-sacrifcing de-
votion among our hottest remem-
brances. And classmates, though the
links are at last broken that have so
long united us in their tender chain,
yet are we still permitted in n.emOry's
forge to re-weld the scattered fragments,
aud live once again in fancy the happy
existence that has been ours, and which
We prize more than ever now that it can
be lived in reality no more.
What the Valcdictorian Thought
Thank the Lord, l shall soon see the
last of old Smith He was fit for
a teacher, any way, the cross old bearl
And then he shows partially sol 1
never could see what he finds in Sal
Stcbbings so attractive. No matter
what she does, he's good as pie to her.
| guess I'd have to take it if l should
come to school with lessons no better
than hers. And Miss Jonesl 'Heml
the old maidl She's just hatefull And
Miss Brown, tool What a dowdy she
isl No wonder nobodyW have her.
Thank heavenl I'm free of them all
nowl / don't believe I'd speak to n
of them if ] should meet them on the
street. Let's see--I must cut that PEI
twinkle girl right away. | don't want
to be logged round by her any longer,
and, what's more, I won't, / shall have
to keep on good terms with Steve
Showers sister, though ] do hate her so;
for Steve's got a jolly team, and he al
ways dresses nobby, and all the girls
envy me and Steve when we &c riding
long. And I'm going to give Sal Steb'
bings a bit of my mind, and then good
by to her, the minxl Well, I'm glad it's
all over; l never want to think of school
again or see a school-book. What a
life / have led, to be surel But | shall
go into society now, thank fortune,
where l DISQUALIFICATION Transcript
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-04-01
Spring Fashions.
Very dark colors continue stylish.
Spanish lace is the fancy of the mo.

Very dark colors continue stylish.
Spanish lace is the fancy Of the mo-
ment.
Diminutive patterns in brooade1 ma
terials are among recent importations.
Mummy cloth, much improved, will
be among the fashionable spring goods.
The most elegant dressing slippers are
OF black satin, lined with red silk and
decorated with black velvet bows VITA
gold or steel buckles.
Violet is a fashionable color this
spring, and that in all its shades, from
the color Of an iris to the soft hues OF
the Parmese violet and the Persian lilac.
The long overdress, which has recent.
ly been revived, is nothing but q grace
fully draped princess polonaise, which
requires only a founce to complete the
costume.
One of the prettiest OF the new spring
fabrics bears the namO of Fleur de The.
1t is as thin as cambria and elastic like
Grape, and returns to its crinhled form
after being laundried.
A clever new idea in kid gloves is the
Foster glove, in which the fastening is
by a cord laced around hooks, like those
on a gentlemsn's laced shoe. The glove
may be laced in a twinkllng, and the
fastening adapts itself to any sized
wrist, while all annoyance from bursting
buttons or torn button. holes is obviated.
The popular lace cravat is a large lace
bow called the merveilleuse in imitation
Of the bows worn during the French
revolution. 1t may be made of any
trimming lace by sewing the straight
ends together and of this forming an
ordinary bow OF two long loops acd two
ends barred across in the centre; below
this the lace is then formed into a jabot
shaped like q fan, the two shell-like rows
coming together in a point below. This
point reaches nearly to the waste, while
the large bow is high about the throat
indeed, just under the chin.
The Fanchon or handkerchief shaped
bonnet is the French favorite; it is sim
pie and universally becoming. Its small
frame is pointed in front, lies fat at the
top of the head, and has no crown. In
general it is covered with red or black
satin, trimmed across with rows of black
beaded Breton lace, and loops of black
satin or red satin ribbon, which form g
bow quite at the back. The strings are
satin ribbon, terminating with lace or
with the new curled fringe, and they are
fastened under the chin, and not at the
side.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-04-01
The MaCkays in London.

Mrs. Mackay, wife OF the famous
California millionaire, is continually
nibbling at leases of grand London
houses, but the agents never succeed
in hooking her. The latest bite was at
Sir Dudley Majoribank's in Park lane i.
The price, $500, 900 for the remainder Of
a one hundred year lease, twenty of
which have expired. 1t was not the
money that kept my Lady Bonanza
from taking it over" Gas they say in
the Bankers Daughter W, and my in
formant cannot tell me what the reason
is. Some of the blue-blooded aristoc-
racy of Hyde Park Corner, he thinks,
might take a delight in snubbing the
bonanzas. / don't know why they
should. Ny Paris friends speak adj
miringly of them but sometimes blood
can find no other way of satisfying its
c~ealously of capital than by giving
money the cut direct. There is, how
ever, plenty of good society which would
open wide its portals to the Mackays.
Look at the Freaks (builders | think
there were), OF Kensington. They have
royalty on their visiting list. 1t was
easily done-an enormous subscription
to a big public scheme, in the success of
which royalty was interested. Mrs.
Mackay need not be afraid; her silver
keys will open most of the doors she
would care to enter in London. London
Letter.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-04-01
Quite n History.

Where have you been, Lysander Pratti
"In Greedy Land, Philander spmt."
"Wbat did you there 10 grow so Ati"
al built myself a little house
In which ] lived snug as a mouse"
" Well, very, very good was that"
"Not wholly good, Philander spnt"
"NoW wherefore not, Lysandsr Pmtti"
"a bear came raging from the wood,
And tumbled down my cottage good"
"Alasl how very bad was that"
"Not wholly bad, Philander Spmt."
"Not badi Why not, Lysander Pmtti'
al killed the bear, and OF his skin
made a coat to wrap me in"
wei done! Now surely good was that"
"Yet not 20 good, Philander spnt."
"Now why not good, Lysander Pmtti"
"a wicked hound tore up my coat
Until il was not worth q groat."
"Ah, what an evil thing was that"
Not wholly bad, Philander Sprat."
What good was there, Lysander Prattl"
"He caught for me a great wild boar,
That made me sausages good store"
"What luck! How very good was that"
"Goodi Not all good, Philander Spmt."
why not all good. Lysander Prattl"
"a cat stole in On velvet paw,
And ate them all with greedy nav"
"Now surely wholly bad was that 7"
"Not wholly bad, Philander Sprat."
"Then tell me why, Lysander Pratt"
"Ofpussy's fur, with silken hair,
/ made OF gloves a noble pair"
"Trust you! No wonder you are fat!
You found your good account in that
AS in oil else, Lysander Pratt"
"Yes, in the closet hang they nov.
Yet they are full OF holes, / vow,
"Gnawed by some thievish, long-tailed rat.
And so, you see, Philander Sprat,
Not wholly good was even that"
-Arlo Bates, in 81. Nicholas.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-04-01
Cure for Typhoid Fever and DrOpsy.

Mr.. John r Cox, a citizen OF Balti
more, publishes the following commu-
nication in the Baltimore american OF
that city: Some time since a gentle
man informed me he knew Of several
persons who had been cured of typhoid
fever by the application of msshed raw
onions to the feet. Two patients were
so i'll they were not expected TO live
over a few hours. Six large onions
were pounded to pulp and applied to
the feet OF the first patient. He was
relieved in a short time and got well.
The second case was a few weeks later
and the result equally satisfactory. The
first opportunity | had / tried it upon a
colored boy during M of my visits to
the house of reformation for colored
children. He was very i'll with ty.
phoid fever. / named the matter to
Gen. Horn, who immediately ordered
the application In a few hours he got
asleep, rested well, and recovered. The
next opportunity was that Of a son OF
a friend Of mine in the treasury depart
ment Of the custom house in u city. !
called to see him on business, when he
informed me his son was very i'll. lie
said it wa typhoid pneumonia. He
had been delirious for a week or more,
and required constant watching, for
fear he might do himself harm. | ad-
vised him to try the onions. He did
so and thus speaks of it: "Immedi-
ately on its application he began to i'm
prove, and continued until he finally re-
covered" Perhaps they might be as
eficacious in other forms. The rem.
edy is simple and safe, and a trial in
any case a do no harm. They
have cured dropsy. Mr.. Ralph
Brunt, a very respectable and relia.
BILE gentleman informed me that his
wife had suffered for a long time with
dropsy. She was swelled from her head
o her feet. She was attended by differ,
ent physicians, who finally said: "Mr
Brunt, we can do no more; your wife
cannot live. We can give temporary
relief by tapping her." His wife de-
clined the operation, rs it would but
prolong her sufferings. At this time hi:
attention was called to a paragraph in
a newspaper, in which a gentleman
made the statement that he had beer
cured of dropsy by eating onions. Hi
physicians had told him that he could
not live. One day he wanted to eai
some raw onions and he did so. Aftel
eating them he felt better, and tried
some more. He then made 1t a rule tC
eat six a day, and in a few weeks HI
was well. He felt it his duty to pub
fish it for the benefit of others. Thus
Mr.. Brunt knew of it. He called the
attention of his wife to it. She was
willing to try it; did so, and at the
end of one week discharged her nurse
attended to her household duties
and was so reduced in size that hel
friends could hardly recognize her al
first sight. She lived for more thar
thirty years afterward, and died some
two years since, over eighty years O.
age. If the foregoing prove the means
of benefiting any one, the only regret
will feel will be the fact that l did moi
attend to the promptilgs of duty much
soOnpr
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-04-01
Struck Dead.

One Of the most terrible instances of
q scoffer struck down in the moment of
his blasphemy was revealed before Mr..
Garter at the Rose and Crown Tavern,
East street, Lambeth walk, recently.
The deceased was an engineer named
Thomas Hudson, aged 67, who resided
at "a Saunders street. Lambeth, and had
been employed at Messrs. Maudslay's
for twenty-five years. He returned
home at a quarter-past 5 o'clock on
Thursday evening, and asked his daugh-
ter-in-law to get him an egg from the
fowl-house. On proceeding into the
yard he became excited, and, after using
q frjghtful oath in reference to his
death, he ran into the parlor, vomited
blood, and fell dead in the arms of a
female who had been nursinghis daugh-
ter. Mrs. Fall stated that deceased
did not say, "God strike me dead" but
he used words of O similar character.
The jury found q verdict of death
from excitement" and the Coroner's ex-
perience enabled him to narrate a par
allel case. A number OF persons had
assembled in a tavern at Putney, when
n man charged another with taking from
him twopence. The man, after being
accused, said, "May God strike me dead
if l did it," and he Immediately after
fell dead. On being picked up, The
missing twopence wa found firmly
clutched in the deceased's right hand.
He would strongly advise men against
taking such wicked oaths. -Lloyd's
NeiUS.