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Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-02-25

The editor Of the Canton Press, a
burbon democratic sheet, regaled its
readers last week with an editorial on
sanctiication. If there can be any
thing approaching even in the remotest
degree to the sanctiicat,on on the part
Of Missouri bourbon and the fact can
be proven. the editor of the Press will
be welcome to our second best hat on
demand. We demand the proofs
Kirksriiie Graphic.
We are not in the sample" line al
present. friend Gill, and if we were we
should be admonished against casting
pearls in your market. But if any
one Is curious to see the opposite. viz
the embodiment of radical cussedness
we can safely refer him to the editor Oi
the GRArHlc.-Ed. Press.
Thanks for the compliment
implied in the last sentence.
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Saturdays Legislature.

SENArE-Mr. Dobyns introduced bill
requiring dramshops bill to be signed
by majority Of tax-paying citizens in
cities Of less than 5000. Mr.. Bryant
introduced bill making shipment of nj
tro-glycerine on passenger yessles or
trains a mlsdemeanor. and making
deaths resulting therefrom. punishable
as manslaughter
HoUsE.-Prohititory constitutional
amendment indefinitely postponed by
60 10 46.
Mr.. Rile introduced resolution for
creation of new state of "MOark'
bounded north by goth parallel and
south by 36th.
Mr.. Harrington introduced bill that
judges of county courts shall have
same qualifications as judges Of circuit
courts.
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THE MARCH st. NICHOLAS.
(READY FEBRUARY 225TH.)

thfaI1 L Ebhl AH1 ..JlH.D
The most striking things in the March
ST. NIrHoLAS are Mrs. ELEPHANTS admi,
rable paper giving the touching story
of Lady Jane Grey ito be followed in
April by the companion article on Ma
ry. Queen ai Scots J: an illustrated ac-
count of two sturdy l..elanderS boys and
their desperate ''EncOnnter with a PO-
lar Bear Mary Jane Describe. Her.
self. an illustrated autobiography of Il
Sunday->cllOOl scholar: a new scientific
indoor amusement called The Magic
Dance" an incident of Adelina PATHS
childhood. when travelling in tine Tn
tied States. in 1854. with Ole Bull and
Maurice Strako>cll- and the four serials.
the fourth installmeut of llossirer
Johnsons story Of "Ph+ton Rodgers"
il which is described that Young inyen-
tors disastrous horizontal balloon as
eension': pr. Oswalj's starring "Adv.n-
lures in Natures Wonderland: Mrs.
Clara Erskine Clements second paper
Of Stories OF Art and Artists" with
SIX pictures. Az! the anonymous "Mys-
terry in a Mansion: Il Story Of IN S. S."
There are more than fifty illustrations.
. page of music and an Anglo-Cninese
story ior the LOysand girls 10 interpret,
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-02-25

st. joseph News has particulars of a
fight which took place last Friday in
Lone Oak, Bates county, Mo. A dis
pute arose between Alva Gaast: and
William CIer., and William Benham,
Gerry Denham and Harrison Young in.
terested themselves in the affair; and in
the melee Clem shot William Benham
dead, and either Gaast or Gerry Ben.
ban shot and killed Glenn. The people in
the neighborhood tried to keep the mat.
ter secret-hence full particulars are
not known. Gerry Benham escaped.
Alya CAST was taken to Butler and
lodged in jail. Runyan was assaulted
by Glen. but he was sitting in his wa ,gon
and his horse ran away. and he heard
shooting behind. and when he came
back be was Mortified to find Benlam
and Glenn dead.
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For school Superintendent.

We have heard but one name men.
toned in connection with this Office
that of SIS. Mclaughlin, whose servi.
ces in that capacity have fully demon.
strated his fitness for the place. 1t is a
position but few men can fill with
greater credit than he has done. and
the emoluments are not so great as to
tempt many to assume its arduous,
delicate and sometimes difficult du-
ties. We are in favor of another term
for friend Mclaughlin.
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BOB McDARNELL AGAIN!
EurrERyUr TOWNSHIP, Mo-. /
February. 1881. {

EDITOR w THE GRAPHIC:
DEER SUM- rote to 700 rite after
the lexshun, about the trick the 1epnb-
likins played on us. Eff I'd thot the
demicrats wur going to git so badly
Aummaxed, and wur going 10 give rite
up the way they hev, wocdn't hev rit
1t. thot we were gosng to raise an
other muss, like we did in 81, and he'd
got up a company already. and they
wur crazy to go to work, but the
dimicrats went to abusing their own
men and prazing Garfield, so ov course
we had to give it up. But we were
stunted, we he'd lost our cud as it wur
and had nothing to chaw on. So
thout / wood rite to our great leader
p v. Nasby for comfort and instruck-
shun. Ibid 10 and got this reply:
Goto thunder, l cant comfort myself
P.V.N.
Then we felt that ground was given
under our feet, and eff we ever expeckt.
cd to git into ofice agen, we must work
out our own salvashun. l at onct
cawled a meetin, and we persuded to
cuss and discuss the sytOoation. Finely
| rlze to my feie BOYS, sed | there i,
only wun wav to save Us. We must
turn Republicans.
% Lord groaned Dave Andrews
and fanted.
We brOut him too by touching his
nOze with hrebrand, and | went ON
the rcpublikinS are shorely gobbling up
all the offices and If we wait till all the
rest ny our party hez turned we'll be
left. Less be the first to the hens nest
and git the arg before i: is too late.
felt that he'd gone ez fur ez | dared
and set down.
Joe MarlOwe razed up and Sed he
thout | wuz rite and asked it we he'd all
better be baptized or vaxinated. and if
would make us much sick.
''Sich or 10 sick sed |. Il he'd ruth
er be sick as to be eternally irving to
git an Office and be beet everytime.
But what must do and how are
we to do it, asked Sam Akers.
We'll boys, said | If You will set
down and give me show. | will tell
you my plan. In two weeks from now
less all meet here and each one must
bring some emblem of dimOcracy as an
Offering. These will be kept as sacred
relicks to which we will return when
We git into power. Wewill hev ii fare-
well dimicratic speech. Il farewell song,
and a farewell drink Nv good old red
eye, and then will bury the emblims
NV dimoraSy and vow never to dig them
up till we git into Office again. and then
we'll dig EN- up, get on Il big drunk
and be dimierats again from our toe
males to our skelp locks.
How does it strike you:"
\ wild yell ov approval greeted my
plans and we dispursed to our homes
When we meet again will rite You
further. fot we want You to help us
into the party.
Yours jest on the turn.
Bon McDAHSELL.
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FRENCH EMBARGO on U. s. PORK
The Great Loss it Will Occasion Chi
cagO Packers.

CHICAGO Feb. 2I.-Pork in this
market dropped ST. per barrel Satur-
day on receipt of news that France
had forbidden the importation Of a.
merican products into that country
1t is estimated that the prohibition
will cause a loss Of $3,ooo,ooo upon
stock in this city alone, to say nothing
of that stored throughout the country.
The embargo was very unexpected,
and took dealers here greatly by sur
prise. Charles f. Cohen, buyer
here for the French market, says he
left Paris about three weeks ago, and
there was no suspicion then that such
an order would be issued. 1t was
promulgated by minister of the gov
ernment. About $1,000, 700 to 1oo,.
900, 900 barrels of pork was imported
into France last year. all from the
United States Mr.. Cohen said the
issuing of the order was attributed to
trichinea, but really there was a COM
bination Of causes, mainly he lmper'
feet manner in which the pork is cur
ed for the foreign market Trichinea
caused little trouble in France, as the
French people do not eat pork raw
as the Germans do. Another reason
for the order is perhaps an effort to
raise the tariff from IL cent to S-Io
of cent per pound. Mr.. Gobm
does not think the order will be per-
manent, even if it can be enforced at
all.
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Special Notice.

In order to meet the cut-fhroat tac-
ties Of our competitors. all legal adver-
Using will hereafter be inserted at our
regular commercial ADVERTISING rates
till further notice. Parties having
work Of this kind will save from 20 to
10 per cent by leaving their favors at
this office. 43tf.
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THE BETTER WAY.

Mary Clcmmcr wiring from Wash
ington in regard to the ronca Indians
gives some very interesting sketches o
.ltri.ht-cyc> the educated Indian CIR
who has addressed large audiences III
maet of the principal cltieS i'll behalf ot
her people. 1t will bc remembered til,
Graphic some months since spoke of tn,
verdict in favor Of the Ponca Indians
ITrlap> the first on record. before civ.
Il court The following is an incident
III tl,r trial. She says:
Dnr must 20 far back along the line,
of history 10 meet two more potent and
Bathrtic figure. than Standing Bear and
Bright Eyes. What could be more
toncIiimgly significant than the act and
speech Of Standing Bear after the deci.
SION of .Iuly. Lundy had given back to
him and his tell0w-sutierers Il right to
the soil on which they We're horn. Oh
which their iorefatlierS dicd-tle right
St citizenship. of civilization:
:Stan.!in. Bear said to Webster, the
iawrer tho had defended him:
You aud are here. Our skins are
of a diffareu, color. but tod made us
both. \ little while ago. when | was
yonny. / was wild. knew nothing of
The ways of the white people.
Il .er YOU have nice houses here. !
look 4, ti..>, beautiful rooms. would
like Ia haze ! house too. and II may ie
.,tter Il whi,.t,,.i; can get one: hut not
.o ,;. :, hous,. is this. That is what |
want i0 do. :,
For 4 great many years-ii hundred
wears or u,orc-thc Whitc incM have
I.,cn driving u. out. They are >hrewJ.
sI,r,, and kiow h"w to c'ieat: hut since
! Lav. lren here save found them dit-
t..r,nt They have all treated me kind
iv am very thankful for ii.
Hitherto, when We hars been wrong
.a we went to wsr 10 assert our rights
md .yeuye onr wrongs. Te tool the
,nmshswk. W. bad 10 law 10 punish
those whe diI %rone: 80 We D"k orr
,omahawk, aad vent 10 XII II they
had guns and e1uld Kill Us fIrst. 1t was |
rhe fate Of wzr.
~" ..Rnt you have found better Way,
", hay. gone int" the court Tor us.
md lind that our wrongs can " right
I'd there. Now hare n" more "-- f0,'
~, n,mnkanL. ma"t to "y """"r
forecer. 80, .,I,,,n,
;, ursssiv.ucss. the I'D ebiet. st"oping
down, placed the ioniaha~k 6h the toor
: : his feet: then. standing erect. 'tc fold.
d his his arms with native dignity. aud
,ousiaued:
~. Il ~ JLs,r found a bet',' ""y. {
y 'stoopi,.g To- .,e.in and taking up the .
,.aSor. Ee piss.d it to Mr.. Webstsrs
and, asG saie:: a a
r.f;tnde. want you TO iiseeft' i lG re- C.
,embrance Of this gssai ", v5sf"i tar;hsr Sa&a s
on have gained H. h5ys ;s sys nu ,ss!hsa s9 snes
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JEFFERSON C1rY, Feb, 2l.-Hous,

JEFFERSON C1rY, Feb, 21.-House- -
General appropriation bill was passed.
Bills introduced: Preventing country
dancing by imposinga a license tax there
on; exempting mortaged real estate
from taxation; giving exclusive jurisdic-
ton to County courts to try pauper in
sane case; increasing salaries Of coun-
ty judges TO S per day: appropriating
money to secure state representation in
international exhibition at New York
providing for ventilation of manufac-
tories: to do away with contract system
in penitentiary.
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.:There Were Tears OH his Cheeks y

..There We're Tears OIL his Cheeks.
Lord bless you. but ! had never CIV
eli him a second look | knew that ht
was Norwegian, slow but solid. hardly
able to speak word of English, and
never cared whether he had relative
On earth. Perhaps it looks bit hard
hearted IN me. but am driven from
morning till night, and | must drive
the men under me. When l want a
hod-carr,er | look for muscle. and when
Ihave found muscle | don't look fur
ther for sentiment.
How did the accident happen:
He stepped off the scaffold.
And is badly hurt? :,
"Yss, though | think he will pull
through. Any man might haye blum
dered as he did, but since | have learn
ed how 1t was I've felt womanish IN my
heart
"How was it,"
well he had just got his hod filled
with bricks down there when two or
three of his countrymen came along
and told him that his baby boy was dead.
They had Just come from his house on
Russell street to bring him the news.
He came up on the scaffold with his
hod probably intending to notify me OF
his atiiction. His eyes must have been
full of tears. and as he stepped out he
missed his distance and went to the
ground. There were tears on his cheeks
when we picked hlm up. and the only
word he uttered was to speak his dead
bov' ; name. had looked upon him on.
" AS an OLD Norwegian. but found
that he was husband and father. a
man with love a2d faith. father who
went home at night to coo with his ba-
by and kiss the wife who had left all be-,
hind to follow him over the sea. and |
tell Won feel like asking his forgive
hess and doing all | can to soften the
grief which has come upon his humble
home Five Press.
DlED.-At her residence twelve miles
northeast of k,rksyille on satur-
day the ~ inst Mrs. Amelia Beali
wife of John Beall.
Sister Beall was born in the state OF
Ohio. in the year 1s21. where she was
converted and joined the NJ E. Church
at the age of thirteen. For forty-seven
wears she lived the life of a faithful de-
voted servant of the Lord, and demons
strated the reality Of the christian re-
llgion. Her disease was consumption.
OF which she suffered long but patlent-
ly. and when the final moment came
was ready. Her husband and several
of her children survive her. the most OF
whom are identified with the Masters
cause. she loved 80 we'll. Her funeral
was attended by large concourse of
friends and acquaintance at Bethe!
Church on Monday the DIST inst.
F. VI. GREEN.
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1t was q striking remark that
friend made to US the other day that
an angry rattlesnake is very apt to
bite itself and die of its own poison"
Some men are very like snakes in this
particular.
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Worked Both Ways.

Il have bill" began man, as
he stood i'll the door of an Office on Larn.
ed street yesterday and looked over his
file II have little bill which,
Leave it to me and lit collect it if |
have to follow the debtor straight
year, interrupted the lawyer.
"YeS-here it is-bill for $40. 1t is Il
bill against you."
Against me. All. that alters the ease.
You must give me year to pay 1t in.
Good day. SIR
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-02-25

Good bread Is not only the mark Of =
good housekeeper. but also reaui.i..
IN the maintainance ofthe health. Dvs.
peptlcs learn this when too late. Good
Hour alone will make good bread. Hal.
laday bros. have Just received six bnn.
dred sacks OF the justly celebrated War.
saw flour Try Ii and you will buv
no other.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-02-25

Boiled starch is much improved BY
the addition OF a little sperm or little
salt. or both. or little gum arabic d;s-
solved. Halladay Bros. keep the silver
gloss starch which is the best in tbs
market. Give them call. West side
square
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1881-02-25

Messrs. Pitcher, Murray and Per.
kins have formed 4 company to build
water works at Joplin, and will push
things.
New Baptist church was dedicated
at Kansas City Tuesday evening. 1t
is gift from Mrs. Col. W. H. Harris
as a memorial Of Stillman Witt. her
father.
Springfield thinks that when the re-
moyal Of The Missouri capital is voted
on. other places besides Sedalia should
have chance-especially Springfield.
The Sedalia rifles have new $40
uniiorms-blue, trimmed with corn.
colored cloth Of gold lace-cap with
white plume, epauletts, corn-colored
belts and monogram buckles.
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THINGS NO8TN KNOWyNe

There are ia counties in Mis.onr;
and Halladay Bros. the popular groee,v
men, head the list by selling goods in
Adair.
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E7egardle@@ Of Cost!

As the building now occupy has been sold and -.
by March first and having other store to moro
my goods TO- am compelled to sell very large stock Of Goods
the farmers Of Adar County buy goods cheap As you are %
wen aware keep rstclass stock of Clothing and it is ev
prices even you do not need them present. there will b m
IN THIS line after March st and you will have to %
prices for goods have at least overcoats %
Will be sold at oneha what they will next fall Don s %
but come for the time short for %
warren lst Will be out OF business for unable to aot @
other building in Kirksville at present. 20 get an
A. SOLKEY
West Side Square.
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Purchasing Yatautable Articles.

WAsnINGros. D. C., February %
The House bill pending in the Senate
today to protect the purchase of ar,i.
Gle. against patent vendors is consider
ed by 'hr Senate as imperfect. The
Senate PROCESSES to otter substitute
with provisions 80 sweeping 81 to pro-
tect all innocent purchasers OF patent
articles, and to punish men who at
tempt to extort royalty from inno-
cent purchasers.
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To lay OH a square acre of land meas.
ure 2C9 feet for each side Of the sauar.
1t contains an acre within an inch
Having done this go TO Halliday Bros
for Your groceries. north side SQUARE
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Look cut for more Interesting facts
from time to time in this column. No
one can afford to omit reading il. We
aim TO amuse and instruct as well as II
entertain and above all give US a cali
HALLADAT Bios.
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A piece OF assafedi.a the size of
hickory nut pounded up and mixed
with meal will cure chicken cholera
We don 'tcharge anything for the above
but take chickens. produce, etc. to Hal.
lsday Bros north side square. They
pay cash or trade.
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The kahoka Gazette WORKS itself
into a fine frenzy over the fact that
the Graphic few weeks since pub
hshed an extract from Chicago pa
per, criticising severly Governor Cnt-
tenden for requiring his appointees
for St. Louis to sign designations in
blank. At the time the article appear.
ed the statement had not been denied
by the governor, though he has since
given an emphatic denial ofthe charge.
We adviss the Gazette to direct its
big guns at some Of its own party Or
gans in St. Louis as they have not
been slow to make and reiterate the
same charge When democratic pa
pers thus speak Of their own officers,
can = republican paper not in ''the
rmg." be supposed to know better
than they do the secret springs and
mhigues that characterize democratic
policy and management in Missouri
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The State of Nevada may be the most
insignificant commonwealth of the I'm
ion butshs gets up the credentials of her
Senators in gorgeous style which dis
tances al; competition. The credentials
of Mr.. Fair, which were presented IN
the Senate yesterday, were made on
paper almost a. thick - parchment
They were writtsn with crooks and
hooks and Aourisbes enough to excite
the every of rural professor Of pen.
manship. and the great seal Of the State.
As printed on gold leaf and attached to
the paper. was as large as sunhower.
The credentials have been in Washing
ton for some time. but were not presen-
ted until Monday because OF suspi-
cion, which some now OF other had been
engendered. that they might not be in
proper technical form. and therefore
some objection might be made to Mr..
Fair admission. 1t was found. how
ever. that they were all right.
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She plays Chopin. Liszt and spohr
For her beaux,
And she speaks Of "Pinafore''
Heaven knows!
With naughty I'D" aud hSevsFr
But she's awful nice and clever:
If she liked me, Id endeavor
To propose.
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Take your apples. potatoes eggs and
butter to Halliday Bros.
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Don't buy till you see Halladav
Bros.
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Goods delivered promptly at Halla
day Bros.
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Fire at Edna.
ISpccial to the Graphic 4

ISFcCIII 10 tlie UIaPHIC-I
About 61s o'clock last Saturday
morning fire was discovered in Squire
Holeman's harness and saddle shop on
the south side of the square. After the
usual excitement in such cases, it be-
came nantes. that some two or three
buildings would burn, and it was only
with considerable difficulty that the
large feed store owned by r. NJ. Bigger
staff on the.cOrner OF the square could
be saved at all. The losses are estima.
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To find the net weight or price os
hogs: When the gross weigh. or rr;;es
Is gwen. multiply the gross weigh, :,
eight tenths. To find the gross we;,b;.
When the net weight is given div;s.
the given number by eight ten,bs
Cut this ont and paste it in your ba;
and do not forget to 90 to Hallsday
Bros. FOR your groceries.
Haveyou seen our queenSware. glass.
ware etc?
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The woman suffrage question seem

The woman suffrage question setms
one Of those perplexing problems
which like Banquo's ghost will not
down at the bidding Of the politicians.
A bill remarkable in its roundabout
way to arrive at the question has been
offered in the Missouri Legislature
proposing to permit the women to
vote two years hence on the question
whether they desire to vote or not.
II they do then the generous lords OF
creation will take vote to see wheth.
er the state shall grant them their de-
sires or otherwise. Now comes the
Nebraska legislature which has just
passed in its senate by two thirds
vote a proposition to submit to the
people constitutional amendment
giving the ballot to the women. The
Graphic knows no valid reason why
any tax payer should not vote. or why
mere sex should qualify or disqualify
any one from the privileges Of citizen
ship, and the choice Of officers to ad-
minister the laws.