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Neglected by Our Girls.

From every quarter comes tue cry Of
disconteDt with our modes of cducatioa
which deal with the head only; which
leave the hand unframed and the muscle
unhicd; which result in placing the
young lady of tho house upon tho sofa
with just force enough to read no7e;
which tilc up the labor of the family upon
one poor kitchen drugo who goes blum icr-
ing on from week to week without thought
and without hope.
A portion of the wnrk which is crushing
out the life of that mindless kitchen drudge
would restore the ''young lady" to vigorous
womanhood, and do more even for her in-
tcllect than the books she reads
Household labor, donc with thought and
conscience, is among the most educating Of
all exercises. 1t is experimental chemistry.
It is philosophy taught 6y example 1t is u
course in forti,ude, in bcnevoIcncc, in
honesty, in exactness.
There is no country where the average
food of the people is of higher quality than
il is in tho United States Perhaps no
where is the cookery worse than it is ia the
United States. In the immediate vicinity
of young ladies' scmnares Of wide renown,
tho art of cooking is scarcely known, and
people eat the most crude and indigcsliblo
messos Of the frying pan
1t is terrible thing to travel 10 some
States, merely on account of the appalling
food which tho traveller must cat or starve
The quantity is supcrabundant; the original
quality was good; but tho food in its
journey through tho Kitchen had lost most
of its virtnc, and acquired strange havors
and dreadful consistency.
This is because tho female mind Of the
country is educated away from, tile dulles
that belong to hss$shhre Of tho worlds 8
work. Frequenttysitf lis educated ito. dis-
dain, with a particular and unconquerable
contempt, the very part Of its task upon
which the health and good temper of a
family depend. -.
Happily alltMsis, we hope, drawing TO
an end. There dres cooking schools now 10
tho South MS @cp asliu the North, and the
feelings grow daily 10 force that an eduoa :
tion that uufits a young woman for homely
duty in the household is--not education,
but degcncrncy. 70
SIZE BACKED Our. "A certain boat
coming up tho Mississippi, during tho
flood the other day, lost her way anc
bumped up against framo house. She
hadn't moro thon touched it before an old
durkcy rammcj his head up tlrougha
hole in tho roof where the chimney once
came out, aud yolled ut the captain on The
roof: "Whnr de bell is you gwino wid dat
boat? Can't you see muffin? Fust thing
yer knows yer gwine to turn dis houfesobcr,
spill dc old woman an do chiEen out ia de
flood an drown EN-. Wat yer don' out
horo in the country wild yer dan, boat,
anyhow! Go on back yander froo de con
fields, and git b. X out in the ribbcr whar
you blongs. Amt got no business sevn
miles out in dc country foolin' round
peoples houses, nohow!" and she Sba,koi
CUT WtUics Scrap. Book.
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A good many Of the farmers of the
county are preparing to harvest their small
grain by machinery this year. About
twenty rcapors have hecn sold in the past
ten days by agents at this place. Andcr.
son 1aicVigcnccr,
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-04-13

Lime used literally about your premises
will keep the atmosphere pure and prevent
fevers and other diseases.
There is pretty general Democratic talk
10 New York Of running Tildeu for Cow
ernor again this ycur
In the great revival at Cincinnati, there
have been over one thousand conversions,
more than dozen of them being from the
Ronish church.
Richmond and Danvi!c combination
will sell tickets 10 the del gates to the Baptist
Convention, which meets in Grcenvile, for
five cents mic the round trip.
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Ric1asll0rGla t& SDansviElr Es. Es
PASSENGER DEPARTM ENT.

On and after February Goth. 1882, the
Passenger Train Service on the Atlanta and
Charlotte Air Line Division will bc us fol-
lows:
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An Eastern paper has figured "rt that
Jay Gould's stock alone, amt ing to
$54 1000, 900, gives bin on income of So
100000 annually, $270.O00 mouth,
$4,000 Day 1916 an hour, S625G min
Jlc, and over dollar second.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-04-13

Contcntment is a pearl Of great pricc and
whoever pro- '"s it at the expense Of ten
Thousand d....>s makes wise and happy
purchase,
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NEWS CRAPHICs.

Rnmors that Gambette will resign.
Gov. Cornell recommends the SUP
preston of Olemargarine sales.
Jay Gould spent Wednesday at Ricl
Hill, Mo.
The Flat Head Indians are threaten.
ing railroad surveyors in Montana.
There WASH enough stamina left in
the Democrats to celebrate the Sth OF
January. What is the matter?
Old winter braced up YESTERDAY
morning and came up to the scratch IN
fine style. But the old fellows back
bone seems very weak indeed.
Two more executions of wife murder
ers takes place tomorrow in st. Louis,
il the Governor does Lot interfere.
Now that Russia has announced a
duty Of half copeck a pood on grain
and the Shah of Persia has raised the
price of bread to six shahis batman,
it is to be hoped that Tripoli will
swing into line with a tariff of two
mahbubs a peosa on barley, and thus
enable us to offer pistareen of four
reals vellon to any one who will tell us
exactly what has been done.-Post
DispohA.
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! he star Rsute Cases.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE ad-
jouned hearing of the Star Route cases
was resumed in The Police Courts to-
day. Bliss conducted the prosecution.
All the parties arrested last Saturday
were present or orrepresented by counsel.
There was some discussion as to the
first case to be examined, in the course
of which Mr.. Bliss made a statement
of the position taken by the Govern
ment in these cases. Bliss made a
severe arraignment of the methods
pursued by the defendants IN transfer
ring property from one party to another
just before the awards Of contracts, SO
that one piece of land worth few
thousand dollars would represent bonds
to the amount of nearly three million
dollars, and said under the present law
the Postmas,er-General was absolutely
powerless to prevent the perpetration
of such frauds. At the conclusion of
the Bliss address the first case was
called, that against Cabell, Minnix and
Dickson.
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CASH SUBSCRIPTIONS.

The following cash subscriptions to
the "DA1LY" and "WEEKLY GRAPH
&c" have been received since our last
issue:
Mary R. Foster, $1.oo; L. Bartholo-
new, $1.oo: F. NJ. Douglas, $3.o3; l..
w. Randall. $1.5o; Prof Ford, $1.73;
Jno. R. Evans, $1.5o; Jacob Miller,
IS cents; c. D. Stott, $5.25; John At
well, $1.so; Edward Fitzgerald, $i.5o;
Jonas Shott, $3.50; M. N. Fuller, $1.5o;
Solomon Morris, IS cents; Jno. 5.
Newbery, 50 cents; M. H. Lewis.
$500; c. Englehart, $3.50; ]. w. Wry,
$1.5o; Emma Scobee, 50 cents; w. L.
Bachtell, $1.5o; M. Deaton, $1.5o;
David Fegley, $1.5o; J.C. McDermott,
$3.50; DR.. Shull, $1.oo; Joseph S.
Motter, IS cents.
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TO Farmers and stock Raisers.


The Western Agriculturist. We
call The attention of our readers to this
agricultural monthly, the advertise.
ment of which appears in another col
umn. It has the best premium we
have ever seen. as it is Of real practical
value. A Farm Account Book Is pre-
sented without extra charge to every
subscriber. We have arranged to club
the Agriculturist with the GRAPHIC,
and will send both papers and premium
to new GRAPHIC subscribers TOR $40.
Old subscribers can have the Agricul
tur,st alone for 95 cents. Regular sub
scriptlon price $1.1O per annum. Or
ders by mail promptly attended to.
NJ. WoLvERroN Gen. Agt.,
Box 81. Kirksville, Mo.
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STRANGE.

General Grant has written letter tt
President Arthur on behalfof Gen. Fit
John Porter, which unequivocally ac
knowledges that as General of the Ar
my and as President of the Republic
for eight years, he has been directly re.
sponslble for doing General Porter a
great wrong: a wrong that Porter has
now been suffering under for nineteen
years. Gen. Grant goes even so far as
to admit that he has been liz the past.
perhaps, influenced by prejudice against
the wronged man.
In his letter Grant says that there
was literally no good ground for the
conviction of Porter. The dead Presi-
dent. Garfield, was member of the
court which convicted Porter, and he
remained Of the same opinion, at least
to the close of his Congressional career.
General Grant gains his new light after
three days patient examination of the
investigation of the case made in 1879.
In regard to this letter of General
Grants. we can only say, taken with
all the circumstances surrounding it, it
Is very singular letter indeed, and the
unequ:vocal confession of error on the
part of the writer is wonderful in tone
and character. It is very singular that
a man should so long rest under q
wrong and that SO many good and able
men should have been positive that he
was not wronged but guilty.
1t is not strange, however, that now
twenty years after the offense was COM
mltted, a great many kind and good
people should be willing to condone
that otfense by CLOSING 1t over IN some
way. General Grant seems to
make very humble COMES
sion of prejudice, misiudgment,
ment and all that, and he ought to
know about it so far as he is concerned.
Somehow it will, however, ring in our
ears all the time that it is mighty
singular happening. General Logan
examined all the testimony taken in
the review of the case and year ago
made three days speech against the
bill to restore Porter to the army. In !
that speech Logan scored Porter with
out mercy. This same testimony that
Logan found did not relieve Porter now
General Grant says proves that total
" innocent man has been suffering
punishment wronRfully. II is very
st:ange.-lOttnmwa dowa) Courier.
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GREENTOP GRAPHlCS.

JAN. 1o.-One day last week while
Jacob Heveln was chopping wood,
he threw down a stick of wood, which,
striking the axe handle, caused the axe
to fly up, striking him on the nose, and
face, bruising and cutting him severe
ly.
John Newbeny, Of Iowa, is visiting
the family ofM. H. Lewis, He reports
a big fire in Ottumwa, last Saturday.
Last Saturday, a south bound freight
train (extra) run into hand car. three
miles north of Queen City. On ac-
count of the dense fog, the men on the
hand car failed to see the train until it
was almost upon them. The men
jumped from the car before it was
struck. No. one was hurt. The head
light was knocked off.
Light & Co. are having their mill
burrs sharpened this week. Charles
Slender is doing the work.
Rev. Davis preached at the school
house on Saturday night Will preach
again on Sunday at eleven a. M, also
at night.
A few days ago, inquiries were
made what Gre.ntop was named after
1t was named after Greentop Church
in Kentucky, by Mrs. Toles, forty years
ago.
Mr.. Wells from Nebraska was in
tswn last week.
Stewart Skannald is visiting his Sis
ter at this place.
Mr.. Foreman, of Macon Co., is here
organizing singing school.
Last week man IN town got on a
bender, and as usual felt very rich; SO
much so that he wanted to give every
body present.
Wells & Reynolds ship three car
loads of hogs. and S. B. Lind two car
loads, to-day, to Chicago. is
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From Radical Ridge.

EDITOR GRApHlc:-I send few items
from this somewhat noted district.
We have had stormy period in the
, history CT our school caused by q con-
spiracy on the part of few of our
larger scholars abetted by their parents,
to have our school broken up, and the
teacher, Miss Julia Halliday, dismissed.
This was because they could not run
the school and do as they pleased.
Thanks to those who stood firm for the
law and order, we have saved our
school from irreparable ruin in the
future.
Our school came to close Friday, and
the parents of a majority of the schol-
ars sent in buckets and baskets filled
with nice cakes and other good things,
which were placed upon a temporary
table, and the scholars and visitors par
took of a hearty dinner.
The scholars presented their teacher
with nice present through their COM
mittee, Efie Dodson and Phoebe Corbin,
in token of their love and friendship to-
ward her.
After dinner, calls were made on
Early Corbin for speech, ana he re-
sponded and spoke to the children, CIV
ing fitting rebuke to parents who en-
courage insubordination. The exer-
cises closed with singing and all went
to their homes.
We are having quite an interesting
meeting at the school house, conducted
by Rev. E. Phelps. Several have made
confession during the meeting.
"LKr US HAVE PEAcR."
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Innate DeliCaCy.

Women seem to possess an instinc.
tive refinement. It shames us men to
see how soon they are polished into
conventional shape than our rough
masculine angles. A vulgar boy re-
quires Heaven knows what asslduity
to move three steps-we do not say
like gentleman, but like boy with a
soul in him; but give the least ad-
vantage of society or tuition to pleas
ant girl, and hundred to one but she
will glide into refinement before the
boy can make bow without upsetting
the table. There is sentiment in. all
women; and that gives delicacy to
thought and taste to manner. With
men it is generally acquired-an off
spring Of the intellectual quality-not,
as with the other sex. of the moral.
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Winter Wheat In Nebraska.

LINCOLN, NEB., January e.-Winter
wheat has had a pretty good show this
winter to come out in good shape. The
ground was in excellent condition last
fall, and there has not been frost
enought or severe weather to impede
the progress of the wheat crop. Un-
fortunately, very little wheat was sown
last fall. farmers preferring to use their
land for corn, winter wheat having
turned out SO poorly. In this county
there is scarcely any winter wheat, and,
considering the area of TILED land,
very little in the State. What there is,
however. is surprisingly good, fact
which will be appreciated by the farm
ing community in general.
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NOTICE TO AvERTIsERS.

Loaded reading matter pay locals in
the Weekly and Daily 10 cents per
line each insertion. Weekly alone,
single insertion 1oc; additional inser.
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Local Notices on eighth page five
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Special Notices-leaded minion-
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Aunt Tamah Brooks.

Tamah Brooks, who visited the Cot.
ton Exposition the other day, is possibly
the oldest colored woman, if not the
oldest person, In America. having reach
ed the remarkable age of 123 years.
She was born in Roanoke County, Va,
in 115S, as is shown in the Bible record
of the family of Thomas Yancey. She
was the property of William Yancey,
for house servant. At the death of
Thomas Yancey she was transferred to
one OF the legatees of the estate. Aunt
Tamah is the mother of seventeen chill
dren, all of whom reached maturity.
Her baby son, who attends her, is an
old white-headed man. sixty.nine years
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FftZ John Porter.

1t Is interesting to look over the off
cial record OF the War Department
touching the case of Fitz John Porter
and comprising those orders which h
disobeyed and was found guilty on.
This official record shows that Maio
General Pope, commanding. sent hin
three specific orders from the 9th t,
the 2sth of August, 1882, which he dis
obeyed or at least which he did no
comply with. One of these orders wa
as follows:
HEADQUARTERS IN THE FIELD,
Aug. 80, 1862, 4:30 p. m.
MAJOR GEN. PORTER:
Your line Of march brings you IN on
the enemy's right flank. | desire you
to push forward into action at once on
the enemy's flank. and fpossible on his
rear keeping your right in communica-
ton with General Reynolds. The ene-
my is maSsed in the woods in front of
US, but can be shelled out as soon as you
engage their flanks. Keep heavy re-
serve, and use your batteries, keeping
well closed to your right all the time.
In case you are obliged to fall back, do
so to your right and rear, SO as to keep
you in close communication with the
right wing. (Signed)
JOHN PoPE.
Major General Commanding.
Upon the disobedience of this order
the court found him, guilty, declaring
that he shamefully disobeyed 1t. The
court found the second specification of
the second charge true, and the follow
Is the language of that specification:
In this: that the said Major General
Fitz John Porter, being with his Amy
Corps on Friday, the 29th day of Aug.
1862. betweenManassas Station and the
field of a battle then pending between
the forces Of the Union States and those
of the rebels, and within sound of the
guns and in presence of the enemy,
and knowing that severe action of
great consequence was being fought,
and that the aid of his corps was geatIy
needed. did fail all day to bring it to
the field and did shamefulIy fall back
and retreat from the advance of the
enemy without anv attempt to give
hem battle, and without knowing the
orees from which he shamefully re-
,reated. This near Manassas Station, IN
he State of Virginia, on the 29th of
August, 1862.
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LITTLE JOSIE j..

One lowly flower has orooped and faded;
From Its clay the spirit fed.
Her pure brow the grave has shaded:
Our darling Josie now Is dead.
She has gone from earth to heaven:
Turn and waves her tiny hand,
Beck ming for us morn and even,
In that blissfnl spirit land.
Fold away those little garments,
That she wore while here on earth,
Now she's clothed in spOtless raiment;
Gone ourjoys and hushed our mIrth,
When June roses flung their fragrance
To the song-birds in the grove,
Came to us our little Josie;
Filled our hearts with low and lore.
Two short years not yet numbered
On Josie's bonny. winsome brow:
When In the arms OF death she slumbercd,
Our sister is an angel now.
falntly, softly there's glimmer,
Though the mists offalliug tears;
And our sorrows fainter,-dimmer;
Sadness, hushed our fears.
FOR her feet have crossed the river,
And have pressed the golden shore;
In the Savior's arms forever,
Josie's safe forevermore,
cPherson, No., lSSa. Mrs. TuIrn,r,s
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

In the Probate Court of Adair County
Missouri.
November. adjourned term. January 10th
1882
Now at this day Benz. s. Kerns and Mary
4. Kerns administrators of the estate OF
james s Kerns, deceased, present to the
Court their petetion verified by affidavit and
accompanied by the accounts lists and in
yentories required by law and praying for
an order for the sale OF the whole or SO much
OF the Real Estate of said deceased and here
matter described will be sufficient TO sat
isfy the debts of said decca ed upon ezamna-
ton of which it is ordered by the Court that
all persons Interested in the Estate of said
deceased be notified that applications rs afore-
said has been made. and that unless the con-
trary be shown on or before the first day of
the next term of this court to be holden on
the second Monday in February next, an Or
der will be made for the sale of the whole or
so much of the following described real
estate US will oe sufficient to pay said debts,
To-wit:
The south east quar- of Sec. twenty one, I'll
and the north east quarter of the north east
quarter OF Section twenty.eight rs and the
south west quarter of Section twerty-tw l:22l
ty-seven 81 in township siXty-three of range
10 and the north east quarter Of the south
westquarter of sectiontwenty six t36 Town
ship sixty three, range sixteen.
And it is further ordered that copy hereof
be published in the Weekly GRAPHIC. u news
paper published in Adair County, Mo-. for
four weeks successfully before the next term
of this court.
STATE OF MISSOURI, &C
County of Adair
1,J. D. Stephens, Judge Of the Probate court
Inc 1,nr 81 .
above is q true copy of the original order Of
Publication therein referred to rs the same
appears of record in my office.
Witness my hand rs Clerk and the seal of
our said Court. Done at office in Kirksville
in said county this 11th day of Jan. a. ID.
1882. J. d. STEPHENS,
Judge of Probate Court.
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NOTICE.

The GRAPHIC has arrange.
ments by which it clubs with
the leading papers and maga-
zines throughout the country
ct the lowest rates. Bear this
IN mind.
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Monroe county Appeal: Mrs. Nc.
Farland, living between New London
and Hannibal had two valuable horses
stolen on Thurs day night of last week.
The antl-horse-thief association, of
Rails county are now after the thief or
thieves, and we hope they will catch
and hang them.
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How to keep boy at home" is a
conundrum that is agitating the par
ents of the land. 1t depends on the
kind of a boy. Some boys could be kept
at home 10y establishing Leer saloon
IN the basement, others need ball room
in the parlor; but the best way to keep
a boy at home is to tell him to stay
there, and make it point to have HIM
obey YOU. Begin early and you will
have the problem solved.
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ur nauo TO SUBSCRIBE FOR THE
III fAIN Western AgriCllt1rEt!
EXECUTORS SALE.

Notice is hereby given that on Monday the 18TH
day of fFeburxry 1881 ard during the sitting OF the
Circuit Court at the h,use door In the town of
Kirksvillc county OF Adair and state OF Missouri.
will sell at public auction Us the executor 81 the ast
will of Ephram C. Tuttie deceased, all the ri; ht
title and Interest OF the said Ephraim G. Tutle de-
ceased in and to the quar- of See. a. W quar- Sc
quar- offs &C. l3, and % east part ne quar- sw
quar- Sec. IL, all In Township e., Range IA, Adair
county Missouri, Tor cash in hand.
MILTON FUTILE. Executor.
Ofthe last will Of Ephraim ruttle, deceased
This Jan. 6th 1852. uo-S-iw*
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Died Of His Wound.
Especial to the GRApHrc-)

LABEIIE, Mo-, Jan 1O.-The negro
shot on the 4th Is dead. The prose-
cution attorney has brought a charge
against the offender, of murder in the
first degree. He waived an examina-
ton and went to Jail. The autopsy
proved that the ball entered the bowels.
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WAsH,NGrcS, Jan. 1.-THE President
pro tenn. of the Senate announced a
special committee on rights of women,
as follows: Lapham, Anthony, Ferry,
Blair, George, Jackson and Fair.
Senator Anthony introduced bill
providing for the retirement of any
person who served fifty years or up
wards in either house of Congress.
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The DEMOCRATS in the New York
Legisture are taking their turn at the
dead lock business this winter. Re.
publlcans can now sit back and enjoy
the fun.