Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1883-01-05

c,ss. arteries, veins. lymphatits. tn,
various organs Of the body. tn,
brain and nerves, and ending wi h III.
subjects OF elm inaiion and repsoduc
ton. 1t is suited to the compreheu
sion of any child capable Of reading il
the Third Reader, and is extremely IN
:eresing and amusing to children Of lar
ger growth and m4turer years. A very
suitable holiday present.
James Nek.-From the appearance O
Nfk's Floral Guide, which is on oul
desk, we should judge that the young
Tfks are chips Of the old block" as
the Floral Guide with its Autographed
cover is handsome enough for the par
lor table. 1t is printed on the best Of
paper, has three colored plates Of
Flowers and Vegetables. and is full OF
useful information. Those who send
| 10 cents for it cannot be disappointed,
as the plates alone are worth the
amount. Address, as IN past years
lanes Niek. Rochester, N. Y.
We were iouklng over our exchanges
the other day, and in a copy Of the
University Quarterly We found an ar
ticle on "Am rican Progress" In our
Utmost soul, we wish that all croakers
could read it. and be benefited by it.
The time has gone by when the ques-
ton may. with propriety. be asked, as
was asked sixty years ago by Sidney
Smith "In the four quarters of the
globe, who reads an American book,
or looks al an American statue or
picture" Now everyone who reads
books, who looks at pictures, or who
admires the wondrous beauties Of ex-
quisitely chiseled marble, are as thor
oughly conversant with American liter
AZURE, and familiar with American Art
and Sculpture. as they are with the lit
erature, art, and sculpture of their own
county. 1t is mistaken notion which
some people possess, that they, merely
because Of seniority of age, are wiser,
more intelligent and more capable Of
great and noble deeds than their child
rem. Wisdom did not Idle with them"
On the contrary it lived, flourished and
Reproduced in their children, supple
mented by the inventions, and the dis
coveries Of each succeeding year. The
Old World for years retained the idea
that America was still IN its infancy IN
pertaining to educational mat
tiers. In our own county the East
holds the same opinion regarding the
West. To be native Of Missouri or
Iowa, or Kansas, is equivalent to being
in a semi-barbarous condition, while
The fact that one lives and IS contented
in any of the extreme western states or
Immediately stamps one as
A savage. 1t not infrequently happens
that prominent teachers from the East
come out into the wilderness inspired
With missionary zeal to "turn and
overturn" the untutored brain Of 1--WE
ava ses, unit! they shall exhibi: at leas-
. haee Of the prevailing mode Of
bought of the more cultured and Gs-
hefie people who reside further toward
he rising sun. He finds, to his sur
rise, that we have here already h0me-
zads teachers. who are as familiar with
he best methods of imparting lnstruc-
on, as he is himself; whose views of
alngs in general, and whose manners :
oward those with whom they associate
re much more acceptable to the
,asses He is indignant because he .
not appreciated as much as he i'm. {
gines his superior wisdom is entitled
}, and denouuces in unmeasured
rms the obstlnacy and ignorance
hich he imagines he finds sown broad
,st around him. This experience is
ot good for either party. and the fact
patent to all that this arrogant as
lmtion of superiority is something
hich teachers, from wherever they
az come. or wherever they may
I'VE been educated had best leave be-
nd them. The people of tie west are i
'er ready to recognize true merit, but
e impudent braggart who undertakes
convince people that they don't
low anything, will be apt TO meet his B
.serts in short order.
]. HENRY,