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The Post Office Department reports
the use of postal notes increasing, and
the prejudice which was at first mani.
tested against them seems to'be wearing
away. Quite likely they may hereafter
be made larger. and in some other re.
spects they may be improved. 1t has
been suggested that the safety of the
notes might be increased by having
them made payable to the order of the
persons to whom they are to be sent
like bank checks and this seems feast.
bic. The danger Of counter-feising
has been considerably exaggerated. In
some respects the notes are inconven-
lent, it is true, but it can cot be denied
that they constitute the safest and
cheapest means for transmitting small
sums ofmoney yet devised. The obieo.
tons to their form viii probably result
IN pressure for the issue instead of
them Of money orders for sums less
than SIS, on scent or scent fees. This
would undoubtedly be an improvement
whose prospective advantages may well
be brought to the attention of Coneaess.
Glo6e Democrat.
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Somewhat heartlessly the National
Republican remarks: In the words OF
Col. Dick Wlntersmill, of Kentucky,
we have only to say to the quarreling
democrats on the tariff question. Cen
tlemen, settle it among yourselves =
The Louisville Courier Journal says: 1T
you elect Mr.. Randall, that means the
dissolution and ultimate extinction of
the democratic party per contra, the
New York Sun. edited by Mr.. Charles
A. Dana who wants all the rascals
turned out and insists that the repub-
llcan party must 60, says. If you de-
feat Mr.. Randall, the party may as
well abandon the idea of electing a
president in 1884 Settle It among
yourselves. gentlemen, our wlthers are
unwrung.'
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Satan Rebukfng sin.

A rather queer state of facts came
about at the recent Liquor dealers
convention in Quincy, which the Wzis
of that city. narrates under the above
caption. Hon. E. H. Turner had been
invited to address the convention, and
did SO, I'D quite lengthy speech, in
which he criticised the church in no
very mid terms. The funny part of
the business came IN at the close ofhis
discourse when a number of gentlemen
engaged in the tra6c denounced the
speech in indignant terms, and charac-
terized the speaker as worse lnfdel
than Bob Ingersol. The Whig says
that Mr.. Turner, evindently overlooked
the fact that considerable portion if
not majority of those whom he ad-
dressed were church.members This is
certainly rather startling fact if true.
At all events, whether true or rot we
agree with the Wing when 1t says =
"But if this be considered phenome.
nal, what are we to think when such a
parsonage as Mr.. Mike Mcdonald.
the "boss" gamble from a city oil
gamblers arises in meeting to defend
the church against Mr.. Tuners un.
welcome utterances and to disavow his
anti-christian doctrines. Is this not |
sort OF prodigy that men have in mind |
when they talk about Satan rebuking
SIN"
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elvtH AWAY.


Everybody in Kirksville, who is suf
fering from Scrofula, Chronic Rheu.
matism, Jaundice, Biliousness, Dyspep
sla, Costiveness, Headache, Female
Weakness, Nervous Derangement
General Debility, or and Blood, Liver,
Kidney, Stomach or Bowel disorder
can obtain trial bottle Of MARsH's
GOLDEN BLOOD & LIVER Tosrc, free Of
charge, by calling at w. G. Fout's drug
store, Kirksville.
Persons who have tried this valuable
medicine can procure the large bottles
at SO cents and 81. It puriies the
Blood. invigorates the Liver, Stomach
and Bowels, regulates the Kidneys, and
strengthens the system.
For all diseases OF the Throat and
Lungs use MARsH's GOLDEN BALsAM,
the 9rea. cough remedy. Sample bot
tie free. Oct.
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Those who had the pleasure of a
personal acquaintance with the late
Prof. Moses Stuart Phelps or with Prof
Newton, of Yale, will enjoy the follow
ing story told by the Waterbury
American. In the days when he was a
graduate student at New Haven, he
took walk one morning with Prof.
Newton, a man who lives in the world
of mathematics and simply exists in
the common world of ordinary things.
Prof. Newton, as is his habit, started
off on the discussion of an abstruse
problem. As the Professor went
deeper, and deeper, Mr.. Phelps's mind
wandered further and further from
what was being said. At last Mr..
Phelps's attention was called back to
his companion by the Professors wind.
ing up WITH" Which. you see. gives
us x.'" "Does it?' asked Mr.. Phelps.
that in politeness he ought to
re ply something. "Why, doesn't it 2"
excitedly exclaimed the Professor.
at the possibility that a flaw
had been detected in his calculations.
Quickly his mind ran back over the
work. There had indeed been a mis-
take. "You are right, Mr.. Phelps.
you are right" almost shouted the Pro-
lessor. at doesn't give us 'x;' it
gives US ~" And from that hour Prof
Newton looked upon Mr.. Phelps as a
mathematical prodigy. He was. the
irst man who had ever caught the Pro-
essor tripping. "And so," Mr.. Phelps
,sed often to add, with his own peculiar
mile, in telling the story, II achieved
lreputauon for knowing thing I hate.
is the way many regulations are
made in this superficial world"
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II fought for your freedom, said a
gentleman whom a negro polio eman
was conducting to the lookup.
'You needn't try ter fight fur yourn,
cap'n, fun flyer does Ill hit yer
Amt you got no respect for a man
who helped to free you
I amt steadyin' bout dat, n. Eff yer
had enuff sense ter fight fur my free.
dom yer aughter had enuff ter habe
yerse'f airter T. Sc freed. Doan pull
back dat way. III gin yer hex fust
thing yer know dat'll ring so loud dat
de fire engines will come out. Yer
own freedom seems ter bodder yer
much more den mine.-Ar8. z,ayeler.
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FRED. DOUGLAS srEEC1.
The Celefed Csaventisn at Lssis-
Vile N Al UpfoaT.

LOUISVILLE, KY, September a5.-
When Fred Douglas, at 10 O'Clock,
came into Liederkr1nz Hall to deliver
his speech he found very large crowd
in attendance, many white persons
having come to hear his plea for his
people. On the stage. besides leading
colored men, sat ex-Attorney- General
James Speed Of Lincoln's Cabinet
General James A Eakin, United State :
Army, retired, and a number of other
whites of prominence. Douglas
spoke two honrs, his speech being
logical, often humorous and always in.
teresting. lie sketched the history Of
his race since the emancipation. He
was frequently sarcastically severe on
the Government and incidentally on
the Republican party. He was listen
ed to with interest and received fire..
quent and generous applause.
Since the conclusion of his speech
the convention has in vain labored to
complete its organization. Too many
orators are on the floor, and Green, the
temporary chairman. who is presiding
while Douglas rests from his recent
exertion, is unable to control them.
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A man in Saco. Me-, says an ex.
change. recently brought box of Sec
ond.hand theological books and 200
manuscript semons which had belong
ed to Baptist minister. A curious
feature about the sermons is that they
have numerous stage directions, Of
which = few samples are given: "Deliv.
er this passage in solemn tones;"
"Scosnful smile after the word snever';;'.
Pause long enough to count twenty.
FIVE after this passage" Close Bible
with violent slam after this passage"
Contemplate ceiling n attitude Of
adoration at this point" Sarcastic
wave ofhead;" Rapid gesture"
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WILSON CRAPnlC's
yarlsus Items fren ssutAeast Aaalr.
GRAPHIC Correspondence.

GRAPHIC Correspondence.
Wrlsox Mo-, Oct. l. 1883. Had fine
rain Saturday night which was badly
needed for pastures and stock water.
Rev. Tatlow preached here twice on
Sunday.
r. X. Arheart started for Kansas last
week, in covered wagon with his fami-
ly tc make that state his future hcme.
j. NJ. Traylor thrashed I6 bushel of
soup beans tro.n about one half acre of
land.
Vim. Wilson is plastering the upper,
story of his dwelling house.
Samuel Hamilton has made about
one thousand gallons of sorghum mo-
lasses of very superior quality, said to
be the best ever made in the county
this fall and not more than half through
yet.
Dan Chadwell may be seen on Sun.
day afternoons travelling in western
ly course alone in his new carriage.
however he usually finds someone %
ride with him, ece ihe shsdes of night.
From this nelghborho0d Ella ana
John Malone are attending the Bra
shear high school.
Henry Barnhart is clerking for bis
uucit, u. Z. Cornell. vi tlIat pl..cc.
Mrs. Barnhart of The Wilson housa
Is on the sick list.
Among the late visitors We note VIM
Lande. Of Kirksville and John Lande,
Of Brashear are visiting their sister
Mrs. Jas. Barnhart.
Mrs. DR.. Shirley ofGreentop and her
two little sons is visiting her sister Mrs
w. F. Kirkpatrick.
Oh! that squash vine of uncle Jimmy
Prices is still in iourishlng condition
and is now vending its way toward
Salt Rive, if the frost keeps of. who
knows hut it may cross the river and
bear a squash on the other side? If it
should I will report 1t Immediately.
Ira Collins is to teach the Wilson
school this winter.
Joseph Culbertson is burning brick
kiln for the purpose of building a brick
residence.
A number of eur farmers are prepar-
Ing to feed cattle this winter as they
have raised abundance of grain.
RUSTIC.
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Vest S Big indian.

Washington Special to the Courier-Journal
Senator Vest will arrive here next week
and then the readers of the Courier
Journal may expect a correct report
of his interview with the Flathead chief,
Chartos, who danced on his hat and
swore he would never. no never. leave
his reservation. The Missouri Senator
does not like champaign, which he
calls ''stuff." and when he met a news.
paper man after his tour through the
Yellowstone Park he fraternized with
him Immediately when he found the
Journalist had flask containing the
favorite beverage of kentucky. Senator
Vest knows a good thing when he
tastes it.
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| The Peora Transcript thinks that the
result Of New York democratic coDven.
! ton was the triumph of one of the
worst political cliques that ever existed;
victory for notorious organization
whose 40, 600 or so. 900 voters are
welded by one-man power as disringu-
ished from true democracy and the in-
terests of all the people. That Kelly
is king and Tammany ohce more holds
the democratic party Of New York in
rer pestilential grasp is perhaps not
matter of much surprise at present But
it does not mean that in the success of
the nominees of the convention either
the intereste Of the democratic party or
ofthe people of the state are to be sub.
served. 1t means that the party must
be opposed not alone on account of
the principles which it maintains but
on account of the lack of principle in
those who manipulate Its workings.
There is nothing out of the way in the
foregoing remarks about the character
Of Tammany; but according to The
New York Tribune Mr.. Kell was not
king of the recent democratic conven.
ton. The Tribune says: The Man.
ming Cleveland faction seems to have
been strong enough to put through its
slate in the Buffalo convention. John
Kelly and his followers were peaceably
admitted to seats, but the proceedings
seem to have gone on very much as
they would ii Mr.. Kelly had stayed at
home. Mr.. MAYNARD was nominated
for secretary Of state, and the other
Of the ticket-with a single
exception-were put through exactly
as outlined in the machine programme
the day before. This is virtually COM
plete defeat for Tammany and its chief,
and its effect will be increase the bitter
ness now existing between the princl.
pal democratic factions. And Mr..
keily's defeat means democratic defeat
n November Possibly; but we can
lot help thinking that republ. can har-
money and energy will be quite as es-
ential to democratic defeat 10 Novem-
Der as democratic divislosn.
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Mlsseuri News,

HANNIBAL, October William
Gift, young cigar.maker. was assault
ed by a stranger in front Of the hotel
Saturday night, who struck him with
the "heel' Of > pistol and then shot
him through the head. Gift expired
IN few minutes. A man named Jeff
Treadway is suspected.
MARSHALL, Octobet 1.-The quest
ION of water-works and gas was voted
on Saturday. An almost unanimous
vote IN favor ofthem was cast.
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Barb wire cheaper that ever at
Clark's Hardware Store.

An ingenious method OF raising fig
ures of new postal notes has just been
brought to the attention of the post.
Office department.. The fraud con-
sists in punching from high figures on
a note piece Of paper of the proper
shape and size to fill up the hole prev
iously punched by the postmaster
through lower figure. The written
words or figures are then removed by
acids and the blank filled in to cores.
pond with the punched figures. Some
notes have been changed so skilfully
that it is very difficult to detect the al.
terations.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1883-10-05

We commence two new stories this
week, one by the author of "Walter
Brownie!d" and the Hired Girl" en-
titled the Teachers Mistake 1t will
be found on the first page. On our in
side pages will be found an excellent
standard story entitled Gone of Three"
which will run through several num-
bers. Don't fail to read it. politics
in Tanbark Township Is continued on
eighth page.
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A paper printed in Silvania, Ca.
says that there are 900 inhabitants in
that town, and that there never has
been a death of a man or boy from
natural causes in that place since the
town was incorporated about thirty
years ago. Two women have died in
that period.
The man who blows his brains out
because lady has refused to marry
him confirms the good judgment of the
lady in the most positive way.
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The officers of the Smithsonian insti.u.
ton are quite proud of a relic of aEti-
quity which they have just put on ex.
hibition. 1t is the statue of a lion
brought from Tunis to the Centennial
exposition in 1879. 1t was sculptured
some time before the beginning of the
Christian era, and was plasDd in the
temple ofAstorces built by the Romans
at Carthage. Ore night during the
centennial the British consul. general
at Tunis. who was then at Philadelphia,
was visited by an Arab chief The
latter offered to obtain the lion for the
consul-general for a gwen sum of
money. The offer was accepted and on
the following night the chief and several
other Arabs conveyed the relic from
its place in the exposition to place
agreed upon. Subsequently the relic
was donated to the Smithsonian
institute by the British consul. The lion
is of stone and Is in good state of
preservation.
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Trouble Brewing.

DEVILS LAKE, MINI. Sep. :3o.-At
St. Johns, Turtle mountain settlement,
the threatened trouble between Little
Shell, chief of the Chippewa Indians,
and the government surveyors, recently
sent to define the boundaries Of the re-
stricted reservations, assume a serious
aspect. Settlers have requested Com
mandant Conrad to send troops from
Totten TOR protection. An official tele-
gram from Washington authorizes Cor
tez Fessenden. surveyor-general OF
Dacota, to investigate and adjust the
Little difficulty, Shell promises not to
interfere with the survey, but is, how
ever, reinforcing his band by lodges of
Cree Indians from Woody mountain.
He has married into the Cree nation,
and wants them to secure lands on the
reservation, and distribute part of the
congressional appropriation of SIo,-
900, to which none but full-bloodcd
Chipewas have full claim.
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Counterfeit half dollars calculated to
deceive the most expert, in every thing
except the weight are in circulation. We
presume it is some Of the stuff manu-.
factured by the Macon couney gang
who were arrested last week. The count
erfeit halves look and feel all right but
are much lighter than the genuine.
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-"Butler and Dorsey" is the Ia
test suggestion, as democratic candi
dates next year. for the presidency.
--General Grant is reported te
have said that he could support Mr.
Blame cheerfully if made the republi
can nominee, but prefers Logan.
in one month from the presen
ssue the GRAPHIC will enter the scam
paign year" for 1884. We look for 8
large increase in our circulation during
the next Twelve months.
We print an interesting descrip'
tive letter of recent visit to Mt. Yer.
non, by one of our contributors. Oul
correspondent in the Northwest also
gives us another of his interesting
sketches.
The. subject of education is oc.
cupying more space and attention in
the leading dailies, weeklies and month.
lies to-day than ever before in our his.
tory, and We notice that the universal
position taken by nearly every writer
of note, indicates that our 7ystem does
not give the satisfactory results i,
should. Rev. r. Heber Newton in a
recent article intimates that "the pre-
sent system of education is wofully de-
ficient, and its tendency entirely one.
sided, and that it gives our youth a
dislike to manual labor"
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There are many thing which the
world calls disappointments, but there
is no such word in the dictionary of
faith. What to others are disaproint-
mems, are to believers mtimations OF
the way Of God.-Newton.
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Three Ancient TerrOrS Subdued.
From the New York Truth.

The old prayer used to run, "Lord
save US from the devil, the Turk and
the comet" The telescope has dis.
armed the comet of its terrors, the
bondholders have shackled the Turk
and the revised addition has killed the
devil. When a comet comes now we
dissect it; when the Turk is rampant
we presen: our coupons, and if,his Sa-
tanic Majesty came abroad he would
be interviewed by newspaper report
er and invited to the gallery of the
Stock Exchange.
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Old Snarle at the exhibition: Distin-
guished amateur Showing his latest
plcture) ia rub out a great deal.
Most OF my effects are got by that"
Old Snarle-"Ah, capital process! Only
YOU don't carry it quite far enough"
London Punch.
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Cap. H. Bucksath, near Dalton
Char ton county, had a phenomenal
yield off of 43 acres of ground this sea.
son. He sowed wheat on it last fall
and pastured it uniil about the middle
OF May, and when he harvested and
threshed the crop it yielded thirty-two
bushels to the acre, and then after this,
in few weeks, he cut ton and a hall
OF clover off the same land.
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In Georgia is preacher who e1
horts the young men to abstain from
counting girls an the Sabbath, and wait
until Monday. Arrangement would
never do in the world. How would a
man look corrting g,rl up to her eyes
ln.soapsuds! We do no. believe that
Georgia preache, is as popular as he
was.-2Sxas Si3dngs.
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We learn that the Kirksville woolen
mills are doing a fine business having
all the work they can possibly attend
to. We are glad to note it.
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A couple Of editors who had bee.
talking rough of each other iound them.
selves finally in a.position where fight
or an apology was bound to result.
Each man had proper regard for per.
sonal safety, and mutual friend visit.
ed one Of them 10 know what he
thought about a settlement.
''Do you want to fght2" he asked.
THAT depends" was the cautious
answer.
DO you want to apologize?"
THAT depends" was the cautlou S
answer again.
What are you going to doc"
"And that depends"
depends the deuce! You We got
to do somethieg.'
"What does the other fellow think
about it! Is he ugly or will he con.
ciliate2"
II don't know; 1 haven't been to
see him.
"Well, you go and see him and find
oLt. My position is just this: If he is
real ugly and is bound to have blood,
l might be induced to apologize; but,
sir, ifhe is disposed to apologize, why.
L m just boiling for fight. You un.
ders:and! You go and see him now.
and tell him you think would accept
an apology."-Azt,1hant z,asxlty.
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Don't forget the big supper at the
new Writing Institute building this
Friday evening.
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The finest line of heating stoves eve,
brought to the city is at Clark's Hard
ware store.
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The GRAPHIC is rather proud of the
large amount of good reading matter
it presents its patrons this week.
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Il encountered" says Mr.. Aldrich.
"only one beggar in Ireland, at Queens.
town, who retired crestfallen, when / in.
formed him in English that was a
Frenchman anc didn't understand him.
'Thrue for you,' he said; .bad.cess to
me what was l thinking ov1'"
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There is genius, If not correctness, in
the dehni ton of a citizen of the Hnb,
which asserts that "a Boston rnau is the
East wind made flesh"
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"Your language is wholly uncalled
tor," as the publishers told the author
whose works failed to sell.-Marathon
Independent.
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Medical student" No, sonny; you
are laborlng under a delusion. Pro
bono publico does not mean probing
the bones of the public"
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IiopdUiJ thS inOSt Singular sentence
ever passed by court of justice was
the one which Judge Krekel, of the
United States District Court, for the
Western District of Missouri, is SAID to
have recently passed in the case of ore
Hannah, arraigned in that court on
the charge of selling liquor to the In
dlans. He pleaded guilty, and gave
as his excuse. his ignorance of the law,
and stated that he could neither read
nor write. AS he was a young fellow,
and 1t appeared to be his first offence,
the court gave him some good advice.
and proposed to him that he should
learn to write, and to insure success,
sentenced him to the Cole county jail
until he should be able to write a letter.
Upon the defendant expressing a doubt
as to his ability to accomplish that re-
suit, the court assured him that it coulG
be done with proper application, and
to help him, assigned him teacher in
the person ofone Martin, convicted of
cutting timber on public land, whom
he sentenced to the same Jail until he
should have taught Hannah to write, a
task which he most willingly undertook
The desired result was accomplished
within three weeks time, and both
prisoners discharged. This IS a com.
bination of compulsory education and
reformatory punishment, which seems
to US very wise exercise ofthe courts
discretion and well worthy of imitation
elsewhere,-We Central Law /ouy-
uaI