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Our Man about town.

VIII Kirksville ever rise to the dig
nifty of a city, IS question that has
been often asked by the anxious owners
of corner and other lots within its
border.
The answers have probably been as
various as the mental condition of the
questioners could desire or expect.
Without going into an extended
discussion ofthis interesting question
at this time, the writer begs leave to
quietly suggest that one proposition
seems to be self evident.
And that is thls-that if Kirksyille
people ever expect to teelthe pride of
city people they must at some time or
other commence to put on MITRoPoLI-
TAN AIRS
1t is recorded that at some time In
the not very distant past the ground
upon which this good old town stands
was laid out INTO Blocks, Lots, Streets
and Alleys-yet whoever heard a man
direct man or child to any point BY
the names of the streets.
Walking down prominent street
the other day in company with dash
ing young merchant of mature ex-
perience, he calls my attention to
spot Of ground upon which he pro-
posed to build good house.
1t was at the end of long street
which showed a fence across the end
of 1t.
/ said that was out on Gospel Ridge
wasn't it, Yes, he said it was. What's
the name of this street running out
there. He said he couldn't tell and
that he didn't know the name of any
street in this town.
Dick Ringo says he has lived in three
or four different places In town and he
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SCHOOL BOOKS.

This weeks Linn Co. Mtvs con-
tains well-considered article on the
villainous monopoly tina. is being con-
summated in the article of school
books. The Nt1ys refers to the potent
fact that each rival publishing house
employs a corps OF book agents at ex.
orbitant salaries. entailing an enormous
expense. Of course this extra expense
is charged up to those who purchase
school books; for somebody has to
pay these agents. Every one at all
conversant with the modern facilities
for the production of standard works
knows the vast curtailment there is in
the cost, especially where a class Of
books is in universal demand; and
hence the outrage on the people to
foist upon them a new set of books
every year, under the thin pretense of
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Docket of Settlements Due at the
November Term Of the Probate
Court Of Adair County, No.

FIRST DAY, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18th, 1883
Wilks, II. Y, Admr. Jemlma. Alexan-
der.
Murphy, S. A., Admr. David Alexander
Murphy. S. A.. Admr, Marthy Bones.
Crow, j. A, Admr. Russell Grow.
Eagan, NJ &, & C, Admr Bridget Eagan
Sampson, E, Admr z 7 Finn.
Moore, John. Admr John Hankin.
Glenn, NJ g. G & c, Mary Miller.
Thornbuag, B i. 6 &C Luter minors.
Miles, J G. 6 & G. Miles minors.
Moore, j N. Admr VIM X Moore.
Murphy, S A. Admr,W F Smith.
SECOND DAY, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER IS, 1883
Page, S. and others, Admr C. w Page
Reynolds, G. u, G & e Reynold minors
Curtis, DAVID. G &C Jane Rutherford
Rowland, S L, G & G Rowland minors
Spencer, J j, Admr Spencer minors.
Seigle, John. Admr g SeigIe.
Pickler, S NJ. Admr q Reiger.
Piekler, ) VI. G& C Ed Pickler.
Harrington, T NJ. G & G X Lininger.
Meeks, Geo and Thos. Admr J Mceks.
Harrington, F NJ, Admr S Brolls.
3D DAY, WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER IA, 1888.
Walters, Lewis, G & C VIM Walters.
TuttIe. G W, Admr E Tuttie.
Tuttle d w. G & C Tuttle minors.
Conner, E, g e. G Conner minors.
Harrington and others, Admrs X Dean
Falkenstein, w A, Admr F NJ Potter.
Hooper, D S. &CCT Owenby.
Cullisop. ED. 6 &CJ 3 CulliSon.
Bernard, John, G & C Lewis minors.
C. L. LEWIS.
Judge and E1- officio Clerk of Probate.
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Rules and Regulations Of the KIrks-
Vile Public schools.
ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OCT. 16, 'Ss.

As
I. The principal shall act under the advice and
direction Of the Board, aud shall have general sup
pupil ,er aiscbeaenee or . d.Sreriy conduct. .na
and fhe school board shall Immediately be notified
Of such suspension by the principal.
or i.rdy VICE Wee in any one week Whom, .4eu..'
thereby su,pends himself from school.
4. A pupil, who has been suspended from school,
may be reinstAted BY the Bosrd upon proper
S, Pupils not residing within the district wiIlnos
be .amiited without the Ireasursrs receipt 10; FOR
tuition.
g. Each absence. II une Icused deducts from AZ
tendance: II excused 2. Each time tardy deducts &
II une reused; and II excused All excuses should
be Ut the school building before school
7. All teachers shall be required to make month.
reports OF all pupils under their charge In sien-
d.ncs hip And aGspor,%e1s .ou,
building before the first bell, TO remain LONGER
than ten minutes after dismissal, without special
.. Pupils shall not be allowed to pass from one
room 10 another without permission from teacher
70. Talking in the halls is absolutely forbidden ai
bidden.
12. Parents and guardian shall be held response
BILE for all damage done. by tneir respective chill
dren to the buildings. grounds, or anything con-
i3 1t shall be the duty OF each teacher to be pres.
ent at all teachers meetings.
T. All teachers are required TO open and remain
In their respective school rooms ut least fifteen
minutes and one teacher In each building thirty
minutes before the time for opening school, both
4. u. and p. N.
IS. Any teacher absent from any cause must in-
form the Principal In time for him to provide for
the same; and IL said teacher Is absent more than
one day, the Principal shall inform the Board.
To- If any teacher fail to pc rform his her dsty,
II siail be the duty OF the principal to report tie
same the Board.
IL. All teachers shall he required Ito due dill
gonce 10 secure order bosh In the school room and
on the play ground.
IS. Each subordinate teacher Is requested 10 gov
ern her own room sni al minister ali punishments
except In extreme cases.
g. Ii shall be the duty Of each Janltor TO that
1t least room 10 each building Is opened early
enough each morning to admit pupils Into the
sOas TO prevent any suffering by the pupils from
cold or storms.
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The Seventh Meeting.

The First Congressional Distric;
Medical Association, will meet in Han
nibal on Tuesday and Wednesday, No,
vember 9th and 9TH, 1883, at J: 80 p.
m. All medical societies in tie dis.
tr,ct are requested to send delegates,
and all regular physicians, whether liv-
ing in the district or not, are respect
fully invited to attend. All physicians
are requested to report at the Park
Hotel on their arrival. Physicians who
intend to present papers will send their
papers to the committee by November
1st. For further particulars address
the Committee of Arrangement at
Hannibal, Mo-. or A. B. Miller, NJ. D.
Macon City, Mo.
A. B. MILLER &c HEARNE, NJ. D.
President, W. o ToRREY. NJ. D.
Macon Mo. D. H. SHIELDS NJ, ID.
Hannibal Mo. Com. of
Arrang't
~N. B.-This will offer good op.
portuni:y for the physicians in attend
ance to register with the Secretary of
the State Board Of Health, whose Office
is at Hannibal.
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never did know the name Of any street

never did know the name OF any street
he lived on.
The writer has for years been gong
in and out of town and was never yet
directed by any body to any house by
the name Of any street or number OF
house.
A countryman with his load of"gar-
den sass" enquiries the road to Billy
Baird d's-instead Of fgetting an answer
to the effect that Mr.. Baird lives on the
northwest corner Of Pierce & Franklin
streets Gas the case may be) he is told
to go around the square till you come
to the southeast corner-then YOU 60
down south till you pass the black
smith shop and the church and come
to--do you know where Jakey Cross
livesa Yes. Do you know where
Sam Reed lives. Yes, I believe l do.
Well Billy Baird lives Just across from
Jakey Cross and the first house this
side of Sam Reeds, and the man goes
on his way rejoicing.
For my own part, l am studying
Geography and have progressed SO far
as to be able to say that sleep at the
foot of a street called "Elson ST.
that the parallel street south IS Frank.
lm-and that commencing at the pub
lie square, the cross streets are named
in order, Washington, MCPHERSON, JEFF
ferson. Pierce, Scott, fillmore and
Normal Avenues, but what troubles
me now is to find out how that fellow,
Mcpherson managed to get his Scotch
name sandwitched in among so many
Presidents of the United States.
Yes, men and brethren if you would
be city you must put on city airs.
Isn't that so. TENDERFooT.
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KIRKSyILLE MARKET REPORT.

APPLES:-Green cooking 40 to Coz
Supply is up to the demand.
BUTTER:-kirasville Creamery re-
tails at 2Oc. Cnoice country buying
121s TO 15c, common to good to Sc
BACON:-Country buying to 1Oc,
Sugar cured shoulders selling 12H
breakfast. selling14c
BEESWAX:-18 for choice
CHEESE:-15 to 2Oc
CORN MEAL:-70 TO Soc
CABBAGE:-per head , to &c
DRIED FRU1f:-Apples-: peaches
CHlCkENS:-Young 1.5O to 22j; old
$50 to 3.OG
EGGS:-per doz. 15c
FEATHERS:-pr,ms goose, mixed As
to soc.
FLOUR:-retails common to good 1.25
Fine to choice 1.50 to LIS
H1DES:-Flirt lOc: green salted &c,
dry salt Sc: sheep SKINS 25 to 50; rags
1c; old iron 25 to SOC pei 100 lbs
HAY Timothy 500 to $50; Prairie
800 to $50
HONEY-Loose Zoe: in boAes II to II
NUTS:-Hickory SIC per On.
ONIONS:-2O TO Soc per bu.
POTATOES:-20 to Soc per bushel
SWEET POTATOES 2 to Sc per ID.
TURNIPS:-15 to 2Gc per bu.
FUEL:--Wood 2.5O to 800 per cord;
coal 11H
CORN:-35c
WHEAT 20 to 80c
RYE:-35c
OATS:-20c
CATTLE:-Steers $50 to 400; cows,
$3.50 to $500. .
tc 21s cts
HOGS:-4.25.
EEDS:-Tlmothy LOO
he'd 20 to -; bury do.
IA to IL; tub washed 2S to Soc.
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Not Afraid OF the MlSSOurianS.

Recently, we sold a farm to a gen.
tleman of Illinois for $4,000. He made
a small payment to bind the trade anc
went back home for his money. Prompt,
ly at the appointed time, he returned
walked into Cur Office and set his grip
on the floor. Asking ii we had procur.
ed an abstract during his absence, and
being answered affirmativeIy, he said
"Let S go over to the bank" We
supposed of course he was going there
for money, but not so. He simply
wanted the cashier to examine and ex-
plain to him the abstract to the land,
and say whether the title was straight
or not. Being satisfied on this point
he proposed to return to our office.
We did So. He then reached for that
grip that had set on the floor all this
time near the door where many per-
sons were passing in and out. and
opening 1t he took therefrom FOUR
THOUSAND DOLLARS IN PAPER AND
GOLD, and counted it out in payment
for the farm This gentleman believes
in Missouri and is willing to cast his
his fortunes with Missourians and trust
it in their hands. His name is T. !.
Wauchope, late of Livingstone county
Illinois, and we wish we could plant
five thousand more Of just such men
in Macon and Adair counties. We
don't know whether he is a Republican
or democrat. Of one thing we are
satisfied: he will make us a good citi-
zen, and when he has lived with us a
few years he will not allow Missouri
slandered in his presence without en-
tering an emphatic protest.-LaPlata
Press.
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At this day come the Plaintiff herein BY his st-
torney. before the undersigned clerk Of said court
in vacation and files his petition stating auoug
other things that the above named defendant Is .
non resident Of the State Of Missouri whereupon it
ordered by the clerk that said defendant be mott.
fed by publication, that Plaintiff has comm snced Q
sui! against aer in this court. the general object
snd nature Of which 10 to OBTAIN decree OF court
lsfolvlnG the bonds OF matIimouy contracted by
hem on the Eth day Of Aueuss lssz. on the ground
Of continued abuse Of plaintiff b. defendant and also
that defendsI had committed shuItery with divers
parties and now leading the lie Of . prostitute
and that unless the said Carrie Williams The defen.
dsnt be aud appear at this court 1t thenext term
thereof, to be begun and holden ss the Court
House In the the town OF Kirk svie. In said county
the 10th day Of December, 1858, next, and, on or
before the 81 Ith day of said term answer plead
TO the petition in said cause, the same will be
taken - confessed, and judgement rendered ss-
cOrdingly.
And I. y farther ordered that eop7 hereof be
. ewspsper pt biished In said County.
State OF Missouri, County OF Adair.
!. W. J. Ashlock. clerk Of the ctrcuit court Of
Adaif county, Aforesaid. Hereby certify that the
above IL true copy OF the original trdefo Publi-
caton In the cause therein asmed, ~ The same sp-
pears In my once.
Witness my hand - clerk. and the sesi OF said
Oct.s lss. aB-4s WI. AsHLoCx, Clerk.
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the WORLD-lT MOVES.
Forward Or Backward, IS the Case
May be.

Our genial postmaster called MY at.
iention day or two ago to a recent
order from the Postal Railway Service
which illustrates this idea:
This order seeks to introduce new
counting of time, upsetting the time.
honored and ancient distinctions ol
A. NJ. and p. NJ, forenoon and af:er.
noon. and results in the knocking OF
all the watches and clocks, and alman-
acs into kingdom come.
The order recites that the counting
of time shall commence at midnight,
1, ?, 5, etc., on till noon, and then
comes the racket, II, 13, IL and so on
to "a at midnight.
Should the business of the country
follow the lead thus started, it will be
In order to say that, Schools will take
mp at IS I-7 -7o'clock, banks close at 16
clock. prayer meetings commence at
l9o'clock sharp, while at 81 O'Clock
al honest folks should be abed and
asleep, and then the bells 60 rafting
down to "a O'Clock, but who on earth
can sleeps
Surely this must be the invention of
some patent right fierd, or possibly
Seth Thomas and his fraternity are
trying to get up a corner on clocks
and watches, for, don't you see, that
all the smiling faces that have beamed
so pleasantly down on US through the
years that are past and marked off the
hours and minutes and seconds steadi-
ly for our pleasure and delight have all
got to be smashed and reconstructed
with new faces and more little wheels
inside and other changes that will
transfer thousands of dollars from the
pockets of suffering and overtaxed
people, into the Golfers of some "bloat.
ed monopoly" perhaps.
A friend At my elbow suggests that
lis clock y = cheap one and he won't
be much money out. But 4 bleeding
country stands aghast and quietly asks
WHAT NEXT.
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The Methodist church in Canada
bas stricken out the word ''obey" from
the marriage service. The elders up
there evidently think it is quite enough
to pledge woman to love and honor
the men of these times without adding
promise to obey. or else they have
been made aware, by their own exper-
ience that
"When woman will-she will,
You may depend ont,
And when he vvn't-she won't
And there's the ekA out.
nuptial contracts to the contrary not.
withstand,ng.
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WAY Up NORTH.
4 Graphic Correspondents Observa-
tiOnS.

PREscoTr, WIS, OcT. 5sh, 1883.-
DEAR GRApHIc:-On the 10th ult.
your correspondent left the smoke and
dust, the din and heat cf the foundry
for position in a surveying party IN
the employ of the Winona, Alma and
Northern Railway.
Taking the noon train from Mime
apolis. VIC rolled out over the Milwaukee
Short Line for St. Paul. This is a
double track road, and runs trains
each way every hour. After a Shor.
stop in St. Paul we were soon flying
southwark, and in fewhours reached
Red Wing, Minn., where We left the
train for skiff ride OF three miles up
the Mlslsslppi to Trenton, Wis.
Next morning We started out on the
line and to-day have completed the
preliminary as far as this place about
fifteen and half miles north.
There are quite number of steam-
boats running, mostly small Stern
wheel craft taking huge RATS Of pine
logs down the river. Nearly all have
the elrct:ic light with parabolic refec-
tor which shoots its powerful rays mile
ahead. and as these lights are arrang-
ed to turn on a pivot, they render the
shores as distinctly visible as by day,
and dazzle the eyes upon which they
are turned.
In addition to the means of security
provided by private enterprise, there
are others which Uncle Sam has placed
along our great natural highway.
There are beacon lights along the
shore to prevent pilots running into
the numerous dams also built by
Government, part way out into the
stream for the purpose Of confning the
current so as too deepen the channel.
The banks are protected from caving
in many places by stone. Altogether,
navigation is much safer than in the
days when steamboats, were in their
glory. How different the water here
from that which rushes under the steel
arches at St. Louis. Clear as the
water at Kirksville, it flows over rocks,
gravel or sand, and the gliding form of
fish may be seen several feet beneath
its sparkling surface. At this time of
year, however it is nothing UNUSUAL, on
awaklng in the morning to find "river
and hill and shores" shrowded in mist
so dense that several hours o. warm
sunshine are required to lift it. Then
the beauty Of the scenery is fully laid
before our eyes. Bold Bluffs rise
above the sloplng shores, their rugged
crssts crowned with pine and cedar.
Prescott is town of about twenty.
five hundred inhabitants, lying at the
of the St. Croix and Missis-
sippi river. 1t is a sleepy place whose
chlefindustry (D seems to be selling
beer and whisky. 1t has no rail road
as yet. Must close for the present. :
Yours Truly. AcER VEIGHER.
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4 MODERN MISSIONARY.
Commerce with her steamships, hi

\ MODEkN MlSSlUNhNts
Commerce with her steamships. her
railroads and her telegraphs, is the true
modern civilizer. 1t is said tha: Pope
Gregory XVI refused peremtorlly to
consent that railroad line should en-
ter the Papai States, on the ground
that 1t would undermine the papacy.
Had there been dozen trunk line rail.
roads penetrating the south before the
war it is doubtful whether slavery could
have survived, or that war would
have been necessary to overthrow it.
Steam and electricity are tine twin forces
that are helping to reyolutinize the
world to-day. Old theories of govern
ment, old customs rooted In supersti-
ton, the clanishness of race and creed,
the rrejudices born of isolation, and
the jealousies Of ignorance, rapidly
disappear before them. China with
her passive immobility must yield to it /;
India with her gods and her temples,
her castles, and her creeds older than
Christianity. beholds them fade and
pale away; Africa, the dark cont.
nent" the puzzle and the enigma of the
ages, has been penetrated in every d.
rection. The old indian chief who re:
Gently figured in the opening of the
Northern Pacific railroad and who pre-
sented the last spike, in remarkable
speech, gave expression to the logic Of
the age, when he declared to his white
brothers, "You will increase, but we
shall fade away Whatever race,
whatever religion, Whatever form Of
government that cannot adjust itself to
the new environment" must perish.
Middle aged men of to-day, though they
perhaps do not recognize the fact in
It's full force. have witnessed one of the
grandest, most significant, ,epochsof hu.
man history. They have lived 20 see
the dreams and hopes of the advanced
minds of every age become the every
day realities Of life. What the eigh.
teenth century philosophical and the
orized upon, has become the warp and
woof of the present. We have already
reached the confines of that age fore.
told SO long ago, when 'many shall
run to and fro, and knowledge shall be
increased.
We hear much of the trials of power.
ty and the wrongs Of labor, and the ne
cessities for reform, and it is true to a
greater or less extent; but the poorest
laborer of to-day, may live more COM
Portable. and enjoy better food than the
moderately rich Of hundred and fifty
years ago. His opportunities for read
ing, for culture and for mental inde-
Pendence and growth are a hundred
times better. He lives better, he reads
more, he travels further and oftener;
he has more leisure and if he respects
himself, society will respect him any
where and everywhere. The spirit and
sentiment of Burns
"A mans u man for all that
is better appreciated, and recognized
to-day. than ever before. The lords
and ladies Of the past, together with
the "serf" and peasant" are disap-
pearing and men and women are TAX
ing their places.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

-Interesting local correspond
ence crowded out of last issue will be
found on the eighth page Of this issue.
There is . rumor in political
circles that Blame and Conkling have
reconciIed their difficulties. Pinglory
and Magrew next.
The campaign year Of 1884 is
upon Us. Subscribers to the GRAPHIC
who commence now will get the whole
oft. Send in your names.
The supreme courts decision
against the validity Of the civil rights
bill has caused = great excitement
among the colored people. all over the
country.
We doubt the justice or the authori.
y Of the school board TO suspend any
child from the rights and privileges of a
common school for mere absence.
This ought to De the dt,niey resort
when all other means of reformation
and control have failed.
"A democrat may be christian,
or an infidel. 4 rabid prohibitionist or
awhiskyite. free trader or protec-
zionist, but he votes the old ticket all
the same, whatever its platform or who
ever its candidate. There is nothing
like it except the changeless cycles Of
eternity.
The mysterious murder of a
girl named Zura Burns. at Lincoln,
ILL.,, is the latest sensation. Suspicion
rests on two parties but SO far the
whole affair is shrouded in mystery.
Girl murder seems to be new phase
Of crime, a number Of cases having oc.
curred in the past six months.
A circulation often Or twenty thou.
sand, among people VINO have no
money to spend, o, have no use for the
articles in which advertisers zeal, is oi
no account to the man who has goods
to sell. In other words the character
of paper is of vastly more conse.
quence to Its advertising patrons than
its circulation though a paper to give
value received, must have both charac.
ter and circulation.
st. Louis in addition to her
police muddle has a post office scan.
dal, or something near akin to it on
her hands. The present postmaster
has gotten into financial difficulties
which seem to demand his removal or
resignation. We believe he IS the gen
tleman appointed to "spite Filley,"
and We presume the latter is not weep.
ing many tears over the failure OF his
rival. Mr.. Filley is spoken of as a
possible successor to Hays and as he
made a splendid postmaster when he
held the Office some years since and
took special pains to see that this sec.
ton OF the state was served promptly,
We hope he may get it again.
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THE SUN its Constitution. its Phe-
nomena, Its Condition. By Nathan
I. Carr, Ii. d., judge of the Ninth
judicial circuit of Indiana. ]. Fitz-
gerald, publisher, 20, Lafayette Place
New York. Price, postage free. IS
cents.
The chief results of Solar research
are ably presented and popularity ex-
planned in this little work. But its au.
thor is not only clear expositor of the
views of others he offers an original
and consistent theory Of Solar Physics,
which appears to reconcile many of the
conflicting theories and observations
of astronomers.