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PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

1t seems to US that the whole object
aim and end of the public school sys.
ten. ..shouldbe theAao,0ugA inculcation Of
the rudimentary.or foundation branches
and that whatever more than this is at.
tempted only weakens and Injuries the
whole structure. Give every child a
thorough knowledge of the common
branches and the "higher education
will take care of itself. The school
fund is too precious trust to be vast
ed in trimmings and fanciful notions
and We would rather start our boys out
into the world with a complete drill in
the three "R's" ground IN, and thorough
ly incorporated and assimilated than If
they had a smatterlng of all the oligIes
and ometrys on the list.-Give the boy
a good solid foundation and if he has
any talent, faculty or snap he will get
the rest.
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THIS Issue.

The present issue of the GRAPHIC is
one which our friends may, with jus,
pride, show to their friends and neigh.
bors-if We do say so ourselves.
Our outside columns present the
usual array of Literary, Home circle
and Local Correspondence. Nearly
every part Of the county is represented
by our industrious news gatherers. OF
the Editorial and local features we need
not speak. Turning to our four inside
pages the reader finds TWENTY FOUR
long columns of reading matter repre-
senting
Two columns of condensed news OF
the week
Five days proceedings Of congress,
briefly told
Missouri State news including the
proceedings ofour Legislature
An the particulars in regard to the
terrible coal mine horror in Illinois, by
which near a hundred persons lost their
lives.
A well written and full report of the
floods at Louisville and Cincinnati by
an eye witness
The particulars of the great murder
trial in Dublin
A column of Home and Farm news
Two columns of poetry and anec-
dotes for "our Young Folks"
Political articles from leading Jour
mails Of the country, giving some curl
Gus facts from the census
Besides twelve more columns of
stories sketches and poetry.
Look the paper, all over care fully
there is so much, and such a variety
or you may miss something valuable.
as hasty people sometimes DO.
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UMILITY.

Most of our Kirksvile readers have
heard the eccentric Furguson, in his
eloquent lectures on scientific subjects
AS word-painter he has few rivals
The following IS one Of his gems, taker
from his lecture on tie Divinity 81
Christ.
The truly great man is humble; the
truly humble man is great. Should
you ask me the name of the falresl
flower that was ever woven in a wreath
immortal, l would answer humility.
Not that mock humility, that goes for.
ever smiling through the world; but
that genuine self-abnegation that al
ways hath the blessings of the Highest.
Alas! that SO rare plant should be
exotic-foreign TO the soil of earth
But though exotic, II hath sometime
grown until it hath embowered the
earth with beauty OF one, great.
grand ami glorious life. it is recorded
ne RHni0Ifa R!WSfy.
Oh! OF all the flowers that ever
swung their golden censers i'll the
humble heart. none so rich, SO rare SO
heavenly, as this choice hower-bumil-
ity. Other flowers there are that must
be crushed before their fragrance is
preceptible but this rare plant. in SUM-
shine and in storm alike, at burning
noon, and when the dew of night is tal
ling. pulses its sweet perfume all along
the garden walk; down into the deep,
dark dell; out through the tangled wild
wood, over tine burning plain; up the
cool mountain side; up, ever up it
rises into the beautiful blue; up along
the cloudy corridors of day; up along
the starry stairway of the skies, till it
touches the beautiful shore and min
giles with the breath of the angels
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La Plata Notes.

Ed. GRAPHIC: The Committee of the
Creamery Company at this place have
received numerous bids from parties
desiring to furnish teams, etc. for that
institution.
The editor of the Home Press saw
that an inch OF cream will make a
pound of butter, now what we would
| like to know is how much milk will it
take to make that inch of cream9
Col. Jasper Needham. organized a
a lodge of the Knights of Labor at this
place on the 18th. with a membership
of thin ty-three.
There has been quite an amount of
sickness in this vicinity recently.
Real estate Is changing hands al a
lively rate and at fair prices.
SO far farmers are very hopeful over
the prospects for our next crop and are
making preparations for larger slant-
ings than usual.
We notice that agricultural imple-
mentS are coming in preparatory for
the opening of spring
Marion Hughey has purchased the
old Tweedsll place. near Wilson. and
has rented 1t to T. NJ. Wilson.
Public sales of stock. implements. etc.
are quite numerous recently.
The good people Of La Plata have
taken hold Of the Goa! question with an
energy that defes failure, and though
the subscription grows slowly, it grows
surely, and :he desired amount $3.50
will soon he secured. and the con
tractors be enabled to commence opera
tions. H. I. o.
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The March atlantic continues the
high excellence reacl ed by the two pre-
ceding numbers for this year. The
third and concluding part of Mr. Long
fellows dramatic poem "Mlchel An
gelo" occupies thirty-one pages. and is
SO thoroughly good and characteristic
of Mr.. Longfellow that many readers
will regret that 1t has come to an end.
John Burroughs, who Is a very hearty
ajmirer of Carlyle, gives an interesting
account of a trip I'm CarlyIe's Coun-
ty." Agnes Patton, who has contrib
uted some very striking short stories to
the atlantic, this month has another
of the same noteworthy character en-
titled "Antagonisms.' ''By Horse
Cars into Mexico" is lively travel sketch
by H. H. Mr.. George P. Lathrop.
Hawthorne's son-in-law, contributes an
article, which all Hawthorne lovers will
read with peculiar zest, on "The Haw-
thorne Manuscripts" Henry James
writes in his best vein of "Tommaso
Salvini," an article which the multitude
of admirers of this great actor will read
with great interest. Rev. ]. H. Allen,
an authority in matters of history, es-
pecially ecclesiastical history. has an
essay full of information on Port Roy
all ''The City of Earthquakes" by |
Horace ID. Warner, is a paper of start
ling interest on the frequency ani ef-
feet OF earthquakes at Caracas, in Ven
ezuela The most noticeable brief
poem of the number is by DR.. Holmes,
"A Loving-Cup Song" Other poems
and reviews of important new books,
with Contributors Club of excellent
variety. and brief notices of books of
he month, conclude another admirable
number of the AtianEt.
HoUGHToN, MIrFLIN g. Co.,
Boston
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We have h,d LETT with us for exam.
ination work entitled Ladies Guide
in Health and Disease" The author,
DIR. ]. II. Kellogg, of Battle Creek.
Michigan, is known to most reading
people by his writings and by his pub
lie services. He has been honored by
the government with a number Of i'm
portant commissions to foreign coun-
tries. in the interests of health. He is
now Medical Superintendent Of the
Sanitarium at Battle Creek. This work
is one which ought to be in every fam
lily, and cannot be too highly recon-
mendad. The character and scicntlnc
attainments of the author are such that
any thing coming from his pen, willfully
repay any one for reading it. In fact
this work is one which you fannof af-
to,d net TO read. The general agent
for the sale of this most valuable aid to
health, is wanting local agents. This
will be golden opportunity for those
students who are looking forward to
their vacation as time when it is nee
essary to obtain employment, ard in
the sale of good book they can find
renumeratlvc employment as well as
as recreation and healthful exercise.
A copy OF the work can be seen at this
office, by anyone desiring an agency.
AS this is something that ladies as we'll
as gentlemen can engage in, parties
desiring employment will do well to call
and examine the work. The general
agent for the sale of this valuable
]. F. Nelson, of Des
Moines, Iowa, was in town last week
and secured the services of a local
agent, who will in a short time COM
mence canvasing in kirksv1lle.
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NoT Personal.

The GRAPHIC is not personal
paper in the sense that il takes pains
or special effort to attack individuals
or to rake up matter for controversy
but it aims to t.eat Of general principles
from purely disinterested stand point.
lin the discussion of general principles
and in alludlng to the right and wrong
of questions, threads on the toes OF
individuals let them blame themselves,
not us. We do not know a man,
woman or child, in the whole world
that We hate, or would Intentionally
wrong, but when, wrong is done, or in
justice perpetrated. if We speak at all
We must speak plainly and squarely
the truth. and in the language of
Shakespear
''Hew to the line:
Let the chips fall where they may.
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KlRKsvILLE MARKET REPORT
Corrected carefully each Week up
TO THURSDAY Morning

10 THURSDAY Morning
APPLES-Green per bus 40 to so c.dulI
BUTTER-per Id 1S@2Oc and dul
BEANS-White LIS 10 2.25 bu dull
BUCkWHEAT ELOUR-41s to 5
CORN MEAL-per bu 60 to 20
CABBAGE-None in market.
DRIED FRUlT-Arples 5 to s; peaches
selling TO-
LGGS-Per doz. shippers 90. local deal
ers pay more
FLOUR-per sack. I.25 LAO com:
choice l.5O to 1.65 firm
BEESWAX-dark Is, light 1sc
HONEY 121s to 2Oc
LARD-12 to 13
TALLOW quiet at &c
SORGHUM-45t to 55c in demand
ONIONS-per bus IS to LOO scare.
POTATOES-50 to 60 and dull
SWEE! POTATOES None in market
POULTRY--ch chickens LIS to 200:
ducks 15 to 225 full leathered. and
fat; geese full f. 800 to $50 doz;
turkeys 6 to per lb.
GAME-Out OF season except turkeys
trapped wild 7c: rabbits 30 to 40
NUTS-hickory 35 to 40 wanted:
walnutS same price.
TURNIPS-15 to poe per bus
PARSNIPS-5Oe
CHEESE county 1919 to l5e.
HAY Timothy, 600 to 100, prairie,
400 TO 800
CATTLE Cows 2.25 to 800. ship.
steers 3.25 to $50
HOGS 5.25 to $50
SHEEP to:i
CORN-40c to 45 for new
OATS-30c
SEEDS-Tlmothy / 25 to $50; flax 9Oc
RYE-45c
X r TIES to 25c
HIDES green 6c, salted Z, dry
PELTS-according to wool, 25 to 5Occ
RAGS-1c pr lb. good mixed
WOOL-u unwashed 20 to g, ashed 80
to33
SCRAP IRON-50 per hund. copper
Zoe lb lead 2c zine l. brass Sc
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Sun flowers according to the Far
mer's Magazine, are well worth cultiva.
tion.-Speaking of the value of this
homely but aesthetic" plant, made
famous and fashionable by the Oscar
Wilds craze it says: rrhe sunflower
yields more seed tlian any corn. A
bushel of seed will yield . gallon of oil.
and the resldlum is equivalent to that
of linseed. The flowers make 4 good
dye. and furnish bees with material for
wax and honey. The stalks make ex-
cellent fuel. and furnish fine fiber for
WORKING with silk. The leaves are a
good adulterant for Havana filters, and
are eaten by stock. AS food for the
table the seed can be ground into flour
and made into palatable, nutritious
bread"
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given ,ra: letters Of atIminisirs-
tion upon the estate OF William McEwen Iaie of
Adair county, Missouri. deceased have been grant
eh To the Undersigned Harriet NcEwen hy the
Probate Court uf Adair county. Missouri bca ring
date the 23d day OF January lsS3. All persons lay-
Ing cltims against said estate reGtr, to exhibit
Them to me for llowance within year afier III,
date or said letters or they be precluded from
any h.neht OF such estate and such claims be- of
exhibited within two years from the time Of H.
publication Of this notice they will he forever
barred. FARRiFT Nc EVEN.
Adminis.rairiS oI W iiiam McEwen. Deed.
January SOih. 1883. nn-3w
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An exchange says that in one of the
coal mines of England there is the con-
slant formation of new rock from the
dripping of water. The water is full OF
lime, which it deposits as it falls. When
work going on, and dust flying, the in
lime is colored gray. On Sabbath
there is marked broad, white stratum,
which the miners call Sunday stone. /"
Who can tell but to angel eyes there
are white marks in our hearts ard char
ac,ers formed by every one of our
sweet. peaceful Sabbaths of holy rest!
Be content to have quiet. Sabbaths.
The still hours aic needed that the
foul dust Of earth may settle, and, IS
the same, be formed a white mark"
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NOTICE.

To EDWARD +. HFRMAx: You are
hereby notified that the 5ih day of February
1853, will present petition to the Hnunr ,hl .
County Corrt of Adar county Mo-, PRAYING for a
private roa In aid county. TWEEN feet in width
having Its points of bearing and eruiiuatjon
and n'erine,iiafe 'oinrs as follows fo-wit:
Commencing AZ I. pUsni upon a public road. ten
feet south Of The northwest corner of the northwest
II OF ihe southwest IL nf section .. township -
or range IA Thence eighty rods (sa RI across
Saii northwest 1t OF the southwest -t Thence ,,sr
abon ten feet upon til northeast IL of SON Invest
Ia thence norih shout ten feet 10 the southeast
of The northwest III. all said land iying and h.np
IN section =. township 81, raus IL. Wherr you nsy
APPEAR and defend. MIC HAZEL HOWIEV'
att Jan. 3rd. lass Petttioncr
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PUBLIC SALE.
And a good Farm for Rent.
ON SATURDAY. MARCH ~

oN Sal URDAY MARCH 3d.. |
VIII offer FOR sale n; public nucry. at my farm the
foiiowiig articles viz: Two wagons. enc mower and
reaper one cane mill. two cuitivators. good as ne W
TWO piows one corn planter, u harrow. also
one good thraShing machine. ALI osttis good as new
win The privilege of one bid: alss \ good work
horse with good set OF harness. several tous of hay
eight hundred bushels oi corn also some cows ami
!ear.idgs- IL desired will offer for sale enc other
span vi horses with harness.
FOR RENT
" Ill rem; my farm f'ly fsaie ifnof prcyisus-
ly rented. II Is one OF The 81 stock farms in il.
county Convenient TO outside range. Plenty OF
top
Terms OF aie-A credit of ten months on note
anu appruYe ed security ~ eight per interest,".
j. W. ORR.
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STRAY NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given. That have taken
ur as stray in Liberty township Adair coun-
ty, Missouri. the following described animal: ::
One dark red steer two years old lat spring
mar ed with Il swallow fork in left eat. bran
ded on the right hip with staight mark
and appraised a twenty dollars by Daniel
Pratt add George Levanguth and posted be-
fore Rufus Cavett justice of the peace in
Walnut township. Adair county, Missouri,
this 30th day of January 1883.
n42-2 CHRIS LEvAcurH.
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If the ice at keokuk goes out at the
present stage OF water in the Mlssis-
sippi. the damage can not be below
half to three-quar;ers of a million.
The lumber interest Will be the chief
Users. Considerable damage has al
ready resulted to bridges.
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ALL the papers are taking whack
al poor Wigglns because his storm
failed to connect on time as predicted.
For our part We are very glad the pro-
fessor was false prophet.
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HENRY CLAY DEANS lecture on In
gersoil is entitled mind and God"
We have seen only very brief and
imperfect report of it as delivered at
Davenport, Iowa.
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The Unionvllle NeW Century is
mistaken in supposing that the Con-
ference Of the NJ. +. Church meets in
Hannibal. next March. Kirksville is
the point decided upon.
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''Hew to the line:
Let the chips fall where they may.

The county court Of Putnam coun-
Is has made an order to submit pro-
position for a new jail to cost SIo.ooo.
The Nev Century thinks II a good
move.
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FINAL SETTLEMENT.

Notice Is hereby given that the under signed ,5
mnstratrlN OF the estate of Marin u oodrich de-
ceased will make iinal settlement o said estate al
the next regular teri, of tha Adair county probate
court TO be held in XII ksville rhe second Nom
day in May lsS3. Late AMANDA GOODRICH,
Ad'mrN.
ni4-4r Now AMANDA WILLIAMS
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Browns Iron B1TTERs
has been thoroughly tested
for dyspepsia, indigestion,
biliousness, weakness, debil-
ity, overwork, rheumatism,
neuralgia, consumption,
liver complaints, kidney
troubles, &c, and it never
fails to render speedy and
permanent relief.
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The communication of "A Friendly
Man" is gladly given space in this Is
sue. The clipping alluded to viii ap-
pear next week We are glad, yes
anxious, that farmers should feel free
to use our columns to discuss questions
that pertain to their calling, fo-' three
fourths of our readers are farmers, and
farmers wives and children. IL would
he presumptuous on onr part to attempt
IN enlIghten, or Instruct farmers, in
their own speciality. and hence we have
been Sparing even IN the use Of clip
pings OF so-called agricultural matter.
We hope to hear from Friendly Man
o.',.n
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The Missouri immigration society

The Missouri immigration societ,
has done truly great work for Missouri
ri, and We are sorry to see that cur leg
islature has permitted the idea to &c
forth tnat this great state is so little in
terested as to alb ,lish the board Great
eda few years since. 1t looks toe
much like publishing to the world thai
our people do not want and will moi
welcome 'new comers" in our midst
That there is every evidence of an in.
creasing interest in Missouri,is apparen,
by letters to the society. Ehe Repu6H.
ean saws: Letters received at the office
of the Missouri, immigration society an
nounce tha. several colonies are being
formed in Iowa and Dakota preparato-
ry to a hegira with Missouri as the OBJ
jectiye point. Tie cold weather Of the
present WI tier seems to be the cause at
the bottom of the movement. Letters
have also been received from num-
Der of stockmen, one of whom writing
from Massachusetts announce that he
intends coming to this state and bring
ing large herd of short-horns.
kirksville society according 70 one OF
our local contemporaries is in terribly
depraved condition. We presume a
man car usually find what he is look
ng for, but our opinion based on OBJ
servation of similar sized towns is. that
kirksville is as orderly, quiet. law
abiding, and respectable in its social
character, as any place in the west, and
We do not propose to have such sweep
ing ISLANDERS go ou: to the public, and
the world, without correction or denial.
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Mems Rubber Boots only 500
Mems Calf Peg Boots only 200
Just such Boo. you pay 800 and $50 for at long
winded high price credit houses.
Women's KID Button Shoes high cut only I.2l
We have about SO pair of infants goa. shoes. running
size from ] to 4, no heel at Ioc
Women's Grain Sewed front lace shoes sz 2 4, soc
Women's Genuine Kid frort lace, solid leather insoes.
We will slide them at One Dollar pair. Take this
shoe home with you and compare with anything of
the kind that you pay $1.75 and $2.oc for.
Children's Fancy top Boots, only LOO
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FRIENDLY TALKS.
BY A FRIENDLY MAN.

notice that an attempt is now max
ing to establish Creamery in the towr
OF Kirksville for the benefit of its own
ers and the farmers living in the coun
ty of Adair.
A Creamery" is defined to be ar
establishment for making butter from
cream gathered by men travelling from
house to house, whose owners KEEP
COWS for that especial purpose.
AS things now stand to-day in the
best butter producing regions of the
United States, the Creamery system
represents the highest type of assocla'
ted dairying.
Where the conditions are all favor.
able the system seems to be a success,
and its workings are extending in every
direction. much 20 the benefit of the
farmers directly interested.
The farmers of Adalr Co. will do
well to look into the matter, and as the
wreck of, at least four cheese factories
are in their midst and near them, 1t
becomes them to see tia this new en-
terprise don't fall for want of their intel
igent cooperation.
Comparatively there are but few
farmers in Adair county, who, by habit
and education can be styled practical
dairvmen, the balance have but little
information on the subject, and would
desire 10 post themselves as 10 the con-
ditions ofsuccess and the probable
prospective outcome OF the business.
This opens wide field for discus
sion and suggest that the county pa
pers can do no better service to the
farmers OF the county than by opening
their columns for the diffusion of USE
full information bearing upon the SUBJ
.ect.
1t is said tha: ",he way to cook a
rabbit is to first fath tile yab6it"
Following the analogy, beg leave
to say that to make gilt edged butter
you must first get the cream-thls may
seem to the common mind very SIM
pie way of stating the case, but 1t in
,olves the whole matter. of COWS, feed |
water, and all the details of manage
nent that are by no means we'll settled
lmong even the best dairymen Of the
country. By way OF furnishing some
hints and ideas believed to be
interesting and valuable, l desire to
ubmit to your readres a clipping from
he Rural Worid, simply promising
hat as politics are off, farmers can
low attend to their material interests.
Perhaps more anon.
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ni4-4v
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-12-19
Santa Claus.

Santa Claus was one of the oldest
ideas Of the Celtic west in Pagan
times, as he was of the Pagan east be-
fore. In Christian times he was still
regarded with religious reverence, sit
ting, as he had sat for ages in Egypt
and elsewhere, in the arms OF his moth
or. Santa Claus was, in fact, the child
jesus in the middle ages; and through
out that period the festive creed of
Germany and all Celtic Europe was
that he visited all family dwellings of
good Christians on the eve of his ami
versary, and brought with him gifts
and blessings for the children. This
beautiful tradition is still to be found
lingering in Germany, though Santa
Claus does not seem to be specially
connected with it by name. The truth
of this orig nal belief is plainly enough
indicated by the word claus" which,
in the gothic or ancient German, means
"childn and "son." Santa Claus form
erly meant the Holy Child.