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Az ILLINOIS FRIEND.

DONOVAN, Ills, July 23d.-Being
ON the convalescent list this. morning,
unable for duty in the store, l got to
meditating on the past, thinking Of
what changes have taken place since
the years of 66 and 81. Then you
were small school boy attending my
school at the Wells school house, com.
peting with Miss Mary Fisher for. the
prize offered to those that would recite
the best declamations. Well may we
say this is an age of great change.
When I look on my school register Of
&c and 81, there your name appears as
+. E. Sublette, a very small school boy
competing for prize in our common
school exhibition. To-day it appears
as T. F. Sublette, publisher and pro-
prietor of the Weekly GRAPHIC one Of
the great papers ofthe day-awelcome
visitor to almost every family. Ac-
quainted with its merits. congratulate
you in your new enterprise, hoping
your paper may still grow in POPULAR
ty and the extension oflts circulation.
A few Donovan items Donovan is
quite a business little town, consisting
of two general stores, two hardware
stores, two implement stores, two black
smith shops, one drug store, one wagon
shop and one milllner store, two boot
and shoe shops, one harness shop, two
grain elevators and hay barn, all of
which have very good trade. 1t is
situated on the R. R. running from
Chicago to Cincinnati. Over sixteen
regular trains pass daily-eight each
way.
Crops are rather backward here
especially the corn crop.
People are generally very busy cut
ting their harvest at present.
We have had two very neavy wind
storms in the past week; being straight
winds they did no great damage.
Well if this finds space in your paper
perhaps I will write again in the future.
J.W. H.
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Aggravated Case Of A Cat.

The Baltimore SIN gets of the fol-
ling: "a west end man had the fiat roof
of the l. of his house tarred. and when
six or seven cats got on it, the following
night, they could yell and arch their
backs and try to get a pull on four feet
at once, but they couldn't lift themselves
free, and their signing was frighttui,
and people in the neighborhood begin
to chuck things at them, and the owner
of the house forgot about the tar and
went barefooted and in robe de null
upon the roof to chase them off, and
pretty soon he found he couldn' stir.
and he began to whoop and swear, and
a policeman 60: a ladder and climbed
upon the roof, and when he came over
the edge on his hands and knees, he
had to remain in that posture, and he
used emphatic language Meantime
the boot-iacks were falling in showers
about them, and the mans mother-in-
law, in looking out OF an upper window
that overlooked the l. roof, to ask
them If they were not ashamed to be
out on roof playing cat at that time
a night, unfortunately knocked her wig
off, and it fell IN the tar; and then she
rushed down and went out on the
roof to get it, and couldn't pull the
wig up, but got her hand stuck to it,
so she couldn' let go of it, and of
course her positi on and her bald head
made a dead give away, as it was quite
light, when some one finally came with
boards to put down on the roof for
them TO be 60! on to when ley were
cut loose from the tar, and the old lady
didn't feel bit worse than the police
man, ,who:had to walk through the streets
with the knees Of his pants cut out, and
left stuck on the roof, and got repri-
manded when he reached the station.
And the owner blistered his feet trying
to melt the tar off them by holding
them up to hot stove, and when the
cats were cut loose from the roof and
put on.the ground, they tded to gnaw
the tar from their claws and got their
paws stuck i'll their mouth, and rolled
about and yawled and carried OH so
hat folks thought they were mad and
killed them. And that houshold er's
nother-in.law hasn't yet got over jaw
ng him about that tar roof"
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

The late rain assures the corn crop
in this section if Jack Frost does not
catch it.
I'm answer to the numerous enQui.
ries as to the heroine of our con-
tinued story, We can only answer
ave do not know"
Dorsey has been interviewed
and emphatically denies most of the
statements made in the New York
.Sun recently attributed to him.
Chicago is talking of celebrating its
fiftieth birthday which occurs on the
10th ofAugust.
The latest thing out is a one
wheeled buggy. 1t can't upset unless
the horse turns over, and presents a
novel and striking appearance. Fur
thur particulars later.
Sunday morning Senor Barca,
Spanish minister to this country, COM
mitted suicide at New York. No
sufficient motive is known for his rash
act.
On Saturday night last, terrible
earthquake occurred on the island of
Ischia, near Naples by ~hich an entire
town was destroyed. 1t is supposed
that at least three thousand people per-
ished in the ruins. Further particu-
lars will be given in our news columns.
The Sunday lazy was pretty
generally observed in St. Louis last
Sunday by the closing of a large por-
ton of the saloons and retail places of
business. The novelty of the situation
was such that the daily papers devote
alarge amount of space in describing
it. The police took the names of those
who violated the law for future pro:e-
cution.
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LaPiata Items.
(GRApuIo Correspondence,

LA PLATA, July 3O.h. Quite pecul.
lar phenomenon occurred here last Fri.
day eveningin the shape Of what appear
ed to be huge serpent floating on the
air toward the southwest. Anumber Of
citizens obsesvedlit and the supposltlon
Is that it was composed of vapor. al.
though 1t appeared a perfect seroent in
form, motions etc.
A Mr.. Lane Of this vicinity recently
while riding along the road saw a very
large reptile cross 1t short distance
ahead, which startled him greatly.
He attempted to kill it but it showed
fight, aud made a Kissing or blowing
noise like goose. 1t was over five
feet in length and showed fight in
such a vicious manner that MIR. Lane
was glad to let it escape.
The railroad company having dis.
continued the station at Love Lake it
is probable the post-office at that place
will be disconti nuei also.
I. 0. Elmore reports the advent of a
baby girl at his house on the 3Oth.
The holiness meeting is still in pro-
gress at this place.
We had fine rain last night.
Rats are becoming a great pest IN
this vicinity.
Uncle Billy Coombs is building a
new residence.
LaPlata has champion velocipedist
IN the person of a young lady. What
other town can say as much?
Mr.. John Coombes returned from
Kansas last week, where he has been
visiting his brother FOR some time. He
reports all kind of small grain as good.
Ali the wheat and most of the oats har-
vested when he lett there. He says
that corn was almost all destroyed by
the hot winds few days before he
started for hcme. Some of it was as
dry as fodder in mid winter.
More sickness this week than usual.
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Brashear Briefs.
GRAPHIC Correspondence.

BRAsHEAR, Aug. 1st.-A case Of
assault on MINOR, was up before B. +
Hall, chairman OF our town board on
Saturday. w. W. McClay was the
offender, charged with assaulting lit
tie son OF Mrs. Barnhart. aged six or
seven years. A fine and costs amount.
ing to S6.75 were assessed; and the
amount collected BY oul energetic mar
shal Mr.. Frank Steele.
Issac Brown6eld will start his thrash.
er on Thursday at the farm of Mr..
Henry.
Mrs James Musick is quite sick with
Typhoid fever. DIR. Hopkins in atten.
dance.
Miss L. Livingston, of Kirksville has
been visiting her numerous friends
here for the past four weeks.
j. N. McCreery has lust received an
immense stock of boots and shoes from
Dodge, Palmer 6 Go.
Hiss Carrie Wood is quite sick. DR..
Steele is attending physician.
j. w. Hall, our wide awake lumber
man, is doing quite an extensive man
utactufine business IN connection
with his trade.
Rev. U. P. Wardrlp will teach our
select school. He is one of the ablest
educators in Missouri.
In regard to crops We will say: corn
will average about IS per cent; Oats
about $50; and hay say los.
UNCLE JACOB.
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The Boss Big Sh ow.

The press of the world-universal
so far as civilization is universal-has
pronounced w. w. Coles latest
achievement "far and wide, the ne
plus ultra of everything ofits kind that
has ever been attempted by mortal
man." MIR w. w. Cole is very properly
regarded as manager with stomach
enough for all the best features of
all the bes:: shows devised and he is
known to be possessed of ability
sufficient to capture..them all, and to
carry with him. ~hithersoever he goes
the banners and the ribbons OF victory
complete and overwhelming. Kinks.
vile, Thursday, July 9th.
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ORDER OF PUBLICATION IN VA
CATION.
GEORGE WILLIAMS, pIaint.)
against Civil action fo,
CELIA WILLIAMS, Def. Diyorre

Now :. this day comes George william,.the Plaip.
TIN In the above entitled before s.ie under.
signed CLERK Of the circuit court ,d,,r county In
vacation and nles his petition AMI .avit stating
among other things that thsabOve med defendant
celia Williams 10 non resident Of this state. 1t Is
tnereupon or.iered BY the clerk Aforesaid In vara-
ton that publication be made notifying her that an
action has been commenced against her by petition
In the circuit court Of Adxir county In the state of
Miisiourt fonndCa on petition for divorce, from
the bonds OF matrmOny now existing between TN.
plaintiff and defendant alleging in SAID 'peti,ion
that the dsfendsns .ithont reasonable has
unless she be and appeaF at the next fern
9l SAIL GSuIt to bet holden at the court house in
hiiksvile within the county Of Adaif on the 18th
day OF October. 1883. and answer or demur 10 said
petition on or before the third day OF said term az
the term shall 70 long continue and II not then be-.
fore the end Of the term) the petition viii be taken
a. - conieased and . judgement will be rendered
against her on said petition. Tits further ordered
that copy hereof be Published In the Weekly
6iaphic Newspaper pubhshed In said county Of
Adair for four weeks successiveiy u last inses-
ton to be u least four week be ore the commence
ment OF the next term Of said court.
A true COPY Of the record.
Attest WI. AsHLocx.
n
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Big Cabbage Head.

Mr.. VIM. Avey wears the helt on
raising big cabbages. One day this
week he left IN our sanctum specimen
bead of an early summer variety. which
weighed seven pounds and ten ounces
and measured thirty six inches in cir
conference. Can any of our readers
beat this.
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FIFTY YEARS AGO AND NOW.
BY A. RUSSELL

Fifty years ago. when newspapers were few,
We supposed all shat was printed must be true.
Should any one now. such thought entertain
He soon would be classed with the hopeless ns .ne
We are now living In more advanced age
And ind exagerations ON 'ery page
Ofevery Newspaper published In our lands,
And to tell the truth from error no one can
common expression is used to deceive,
BY which the unguarded are lead to believe,
Or rather, to believe . iie--are driven
The expression Is, .'officialiy 2veu.''
Just say there are facts officially given,
And all doubts at snce from minds are driven.
Thus we open Onr hearts and take II all in
And become to the insane very near kin.
The wise will say this Is nothing new.
onicisls statistics, are not always true,
Uncle Sam has officials that are bad eggs
Cranky and shaky In their head, heart and legs
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DANUBE STEAMER, AUSTRIA.
Julv ord y2H,

| DANUBE STEAMER, AUSTRIA.
July 3rd. 1883.
Your letter was received on my way
to the steamer at Lanaca. As you
see We are now on our way up the
Danube. We come by way of Con.
stantinople and visited a little there.
Last Thursday we came by Austrian
steamer from Constantinople to varna,
on the Black sea, and landed about
daylight to take the cars from Varna
to Roustchouk. At Roustchork We
took the steamer up the river to Wen.
ma, where we expect to be tomorrow
noon. 1t takes longer than through
Italy, but Paul has the whooping cough
and the long voyage is doing him
good. He plays about the deck all
day and seems to enjoy the sight as
much as any Of US. The steamers are
very much like our little excursion
steamers on the rivers at home, and
we are very comfortable. We are
writing on deck and although there is
not enough motion to cause the least
sea-sickness you can see that my pen
is disturbed by it. The wind blows a
little and Paul is holding my paper
down for me.
Most Of the passengers are German
out there are three or four Greeks.
md we are in company with Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrews, Of Dubuque, Iowa.
The scenery along the river from
2oustchoukto SEVERN in Romania,
vas very much like that along the Miss.
ssippi about Quincy. From SEVERN
0 Belgrade twas grand. The high
luffs rose on either side, sometimes
loping and covered With rich verdure, /
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trait of "a Celebrated Beauty" while
among the other illustrations are three
designs for cottage homes. We know
of no publication better suited for the
household than Dem0,xsfs MontAly,
and the August number fully justifes
the reputation ithas acquired as good
family magazine.
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kIRkSVILLE MARKETS.

We quote ruling prices up to Thurs.
day noon.
HOGS-$4.OO to 4.5O.
CATTLE-Cows and heifers 2 50 to 2.75
Steers $50 to 450.
OATS-20 per bushel.
SHEEP-2k to Sc
CORN-But little coming in 40 to SOC
BUTTER Lotto 1211c
EGGS-1O.
HONEY-121< to 15c.
BACON--Country 10 to II
CHICKENS-Old q to $50, young
l.5O to 200 doz.
APPLES-75 to 100
POTATOES-3O to 10
Hay-weak and quoted timothy at
$3.50 to IS.
Wool-15 to % cts according to condi.
ton.
Flour-1.5O to 1.8O
Seeds Timothy S1.OO to 1.5O; Hunga-
rian Is to 100: Millet75 to1.OO.
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Wonderful Performing stations.

In w. w. Coles New Consolidated
Shows one finds every recollection of
all the circuses he has ever seen repro.
duced with new effects, and supple.
mented with perfectly bewllderins
array of novelties. No person can
fail to observe those equine wonders,
the $4,000 troupe Of tie Royal Pre-
forming Stations, all in the ring SIM
ultaneously. These beautiful creatures
imported solely for Coles shows, and
there is no limit to the admiration and
delight which they excite whenever and
wherever they appear Their act is
wholly unlike anything else ever
attempted. Kirksville. Thursday.
Aug. 9th.
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ENCOURAGING MANUFACTURES.

1t is an almost weekly experience
for a country editor to be challenged
by some enthusiastic individual with
the remark, "why don't you write up
manufactures We want rolling mill,
4 cotton factory, a foundry, paper
mill, two or three hub and spoke facto-
ries. and big Touring mill, to say
nothing of canneries, creameries and
other minor enterprises. Look at our
wood, look at our coal! This is just
the point for all llthese and yet you news
paper men don't half boom the thing
up" Ask the same individual how
much "spot cash" he is ready to invest
in any one of these enterprises and it
will be found that his public spirit like
many peoples benevolence, is of a vi
carious sort, that only applies to other
peoples pocket-books-not his own.
The fact Of the business is there is lots
ofhumbug connected with the whole
subject. A manufacturing enterprise
that requires very much bolstering up
by public or private donations. is very
apt to collapse when the donations
cease. In the first place any kind OF
an enterprise that has fair start and
does not pay a reasonable return on
the labor and money put into it, either
present or prospectively, is burden
rather than a blessing to the commun;-
ty in which it is located. There are
plenty Of communities scattered
throughout the west, who to-day are
soreiy taxed for ''whlte elephants" in
the shape of ill.advsed enterprises,
which from their nature and surround
ings, never have, and never can be
made to paya fair interest on the orig
inal investment. They represent just
SO much wasted, because.of miss-di-
rected energy. A little sound judge
ment and common sense ought to be
exercised in such things. A rolling
mill or a foundry thousand miles
away from its ore and its fuel would be /:
an absuriity just as much as would a i
salmon canning establishment in the !
middle of north Missouri prairie.
Much is said about bringing in
oreign capital, and in many instances, b
! reasonable amount donated as an a
nducement may be wise, but very often \
he cost is too much for the return.
I the particular enterprise will, within r
tself, pay large dividends. home capi- W
Il had much better share the benefits is
nd foreign aid will not be long in te
eeking and even soliciting the privi- b
ege of coming in. Il is hard work to 81
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Our Colorado Letter.
(Graphic Corrcspondence.)

V0I1pulC CSoIIebpOuucuCtsJ
GRAND JUNCTION, Col, July 18th 'S3.
will try once again to write you a
few items from the metropolis of west
ern Colorado. am astonished when
l think Of one year ago when l first
came up to the foot hills on the other
side of Grand River and looked over
this beautiful valley then almost with
out inhabitants, with nothing growing
but the sage brush and grls wood
where now town has sprung up with
a population OF 1900 and increasing
every day. The P. R. G. R. R. has
shown her faith in the town by building
one Of the finest depots this side Of
Denver. 1t is 5ox3oo feet and finish
ed up In the best style. They have
also built an eleven stall round house
of pressed bnck and white sandstone,
and large repair shop, store house,
eating house, lodging rooms, large
stock yards. and everything com.
plete. The town is nicely laii off and
The town company have spent about
Ss.o 900 in planting shade trees and
parks. There are four parks. We
1ow have three dry goods stores, nine
grocery stores, three drug stores, two
eweler shops, two banks, three livery
stables, two hotels, two second hand
torres, two meat markets, three black
mith shops, six restaurants, seven sa.
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FOREIGN LETTER.

Mr.. ]. c. Thatcher kindly furnishes
the GRAPHIC with the following inter.
esting letter from his daughter who is
now on her way home from the far
east:
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The Christian Sunday School Of this
city gave its annual pic mic in the grove
near town on Tuesday of this week.
The young people had a very pleasant
time. with dinner, swinging and other
exercises and amusements.
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KIRKsyILLE DRV GOODS MARKET
As corrected Weekly by Dsneghy
Brothers.

Best heavy muslin unb!sached Sets
6est lawrence LII 5Ac
, Dest quit Lining, 4lc
Bleached muslins Lonsdale 8Lc
Fruit of the loom SXc
Good soft finished bleach exc
Common bleached AZ to &c
All standard prints are sold at Sc
Common prints are selling at 81 to &c
Best dress ginghams 8hc
common at SC
And good checks at 6k
Lawns are selling at from AZ to SHc
All linen Towel crash at 81 to 1Oc
Cashmere, all wool at SIX to $1.CO
Worsteds at 81 to is and 2Dc
Shirtin es, comm on at s.
good plaids, checks at 81 to Sk
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-12

SOME FAMOUS HoRsEs.-Gladiateur,
French, winner of the Derby in 1868.
He was sixteen hands high, a bay witt
black legs he had a large plain head.
~well-arched neck, powerful sloping shoui
ders, muscular arms and thighs, aud was
deep In the glrth.
lroquoiS, (-American,) winner Of the
Derby. He Is "a brown horse with one
white fore foot and shows splendid ac
ton and powers. He has lust been
brought back from England in good con-
dition.
Foxhall, (Kentucky born,) IA winner OF
the Grand Prize. Paris, the Select Stake
in the Cesarewith, and the Cambride
shire, England. He isa dark bay with
black points, and the neal hind pasterr
white. He has a clean head light neck,
"a buck a trife too lengthy but a good
Darrell, and shoulders of admirable pow
er. He was the iii st American colt that
ever IA / In France.
Maud S., in 1881. at Rochester, n.
T., trotted a mile in the unparalleled
line OF LILO Il. S~ubsequen ly she
trOtted three consecutive heats in 2:12,
2:13 IA PIP IA.
Maud ;. has now the glory of having
achieved the fastest heat, the fastest two
con secutlve heats, aud the fastest three
consecutive heats that have ever been
seen.
If Maud S. is the queen, St. Julien i
the king, of the uotting turf. He
stands second to her alone with his last
year record of oil IA
The speed of our trotting horses
says Hugh Craig in Harpers Magazine.
for August, cannot be approached by
the animals of any other country.
has been attained, to quote from Hiram
Woodruff book, by our method of
breeding, training, and driving %trotting
horses aided by the enterprise and ingt-
nuity which provided vehicles, harnes,
and all the paraphernalia of that comb
nation of llghtness with strength which
IS modelled upon the plan Of the best
tIotting horses himself. - The Cotton
Plant.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-09-12
You Nominate a"Rinss ter,
but YOU will not Elect Him.

All the high contracting parties may
..l,armonize'' aud agree upon hlin. lie
primaries may he a tar ~ honest
Judges and clerks can MAKE them hut
a. surely a tie candidate nominated
tor any leading place-he il the COVER
norship or the mayoralty. or what You
will-shall have the faint vi oosslsn
upon him or his record; if lie be obnoX-
ious or antaronistic, either in himself
or his affiliations. or through the lntiu-
ences which nominated him. to the re-
form and conservative sentiment II
will OF tue party. Just - surely will the
chances be ten to one Of his defeat. 1t
is idle to preach to thinking people now
that they ought TO stand by the nominal
tons. They will not stand by them
unless they see tit. They have done 1t
too often and have eaten too much dirt
in doing it TO have further appetite lett
for it. If you tell them that they are
destroying the party,tlley will tell you.
with a force and justice which YOU cam
n~ot..gainsay. that it Is YOU who are
destroying it. and have nearly destroyed
it already by unworthy nom nations
and bad administration. by subordlna-
its great duties an re>pols.o llltles
to individual selt>ecklnI, and sordld
and low ambitions. They will show
YOU how stca lily. under the system
which You ask them to uphold. 1.-The ma
ioritieS-i mean the real, nay even the
counted maiorities-ot Tie party. have
dwindled down. They will show you
how the party representation III the
Legislature and III local office has grown
leancr. and leaner. a boesism has grown
latter aud iatter year by year. They
will tell YOU it i far better that ti:e
temporary supremacy o. the party III
state politics shonld be put III peril BY
a generous and r~esolute effort to purify
and save il. than that it should be drag
ged certainly. at last. into the pit, UNI
re.enerated a d hopeless Ii you.
Messrs. Editors, { Il answer these
arguments your correspondent con-
fesses that he cannot. The people
recognized their force.