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Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-11-14
New York Election.

The Times says: "The first Gays
work of the boards Of county canvass
ers in this state simply establishes the
substantial accuracy of the returns al
ready published in the Times. Exclu-
ding New York and Kings, there are
but nineteen counties in the State In
which the official plurallties are yet to
be determined, and as the canvass in
thirty nine counties yesterday net
change of but six in Cleveland's plu-
rallty, as already shown by the figures
published in the Tines, IS a tolerable
clear that those of Mr.. Blaine's friends
who have pinned their faith in his sal
vatlon on the correction of errors in
the count are doomed to bitter disap-
pointments.
The Tribune saws: The county can
vassers began their work yesterday
and will complete it in due course. In
the meantime every Republican calm
ly awaits the results. The attitude of
the party is not that of sullen acquies-
cence in procedure which it fears. 1t
has no game of bluff or deceit TO play,
and desires no verdict except that Of
absolute justice tits determined that
the lawful custodians of the evidence
shall certify to the truth, and nothing
but the truth, and that the man who
has been chosen by the people shall be
officially declared to be the peoples
choice. The party illustrates, in the
present crisis, the highest type of civil.
,zation
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BraShear Items.

1t has been long time since ! called
on you,sbut everybody has been so ex
cited over the election that thought
my space would be better than my
presence.
The farmers are making the corn.
fields rattle this fine weather.
Mrs. Halliburton of Arkansas, has
been visiting our school teachers fam
| lly,-Mr. A. D. Halliburton--and le
turned to Kirksyille last Friday night
Mrs. Payne returned from La Bell
Friday night. She had been visiting
relatives and friends in Lewis county
for the past two weeks.
There is some sickness here. DIR
Hopkins mother is quite poorly. Mrs
Carlton is very sick with fever. Jas
Musick's youngest boy has been in q
very critical condition, but is better
and his son John IS suffering now from
his lame leg so that he cannot get out
Mr.. Downing is moving to Kno,
county this week.
P. F. Greenwood came down last Sat
urday on law suit. but the parties
compromised before the case was call
ed.
D. Thrasher and family spent Satur.
day in town.
Mrs. Ollie Parks of Wisconsin arrived
Saturday morning. She is visiting
her uncle, Jack Lee.
Mrs. Ed. 1hrasher went to kirksvill,
Monday night.
Miss Lizzie Musick and Miss Emmi
Thrasher of Kirksville came dow:
Tuesday to visit relatives and friend
in town.
Republicans and Democrats are botl
confident they have won the day. Th
Democrats fired their salute Saturda,
night, and the Republicans expect t
fire theirs Wednesday night.
UNCLE JAKE.
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St. Louis Republican: Macon coun-
ty, Missouri, can boast of a man who
was IS years old when Sir Moses
Montifore was born--and has not
been given celebration either. His
name is Robert Gibson /; he lives with
his son, two miles southeast of College
Mound, and Is described as "rather
small of size, can get about the house
and go out in the yard, sit at the table
and eat without help" He was not a
soldier in the war of 1S12-being too
old to perform military duty at the
time. He drank a good deal of whisky
in his early days, but finding that the
habit was growing on him, abandoned
it, and has been a teetotaler ever since.
He has chewed tobacco for sixty years,
and "does not think it hults him."
He does not know when he was born,
as the family record was lost long ago ;
but putting this and that together, it Is
made out that he first saw the light in
the year 1866 in Randolph county,
North Carolina, moved with his father
to Kentucky at an early day, and came
from that state to Missouri in 1890.
He has been married twice, and had
sixteen children, twelve of whom are
living. He has $50 direct descen.
dants-children, grand children and
great-grandchildrtn.
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The People Who Originated the
"Bang"

Among the curious people in Ohio
are the Amish. who settled In Holmes
and Tuscarawas Counties at the be-
ginning of the century. They are
queer sect indeed, and their peculiar
ty of course is the fault oftheir religion
which was founded by a man who
spelled his name Amish, but pronounc
ed it Om-ish. They use homespur
cloth entirely and their only shades are
black, blue. gray and yellow. The
men wear great broad-brimmed black
hats. cowhide boots. pantaloons three
inches too short, flannel or checked
shirts and square cut coats reaching
just below the hips. They never shave
and their full boards are dark and fine
and shine like silk. Their hair, which
grows thick and straight. is never
touched by the profane hands OF PRO
fessional barber. Fathers cut the
children's hair while the mothers per
form the same task for the fathers
Beginning at the temple the shears arr
run in a direct line over the ear ane
down the neck, thence up over the
other ear to the other temple. The
top OF the head receives no attention
but the hair is combed forward over
the brow and then banged" bette
than any HAIR dresser in the country cal
do it. / asked an Amishman while ir
Tuscarawas county the other day how
long his people had been banging
their hair, and he told me that ole
Amish had originated the style owe
$50 years ago. Little did that piou
old soul imagine that he was setting
an example for the nineteenth centur,
swells to follow. By way ofa clincher
my informant declared that his grand
father. who fourished in Pennsylvania
with the other Amish, wore his hair ii
that manner as tar back as the revolu
tionary war Correspondence of tn
Cleveland Leader.
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JEFFERSON CITY.
Returns From l9l Counties in the
State--New Corporations.

JEFFERSON Cry, Nov. 12.-Official
returns ro4 counties, including St.
Louis City. give Cleveland a21,soo /;
Fusion electors, 100 o35; St. John,
r441; Cleveland's plurality, ,i,a6s,
majority over all, ao,Sa4 Marmaduke
2os ,6s4; Ford, Io4,244; Brooks, o.
7S5; Guitar, 10; Marmaduke's plurall-
ty, II, 500, majority over all, 1896.
On the first Constitutional amendment
the vote stands, Yes I39, ara mo,
Ia7.77S, majority for "Yes," II,434.
The counties yet to hear from are
Atchison. Carroll, Cass, Douglass
Mares, Ozark, St. Francois, Wayne
Webster and Wright. They gave
Hancock II.io3 and Garfield anc
Weaver II,726.
State Treasurer-elect J. M. Seiber
Of Cape Girardeau is in the city.
The Mechanics Mutual Buildin,
and Loan Association, St. Louis, cap
ital 81 ooo, 1000, and the Gomilla
Francis Mercantile Company, ST
Louis, capital $4,000, each filee
articles to-day.
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They Want a Change.

The strain of the suspense of the
election is generally regarded as Of in
calculable injury to every honest inter-
est. The effect on trade has already
attracted the attention of prominent
journals throughout the country. The
Boston Transcript declar's that nobody
but stock gamblers can do business
under such circumstances. and asserts
that everybody after this must agree
that our scheme of elections needs
radical revision that will relieve us
from part of them, or at all events
make the threat Of overturning the Ma
tional Government. recur less frequent
ly than once in every four years. 1t
hardly seems more that year ago that
virtual paralysis struck the country
while the presidential election of 1876
was held open, and here again is a
similar situation. Harper's Weekly
observes that "as the country grows
and the population rapidly increases,
the excitement and fury of the Presi-
dental election increase also, and
there is probably very large body OF
citizens who already regard their fire.
quent recurrence with dismay, if not
alarm. The prolongation OF the Pres
ident!al term is very desirable. The
term of four years contemplated very
different election from that to which
We are accustomed. 1t was not to be
concentrated upon two or three candi-
dates, but upon electors who were to
be actual electoral agents. Had The
fathers foreseen the fifty-five millions
of population within the century, and a
practically popular election of the
President, they would have forseen also
the feverish public turmoil, and they
would have decided that a longer
term would be more desirable
Wig.
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NEW YORK.
A Summary Of the Situation.


New York, Nov. 1.-THE follow.
ing is the Tribune's summary Of what
was done to day in counting the vote
officially:
The official canvass was completed
Yesterday (Tuesday) in thirty three
counties Of New York No consider
able change is made in these counties
from previously accepted figures. The
counties in which important questions
mey arise remain to be heard from.
and the final result may not be deter
mined for a week to come. In this
city the canvass is expected to last ten
days and in Brooklyn nearly as long.
St. Lawrence, Ontario. Chemung, Co.
lumbla, Albany, Otsego. Niagera, Liv-
ingston, Wayne, Ulster, Queens
Thompkins, Montgomery and Dutches
are among those which have adjourned
over. The figures furnished by the
Associated Press at 1890 o'clock on
Saturday morning, gave the state tc
Cleveland by about 7a4 plurality. Thi:
has since been reduced by the error
in New York and varied by Sigh
changes elsewhere so as TO leave
Cleveland or that basis AIS. Our owr
table on Thursday night gave Blaine
SS4, but the figures for Chattaraugu.
furnished by our special dispatch, anc
confirmed by both the Associated Pres
and the dispatch to the State Com
contained an error and the correction
brought down that table to 4oS fo
Blame. SO far as can yet be know
the truth probably lies between the tw'
At any rate there seems to be no reason
yet ascertained for believing that tn
plurality will amount to 500 either wa
, unless through unexpected action b
some of the boards of supervisors.
is idle to dispute or dogmatize over
margin.so narrow in vote SO larg
and with so many points of irregularit
: Or worse yet, to be passed upor.
is no time either to be over sanguiu
of success or to give up the case. W
can only hope for the results for whic
we have heen laboring.
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Valuable Cancsr Cure.

Some weeks ago subscriber Of this
paper handed us an article from the
Ithaca, N. ", Journal with the sugges-
ton that We republish IT for the benefit
Of any afflicted by this dread disease
and we now do so. The following IS
the article
''ln its issue of June 13th, 1882, the
/oarnai published receipt that was
said to be sure cure for cancer. We
thought nothing further Of the article
until one day this week two ladies'
called in and stated that they knew of
several instances where persons had
been cured of cancer by using the
remeoy. They gave the names Of
four residents of Enfield who had tried
the recipe and were satisfied that it had
positively cured them CT cancer. One
OF these is Mr.. Reuben Rolf, a well
known farmer of the town named. The
ether three prefer not to have their
names public. Mr.. Rolf has been af-
dicted with cancer four years and he
believes that the remedy saved his lite.
"As the article may have escaped the
eyes of some of our readers, we will
again publish this valuable recipe, and
would suggest that the reader cut it
out OF the paper and paste it in scrap
book The process is this:
"a piece Of sticking plaster is put
over the cancer with a circular piece
out of the centre, larger than the can
Ger, SO that the cancer and a small
circular nm of healthy skin next to il
were exposed. Then plaster made
OF chlonde of zinc. bloodroot aad
wheat flour was spread on a piece d
muslin the SIZE of this circular opening
and applied to the cancer for twenty
!: four hours. On removing it the can
Ger will be found burst into and ap
pear of the color and hardness of ar
; old shoe sole, and the circular rim out
side oft will appear white and parboil
ed, as if scaled by hot steam. Tht
wound IS not dressed and the outside
rim soon separates. and the canceI
! comes out in a hard lump and til,
place heals up. The plaster kills the
| cancer so the it sloughs out like dea,
! flesh and never grows in again. Th'
remedy was discovered by DR.. Fell o
London and has been used by him fo
SIX or eight years with unfailing success
! and not case has been known of tn
t temperance of the cancer when thi
: remedy has been applied"
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What MIR. Dana Thinks.

New YORK, Noy. 8.-Chailes A.
Dana, editor of the Sun was interview
ed to-day. He thought that Cleveland's
election would fer a time depress the
business interests OF the country. The
agitation Of the tariff question last
winter unsettled the minds of our men
of enterprise, and tended to strongly
prevent revival. Cleveland's election
looks in the same way. But these
things cannot last always, and besides
whatever Mr.. Cleveland's sentiments
may be, a free trade revision of the
tariff is impossible SO long as the re-
publlcans control the senate.
Regarding the Butler campaign, Mr..
Dana thought that General Buffers
representatives worked under great
difficulty. They had no party machin-
cry and probably they made mistakes.
He could not say whether the peoples
party would be an important factor
hereafter but the ideas which animate
the party will always be OF otimportance.
In reply to an inquiry as to what he
thought made Governor Cleveland
successful Mr.. Dana said
"Well, so far as Cleveland and his
managers are concerned, it was just
bull,headed luck. If there had been
no Burchard, Blaine would have been
elected. If Whitelaw Reid had been
able to convert the Tribune into q
Union office, the 5000 printers of New
York would all have voted for Blaine
and he would have been elected"
Mr.. Dana said Blaine should have
made friends with Conkling and the
Stalwarts year or more ago.
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Saving Seed Corn.


When husking corn save TIE best
and brightest ears with four or five
husks attached. When enough are
husked to make trace or braid two
feet long, 1t Is braided up, tied with a
strong cord and hung up on the kitchen
wall to dry. 1t hangs there till the
kernels at the end of the ear snap off,
then 1t is hung in cool dry place till
planting time. The mischief with seed
corn is that the cob does not get dry
and the chit Of the kernel moulds, so
of course it will not germinate. Dry
the corn thoroughly and there will be
no trouble about Its sprouting. unless
ii is hung where it gathers dampness
during the winter and gets black and
mouldy.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-11-14
"Sleeping Love"

A fine steel engraving of Perault's
charming picture, Sleeping Love-"
has been offered by the publishers of
GoDEY's LADY Book to every new SUBJ
scriber to the magazine for the year
1885. The plate is very artistic one,
beautifully printed on thick pauer of a
size suitable tor handsome framing.
The subject. little dimpled Love. ad-
orred with nothing but his baby
charms, ls lying on soft grassy couch,
tas asleep among the wild flowers, his
round, white limbs approaching the
cool umbrage of pond of water-lilies.
One little chubby hand rests lightly on
his unstrung bow, which is lying un-
der him, while the other hand is softly
pressed upon his cheek, the plump
fingers threading the wavy mass of
his floating hair. Under the right a, m
and shoulder one little downy wing is
snugly tucked away; while the other
peeps up from the back with pretty
suggestiveness. Overhead are droop-
ing, shadowy boughs covered with rich
foliage and the background reveals a
deep perspective OF coal forest shade
The picture Is one of striking sImplici-
ty, yet admirable composition, and the
figure of the Sleeping Love" himself,
with dropping eyel1ds and softly part
ed lips that offset the rounded beauty
of babyhood, is one Of the prettiest you
could well conceive OF. Messrs. ]. P.
Haulenbeck & Co., proprietors of
GoDEY's LADY's Book, have produced
this charming picture most successful
ly. 1t is much admired by some of the
most tastidious connoisseurs.
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The National Committee.

New YORK, Nov. 1.-The Repub.
lican National Committee has remov.
ed to Victoria Hotel, and Chairman
Jones, Senator Hobart and Messrs.
Elkins, Converse and Chaffee are
awaiting reports of the official count in
the state. Hon Emory A Storrs says:
'1t is the duty of Blaine to insist on a
fair count, for he has not been running
for fun, but as a representative Of
some millions of people"
The Democratic National Commit.
tee to-day issued a call to those inter
ested in Cleveland and Hendricks, for
money with which to defray the extra
ordinary, unexpected expenses occa.
sio1ed by the threatened dispute Of
the electoral vote in the State of New
York.
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Feeling Confidence IN the Future.

As Mr.. Vanderbilt says, there IS
everything in feeling confident In the
future. James Landing, Ark, used
to be situated in Tennessee. One night
the big river went on a bender, and
next morning the landing was on the
Arkansas shore. The half dozen resi-
dents crawled out of bed to be amazed
and dumb founded, and plunged into
dispair. After bit a steamboat came
along and turned her nose into The
band. and the Captain called out:
"WEat IN blazes has happenedY
"Th,s new cutoff has moved US into
Arkansas was the reply.
.Bad bad And how do You feel?"
well, we did feel all broke up at
first. but we've had meeting and
talked it over, and we've got a heap OF
confidence in the future. Come to iig.
yer up, we've Jumped Tennessee debts
10 the amount Of sSoO.-Ex.
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In an interview on the 9th inst,
Gen. John B. Henderson, of St. Louis,
concedlng Cleveland's election, said to
a Chronicle reporter that "there were
enough independent republicans in
New York to elect Blaine, if they had
voted for him, and enough democrats
who would have voted for him and
elected him, but who were driven of
by Burchard's Rum, Romanism and
Rebellion utterance. The tightness
of the money market since last May
was used against the republican party,
but the democrats can't undo that
policy without preciptatlng a panic.
They can't charge the financial OF
natior al bank system; they can't
change our revenue system, but they
may take off the tariff here and there.
To cut down the tariff generally they
must increase internal revenue tax, and
that is against their own policy Carl
Schurz. who, with Curtis, is now claim.
ing the honor of Cleveland's election
will 60 INTO the cabinet as the repre-
sentative of the independent republi.
cans, probably as secretary of the IN,
terror, and will dictate the western
policy OF the administration"
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The Peoria Transcript has discover
ed a surprisingly large number of peo-
pie who do not know or understand
the difference between plurality" and
majority" In a National election
the Presidential electors are chosen by
the popular vote Of the various States,
only a pfurality of the votes cast in
each State being necessary to choice.
In the electoral college, however, a
majority is necessary to elect Presi-
dent. A plurality is simply the num-
Der of votes one candidate receives
over another, while a majority is the
number he receives over all. A can
didate must receive over half of all the
votes cast to have a majority.