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Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-12-26
NATURES VITAL HEALING
POWERS.

employed though AIR, WATER, FOOD, |
HEAT. LIGHT, ELECTRICITY, MAGNE- |
TlsM. VITAL SPIRIT aided yihe wonderful lit |
tie Giant Electric Battery and The New Patent FL
Poison extracted from the system ami the blood
purified. The system elearso OF mercury. tobacco;
MI; ed n position 90 be reached and cured by
natures remedies. have opened Nee tor The
teafmeut OF the afflicted az my resitieurs. two
blocks northeast of the square where fully PEE
pared with the applause OF This new. wonderful;
kinds of CHRONIC DISEASES, Seroisla Rheuma-
ism, Dropsy, Cancer. Neuralgia, Dy.Pepsia aud
ali female diseases Q. sseTS = I'D All diseases
who have f.ied - ind reiicf by lie old system OF
treatment are invited to call and see ME Consul
KIRKsyILLE, No.
Office and Residence Blocks, northeast OF rub
lie square. nse-sh
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-12-26

The people are going in crowds to
the 0. P. G. G. II.
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COME AND SETTLE UP.

One and all good. bad and Indifferent. I am at
the Old Stand in the Normal Book store waiting
for You 20 come in and settle what you owe me,
anyhow co,ue and see me ana let us reason togeth-
er. need money worse than anybody. come do
me all the good YOU can, anyhow those that have
open acrt's come and give yuur note or the cash
which is far better. will only be here short
time. Am here expressly 10 collect.
W. B. HARLAN.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-12-26

Bbl. of Orleans suQarjust received al
C. E. Markey's. 33.2
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-12-26

CLOAKS, CLOAKS.
Great slaughter in
prices On cloaks. You
can buy them at your
own price. They
must go. Ii you need
a cloak don't miss this
golden opportunity.
Respt., n. Y. STORE.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-12-26

Go and examine the Is or. knives,
forks and spoons at A. Butchers,
White front, south side.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-12-26

Look at our Show Win
dow and make your selec-
ton from the largest and most
fashionable line of Hanker-
chiefs, Hoods and Ladies'
Neck Wear in town. Bought
at a discount Of SO 1-3 per
cent in New York and offered
to you at Less than whole
sale prices. Now is the time
to buy nice useful Christ
mas present at prices which
cannot be duplicated.
Mcchesney & EicheIbeyer.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-12-26
Goods Lady's Book.

Is the Oldest family magazine In America, and In
Fashion Magazine. especially As Its circulation
prob ably covers the largest area Of any Americas
pub icaiiou It's patrons being found In eiyiz-
ed country under the SUM- 1885 will mark the 1fty
shall not only exc ed In excellence in every de-
partment anything IN Its previous history. but snr
pass In atractlyeness, quality and quantity any
other agaziue published for the same price. The
Magazine, during 1855, viii contain:
1000 pages OF readng consisting of stofies novels
by the gAzine writer's also art and current
notes, charsdts, dialogues, lessons dressmakinx
and cooking
2J Prac'ica recipes: besides descriptions os
fashions, domestic and foreign.
$50 pages i'll, strating Fashion In coiors, and
black and white.
sopuges illustrating rstey work In coiors and
black and white.
q pages OF select music.
Is Beautiful engravings.
IL llnssratioDs o. architectural designs: btsidsz
illustrations OF Household Interiors and stories.
Each subscriber will be allowed to make . sefec.
ton each month ola FulI lie cur paper patti ern,'
OF any design illustrated in the Magazine Without
cost: m patteFs are worth than the price
OF the Magazue. We wilt also presen. 20 every
subscriber steel engraving tor framIngl of Pre-
ault's ceiebFased picture sleeping Love ~ per.
| psret expressly ior this Magazine.
As Ooury s Lady g Book has faithfully observed
It's Promises with the public for dfty four years
there Mgeh De no doubt a0ouf the above offer be-
Ing fulfilled tothe letter. SGbscr ton pfice 81 90
! year. sample copies. Is cenIs-
: Address,
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?. o. Lock Box Hi,
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Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-12-26

Iowa and Spring Creek coal at Hoye
&Cos.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1884-12-26

UANTED A man and wife, with
w out family or an elderly LADY to take
charge az house and act Ms hoasekeeper, and care
ar three small children g.. Z, aud 10 years old 8
miles east Of kitkstile. Inquire at this Office.
Connecticut western news., 1884-04-09
"That Lass O' LourIe's."

The Pocahontas mine disaster revealed a situation which reminds one of Mrs. Burnett's novel. The story is told as follows:--
 "About sundown n hardy lass, with a tall and fine physique, sprang upon a stump and exclaimed: T have father in that mine, boys. He is dead, and I know it, but loved him and want to bury his body decently. I will marry any man in this crowd who will lead party into the mine This singular appeal met with no response, although the girl, whose name is Mollie Morris, is the object of admiration among the young men,"
 It would be little becoming to qnes- ton the courage of men situated under such circumstances, or to weigh the in- fluence of such a motive for daring act as was offered by Mollie Morris. There is one thing to be said for her, though: she offered all she had to give. To her filial devotion the recovery of her dead fathers remains demanded from her that complete self-abnegation which is signi- fled by such an offer. She seems to have been a girl above the common or der of miners wives and daughters, and the offering of herself, her life and her hopes-for competition, would appear a foolhardy thing, but for one fact. View ing the question from the standpoint of Darwin's theory of "the survival of the Attest" the man who would elect to risk his life in the dangerous pursuit to which she invited him, would be pre- cisely that one of those present who would probably best deserve and be most worthy of her. For he must needs appreciate the nobility of the girls self sacrifice, and her worthy respect for her dead fathers memory-as well as be in possession of the merely physical cour' age required. None such appeared, nnd it is evident the standard of heroismi moral or physical, in that locality, was not equal to Mollie Merris's demand This fact does not detract, however from the dramatic value of the situation N !. TeleoraBl.
Connecticut western news., 1884-04-09
The Pension Bill.

The United States House Committee on Invalid Pensions by a vote of to 4 decided to report adversely upon the Price bill to pension all soldiers who served in the late war at the rate of twenty-two cents per month for each month of service. The bill of Represent ative Robinson, of Ohio, to place all ex. Union soldiers who were confined in Con- federate prisons upon the pension rolls and to pay them g. per day for each day of their imprisonment, was taken up and Representative Watson offered a substi- tute, providing that 0 pension shall be given to any ex-Union prisoner of war whom board of pension surgeons shall find to be suffering from any disability, either general or specific, and also pro. viding for the pensioning of the widow of any Union soldier who was confined in Confederate prison and died from the effects of his confinement. The only evidence necessary in the latter case to be the testimony of the physician who attended her husband in his last illness The substitute was adopted by a vote of to &
Connecticut western news., 1884-04-09
A Change for the Better.

There are more temperance organiza- tions and societies in the country to-day, more men who are total abstainers, than at any time in it's history. There are three or four States where the sentiment against the use of intoxicating drinks is so strong that their Legislatures have been compelled to adopt stringent legi- station on the subject. The memory of most men living can recall the time when the National Congress, the Senate as well as the House of Representatives, witnessed scenes of intoxication that shocked and disgraced the whole coun- try. Strong drink was openly sold in both wings of the Capitol at Washing ton, and it was an ordinary occurrence to see drunken Senators and Representa- tives staggering through the corridors to their seats in the two branches of the National Legislature. It is true that liquor is still sold there; but it is in vio- lation of the rules. The Congressional revelry has come to an end, and no man who is known as habitual drunkard, no matter how great his ability or how excellent in other respects, can retain his seat in either body. This is true oi nearly all the State Legislatures. Ninety per cent. of the officeholders of the country, State and Federal, are men oi temperate habits. They cannot, in fact be elected or appointed if their lives are in this respect, a scandal. In private business houses the same rule obtains The clerk who is heavy drinker is very soon invited to seek another position | NeaO York Hour.
Connecticut western news., 1884-04-09

At ten o'clock Thursday night, in the dense fog that prevailed along the Nova Scotia coast, the Belgian steamer Daniel Steinmann of the White Cross line drove on the ledge of rocks called the Sisters, Samhro Island, and then backed of and sank in about fifty feet of water.
 The Daniel Steinmann left Antwerp on March 20, under the command of Capt. Van Schoonhoven. She carried n cargo of telegraph wire and general merchan. disc. Her crew numbered 39 men, all told. She carried in the steerage 94 passengers, all Germans. twenty of whom were to land at Halifax and the rest in New York.
 She was also to land 800 tons of freight at Halifax. The steamer was reported at St. Catharine's Point, near Antwerp, two days after leaving. The next thing heard of her was when the light keeper on Sambro Island heard her whistle as she was going down. A few rockets were seen from the shore, but tho storm prevented any one going to her rescue,
 Seven souls came ashore somehow in the night, and were safely landed through the surf. They reported that some of the crew were clinging to the rigging, part of which was above water. During the night the weather continued too rough to permit any one to get to the assistance of the men on the wreck, although it was only 200 yards away, but at daylight fisherman named Gil kie launched flatboat and brought ofl Capt. Van Schoonhoven and boy who had been secured in the rigging by the Captain. These two were the only ones left in the rigging.
 Sambro Island is one of many lodges of rock of the south coast of Nova Scotia, and around the entrance to the bay. It is about one mile and half from the main land. on the westerly side of the entrance to Chebucto Bay, which forms the harbor of Halifax. It is nearly 20 miles from Halifax. There is lighthouse on it, to show the entrance to the bay, and a bell which is rung during fogs. In thick weather this is . very dangerous locality, the water being over fifty fathoms deep right up to the rocks.
 A westerly current also sets along the coast and carries vessels ftom the east beyond the harbor in thick weather be fore they know where they are. The coast of the main land is very high and bold. Many wrecks occur there yearly The White Star steamer Atlantic, while trying to make Halifax, ran on the rocks twenty-three miles west of the hnrhol on April l, 1873. and was lost, with 57C passengers.
Connecticut western news., 1884-04-09
Warm for the Soldiers.

The heat which has destroyed so many of Gen. Graham's horses and camels, and is now prostrating his soldiers like wise, shows the folly of employing British instead of Hindu troops in desert warfare. At the same time it must be remembered that the sun of the tropics frequently makes fearful havoc among transport beasts while striking down comparatively few men, and that of the men thus struck down a very small proportion actually die. The gar rison of Cawnpore, in June, 1857, though encamped for 21 days on an open plain, without any shelter from a heat which seldom fell below 13S, lost by the sun, by disease, and by the enemy's fire only 12 lives a day. Even more re- markable was the experience of one of the five Russian columns directed against Khiva in 1873. During its march across the Kara-Koum Desert from the Caspian seaboard to Orta-Kuyu where it was forced to turn baek-it encountered heat varying from l25 to 139, and lost upward of 4,S00 horses and camels. But although the troops were more than once over two days without water, an officer attached to the expedi. ton has recorded that of the many men who fell out of their ranks only four actually died.
Connecticut western news., 1884-04-09
FOUD ADULTERATION.
WHAT WE EAT AND DRINK, AND HOW IT
 IS FIXED UP FOR US.

It is useless to any longer believe that in order to obtain the best food products it is necessary only to pay the highest prices. Cost once was an unfailing stand ard of quality, but this was in the days when adulteration was so clumsiiy performed that any one could detect 1t. If a dishonest grocer of the olden time put sand in his sugar, any suspicious house. wife could discover it by looking at the sediment in her teacup, but nowadays refined sugars are the rule, and while they are seldom adulterated with the in tent to deceive there are refining pro- cesses which leave deleterious matter in the final product. Starch, instead of fruit, is the basis of most jellies. Flour barrels seldom contain anything but wheat flour, but soIea of this which is utterly unit to eat is mixed so skillfully with higher grades, that the nutritive value of the mixture is far less than that of the commonest brands of sound flour. Even condiments are adulterated. Bran, finely ground and colored, Is sometimes found in pepper or mustard. Of itself it is harmless, but some materi- als with which it is colored are unfit to enter the human stomach. As for ground coffee, chicory may be quite healthful, but it is not coffee, nor substitute for it, and it can be bought separately by those who like it at half the price of or dinary coffee.
 The worst menaces, however, to health and life are found in the butter pail and the milk can. The recent investigation of oleomargarine found nothing against such artificial butter as is properly made, but it certainly warned the public against the use of some of the substi- tutes for butter, and it developed .the fact that fully half of the so-called butter trade is in imitation of the genuine dairy product The law requires that all imitation butter shall be conspicu- ously labelled as such; but there seems to be no one whose duty it is to see this rule is complied with in spirit, for one dealer declared that when he labelled a tub of oleomargarine so that everybody could see the name, he did not sell a pound in half year. It is therefore quite evident that imitation butter is purchased through ignorance and not from choice, and that it is retailed at higher prices than those who really want it would have to pay were it offered un- per it's proper name.
Connecticut western news., 1884-04-09
Wages Now Paid to Chicago Artisans.

The Chicago Times says: Below will be found few of the figures given in some of the leading trades, representing the wages paid per day for male arti- sans: Agricultural implements, S1.50 to $3; bakeries, S1.5O to S3; boots and shoes, $1 to $2.50; breweries, $1.50 to S2.50; brickmakers, $2.5 to S3.50; car penters, S2.5O to s; carriages and wagons, S1.5O to s3; cigars, S2.50 to $3; clothing, S1 to 8; confectioners, SIPS to S2. 50; distillers, S150 to $3; dress makers, S1. 50 to s3; dry goods, SIPS to s3; furniture, SIPS to S3.50; hotels, $1.50 to $3; iron works, S1.50 to S3; laundries, S1.25 to S2; lumber yards, $1.50 to $1.75; machinists, S2.25 to S3; painters s2 to S3; blaming mills S1.75 to g.; plasterers, $2 to S4; plumbers, S3 to S3.50; printers, $2 to $3; sewer builders, S2.5o to s5; soap factories, S2 to $3; tanners, S1.25 to $2; upholsterers, $3, and warehouses, $1. 75 to $2.25.
Connecticut western news., 1884-04-09
Moses in the SOudan.
AN ACCOUNT OF LITTLE WAR THAT PRE-
 CEDED FL MAHDI's BY MANY CENTURIES.


 The Soudan is none other than the Cush of the Bible, which the Septuagint and the Vulgate render Ethiopia. When Moses had arrived at mans estate Egypt was invaded by an Ethiopian army, which successfully laid waste the coun- try as far as Memphis. In their despair the Egyptians prayed to their oracles for ald, and the advice they received was that they should offer the leader ship of their armies to "Moses, the Hehrew." This they did. The great difficulty of the campaign was to trav- erse the roads which led to the Ethi- opian camp, in consequence of their be- ing infested with dangerous serpents. The willy Israelite provided his advance guard with number of ibes in baskets, and instructed the soldiers to let the birds loose on the serpents. By this in- genious expedient the roads were speedi- ly cleared, and Moses was enabled to surprise the Philippians and defeat them with great slaughter.
 Carrying the war into Meroe itself, Moses then laid siege to the capital, Saba. The obstinate resistance offered by the defenders prolonged the siege for some time, but eventually the city was delivered up by Tharbis, the daugh- ter of the Ethiopian king, who had watched Moses from a distance, and from admiring his valor had fallen in love with him. The story ends happily with the marriage of Moses and Tharbis. -Anaerica1 HebrelO.
Connecticut western news., 1884-04-09
He Couldn't Stand the Pressure.

For long time twenty chain makers employed at a rolling mill in Trenton, N. J., have been on strike. On Monday Joseph Billingham went to work at the reduced wages. That night the strikers wives held a meeting and appointed a committee to visit Billingham. On Tues day night he found the women waiting for him when he got home. They ap- preached him fiercely, and seemed about to infict7 bodily injuries when his wife thrust her infant into his arms. At the sight of the baby the women drew back, and finally left the house, after exacting from Billingham promise that he would leave the rolling mill.
Connecticut western news., 1884-04-09
Local News a Speciality.
DRA wv BLANK.

 The passionate grief beside the dying bed; The passionate longing for the vanished bliss; The passionate yearning for the glory fled; Of each we ask, "Can life bear worse than this P Aye--answer weary lips and tired eyes, To violent sorrows solace Nature grants; Worse than the worlds supremest agonies Are all it's empty blanks-its hopeless wants. When vivid lightnings flame and thunders crash,
 When the fierce winds lash the fierce sea to storm, We see the beacons by the lurid flash, The tossing spray-clouds glittering rainbows form; But when below the sulen drip of rain The waters sob along the hollow shore, 'Tis hard to think the sun can shine again, The dull waves gleam to living light once more. When time saps slowly strength and hope away,
 And the black gulf yawns by the lonely path, When the dumb night creeps on the empty day, And the one clew of all is held by death, Look not to faded joy or lingering love To wake the powers youth and faith had
 given; Take patiently the lot we all must prove, Till the great bar swings back and shows us heaven.
Connecticut western news., 1884-04-09
Imports and Exports.

The Chief of the Bureau of Statistics, of the United States, in his eighth monthly statement for the current fiscal year of the imports and exports of the United States, says:-
 The excess of the value of exports over i'm ports of merchandise was as follows;- Month ended February 20, 1884. s 6,60l, 65i Two months ended Feb. 29, 1884. 26,2s3 lS7 Eight months ended Feb. 20. 1884. ss, 299, s9a Twelve months ended Feb. 29, 1884. 100 4l9, ,13e
 The total values of the imports oi merchandise during the twelve months ended February %, 1884, were S6s2, 776, ,609, and during the twelve months ended February 2S, 1883, S750, 332, ,073, a decrease of S67, 555, AGA.
 The total values of the exports of merchandise during the twelve months ended February %, 1884, were S7S3,- 195, 745. and during the twelve months ended February 2S, 1883, S793, ,6S9, ,S54, decrease of $10, ,494, 109.
Connecticut western news., 1884-04-09
A DANGEROUS ELEMENT.

Sheriff Hawkins was interviewed on Saturday about the prospect. He said that he did not feel sure that there was no likelihood of further troubles, and would take all proper precautions to in- sure the safety of the jail and the prison CTS confined therein against attack.
 "There is an element in the city" !" continued the Sheriff, "that adheres to the opinion that the murderers who are in my charge must be hanged, and that very soon, either by a mob or through the usual process of the law. There are rumors of an organization in the city having for it's purpose the lynching of these men, but whether there is such an organization or not I cannot learn posi- lively. However, think it best to take every precaution, and I shall do my best to perform the duties which the law i'm poses upon me-"
Connecticut western news., 1884-04-09

WATER.-The city of Manchester, England, now has water reservoirs COW ering 844 acres, whose mains measure 643 miles, and they supply 10000, GOO gallons to 100000 people daily. The cost thus far has been e3, ,352, ,0OO.
Connecticut western news., 1884-04-09

THE GERMAN ARMY.-According to tue latest tabulation the total force of the German army on war footing would be ], 1,4s7, TOO men, not including from 320,000 to 340,000 well-trained soldiers of the Landsturm between thirty-two and forty-two years of age.
Connecticut western news., 1884-04-09

A FURNACE should be like good singer-able to. reach the upper register.
Connecticut western news., 1884-04-09
SAD LOSS OF LIFE.
THE DANIEL sTEINMANN LOST WITH
 EVERY SOUL ABOARD BUT NINE.

Driving Ashore SRmbrO Rock in the Night mud Fog-Three Passengers and Four of the Crew Come Ashore Alive and n Fishermnn Puts Out md Saves the Cap- tain and n Boy.
National Republican., 1884-04-08
New Church.

Tho Galbreth chapel congregation has pur-
chased very fine church on Sixth street
between l. and NJ, which will be dedicated
the first Sunday in May. The bishop Of the
diocese will conduct tho services. The
church is to be handsomely decorated with
flowers, and happy time is anticipated
Rev. Nathaniel j. Green, the pastor, will
attend the annual conference, which will
convene ou the sixteenth instant. His re-
turn is looked for about tho twenty-fourth,
when he will proceed with the arrangements
for the dedcatory services. This gentleman
has been in charge Of the church since the
removal of Rev. J. A. Mulligan on Feb. 8
and is beloved by all the congregation.
National Republican., 1884-04-08
A JOurnnlIst Conc,

John l.. Shaw, esq.,, late associate editor Of
the Sunday Gasette, died yesterday, April Z, at
$50 p. IN, after lingering illness, Of con-
sumption, at his residence, 1905 L street
northwest. Mr.. Shaw has been identified
more or less with the press of Washington for
the past twenty years. He was an able writer
and will be sadly missed by his late associates
and many friends.
National Republican., 1884-04-08
What we Spread On Our Bread.

The result of Prof. DE Smedt's tests OF
butter yesterday was as follows; Browning
& Middleton, butter; Snowden Courtenay,
butter; Corcoran Bros, butterine; j. $.
Brooks Bros, very fine butterino; same, fine
butterine; same, butter; b. f. Riley, butter:
same, fine butterine; Courtenay, butter. The
professor is still engaged in making tests oil
samples sent to him by the health office.
National Republican., 1884-04-08
Not ENcn Thanks.

A little page of The house found q large
wallet in one of tho cloak rooms yesterday,
containing $500 and some papers. The wal
let also contained letters addressed to Hon.
Joseph Rankin" OF Wisconsin, The page re-
turned the pocketbook TO its owner. He was
telling some persons Of his find later, and
when asked what the member had given,
said, Not even thanks"