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Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-12-17
MARRIED.

M1LLER-CNNNELL-In this city
Dec. 18th by W. J. Martindale,
George NJ. Miller, of Brashear,
to Miss Ella Connell, of Salt
river township.
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SCHOOL OF SHORT HAND,
And Type Writing; Rooms Over
Adams Piano Store.

The best system of Short Hand
In the world. No business educa-
ton complete without it. Learned
with half of the time and expense
OF any other system. Lessons sent
by mail. Alsoagent for the Crandall
Type Writer. For particulars adj
dress FRANK SWEET,
Kirksville, Mo.
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FOR SALE-Fine farm of 100

acres, within three fourths mile of corporation
of Kirksvjlle good house. barn, and orchard.
all in cultivation. Excellent land and plowed
ready for sping seeding; well watered. \ most
desirable property. Address this Office.
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FOR SALE.

Good new house of four rooms,
and two acres of land in northeast
part of town. Address this office.
pFRSONAI
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WANTED

All those indebted to the under
signed to please cone forward
at oLce and settle with the cash.
2w L. A. WILLARD.
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For Sale.-House and two lot
in the east part of town. Address
this Office.
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MONEY TO LOAN.

Money to loan at Z per cent.
Call on r. l.. barrow.
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Money Saved is Money Twice Earned

The lowest rates of interest and
most liberal terms are given by
w. II. Clark Kirksville.
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Finest line of Muf-
fers and silk hand
kerchiefs in North
Missouri, for CON-
mon sense holiday
presents, at the Star
Store.
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KIRKSvILLE R. R. TIME TABLE.

Wabash Time Card.
GOING SOUTH.
No. Mail 8 81 a. NJ.
No. s ST. Louis Express ll:47 p. NJ.
No. p Local Freight l1.40 A. NJ.
No. 20 Through Freight 10:45 A. NJ.
GOING NORTH.
No. st. Paul Express 4:16 A. N.
No. 5 Mail 5:12 P. NJ.
Ne. q Local Freight PIP p. NJ.
No. 81 Through Freight 1o:i5A. NJ.
No 2 and sare daily. Through freight trains
do not carry passengers.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-12-17

The best line of
boots and shoes in
Kirksville, and the
lowest prices for the
same quality, at the
Star Store.
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Quincy, Missouri & Pacific R. R.
EAST.
Nail and Express arrives 7.T6 \,
Freight arrives 1.,5 P. Nj
WEST.
Mail and Express arrives 7:SO P. NJ.
Freight arrives 1910 p. NJ.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-07-08
Discount NV Bills.

II make it q rule to discount my bills
in thirty days." said well-known retail
merchant in Northern Ohio, who re-
Gently was in this market buying goods.
any discounts add considerably to my
profits in the course of a year. buy
oftener and smaller bills than under
the old system of purchasing new goods
only twice year, spring and fall.
Prompt paying has caused me to buy
with more caution and judgment.
Il carefully make out a memorandum
of what l want and adhere to it. try
to take no chances on the goods in
tend to pay cash for, or inside of a
month. buy the goods that please
myself and my trade, and not what
pleases the iobber or the salesman to
sell me- L ask no favors in the way of
credit, and am therefore independent
and can buy where it best suits me-"
"How did you get in the condition
where you could buy for cash ?" was
our inquiry. Had you large capital
to commence WITH" To which he re-
piled: my original capital at the start
was less than $500. 1 made money by
saving it. had no clerk for the first
two years, doing all my own work. 1
was economical in my store and living
expenses, and always have been.
Il have been selling goods for twen-
ty-five years, and l have made money
every year. have never Endorsed a
note nor bet on horse race. have
always found enough to do in taking
care of my business and of my profits. "
N. Y Dry Goods Chronicle.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-07-08

These votes are an emphatic contradiction of
the assertion Of the gentleman from Illinois.
Mr.. Chairman, this bill seeks 70 destroy vital
feature i'm the civil-sorvice act by making the
appropriation of the money necessary To its due
execution dependent the condition that the
rules governing the selection OF public serv-
ants be 80 changed as 10 give easy OPP
portunity for making appointments exclusive
ly from one political party. The change pro-
posed is radical, and il coerced will insure a
turn 20 the old method Of rewarding party
zeal" and disregarding proved competency and
personal merit. IL is evident that this change
Is suggested by the greed OF the place-hunters.
The spokesman Is 20 have n chance.
There is statesmanship, sir, that has no
Sinai higher than official position, and whose
decalogue begins and ends with ITO the victors
belong the spols." These profess TO believe
that when Grover Cleveland was elected 10 the
Presidency the election carried with IL TO the
Democratic PARTY every Office within the control
of the Executive little and big. from spittoon-
cleaner or tOwel-washer TO a Cabinet Minister.
II strikes me that Is too broad n claim for the
size of the victory. Sir although Mr. Cleveland
elected, he was not the chico OF a majority
of the legal votes cast in 1854. OF total vote
Of 1O056.3l his vote was but l9ll,0l7 or 13I,3
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-07-08

THE incoming of the Democratic admin
istration was a misfortune to the sitting
Democratic Congressman. So long as the
Republicans controlled the offices nothing
was expected by the supporters Of the
Democratic Congressman, but as soon as
the Bourbon party came into power the
hungry Democrats all expected places. OF
course, many had to be disappointed, and
these became the enemies of the Congress-
men from their districts. The beginning
of the end has been seen. John r. Eden,
of the Seventeenth District, has been laid
on the shelf; James NJ. Riggs, of the
Twelfth. has failed to get a denomination,
and even Colonel Morrison himself is
threatened with defeat down in the Eigh-
teenth District. Ward is pretty sure to lose
the Third District, and Neece stands almost
no show of going back from the Eleventh,
while Worthington in the Tenth and
Townshend in the Nineteenth have no
mortgages on their districts. There is a
very good chance for large Republican in
crease in the Illinois delegation of the next
Congress. Chicago NeUs.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-07-08
Great Expectations.

There was an heir born in the Nose
Schaumburg family not long since. To
say that Nose was proud is to draw it
very mildly. On the day the infant was
baptized circumcised, we believe it is
called-a young Israelite out of en-
ployment approached Nose and said:
IL would like very meooh to get a
position NIT you as pookkeeper, ven
you has vacancy"
Der vas a vacancy" replied Nose,
"but / keeps dot blaze open for my
son, who will succeed me in pishness. I"
-TerdS SUtings.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-07-08

THE Spanish Cortes has declared, by
rousing majority, that autonomy will
never, never, be granted to Cuba.
There is no Gladstone in Tpain to
champion the cause of the islanders,
and the only method by which they can
hope to carry their point is that of rev.
olution. In point of fact, however, the
Cubans are scarcely better fitted than
the Apache Indians to undertake the
task of governing themselves. Popu-
lar government in the tropics is an ex-
otic that has never attained a healthy
existence, and more unpromising field
could hardly be selected for the exper-
iment than Cuba. The Spaniards have
made a mess of the management of
Cuban affairs, but badly as the Cubans
are now governed, their condition would
doubtless become vastly worse if they
were left to themselves.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-07-08

THERE is cave about four miles
from Houston, Texas, about one hun
dred feet long, sixty feet broad, and
from four to sixteen feet in height,
where numberless bats roost by day. 1t
is said that there are so many that it
takes them nearly an hour to get into
the cave each morning, and in the rush
hundreds are killed. 1t is proposed to
form a company to collect and utilize
batskins.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-07-08

COLONEL CONWAY, who has been for
twelve years in Arizona, Colorado, Wy
oming, and Mexico, says that all the
noted desperadoes that he saw there
were blondes. He says: "Masterson,
the famous Sheriff of Dodge, who had
killed twenty-seven men when he was
twenty-seven years old, has light hair
and blue eyes. So has Doc Halliday,
exiled from Arizona for trying to kill
all of Tombstone in one day. The Erp
brothers could join Lydia Thompson
troupe, if yellow curls went for any
thing. Luke Short, notorious through
out the entire West, is a little fellow OF
q blonde cast; and that is the complex
ion of Mark Duggan and Jim Kinney,
two very bad men of great renown in
Colorado.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-07-08

IT is refreshing when after reading a
long and tiresome article by some col
lege professor, to hear the following
laconic address delivered to the grad
uating class of the University of the
Pacific by President Stratton. APP
preaching them with that characteristic
blending of fatherly dignity and broth
erly warmth which has made his Pres
idency such signal success, he said
only: Young ladies and gentlemen of
the graduating class, be true-true to
your instructors, true to your alma
mater, true to yourselves, true to your
God; and, as your past has been hon
orable, your future shall be assured"
Every auditor applauded with delight
every graduate will remember it for
life.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-07-08
Yes. to BE Sure.

"Yes," said Fogg, in a facetious vein,
"thirty years ago Charley could not
read or write; now he speaks two Ian
guages besides his own. and is more Oh
less familiar with half a dozen more.
What do you think of that?"
Wonderful! echoed the boarders.
"And how old did you say he was ?"
asked Jones.
Fogg-Twenty-five next summer.
Chorus-H m !-Boston Transcript.
Ir was not the large farming system
which helped to destroy the Roman
Empire, but the poor agriculture, the
waste, the extravaganza, bad manage
ment, aversion to labor, and general
discomfort, the natural fruit in the rural
districts of slavery.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-07-08

BRICK PoMERoY is not dead yet. He
publishes paper in New York, in late
number of which he says: THE handspring
of Democracy in this city is coiled in the
worm of the still. The ghost of Thomas
Jefferson is not deuce high beside glass
of whisky or schooner of beer. You
could no more run a Democratic party in
this city without whisky than you could run
hell without fire. Ten hours of prostitu-
ton, with whisky in the back room, cham
payne in the parlor, and politicians
upstairs, count more than all the
churches on Manhattan Island when it
comes to setting the machine. There is no
want for nor welcome to a Democrat in
this city who is not in favor of rum as the
great Alpha and Omega for the Democratic
appliance for controlling power"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-07-08

DIR. MUNFoRD, proprietor of the
Kansas City Times, who was shot in a
street-car and badly wounded the other
day by an Infatuated lawyer, has had
some experience in the same way. He
entered the Confederate army when a
youth, and in one of the battles of the
Southwest he was terribly wounded.
For years he was no better than liv-
ing skeleton, but good nursing and
surgery saved him, and he finally took
up journalism in Kansas City. He
bought the Times when it was in bad
way financially, and he has built it up
to profitable property.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-07-08

In the third class at the Naval Acad-
envy, at Annapolis, is cadet named
Norton who is the smallest man in the
school, being one-fourth inch under
five feet in height. In 1882 Norton
tried to enter, but was refused admis-
sion because of his being understood.
The young fellow then returned home,
and finding that his Congressman mad
ordered a new examination to fill his
place, he entered and again took the
prize from nineteen others. This time
he was admitted to the Academy condi-
tionaI upon his growing the one-fourth
inch within year. In May, 1885, he
was tried and found wanting, but given
another year to stretch himself in.
The night before this years physical
examination Norton was sitting in his
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-07-08
And So an End!

Mr.. Morrison stated to the House of Rep
resentative that he had concluded not to
call up the tariff revision bill. What he
really meant to say was that the tariff
reform end of the Democrat Whdt-is-it
had decided not to call up the anti-tariff-
reform end of that phenomenal concern.
SO ends in this Congress, even as ended
in its predecessor, the pledge and promise
of tariff reform that was made to the coun-
try by that double-tongued wench of lost
virtue, the "star-eyed goddess of REFORM"
-ChicdgO Times. Dem.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-07-08

quarters feeling rather down-hearted,
as he could not be induced to grow.
Suddenly his roommate, Lloyd Chand-
Ter, son of ex-Secretary Chandler, was
seized with an idea, which he proceeded
to carry into execution. With the aid
of a broom handle he raised several
bumps upon Norton's head, and in the
morning the dignified doctors were
astonished to find that the midget"
had no difficulty in passing the five-foot
limit.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-07-08

STEPHEN KELLY, of Philadelphia, is
probably the only living man who ever
had the pleasure of decorating his own
grave. The army records and the
records of Gettysburg Cemetery insist
that he is buried there, and Stephen
persists in going up every year and
strewing flowers over his supposititious
last resting-place.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-07-08

A WEALTHY citizen of Lancaster, Pa,
who died some time since, disposed of
$4,000 under the following curious
clause in his will: "The remainder of
my estate 1 bequeath to be used in
means to ascertain what children were
created to do: That the child may be
directed to and instructed in what he
or she is best adapted to do. The will
was contested and has just been set
aside. The jury doubtless agreed with
out hesitation that man who did not
know that children were created to
make matters lively for the old folks
must nece ssarily be of unsound mind.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-07-08

THIRTY-FIvE business men who daily
travel between Boston and Falmouth,
on the Old Colony Road, by paying
800 each in addition to the regular
fare have secured the exclusive services
of train that is said to make the fast
est time in America. The journey usu-
ally required three hours, but "The
Flying Dude" as the boys call it, can
do it III one hour and ten minutes.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-07-08
The Trme gurtheruer.
PAW PAW. MICHIGAN.

COMPANIES that insure against loss
by wind-storms are fast being organ
lied in the West. One of them has
this advertisement in n Kansas City
newspaper: "The black monster of the
air has already appeared in 1886. Take
out a tornado policy in the Pioneer
Cyclone and Windstorm Company.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-07-08

"How MANY quilts does it take to
make a goose?" asked a teacher of
young lady pupil. IF he uses it to
write love letter with, one will usually
sucffie," she answered.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-07-08

SOCIALISTS would divide capital where
society is established, not make il in an
open, unoccupied field.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-07-08

were left to themselves.
THE recent visit of Judge Hol-
man to his Indiana constitu-
ents for the purpose of fixing his
fences" writes a Washington cores
pondent, recalls the origin of the now
famous phrase. In the spring of 1850,
two months before the meeting of the
Chicago Convention, John Sherman,
then Secretary of the Treasury, an
nounced at Cabinet meeting one af-
ternoon that he was going to Ohio.
Has your visit any political signifi-
cancel" asked friend at the Cabinet
table. None whatever" was the re-
ply. In the spring of the year the
fences about my farm at Mansfield re-
quire a great deal of fixing. 1 must go
out and see that the work is properly
done" This sage answer raised a
hearty laugh. Nobody was deceived
by it because Mr.. Sherman was then a
recognized candidate for Presidential
nomination. The incident was soon
the talk of the town. Horace Porter
put the saying into its present shape,
however, under the following circum-
stances: Travelling en- route to the
Chicago Convention in Mr.. Pullman's
company, near Mansfield the car il
which these gentlemen, with a few
friends, were jolted terribly. "Whai
is the NATTER" shouted Governor Me-
Cormack. "One of John Sherman's
fence rails has got upon the track, !"
promptly explained Horace Porter. It
will be seen that this form of describ-
ing politiCa al wire pulling is quite new.
The Secretary of the Interior re-
Gently sent to Senator Sherman, the
chairman of the Senate Committee on
Foreign Affairs, letter transmitting a
very complete report, made by Major
Powell, superintendent of the geologi-
cal survey, on the Senate bill, intro
duced some time since, ito facilitate
the settlement and develop the re-
sources of the Territory of Alaska, and
to open an overland commercial route
between the United States, Asiatic Rus
STA and Japan" This report is very
full, and is accompanied by two large
,,,o,o Major Dowal1 save N ro,1
road is feasible over this vast extent of
country, and the difficulties to be over
come are not particularly greater than
those that have already been mastered
in constructing the transcontinental
roads already in operation. He says
the distance from Northern Montana
to Behring Sea is $500 miles. This
distance. for convenience, he divides
into three parts, as follows: /. From
some point on the Northern Pacific
Railroad in Montana to the headwaters
of the Peace River. 2. From the head
waters of the Peace River to the head
waters of the Yukon. 3. From the
headwaters of the Yukon to some point
on the shore of Behring Sea. The re-
port then goes on to give pretty gen.
eral discussion of the region over which
proposed route would pass, and tells
of the geological formation and gen
eral prospects of the country for settle
ment and business. In general way
the recommendation is that the pro-
posed road shall follow the beds of
streams, instead of the plains, where it
would be necessary to span many gull
lies. Advantage is taken of the report
made by the explorers who were sent
by the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany in 1865 to map out route for
that company to run its lines.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-07-08

neutrality-suspicious. 90; Democratic, g.
In 1864 the soldiers vote was as follows TO wit:
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-07-08

Percentages: Republican, sl.l3; Democratic,
1887.
In 1868 the soldiers vote was as follows. to
wit
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-05-08
CANON FARRAR's NEW BOOK.

A few weeks ago, when Canon Farrar
was in this country, tens of thousands
of people paid as much as one dollar
each to hear single lecture delivered
by him, and were we'll pleased with
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of the most important of those lectures
and addresses with other papers are
now published by John B. Alden, of
New York, and can now be had in
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for the price of 40 cents. Some of the
lectures are also published separately
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the lecture on Dante sells for 3 cents;
on temperance, 2 cents: OH Ideals OF
Nations,2 cents Thoughts on America,
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publisher, 1893 Pearl st New York.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-05-08
ALDEN'S LIBRARY MAGAZINE.

This popular Magazine, which, be-
ginning with the month of May, was
transformed from an octave monthly
into a handy, small quarto weekly, has
taken other steps in the line of pro-
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pears in new and larger type, and ais"
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In its new appearance it become one OF
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field, while it is beyond ravalry in econ
Omy of cost, 81 so per year. From the
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Usher. John B. Alden, 1913 Pearl ST.,
New York.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1886-05-08
THE REPUBLICANS HAVE NO LEAD
ER IN CONGRESS-.
From the Chicago Daily News.I

The trouble with the republican
majority in the senate seems to be that
it has not leader. Mr.. Edmunds as
sumed that role and led off in his
attack OIL the president, but with all his
skill! as a parliamentarian he was only
able to get his resolutions adopted by
one majority. Mr.. Edmunds opposed
the confirmation of Judge Merrick to
be a Justice of the district superior
court, and, although the appOintee was
known to have sympathized with the
lost cause during the war, six republic
| can senators voted with the democrats,
and he was confirmed.
While Mr. EdmundsiS man OF mas
sive abilities, he has not single one OF
the other qualities necessary tor
great leader. He is as unlike Mr..
Conkling as it is possible to be.
Edmunds is a man who dictates to his
friends, while Conkling dictated to his
enemies. Edmunds, during his long
service in the senate, never had an in
innate personal friend except Thurman,
who was a democrat; Conkling had
scores of them in both houses, whose
desires and wishes he made his own
personal concerns. Mr.. COnkling's 9
following was personal as well as
political one, while Mr.. Edmunds can
not secure adherents even on questions
of vital political Importance.
The majority followed Mr.. Conkling,
but Mr.. Edmunds is unable to drive 1t.
While the republicans have some strong
, men in the senate, they have not q
leader. There are men of Conkling's
f loyalty, and legal acumen, but there is
not one with his courage. audacity land
mastery ability to take in the whole
situation at a glance. He was the re-
!. publican leader of the senate wheI
9 Edmunds, Chandler, Morton, Hamlin
Morrill,, Cameron, and all the othe
great leaders were members of tha
body. The majority in the senat
needs man not only OF ability, but o
n genius as leader.