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vides food for such quality and
in such variety as to furnish all
the needed constituents for the
production of eggs or meat, and
for keeping the fowls in health.
Common sense is another need
ed quality. tits not so common
after all. It is the same thing as
good judgement, and it comes into
active use at every turn the poultry
raiser makes. It helps him in Sc
lecting site for his business.in the
erection of his houses,and yards
the selection of his breed of fowls,
and in the methods of care, feed
ing and attendance required. The
successful poultry raiser is neces-
sarily man of wide information,
at least relating to his business.
He reads the experience of others.
He takes the best publications and
buys the best books that treat of
his occupations. He obtains much
advice, wise or otherwise, and his
common sense must be used
in selecting that which is to be
avoided. Not all the suggestions
which he hears does he follow.
Many are better left severely alone.
Others are helpful. He must out
of this mass select the helpful, and
reject all others, and by the aid of
his common sense he is able to do
lit.
Love for the business is essen
tial, the most essential quality for
the poultry raiser. A man may
have enterprise, be economical,
and be endowed with strong native
common sense, but unless he
loves the business he can never
succeed. This is true of any
business, but is especially true in
raising poultry. Ruskin says, and
the saying is older than he, that
Flowers flourish best in the
hands of those who love them. !"
Tennyson sings:
t.Her feet have touched the meadows
And left the daisies rosy"
which is but the poets way of ex-
pressing the same truth. Let any
at all discerning observer look at
flock of fowls and he can tell
whether their owner loves them or
not. 1t is loving care that pro-
duces the best results and love for
fowls is necessary to make them
. pay. Itproyides for all their wants,
makes them contented and happy,
and such fowls do their best. A
disconnected man or hen is a sorry
object. Neither will accomplish
the best thatnature designed them
, to do. The force which ought to
: be spent in the accomplishment
, of natures designs is dissipated in
fret and worry.
If man possesses these fou1
! qualities, enterprise, economy.
/ common sence, and a love fol
fowls, he is adapted for the bust.
, ness of poultry raising. Ii any
, one of them is lacking, he Is GER.
) tain not to win the highest sue.
Y cess. He may have great ability
! but some other field is the place
, for him to display it. It team never
: shine in the poultry-yard. Lee
: him leave this business for the
t man who possesses the necessary
$ requisites, and seek for himsel
v some other and more congenial EN-
ployment, where his peculia.
] qualities will enable him to vii
n that which alone makes any bust
n ness tolerable and for which maj
$ is willing to labor and to wait, al
:. enduring success.
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A counterfeit of the silver dol
lar of 1881, said to be the most
dangerous yet discovered, and one
that stands all the nicroscopical
tests, has appeared in Wisconsin.
The out side alone is silver, and
the only means of detection is in
the weight, which is forty-seven
grains short of the standard.
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Are you going South.

If so, it is of great Importance to
you to be fully informed as to the
cheapest, most direct and most
direct and most pleasant rout.
You will wish to purchase your
ticket via the route that will sub
ject you to no delays and by which
through trains are run. Before
you start you should provide
yourself with a map and time
table of the Kansas City, Fort
Scott & Gulf Railroad (Memphis
Short Route South). The only
direct route from and via Kansas
City to all points in Eastern and
Southern Kansas, Southwest Mis-
souri, and Texas Practically the
only route from the West to all
Southern cities. Entire trains
with Pullman Palace Sleeping
Cars and free Reclining Chair
Cars, Kansas City to Memphis;
through Sleeping Car Kansas
City to New Orleans. This is the
direct route, and many miles the
shortest line to Little Rock, Hot
Springs Eureka Springs, Fort
Smith, Van Buren,, Fayetteville
and all points in Arkansas. Send
for a large map. Send for a
copy of the Missouri and Kansas
Farmer an eight-page illustrated
paper, containing full and reliable
information in relation to the
great States of Missouri and Kan
sas. Issued monthly and mailed
free. Address.
J. E. LOCKWOOD.
G. P. q r. A. Kansas CITY.
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For SALE-Fine farm of $50
acres within 1-2 miles of Kirksville. Good
two story house of s rooms and cellar; SPLEEN
did orchard; living wells and one clstern
140 acres in cultivation; 20 acres in pasture,
and % acres in woodland all under fence good
barn; very desirable piece of property; a
bargain; address this office.
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U III IhI-N y I-hIt,
Sheriff Adair County. No.

Oregon papers boast of spring
flowers appearing in great profu-
sion upon their sunny hillsides.
But from news reports it is evident
that the most noticeable produc-
ton of the region is the blooming
hoodlum.
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White lilacs in bloom are
among the greatest attractions at a
New York horticultural show.
Dwarfed by potting they were
made little trees not more than
two feet high, perfect in shape
and snowy with bloom.
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Alvan Clark, the famous lens
maker of Cambridgeport, says
that the lens for the great Lick
telescope will be ready in about
two or three months. The finish
ing touches" alone remain to be
performed in order to make the
refraction perfect. These are done
with the end Of the finger dipped
in emery. The ability to do this
depends ON the sense of touch.
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For TRADE Two excellent
dwellings in Kirksville, for farm property
Farms within four or five ruiles of Kirksville,
preferred, or will sell for cash at bargain.
For particulars address GRAPHIC OFFICE.
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For SALE-Farm of so acres in
Liberty township, part second bottom land
soil fertile, orchard, house, barn, good fences
and well watered, good outlying range, house
within one mile of school house; Price $500;
stock taken in part payment; address this
office.
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sHERIFF.ss SALE.

Action on school bond. Adair county Va
John W. Zeigler.
Whereas. on the Sd day OF August, 1881,
John ". Zcigler and Cynthia A. Zeigler
made, executed and delivered their bond TO
Adair county to the use aud aeneiit OF the
swnmp land fund of said county, and 10 Sc.
cure the payment OF the sum Of money men,
toned In said bond, made executed aud de-
livered their mortgage deed TO Adair county,
containing pawer OF sale OF the following de-
scribed real estate In Adair county, Mo, to-
wit:
All 81 the north east fourth of the north
west quarter and the north west fourth OF the
north east quarter of section thirty.ilve, t35l,
township sixty two, (62l, OF ange seventeen
(l7), said tract containing eighty acres more
or less.
Now therefore, by virtue and authority OF
isri facias from the Office of tho Clerk of
the Adair County court, to me directed and
delivered, dated Marc Ii I'd, 1886. | have levied
upon and will sell at public sale TO the high
ct bidder for cash in hand, or on time with
approved secured for the payment Of pur-
chase money, with zen per cent, per annum,
before the Court House Door in the town Of
Kirksville, while the Circuit Court for sid
County OF Adair is in session, on
THURSDAY THE Is DAY OF
APRIL, 1886,
between the hours OF Q A. NJ, ana 5P. VI. OF that
day, the real estate above described. to salts
| fly said ieri facias ant costs.
J. Ell. KINNEAB.
Sheriff Adair County. Mo.
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FoR SALE-Farm of 800 acres,
all under good new fence. Good house; 40
acres in cultivation situated in north west
part of Macon county Drake township, three
miles north west from Walnut, also section
%, containing $40 acres all under good, new
.ence; well watered, timber convenient
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For SALE-Farm of lis acres
within one mile of KirksvilIe. Good room
house, two halls, two room cellar, closets and
pantries. Good farm, orchard of two hun
dred trees, small fruit, 100 acres in cultiva-
hon, Is acres in good pasture. Address this
Office.
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SHERIFF'S SALE.

Action on school bond. Adair county VS.
Robert A. Wells.
Whereas ON the End day of May 1881 Robert
A. Wells and Arrascitta Wells, his wife,
made executed and delivered their bond to
Adair county to the use and benefit of the
swamp land fupd of said county, and to Sc
cure the payment of the sum of money men
toned in said bond, made, executed and de-
livered their mortgage deed to Adair county,
containg power of sale of the following de-
scribed real estate in Adair county, No., to
wit: All of the north west 4 of the north east
quarter of section thirteen, (13), township
sixty three, (63), range sixteen, (lG), contain
ing forty acres more orless.
Now therefore, by virtue and authority of II
fieri facias issued from the Office of the Clerb
of the Adair county court, to me directed ano
delivered, dated March Sd, 1856, have Levied
upon and will sell at public sale to the high
est bidder for cash in hand, or on time with
approved security, for the payment of the
purchase money, with ten per cent. per an
mum, before the Court House Door in the
Town of Kirksville, while the Circuit Court or
said County of Adair is in session, on
THURSDAY, THE Is DAY OF
APRIL, 1886,
between the hours of ga. NJ. and P. NJ, of
that day, the real estate above described, to
satisfy said fieri facias ard costs.
j. FL. KINNEAR,
Sheriff Adair County Mo
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For SALE-Residence and two
lots in Klrksville, house contains rooms,
good well of living water; property well locat-
ed with sidewalks from the public square:
price 5000; apply at this Office.
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For SALE-Farm of 80 acres 81
miles southeast of Kirksville. Land first
class: price $1,000; address this Office.
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For SALE-Two good farms
containing 160 and 200 acres respectively, sit
uated near Wintersville, Sullivan county, Mo.
Excellent land; address William Hart, Green
castle, MO-, or this office.
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For SALE-Farm of 80 acres, 3
miles east of Sublstte, good new house, land
lays we'll; well watered. Price $3.50: apply
to Jas. Crow, Sublette, Mo-, or this office.
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For SALE, TRADE OR RENT.-A
good new house, four rooms, good out build
ings, water at door, five blocks from public
square. Address this office or E. B. Dodson.
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For SALE-Form of 140 acres
Ave miles from Kirksville, 100 acres in cult
yation balance in pasture. A bargain. Ad-
dress this office.
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FoB SALE-40 acres good land
one mile west of town, cheap for cash. APP
ply at this office.
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FoR SALE-160 acre farm within
seven miles of the beautiful, educational city
OF Kirksyille, $50 acres fenced in convenient
Eized fields; no acres in cultivation and
meadow, balance timber and pasture, good
farm house, plenty of fruit Of nearly all kinds
IL mile good hedge fence, balance board
fence, living stream runs across one end of
farm. Abundance of stock water, in sight of
good school house and churches. Title per-
feet and easy terms. Address this office.
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For SALE-Farm< of so acres, 60
acres fenced, 20 acres timber joining; good
frame house and outbuildings, situated in
Walnut township; address this Office.
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For SALE-A small farm of 20
acres, known as the Tommy Waddill place, a
cheap home for one of small capital; address
J. 81. Smith. Lindsrvills, Mo.
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For SALE-A farm of 100 acres,
situated eight miles east of Kirksville. Good
house, well watered. A very desirable piece
Of property Inquire at this office.
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For SALE-Eighty acre farm
hvs miles northeast of Kirksville: good house.
rooms and 2 room basement. Price S25 per
acre; address this office.
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For SALE.-Farm of 50 acres in
Thayer county Neb House Of seven rooms
good out buildings, price $1,000, 5000 cash
and balance in easy Payments, also piece of
school land near for $500 cash; address
Joseph Hodgson, Reynolds, Mel
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For SALE-00 acres of timber
land, has fine sugar camp, miles north
west of town, corners with the Brawner farm,
address this office.
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BIG 'PAY-For introducing
Buckeye Chun. G. F. BEARD, Republic, Ohio.
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FoR SALE-A farm of 160 acres
100 acres in cultivation, the balance in fine
young timber. A bargain ON easy terms ap-
ply at this Office. Property situated three
mile northwest of Adair, Mo. Good orchard.
Place we'll watered.
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For SALE-Farm containing
eighty -one and one half acre, 8 miles north.
asst of kirksville, one mile and a half from
ilroad depot; address this office.
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For SALE-Farm of 200 acres.
good house of 8 rooms, good barn, orchard
situated miles, south west of Brashear. e.
bargain on easy terms. Address this officA
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FARM FOR RENT-Farm of ITO
acres one mile from town, also graded and
cattle for sale. Address Gro.
RIcr, Kirksville. No. Terms cash.
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THURSDAY, THE Is DAY OF
APRIL. 1886.

between the hours of ga. NJ. and 5 P. NJ, of
that day, the real estate above described, to
satisfy said fieri facias ard costs.
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rHE BUSINESS MAN

when he travels wants TO GO quick, Tanis,9
ba c,mfortrbIs. wants 10 uTr,sc At desiirsr
ton on time, in fact. wants strictly Da,i.
ness trip, and consequently saSss ~
pouuIar Wabash Route. feeling tiiEt ne -
s,,re to meet his engagements snd CONTINUE
- 10000 ,u1 he hanff-
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The formula by which Mishler's Herb
Bitters is compounded is tyer tuo hun.
cred years old, and Of German origin.
The entire range II proprietary medicines
cannot produce preparation that en-
Joys so high q reputatios in the community
uhere it is made as
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-25
An Old Bible.
From the Cu,B6er, tGoJ literal.

From the CU,hbert (GG.) Liberal.
DR.. w. NJ. G. Westmoreland showed us,
last Wednesday morning, the ancient
copy of the Bible, of which some of our
readers have heard. 1t was printed in
1884 in London "by Robert Barker,
printer TO the Kings most excellent Ma
iesty, and by the assigns OF John Bill"
The typography and photography require
some study. Two hundred and fifty years
ago the art of printing was hut in its
infancy. And the same may be said
of the art OF spelling. The old German
text is the style OF type used in the
book, with the exception Of the address Of
the ''translators to the reader" The let
ter ''s' was made like the 81" OF our day.
The letter "u' was used for our ''v."
Words which we spell ending with 'y''
were terminated with lie" The binding
Of the book is OF wood, covered with
leather. To the antiquarian this book is
valuable. We have 10 idea now many
copies OF this edition are still eXtant, but
suppose there must be very few. The
doctor prizes it very highly as relic of
the past.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-25

There are about 1000 acres planted in
watermelons in Lee county.
Capt. Buchanan, of Americas, has a
melon in his patch which weighs j91&
pounds.
1t is said that 1000 acres in water
melons return revenue to the railroads
equal to $4,000 acres in cotton.
II l.. Long, Of Lee county, lost a car
load OF melons on the steamer Gate City,
which went aground Sunday. hr. For
roster, OF Lee, lost two car loads.
One hundred and twenty cars of mel
ons had been handled by the freight office
at Cutnbert up TO Tuesday last. This in
cudes the Fort Gaines branch, which
alone furnished 10 Of these cars.
In Whitfield county the weather contiu-
ues fine. The various crops which we're
thought TO be irreparably injured by the
rain have improved wonderfully Of late,
aud give promise OF fair harvests
Bsrtwell sun: A gentleman who has
travelled over several adjoining counties
SAYS that his observation Is that the crops
OF Hart are in the main equal TO and
in some instances better than in the other
counties. IL Is a gloomy time, but with
favorable weather from now on the crops
viii turn out as well a. last year. There
is this advantage: the outlook has caused
the people TO be more economical, and all
things considered we believe toe country
will be in better condition when cotton
IS gathered this year than was the case
last year.
Dawson journal: A gentleman who
is close and intelligent observer
of things generally remarked to
Journal scribe Tuesday that the cotton
crop in his section would make not
much more than half yield. He has
Travelled twelve or fifteen miles in every
direction from the city and reports the
crop, with few exceptions, as very sorry.
The weed is large and vigorous but is not
fruitiug and Is extremely grassy. Many
farmers, he says, have been forced TO
abandon portion or their crop on ac-
count of the firm hold grass obtained
among it.
Camilla Clarion: For more than a
month rain fell almost daily all over this
section. There 10 not crop uniniured
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-25
INVOLUNTARY MANsLAUGrER.
Jack Watson Strikes Bob Singleton
with a Hoe-Death the Result.
Fronl "a Dl1lin LGa.l "a

From, the Dublin (Ga.) Gazette.
Jack Watson, a young white man, aged
about 80, and Bob Singleton, an old negro,
both working on the plantation of Judge
John T. Duncan, near the corporate
limits of the town, became involved in
quarrel last Monday morning in which
the former struck the latter a severe
blow upon the head with hoe,
from the effects of which death ems ued
almost instantly. The facts of the kill
ing, as adduced from testimony delivered
before the CorOner's jury, are about these;
A gang of hands were hoeing in the field
superintendent by Mr.. A. T. Duncan.
Bob was a very petulant old negro and
seemed to be the butt of ridicule for
the whole crowd. On this particular
morning the hands had been joking
the old negro as usual, but every one
seemed to be in a good humor-
During the conversation Mr., Dun
can addressed a question 10 young Wat
son, when he Watson told Bob "to shut
his mouth" Bob replied "that his
mouth was made to talk and that he
would talk as much as he pleased and Ito
Watson) for him to shut his mouth"
Watson replied "that if he didn't shut his
mouth that he would maui him." arhe
negro replied, sit you lay your hands on
me Pll cut your---heart out" Watson
then stepped back few steps
and picked up his hoe that he had dropped
and advanced upon the OLD negro, who
had resumed his work and had his back
to Watson. Watson raised aloft
his hoe and bis victim raised
his eyes just in time to see the hoe
descending. The blow fell upon the head
of the poor old man, and he sank down to
the ground without speaking word. Ell
forts were made by the hands to revive
him but to no effect. The upper portion
of the skull had been cracked Tor the
space of three inches and death resulted
Immediately. The Coroner was notified.
IL arrived in the evening and impaneled
a Jury, the verdict of which was that Bob
Singleton came to his death by a blow
dealt by the hands of Jack Watson, and
that ouch crime was involuntary man
slaughter.
Watson forthwith fled, and at last &C
counts nothing had been heard of his
whereabouts.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-07-25
A DISCHARGED ENGINEER.
A Little Affair that Occurred on the
r.. r.. v. and q. IL. il.
From the Macon tGa.l TslegraDA.

From the Mdcon (G1.l TsiegrGBh.
Among the engineers and railroad en-
ployes yesterday there was discussed an
affair which occurred on the East Ten
nessee, Virginia aud Georgia railroad
Thursday night, which was at one time
thought to have some significance, mas
much as 1t affected one of the members
of the Brotherhood OF Locomotive Engi-
neers.
AS far as can be ascertained the follow
ing are the circumstances as related by
the engineers: l.ie u, -o
On Thursday night Mr.. Win Clark, in
charge OF afreight en- CINE rated Tor draw
ing eighteen cars, was on his way with
eight additional empty cars to Macon,
where he should have arrived at 5:I5.
When he reached Billiards. at y O'clock
he received a Geographic order from the
train dispatcher 10 return with mis- en-
CINE To bIcSriff's, Is miles distant and
get eight more cars. Engineers are paid
for every mile run, and Mr.. Clark tele-
graphed back that he would go back if
the extra pay was guaranteed. The an
swer came back, "Shut up and obey
Orders.' Mr.. Clark again sent back
word that he was willing to do the extra
work, even thou IN he had already more
than he should pull, if the extra mileage
was guaranteed. The reply was that if
ne would not do the work, a man would be
sent who would. The passenger going
down carried Master Mechanic Boldridge
and Engineers Nicely and McCOrd. They
demanded the e1gine, but Mr.. Clark re-
fused to surrender the same, saying that
he would return the engine to the shop at
Macon. He then cut loose from the train,
opened the switch, and came on to Macon,
arriving at about , O'Clock.
Mr
asked to have the extra pay guaranteed
because the order was an extraordinary
one, and that he was right in so doing.
Capt. B. n. Rice, master of train SER
vice, when asked what be proposed to do
with the engineer, said that he mad been
DISCHARGED at once and that he could
never again obtain employment on the
road. ale acted very unwIsely," said
Capt. Rice, sin cutting loose and leaving
his train at Billiards., even though he in
tended leaving the road"
Aud thus the matter stands.