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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-01-05


As it did in the days when our naries
First gathered renown on the waves,
Then red with the blood of our he
roes
As they sunk totheirwstery to graves;
For each citizens birth-right of free
dom
Is announced to the Powers again
Which the dag of the Union re-
pledges
Its treasure and blood to MAIN
tain.
Bot the year was not wholly unshad-
owed
Its sky was obscured by cloud
From the west came the accents of
mourning;
A statesman lay there in his
shroud.
Great Hendricks, the sage of hisparty,
Twice honored, its wrongs he re-
dressed;
And living to see it triumphant,
He fell into sleep and to rest.
In the east, with Iaureis about him,
VII .e allaying the fever of strife,
The o. d Hero of battleswas summoned
And passed Ger the threshold of
life;
Great in peace and in war, as sol
dier,
Throw veil DER his civil career :;
For the blue and the grey marched
together
Alike by the side of his bier.
And here within our fertile vale
That rolling sweep of hill and dale
Between the mountain heights that
rest
Their base upon it east and west,
Whose peaks like sentinels Ger look
It's most secluded dell and nook,
As if to guard its fair expanse
From every fear of hostile glance
Kind Ceres hath not smiled this year,
The friendly cloud refused its tear,
And on the parching fields of grain
The summer sunlight fell in vain;
Pomona budded full in spring,
But ere the passing breeze would
bring
IFS moistened breath from of the sea,
The blossom withercd on The tree;
The seed Innourishcd in the soil
Paid not the sower for his toll,
And ere the heightened drought was
spent
Seed time aud harvest came and went /;
And as its parching form retires
Behold illuminating fires
Awake our firemen from repose
To test their wealth of gear and hose;
Their engines fine and swift advance,
Give not the ruddy flames chance.
Bright fires hymeneal burning here
Have lighted manyTa home this year,
And Rumor, tho not gospel text,
is saving others for tlienext.
In which rs wen our storied town
It's century OF life will crown.
But come, gentle spirit, we'd better
Desist as we've finished the year,
In the couplet Shove we have stum-
bled
Into the future fear.
Letus wish our good friends marry
Xmas
And bid them kindly adieui
Until Father Time shall have brought
Another long year to review.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-01-05

A citizen of Loudoun county, Va,
has tried the following and recon-
mends it to be very effective re-
ceipt for hog cholera: Table salt, 8
lbs; sulphur, lbs: copperas, 2
lbs; black antimony, lb. salt
petre, J h.; wood ashes, fresh, one
peck. Pulverize, mix thoroughly,
and place where the hogs can have
free access to il.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-01-05

Vol. XXI, Jan. 5,
hi ssing Nos. Dec.
Vol. XII, Ian. 4,
Mi ssing Nos. March
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1886-01-05
,RoFEssfoNAI. CARDS.
GEORGE Baylor,

Chariestlil'li. q. Jcltefseu County, w Va
M FL. rsgeIa asssfd al the Courts Of Jeff
: " etlief law bnsiprss In 81 Sfatenf West Va.
Special attention given to coiiections
January %. 1sSl 4 {. 4 * -
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-01-08
List of Patents.

List of Patents granted to citi-
zens of Missouri, for the week
ending Tuesday, Dec. 29th, 1885,
compiled from the Official Records
of the United States Patent Office
expressly for the GRAPHIC, by W.
A. Redmond. Solicitor of Patents,
No. 637 f Street, n. W. Washing
ton, ID. c., of whom information
may be had:
c. E. Burchard, Martinsburg,
automatic grain weigher. L. c.
Chamberlain, Lathrop, cultivator.
NJ. Gates, Kansas City, safety har-
ness hitch. o. l.. Hubert, st.
Louis, multiple Photographic
steel. f. Marchner, St. Louis,
guard for washboards. j. G.
Parmerlee & A. Swift, Sedalia,
buckle. e. Spencer, st. Louis,
verifying tally-sheet. E. c. Tay-
lor, Stockton, churn. S. E. Wor-
rell, Hannibal, grain drill.
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Two Terms Enough for Dull
Senator.

IL the Gazette had only its own
selfish ends to subserve, it would
not lift hand against the re-elec-
ton of Senator Cockrell. He is
in, and it always pays in this de-
generate age to fawn cringingly
at the feet of power. He has the
ear of the administration, and to
the great mass of politicians the
man close to the throne is entitled
to the same reverence and obeis-
ance that the man is who wears
the crown. But there is some
thing far beyond the mere ques-
ton of men, and that something is
the continued supremacy of the
Democratic party in Missouri. 1t
is time to retire Senator Cockrell,
for the reason that he will have
been there twelve years when his
term expires, and because the
party needs hard work and con-
slant changes in the Offices to
keep it in satisfied and healthy
condition. From the st. Joseph
Gazette, (Dem.)
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North West Adair.

ED. GRAPHIC-M Money matters
continue close.
Our coal interests are languish-
ing and show no signs of improve
ment.
The health of our people is not
as good as usual.
Mrs. .sWm. NJ. Harriott, Mrs.
Brookhaus and Jas. Alternately
are on the sick list.
Charley Brownell, son Of Esqr.
j. w. Brownell, is..very i'll.
Patent Boston's child fell with
its back across pan of hot ashes
and was SO badly burned that its
life is dispaired Of.
A man named Haywood had the
misfortune to split his foot open
with an ak on RUPEES tie works
the other day.
John Shultz Jun. has the
incest girl baby in America.
T. M. Matthews had Christ
mas gift of a plow' boy and is
happy.
| VIM NJ. Matthews has com
pleted the finest house in Ninevel
township. a new barn is tn
next thing on Billy's program.
P. c. Mills is taking an account c
his stock on hand this week.
NOVICE.
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LaPlata Items.

Mr.. A. G. Tegmyer, our railroad
agent, will leave in few weeks
for Bentonvile, Ark. LaPlata will
loose a good citizen.
Mr.. l.. Haynes had gold watch
taken from his trunk at his resi-
dence in this place recently.
Some house burglars broke into
Mr.. Jake Weaver's house new
years eve, while he and his wife
were at church. They got pail
Of Mrs. Weavers gold bracelet:
and some other jewelry.
One of our citizens killed gar
ter snake on Saturday last Rath
er late in the season for snake:
excepting those that get in boots
Walter Dougherty returne,
from Kansas last Friday. He ha
taken a claim and will re
turn in the spring.
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Sloan's Point.

ED. GRAPHIC: As | have not sent
you any items for some time, l
thought perhaps the friends Of the
GRAPHIC would like to hear from
the Charitonites once more.
Miss Ida Heron, is teaching
the school at this place and dis
missed for one weeks vacation dur
ing the holidays.
The school taught by Mr.. L. r.
Cravens, at the Primrose school
two miles north of here,
closed the day before Xmas. We
had the pleasure of attending an
entertainment given by his school
in the evening.
Alice Otto has been at home
during vacation.
Miss Ida Tinsman, of Kirksville
was visiting relatives at tins place
last week.
Mrs. Ada Lambert and Miss
Rosa Meyer were on the sick list
last week.
Mr.. L. 4. Morrow, son-in-law of
G. c. Goodwin, has moved to this
place, from Indiana, also his faith
er and mother.
Mr.. Stebbins, of Vermont, has
bought a part of the farm owned
by his brother-in-law, Mr.. Balch,
and has moved here with his fami-
ly.
Mr.. E. Evans, of Troy, Iowa,
and Mr.. A. Evans, of Memphis,
Mo-, was at Mr.. S. Otto's last week.
We learn that j. 0. I. has at
last found the Cow creek daisy"
he used TO talk so much about.
ECILA.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-01-08

The Macon correspondent of the
Quincy Journal last Friday gave
W. III. Hatch's military record in
the confederate army. 1t appears
that the gentleman is not entitled
to the prefix of "Col.," as he never
attained that distinction. The
closest he ever came to 1t was
while serving as a clerk under a
relative in Richmond, when jeff
Davis appointed him Captain,
but the senate refused to confirm
the appointment. We shall here
after, therefore, speak of Mr..
Hatch as Captain" in order to
throw around him small halo of
military renown and to break the
monotony of plain "Mister. 1t
is also said that Capt. Hatch never
had a command of any kind dur
ing the war, nor was he ever IN a
single engagement. Alas! for
military greatness. Il Macon Dem
ocrat.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-01-08

night and day in the foundation of |
the House committees, and III |
what may after all prove an abor-
dve attempt to arrange them as to
harmonize, or at least reconcile,
The warning elements seeking pro-
minent recognition and place. It
is no secret that the speaker has
been dogged and importuned by
the two wings of his party, repre-
senting both the revenue reformers
and protectionist men on the one
hand, and by the silver and anti
silver men, on the other, until, in
his dispair he fled to the White
House and sought executive adj
vice as to how to best solve the
difficulties of the situation, and in
such manner as to prevent if
possible the threatened danger of
a conflict between the discordant
views now existing among the ma
jority. That some sort of com
promise was discussed and propos-
ed, there can be no doubt, but
Just what has not been made public.
With Randall leading the more
conservative tariff wing and Nor
rison the out and out free traders,
both able and full of resources, it
will prove almost miracle if a
row is prevented, while Senator
Beck's fierce assault on the anti
silver views of the administration
and the strength of the following
| his speech has disclosed, make the
situation one of peril to- harmony
so that the composition of the
committees having to deal with
measures affecting these question:
| is looked for with the keenest in
! terest. It is fairly certnin tha
Mr.. Bland will retain his place a
chairman of the coinage commite,
but Randall and Morrison tn
; White elephants of the menagerie
are not SO readily disposed oi
| possibly compromise may hay
: been reached whereby Mr.. Hol
, man of Indiana, may get th
ehairmanship of the apropprit
= tons committee, leaving the othe
X two to divide the ways and mean
: and some other important plac
| between them.
O Inquiry at the Postofice Depar
ment elicits the interesting fa'
t from Chief Mcdonald Of I'll
e Money Order Division, that I'll
S amount of money transmitted fro
i this country to Great Britai
during Christmas week in order
" exceeded by 100000 the amour
l. received from the same country
l. the same way during the san
period. Among other minor me
f. tions is the amusing one that Il
> only confirmation Of the prese:
e session, so far, Mr.. Bigelow, a
d pointed Deputy Treasurer at Ne
IS I ork, has declined the posltlo
% He is newspaper man. and Il
n. idea of being responsible for
E. much money appalled, the po
re- man.
i The holiday season has be-
It. unspeakably dull and stupid al
le excepting the big dinner given
N fourteen hundred poor children
Mt the "Children's Christmas Clul
70 patronized and attended by t
l. President and Miss Cleveland, a
it the reception at the White Hou'
ii there has been no notable evel
in Congressman are rapidly retur
s. inr; and there will be no dearth
~ pews after tomorrow.
S
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-01-08
" L III Il p A n S Y"

For both weekday and Sunday
reading. The PANsY, edited by
"Pansy'' herself, holds the first
place in the hearts of the children,
and in the approval of earnest
minded parents. Among the more
interesting features for 1886 will
be Pansy's serial story,
REACHING OUT
being further account of Little
Fishers and their Nets" The
Golden Text Storss sses, under the I'll
tie, "Six O'clock in the Evening"
will be told by a dear old Grand
ma, who knows many interesting
things about what happened to her
self when she was a little girl.
Margaret Sidney will furnish a
charming story,
"sT. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON"
to run through the year. Rev. G.
NJ. Livingston will tell stories of
discoveries, inventions, books, peo-
pie, places. Fay Huntington will
be regular contributor during the
year. Pansy will take the readers
with her wherever she goes, in pa.
pers under the title of
"wHERE WENT AND WHAT SAW
There will be, in each number
a selection from our best standard
poets suitable for recitation il
school or circle. From time tc
time colloquies for Mission Bands
E or for general school exercises
I will appear. There will be nev
and interesting books for the mem
bers of the Pansy Society, and a
before, a generous space will b
devoted to al syers to correspond
ents in the p. O. Corner. Full,
l Illustrated. Only 81 year.
5 Address all orders to
| ID. LoTHRoP d Co., Publ'rs.
Franklin and Hawley Streets Bos
h ton, Mass.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-01-08
KRKSVILLE MARKETS.

EGGS-17c per doz
BUFFERS to 15c
OLD HENS-3 to 31c per poppd
FEATHERS -40c
OATS-21c
HAY 5000
FLAX SEED-9Oc
BEANS-50c to Loo
HOGS 800 to $50
COWS & HEIFERS Fat 9 To 9l
BEESWAX-2Oc
TALLOW-5c
LARD-6 to 7c
INCONSISTENCIES dull
CORN-30 to 35c
WHEAT-75c
RYE-40c
IPOTATOES-55 to 6Oc
BULLS & STAGS-1 toll
MILK COWS & CALVES -s9o
to $50
BOOSTERS s1.5O per doz
YOUNG CHICKENS-3c
STEERS-Common 2 to 2tc
good light q to 300; goo,
heavy 81 to 400
TIMOTHY SEED-sL4Oto LIS
GREEN APPLES-5O to 60
| iONIONS-40 to SOC
| lTURNIPS-90c
TURKEYS-Live 5per lb
GEESE-s3.15 per doz.
| DUCKS-4c per lb.
RABBITS &c piece.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-01-08

Col. Hatch spent the holidays at
his home, near Hannibal. He will
return 60 Washington next week,
and viii make things lively in the
interes t of North Missouri, during
the remainder of the winter
Home Press.
And northeast Missouri will
make it lively for Col. Hatch dur
ing the same period.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-01-08

A tradition has long prevailed
that the waters of Lake Tahoe,
California, would not sustain a hu-
man body, and that many daring
swimmers had perished by ven-
turing into it's treacherous depths.
Professor LIE Conte and the young
men of his scientific expedition
have exploded this delusion by
swimming into the lake.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-01-08
THE POST-DISPATCH

Prints and publishes larger volume OF tel
graphic and local news that any other Eve
ming Paper in the country.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-01-08

Patti, il is said, guards herself
carefully against cold. She evi-
IDENTIFY does not believe in free
concerts, but does believe in the
free use of Dr.. Bulls Cough Syrup
as it has cured her several times.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-01-08
THE POST-DISPATCH

Prints the Weather News river news, Cotton
crop news and steamboat news in full up to
The hour of gong to press.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-01-08
Stray Notice.

Taken up as aFstray by the subscriber liv-
ing in Clay township, Adair county, and state
of Missouri, and posted before Justice Henry
Rice, on the md day of December, 1885. one
COW, three years old last spring, color, blue
roam, white face, some white on the back and
belly, the tip of the tail white, and marked
with square crop and swallow fork in the
right ear and an underbit in the left, had on
large bell. and appraised at fourteen dol
lars by Michael King and Perry Rigdon.
JOHN r. DEHART.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-01-08
THE POST-DISPATCH

Is the only Evening Paper in the West which
is able to receive. handle. set up and print i'll
null the daily Associated Press Service.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-01-08
THE POST.DISPATCH

Is moreover the oily member in st. Lous OF
the Evening Press cable Syndicate which
receives daily special report, by cable, OF
European news up to the close of the day in
London
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-01-08
Pats Explanation.

While on the Peninsula, during
the war, an officer one day came
across a private soldier belonging
to one of the most predatory compa-
MES of the Irish Brigade. The
fellow had the lifeless bodies of a
goose and hen tied together by
the heels dangling from his mus
ket.
"Where did you steal those you
rascal? the officer demanded.
"Steal, is it? Faith, / was
marching along with Color Serg-
cant Mcguire and the goose-bad
cess to it-came out and Missed at
the American Flag, and bedad L
shot him on the spot
'But the hen? sir, how about
the hen?'
'It's the hen, is it? Bad luck to
the henl 1 caught her laying eggs
for the rebel army, and as a Fed
eral soldier, l couldn't stand that
anyhow, and l gave her lick for
that act of treasonr
Some of the opium dens in large
cities are owned by Americans, il
is now said, while seemingly the
enterprise of the Cinnamon who
conduct them. The practice is tc
bring men in through the entice.
ments of fellows who pretend tc
be like the victims, bent on seeing
the vices of the town. Pretense i.
made of inquiring out a den, anc
of difficulty in gaining admission
Then the two smoke, and when th,
J dupe is unconscious his pocket
are rified. He discovers his los
on awaking, but his companion
: pretends to have been plundered
too, and they conclude that t,
make any report to the polio
would expose them to ridicule. L
this way robberies are committe,
in the mock opium resorts yer
extensively.
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THE POST-DISPATCH

Has in addition Special Leased Wire from
New York over which it receives between
five and ten Thousand words of special tele-
graphic news daily.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-01-08
THE POST.DISPATCH

Has the largest and bost Equipped Staff of
local News gathers in the city and in the
tributary territory, and its enterprise in
gathering the news has passed lin.o pro-
erb
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-01-08
THE POST.DISPATCH

Has a full and detailed Financial. CONNER
cal and Market reyort by telegraph and To-
cal, twelve hours in advuncc OF all competi-
| t,irs
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-01-08

Reaches the country readers with all the
news of the day from twelve 10 twenty four
hunrS in advance of all other papers.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-01-08
THE POST-DISPATCH
THE POST.DISPATCH

Has larger circulation in st Louis than any
other paper in the city
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-01-08

Brassfeld & Kellogg are buying
hogs on closer margins than ever
before and the farmers appreciate
this liberality in buying.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-01-08

If Cockrell is returned to the
Senate you will have to take a
magnifying glass to discover the
Democratic majority at the next
election III this state. As some
inquisitive fellow may ask why we
make the above statement, we will
give the reason, which is this: A
large number of the same papers
and men who came very near loos-
ing the State to the Democratic
party at the last election, by
whooping for man of ordinary
talent and the favorite of a ring,
are now whooping for Mr.. Cock
rell. We want to avert defeat of
our party.-Paris Mercury.
Among recent discoveries in Ar
kansas is spring of black ink,
which is warranted to keep in any
climate and not to corrode the pen.
Persons wishing to dip into this
enterprise will be given an oppor-
tunity as soon as the discoverer
can get the shares of stock print |
ed.
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THE WEEKLY
OS T.DISPATCH.

" allied every Wednesday Evening. cntains
the current news and the Market reports Of
the day of publication S reaches ITS patrons
with fresher dates = one week than any 9th
er Weekly publisI u in ST. Louis.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-01-08

1t is rumored that there is
one man who sees the hand-writ-
ing on the wall and has decided not
to buck the Republican majority
in the 9th Judicial district.
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GOOD SALARIES

or Commission to Men and Women to act as
local or travelling Agents. No Experience
needed Steady work, James E. Whitney,
Nurseryman, Rochester n. y. tMention this
paper.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-01-08

The Postofiiee problem is
again agitating thepeople of Ma
con City. With the coming of
spring the agitation will strike
kirksville and then "there'll be
music in the air.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-11-03
Two Chfliren A.arricd-The Happy Union Of a
Youthful Pair in New York.

James Brown, retired produce dealer
living at No. 345 East Eight-six street,
had .his son Milton, sixteen years old,
arrested for stopping away from home
over night, TIE lad was arraigned in
the Harlem court yesterday morning.
\ rosy little girl, fifteen years old,
watched him through fearful eyes from
the spectators seats. Justice Power
asked the Lad what he staid away from
home for. "Your father says you are
an incorrigible boy he said, severely.
Il am not boy, sir, was the respect
ful response, "but a lawfully married
man, and l believe it is my duty 10 live
with my wife. That is why / staid away
from home. y
.'ior wife, did you say exclaimed
the Justice in astonishment. You don't
mean to tell me that YOU are married."
Yes, Judge" replied the lad, Il was
married Monday night, and there is my
wife, pointing TO a girl in the spectators
seats, who blushed and smiled through
her tears.
Tie paternal Brown was equally as
tonishcd. He said that he had no idea
his boy was married. However. he
said, ''let him go with his vile if he
wants TO. The little girl bounded from
her seat, kissed the Juvenile husband
heartily and the couple marched proudly
oEt Of court. Until last Saturday the
SALARY of the younger lIr. Brown was
four dollars q week He is looking for
q Job, now.-Ne~: York World.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-11-03
The Mothers Right 10 Her Child.
the reverse Sic
SABINE Pass,
September Sd, 1868. )"

To the question, Has a mother any
right to the babe whom she has borne at
the peril of her own life? the heart Of
humanity can give but one answer. By
a. law of human nature, alike natural and
irreversible, her claim in this respect is
superior to that of any other, not ex-
cepting that of the father. 1t is from
her bosom that the child draws its sus-
tenance, and she is its God-appointed
care-taker, at least in its earliest years,
and her right cannot be overborne with
out cruelty amounting to outrage. And
yet, strange as it may seem, the laws IN
nearly every State il the Union give the
power OF custody Of the child, not to the
wife and mother, but to the husband and
father. The mother may be a paragon
of moral excellence, and exceptionally
well fitted to nurse and train her child,
but the father, though a man utterly
vile, has legal right to snatch the babe
from its mothers arms and dispose OF it
as he pleases. To the credit of human
nature let it be confessed that this right
in our day is not often exercised but it Is
a reproach to our civilization that such q
law should be permitted to stand for a
single hour upon any OF our statute
books.-Frank Lcslie's Weekly.