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Annual Report Of the Commissioners
of Indian Affairs. :.

Annual Report Of the Commissioners
of Indian Affairs. E.
The Commis Toner Of Indian Affairs, J.
D. C. Atkins, has just completed his annual
report, showing the operations of the In
dian Bureau during the last fiscal year. He
begins by calling attention to the unmis-
taxable evidences of progress made by
many of the Indian tribes. He says that on
other years practical trial Of this "humant-
tartan and peace system only adds cumuia-
tive testimony to the superiority OF lts
methods of Indian civilization over any
other ever yet tried. This progress
has been made without any CORE
spending increase in expenditures. In
fact, the estimates for carrying on the In
dian service have been reduced from 81.
32S,O49 in 1886 to s., COS, ,S73 for 1885,, and but
for an increase of S177,5O0 III estimates Tor
educational work the reduction would nave
been greater.
Referring to the existing state Of things IN
Indian Territory, the Commissioner vlg,
orousiy attacks the triba! system anu
says:
Eat present the rich Indians who cultivate
tribal landsIay no rent to the poorer mem,
bers of their tribe, although they are equal
owners Of the soil lhs ri b men have too
large homestea1s. and control many times
mOle than their snare OF the Iiuu hie tucoo
the sacred rights secured by treaty, which
the United States are pledged to respect and
defend! If so, the United States are pledged
to uphold and maintain stupendous land
monopoly AMI aristocracy that finds
no parallel in this country except ia two or
three localities in the for West. 1t would
be best for the Indians to divide their land
in severality, allowing l6O acres to each head
of fa ni;y aul eighty acres to each MINOR
child TIE large surplus lie naming shoulo
be sod t. ritual settlers ut Just price, ano
the proceed wouhl enable the poorer Indians
to improve their allotments, pus up schoos
buildings, ct. ~.
"Let these Indians once assume oil OF the
RESPONSIBILITIES OF citizens OF the United
Stite:. with its Jaws extended as protecting
neis over them and the day OF their fear
and a,prehen sioas of mauraldlng wnltes
will be forever ended. When this Is done the
five civilized t.ihe.. and, lerhaps, other
tribes of the Indian Territory, will be ready
to form Territorial Government, ana pass:
as other Territories, under the protection OF
our Constitution and laws. and be repre-,
scnted in Congress by their own Delegate"
The Commissioner urges the necessity 1or
an appropriation to defray expenses or tak-
inr census OF the Indians. He says the
outlay would be inconsiderable when COM
pared with tn, great saving it would enect
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Mr.. Carpenter, an American CORE
spondent who has been making tour OF
the British Isles, was much struck with
this point that follows The fact that
England is the workshop of the world
can onlyIbe appreciated by q ride through
it, and by the thousands and tens OF
thousands of factorie, which one sees
during trip across it in any direction.
There are about five persons here en-
gagged in manufacturing to one engaged
in agriculture.
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clamation designating Thursday, November
25, as day of thanksgiving and prayer:
A PROCLAMATION.
BY the President Of the United States
1t has long been the custom of the people
of the United States, on day in each year
especially set apart for that purpose by their
Chief Executive, to acknowledge the good
ness and mercy Of Goi and to invoke His
continued care and protection.
In observance of such custom, I, Grover
Cleveland, President of the United States,
do hereby designate and set apart Thursday,
the 9th day of November. inst, to be OBJ
served and keptas day of thanksgiving and
prayer.
On that day let all our people forego their
accustomed employments, and assemble IN
their usual pla"es OF worsh p, to give thanks
to the Ruler of the Universe for our contin-
ued enjoyment of the blessings OF a free Gov
ernment, for O renewal of business prosper
ity throughout our land, for the return
which has rewarded the labor of those who
till the soil, and for our progress as people
in all that makes nation great And while
we contemplate the infinite power of Gcd in
earthquake, blood, and storm, let the
grateful hearts of those who have been
shielded from harm through His mercy be
turned in sympathy and kindness toward
those who have suffered through His
visitations. Let us also in the midst Of our
thanks giving re member the poor aud needy
with cheerful gifts and aims, so that our SER
vice may by deeds of charity be made &C.
ceptable in the sight of the Lord.
In witness whereof have hereunto SET my
hand aud caused the seal of thu United
States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington this 1st
day of November, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and eighty-siS,
and of the independence of the United States
of America the one hundred and eleventh.
[Seal] GROVER CLEVELAND.
BY the President:
T. F. BAYARD. Secretary of Stata
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century.

A person with a bad temper should
adopt vegetarian diet. Meat makes
people of bad dispositions want to fight
or quarrel upon slight provocation. Any
one addicted to drink can overcome the
dangerous habit much easier by adopting
a proper diet of vegetables, cereals and
fruit. Meat eating, especially pork, ba-
con and ham, has a tendency to lead to
intemperate HABITS.
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Natural gas has been discovered in
paying quantities in nineteen States and
Territories of the Union. In Western
Pennsylvania alone sixty-six natural gas
companies have been organized aud
nearly s21, 900, 900 of capital invested.
This discovery is causing one of the most
interesting industrial revolutions OF the
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-11-17

The mountain meteorological stations
of Europe are said to somewhat excel in
their equipments and appliances any,
thing to be found in the Western world.
Among these appliances is a superior
kind of arrangement, or apparatus, for
the automatic registration of sunshine,
the results of which are tabulated with
reference to the period of possible sun
shine TO: each day, the record being SO
much per cent. of this total. On the
mountain top on which the highest Aus
trian weather observatory is located, Is
another interesting arrangement, namely,
q telephone wire extending from the
very summit down to the village below.
this wire in the summer bsing suspended
on poles, while in winter, on account OF
the fierce winds, it is laid upon the
snow, the latter proving good insula,
tor, as the apparatus works satisfactorily
under these conditions. The French, it
appears, have the highest meteorological
station in Europe, and their two largest
obscrvatories are, it is claimed, the best
appointed in the world. Much is cx-
pectcd of the recently established sta
ton on Ben Nevis, Scotland. This
mountain is the higheat in Great britain,
and is close upon the seacoast, as we'll as
in the track of the great southwestcrly
storms which have such an important in
fuence on the weather in the British
Isles-a situation, therefore, peculiarly
favorable.
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South and West.

Two firemen were roasted to death, third
was fatally injured and others badly hurt at
fire in Chicago.
THERE were twenty-eight earthquake
shocks felt in Charleston, S. c., during
October. Quite business boom, however,
has struck the city.
THE number of victims by the collision be-
tween passenger and q freight train at Rio,
Wis, has been swelled from thirteen to
twenty or twenty-five. A medical student,
and two little children handed through win
dow by their imprisoned mother, were all
that escaped from the passenger car which
was burned up after the collision.
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Foreign.


AN unsuccessful attempt has been made to
poison President Barilla|, of Guatemala, Cen
tral America. The culprits-two brothers,
druggists Of Puerto Cortez-were put to
death.
FLOODS in Italy have caused great dam
age and distress.
ROBERT EVAN SPRoULE was hanged at
Victoria, British Columbia, for the murder
of Thomas Hammil in the kootenay mines.
THREE seamen and o. lady passenger were
drowned in the wreck of the schooner Mary
Brown off the Newfoundland coast.
GENERAL KAULBAHs, official representa-.
tive Of Russia in Bulgaria, on the 18th sent
all ultimatum to the Bulgarian Government
giving three days in which to comply with
the Ru sSian demands, refusal to be followed
by his departure from Bulgaria.
A UNIQUE parade has just taken place
at Brussels, Belgium. Five hundred women
dressed in mourning, headed procession of
1900 persons, gathered from surrounding
towns. They carried banners inscribed with
notices in favor Of universal suffrage and
amnesty to the recent strike rioters.
SEVEN villages in the Friendly Islands
have bon destroyed by volcanic eruption.
CANADIAN officers report that American
vessels are fishing within the three mile
limit, ard further seizures are looked for
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Glaciers, the ice-rlvers of lofty noun
tains, have been found to move down
ward from one or two inches to over fifty
a day, from ten to.,twenty inches day
in summer being most common. The rate
in winter is about half that of summer.
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JOHN HUGHES, a farmer near Chebause,
III has been boring for water on his farm
for over twelve months. Ike drill is now
down 400 feet, and the earth is said to be SO
dry that they pour water in the hole to make
tie drill work
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Washington

washington.
u MILWAUKEE was carried by the working
men in the recent local election.
SECRETARY MANNING on the 2Gth 'sunled
actual control of the Treasury Department
for the first time since he was taken sick.
PROFESSOR POWELL, director Of the Ge
illogical Survey, says in his seventh annual
report that during the fiscal year 81 ,S29
square miles in twenty States and Ter
ritories were surveyed. The total appropri-
ations Of the year were S503,240.
The public debt reduction during October
was S13, POI $3.50.
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A wonderful mountain of slate has
been discovered in Blount County, Ten
nessee. It is described as "a solid wall
of slate, illimitable in extent and of very
superior quality"
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A Proclamation for Its Observance
Issued by the President.
The following is President Clevelands pro-
clamation designating Thursday, November
IS, as day of Thanksgiving and prayer:
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PENNSYLVANIA.
Beaver (Rep) was elected Governor by
ah0u- 10000 majority. The Congressional
delegation will staud about twenty-ciSht
Republicans to niuo Democrats. The Legis-
latuie is Republican
RHODE ISLAND.
Spooncr (Rnp.) was elected to Congress in
tho First District and in the Second District
there was no election, no candidate receiving
Ina jority, as is required.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The entire Democratic State ticket headed
by Colonel Richardson for Governor was
successful as was every Democratic candi-
date for Congress.
TEXAS.
The Democratic candidates for Governor
and other State offices, and the eleven Demo-
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THANKSGIVING DAY.

| Labor.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-04-09
LIST OF PATENTS.

List of patents granted to citi-
zens of Missouri for the week end
ing Tuesday March 80, 1856, COM
piled from the Official Records of
the United States Patent Office,
Expressly for the Graphic by w.
A. Redmond, Solicitor of patents,
No. 637 T St, NV, Washington,
of whom Information may be had:
S. Albright, Nevada, windmill;
G. W. Baldridge, st. Louis, tele-
graph transmitter; C. W. Beeheld,
st. Louis, box fastener; E. S. d C.
r. Brown, Santa Rosa, cultivator;
L. Cline, st. Louis, washing ma
chine; G. Drew, st. Louis, quarter
boat for horses; G. Drill, st. Louis
street sweeping machine; J. S.
Headen, Pleasant Hill, washing
machine; J. c. Kupperle, St.
Louis, hydrant; G. II. Sasar, ST.
Louis, telegraph transmitter; P.
Leistner, st. Louis, garden table;
81. G. Regan, Salisbury, traction
wheel; J. P. Rickard & S. Scott,
st. Louis, printing machine; j.
Thomson & r. W. Mullins, Kans-
as City, excavating machine; f. G..
Urhlich, ST. Louis, case for physi-
clans prescription papers, etc.
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Greentop Items.

AS nothing has been said of
Greentop for some time, we think
the place sould be represented.
Mrs. r. T. Herringer, of San
Francisco, CAL, who has been vis-
iting her sister, Mrs. W. s. Gatlin,
of this place, is now visiting in
Dewitt and Carrolton.
Mr.. w. G.. Wells who has been
citizen of this place for number
of years started, this morning, to
seek a home III the far west. May
success crown his every effort.
Mr.. w. A. Mckeehan left this
morning for Nebraska for the pur-
pose of taking up claim.
Mr.. Heavlin is quite sick.
Miss Clara Town, of Lancaster,
is here giving lessons in instru-
mental music.
John Green's friends noticed, in
the early part of the week, that he
was acting very strangely, and on
being asked by one of the boys
the cause of his strange con-
duct, Mr.. G. invited him to smoke
a ten cent cigar, to the health of
twin boys, which arrived at his
house early Sunday morning.
Violets.
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A Wonderful Paper.

Our best exchange is the
Graphic News of Cincinnati, ac-
knowledged by the press to be the
handsomest paper in the country,
while negotiations with leading
authors, just concluded, promise to
make it the most attractive in a
literary sense. The latest an
nouncement in reference to it, and
one that presages much rich read
ing-matter for its patrons, is to the
effect that that drollest of humor-
lists, Bill Nye and A. G. Wheeler
(Nym Crinckle), one of the most
entertaining and pungent writer's
of the day, are to be regular con-
tributors hereafter to its columns.
A rare treat in both illustrative
and art sense will be given the
public by that journal in its issue
of April 10th, when it will present
an exact reproduction of the ia
nous Peach blow" vase, about
which there has been SO much con-
hict amongst connoisseurs, and
which sold at the recent Morgan
sale, in New York, for $4,000
The picture will be of the same
size and color of the original, ne.
cessitating five impressions, and
will be a magnificent affair. twill
be fine colored supplement OIL
plate paper.
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Testimonial of the Craig Folding
lncubato
(see advertisement elsewhere.)

LocUsT CORNER, o., Nov. 16.
f. d. CRAIG: 1 have not used the
incubator since last spring and
shall not do so until next spring
again. I made quite a success ON
first trial. 1t was so late when re-
ceived that I only putin a few eggs
and made but one trial. The tenn
perature was kept regularly at 103
deg almost entirely without varia-
ton. It fell once to 101 deg and
lose once to los deg; but l must
confess that it was due both times
to want of attention, as I was so
busy 1 could not give it proper
care. The regulation of tempera-
ture, I unhesitatingly pronounce
simple perfection, not only In the
case with which it is managed;
but in its simplicity and having
nothing that can possibly get out
of order. l feel convinced that /
shall make perfect success at
next trial. You can use my name
with the above if you like. [ sup
pose I could write you a flaming
testimonial, if I were so disposed;
but [ have adhered strictly to the
facts, which is my invariable GUS
tom, and is, l believe, more in ac-
cordance with your wishes than
the former. Truly Yours,
CHAs. o. HAYES.
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Trustees Sale of Real Estate.

Whereas, Ann B. Sargent on the first day
of June 1885, by deed of trust dated June LIST
1888, recorded in the Office of Recorder of
deeds in and for the county of Adair, in the
State of Missouri in book K, at page 207, con-
veyed to r. o. Boggess the following describ-
ed real estate, situated In the said county of
Adair, state of missouri to-wit:
East half of north west quarter of section
eighteen in township sixty-three of range six
teen, and south west quarter of northwest
quarter of section eighteen, in township sixty
three, of range sixteen, and south half of
southeast quarter of section twelve in town
ship sixty three, of range seventeen" in trust
to secure the payment of the note in said deed
of trust described, and the interest thereon
and when the same should become due and
payable according to the tenor and effect of
said note; whereas it is provided in said deed
of trust, that in case of default of perform
ance of any of the conditions thereof, the
same should become forfeited, that the trus-
tee therein named or III case of his death, abb
sence from the state of Missouri, disability or
refusal from any cause to act, then the then
acting Sheriff of said county of Adair, might
proceed to advertise and sell the real estate
aforesaid, to raise money to pay off and dis
charge the debt aforesaid. Whereas the con-
ditions of said deed of trust have been broken
and forfeited In this, that said note in said
deed of trust described is now past due and
unpaid and the said R. o. Boggess has failed
and refused and now refuses to execute the
provisions of said trust. Now therefore, by
reason of the premises aforesaid, and at the
request of the legal holder and owner of said
note, the undersigned Sheriff in and for the
said county and state, will at the court house
door In the county of Adair on Friday
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Sale of Short Horns.

The sale of Short Horn cattle
By the Short Horn Breeders
Association of Adair and Macon
counties, took place at LaPlats
last Monday, as previously an.
nounced. Forty head of fine
animals were sold, and everything
considered, they brought fair
living prices. The sales averag-
ing s59.374 and aggregating nearly
$2400. We were glad to note that
all the animals were kept at home,
Macon, Knox and Adair counties
taking the entire lot.
Phil Beecher j. NJ. Wheeler,
w. NJ, Costello, of Millard;
S. Fl. Chadwell, ]. R. Pemberton
of Wilson, and DIR. G. A. Cohen
and 1. M. Crow of Kirksyille be-
ing the Adair county purchasers.
Mr.. L NJ Grow living north west
of town was particularly fortunate,
having secured the very fine bull,
"Grover,' from the highly. bred
herd of w. A. Miles Atlanta Mo-,
DIR. G. A. Cohen, purchased a
finely bred calf, for which he paid
a good sum. While the sale may
not have been as satisfactory as it
would have been were times better,
the good that will result, and the
wealth it will add to Macon, Adair
and Knox counties, can not be
estimated.
And let us add here, that if the
rwo hundred small boys, who
should have been in school and
he loafers, who should have been
come whese else, had been kept
IF the grounds. instead OF crowd
ing out men who wished to pur-
.hase, the price of each animal
,ould have been materially in
.reased J
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NORMAL NOTES.

Rev. Chas. Riggle conducted the
devotional exercises at his Alma
Mater Wednesday morning.
Miss Pruitt spent Thursday and
Friday at LaBelle.
E. Downs, Prin., of public
schools at Carney, Mo-, has been
visiting the school several days.
Misses Mabel Mcclure and
Bessie Duffield accompanied by
Mr.. VIM. Bachtel spent Wednes-
day at the Normal.
Messrs 7. A. Davidson, J. E.
Swanger and ii. S. Bruce and
Miss Mollie Chancellor received
the prizes offered by Pres. Blan-
ton to the elementary classes for
the best essay on Rosseau and
his works. The prizes consisted
of valuable books and were highly
appreciated by the recipients.
All fools day was celebrated at
TIE Normal by very varied pro-
gram.
Prof. Nelson spent from Friday
until Tuesday at Louisiana.
Rev. Mr.. Chambliss led in the
devotional exercises Tuesday
morning.
Each of the graduating classes
will be required to pass a state ex-
animation on ten subjects. These
examinations will be held in the
near future.
Rev. J. E. Squires conducted
the open exercises Friday.
J. G. Henon, who has just closed
a successful term of school in the
Indian, Territory, was shaking
hands with old friends at the Nor
NAL Tuesday.
The CAS- had their final exam
ination in philosophy of education
last Friday. They have been en-
gagged this week in institute work.
Miss Mollie Chambliss, one Of
the "Threes," has been very sicE
for the pass10 days but is now con.
valescent. We hope Miss Mollie
may soon be able to resume he1
school duties as she is greatly
missed by her classmates.
E. d. Luckey is spending thi:
week at Desoto on business trip
J. NJ. Simpson returned to schoo
Tuesday after a weeks visit to hi.
home in Knox county.
| Miss Kate Baker accompanied
by, c. J. Barns of Allerton, Iowa
was visiting the Normal, Friday
| The lecture delivered by Hon
W. c. Forman, of Hannibal
I Thursday morning on "Physica
Education" was a mastery pro
duction. 1t was a practical com
mon sense lecture. The speake,
showed the benefits derived from
the cultivation of the physicalman
he brought forward the rount
shouldered, sunken chested ant
sallow faced dyspeptic who leads
his classes at college; but who IL
SO doing breaks down his healtl
and as consequence he is neve.
heard from afterward. By th,
request of the students commit
tee was appointed to have the lee
ture printed.