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Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-07-16

For SALE-In the east part of
town, n good house with Ave rooms, and FIVE
lots, apple trees, peach trees and small fruits,
cherry trees, good cellar, smoke house. For
sale ut a bargain. Address this Office.
FoR TRADE-Two excellent
dwellings in Kirksville, for farm property
Farms within four OF five miles of Kirksville,
preferred, or will sell for cash ut bargain.
For particulars address GRAPHIC OYr1cx.
FoR SALE.-Farm of 100 acres
situated within little over an hours drive
of the beautiful educational city of Kinks
vile, No., 10 acres fenced in convenient
sized fields; 100 acres in cultivate n and
meadow, balance in timber pasture, "a mile
good hedge fence, balance rail and board
fence. Frame house, with six rooms, plenty
of stock water, living stream runs through
one end Of farm; plenty of nearly all kinds OF
fruit; beautiful groves around the house.
good school within 70 rods OF the farm:
churches in sight. No. l settlement; viii be
sold mt d sacrifice and ON liberal terms il call
ed for soon.
FoR SALE-Farm of 800 acres
all under good new fence. Good houss; 40
acres in cultivation situated in north Yves
part of Macon county Drake township, tire
/
25, containing $40 acres all under good, new
ssnce; well watered, timber convenient.
For SALE--A small farm of 20
acres, known as the Tommy waddill place, q
cheap home for one of small capital; address
j. d. Smith. Linderville, NO.
For SALE-80 acres of timber
land, has q fine sugar camp, miles north
/ of nxur, cxtyifh fhn n
address this Office.
For SALE.-Farm of So acres in
Thayer county, Neb. House of seven rooms
good out buildings, price $1,000, $500 cash
and balance in easy Payments, also piece of
school land near for $500 cash; address
Joseph Hodgson, Reynolds. Net
For SALE-A farm of 160 acres,
house. well watered. A very desirable piece
Of property Inquire at this Office.
For SALE-A farm of 160 acres
100 acres in cultivation, the balance N fine
young timber. A bargain on easy terms ap-
p!y Mt this Office. Property situated three
mile northwest of Adair, Mo. Good orchard.
Place well watered.
| For SALE-Form of lao acres
five miles from Kirksville, 100 acres in cult.
walton balance in pasture. A bargain. Ad-
dress this Office.
For SALE Farro Of lis gerss
wit.i. gre r,iic Of lSirl-e.I Ga. ao.n
5p. tau h,js, t@c r19is b. u4e' tad
% t.Ies tsUa r rd $500 agu-
tr -se M lcres ei-i-a
4sll sIsz
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you 10 more money night away that anything
else in this world. All, of either sex, succeeds
from the first hour. The broad road to for
tune opens before the workers, absolutely
sure. At once Add ess, TRUE Il Co., Augusta
Maine.
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great want of the age is
men. Men who are not for sale.
Men who neither beg nor run. Men
who know their duty and do it.
Men who know their position and
fill it. Men who mind their OWL
business. Men who are willing to
eat what they have paid for. Men
who are not too lazy to work, mol
too prsud tolbe lpoor.---Optic.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-07-16

Grandmother Jordan, the oldest
person in Iowa, died near Wiota,
Friday night. Her age was Ill
years, 5 months, and 10 days. For
the last five years she has lost
sight of the present, and was liv-
ing over her old Kentucky days Of
fifty wears ego, of which she had a
distinct Recollection and really
thought sue vas with her friends
.of hall E century ago. She died
81 tbs home of her son, J. B. Jor-
day who is over so -rears of age
Unionviiis Democrat.
Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1886-07-16

For SALE-A number l COM
pass and Surveyors outfit; address Ehiiis office
For RENT-Good blue era
pas ture well watered. 200 acres miles nor
of town. For terms and further particular
address, Al. and 7. G. HANuIN, Kirksville
Mo-
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Insect Destroysrs.

The profit of keeping fowls is
not always limited to the receipts
from eggs and chickens and the
excellent fertilizer their droppings
make. They are also valuable aids
in destroying insects harmful to
vegetables and fruit
In some parts of the country the
difficulty Of raising apples has
been greatly increased by the
rayages of the canker worm. This
worm appears generally when the
leaves of the trees are small and
feeds upon them. In 8 short time
an orchard, which was beautiful in
its green foliage, looks brown and
dry Is If it had been swept by a
raging fire. But it has been
noticed that the trees which stand
in the poultry yard escape. The
fowls destroy the worms and
produce 8 good crop OF fruit, while
those that are not thus protected
fail TO give any returns. The
value of the fruit may properly be
credited to the poultry scoount. II
is true that Paris Green viii de.
stroy the worms, but it costs some
thing in time and money to shower
the trees, and as Paris Green il
q violent poison many object to it,
use. There are also patent tire.
protectors which can be applied
and if the little troughs are KEEP
filed with crude petroleum thu
trees may escape the ravages Of
the canker worm. But these tire,
protectors are both unsightly snt
expensive. The hens will do tn,
business without expense, and viii
besides pay 8 handsome profit TO,
the privilege OF destroying tht
-E~ s-,,.' 81
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THROUGH SLEEPING Car lines

Between St Louis and New York. via Toiedo: sc.
Louis and Boston. via Niagara Fails: Chicago
and New York. via Detroit and Niagnra Fails 81
Louis and st. Pn.l and Minneapolis: ST. Louis
and Chicago: st. Louis and Kansas City; 81.
Louis and St. Joseph: st Louis and Council Blnns
and Omaha: St. Louis and Ofumwa: ST. Louis
and Toledo st. Lsuis and Detroit: Chicago and
Kansas City: Kansas City and Des Noinss; De-
trois and Indianapolis.
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Fog SALE-Farm of so acres 81
miles southeast Of Kisksyjl.e, Land frs
s;price 5000; address this Office.
For SALE-Fine farm of $50
acres within 1-2 miles of Kirksville. Good
two story house of rooms and cellar, splen-
did orchard; living wells and one clstern
40 acres in cultivation; 20 acres in pasture,
and 20 acres in woodland all under fence good
5RFp;a very desirable piece of property; q
6atgaia address this office. Ei{
FoB SALE-Farm of SO acres, 60
acres fenced, 20 acres timber joining; good
frame house and outbuildings, situated in
Walnut township; address this Office. I
FoR SALE-Residence and two
lots in Klrksville, house contains rooms,
good well of living water; property well locat-
cd with sidewalks from the public square;
ssftss s6oo; apply at this Office.
FoR sAL1-Farm containing
agility -ope and one half scsss, miles north
kSt OF kirksyiils, 9nemile and = hRlf' froLa
railroad depot; address this Office,
BIG PAY-For intlo Cuei
Blu ckeye Churn. C. F. BrlRp, R.lrthe, {
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EXECUTORS NOTICE.

Letters Tsstamsntary upon the estate n
Nancy Barr, deceased, were granted 70 rhS
undersigned, ON the 18th day Of MAJ, lssS, "
the probate Govt Of AHas sospty. An pss.s
sons haytAg elasps sgainit said estate ass rs;
aairea 20 s9hibYt thsp 70. allowances, tatAs
ee{scpsoE Sdt1ih ohd year Alter the dass az
eAAe et9ss. or tksy may be pseciadsi from
Ny peAAt Of such estate; and II such claims
30 not syhihitsd within two years from tho
date Of said lettsrs, they will be forever bar
ed. This Sd day Of June, 1886.
JAMES DUNN, Executor.
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THE BEST ROUTE

Via Detroit or Toledo, TO all parts Of the
EAST; via Detroit, Chicago, ottumwa or
Dss Moines, to all parts Of the hoRTHy via
Indianapolis, 8t. Louis or Kansas City, TO an
parts Of the SOUTH; via Kansas City, d. 10.
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,Ju.r. s, app. At. ihou-:i II. rel9esb .f,
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In one of the public schools the
other day while the teacher was
instructirg the scholars on intern
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FoR SALE.-SO acres, of good
and, all under good fence and in good state
cultivation. bargain, apply ut this
ash; S425in one year, 1925 In twp years
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For SALE-A farm of 160 acres
100 acres in cultivation, the balance N fine
young timber. A bargain on easy terms ap-
p!y Mt this Office. Property situated three
mile northwest of Adair, Mo. Good orchard.
Place well watered.
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f S4l.E arm IF 30 acres g
@ a'l. e -aa! nev u-rss an.
,r w:tsrs.i. ffice :: an:,ir
- o-v '.a r." : g.
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For SALE-A farm of 160 acres,
situated eight miles east of Kirksyiile. Good
house, well watered. very desirable piece
of property Inquire at this Office.
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..44auelphia

.ee-' iap Never + siy
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For SALE-Form of lao acres
five miles from Kirksville, 100 acres in Guilt
walton balance in pasture. bargain. Ad-
dress this Office.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-04-10

the COW fell off the roof and drag
ged him up the chimney by the
rope. There he hung, a prisoner,
while the poor COW dangled be-
tween heaven and earth, able
neither to go up or down,
The wife had waited seven long
and broad hours to be called homo
for dinner, but no summons came.
At last she thought it was too long,
and finally went home. Upon
seeing the COW hang in such re-
markable manner, she quickly cut
tho rope with her scythe. At the
same moment the man fell down
the chimney, and his wife found
him stsndng ON his head in the
mush kettle.
Thus ended the woeful expert
ence of u man who found fault
with his wife; and as this type of
genus homo is not confined to one
nation alone, let every man ad-
dicted to a similar practice, take
solemn warning, Translated from
the Norwegian.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-04-10
Counting Sticks.

In early New England days, Us
far back az the middle Of the 18th
century, when hospitality was 4
practice AZ we'll as virtue, there
was in most houses only one small
assembly room, and there the fam
lily and all the guests and chance
callers gathered on winter nights
about the blazing fire logs.
We know that youth was youth
and love was love, and young
men were tilnid and maidens were
shy, and courtship went on in
those days.
How was courtship possible in
this common room, where every
word WAS heard aud every look
taken notice of ?
We read that in the winter eve
nings, for the convenience of young
lovers since there WAS no next
room, counting sticks were used;
that is, long wooden tubes that
could convey from lip to ear sweet
and secret whispers.
1t is charming picture that
this calls up OF life in Puritan
household, this tubular loyemak-
ing, the pretty girl (nearly every
girl is pretty in the freight of
long ago. seated in one stiff high
back chair, and the staid but
blushing lover in another, hand
ling the counting stick, itself an
open confession of complacence, If
not of true love. Would the young
man care to say, 81 love you"
through a tube, and would he feel
encouraged by the laughing, ten
den eyes of the girl when she re-
piled through the same passage,
do tell" Did they have two
sticks, so that one end of one could
be at the ear and the end of the
other at the mouth all the while2
How convenient, when the young
man got more ardent than was
seemly, as the flip went round, for
the girl to pat her thumb over the
end of the tube and stop the flow
of soul!
Did the young man bring his
stick; and so announce his inten-
ton, or did the young lady always
keep one or a pair on hand; and so
reveal both willingness and ex-
pectation?
1t was much more convenient
than the telephone, with its "hello"
and proclamation to oil listeners
at the end of the line.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-04-10

1t will keep You until you can find
employment. Go home and con-
TESS everything to your wife, be a
man and keep out of gambling
bells forever"
"He started violently, turned
crimson, and for an instant ehoked
up in his throat. Generous man,
he said finally, Il cannot, and will
not accept this money. tits yours,
You won it fairly, but if you will
give me half of it, | will follow
your advice, You may not realize
it, sir, but you have tonight
snatched soul from the brink of
eternity
al counted him out $500, and
with tears streaming from his eyes
he left the house."
"And from that time you quit
gambling?" | exclaimed, strangely
impressed by the narrative"
"No not exactly from that time, "
replied the stranger choking sob,
at was from about an hour later,
when | found out that the thous-
and dollar bill was counterfeit and
| had been worked for the $500"
| walked out into the still, sol
emn night and waited for the train
alone, Unidentified.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-04-10
Fatal Effects Of Alcohol.

According to DR.. Richardson,
alcohol cuts down by disease, in
England and Wales alone, 1000
persons week. What, says the
Doctor, if any other cause of NOR
tality did the same? What if l.
900 per week died, in the same
area, from the bite of the rabid
dog or the snake, by the swallow
ing of arsenic, opium, or prussic
acid? What if some thousand
persons week were known to be
killed by the secret devices of the
slow poisoner, who under the
guise of friendship, went about
and instilled into his victims some
subtitle drop which led to the
shortening of their life and to the
production of lingering organic
fatal disease? What, indeed, then
would be the cry and the action
Why, all through the ranks of the
great profession OF medicine there
would be a tumult of labor and
toll, such as never before was seen,
to remove the calamity. Men
would be ambitious 10 be first to
discover by experiment, by ex-
penence, the cause of 80 fearful
an evil, and 10 remove it instantly;
while he who won the victory over
the calamity would be extolled Ms
illustri0us, and crowned with hon
or, become n household word from
among the children of Esculapius.
Yet here one single cause we'll
known and easily removable, in
spite of its evils and in face of its
easy removal, is permitted to re-
main in sight with a majority of
the army Of medicine looking on
in apathy, plying us poor fool
isb fanatics" who are exercising
our limited powers to uproot it,
and some, with the rest of the
world, 80 sharing the calamity as
TO become co-partners in tho de-
which follows from the
participation. -- Scientific Ameri-
can
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-04-10

and therefore it will never be ap-
piled to them. That is why it Is
sneaking and cowardly in its very
essence. Surely it can never take
root and thrive upon American
soil. 1t is an evil, noxious and
foreign weed that ought to be
strangled at once lest il become
acclimatized. Meanwhile it will
be we'll for the dema(ka b to re-
member that boyeottiNis not the
legal thing some of them believe
it to be. 1t is an undoubted con-
splraey, and as such is punishable
both eriminally { - Siyflly. No
set of men, however numerous,
may eonspire to rob another of his
property, his means of living or
his good name, fame or credit, or
do aught to bring him into ridi-
cule and contempt in the commu-
nifty in which he lives without rem
dering themselves amendable to
the payment of money eompensa-
ton and oondig7/punishment.
We shall be surprised if the weight
of the law is not made to fall up
on some foolish people before We
hear the last of boycotting. San
FrnlciScO Nelns Letter
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-04-10
A Remedy for Lean People.

Americans incline to cmaciation.
4 thin Yankee worries and asks
what he shall do. First be thank
ful YOU are not Fat. Mans body
il for use. Lean, flexible
folks should be grateful they do
not waddle and wheeze. Besides
your chance for long life is bet
ter than a fat mans. But You
need a certain quantity of fat, and
| will prescribe for you.
You probably eat too much, and
hurt your digestion. It is not
food swallowed, but well digested,
that produces flesh. If your di-
gestion is shaky, shun pie, cake,
pudding, sweetmeats, all deserts,
and confine yourself to beef and
mutton, with Graham bread, POI
tatoes and other vegetables, and
eating of plain food less than your
usual quantity. Now you must
observe, eat more or less, as your
case may require. 1t is very inn
portant that you should mastieate
your food thoroughly
Live in the open air much, for
after the food is dissolved in the
stomach, it must mingie with very
much oxygen in the lungs before
1T becomes a part of your body.
Bad food, with pure air, makes
flesh faster than good food with
impure air On rising and going
to bed, slap your stomach and
bowels hard, several minutes with
the flats of your hands. Shun tea.
Sleep fattens, SO retire early, and
don't hurry up in the morning.
Our friend, the waddler, ought to
sleep little; you, much. A good
prescription for him is:
keep your eyes open, and your
mouth shut" while good one for
you is:
keep your mouth open, and
your eyes shut. "-DiO Le,eis.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-04-10
Conversation.

The leading quality to be cult
waited, if you would have an agree
able manner in conversation, is
repose. If you are restless and
vehement you will be considered
weak. So you must not fidget in
your chair, nor run your fingers
through your hair, nor crack your
finger-joints, nor gesticulate like
a campaign orator. All these
things are in bad form, and make
people wish you had sent regrets.
You must avoid interrupting 9TH
er takers also, and learn to con-
troll your temper, and try to say
as little as possible about your
self No matter how bored you
may be, assume the virtue of be-
ing intel ested and look pleasant
at any sacrifice of sincerity and
self-respect. Politeness exacts
that you do unto others at such
times as you expect them to do
unto you when your turn comes.
Your language should be simple
and terse, but clear and compre-
hensive and free from slang. Do
not seek to shine rs humorist UNI
less you are confident that the
company is an easy one to amuse;
but If another person makes such
n venture it is your duty to laugh,
even if his jokes are SO thin and
fat that you long to strangle him.
The amenities of social conversa-
don do not permit the introduce
ton of political or religious topics
for the reason that they can rare
ly be discussed in n calm and
kind spirit -Ex.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-04-10

Labor is capitals capital.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1886-04-10
A Trial In DOgtOwn.

town is verify "a city set on a hill"
for its houses struggle up the steep
side of range of the Sierra foot
hills, and cluster in an irregular
group around the post-oiliee and
general store.
I'm the early days it was the
trading centre of miles of rich
"diggins" and even now there are
productive mines in the streams of
its neighborhood.
Still, the majority of its male
inhabitants do most of their min
ing around the saloon stove when
their time is not spent in playing
poker for the whisky.
Once in a while the monotany Of
of their lives is broken by n trial
before the justice of the peace,
who holds his court in u small
room in the rear of the saloon.
The "Jedge" is a meek little
man with unlimited faith in his
volume of statutes" edition of ga
A few days ago an old miner
called Jim" entered the saloon
and disturbing the game of draw
in which His Honor was engaged,
he requested warrant for the ar
rest of his partner, charging him.
with having stolen a jug of bran
dy.
The warrant was served, and III
few hours the guilty man and
the witnesses for both sides crowd
ed the small court room.
The judge nervously fingered
the leaves of his beloved statutes
and proceeded to arraign the &C
cused, who pleaded mot guilty."
and demanded a jury trial.
"This brought Jim" to his feet,
and, after throwing his "quid" in
to the open mouth of a convenient
Cinnamon, he spoke as follows:
II say, Jedge, I'll bet you TWEEN
ty to five that you can't get that ar
thief no jury trial"
But" said his honor, "the
book says | can"
Never mind what the book says,
I'll bet you can't, Why, Jedge, it
would make jack rabbit cuss to
see the idiocity of that ar man
standin' thar an lynn like FRS
co lawyer, an sayin' he never seed
my brandy! Judge. l paid for
that brandy nm packed it up from
the valley, nm my ole woman says;
says sho, ut will come handy for
snake bites, JIM an she hid it
away back of the door.
"An' that man standin' by an
see whar she put in an when no
ono was to home he sneaks in an
steals it. Such an outrage has
hever been heard Of afore in these
nefarious foothills m l demand
the law on that ar conspicuous
thief"
At this point the Judge managed
to say that che had lost one of the
leaves out of his book, and that
until it was found the case must
be continued, aud anyhow the
defendants lawyer was out pros
psctin' and wouldn't be home till
six o'clock.