Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1889-10-11

hepoftS from every part ol
the country give an encouraging
outlook to business.
There will be about $40, 600
cash premiums distributed to ex-
hibitors at the St Louis Fair this
week.
There are some alleys in
kirksville that are SO filthy that
that one has to hold the nose
when they are thought of. Health
and the self respect of Kirksville
demand that they be cleaned and
kept clean.
st. Louis is daily growing
in popularity as the place for hold.
ing the Worlds Fair in 1892
There is nothing favorable that
can be said of any other city, but
that can also be said of st. Louis.
In addition there is host of
good things that can be said OF
st. Louis that cannot be said of
any of her competitors.
During the coming volume
the Century is to have an illustrat-
ed series of articles on the French
Salons of the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries. including
pen portraits of many of the lead
ers and detailed account of the
organization and composition OF
several historical salons. A great
number of interesting portraits
will be given with the series.
Hon. S. NJ. Picker spent
the greater part of last week in
New York City on railroad bust
ness. The sale of the Hannibal
Short Line will probably be con-
summated this'we The financial
agent of the English Capitalists
promised Mr.. Picker, that, as
soon as the sale of the Hannibal
Short Line was completed, he
would come direct to Kirksville
and examine the line surveyed las
summer. The present outlook il
encouraging, and there is little
doubt that the building Of the
road is only question OF time.
Some time ago The Detroit
Free Press offered 5000 in priz-
sent in before July l5+ serial stories
suit of this competition has beer
that Major Joseph Kirkland, o
Chicago, ILL.,, has taken the fins
prize of 1,600. His story is en-
titled, "The Captain of Compan,
X Mr.. Kirkland is the author o
'Zury, the Meanest Man in Sprinl
County, ""The McVeys," and 9th
er stories. The second prize goel
to Omaha, Neb., and is taken b,
Mrs. Eliza W. Peattie. Her story
is entitled, "The Judge. Tht
third prize of $500 was awarded tt
Elbridge S. Brooks. of Boston
Mass. The title of the story il
"The Son of Issichar.
Ready and willing obedi.
ence to the laws of the country
measure, to great degree, the
value of man as a citizen. In.
deed the man who only obeys the
law because he is afraid of pun.
ishment, is not only valueless as 6
citizen, but a positive detriment
to the community in which he
lives; for he can not do otherwise
than keep the very atmosphere
about him tainted with lawlesness.
But there are two classes of men
that disobey the law. The one
breaks the law with the expecta-
ton of being punished if caught;
the other breaks the law, but does
it in such way that the law has
no recourse. OF the two it is diff
fcult to determine which is the
worse, but it is generally conceded
that the man, who disobeys the
law with the expectation of being
punished, il caught, is the more
respectable. Usually, the man,
who evades the law is loud in his
denunciation of law breakers. He
thinks the proper thing to do
would be to shoot the burglar on
sight; and, that the whisky seller
should receive the severest penal
ty of the law. However if he
were to know of one who advertis-
ed the Louisiana lottery, and pub