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When you vote to incease
the number of Supreme Court
judges, you vote for an unneces-
sary expense. Is it advisable or
expedient to do this?
-Hatch's record has been a
record of hypocrisy and broken
promises. To again elect him to
Congress would only be giving
him an opportunity to extend that
record.
Hatch has taken 100000 of
the peoples money without CIV
ing any return therefor. 1t is
time to shut off his salary. You can
do this by casting your votes for
Hon. F. NJ. Harrington.
Mr.. Harrington has served
the people honestly, faithfully and
efficiently in whatever position
they have placed him. The man
who votes for him November 4,
will never have cause to regret his
action.
The exports of products of
the United States has never been
80 great as at the present time.
American products are leaving for
foreign ports in unprecedented
volume. The balance of trade
now is, and will be for some time,
in favor of the United States.
This means an increase of pros
perity in all lines of trade and in
dustry.
MIR. Vest does. not sleep
we'll. He is badly frightened, as
will be seen by his letter
published elsewhere. But he
should not have toyed as he has
with the long suffering patience
ofan outraged constituency. A
man who knows that he is worthy
of support is never frightened at
prospective results, when his
name is before the people.
The bogus butter bill,
which the representative from the
First District, claims as his own,
was a curse to the cattle interests
o. the West. 1t did not make the
price of butter any higher, but it
caused tallow to become almost
valueless. All his acts in Congress
are in keeping with the fraudulent
bogus butter bill. Not u single
act of his Congressional career
can he point to as having benefit
ted the farmers Of his district.
A great objection to town.
ship organization at the present
time is the serious defectiv eness
of the township organization law.
1t makes the business of the coun-
ty expensive, cumbersome and diff
ficult to handle. If adopted now
it would be repealed in a short |
as was done before. Putnam, Ma
con and number of other coun-
ties have tried it and pronounce it
a failure under the present law.
Would it not be we'll, first, to ask
our Legislature to eliminate all of
the defective points cf the law, re-
duce its expensiveness and then
vote on it's adoption.
Mr.. Hatch is again on his
biennial tour of promise making.
A few years ago he declared his
intention to work until each man
"who wore the blue" received a
pension. When the pension bill
came up and an opportunity pre-
sented itself to make good the
he voted against the bill. i
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mouth in favor of silver. Cleve-
land said the coinage of silver
ought to b. suppressed, and Hatch
said, yes, it ought to be suppress
ed. 1t was this attitude of the
Cleveland administration that
brought the price Of wheat down
to so centsi a bushel. As soon as
the Republicans gave the country
a silver bill that adds millions to
the currency of the country each
month, Hatch was suddenly strick-
en- with the free-coinage mania.
What stupendous change, and
how sudden. One moment he
wants silver coinage eutil ely wip-
ed out, and in another moment
wants all the silver in the country
coined. Does he think that the
people have forgotten his record
on the silver question? If he does
he will find that he is laboring
under a great mistake, for Demo-
Gratis and Republicans alike, will
60 to the polls November 4th, and
cast their votes to keep him at
home in the future.
In the Investigation of the
beef combine, MIR. Vest spent large
sums of the peoples money to dis
cover something that was of no
value only as lesson in economy.
He found that this combine" by
saving everything made the mag
nifcent sum of Sl.25 head on
each animal slaughtered. But
with very little work and no ex-
pense whatever Mr.. Vest could
have discovered something that
would have been of vast benefit,
not only to the farmers of Mis-
souri, but OF the whole country.
By turning to the official state
ment of imports he would have
found that, in the first six months
of 1880, there were imported from
Canada and other foreign coun-
tries, 20, ,229 horses, 17,420 cattle
and 1880 sheep. But the price
at which these imported animals
were purchased is even more start.
ling than the numbers imported.
The statistics show that these
animals averaged in value as fol-
lows: work horses per head S5437
beef cattle $50, sheep for mutton
S2.S3. How can farmers of the
United States compete with such
values? The time will never
come when they..can afford to sell a
good work horse for S54.37, or beef
cattle $50 head, yet this is
the point to which this foreign
competition was driving them. Had
Mr.. Vest desired to benefit the
people, whom he pretends to serve,
instead of advertising himself, he
would have turned to these statis-
tics, and in the light of the lesson
they taught, would have turn
ed back to the people and publish
ed to them one of the real causes
of agricultural depression. He
would have told them that, in the
future, the effort of his life would
be to keep out such competition,
and thus aid the farmer in his at
tempts to secure remunerative
prices for the products of the farm.
But he did not do this. Instead,
however, he fought the bill that
places a tariff of $50 a head on
work horses. and $40 head on
beef cattle, a bill that shuts out
these foreign importations of
live stock. He wants all farm
products admitted free, and in his
blindness says it will make the
farmer prosperous. But the in
telligent farmer knows better. He
can see the falsity of the state
ment at a glance, and will cast his
vote next Tuesday against the
election of any man who favors
the reelection of Mr.. Vest to the
Senate.
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Rock salt at Sigler's.
Probate Court Docket.

Docket of cases In which settlements are due
from executors. administrators and guardian
at the ensuing term of the Probate court of
Adair county, to be held at the probate court
room In said county commencing on the md
Monday of November $50 - ~
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THE WEEKLY GRAPHIC
rE. suBLETTE, Proprietor,
MISSOURI
K>RKsvll.LE.
FRIDAY. OCT. 81 1880.
REPUBLICAN STATE AND COUNTY
TICKETS.

SlAlk AMI CVUN
TICKETS.
STATE TICKET.
For Supreme Judge.
A. w. MULLINS
For supt. Public Instruction.
+. P. SEVER.
For Railroad Commissioner.
JAS. K. MERRIFIELD.
For Congress First District
Hon. F. NJ. HARRINGTON.
COUNTY TICKET.
fos Representative.
JOSIAH w. DAVIS.
For County Clerk
d. o GATES
For Sheriff.
GEO. +. WILLIAMS.
For Collector.
JACOB SANDS.
For Judge lst District.
ADAM SHOOP.
For Judge 2nd District.
GEO. w. MEEKs.
For Judge at Large.
MARCUS j. Ross.
For Circuit Clerk.
j. B. DoDsoN.
For Probate Judge.
c. l.. LEWIS.
For Assessor
A. q. RowLIsoN.
Fro Prosecuting Attorney.
III. +. MILAN.
For Treasurer
THEODORE BRIGHAM.
School Commissioner.
L. B. SMITH
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Our cellar is holding more DO
tatoes than we first thought, and
we want about 500 bushels more
and WILL pay the cash for them.
SIGLER Bros.
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For SALE-Household proper
ty; also. two rooms for rent; apply
to Mrs. Emma Schraag. 3O1 Frank
lin street.
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Boys boots a specially at
B. F. LAMKIN's.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-17
HAVEN CONN, MORNING,

tract for such special service. In awarding
damages to tho shipper the Iowa court holds
that carrier is bound to adapt the mode of
carriage to the character of the shipment
and the climate, but that the company could
have collected beyond the ordinary freight
charges all necessary outlays to insure the
safe carriage of the goods.
Mrs. Van starploff, wife of the American
consul at Bremen, has just contributed to the
walls of the American legion at Berlin a
picture which, besides its merits as q work
of art. has peculiar value and significance as
an amusing allegory of an historical trans
action in which Mr.. Phelps played promi-
nent part. On a palette. dobbed skilfully
along the borders with patches of
paint, two boys, coats off. in the
greenery near their village school, are
having their quarrel out at fstcuffs.
A broken slate cast on one side
seems to have been the occasion of the
champions gaze wrathfully with clenched
fists at each other. The one boy has sus-
penders in red, white and blue; the other in
red, white and black. A peaceful, well-fed
dog sits near by, evidently Indifferent to the
result, and bearing a collar which is colored
like Union Jack. One would guess that 1t
was the Samoan conflict, in which the United
States, Germany and England took part,
even if one did not see dimly through the
grass the famous words of Prince Bismarck
who used them to give the only explanation
of the ouarrel-'sFuror Consularis."
Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-17
A NEEDED REFORm.

The bill for the relief of the Supreme court
of the United States which has passed the
house is intended to withdraw all original
jurisdiction from the circuit courts and vest
the same In the district courts; to add two
moro judges to each circuit who shall sit with
the present circuit judge; and to give the
circuit courts final and conclusive jurisdio.
tion in all cases In which jurisdiction Is ac-
quirsd by the district courts by reason of the
citizenship of the parties only. Thus the
circuit courts would be made simple appel
late courts, original jurisdition being held
only In the matter of issuing certain remedial
writs. These judges must sit on every case,
and should one or two of the circuit judges
be absent, judges Of the district court who
did not have part in tho trial of the case In
question can be called in.
Such a change would of course greatly re-
duce the number of cases which would reach
the Supreme court and would save litigants
much time and money. But, as the Spring
field Republican pertinently asks: How will
the proposition to cut off albright of appeal
to the Supreme court to so large class OF
litigants ft in with the constitutional pro-
vision on which the federal judiciary Is
baseda The jurisdiction of this court extends
to such cases by the terms of the fundamen-
tai law. Gan the right of appeal be cut away
without constitutional amendment Congress
has before assumed the right to exclude from
tho jurisdiction of the United States courts
such cases where the amount In controversy
il less than $4,000. But il has not before as.
sumsd tho power to limit the right of appeal
after jurisdiction has once been assumed.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-17
9rp 6nnds.

Howe &. StGtsOl
RATTLERS!
Handsome styles Sideband
Wool Surahs, 38 inches wide, at
35c per yard. These goods have
never been retailed under soc.
Black Surah Silks, full "a
inches wide, CSC per yard, black
edges ;'just right for sashes.
All wool Black Surahs, IS
inches wide, at CSC per yard.
Same quality 3S inches wide
sells for soc.
Ladies' Cloth Capes at SLAB,
$2.48, $50. These are three
special bargain numbers; colors
are Tans and Black.
Ladies Black Cloth Jackets,
vest fronts, revere collars, at S.
each; usually retail at $3.50.
Parasols and Sun Umbrellas
now ready. Complete assort-
ment of novelties in plaids,
stripes and bordered silk covers.
Also large stock of staple blacks
in all qualities; prices from z5c
to $1o each. Extraordinary
bargains at $1.oo, 1.25, $50,
$1.6s, 1.8e, 2.25, $50, 2.75, S..
Great bargains in All Silk
Satin Ribbons =; No. II for 1oc,
No. IS for 12c, No. 22 for 15c,
No. 40 for 18c. This is a rare
chance to buy first quality Rib
bons at half price; very desir-
able for fancy work.
Just in from the mill, 2,5oo
yards of those famous White
Goods Remnants at 12Hc per
yard, in over so different styles
to select from and largely new
patterns, and the best lot we
have offered at 12Hc.
Our special importation of
Ladies Silk Vests now ready.
Prices fully as low as last sea-
son, notwithstanding the ad-
vance in raw silk.
Yale Grey and White Ath-
letic Flannels in 6, 7 and 8 OF.
weights, in the best unshrink-
able goods made.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-17

JOSEPH FRANCIS.
Mr.. Joseph Francis, who has had to wait
until he is SO years old for a suitable recog-
milton by the United States government of
his services, has done some very remarkable
and useful things. He was, it is said, the
first to apply air-tubes to life.saving appli-
ances and the first to make practicable use of
iron in the manufacture of vessels of any
kind. In 1888 Mr.. Francis invented the life
car by which to land people safely from q
wreck and in 1s42 produced corrugated
metallic life-car with space for four adults.
Its usefulness was strikingly illustrated when
the British ship Ayrshire was wrecked off
Squan beach in q violent winter storm. Of
the 201 persons on board 200 were safely
landed by means of tho life-car.
Although Mr.. Francis has been without
especial honor in his own country, he has re-
ceived medals and decorations from numer-
ous European governments and sovereigns,
including the knighthood of the order of st.
stanislaus, diamond-studded gold snuff
box valued at 1850 francs from Napoleon
III, diplomas from the European Ship.
wreck Society of All Nation, and was desig-
mated "Benefactor" by the Imperial Royal
European society. The recognition by his
own government was in pursuance of an act
passed by congress in March, 1887, thanking
him for his "life-long services to humanity
and his country" and authorizing tho presi-
dent to present to him gold medal.
Better late than never.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-17
Protecting the Glass.

A reporter for the Chicago Journal mem
tions an incident which will probably explain
to many readers the meaning of something
they have probably many times seen without
ever thinking to ask for an explanation.
While passing along Dearborn street yes
terday saw q crowd watching the placing
in position of come enormous panes of glass
In handsome new building. The glass was
the best French plate, and the workmen ham
died it as carefully az If it were worth some.
thing more than weeks wages. The task OF
putting it in place was no sooner completed
than one of the workmen grabbed a pot OF
whiting and with big brush daubed Q lot
of meaningless marks on it.
I thought it about as silly thing as man
could do, and with the usual curiosity of
reporter, asked the foreman why he allowed
it.
"Why," said he, "we have to mark them
that way or they'd be smashed in no time"
Ny look of amazement doubtless prompted
him to further explanation, for he said: "You
see the workmen around new building get
in the custom of showing lumber, etc. through
the open sash before the glass is put in. They
would continue to do it even after the
glass is in if we didn't do something to at
tract their attention. That's the reason you
always see the new window daubed with glar-
ing white marks. Even if careles workman
does start to shove stick of timber through
costly plate of glass, he will stop short when
his eye catches the danger sign. That white
mark is just signal which says: Look out:
you'll break me if you are not CAREFUL"
Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-17

Don't pray for rain just yet. We shall
doubtless have some soon in the natural Or
der of things.
Woman doesn't have all her rights in Att
lanta, Georgia. Mayor Grant has vetoed the
liquor license granted by the city council to
. woman, on the ground that it is against
public policy to allow women to engage in
the liquor business.
They are doing things in style on the new
Monterey and Mexican Gulf railroad. 1t is
reported that its sleepers and woodwork are
mostly made from mahogany and rosewood,
while the bridges and culverts are built of
marble, both the wood and the stone being
abundant along the route.
Senator Ingalls, calculates that the last
surviving soldier of the war of the rebellion
will expire between 1910 and 1860, but that
the pensions will rapidly diminish before
that time. Pensions to widows and de-
pendent relatives will continue, however,
and before the account is finally closed the
government will have paid out not less than
81, ,OoO, ,O00, 600 in pensions. This is deeid-
sdly generous.
A hundred and sixty years ago one Adam
Giesmann of Vienna made bequest of one
thousand forms, which were to be invested,
and when the sum had grown to certain
amount by the addition of interest 1t was to
be used in providing for the children of per-
sons who had died In an epidemic. Upon
the proposition of town councillor 1t has
been decided to regard the influenza as an
epidemic and to grant ten Aorins month to
every child whose father had died of indu-
snza during the past winter 1t will be for
the mayor to consider the applicants claims.
It ID rather surprising to learn that the ex-
cess Of children born in Massachusetts, of for
eign parents over those Of native parentage
IL about 5000, and IL still increasing. The
number born OF mixed parentage IL more
than one-afth Of the whole, and is, of course,
increasing. While the birth rate of the native
population Is about IS per 1000, that of the
foreign population is more than "a per 1000,
which is considerably higher than that of
any other country. On the other hand, the
proportion of deaths among the foreign-bo
e. compared with the natives is only one to
three. But II is to be remembered that one
fifth Of tho deaths are of children under one
year Of sgs, and one~third of those under FIVE
years.
The Supreme court of Iowa has recently
made an interesting decision. The COM
plainant shipped butter from Iowa in q re-
frigsrator car to New Orleans. Upon reach-
ing 81. Louis tho butter was loaded by the
Illinois Central into common car without
| ice, and reached destination worthless. The
railroad declined to pay for the butter, and
on trial said that It owned and ran no res
| frigsrator OARS, and that there was no con
Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-17
DR.. BENJAMIN FranklIn's Motion For
Prayer In the Convention.

Mr.. President: The small progress We
have made sitter four or five weeks close at
tendance and continual reasonings with each
other, our different sentiments on almost
every question, several of the last producing
as many noes as ayes. is, methinks, meian
eholy proof of the imperfection of the hu-
man understanding. We indeed seem to
feel our own want of political wisdom since
We have been running all about in search of
it.. We have gone back to ancient history
for models of government and examined the
different forms of those republics, which,
the seeds of their own dissolution,
now no longer exists and we have viewed
modern states all round Europe but hnd mono
of their constitutions suitable to our circum-
stances. In this situation of this assembly,
grouping as it were In the dark to find poll
tical trusts and scarce able to distinguish 1t
when presented to us, how has it happened
sir, that we have not hitherto once thought
of honorsbly applying to the father of lights
to illuminate our understandings in the
beginning of the contest with Britain, when
We were sensible of danger, We had caily
prayers in this room for the divine protec-
ton. Our prayers, sir, were heard and they
were graciously answered. All of Us, who
were engaged in the struggle must have OBJ
served frequent instances of q experimenting
providence in our favor. To that kind provi-
dence We owe this happy opportunity Of CON-
sulting in peace on the means of establishing
our future national felicity and have we
now forgotten that powerful friend! or do
We imagine we no longer need its sssistancsi
I have lived, sir, long time, and tho longer
I live the more convincing proofs see of
this truth, that God governs in the affairs of
men. And if sparrow cannot fall to tho
ground without his netioe, is 1t probable
that an empire can rise without his aidi
We have been assured, sir, in the sacred
writings that except the Lord build the
house they labor in vain that build II.
firmly believe this, and I also believe that
without his concurring aid We shall succeed
in this political building no better than the
builders of Babel; we shall be divided by
our little partial local interests, our projects
will be confounded and We ourselves shall
become reproach and q by word down
to future ages. And, what is worse, man
kind may hereafter from this unfortunate
instance, despair of establishing govern-
mont by human wisdom, and leave it. to
chance, war and conquest. I therefore beg
| leave to move that henceforth prayers im-
ploring tho assistance of heaven and its
| blessings on our deliberations be held in this
assembly every morning before we proceed
| to business; and that one or more of the
CLERGY of this city be requested to ofioiate
in that service.
(Note by DR.. Franklin.) The convention,
except the three or four persons, thought
prayers unnecessary, but prayers were adopted
ultimately. This Transcript by
q. HoL1ApAx.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-17
AN OPEN LETTER.
senator Jones, silver Bill.
NEW HAVEN, April z, 1890

NEW HAVEN, April 2, 1890.
My Dear Senator Plat:
Some days ago you sent me the bill intro
duced by Senator Jones, providing for the
compulsory purchase of 81, SOC. 900 worth of
silver month, and lodging it in the govern
ment vaults and issuing silver certificates on
1t at the market price not exceeding one dol
lar for every three hundred and seventy-one
and one.fourth grains of pure silver, and all
the gold bullion that may be offered at price
not exceeding one dollar for 2S 22-100 grains
of pure gold, and issue gold certificates in
payment for such purchases of gold.
then said weuld give you my opinion
of 1t. Your attention is given by necessity
to many subjects of great and absorbing i'm
terest. My studies have been directed to
certain parts of political economy, and on
them my opinion may be of service to you.
If it does not seem to help, you can easily
disregard it for wiser judgments; more faith
full and disinterested counsels you could not
we'll find.
This bill does not seem to me 80 good as q
bill would be providing simply for placing
the mint law back where it was before the
order for its change was sent out from Great
Britain, and obeyed by the congress of the
United States in 1878.
I. 1t is a presumption however greatly in
favor Of this bill, that such men as Senators
Jones and Stewart and Teller can meet men
of such we'll meaning integrity a. yourself
and Senators Aldrich and Hisoock on the
basis of its provisions.
But with this presumption We must al-
ways remember that the former senators
may be in despair of getting your help for
what they well know is best for the country,
and yield to you when they ought to study
your difficulties and try to remove them.
2. This bill rests upon the fundamental
mistake of assuming that the value of silver
bullion Is substantially equal to the same
bullion manufactured into silver coins and
placed under the influence of the law of le-
gal tender.
Many believe this statement in spite of the
notorious fact of every ones daily experience
to the contrary-that seventy-fve cents
worth of silver bullion, stamped as q legal
| tender, is worth No more than 1t was before
| ii was stamped. We all know under present
| conditions it is worth twenty-five cents
more in every market in this country. It ia
| worth within small fraction of twenty live
cents more in every market in this world to
| which ship goes. It certainly il 80 in eve
ry port and market of western Europe. A
gentleman Of this city not long ago put that
same preposterous statement to me as an ex-
tinguisher. replied: Ny dear sir, we will
put this matter to . very anick, decisive
test. "You say our silver dollar is only 6
Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-17

They are doing things in style on the new
Monterey and Mexican Gulf railroad. 1t is
reported that its sleepers and woodwork are
mostly made from mahogany and rosewood,
while the bridges and culverts are built of
marble, both the wood and the stone being
>yonu %ho roufo