Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1891-09-11
!. SUBLETTE, Proprietor,
FRIDAY. SEPT. il.lss,
"A graded income tax and a

degraded dollar will work ruin te
Ohio democracy.
KirSsville, with or without
street lights, is the best town II
North Missouri.
The dust in the streets OF
Kirksville has been more trouble.
some lhan the darkness.
We are ali protectionlsts
when it comes to business matters
that Immediately concern our.
selves.
-Tbe city council mas been
quite busy this week. In addition
to large amount of other work il
: s9uelched the newspaper combine
The shadow of Farmer
Dick Dalton, of Rails county,
has envelopsd that ouce brilliant
luminary, q. S. Hall, in total
darkness.
by direction OF the Presi-
dent Acting Secretary Of State
Wharton, has Instructed Minister
Egsn by cable, to formally recog-
nize the new Chilian government
This country has more
money per capita in circulation TO-
day than at any time in the past
thirty years, and every dollar is
worth 100 cents to tie man who
has it.
There is scarcely room for
doubt that the Agricultural de-
preston which has been expert
enced all over tie world Cor the
last few years, is about to pass per-
manently away.
The fair association made
a mistake in not having au expert
to score the swine, and the mis-
take is worse because of the ssso-
citation having advertised that al
expert would be present.
The platform of the Mary
land Republicans is decisive in its
condem nation of the free coinage
of cheap silver dollars to cheat
labor of its daily wages and the
farmers of the value of his grain. "
The dry-goods men and
clothiers ask the city council to
protect them against the competi-
tion of foreign auctioneers. The
move is good one and we hope to
see absolute protection afforded
the petitioners
The little scheme of the
Journal and Democrat to mora
than double the cost of the city
printing for the benefit OF their
own pockets, did not work. The
city council is "up to snuff" SO to
speak.
Jerry Simpson who has
been making calamity speeches
in the East and South has gone
back to Kansas to rest and change
his socks. When these things |
have had attention he will again
begin his wall about Kansas mort
cages.
1t was supposed that the
umbilical connection of the twin
papers was severed when the Dem
ocrat changed hands. The covert
move of Wednesday night before
the city council has revealed the
fact, however, that the connection
is just as strong as ever.
democrats who have been
predicting the failure of the ne
eotiation for the repeal of the
German prohibition of the impor-
tation of American pork pro ducts,
because of the several aggravating
delays which occurred at different
times, are now at q loss for some
thing to say on the suject, the Im-
perial decree of Emperor of Ger
many having been issued recind-
ing the former prohibitive decree.
-Compassion must be felt for
the man who would like to per- ,
form some immortal feat;ln the way t
Of thought, but is prevented by a t
mind that plays truant on slight c
provocation. The poor victim may !
console himself, however, by
thinking that the cross he bears r
n life has been borne by men of e
positive genius, and he may solace 9
his harmless vanity by fancying :
hat his mental excursions are =
kin to the freaks of genius. r
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