Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1891-11-27
Il. 0. & K. c. LINE.
Inc Best Of Children's Magazines.

that famous young folks magazine
are Offering to send sample copy,
free of charge, to any father or
mother who would like to consid-
er the question of taking chill
dren's magazine during the year to
come.
Certainly if that question is up
for discussion in any household
st. Nicholas will be the magazine
selected. From it's first number.
in 1878, the pens of the greatest
writers of the English world. and
the pencils of the most famous
illustrators, have been at its sell
vice. Tennyson, Longfellow, Bry-
ant, Thomas Huges, Whittier,
Bret Rarte, Bayard Taylor, Mrs.
Burnett, Miss Alcott, Donald G.
Mitchell, George Macdonald, Mrs.
Oiiphant, Professor Proctor are q
few of the many great names
which have been upon its list of
contributors. Mrs. Mary Mapes
Dodge is the editor. Everything
in it is illustrated.
In 1892
there are to be serial stories by
Brander Matthews. Lieutenant
Robert II. Fletcher (the author of
that charming book, Marjorie and
Her Papa Laura E. Richards,
William o. Stoddard, Charles E.
Carryl (the author of "Dsvy and
the Goblin" > and Frances Courte-
nay Baylor. There will be short
stories by Thomas Nelson Page,
Mary E Wilkins. Mary HaIlock
Foote, Richard Malcolm johnson,
Octave Thanet General o. o.
Howard, and many others. with
papers of travel and adventure by
J. L. Trowbridge and Lieutenant
Schwstka, and useful articles on
"How Columbus Reckoned,' will
liam the Conqueror,' volcanoes
and Earthquakes" straight Lines
and Circles" etc. In Strange
Corners of Our Country" the
Great Anne, lean Desert, the Cliff
Dwellings of Arizona, and other in
teresting places, will be described,
and in "Honors to the Flag" and
Boys and the National Guard
the patriotism of the young read
ers will be aroused and stimulat-
ed. Julia Ralph is to describe
"lhe Making of Great Newspa-
paper and the arc and incandes-
cent electric lights are to be clear
ly explained.
APPLIED CHRISTIANITY
is what st. Nicholas teaches; -un-
selfshness, falthfulness-th these
things are taught in a hun
dred ways by stories poems, and
pictures. Do you need such an
assistant in your work with
your boys and girls? If
SO, and il you are not familiar
with St. Nicholas, sent a postal
card to the Century Co., Union
Square, New York, n. Y, and ask
to see q sample copy. A years
subscription to st. Nicholas
makes splendid Christmas pres
emit, for it brings Christmas twelve
times year.
The Intelligencer learns from
train men on the branch that Cal
lswsy has a very remarkable dog.
The train that leaves Mexico at
a. m. reaches Cedar City about
noon and the engine Away whis-
ties just before it reaches the
town. As soon as this whistle
blows a dog owned by farmer a
mile from the road, makes bee
line for the track. which he fol-
lows until he comes up with the
train in the yard. Then heiumps
up into the caboose and helps the
boys eat their dinner. The 6og
has kept this up for year or
more. j. A. Glandon, route agent
of the express company, who
vouches for the story, says that
the dog will not leave the premises
unless the whistle blows. Mexico
Mo- Intelligencer.