Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1895-09-13
= Missouri may have sermon

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- Missouri may have sermons
in Stone, but no subject except
free silver seems likely to bring
them out.
When man like little Lord
Bowler usurps the powers OF the
Supreme Court it is time for the
President to quit fishing and get
down to business.
"A Brooktield loan agent
advertises money nj & per cent, on
farm security. but of course the
calamity croakers don't read what
he has to say.
Twelve hundred persons at
tended a recent Populist picnic
near Keytesville, more going for
The fried chicken no doubt than
for the calamity speeches.
The gold reserve is again
heloy tie hundred million mark,
ant Treasury officials admit that
" Y can do nothing but rely on
n : bond syndicate for help to pre-
vent its going lower.
When the members of Mr..
Cleveland's bond syndicate meet
TO discuss the best time for fore
ing another bond issue, they close
the exercises by singing, "What
shall the Harvest be-"
There is still a great deal of
room in Australia, Patagonia and
elsewhere: and unless the fair sex
retains some of the old fashioned
charms, the coming woman and
the going man will be contempo-
raneouS.
Some of those covered wag-
ons now returning from Kansas,
Nebraska and other sections reach
up pretty well, yet they pass many
cornStalkS in North Missouri that
are considerab, Y higher than they.
THAT youth of fourteen ten
da' summers who killed himself
because the course of his love did
not run smooth, has given evil
dence that the new lover as well
as the new woman should be
watched.
A Democratic exchange an
aounces that "silver is strength
eniIfg." Perhaps the dear brother
means1t the white metal is becom-
ing more difficult to pull over the
eyes of the voters by politicians
whose promises are good only fo1
one campaign.
Missouri is so essentially on
the sunny side" this year, that
it might extend an invitation to
James Whitcomb Riley to spend
few week amid its pleasant
scenes this fall, and add several
realistic stances to his charming
little poem on that bright theme.
There are several men in
Schuyler county who deplore the
fact that they didn't invest in
Charlton river bottom land four or
five years ago, when it was truly
dirt cheap Meanwhile all over
Missouri safe and sure investment
Is yawning from the soil not yet
fully appreciated.
"A boy in Ohio died the
other day from the effects of
sting from bee. AS he was stung
IN the throat, however, and not in
the head, it is thought his fate
has nothing to do with the timiditv
OF prominent Democrats in ac-
knowledging a buzzing III their
bomets when the presidential mat |
ter Is discussed.
-Of course the American
people are sorry that Mark Twain
proved an Innocent Abroad in
finance to such an extent that he
became bankrupt; yet if Mr.. Glenn
ehs VIII remember that literary
excellence is not subject to the re-
of years, and will grow
gay az; in in spite of the grave
We Will recognize him as
he apostle of mlrth and pay
lim handsomely for the privilege.
Precedent should be set
side in those instances in which
! is cisarly bad policy. 1t has ,
cen the custom for each Presi-
ent TO fill his Cabinet with only