Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1895-09-20

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hot
.e its iniqui-
.lcle Sam keeps John
ne is a thankless scion
outsails his fastest yacht, as
il as tames his lion.
Missouri perhaps ought to
have a game law that will prevent
the disgrace of st. Louis In the
base ball league.
After all, the bloomer pro-
lem is rather serious. There is
too much in the new tangled things
10 be given up by any man.
Marriage licensei in Missouri
will come at 50 henceforth. Let
not the young men be discourage;
anv Missouri girl is worth it.
We need only one sort OF
"class legislation in this country.
That kind is in the interest of the
classes in our public schools.
"A Chillicothe travelling
salesman testifies to the business
revival by stating that his orders
last week broke the record since
1898.
Joplin reports a II men
rainfall one night last week. Car
thage has not been heard from yet,
but will be likely to raise it by at
least two inches.
Bank deposits in Lewis
county have increased more than
$3.50. 900 since last September. The
calamity parrot ought to be rare
bird in that section.
We beat the English with
the spade. we beat them with the
anchor: we yank them so through
shine and shade. each yankee
seems yanker.
john n. Reynolds, the ex
evangelist and ex-convict wh'
wrote the ''Twin HellS, is report
ed to have died at Atchison, Kan.
last week. Perhaps his sheol ex
plorations will continue, however
THAT was vigorous fgur
Ingersoll used at Elmwood IL
which he called the Mississippi
river natures protest against Sc
ceSSion, butthe colonel might hav
gone farther and declared its bank
are unfailing banks OF commerce
There is ample room in Oh
Glory'S constellation for Cuba
pointer of course, but the little is
land las been planet with Euro
pean bearings SO long that 1t mus
mend its moral orbit somewha
before it can claim star of tn
first magnitude.
1t is natural enough fol tn
PopuliSt candidate for Governo
of Kentucky to quote from ''Para
disc Lost and when he apple
Milton's words, "Myself am hell,
to Hardin, he is hardly strainin!
the political amenities in the Blue
grass state.
The city now has 900 dol
lar scrap heap on its hands in tn
shape of a hastily purchased deel
well pump. If it can be sold TO
l0c on the dollar the GRAPHIC
would advise thatthe sale be made
and the money invested in one o
two much needed street crossings
There are 100000 fewe
sheep in Ohio pastures than ther
were last year. To avoid an un
favorable suggestion, Brice shoul'
induce Wilson to wear purple ant
fine linen when he enters the stat
to work in his interest. Their
should be little wool in his cloth
ing and none in his speeches.
1t is announced that Cleve
lands third term boom grew on
of the smile with whic he read
letter from a friend to an unde
official, strongly indorsing him fo
the head of the ticket. If this i
true. Grover will in all probabili
ty be sorry to think he ever smlle'
again, before 1896 goes by.
When Col. Watterson sue
ceeded in overpowering with tn
genuine ten year old Kentuck.
hospitality both Secretary Carlisle
and Senator Blackburn, and thei
put EN- away in the same bed il
his own house, the silver wins
and the gold wing of the demo