The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1871-11-15
GENERAL AND PARTICULAR.

France. 1,OG2 600 tons; Germany, 1907. 90
tons; Belgium, $4,000 tons; Austria, 3G5
600 tons Sweden, 293, 600 tons Russia, 420
900 tons ; and other European Countries
l00,0 tons. Assuming that this estimat
is approximately realized. the production o
pig iron IN Europe next year will be abou
9,793.0O0 tons. The actual European pro
ductiOn in lSGG was S,3l3,000 tons.
One man in hundred reads book nine
y-lihe in hundred read newspaper
Nearly century sgo, when the American
prf SO, which Is now spreading cak. was Ii
its green twig, Thomas Jefferson said HI
We lid rather live in country with newSpa
pers and without q government, than In 6
country with government but withou
newspapers. The press. Instead of being
! the fourth, is the first estate of the realm.
There is but one absolutely tlre-proof gov
ernment building In the country, and thai
one is In Philadelphia. occupied as the ap-
praisers stores. The authority Tor thf,
statement is the supervising architect q
Washington City, MIR. Mullett. The build
ing Is &C brick, which NJ. regards rs the only
absolutely t1re-proof material. Granite, he
says, will resist time and heat and damp
but 1t won't resist fire. When subjected tC
severe heat 1t cracks and splits off in flakes
and crumbles into sand. Neither are ssfes
constructed Of granite burglar-proof. With
| blow-pipe and sharp blaze well handled, =
block of granite can be cracked to piece.
A Tennessee man, residing where forests
and game are plenty, says that his boys
who all have gun apiece, became short OF
percussion caps few days ago, and the first
thing he knew they were shooting with
match-heads as substitute. How many
boxes Of matches he had lost in that way he
did not say, but he found they fired as clear
O q rQ m fc n oh fNr
man to make fortune by getting out a
new patent" All that is necessary Is
to adapt the gunlock TO the " match-head." "
The sentencing to seven years In the
State-prisOn of Rosenweig. the famous New
York abortionist-the same whose victims
corpse was discovered boxed up and on Its
way to Chicago-will meet a strOng popular
approval-Eot less here than in New York
We only fear that I'm five or six months OF
so, it may be discovered tha. = the ends OF
justice have been sufficiently subservei in
his case, and the inhuman sCoundrel set free.
This kind of discovery is very common in
New York
A telling argument in favor Of the indus
trial training Of the masses is afforded by
the fact that but about three per cent o;
the country have been trained 10 any craft
More badness au cng ladies has hcea caus.
cd by the prevailing fashion of wearing
heavy knots Of false hair on the top of the
head, during the last two years, tlan in a
decade before. This Is the unanimous ties.
umonv of physicians.
The Italian flag Is compose; OF three col.
ors, as are all the flags Of the constitutional
nations, and represents III. three powers OF
the state, executive. legislative, aud judiciary.
The origin of this flag generally dates with
the Cisalpine Republic about the latter par;
Of the last century, at the time of Napol.
cons war in Italy. The green WAS then
adopted to distinguish 1t from th> Fronch.
From that, date this rri-colored flag was
adopted In ali the Italian liberal move
ments of 1870, 1881, 1873. and 1859. and hn-
ally in 1860. with the constitution Of IN.
kingdom of Italy. The shield in the center
with the cross, is the arms of the House OF
Savoy under whose regime Italy has finally
been able to achieve her unity and indepar :
dencc. By coincidence the colors of the
Italian flag represent the three cardinal vir-
tues-Faitb, white; Hope. green; Charity,
red.
The oldest tree on record in Europe. is
asserted to be the cypress o! S0muia, in
Lombardy, Italy. This tree is believed -
have been in existence ut the time 1T .Iuli-
us Cesar. forty-two years before t"riSt,
and Is therefore 1911 years old. IL los ice;
in hight, and twenty in circumference at one
foot from the ground. Napoleon, W hen lay
ing down his plan for the great road over
the SimplOn. diverged from straight lire
TO avoid injuring this tree.
The English postal telegraph syst.m has
been in operation about fifteen months. 1t
pays its way and shows balance to ts credit
of nearly four millions of dollars. It has
increased telegraph accommodations. Be-
fore the transfer to the PostOfllce depart
meut, LEGS than one hundred and fifty towns
haG tclegraphic facilities now, more than
two Thousand postofiices distribute teIe-
grams. and nearly as many railway stations
have been added to the number.
An ingenious Yankee has endcavorcd TO
Introduce the peculiarly American institu-
ton known as the "gift enterprise" in Ger
many, but the authorities have forced him
to take his own leave Instead of giving him
theirs.
A new steam fog horn is III use in Bos-
ton. II was heard On board the Cunard
steamer Samaria, between seven and eight
miles distant, and 80 distinctly that the ri-
lot ran her safely In during dense fog.
Its value will be better appreciated rs pilots
become more familiar with ITS range Of
sound and how tho sound itself Is affected
by the wind.
There are no less than seven expeditions
now ut work Tin the frozen rcgions-two
from Germany, under the command, respec-
lively, Of Rosenthal and Prayer, with tie
latter Of whom Weyprecht Is associated :;
one from Sweden, sent out by the govern
ment, and consisting Of two war vessels ;
one from Scotland, nndsr Mr.. Lziuuut , ono
from England, undertaken by Mr.. Leigh
Smith ; one from France, fitted out by NJ.
Octave Pavy, and the American expedition,
under Captain Hall.
Reports from the forest fires along the
Lake Shore Railroad gives the curious fact
that the dry muck, which forms the first
layer Of soil, about three feet in thickness,
burned with the slow fire Of compressed
peat, eating Under green trees and uproot-
ing them to add their fuel TO the flames.
The committee of the city council of Gin
cinnati on smoke consumption, have the an
thority Of scientific men for saying that the
smoke yearly Injuries Cincinnati to the ex-
tent of So, 500, ,000-that is, million and a
half more than the city's annual coal bill.
The French practice in building is a good
one. Instead Of using flimsy lath for thin
partitions, thoy employ stout pieces Of oak,
as thick as garden palings. These they nail
firmly on each side of tho framing OF the
partition, and fill the space between with
rubblc and plaster of Paris. They coat the
whole with plaster. The floors are
managed IN the same way, as we'll as the I'M
der side of the stairs. Houses are thus render
ed almost as neal" flre-proof' as if built of
stone throughout. In Nottingham, England,
where they have gypsum in the neighbOr-
hood, as in Paris, they form their floors and
partitions In the same solid mann r cone
nuanflv O hufld;p fc IN volxy burpci in,