The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-02-28
GENERAL AND PARTICULAR.

chains which were formerly used.
The protector Of Il new paper at Atlanta,
Ga, having declared that he will "cOndemn
the wrong and applaud the right" the Era
says the task will keep him about as busy
as a school boy with a hornet in his trous-
erS.
A late IIndostanqe book attempts to prove
that all HindoO notions, not only in regard
/ to religion and philosophy, but in regard to
physical science, such as astronomy, geOg-
rsphy, &c, are true, and the EIropeaA ones
false
Thirteen thousand and thirty-three pat
cnts were granted in this country last year,
a slight falling off from the three previous
years. The receipts of the Patent Office
were S61S,1l 10, and the expenditures
$3.50 595 0S.
Lately, at Kansas City, the drill which is
boring q shaft for Il coal mine. went through
a cave fourteen feet deep before reaching
the rock underneath. The bottom of the
cave is nearly 500 feet below the surface of
the earth.
The latest fashionable ornament for adorn
ing lady's hair of an evening is q bandeau
OF small gilt bells, which tinkle softly with
each motion OF the wearer's head, and are
pretty accompaniment to the music and
running fire f small-talk.
After the capture of Strasbourg by the
Germans, collections were begun for resto-
ring the magnificent library, aud the Ger
man people responded with such liberality
that it now contains upward of $4,000 vol
umes, ali voluntary gifts.
1t is reported in well-informed circles that
a prize black ca-, at the Crystal Palace
show, actually witnessed the siege Of Paris.
There is more in this than is understood by
the philosopher [ the first blush, tor the
cat was highly eatable. being large and fat.
A carriage appeared on Fifth avenue, New
York, recently, which excited much curl
osity. 1t was lined with gold colored satin,
the harness was gold mounted and very
elaborate, ana the c1acf men were dressed in
light Goth costs with long plumes In their
hats.
The Calif0rrII Legislature has passed a
bill exempting journalists from jury service
The passage Of the bill was not asked for by
the journalists, but il was cOnceeled to them
as matter OF right. upOn the ground that
they We're engaged liz public duties quite as
necessary and even imperative, Is jury ser
vice.
Ii is reported that parties will soon arrive
at New HGrk iGOm Europe for the purpose
of establishing a German bank there, with
a capital of forty million thalers. and several
smaller banks are talked Of at New \ ork,
with capital stocks ranging from three to
eight million dollars. The object is under
stood to be To stimulate the drift OF German
capital into American securities.
} A distinguished French scientist says that
alkaline chlOrides diminish the amount of
saccharinn Juice in beet roots, but alkaline
Carbonates ought TO be present. in small
quantity. either in the soil or in the manure
applied to the roots This may possibly be
the reason why beets grown ia our Western
country will not produce a sufficient amount
a. 70 N4l- orNti iFahl 10
20 manufacture sugar therelrom.
\ correspondent of the Engineering and
Mining ,IOsHn1i, asserts. relative TO Missouri
ore, lhat the sO-called tin ore is moth
ing more nor less than greensboro. in which
there Is oc -aSionally found magnetic. which
upon BEN = fused. produces shining glObules
OF magnetic iron" Tnr same correspondent
alleges that Prot. \. d. Hagen. late State
GeolOgiSt, was turned out Oi his position
because he would not pronounce in his re-
port this iron as tin.
An exchange offers the following valuable
hint IA amateur newspapers =" The making
comiortables warmer by lining them with
newspapers is coming rapidly INTO fashion
In one respect this is cheering. Ii suggests
the hope that number OF papers. ostensiblv
published Us uutriment for the mind, will
realize what starvation 'iict they afford. and
hereafter be issued eXcluS.Vcl. rs Il cover
ing tor the body"
y curious story : told illustrating the
legal precision OF a great IudTt. He asked
a magistrate, on a circuit dinner, whether
he would take some yenisOn The gentle
man ans wered: - Thank you. nv lord. | am
going to take boiled chicken" Lord Tent
crd III replied: THAT, sir, is no answer to
my question. ask you again if you will
take Venlson, and | will thank you TO an
% Wl-hDnr fur rh,s- NV
tion.'
Numerous towns and cities. situated i'm
mediarely on the Missouri river. are mani
testing considerable uIeaSineSs in relation
to the probability OF disastrous overflow
of the Missouri in the coming spring. The
heavy falls of snow during the winter in the
Black Hills, on the plains and the main
range of the Rocky Mountains, create grave
fears that many OF the great feeders which
dehOuch into the Missouri will swell the
volume of water TO an unprecedented atti
ude.
The helmet which is TO replace the French
kepi is described as being mixture of steel
and brass, and in shape something of the
old Roman model. A rim running all round
is To protect the wearer from rain and sword
cuts the front is Ornamented with sun,
and in time of peace 4 cock is 10 form the
spike. The private viii have brass, the
rpgImtntai OitlcerS silver, ana the general
off ,ers gold cocks. The helmet is TO weigh
three pounds. and is first TO be tried on the
army round Paris.
Tea and coffee is threatened with Bra
lillian rival, called grarana. Guarana con-
sistS of the seeds of tree known to bOtan-
lists as the P.utiinG SOrbitis, which is very
abundant. The tree produces fruit about
the size of walnut, containing five or six
seeds. The seeds are roasted, mixed with
water and dried. Before being used they
require grinding, when they fall into kind
of pOwder. The active principle is an alka-
loid identical with thar found in tea and cot
fee. but there is twice as much of il in guar
ana as there is III Tea. The effects are simi-
lar TO those of tea and coffee.
The people of Norway have determined
TO erect huge Grauitc monument. on the
wild coast OF the Scandinavian Peninsula
to celebrate the l,OOO'h anniversary OF the
establishment OF their Kingdom by the
mighty warrior, Harold lIaartager. THIS
is II long period of national existence, filled
with IN interesting, almost fabulous history.
In Ike early part of it Norwegian naviga.Ors
excelled ali Others in bold ness and skill, and
1t is pretty certain that they made discover
les ou 0GrCuaSt centuries before the voyages
of Columbus and the CabOts.
The quantity of 9unpOwdcr sent 10 for
cign ports from the Clyde for 1871 as com
pared with the corresponding periods OF the
previous two years, was as follows: ISL,
, 500 500 pounds, 1870 >, AS 900 {; 1863, B.
100 800 pounds, The shipments in Decem-
Der were $4,000 pounds per L6ch Ness tor