The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-01-10
GENERAL AND PARTICULAR.


i ish of st. Mary has twenty-one field hands
. all white, at work, and they will make owe
! six hogsheads of sugar and fifteen bbls
mOlasses to the hand, besides raising enoug
, corn for their own use. They have raise
Of chickens. eggs, vegetables, and othe
, things to sell, nearly enough to pay thei
own accounts. They work In the field ev
, cry month in the year, and their doctor
bills do not amount to more than dolla
a head yearly for each member Of thei
families.
The open threats of repudiating some o
the Southern States debts, are causes of NJ
! little uneasiness in financial circles. A pro
position has been introduced into the N0rtf
Carolina Legislature to repudiate the whole
debt assumed for the encouragement ant
the building Of railways, and judging from
the tone Of public sentiment there, it is tC
be feared the proposition may prevail.
A shrewed but unprlnclpled business chal
lately attended the sale of hotel IN Ohio
He hadn't cent in his pocket, but he stood
up and bid boldly, "twenty-eight thousand
dollars" IC was knocked down to him
and, when the question was asked, .'who l.
the purchaser?'' the audacious scamp re.
piled, ''the Pennsylvania Railroad" Ol
course he was not required in person to put
up the money for an imperial buyer like
that, whereby he was able, in the course ol
a couple Of days. to sell the whole to an
other party for $35,0 COO. and clear the differ.
ence.
In certain sections OF the State of New
York the farmers are removing their fences,
and adopting the soiling system for :heir
stock. This is 4 system in feeding which
| the animals are kept in the barns or stables
and small enclosures adjacent to them, and
fed with grass cut during the summer, in
I of nf boinn oI1nucI fn in tho
lures. 1t is largely pursued in Europe,
where there are comparatively few fences,
and in view OF the constantly decreasing sup
| ply of timber, resulting from the destruc-
tiOn of our forests, its general adoption in
this country would seem to be only one of
| time.
| A few weeks ago Mr. Capron was persua-
ded to put his agricultural wisdom at the
service of the Tycoon, and now the Japan.
ese Minister at Washington has induced one
of the Deputy Commissioners of Internal
Revenue to migrate. The establishment of
an Internal Revenue system in Japan is a
long step in advance, but if it is to include
an Income Tax the natives will not be CRATE
! full. General Wi lams, who accepts the task
of organizing the Japanese revenue system,
| possesses the capacity and experience re-
quired for that serions undertaking. While
Mr.. Capron teaches the natives how to raise
the most profitable crops, General Williams
will be alert to tax producers and consumers
and so, between them, these enterprising
Americans will be able to illustrate the ad-
vantageS of adopting the rules of Christian
civilization.
Professor Tyndall of the Michigan State
University, where the sexes are educated in
common, says the seventy women students
| there are pretty, have youth, personal
beauty and attractiveness, as rule, though
there are exceptions to this as to all rules.
And the observations of strangers who Wis
it us Is astOnlshment at seeing so many
beautiful girls who are intensely interested
in the robuster studies OF the college cir
riculHm."
Norfolk, Va, boasts of an African who is
gradually changing into a white man.
Both of his parents were full-blOOded Afri.
cans, and the child was as black as could be
wished until his eighth year, when white
spots appeared upon various parts of his
body. These spread gradually, and at the
age of eighteen his entire person, with the
exception Of the hands and face, became
perfectly white. At the present time his
face is undergoing transformati' n. and the
alternate black and white gives him an ex-
ceedingly picturesque appearance. He re-
jo:ces in the name OF the "Spotted Negro"
which bids fair to be changed In few years
10 that of the white negro.
The announcement recently made by the
Levant Herald that four ex-Ministers, who
lately held exalted positions in the Ottoman
Government had been exiled and sentenced
to confinement in a fortress, was copied and
commented upon all over this country. But
the same paper row states that, although
this was nomiraliy the sentence passed upon
them, their punishment really amounts TO
little more than removal from the capital.
Two are merely sent to Cyprus, where they
twill be free TO live in all the comfort which
the ample wealth of both afford" The
others have simply been sent to their native
places IN Asia. Not very severe punish
ment after ell.
About a year and half ago the pastor of
a Baptist Church in country town In Mi
chigap. fell senseless and apparently life
less to the floor in his room. and for three
hours was supposed to be dead. He finally
came to, and in two months thereafter his
hair changed from glossy black to silver
gray. His cyclasheS and eyebrows also
turned white, and in short time dropped
of. Whist is stranger still, the mans hair,
eyelashes and eyebrows have since grown
out again in their original color. The hair
commenced to grow black on one side Of
his head, until there is now but small
patch OF grey hair.
The Washington Chronicle states that
General Schenrk. Minister to England, hay
ing accomplished his purpose with refer
encc to the Treaty Of Washington, and re-
garding his personal interest here as imper-
alive. has requested the President to name
a successor and call him home. The New
York Stcndard processes to have infOrma-
ton of n similar character. lt is, there
tore, fair to presume that his acceptance OF
the position OF Director of tie Emma Min
ing Company was not male until he had ill.,
timatcd r. the Government his intention to
resign anu his wish to be relieved.
An interesting case against an officer of
the National Guard is now being tried by
court martial in New York city. captain
Spencer, of Jim Fisk's valiant Ninth Regi-
ment N G.. $. N. V, has been accused of
cowardice during the Orange riot of last
July 18th. His accuser, the Lieutenant of
his company, states that the Captain ON that
day, having been ordered to proceed with
his company to face the enemy" did
abandon said company, secrete himself in
the house Of 4 citizen and there removed
from his person his uniform and dOnned
the garb of Il citizen. Some interest is felt
In the case, rs it is the first time an officer
of the National Guard has been brought up
on such charges.
A new feature in the WOman's Rights
movement presents itself in Spain. Hereto
fore the men OF Spain have nearly monOpO-
lized all the honor and glory attending the
performances in the bull-ring, but now two
young ladies, feeling the wrongs of their
sex AMI burning for distinction, have en-
tered the arena at Madrid, and have slain
not less than three roaring, wild and dan.