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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-11-15
How to Manage Runaway Horses.

Always stick to your horses 30 long as
they are fast to the carriage. If line
breaks, or o bit gives away, step out OF
the fore end of the carris sc, even when
the team may be running, take hold of
the harness and spring on the back of
one of the animals. Once astride of q
horse, one can reach forward, grasp his
nose, and soon check his speed. When
Q horse is running toward you, as he
comes up stand 90 that he will be with
in reach a. he dashes past then make
calculations to seize his reins near the
bits with one hand and to grasp the
name or the top of the names with the
other hand. A man may expect to be
carried twenty rods but if he will hang
on TO the reins horse will soon stop.
We saw q fine horse running away sew
days since, with wagon and load Of
barrels. After passing hundreds Of per
sons who tried in vain to stop him,
lad sprang to the r, ar of the wagon as
it passed, climbed up among the barrels,
went TO the forward end, and the lines
being on the ground, he stepped along
on the thills, got on his back and stop
ped him before he had run one-eighth
of mile. The numerous accidents in
consequence of horses running away,
suggest the eminent importance of
teaching them the signification of the
monosyllsble, Whoa! A horse is never
half trained or half educated until he
has learnes that whoa signifies to halt.
But in the first place, teamsters must be
educated to employ that word at no
other time than when it is desirable to
have team stop. When the word is
used let it be spoken with a full, open
and sound vo;ce.-Nc,o York Times.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-11-15
The Ladies' Dress-A Receipt.

The following curious poem is reprinted from
srxre COPY of the Connecticut Gozeft of June 2S,
I77s, printed in New London. for which We are
indebted to the courtesy of an eminent biblio-
rspher. who quantity remarks that he sends it
to us a. il may answer equally we'll for the pree-
ent day. Itcsrtainiy proves that the fashions Of
accntury gone were not considered q whit less
extayagant then than now. and that feminine
appsrel. no matter what form it takes. is always
held fair game for the wits Of the times:j
Give Chloe bushel Of horse-hair and wool.
OF paste and pomatum pound;
Ten yards of gay bon to deck her sweet skull,
And gauze TO escom pass it round.
On all the bright colors the rainbow displays,
Be these ribbons which hang on her head;
Be her hounces adapted to make the folks gaze.
And sboye the whole work be they spread.
Let her flaps fy behind for yard at the least.
Let her curss NICE, Just under her chin:
Let these curs be supported. to keep up the jest.
With one hundred instead of one pin.
Let her gown be tuck'd up to the hip on each
side:
Shoes toe high for to walk or to jump;
And to deck the sweet creature complete for a
bride,
Let the cork-eutter make her a rump.
Thus finish d in taste, while on Chloe you gaze.
You may take the dear chxrmer for life:
But never andress her-for out of her stays.
You'll find you have lost half your wife.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-11-15
What the Blind See.

In q recent work on Blindness and
the Blind" the author, NJ. Lsvey, says :.
When passing along street can dis.
tinguish shops from private house, and
even point out the doors and windows,
ETC., and tell whether the doors be shut
or open. When n window consists Of
one entire sheet Of glass it is more diff.
cult to discover than one composed of a
number of tmall panes. From this it
would appear that glass is a bad con-
ductor of sensation, or at any rate with
the sensation specially connected with
this sense. When objects below the
face are perceived the sensation seems
to come in an oil lique line from the ob.
ject to the upper part of the face. While
walking with friend, said, pointing
to o fence which separated the road
from field. Those rails are not quite
a. high as my shoulder He looked AT
them and said they were higher. He,
however, measured, and found them
about three inches lower than my
shoulder. At the time of making this
observation was about four feet from
the rails. Certainly in this instance fa
cial perception was more accurate than
sight. When the lower part OF 9
fence is brick work and the upper part
rails, the fact can be detected, and the
line where the two meet easily perceiv
ed. Irregularities in height and projec
tons and indentation in walls can alst
be discovered. A similar sense belong
to some part Of the animal creation, ant
especially to bats, who have been known
to fiy about a room without strikin,
against anything after the cruel expert
ment has been made OF extracting thei
| .vesu
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tract attention enough. Politics being
hushed, the starting of any emotional
social problem was like the firing of a
shell amid perfect stiffness and as
each new piece Of Scribe'a successor at
the Gymnase was brought out, the au.
thor had the inexpressible satisfaction
OF seeing society wrangle fiercely as to
whether he was an earnest censor OF
social abuses, or a corruptor of public
msrals. This is always pleasant; in.
deed, fortune can do nothing more for
one.
But, yes; it can make of one an hon.ne
serieslr, Is NJ. Alexandra Dumas aspires
to be thought at this hour. Having
played under the empire something OF
the part which Alci5iades' tailless dog
is popularly supposed to have filled at
Athens, he now seeks to be one of the
soraeles Of the day; TO rank, in fact,
among the Men Of the Third Repub-
lic." Since NJ. Theirs has guided
France, NJ. Dumas has launched two
new "psychological' comedies, and
three pamphlets-all of which tends, as
he asserts, to the regeneration of
France; and the last of which (the
pamph!ets) has been in most Parisians'
hands for the last month, and is likely
to linger in Partisan women's memories
for yet some weeks to come. But it
may be doubted whether anything that
N. Dumas writes in his present frame
of mind can evoke results deeper than
a success de curiosite, or will survive him;
and this for the reason that, falling into
an error very common with professional
censors, he has got to paint his coun-
trymen much blacker than they really
are. NJ. Dumas fancies himself still
under the Empire. He forgets what
bereavement and distress have passed
through most French homes. Taking
cases Of crime and depravity that were
monstrous and exceptional even at the
worst of times, he holds them up to his
countrymen, and bids them see them
selves as in q mirror; 30 that if one
were to collect NJ. Dumas verdicts on
his countrymen from the plays and
pamphlets recently published, one
would learn that the French were
politically and socially, morally and in.
tellectually, the most flippant, de.
bauched, and ignorant people under
heaven. Against this judgment one
may be allowed to protest. There are
really few countries where honesty is
more common, practical morality more
deep-rooted, and respect for the law
more general, than in France. To is.
more this, argues either very cursory
study of the national character, or a
cynicism grown chronic, and incapaci.
tating its owner from seeing things as
they are. But perhaps NJ. Dumas is
aware that the French love to see their
foibles scoffed at by one of themselves !;
and, possibly. the object Of his numer-
Gus bits Of Psychology" is merely to
crafty their passion If 20, some friend
should warn NJ. Dumas that doctor
who would prescribe a reckless course
of astringents, even when pressed by
his patient to do it, would conduce
neither to that patients nor to his own
good fame as physician. Daily
Netrf
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-11-15
Poor CarlOtta.

A correspondent of the Liege Gazette
describes the present life of the poor
Empress Carlotta at her chateau in
Tervueren. Her mental condition is
one of hopeless insanity, which has re-
duced her to state Of childishness very
Fad to see. Her whole nature seems to
be changed, and, while perfectly quiet,
she seems to have lost all affection for
her friends and relatives. She spends
her time in writing telegraphic dispatches
to Napoleon ILL.,, in receiving imaginary
state visits from the ladies of France and
Mexico, and in conversing with spirits
which, she says, haunt the upper stories
OF the chateau, and who commune only
with her. In the midst of all the
splendor which surrounds her she lives
almost entirely within two rooms, refus-
ing help or companionship from all.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-11-15
VOL. n.--NO. q
An IneI6eut.

Zone IS. ". r." in ths sss Frsneisos Essr-
iHr. detects tAs klss 1atlos a. vhss Day b
termed the rufian rhymes Of The day. ed soogps
Il thus gPimly. II exception - t6ken 10 The
tastes" Of tIi1inx With saah . shssely matter.
the obvious defense b tAst the real violation Of
dscorous form exists In Tie style sf ha~aenfs
here psyodied:J
"A nan dropped dsad n The strsst. thsy ~;
His body y there. just over the way.
Whore the crowd u pteGsino ab0ut
He was pa0ing along when he stafgefed s3d feii.
The lase you'd suppose. be looked - WE'LL q.
And seemed % hale and stout
Tvns heart Disease that killed hin. they aay,
His na0ef don't know. sbd yet, By the wey.
hoard - they carried him By.
Twas rather uncommon. think vas vsAo.
But yoaf (Ay God the uomAnss . Ys!e
An the corpeeJ But you. madam. vby"-
The sssvsf, moan, and the vpnan vas gone. :
Tearins her way. throuEh the Hosd. pressing On.
Half erased With her bliD1ins fser.
The crowd fell baek that tAroRged TIE plAce
As with f1uhtoos4 eyo - 1sn1hst1no fnoasa
She stood By the covered bier.
4 trsmblinx hand. and the cloth was rai,ed;
But moments space she stood and gsset
Then turned and dropped the pail v
nd anger ehone in her beautiful eye.
Dang iti" she hissed - she glided by
1T amt him. after oil. -f.,..t,,i.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-11-15
ALEXANDRA DUAAS, Fills.

About thirty years ago, there
began to be seen, in the house of that
spendthrift of money and genius, called
Alexandra Dumas, a boy who now de-
scripes him as having been yiyacious
and playful; but whom biz .contem-
poraries state 10 have been a reserved
lad-proud, and precociously sharp at
rftorling whenever his vanity was hurt.
He was 10 years old, and came home
from his school on Sundays and holidays
to be shaken hands with by his father,
and then left to fill up his time as he
pleased, or as he could. The house WAS
full Of literary toadies, Bohemians and
impecunious artists. These formed the
great Dumas, court, burned incense
under his face, ate his dinners, borrowed
his money, and forgot TO repay it and
psssed, his boy about from hand TO hand
1 an artistic curiosity that was to be ad-
mired,. or as a pet-dog that was to be
fpoiied. No youth, IS the author OF
"La Dame aux Cameliasn has since &C
knosledged, could have been worse
brought up. At school, the colossal
popularity of his fsther--for it was
cotossni at the period-threw its reflex
on him, and made him as distinctive an
object for curiosity and importunate
questions, as if he had always been
dressed IN scarlet At home, the very
unedifying scenes he witnessed, the
easy morality Of the ladies into whose
company he was thrown, and the base
singing OF the male crew who lived on
his fathers prodigalities, early tinged
his thoughts with . streak of that Bit
terness which time never quite removes.
In this fashion the lad grew up until he
was Is; At which age his father placed
aroll of bank notes in his hands, and
spoke in this paternal wise When g
man nherits the name of Alexandra
Dumas, he should lead the life of o
prince, dine at the Cafe Anglais, and be
generous with his money. Go and
amuse yourself. When yon have spent
that, yoa shall have more. If you con.
tsset debts, ] will pay them" Nothing
could be palmer, or more conducive to
immortality. Young Dumas threw himself
neadiong into the torrent of Partisan
me ran obediently into debt, drew
~ scibpA0 VII uib WCii-
p'eased fsshcr, and was never lectured
the isther, save ON the meanness of
u passimony. But this healthy sort Of
c1stence must necessarily experience
nscks when father and son both lead II
Igether. The elder Dumas practiced
sh ne preached; and by degrees the
eash-oowls on his desk This money was
never locked up in drawers. but lay in
mHis, open to all comers) began to bs
IoIe and more often empty. One day
aneh ms son came to levy supplies from
ss Ssm ne found they were in possession
= we Ssilifs, along with the rest of thl
ouses furniture; and though his fathe
Ined to him with one of his heart,
nughs that this was nothing, and tina
oney was as fast earned as spent, ye
,S.s Sn little episode set young Duma
linking that, II ne should suddenl,
ome s.,s an orphan, he should find him
" lace TO face with his own debts an,
nn iatherr, possessed of no assets an,
Ao Profession and besides all this, has
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-11-15
Quadruple Ampstation.

The British Medical journal tells the
following story: F. ~
"Our readers may remember that in
the autumn of 1869, DE Bege, of Dun.
dee, amputated the whole of the ex.
tremities in the case Of > young woman
named Robertson, whose hands and feet
had assumed q gangfehous condition,
the approximate cause& which was at
tributed to embolism. 4fter the opera
ton subscription was raised, and the
poor woman sent to London, where, at
the request of some ipfluential friends
Of hers, Mr.. Heather Beeg had con.
strusted for her some specially devised
prothetic appliances, in which the dis.
tinguishjng features were that the arti-
fetal hands were automatic in action,
opening and shutting their fingers at
the will of the pati1uS$ Thfs, peculiar
prehensility gave her the power of
grasping even 80 small substance as q
crochet needle, and enabled her to gain
a comparatively lucrative livelihood by
making shawls, etc. So admirably did
she 30 this that one was sent by her to
the Queen, who, struck by the excel.
lence Of the workmanship, and the re-
markable means by which it was &C.
complished, generously gave the poor
woman f5. The artificial legs were also
so arranged as to enable her to stand
md walk with the aid of crutches.
Three years have passed since she first
began the use of extraneous appliances,
and she now writes an admirable hand,
besides knitting, feeding and dressing
herself, etc. In a communication made
by her few days since, which is now
before us, she writes that she can walk
alone quite easily with the aid of
crutches, and that no ono could observe
the cause of her lsmeness. The case is
one Of no common interest, owing to its
being the only one on record in which
the whole of the four extremities have
been removed. Apart from its patho-
logical value, as indicating how life may
be saved by judicious interference in
cases of embolic gangrere. there re-
mains the gratifying result that, by the
use of ingenious mechanism, the pa
tient is enabled TO gain her living, while
presenting nearly the same external ap.
pearance AS if she still retained posses.
sion of her natural limbs. 1t is an
unique case, and triumphant instance
of mechanical ingenuity"
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-11-15
Intimate Acquaintances.

or all disagreeable people who cum
Der the earth, the most to be dreaded
are intimate acquaintances the people
who think themselves justified by virtue
Of having known you a certain length
Of time, and having been, by circum-
stances, thrown into close connection
with you, in meddling with your affairs
in an utterly inexcusable way. People
who enter your room when you are ab-
cent, and help themselves TO anything
they may happen TO want, just the
same as If you were present; who allow
you to search for the missing article till
you are discouraged, and in your heart
accuse the servants of stealing il, and
then walk coolly in some morning to
return it, without dreaming of apollo
gizing for the unwarrantable liberty
they have taken. These are the people
who look over your shoulder when you
are writing letters; who borrow your
last new novel before you have cut the
leaves who, when you present them
with tickets to a concert or any osher
entertainment, quietly ask for your own
remaining one, that some friend may
accompany them who always call upon
YOU Just at meal time; who invite
themselves 70 your country house IN
the summer, and your town residence
| in the winter; and whose requirements
whether it be for your dinner or the
perusal of your love letters-are always
granted, for the reason that the super.
latively cool impudence evinced in the
asking leaves you 80 astonished and be-
wildered that it never strikes you there
can be any other resource than "a
comply.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-11-15
Varieties.

GUILf frames-Prison window
Punch has found . man too lasy TO
labor under an impression.
WIEN q draft passes through the
bank does it give the clerks cold7
WHAr is society after al, but q mix.
ture of mister-ies and miss cries?
ApAx's nativity has At last been dis
covered. He was, according TO Darwin,
germ man. ...s...s. ..,-
WuAr would pig of limited means
do, that wanted to build himself hab-
itation? Tie a knot in his tail, and call
it pigs tie. q o
"ILLusrRArIsa a mans frontmpiece"
is Westernism for ''putting head on
anybody" When will the present era
of slang be over?
A DRY goods merchant Of Hartford
is credited with the admirable reply TO
a question, chow he passed his even
incs,n that "at night l store my mind,
and during the day mind my store"
"How LIKE its father it isl' exclaimed
the nurse on the occasion of christen-
ing of babe, whose father, who was
over 70. had married q young wife.
aVery like" replied sstirical lady, 'it
hasn't a tooth in its headr'
THE woman Of the coming time"
Shall man to vote sppoint point hsi, e..
He'll do as she's min n'ter.
We know she will" or else she "Won't,"
Twill be the same as now;
A,A III IL aha don't
God bless her. anyhoWi '
TIE Titusville Press prints the fol-
lowing receipt: "To find out the num-
Der OF children in street, beat Ndrum.
To find out the number of idle men,
start dog fight. To find out the nu :
ber of women, let woman 20 through
a quiet street with the latest style OF
bsnnet on.
Ex.ArroRNEY-GExERAL AKERnAN, in
one of his recent speeches in Georgia,
alluded to the "affinity of molecular
substances" His colored audience ap-
plauded tremendously at this hit, and
one old negro remarked that ''ef dat
was de way Dimecrats done he couldn't
go wild. 'em anyhow"
A BARBER in Titusville, while cutting
the hair of rural customer. ran his
shears against some hard substance,
which proved to be a milestone. The
old farmer said he shad missed that
milestone ever since haying time last
July, and had looked all over ten.acre
lot for it, but now remembered sticking
it up over his ear" ii7
TEE young ladies in Massachusetts,
town who sought to play a prac'icI
joke on bachelor physician, by making
up q costly "rag'' baby, depositing it in
basket, attaching it TO the door-handle,
and causing the bell to ring. were
grieved to see q man from the street
come up and walk of with the entire
package. They are now mourning the
loss Of twenty-six yards OF 6ue LINEN,
twelve yards of thread lace, four hem
stitch pocket handkerchief, and some
other valusble property.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-11-15
CuttIng and Curing Corn.

A correspondent of an Eastern ex-
change says: have found that ripe
cornstaiks are about as poor feed for
stock al ripe grass; and although it is q
little more troublesome t, cure while in
this condition than it would be little
later, the fodder is enough better topay
for the extra care required. If the
weather is clear and dry at the time of
cutting up drill corn, there need be no
difficulty in having it we'll cured with
out destroying its nutritious qualities: I:
cut it down in the morning and spread
out thinly over the ground next morn.
ing turn it over, and either tie up into
small bundles in the afternoon or tho
following day. The bands on the bum
dies should not be drawn too tightly if
tho corn.stalks are small and slender,
but tel 30 that they will not come
apart. Set the bundles up in small
shocks and put band around the tops
to hold them together. If the bundles
or shocks are not made too large the
fodder will cure without any further
care, and it will be Of green color, moi
all bleached out rs usual when allowed
to cure spread upon the ground. Al
the approach of cold weather the fod
.ier may be drawn under cover; but i
is not safe to place very large quantit,
together in NOW, a. il 10 very likely h
become moldly and unfit for feeding.
do not know Of any other plant that vii
yield 20 much fodder per acre as corn
but to secure the crop in good condition
requires considerable care, as we'll o
suitable weather while the operation j
being performed.
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The Scientific Press recommends
sirup of coffee for use on long journeys.
Put half pound best ground coffee
into three pints Of water, and boil it
down to one pint. Cool the liquor, re-
boil it, adding enough white sugar to
give it the consistency of sirup.- When
cold. nut it in bottle and seal it up.
Two teaspoonfuls in a cup of boiling
water will make cup of good coffee.
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BIsnARcK's cigars cost him $225 a
day, and his beer and wine $4-all for
his own use. aa
The oldest living Odd-Fellow in the
United States is John G. Potts, of Ga.
lena, ILL.,, having been initiated in 1925.
Msssxs. A. & W. SPaAoUE, of Provi.
dence, r. l., have recently. purchased
10000 acres of timber land in Maine,
paying therefor $l,350,000
GEoRoR Law, whom the Herald once
galvanized into . temporary notoriety
by christening him "Live- Oak George"
and nominating him for the Presidency,
is probably worth 81, 200, 600.
Col. AIvAH CRocxEH, N. c., of Fitch
burg, Mass, is 70 years old, and worth
$2,OOO, 900. He il President Of two
banks. and is one Of the greatest manu-
facturers Of paper in the country.
BEscuER's first meeting. house accom-
modated but $50 people. He says he
made the fires, lighted the lamps, swept
the Westinghouse, begge money for
hymn books, and made himself all
things to all men.
THERE is difficulty in finding . Jury
when an Indian comes before an
Omaha Court. One Of the panel, being
asked if he had any prejudice, replied:
NO; only I've bin chased by 'em, bin
in several battles with 'em, and would
hang every devil Of 'em at sight"
TIE toadies and Jenkirses of Wash
ington society are on the qI vive about
Nellie Grants debut. Her parents"
says correspondent at the capital,
''Lave always been very particular with
her, and will not allow her to dance the
German"
SonR of Beecher's admirers, who fear
that the good man.is starving on his pit
tance of So, 600 year, with house-rent,
clothes and silver service thrown in,
propose to get him up a 100000 me-
mortal. If Henry keeps on, he will
make preaching pay before long.
JOIN HowAaD PAYNE's body lies un.
honored in tho soil of Tunis. The au-
thor Of the immortal song, Home,
Sweet Home," had but little in life of
the home Of which he sungy and, being
dead, it has not occurred until very re-
Gently TO any of the admirers of his
song to remove his body to his nstive
land. 1t is now intended by the Faust
Club, of Brooklyn, to endeavor to bring
his remains home, or should it fail in
this to ut least erect q memorial of him
at his homestead on Long Island.