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circumference Of Castor Oil

Breathes there man with soul SO dead,
that he does not recollect the castor oiing which
his poor machipe used t, undergo at stated
periods of his youth To castor oil child of
two to seven years of age requires three or four
strong women, a spoon, maguum bottle, n lump
OF sugar, towel, a Jumping ,ck and a aphic
temper. The first motion is to ring in the med.
icine on the unsuspecting babe fairly disguised
in milk. This vancouver failing, you p,rey
with the enemy, and corrupt its inIantile integ.
rity with brides of pas gold watch, imperial rev.
enues Of small change, and He-perde- of small
oranges. After having tempted it thrice TO put
the spoon of Tantaus to its lips it refuses point
blank to touch the nasty thing. Thereupon
your surcharge of Indignation finds vent in the
corporal chastisement of the rebeillous infant
1t howls. Peace being restored you bring up re.
Inducements, and. strategy and diplomacy hav-
ing failed, determine to accept nothing but I'm.
conditional surrender, and prepare to march at
once upon the enemy's works. A grand com.
bined attack is made. The left wing firmly
holds the child's hands. The right wing plnches
its nose. so as to compel it to open its mouth,
into which the center pours deadly fire from
the spoon. Meanwhile the reserve holds up
lump of sugar, and keeps the towel ready The
baby yells and chokes, the young mother afraid
of killing It, lets 90 it's nose the infant catching
breath, discharges the whole dose upon her. and
ruins all the front bresdths of her black silk,
and follows up its advantage by so heart. broken
yell that the attacking party surrender at dis.
erection. A treaty of peace is then ratified,
| thereby the infant il ceded immunity from
| castor oil, and an ample indemnity in lollipops,
| and then the mother enters into u war with the
infants grandmother. who vigorously repre-.
hends the weakness exhibited in dealing with
children nova days People have tried I'll sov,s
of experiments. Take it in milk in soda ter {;
from hot spoon every WY. BIT no later
Franklin has ever been able 50 overcome and
annihilate the naslness of taking castor oil 1t
has sluggish, cold nperien' look about It, like
hn ill.omened pool in . deadly swamp 1t I'M.
coils itself into the fntL spoon like boiled rat.
| tlesnake 1t tastes like molten graveyards aud
ones gorge r,ses AZ it u. il it were one Of Mrs.
Woodhul's Lectures, But the feeling, when i.
has been 'chieved. Is that ones inside il full OF
earth worms and FJrneys Press.
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"suek in that which the child required. This
would involve the death of the CT first. for it is
the smaller animal; and the child'- mouth mu.t
be also IN the proper position :" intercep, the
pure are required by the eat. That the latter.
either iroEl malignity oil affection, would volun-
tarily suffer standardization fur moment is Of
course absurd. In fact. the statement is absurd
altogether. and it would require the clesre-t cir
cumst n'itl description Of the way in which the
act was performed, and that by ad,intere-ted
observer. to enitle the assertion to the con.
siderat;on here given. The true explanation
of such cases is doubtless very simple. The cat
Ivy upon the child's mouth. and smothered it,
"r upon it. stomach and chest and, by its weight.
tired ia" respiratory muscles 80 that they grad.
ualy ceased to act, and thu poor little inf.nt to
breathe. Let me say. in Conclusion. that such
accidents are frequently facilitated by the sense
less WY in which mothers ard nurses place their
shiidren deeply imbeded IN soft clothes and pill.
lows. deriving them, by 80 dciny. of a full sup.
ply of the fresh. pure mir, which is their very
Ne,o York Tribune
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Stewards Religion.
The Departed Statements Views of lnIor-
TALLY.
From the New York Herald

from the New York Herald
One Of his most intiI''e clerical friends says
that Governor Seward firmly believed the doc.
trine of the Immortality of the soul, and Of its
ultimate reunion with some form of immortal.
lied body after death, according to the in:ima.
tions contained in St. Paul's First Epistle to the
Corinthians. It was his manner of expressing
his ideas upon the subject to say :hat there lie
not any real death; that the life with which
human being is invested at his birth is an ema.
nation from the Deity and is immortal; that
the first clay body in which it is tabernacled
wears out and perishes that the spiritual life
continues to exist thenceforward in . disem.
bodied state until the occurrence of the greatest
Of all the marvels, the great contamination
viz: the resurrection and rehabilitation of the
body, its union again in some form with the life
or spirit, and the creation of q new heaven and
! Il new earth, when Il man ascends to higher
sphere of existence. Hence it was his habit to
speak of death temporary sleep of the body,
and Of the future state, so called. Of the soul
spirit, the two future states of existence.
The first time the Governor mentioned his views
at length upon this subject was at the burial, on
Fort Hill, Of Judge Miller.
"His dust merely sleeps there temporarily"
he rem rked, ''but the Judge himself is still
alive Then, in measured and very impress.
sive MANNER. he repeated few liues from the
"Hymn to Death"
Such" he continued '.is the doctrine the
faith and the hope Of the Christian religion.
1t is the appointed destiny of man."
In the month of June, 1865, when the sexton
was preparing the grave on Fort Hill for Mrs.
Seward, the Governor went there in company
with Baron S,eckel, General Hancock aud DR..
Norris, to give the required directions, and sat
for II while with them upon rustic seat on the
ground. when the Baron remarked that he was
unable to realize the fact that Mrs. Seward was
dead
She is not" replied the Governor; "-he still
lives. She still lives in the condition which the
Church styles the place OF departed spirits
There is no such thing As death of the soul or
life. 1t is the 5ody alone that sleeps. and that
only for limited but uureve led season. So
we read and so we believe"
THAT" returned Baron, lis very comfort.
able reflection"
1T is not only comfortable reAec'ion,' con.
tinued the Governor 'but it is the consolation
afforded by enlightened view of the Christian
religion"
The same idea WAS advanced by the Governor
1T the time of the burial, by the side of her
mother, of the daughter Frances.
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like cigarettes a, one end and whipped into
shred at the other, was the tea flower. packed in
loose petals of its own kind to preserve its fra
yrapce. This" said Tuck Chong ais a tea
n Al only msndarins of highest rank ever get "A
cnance 10 Drink in China. 1t is grown on the
plantation OF very rich mandarin in the pro-
vince of Foo Glow. and only be gotten from
him or his agen. in Pekin. There Was once II
law forbidding its export, but even AN American
can now buy and drink il. 1t costs $1,000 in
China. Ny brother brought back few pounds
on his last visit to China. l have none for sale,
but 1t could not be sold in San Francisco for less
than SEQ pound"-.Sdm Francisco Chronic,e.
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a CHINESE LUXuRY.-Thr greatest dainty
that the palate Of Chimes, crave. il fan chow
the Hover OF tea. A Chyonic'e man had the op.
Poe'u"t'y ie" DAYS ago TO sip the imperial tea.
bloom, the priceless, beverage ns Celestial cxtr.,.
agance. Learning thu the tu,erpri.in. firm Of
Castle Brothers, Nos. 2l3 and 2lJ From, .,re.,
had s'mpIes ~ very rrc te,, re visited the
counting room ut th't firm wa. shown tho sam.
pies, uud directed Tucr Cnnuy & Co. Cb;ne..
who'cs ,lt merchants, NJ NJ. 1;o $ ,c,a,nento =,
for iuiurmltion. Tuck Choug. AN urbsne Chi.
nesa received the reporter kindly, listened TO bs
request To be shown the imperial leaf, and
brought in the priceless luxury in small and
highlyutn' m7nted box of sandal wood. The
slide-id ~as pulled out, md six alternate LAYERS
OF perium.d rice paper ond silk were carefully
lifted.
Beneath ~ this covering was gilded square
pioCe II sands. sood. This also was lifted, and
the O.. BIO. IA Displayed. Rolled in balls,
twis'.d into iiny, e,me..hnp4d rolls an inch
long, twisted very stA4i. tied in little punches
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having mace arrangement. 10 engage In different branch of
business, we are offering goods AZ
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=, Farmers and others having Dressing to do will find
Their advantage ~ Give "A call
Havr" The r"st Nlnr' cry aud using water power G
that Team do Wu, tUud As cheap any one In thew
Ottawa, March 2ith, ISL, GEO. JEKYLL.
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Use DR.. Uenry's Worlds Tonic and
Blood Purifier.

1t is the great household remedy. pleasant to
take, yet potent for the prevention and cure OF
diseases. 1t is better than Bitters, Cordial,
Buchu or Sarsaparilla Sold By Druggists
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I-:riErc Gc:6c.

Interesting Work, Enlarged Edition, New
Ensravinss, Two-hundrcd and sixty Pages,
Price so cents. Address DIR, BCrrs' DIsPEy.
GARY, l? No-'h E.5hth Street, s.. Louis, Mo-
See Advertisement.
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NJ re-. Whitco Iub's Eyrup

The great soothing remedy. Price only Is
cents. Gives rest to the mother and health to
the child Sod Ivy Druggists.
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DIR. Henry's Root and Plant Pills.
Mild yet thorough-no nausea or griping-en.
tirely vegetable-greatliver remedy. Price IS
cents. Sold by Druggists.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-10-11

But all the bad men in office there we're not
horn in the North, nor are they all Republi.
cans, nor do they all support Presiden'
Grant Five of the Governors Of the recon-
strncted States were born in the South, and
1--WE of them are Democrats; Virginia has ga
nemocratic Governor and the largest public
dcbt of any of the Southern States, and War
moth. mott who is the reputed Tweed Of the South,
IL loud for Greeley and reform: Attacks are
made upon President Grant ~ though he was
in some way responsible for the action Of the
Southern State d9vernments, He has moth. moth
ing to do with them more than any other e,'
man. People there choose whomsoever they
will Wilt to fin the state offices, they do in other
places. They have elected DE. Democrats .Sa s.na IN
o1acted Republlcans. Complaint is made OF
the President because he allows, as it is said,
the carpebag state officers Of the sa%ts s;ns to to
| p denounced for interfering toJ much with
Southern affairs.
CORRUPTION IN OFFICE.
When the enemies Of the Administration
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In The Old Tilrr

Above the sunset hills nowthe vauquished cloud
are breaking.
The light trails its Jewels along the dusty
lane;
Adown the meadow path the well-known way
I'm taking,
And dream and dream am but child
again.
know when the bios ons Of the golden bell are
stk!o" where the fern sips 'se brooE'e.'s fall
ing spray;
1 know Of a tank where dai,ns hieom the
whitest.
And nook in the bcecbes where shadows fall
And cooling bIeczcs flicker on .ultry summer
day.
1t was there by the brookside we built bow er
of rushes, -
In the shade of the beeches in that old happy
We wrought the rustic roof wh,re the purple
harebell bushes,
And Ben trimmed 1t Ger with the hr-trees s
While our merry voices blended with the
waters ripping chime.
How sweet on the air came the breath of new
How soft was the whisper of the wind in the
trcei
There were Maude's golden curIs. with the sun
light gilded over.
There was merry little Carl. and brave Ben. the
All. mel Ben is sleeping now beneath the
Southern sea!
And fair little Maude in stately ship saih =,
Is sailing and sailing to far ioI eign sb' .s'
And Carl is at rest where the Northern ~;nJs =
50. wailing. "ias ar
Where the Northern sea is NEAR a.,
Northern lights are palipg. -i's' "uu W.
And the wild waves thunderr ,,ah;skoae
evermore! .ouha nis "eu i'i
beaming, 4" 'ho suns"' huie
The sound in the tr =. .e,h
frain. -ee-oP VI 'no "inu ~" fo
Anu nj ,;Ivcp ii, the river with its white wave
D" t;ro@ ~ through the years TO our youth
To ,ha happy dreaming.
) dear oIden time that can never COM
sgain!
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A Novel Procession.

The Portland Hsss gives the following
account of the unique manner in which
q camp. meeting was recently -cioseo ~
Richmond, Maine: After singing
stirring song, the President announced
chat the hour had arrived tor he last
act of this religious drama. The Presl-
dent, Vice-President, and other clergy
men then, arm in arm, four abreast,
took mn the line of march around the
stand, About thousand Joined IN the
procession. A they marched they sang
come Of those wild, pathetic songs this
sect is so famous for. Twice around the
inclosure the great procession slowly
tramped to the music Of the song. After
the second tramp around, . halt was
made, the men forming line facing
the circle. The sisters, now in single
| file, slowly passed along the waiting line
of men, shaking each by the hand q,
they passed. many of the more excited
sisters throwing their arms arourd some
fayorite brothers neck, and giving nan
= kiss Of holy love. After the womer
4 had ,,.ssed. the last brother in the lint
| followed in behind, the line OF mel
thus doubling on ITSELF Here some Q
the men followed the example Of IN
sisters, brother kissing hrotAer - the.
| uassed. The Shouts and Amsns IN.
halleluiahs 1ers hearty xpd frequent
! Perhaps thousand pessons wasnesse'
thi exHaQFdipazy scene.
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not the e.::..rtance- -Schurz conte mplate
j niiine it with the living, McCreery viii
the dead. Schurz proposes to sacrifice
the loyal thous ands Of the North to tn,
behests of rebellion !; HcCreery proposed
! to scatter the bones of 1900 sleepin,
soldiers at Arlington to the same No
loch. Schurz conciliates by THROWN,
in the loyal living; McCreery by diggin,
| up the martyred dead. But who, arr
these Grart men whom the heroic
Schurz SO elibly promises to hurl into
the chasm OF destruction and forgetfui
nessf ~ lt!5 itfiH eJi:i4ei
Gen. Logan is one; who, in the hour
of the country's deepest peril, stepped
from the plane Of party upon the higher
level Of patriotism, and on many well
fought field won the honor and graft.
tude of his ceuntrymen. 5ia,
Gallant Tom Browne, of Indiana, il
one; who led his Hoosier boys into the
thickest of the fight, and who "spoke
to the Cnildren of Israeli as they went
forward. r,s az
Heroic Dick Oglesby is one; who,
crushed and msngled by rebel bullets,
still lives to receive the reward of his
devotion.
Gen. o. O. Howard is one; wounded
and disabled in the early part of the
war, and whom a grateful nation cannot
forget. val 'riS ers.{
Little Phil. Sheridan is one; he who
galloped SO calamity from Winchester
on that bright October morning, "saved
the day" by his heroism, and pushed
Jubal Early up and out of the Shenan-
doah Valley. lt.-.f .o.-f ..,.--..
Sherman is one; he who drove John
son out of jackson, Bragg from Look
out Mountain, Hood from Atlanta, and
then moved path through the rebel
lion on his brilliant march 10 the sea.
Sigel is one; who charged so desper-
ately into the rebel columns at Wilson's
Creek. and whose gallantry was alike
the pride of Germans and Americans.
But why enumerate7 TheGrant men,
with wnom Schurz proposes to fill the
chasm, can be found within the empty
sleeves, the old uniforms, and the un-
forgotten memories of the past. They
can be found among the survivors Of
the dungeons of Libby and the horrors
of Andersonville. In one word, they
can be found comprising the men who
fought for the Union, and the men who
sustained the army at home.
Looking over the supporters Of Grant
ut the political gatherings to-day, We
can almost borrow the words of the
Prophet, and say with him: "These are
the faces that saw under God at the
river of Shebar and these faces are the
likenesses of the same faces that saw
at the river, and they went, every one
Of them, straight .orward." And these
are the men with whom Mr.. Schur5
proposes to fill the gulf. Despicable
attemptl impotent effort! Insulting
wordsi Can he believe the American
people are cravens aud ingrates? Does
he hope to cancel the record in all our
hearts by blotting it out of his own :
Let him behold the uprising of the peo
pie all over the land. Let him hear
the laundering answer that comes from
Maine, Vermont, and North Carolina
Honor, patriotism, gratitude, are not
quite obiiterated. There's life in the
old land YETI Chicago Inter. Oecan.
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Filling the Chasln.

We did not hear OF Mr.. Schurz at tie
Peace Jubilee in Louisville. 1t was
hardly important that he should go any.
way. for he has long since clasped hands
with rebellion in spirit, and to 60
through an empty form would be a
mockery hardly worth q sacrifice OF $2SO
a day. Mr.. Schurz, in his speech dei,v'
cred at Chicago, proposed to fill the
m bloody chasm' with "Grant men,,
McCreery, with whom he was expeche
| to clasp hands at Louisville, propose.
! the same thing. The form differs, bu'
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Current Items.

SIXTY tons of steel pens are made
every year.
The navy annually consumes 100000
pounds OF pickles, at cost Of $l7, 1000.
M1LLvILLk, Mo. Hot liner from the
bat on the pitchers neck. The two
mines attended the funeral in body.
IT took the army-worm just two days
to eat every green blade in twenty
acre field in Ashton, ILL.,, last month.
A NEGRO woman living near Battle
boro. N. c., has had seven pairs OF
twins, and is not over thirty.fi years
Of age.
ToorHpIcxs have become an important
article of trade. One toothpick factory
in Canton, Me-, furnishes more work
than all other business in town. Over
one hundred cords of poplar have been
hauled for its use this season, and con-
verted into toothpicks.
An iron submarine torpedo boat, des-
tined, if found worthy OF approval by
the Navy Department, for harbor de-
Tense and able to proceed under water
and, afiixing a torpedo to an enemy's
ship unseen, explode it at safe dis
tance by means of electricity, was
launched and examined at the Navy
Yard the other day.
NEAR Crisfield, Md, recently, Cordelia
King, a colored girl, went with her lit:
tie brother to feed pig, having several
needles and pins in her dress front.
While in the act Of leaning over the
pen, she fell, and one Of the needles
entering her breast, killed her instant
| ly. She did, in short, her quietus take
with bare bodkin.-
Il The Acting postmaster General has
decided that chrome Autographs, en-
cravings, ETC., should be treated a.
merchandise, and not as printed mat
, ter, aud to be sent through the mail
must be put up in packages limited Y
.. twelve ounces in weight, and so that th'
contents OF the package can be exam
. ined without destroying the wrapper.
AUCTIONS are very ancient, and som
, Of them curious. The auction by ire
] of candle was an old fashion Of accep
, ing the bids while a candle burned
The man who named the most befor
. it went out got the goods. In Dutc
!, auction the goods are given to the fi,'
!, bidder, and not the last; that is, tn
!. auctioneer begins at hign price an
g drops down, and the first man who say
d al will take it at that carries on u
is goods.
REaARDlNo the impaired condition
the manuscript of the Declaration
Independence, to which aiiasion y
e been made in the papers, it appears tn
rs this precious document, with the sig
'. manuals of its immortal promulgatol
Is has for years bean lying in an ordins
% glass case in the Patent O:fce. II
a case is Of course not hermetically scale
70 and the atmosphere hiss heretofore be
v. able to affect the ink.
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Varieties.


L
The rest of the week-Sunday.
Two American sovereigns- -Smo- King
and Joking. 2 aa.2a -
VINO is the first boy mentioned in the
Biblef Chap. /.
A VERY narrow aperture = The
"crack" of whip.
A SOCIAL glass to which the ladies are
addicted-The mirror. gLg5
Az editor who was going accounting
said he was "going to press"
A NAN may not like the fashion OF
his nose, although he follows it. j. =
Why is a good wife like the devil2
| Because she sows the tares while the
husbandman is asleep. a.
MRs. PARrINGToN cannot understand
| why diamonds should be considered As
| worth their weight in carrots. -
"MY dear boy, honesty is the best
policy." "Well, you ought to know,
father, for you have tried 'em both"
WHAT is the difference between
pauze dress and drawn tooth7 One
is too thin and the other is tooth out.
A rARnER had a calf so contrary, he
said, that he "had to pull his ears off
to make him suck, and pull his tail
off to make him let 60"
We are told that the evenin g wore
on" but we are never told what the
evening wore on that occasion. Was 1t
the close of summer day2
A DANBuRY man has an interesting
heirloom i'm the eshape of hat which
was worn through 191 drunks. and
still retains traces of its former beauty.
al AN speaking" said a long-winded
| orator, sfor the benefit of posterity.'
YES" said one Of his hearers, and II
you keep on much longer your audience
will be here" t
A WESTERN editor keeps the follow
| ing notice posted conspicuously in his
office: {" Shut the door, and, as soon as
YOU have done talking business, serve
your mouth in the same way"
A VIRGINIA exchange says, at con-
cert, recently, at the conclusion OF the
song. "There;s Good Time Coming"
a farmer got up and exclaimed: Mis-.
ter, YOU couldn't fix the date, could
you 7"
| EcoNoxY is wealth. A well regulated
Newark family ate hash fer breakfast
in 365 different styles last year, and the
mother is, in consequence, enabled TO
blow her nose on q ninety dollar lace
handkerchief -
ANN. SMITH, l wish to speak to you
privately. Permit me to take you
apart for q few moments" Smith
(xho wasn't the least frightened)
Certainly, sir, if you'll promise to put
me together again.. -Brso
An old Scotch preacher is reported to
have said in one of his sermons at Aber-
I deem: "Ye good people OF Aberdeen
Get YOUR fashion. from Glasgow, and
Glasgow from Edinburgh, and Edin-
hureh from London, and London from
Paris, and Paris from the devil"
An old carpenter Who had been en-
ployed at lob work by an old lady, was
asked why people of his trade always
charged more in proportion Tor COMBS
than they did for chairs ana tables.
: Well, you see, ms'am, it's just because
people won't bring cofins back to US to
: be repaired" r,
i. ALrrrLE girl in New York orphan
.sylum. who was punished for scratch.
. ING another little girls face, by being
, required to learn verse from the Bible,
5 Was allowed to make her own selection,
? "a ohoaa the first verse of Psalm IA
Bless be the Lord, my strength
which teacheth my hands to war, ano
s nv fingers to fight"
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A CAREFUL observer has noticed that
young ladies with new solitaire diamond
rings never require much urging toPlay
the piano.
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CORRUPTION IN OFFaCE.
When the enemies Of the Administration