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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-04-22

and in mid>life sink into uselessness
or worse. The story of his devotion
will be told at another time, when his
poor brain has found that rest for
which it now but feebly asks. 1t is
hoped that months of entire rest may
so far restore Mr.. Marble that his
friends can take him to Europe for
treatment We earnestly trust that
his present pitable condition may not
list long. To one so gifted even death
is preferable to idiocy, or even mild
er form Of incurable luacy."
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-04-22

DEATH OF P. G. BUCHANAN, SR -
We are panied to announce the death
of P. G. Buchanan, Sr., which took
place at the residence of his son-in-
law Mr.. Jos. Sanders. near Saltville,
on Thursday last. MIR. Buchanan wa>
widely known in the Southwest, anil
was universally respected and admired
for bis many virtues.-MdriOn Pat.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-04-22

Ir is said that A. 7. Stewart is
dangerously i'll of Bright'S disease
of the kidneys. He is in his sew
enty-fourth year, and his wealth
IS rated at the enormous amount of
fifty millions of dollars.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-04-22

~ " hLCK OF A LEADING EDI
'oHiTlh he New York Star saws:
Inc weakness with which Mr.. NJ.
VI NJ Marble editor of the World, has
taken taken the direction dreaded bv his
friends, softening of the brain HAVING
at last set in: The helpless condie
~! ilon oil Mr.. Hastings pnoteqs carries
II; IT'S lesson to ali young Americans -
ihey live too fast, strive for TOO much
money waste the oil in their lamns
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-04-22

WHEN we read the Bible we must
always remember, that, like the holy
waters seen by Ezekiel, it is, in some
places, up to the ankles in Others, up
to the knees; in others, up to the loins;
and, in some, a river too deep to be
passed over. There is light enough to
guide the humble and teachable to
heaven, and obscurity enough to con-
found the unbeliever.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-04-22

1000 lbs State Zine White Lead PURE.
30 Boxes Window Glass, all sizes.
500 Lbs Putty.
500 Lbs Spanish Whiting.
~ Dozen Paint and White wash Brushes.
2s0 dozen Garden Seeds.
150 pints Beans and Peas.
5 bbls Peerless Potatoes.
500 gallons Oil and VarnishCs.
800 lbs ColOrs, dry and in Gil, all shades.
Keep constantly on hand Coal Oil Of l25-
test warranted not to explode.
PHYSICIANS VIII find my stock of DRuGs
AMI MEDICINES, fresh and as pure as can be
hal, as only buy from first class houses.
Pure Wines and Liquors for medicinal
purposes. Prescriptions compounded at all
hours, AMI Of pure Drugs.
=. G. PEPPER.
Fob. Is, 'T3.-tf. &
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-04-22

THE Lynchburg REPUBLICAN is
out in full new dress. Its appear
ance is very much improved.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1873-04-22

WHAT comes from the heart goes to
the heart.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-03-21

1t will be source of qualification to
everybody to learn that the Liberal party
of Illinois is reorganizing. No political
party was ever more sadly in need of the
rejuyenating influences of reorganization
than the last years bantling of the Chi
cago Tribune. No place could have
been SO appropriate In which to rcor-
ganize as Springfield it was born there,
and it died there accordingly Spring
field was selected as the place of resusci-
tation. No man is better fitted by
nature and education than John NJ.
Palmer for the service liberalism car
ried him to his political grave and
nothing else can ever resurrect him ac-
cOrdingly, John NJ. Palmer was chosen
as the Moses of the journey out of the
wilderness. These conditions being de-
termined upon as favorable, a meeting
was held at Springfield on Wednesday
night last, which was presided over and
addressed by John NJ. Palmer, and it
was decided that John NJ. Palmer, as
Chairman, should issue an address
moderately reaffirming the Cincinnati
platform, but absolutely in favor of an
adjustment of the tariff to a revenue
basis. ."The address will also take
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-03-21
GLASS NETKTIE.S.

A glass composition, which may be
made at any time into curled or frizzled
yarn, has been discovered by NJ. Brun-
faut, of Vienna. These frizzlcd threads
surpass in fineness not only the finest
cotton, but even a single cocoon thread,
and they appear nt the same time almost
as soft and elastic rs silk lint, and beau
tiful to the eye. These smooth threads
are now wo7en in textile fabrics, which
are made into neckties and various other
articles. In softness the glass yarn al
most approaches silk and to the touch
it is like the choicest wool or cotton. 1t
also possesses a remarkable strength,
remains unchanged in light and warmth,
and is not altered by moisture or acids.
Another great advantage which it neces-
sarily possesses, is that of being nom
infammable and incombustible. The
composition of this glass material is
peculiar to the inventor. The spinning
requires extraordinary dexterity and con-
slant attention, and is said to be very
trying to the sight. With wheel of
the diameter of five Austrian yards, one
operator is able to spin three thousand
Yards per minute, all of the most uniform
size and beautiful quality.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-03-21
AN ANATOMICAL CURIOSITY.

On the 10th of October last, John
Conway, boy of fourteen years, was
asked to ride horse at Hagerty's Sta
Bile, and he did so. The horse ran away
.at rapid rate and threw the boy over
its head, on Twenty-second and O'Fal-
Ion streets. He received fracture of
the front part of the skull, two pieces
being loose. The boy was treated by
Dr. Hogden, and then sent to the City
Hospital. For about two months he
progressed favorably towards recovery,
was able to walk about the hospital
without any Inconvenience, and the
physicians were thinking of discharging
him, when his case underwent change
for the worse. He unfortunately took a
chill, and symptoms of consumption
soon became apparent. A tubercle was
formed in the lungs, and swelling en-
sued near the place of his injury on the
forehead. 1t was probed, but without
any effect. 1t was next lanced, and a
cheese-like substance issued from it.
The patient felt relieved for time. At
this stage a very remarkable phenome-
non occurred. The cheese-hke sub
stance issuing from his forehead formed
itself into protuberance in the shape
of horn. The patient, however, con-
tinued to improve until one night, when
he struck the projection against the side
of the bed and broke it off Hemor-
rhage and bleeding ensued, and his con-
dition gradually grew worse until he
sank under it and died. The peculiar
nature of the circumstances has excited
considerable interest among the medical
faculty.-.T. Louis Republican.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-03-21

of 1000 each from MIR. Nesbitt. Of
this fact it is to be said that his counsel
advised him that the matter was irrele-
want that one of these sums being re-
ceived April Is, 1868, and the other July
IL, 1868, had nothing to do with the
source of the funds deposited June %,
1868, just after the date of Ames' check.
To sum up: Mr.. Colfax tells a story
consistent with ITSELF If the circum-
stances of his connection with Ames are
correctly stated by him, they do not adj
NIT of positive proof, and the want of
such proof is not fair ground of sus-
picion against him. To believe that
MIR. COlfax's account is false, is to be-
lieve that he and three or four members
of his family haye conspired to swear
falsely to ekculpate him. We do not
incline to that alternative. Did, then,
Mr.. Ames swear falsely? That is not
impossible. He admits that he did so
in effect in his testimony. He also adj
mits that his motives were of dishOn-
orable kind in the whole transaction.
OF the two he is far more likely to bear
false witness than Mr.. Colfax. But why
should he do so? We do not know. He
may have felt himself impelled to it by
revenge for the odium his own frank
confession of corruption Unexpectedly
brought upon him. Whatever his mo-
tive, it remains true that his assertions
are not proved, and that he has i'm
peached his own testimony.
Is Mr.. Colfax blameless, then? We
have already said that he was far from
being. so, as concerns the propriety of
his original contract to purchase. That
suggests the single conclusive lesson of
this whole case, that if Mr.. Colfax had
left the Credit Mobilier swindle wholly
alone, he would have escaped the cruel
conviction from which he is suffering
NCU York Times.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-03-21
FARM WORE IN ENGLAND.

In Exeter, England, the other day, n
farm laborer was summoned by the Cor
poration of the Poor for having neg
lccted to maintain his wife and six chill
dren, Thereby leaving them clargcablc
to the parish" 1t was shown that the
wife and children were admitted into the
poor-house in November last, and their
maintenance had cost the corporation
five dollars week. 1t was also shown
that the defendant was working on n
farm four miles from Exeter, and that he
was getting three dollars week and
liquor, ont of which he had to find every
thing-board, lodgings, etc. 1T was,
moreover, shown that the defendants
master deducted little over one dollar
a week out of his wages, which was
paid over to the authorities toward the
support Of his wife and family. The
defendants answer to the charge was
that he gave two-thirds of his miserable
pittance weekly, which WAS as much rs
his means would afford, and that he
had not neglected his family; on the
contrary, he had been trying to get
house for them at the village where he
worked, but could not succeed in getting
a house large enough for his family.
The magistrates, however, made an
order, calling upon the defendant to pay
up all arrears, and get a house for his
wife and family. The question which
naturally occurs in one is, How can this
man maintain his wife and family of six
children on three dollars week, and
find house large enough for them into
the bargain, when the bare maintenance
in the work-house costs five dollars a
uaak
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-03-21

strong grounds against monopolies, par
ticularly those of railroads, and denounce
corruption in every form" A dispatch
states that "it is claima! that 200, 900
farmers will support such an organiza-
ton" Why not 1000, 900 farmers? 1t
is easy to add cipher. But how about
John NJ. Palmers organ, the Chicago
Tribune? 1t is well known 10 be a
journal of very easy political virtue.
Will it support the railways and the
farmers at the same time? 1t is defend
ing the mOnopolies now will it throw
them overheard for the 200, 900 farmers
ut whom it has sneered and whom it re-
Gently advised to burn the corn crop for
fuel? Had the Tribune been repre-
sented at John NJ. Palmer's meeting no
instructions would have been given to
pledge Liberals to denounce monopolies
particularly railway monoplies.-Chi-
cdgO Inter- Ocean.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-03-21

nacious mind are the most terrible in
action when driven to desperation.
Seaton, small and weak as he was,
sprang for the captains throat and bore
him back upon the deck, holding him
there with the grip of a maniac. A
sailor, seeing the position of the captain,
ran up and dragged off his assailant,
who struggled for few minutes to free
himself, and then stood quiet and pant
ing. The captain staggered to his feet,
and drew. knife. Seeing that Seaton
was likely. to be stabbed as he held him,
the sailor allowed him to slip from his
grasp. But, to his surprise, the en-
ragged man, instead of retreating, leaped
to one side, and, avoiding the captain,
seized the little girl, and ran with her
astern as far as the quarter deck. Then,
turning, he shouted Now, captain, l
am going under the keel once more-I
and Mary AS he said this, he leaped
with the child over the side, just in time
to escape the grasp of the now terror
stricken father. In a moment the two
rose, struggling on the crest of wave,
at the schooner's stern. Several minutes
had elapsed before the vessel WAS
brought into the wind, and by that time
the suicide and his helpless victim were
beyond all human interference, even if
he had been able to swim, and had de-
sired to be rescued. AS it was, they
had been seen but once or twice rs they
were borne upward on huge waves, and
then disappeared forever from the
anxious eyes of the Mortified father
and the crew. Soon afterward the
mother came rushing on deck /; but too
late to catch even n glimpse of her
drowning child.
Seaton's revenge, if indeed his crime
was not the action of one who had been
driven to maniac, by his wrongs, was
as complete as he could have desired.
The captain never recovered from the
shock. Like many men of ungoverned,
brutal impulses, he possessed the strong
est affection. He was broken man
from that day. That voyage of the
Belle of the Wave was the last he ever
took. When he returned to Charles
ton he gave mp the captaincy, and in
spite of all efforts of the heart-broken
mother, he threw himself into the vortex
of gambling and dissipation, and when
at last he no longer had money to feed
his passion for drink and excitement, he
died in the hospital in a raving delirium
and was buried in n paupcr's grave,
worn and grief-stricken wife.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-03-21
THE FLORIDA ORANGE CROP.

In Jacksonville, says an exchange, the
past season oranges have been sold at from
s25toS6 per thousand. Taking five hum
dred as the average per tree, and hun
dred trees to the acre, We have 10000
oranges from an acre, which at $40 per
thousand, taken as the average price,
will give $1,000; while at S95, the low
est price Mt which good oranges were
sold, We have 81 go as the income from
an acre. 1t requires no large outlay of
capital to start an orange grove, and its
care involves no more labor than that of
an apple orchard of the same size. A
correspondent writes We leave it for
parties interested TO calculate the profits
arising from an orange grove of ten or
twenty acres in full bearing. We are
quite sure the credit side of the sheet
will show that the profit of growing the
orange is larger in proportion to the ex-
penditure of money and labor than that
derived from the cultivation of any other
crop grown in the United States. The
largest grove in the State is situated on
the eastern coast. 1t is known as DUN
mit's grove, from the name of the pro-
prietor. 1t contains some thirteen hun
dred and fifty trees, which have pro-
duced, in n single year, seven hundred
thousand oranges. The soil is light,
sandy loam.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-03-21
VARIETIES.

"LoNGand successful reign'-Thede-
luge.
MEN of mark-Mark Twain and Bis
marck.
AN oyster leads placid life until it
gets into stew.
THEE controversy--"Who Froude
that last brick ?"
TIE coffin of Kamehameha w., with
X. V. in it, weighed over a ton.
GA BACKWARD spring" is produced by
presenting a red-hot poker to a mans
nose
THERE is purple half to the grape.
a mellow half to the peach, a sunny half
to the globe, and better half to the man
that is fortunate to have good wife.
A sHKEwD old Yankee said he didn't
believe there was any downright cure for
laziness in a man "but," he added,
"Tve known a second wife to hurry it
some"
The latest in the way of self-praise is
an Indiana editor who played few tunes
ON an old banjo, under his Office window,
and then thanked the serenader, in the
next issue, for delightful music.
AN old minister, the other day, asked
a woman what could be done to induce
her husband to attend church. 81 don't
know" she said, "unlcss you were to
put a pipe and Jug of whisky in the
pew"
An old lady visited travelling circus.
She was delighted in every respect but
one. Speaking of the proprietor, she
said, He has everything in his show
that is on the bills but the hippodrome.
1 wonder where he keeps his hippo
drome? Is it dead?"
An Irish physician was called to ex-
anime the corpse of another Irishman,
who had been assassinated by some of
his countrymen. "This person." said
he, after inspecting the body, twas SO
i'll that ii he had not been murdered he
would have died half an hour before.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-03-21
LEGISLATURE HoAxED.-A repre-

A LEGISLATURE HoAxED.-A repre-
hensible hoax was played on the Legis-
lature of New Jersey the other day. 1t
having been reported that the Hon. T.
J. Kelley, the member from Camden
county. had died from quick consump-
ton, speeches highly culogistic of the
deceased were made; both Houses
passed resolutions of coincidence, and
adjourned out of respect to his memory,
and committee was appointed to es-
cort the remains of the defunct legisla-
tor to Linn Greek. The committee, in
endeavoring to fulfill its duty, discov-
cred Mr., Kelley at his boarding-house
in the act of taking very substantial
dinner, and concluded to dispense with
any funeral ceremonies. A search was
made for the author of the false report,
who was finally discovered in the person
of small boy, who, it is safe to say,
will never figure as the juvenile hero of
a Sunday-school book. .
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-03-21
ENGLISH COUNTRY LiBORERS
HOMES.

An attempt is being made in England
to improve the character of the houses,
or rather huts, in which the agricultural
laborers live. In the discussion arising
in consequence, the Builder says: Ger
tain public speakers, seeking to dis
credit and oppose the endeavors now
being made to improve the condition of
our agricultural laborers, have spoken
of the admirable manner in which they
are lodged. To correct these misrepre-
sentations, it then proceeds to draw
picture of the facts of the case, and
among other instances gives the follow
ing illustration. Last week case of
delirium tremcns was reported 10 the
Wicanton Board of Guardians, and We
sent for some particulars to the home of
of the patient. 1t is situated in lane
in the town has a living room about IL
by 9 feet, and feet high to the boards
of the upper floor. In this room gener-
ally sleep the man and his wife, three
children, the wife's mother, and young
unmarried woman. n.-Scribner for March.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-03-21
UNDER THE KEEL.

keel-hanling, as ordinarily practiced
in former days, was very simple pro-
cecding. The refractory sailor was tied
to the middle part Of a long rope, por-
ton of which had previously been car
ried under the bowsprit and gradually
drawn backward till it encircIed the
waist of the ship. The rope was then
drawn slowl y under the bottom of the
ship, dragging the helpless sailor with
it. 1t was the severest of punishments,
but it is now seldom, perhaps never, re-
merchantmen. The victim always
emerged from the water half drowned,
and often, indeed, he never recovered
from the injury. 1t was found that
person who had accidentally fallen into
the water might stay under twice the
time of one that was keel-hauled, and
yet recover. In fact, it commonly re-
quires eight minutes or longer to drown
person, but a man was seldom kept
under the bottom of ship more than
three, or at most, five minutes. 1t would
appear that the knowledge that he was
about to be immersed in water created
such an excitement and horror in the
victim that when the water entered his
lungs it found them in an unnatural con-
dition, and congestion was undoubtedly
quickly produced, which, if severe,
proved fatal of itself before the man
had time to die of suffocation; or, if not
SO severe, still resulted in more perma-
nent injury than that ordinarily suffered
byapsrson who has been nearly drowned.
fortunately, captains no longer conceive
themselves invested with that absolute
authority which led them to vent their
personal animosity upon those in their
power. Our laws and public sentiment
awakened by successive horrible expo
sures have done much to alleviate the
rigors of the entire system of discipline
on shipboard. ~-a.-
About twenty-five years ago, however,
the large coasting schooner "Belle of
the Wave" was lying becalmed off Pen
sacola Bay, in the Gulf. Her captain
was of the old-fashioned kind of large
hearted, indolent, storytelling South
erners, but with a swarthy complexion,
shifting black eyes, and thin lips that
indicated a relentless disposition if en-
raged. At Charleston he had shipped
as common sailor an Englishman. The
latter Was of a. pale complexion, with
very light hair and small features. His
countenahce was intellectual in its ex-
preston, but showed, also, an indecision
q character and want of that quality
IN the man that helps person to get on
IN the wofid In every intellectual ac-
oomplislnnent he was infinitely the cap
taln's .slperior, and with the strong
Peludices of his type of men, the latter
mad conceived violent dislike for him.
ne had proved to know nothing of the
duties of a~sailor, and had signed his
papers because he had found himself in
utterly destitute circumstances, and had
oeen obliged to do something to save
himself from starvation,
While passing around Florida Keys
'ne new sailor, with an utter ignorance
Oh his place on shipboard, bad gone to
the after deck, where he had been dis
covered by the captain telling his little
daughter some old English fairy, story
hadltbeeh any Of the othethands, the cap
tam would probably have grufly ordered
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-03-21

CALIFORNIA CHEsTNUTs.- Cdiitor-
MIA Horticulturist notices chestnuts from
italian seed measuring three inches in
circumference, raised in Sonoma City,
and adds: "Mr. Henry Ginina planteda
chestnut orchard from their seeds seven
years ago, which has fourished finely,
and is now bearing literally Of. fruit of
the general size and character above de-
scribed. Doubtless chestnut trees would
do equally well in most other of the val
ley lands of the State, and their cultiva-
ton is at least worthy trial"
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-03-21
q" "EpISCDPJITiNS"

care there any Episcopalians in this
vicinity, madam asked a tall, thin
stranger of Mrs. Artemus, as she stood
in the open door, in answer to his knock
ANY which ?"
"Episcopalians."
Now, if Mrs. Artemus had failing,
it was that she never would admit that
she could possibly be ignorant of any
thing. She always knew all about any
subject mentioned. So she answered ::
"Episcopalians! Well, we don't ex-
actly know. My John-he's my SON
he see somethin' out'n the cornfield yis-
terday. He didn't really know what it
was, but 1 told him 1 guessed it was a
chipmonk. But now you speak ont, I'll
bet it was a Episkerpalium. And my
next neighbor, Farmer Hawkins; he said
he shot at somethin that same day that
John see his strange crittur, and Farmer
Hawkins he thought it was some wild
crittur that had got out of some manag-
cry somewhere. Anyhow, 1 think that's
n Episcopaling, too. Be they bigger'n
a chipmonk
"You misunderstood me, madam"
"Well, you needn't feel uneasy. Eff
there's any Piscomaliums in this here
neighborhood, you can just make up
your mind that they'll git shot! We
air too feelin' a community to let things
run at large which mout destroy and de-
your somebody. Come in, Won't We ?"