The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-06-27
VARIETIES.

VARIETIES. 8
THoueH an honest merchant is plain
dealer, carpenter is deal palmer.
ENGLAND is said to be the only
country in Europe in which corporal
punishment is retained as part of
school discipline. f
wHKx dressed for the evening, the girls ov-adays
Scsrce atom Of dress on them leave;
Nor blame them-for what Is an evening dress
But dress that is suited for Ever
A CHAP given to statistics estimates
that over 1900 toes were frozen during
the past winter, by young ladies keeping
their beaux lingering at the gate, instead
of asking them into the parlor.
SWELL, l always make it rule. to
tell my wife everything that happens,
said Browning. "Oh, my dear fellow,
that's nothing !" said Smithwig, "ttell
my wife lots of things that never hap
pen at AL. :"
AN Irishman, after enjoying water
melon for the first time, in this country,
passed field of pumpkins, and re-
marked If they were SO good when
green, how much better they must be
when ripe" a
A FRENCH lady, on her arrival in this
country, was careful to eat only such
dishes as she was acquainted with /; and
being pressed to partake of dish new
to her, she politely replied: "No. I
thank you I eat only my soquaint-
ance."
A POLITICAL orator, speaking Of GER
tain General whom he always admired,
said hewas always, on the field of battle,
where bullets were The thickest. "Where
was that ?" asked one of the auditors.
:" In the ammunition wagon, responded
another.
Two MINISTERIAL candidates for q
vacant pulpit, named Adam and Low,
having to preach on the same Sunday,
Low, who preached in the morning, took
for his text, "Adam, where art thou ?"
In the evening Adam gave his return
shot, by selecting for his text, "Lo, here
am L" gfnnai3 ss
TIE other day an Irishman with
very heavy trunk got into an omnibus,
and sat himself down, and held the box
on his knees. The conductor wanted to
take il from him; but says Paddy,
"Sure, the poor cFatures Of horses have
enough to drag along without that, and
I'll carry it mesef."
"WHRN WIS Rome built p asked
school committeeman Of the first class
in ancient history. In the night, !" an
swered bright little girl. /" In the
night 2" exclaimed the sstonished ex-
aminer. "How do you make that out?"
"Why, I thought everybody knew that
Rome wasn't built in day." :
HOW "GREENBACK" PAPER is
MADE. ,ttH KY
All the paper for the money issued by
the Government is manufactured on a
6z-lncQ xOuIuflH1eI Auacklln6s NJ tuo
Glen Mills, near IWestchester, Pa.
Short pieces of red silk are mixed with
the pulp in the engine, and the finished
stuff is conducted to the wire without
passing through any screens, which
might retain the silk threads. By an
arrangement above the wire cloth q
shower Of short pieces Of fine blue silk
thread is dropped in streaks upon the
paper while it is being formed. The
upper side, on which the blue silk is
dropped, is the one used for the face of
the notes, and from the msnner in
which the threads are applied, must
show them more DISTINCTLY than the
lower or reverse side, although they are
imbedded deeply cpopgh TO remain
fixed. The min i guarded BY officials
nightand dag 70 prevent the abstraction
Of any paper.