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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-06-12
EDITORIAL

Extract from Sheahan's Address before the Illinois
Press Association
Have we not overdone the patriotism,
and have we not retarded the advance
ment of journalism, by this willingness
to scalp n another to crafty the mob,
which, after the operation, has, or
ought to have, a lower opinion of both
actors than it had before? Personal
journalism never tends to exalt the
profession, or exalt the journal that in
dulges in it. It is waste of time, labor
and means for one newspaper to devote
its columns to the humiliation of the
personal character of the gentlemen
who publish another paper, Waste of
time, labor and means is, in these
unitarian days, a crime. Newspapers
are published for the pecuniary benefit
of the owners. There may be romantic
notions of another kind, that journalism
has higher aims than the accumulation
of pelf, but We know differently, and,
like sensible men, we may frankly state
that we print and publish u news
papers for the purpose of making the
most money we can. The man who
makes the best paper, as a general
thing, makes the most money /; and the
man who makes the most money, as a
general thing, a make the best paper,
if he knows how. We are bidders for
the public confidence and the public
trade, Just as the lawyers, the physi-
clans or the merchants are. We offer
our services to the public just as
they do, and expect pay there as they
do and among the services we offer
them is a good newspaper, conducted
with due regard to public decency and
morality, and advocating such public
policy and measures as we may think
best for the public interest.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-06-12
REFLECTION OF THE ARHY.

The Army bill which recently passed
the House makes a reduction in the
army of five regiments of infantry, one
of cavalry and one of artillery. The
number Of men is fixed at $4,000. Of
ficers may resign with a years pay.
A board is provided to weed out incom-
petent and inefficient officers. The
grade of Regimental Adjutant, Quarter
master and Company Wagner are abol-
ished. One Major abolished in each
regiment of cavalry and artillery. The
aids of General of the Army reduced
from 6 to 8. Adjutant- Generals De-
partment reduced from 16 to 7 perma-
nent officers, with 8 detailed officers.
Inspector Generals Department re-
duced from s to 5, with privilege CT 4
detailed officers. Bureau of Military
Justice, reduced from 8 to 5. Quarter
masters Office, from 81 to 40, witha de-
tail of 10 men additional. Subsistence
Department, from % to II, with n detail
of 6 additional. Medical Department,
increased in regular officers from l55 to
200. Contract Surgeons diminished
from 173 to rs. Pay Department re-
duced from Al to 81. Ordnance De-
partment reduced from 81 to 43, with IL
,li;+;,naI latoilad ofiicers
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-06-12
The Man In the Iron Mask.

No prisoner has ever occasioned so
much wonder, or led to as many ques-
tons as the famous oman in the iron
mask" He appeared in several prisons
in France during the reign of Louis
XIV, being first seer in 1879. He was
always guarded with the greatest care,
and treated in a style which induced
many to believe that he was a royal or a
princely parsonage. He o n n mask
of iron, and il was commonly said that
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-06-12
THE ONE MAN 1HAT CONQUERED
TR1NT

III ONE MAN lhdI CONQCEhEO
GRANT.
But one man has succeeded in sub
DUNG the President. BE is Sartoris.
Against his secret wish, the Executive
is forced to give this Joung gentleman
his favorite child. At least, so well &C.
credited rumor says. Nellie met him
in England, crossed the Atlantic in his
company, and doubtless is deeply in love
with him. Therefore, her fathers con-
sent.
/ was much interested in the minis
ter's certificate shown me to-day by DR..
Tiffany. It is ~engrossed upon parch-
ment, in connection with five other doc
uments. On the upper left-hand cor
ner of the sheet is a copy of the license,
written in a plain, bold hand, and en-
powers any minister of the gospel to
marry A~lgernon Sartoris to Nellie
Grant. Below is the clergyman's certif-
icate that he has married them. On
the upper right-hand corner the Clerk
OF the Court certifies that he gave the
license. Below this the Judge Of the
Court identifies the Clerk. Below this
the Chief Justice identifies the Judge,
and last, the Secretary Of State certities
to the existence and official character OF
the Chief Justice. Thus in all there are
not less than six certificates engrossed
upon the sheet.
This document was rendered necessa'
ry by the law of primogeniture of En-
gland, and will be deposited in the
archives of the court in the parish il
which the happy couple reside. They
had determined to live in this country,
but the death of Sartoris' elder brother
and the consequent entailment of a large
property, rendered his presence across
the water necessary.-Ertract from
Washington Letter.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-06-12

In silence must take my seat,
And give God thanks before l eat
Must for my food in patience wait,
Till am asked TO hand my plate,
must not scold, nor whine. nor pout,
Nor move my chair nor plate about.
With knife, OF fork, or napkin ring,
must not play, nor must / sing;
l must not speak Z useless word,
For children must be seen. not heard.
1 must not talk about my food,
Nor fret II / don't think it good.
My mouth with food l must not crowd,
Nor while I'm eating speak aloud;
Must turn my head to cough or sneeZc,
And when I ask, say, "If you please"
The tablecloth l must not spoil,
Nor with my food my fingers coll
Must keep my seat when l am done,
Nor round the table sport or run.
When told to rise, then / must put
My chair away with noiseless foot,
And lift my heart to God above,
In praise for all His wondrous love.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-06-12
THE NE WSPAPER NAN.

Little they know, or even think
OF the work there is in shedding ink
By the busy wieldsrs OF pencil and pen,
Generally known as newspaper meD
"J~ottin2s," " In General, !" "Spice Life,v
"Variations," and rumors rife,
"An Sorts Of Paragraphs" to amuse,
Market reports and marine disasters,
Puffs of pills and patent plasters;
Now at the theater in white ~cravs.,
Claw-hammer coat and open hat;
Then to the prize-ring, where you write
Sickening details Of a bloody fight
Back to the city, just in time
To report the sermon Of some divine;
Steamboat collision, smash-up Of trains,
Election returns to bother your brains;
Agents dramatic, with long-winded story
To write up his star to theatrical glory;
Deaths and marriages, murders, rows,
Balls snd parties, minstrel shows,
Stock speculstions, bubbles Of air,
Tossed about by bull and bear;
Praising the limb in the dancers pose,
And next the calves in the cattle-showS
Pencil in hand at the racing course,
Taking the time Of q trottSng horse;
Jotting down each stroke and catch
Made in . famous baseball match;
Now Of . street row taking . note
And then Of . row in . college boat.
These are . few Of the many things
At which the ~tireless pencil swings.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-06-12

the portion about the month wal con-
trived with springs, SO that he could eat
or drink without removing it. 1t was
believed to have been riveted upon his
head, and that he was compelled to
sleep in it.
When questions were asked, it was
answered, cit is a secret of state, and
can never be revealed" People would
often stand at u distance, looking up to
the window of the apartment in which
this man was an unwilling inmate, and
would listen to the strange stories that
were told of him, which, Ineed not say,
were generally without foundation.
Some said that he was connected with
the royal family of France /; some that
he was the Duke of Monmouth, Of En-
gland, who had risen in rebellion
against his king ; others that he was the
son of Oliver Cromwell or an Armenian
patriarch.
Once, when moved from n prison to
another the man wore q black mask of
velvet and oilcloth was thrown over
him, so that he could hold no communi-
cation with his carriers or with the
outside world. In this journey, for
want of air, he nearly expired. Eleven
years of his captivity he spent on the
Isle of st. Margaret, on the southern
coast of France. His lonely chamber
overlooked the sea, and was lighted by
one grated window,
While here one day he scratched
some sentences on a metal plate with
the point of a knife, and threw it from
the window upon the beach. A fisher
man, who could not read, carried the
plate to St. Mars, the keeper of the
castle, who was at first considerably
alarmed, but ascertaining that the man
could not real, and that he knew
nothing of what had been written, lie
felt easier.
When st. Mars was appointed gov
ernor OF the Bastile. the terrible prison
of Paris, the nan in the iron mask
went with him. Here, as at the other
prisons, he appeared to the people out
side as the same mysterious hero. He
was still fond of music, but he did moi
play upon the guitar so often as for
merly, for he was growing old. HI
died in the year 1903.
1t was finally discovered that the
"Man in the Iron Mask was not very
romantic or celebrated after all. HI
was an Italian named Matthioli, a maj
of noble family, educated for the law
Being ambitious, he entered into
secret plan to sell Casal, an Italian
city, to Louis XIV, which would opel
the door to his occupation of the Milal
territories.
The imprudent Matthioli could no
keep the secret !; for a sum of none.
he sold it to some agents of the Span
ish government, and thus he exasper
ated Louis, whose trickery was noI
exposed. For this act he was entice'
into France, arrested and imprisone,
} for life.
} The splendid reign of Louis XIV.
| considered by the French a bright pag
in their history, but it was noted 70
kingly tyranny, vainglory and gros
immoralities. Abuses OF power an
wickedness in high places so debased
proud people that they fell more an
more into corruption, and suffered tn
consequences in the sorrows and hol
rors of the French revolution. TIL
singular Imprisonment of MatthioI
was only one of tie many crueltie
practiced by the self-willed monarch
who one day exclaimed, "The state!
am the state I"-YOung Folks Neu,
L
y REDUCTION OF THE ARHY.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-06-12
E

VARIETIES.
A GOOD drink for pugilists is spa
water.
The smallest women look hopefully
to Hymen.
We often hear of the forks of o river,
especially on the Tyne.
HAVE nothing to do with a bruiser.
He is always mira dig.
A MAN in Atchison, Kan, has Just
taken his tenth wife-a very remarkable
old fellow.
An clearinghouse keeper advertises
for ga boy to open oysters about If
teen years old"
A hotel out Wes3 says,
generously, of another, that ii stands
wit. lout arrival.
MARK TWAIN says that in the higher
ATTITUDES of Feejee, "it's so miserably
cold that a man can't tell the truth"
"I'M particularly uneasy on this
point" said the fly to the young gen.
tleman who stuck him on the end of q
needle.
Goa, ma" said a little girl, who had
been to Barnum's, "Tve seen the ele-
plant, and he walks backward, and
eats with his tail"
"What's the matter there, Alice?
Don't your shoes ft?" "No, papa,
theydon't fit me al ALL" replied the little
one !; "why, they don't even squeak
when ] go out to walk" .
THIS is highly colored: "The hlacs
are budding" says a Wisconsin editor.
"You lilac Satan" responds n Of his
readers, "You violet the truth" po-
litely replies the editor, and both are
given over to blue devils.
A BRIGHT youth in Richmond, KY,
learning the gas was to be introduced,
and observing the workmen digging
out places for the pipe, inquired OF N
of them, chow deep they would go
down before they struck gas"
"PAr," said a traveller, "why did you
make the stone-wall around your shanty
so thick ?" "Why, please yer honor, L
hear they have extraordinary high
winds in Ameriky, SO 1 thought If 1
built it about as thick as it was
high, if it should blow over it would
be Just rs high as it was afore, yer
honor"
A SICK man, slightly convalescent,
was asked by a pious friend who his
physician was. He replied, doctor
Jones brought me through" "No,
no." said his friend; "God brought
you out of your illness, not the doe
tor" "Well, maybe He did; but
You can bet the doctor will charge
for it."
THE CRACKED MUSICIAN TO HIS LOVE.
Where the wild blue fly builds its nest
And rears its caliow brood.
Where ca;aleptics can't digest,
And therefore hate their food,
Within the forests pink arcade,
Well sit and sing, my darling maid.
Thea come, swee; fair and forty,
Bringing a pi-
Bringing a pi-
Yes, a pianoforte
Where through the ~tree-tops rabbits fit,
Where MARBLES low the hare,
Where Cen;igrades in conclave sit,
And Asphalte takes the chair,
Amid the woodlands whIrling boles
We sing our plaintire ca'acoles.
When, come: my loved Memnonium-
I'll play the oph-
III play the oph-
The ophicle!dophoEium
London Fun.
M,YrNs-Tse time as though Won
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-06-12

THE Russian census awards 10000
patients to every doctor. In the United
States there is a regular physician and
a fraction TO every 1000 of the popula-
ton.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-06-12

LEApEN bullets are too soft to be
used in hunting and killing elephants,
and iron ones have to be used for the
purpose.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-06-12
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
Elm Jack, The Giant-killer.

Elfn Jack, The Gtant-HAiuer.
Do not think the story
OF the giant killers glory
Is only known and cherished by yourselves,
o, my dears;
For his deeds so daring,
And his trick Of soaring
AL his foes, are quite familiar to the elves,
1t appears.
II the starlight, tender
IN he moonlight's splender
no .hey gather and recount every deed,
1t is said;
How he met a hornet,
Who was playing on q cornet,
GU, Of tune, and he slew him with a reed
Slew him dead!
How, growing ever holder,
With his reed upon his shoulder,
And N aeorn-shieid upon his little arm
Well equipped
He sought q mighty giant,
Who was known as Worm, the plant"
And after giving battle, fierce and warm,
Left him whipped.
How he saw a spider
w::h her victim dead, inside her,
Told Ler, in a voice of fury, to begone
From his sight;
How he killed her when she'd risen
To her cruel, fatal prison,
And uo5.y freed her ~csptives, so forlorn-
Gallant knight!
~ -
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-06-12

1ouT ulSuuesS, 1Aao 40 iiV'iC AAioUy,
she loves the ~failies I have seen her
looking for us many time"
"She is welcome" said the princess.
"Form a ring, my trends let us
dance"
In a moment they had formed a circle,
and danced round and round the tree till
Kitty was almost dizzy watching them.
Then they stopped and broke into little
groups and chatted to each other.
Chimes are changed" said one fairy.
Once the children often came to
dances and were glad to seek us out, but
now they care nothing about u.s."
"Not quite so bad as that" said the
tall fairy who had recognized Kitty.
81 see more mortals than almostany n
of us, unless it may be Ivy here, and I
can tell you there are some children,
yes, and grown people, too, who care
for u.s."
"Ah, yes" said graceful Fuchsia,
"I know how they look for us and
whisper their wishes to u.s."
EYES," said Ivy, for all old Scarlet
has been among mortals so long, I go to
a great many of their haunts that he
does not, and I will tell you how it is.
Children love fairies as they love oil
bright and pretty things, but a great
many children have q sort Of fairyland
of their own /; not like ours, you know,
for their beautiful dresses and toys tear
and soil and break, while ours are al
ways the same ; but when theirs are
are fresh they arc very lovely, and they
are SO taken up with them that they
haven't time to care for us. Then they
have so many parties of their W that
they don't care for our dances, and
sometimes their mothers give so much
attention to all these fine things that
they never think to tell them of the
fairies, and so they. even hear of
them. Scarlet's friend, little Kitty,
doesn't think so much of fine things
but that she can love the flowers and
fairies"
Zone thing more" said a tall, beau
tiful fairy, the loveliest OF them all,
with pure white robes and pale golden
hair-she looked like the beautiful
angel in the church window, Kitty
thought. cit is only good and gentle
little children who can see MS; children
who love each other and are good to
their mammas. We couldn't have i'll
tempered, greedy or rude children find
us-we should vanish away instantly"
"Halloo - cried Joe, flinging open
the door with a bang. What are You
doing there. you little stupid?"
"Hush !" said Kitty. "Just see the
fairies!"
"Fairies, indeed, Iguess so; where 2
Kitty pointed to the jar, but the
fairies had vanished.
"There is nothing there, you
little goosel You've been dreaming.
There don't cry, I don't mean tc
plague you," for the tears started tc
Kitty's eyes, and Joe wasa k~ind-hearted
boy, in spite of his roughness. The lit
tie old man Just peeped ont from the
maple boughs, and nodded as Joe put
his arm around the little girl, in a shy,
shame-faced way.
Kitty pointed eagerly. "See, Joe !
els it a butterfly ?" said Joe. "II
catch it for you"
He hastily stretched out his hand
but the fairy vanished.
"It was a fairy, Joe did you reall.
see it :"
Joe looked puzzled.
81 saw some wings futtering, Tut
can't find anything. Are there reall..
fairies after all ?"-ILedrH and Home
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-06-12

MAxIMs-Use time as though You
knew the value.
Value q good conscience more than
praise.
When prudence dictates fear, temerity
is folly.
When avarice rules, humanity IS alb
sent.
Winter discovers what summer con
ceals.
Zeno, Of all virtues, made his choice
of silence
The New York herald., 1874-12-20

socuss copper Dcsss and spikes sf ssvsntxed iron.
Great and special care Was exercised IN this
oraGing and boiling. ~ ppon the manner IN which
" u performed depends the ability OF . ship -
outrtde she bu0otings OF the angry seas.
sH1 HAD FOUR DECKS.
including au ofop deck lore and Aft, extending 70
the engine room, and her hull was divided into
nye water tight compartments Her rig was that
OF Q three-masted BARK The steamer was 1tted
With vertical oeam engine, having cylinder OF
the enormous diameter OF los inches and q stroke
OF piston OF twelve feet. The Novelty Iron Works
constructed her machinery. and were engaged
upon II and her appurtenances about eighteen
months. All the various parts rad been made
under special Instructions. Steam was generated
and supplied. to she engine by iour horizontal
tubular boilers, each having four furnaces with
CRATE surface OF 560 square feet and com bined
heating surface OF I6, 200 square feet. Her accom-
modations were on scale OF magnifcence and
elegance never before attempted She was, in
deed,
4 FLOATING SEA PALACE.
With numberless staterooms spacious berthe
bathrooms and saloons, she was equal to luxuri-
Gus hotel, including all the comforts Of pariors
a piano, soft diyans. &c. Her officers when she
lett, this port were efficient and well tried, and
the steamer rejected not only the beauty OF
American ships, but the public spirit and enter
prise OF the company that launched her.
The New York herald., 1874-12-20
THE COLON DISABLED.

ACCIDENT TO ANOTHER PACIFIC MAIL STEAMER IN
NEW YORK.
Yesterday afternoon as the Pacific Mail steam.
ship Colcn was preparing 10 leave her dock, be-
tween piers Nos. 40 and Al North River, the sue
tion consequent upon the working or her screw
caused barge. owned In Philadelphia and loaded
with about hundred tons OF COAL TO get adrift
The barge then became foul OF the C0l0n's screw,
which was broken by the contact and the barge
received such injuries that IL instantly sank. The
only person on board OF the barge was an old man,
and he managed to save himself 0 bath by clam
berng upon the dock just - the barge was
going down. The Colon proceeded out into
the middle OF the stream, where she now lies Ia q
disabled condition. Divers will examine the
screw this morning, and II it be found sale lor her
10 proceed 70 sea Ahe will start on her voyage,
II, however, the ofI1cials OF the company should
think the contrary sne Will have 20 be unloaded
and placed In the dry dock and new blades
made tOr her. should the latter course be
adopted TIE passengers oil whom there are
large number, will pl Oceed Dy The new vessel, the
City Of Toxic, which Is already loaded with cargo,
and lying at anchor In mldstream in the North
River. The City OF TOXIC was TO proceed to san
the Colon being crippled Will PROBABLY carry that
vessels mails and passengers to Aspinwall One Of
the officers the Pacifc Mall Steamship Company
remarked TO HERALD reporter last night thar,
unless there be an earthquake, one Of the vessels
will sail on Monday. the coal barge, 1t may be re-
Marked was not loaded with coal for the COM
pany, and they mad nothing to do with her.
The New York herald., 1874-12-20
LADIES FAIRS.

The fair now being held under the auspices OF
the ladies Of the Church OF the Holy Innocents,
corner Of Thirty-seventh street and Broadway,
progresses finely, and the throngs which nightly
nock to the hal is an evidence OF its popularity.
II Is not strange that this should be so the falr
comprises all the elements requisite for enjoyment.
The tables, gayly decorated, laden with pretty
things and presided over BY pretty ladies' form, OF
course. the chief attraction; but. as II tha. were
not enough, the entertainment has been made by
acter. The Punch and Judy show. the shoot
ing gallery the billiard table. the music
ma as Sp l osF sSFs, Ss.s a1s
sources enough from which to extract amuse.
ment. The display Of slverwsre, toys, articles OF
description. Is bewildering, and as they have for
the best part been donated the prices are marked
lower than IN the stores , can there
grand piano is to be disposed OF 1t chances OF o
dollar each. The admission lee is only twenty
cheapest, but the more profitable way In which to
spend an evening. Tne lair Will be kept open un-
" Ins M ens 81 de TO @ Of ne r az o
The fair OF the ladies' Union Relief Association,
widows ana orphans OF those who fell in tine late
war." has been In progress during the last week
ana sSsh assnue as
min A. Willis, Congressman elect, delivered an ad-
dress euogizing the objects Of the association and
supported and encouraged in their good work.
The fair viii close on tuesday, and donations Of
ns ncS nsdson
way, near Twenty first street, which will remain
Day, and win afford all purchasers Of holiday
presents an excellent opportunity to select from
and Ss0cs sna q
room Of the church.
The New York herald., 1874-12-20
THE 'LONGSHOREMEN.

The strike OF the 'longshoremen, heretofore con-
sidered ended, still maintains troublesome
aspect There are now two divisions OF the union,
those who are willing to work at reduced rates
and those who are not. Several OF the unemployed
hands received work during the week, and all
belonging to Union No. 2, who work at the fixed
rate Of forty cents per hour, day and night, and
no dlnlculty IN making arrangements for work
with stevedores and merchants on the East River.
Meetings were held last night and the night be-
fore, at which the action OF the recent Convention
was emphatically condemned, and the union con-
structed on basis altogether different from that
on which the yielding members surrendered. MIR.
John huggard seemed to be the leader Outsiders
from several steamship linea found an entrance
into the society's meetings and created great deal
OF disturbance. so that during tine last two even
ings Il was necessary to have policemen present
in each meeting hall.
the action OF the Convention was condemned
last night, and the nxed rate OF wages at Iorty
cents, fright through" was adopted. The Ex.
ecutive Committee when so informed, shall, &C
cording to the amendment, deal with Gil deln-
quent members Justly, and especially with those
delegates who have not acted in harmony with
the spirit of the union.