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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-06-05
A King with n Sweet Temper.

Whenever Louis XII. of France made
his triumphal entry into a town that he
had conquered, he wore a coat of mail
with the device of a swarm of bees,
and the metto, "They bear no sting"
The natural sweetness of his DISPOSE
ton led him to treat his enemies when
in his power with magnanimity. When
L'Alviano, the General of the Venetian
armies, was taken prisoner by the
French troops, Louis acted toward him
with his usual ~politeness, but the haugh-
ty General answered the King with inso-
lence. At this unexpected abuse of his
kindness, Louis simply ordered the Gen
eral to the prisoners quarters, and af-
terward turned to those around him,
saying: 81 have done well in sending
Alviano away, l might have put my
self in a passion with him, and should
have greatly regretted doing so. I have
conquered him ; I should learn to con-
quer myself" Such g%entleness shows
true nobility.
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FOR

The London Lancet notes the expert
ments made by DIR. Marcy with a view
of preparing meat so as to render it easy
Of digestion by weak stomachs. Hydro.
chloric acid and pepsin are the agents
which the Doctor has employed, and
the result of his application of them to
animal food is a fluid holding in sus-
pension a light, pulpy mass, that is SO
soft it a be swallowed unperceived,
and yet contains all the nutritive quail
ties of solid meat. The experiment
promises relief to the dyspeptic and
other sufferers from diseases of nutritia.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-06-05
The Snow.SfOrm.

Saturday morning, and just as busy
as Saturday morning always is in the
country. The farm house was full of
life, and the sunbeams, coming in
through the windows, danced over the
farmers wife and daughters, as they
moved briskly around the green kitch-
Ell. Suddenly Fife, who had just been
adjoining the crust of an apple-pie by
printing it all round the edge with the
dcor-key exclaimed: where's Tommy 3D.?
l haven't seen him for this last hour"
A search began, for Tommy, though
but three years of age, when missing
and searched for was generally found
where so many boys are-in mischief.
Efie hunted for him in the garnet, and
Mary looked for him in the cellar !; his
mother stood in the kitchen door and
shouted, and his brother Ned climbed
the tall cherry tree in the door yard and
looked over the field for him ; but all in
vain.
"He's in some extra mischief this
time" said Efie, as she opened the
store-room door to get some sugar for
the cake. And sure enough he was,
and in the store-room too. With n sau-
Ger in his plump right hand, he was
dipping flour from the open sack and
casting it into the air, enveloping him
self and everything else with a white
covering.
Efie held mp her hands and called to
her mother: "Oh mother! mother
come here" Mother came and the rest
came, and Tommy, with his hands be-
hind him and his eyes cast down, mum
bled out Il on'y wanted a little now.
torn"
Mother was provoked, and the girls
thought he should be punished, but the
chickens enjoyed Tommy's snow-storm
when Mary fed them the sweepings OF
the store-room at Hearth ana
Home.
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the other they slid it. The rockers be-
ing short and worn very slippery during
all these years of rocking, and the old
oaken floor being also very slippery, it
was q feat which the girls could easily
accomplish. Mother Screw down stairs
was sorely tempted to ask for q respite,
but she didn't. She only said, "Well,
the afternoon can't last forever"
The boating was, however, at length
brought to an end by Bessie, who un-
fortunately rocked a little too hard, and
the entire sailing party was unceremo-
niously tumbled upon the floor. The
girls laughingly picked themselves up.
but as it was growing dark they did not
care to play any longer. Instead they
took seats in the west window, finished
their apples and doughnuts, told
stories, and said what they would like
to have.
"'Mima," said Bessie, "s'pose a
fairy should come right to MS now, and
say she would grant our wishes, what
should you wish for? ?"
First I would ask for apretty name,
say Evelin Gray, Florence Percy, OF
May Somers. Then I would wish to
live in the city, wear rufled dresses and
over-skirts with beautiful sashes every
day, and have crimped hair and lovely
blue ribbons to tie it with, 1t is your
urn now, Bessie !"
"Well," the little girl replied, 81
should wish that I might sit up in this
old garnet all day and have it just GOV.
cred with story-books and doughnuts.
Now the shadows ~deepened. The
little girls gradually grew quiet. They
peered fearfully into hooks and Gran
mes; listened and started at the squeak.
ing and scraping of the rats and mica
Then as II bold rat raced over the
spinnet keys, Bessie and Jemima made
q rush for the stairs. Down they RAJ
pell-mell into the kitchen with such {
clatter and patter, that Mother Screw
started up in alright, saying: "Wha'
on earth's after We, children /; rats, bats
cats, or the old cradle Itself - So end.
ed Terminals osera.-Hearth and Home
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THE temperance movement on Long
Island is entirely surrounded by water.
The sentinel who did not sleep on
his watch had LETT it at the pawnbro-
ker's.
A CAROLINA paper tells of a horse
thief being captured "fagrante de-
licto."
TIE man who tried to light his pipe
with O billiard match, said he did it out
of cue-riosity.
An unfortunate head of a family who
fell into a vat of hot water is said to have
been pa-boiled.
GLAzIERs are the only persons who
take pleasure in the thought hat this is
a world of pane.
A PROVIDENCE widower asked at a dry
goods store for "black tripe" to hang
on the door-bell.
A HoBoKES editor, being challenged,
sent word in reply, "When I want to
die, I can shoot myself"
BosroS has a female bill-poster, who
is said to exhibit the usual ability of
the sex in running up bills.
81 SAY" said a rough fellow to a fop
with conspicuous bow legs, "Isay, don't
you have to have our.pantaloons cut
with a circular saw
IT was an expressive remark of a prac-
teal man regarding the woman of the
period recently: "She doesn't know
enough, sir, to boil water"
An old man in Kenosha, Wis.,, has
ruined his health by sitting up in a cold
room next to where his daughter and a
young man were sparkling.
"HE is one of the few journalists who
can put an enemy into his mouth with
out a fea. Of its stealing anything" is
the roundabout way adopted by a Mil
waukee editor to call a brother editor
an idiot.
A SABBATH-sCHooL teacher, DESTROYS
of waking the dormant powers of q
scholar, asked the question, What
are We taught by the historic incident
of Jacob wrestling with the angelo"
The cautious reply came, "Dunno,
zactly, but s'pose twas to tell us that we
mustn't rastle."
THE Rochester Express is responsible
for this: ga married man hearing that
the eating of certain kinds of animal
food would aid the same tissues of the
human body, rs, for instance, calves
brains would nourish the eaters brains,
or beef's liver the eaters liver, imme-
diately gave strict orders to his family
market that no more tongue of any
kind be sold to his wife or mother-in-
law"
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Il

BESzINE and common clay will clean
marble.
CASTOR oil is an excellent thing to
soften leather.
LEMON juice and glycerine will remove
tan and freckles.
A DOSE of castor oil will aid you in re-
moving pimples.
LEMON juice and glycerine will cleanse
and soften the hands.
SPIRITS of ammonia, diluted a little,
will cleanse the hair very thoroughly.
LUNAR caustic, carefully applied SO
as not to touch the skin, will destroy
warts.
POWDERED inter is good for removing
freckles. Apply with a soft rag moist
enel with glycerine.
To oBvIATE offensive perspiration,
wash your feet with soap and diluted
spirits of ammonia.
The juice of ripe tomatoes will re-
move the stain of walnuts from the
hands without injury to the skin.
A STRONG solution of carbolic acid
and water poured into holes kills all the
ants it touches, and the survivors i'm
mediately take themselves of.
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BRIEF MENTION.

DLAlLH A1N11OV'
Iowa claims to have &c, 900 spiritual
lists.
NINETY millions Of people speak En-
glish.
TEXAS has a reported population of
1,O5O, 900.
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, has lbs, 900 in
habitants.
A VERMONT bed-quilt contains TO-
800 pieces.
ENGLAND spends s64, OOO, 900 a year
for tobacco.
IT costs but s23, 900, 900 a year
to run Mexico.
A HARTFORD company makes $780,
900 eyelets a day.
IN 1873 We gave S9,957,454 to our
universities in the United States.
UTAH TERRITORY is free from debt
and has S36, 655.47 in the treasury.
ST. LoU1s invested $3.50 0 in the
Louisville lottery and did not draw q
cent.
The Russian nation is said to speak
the most languages, and to speak them
the best.
SEBASTIAN CABOT, the discoverer of
Newfoundland, was born in Bristol, in
1477, and died in 1857.
A CHICAGO paper complains Of the
smoke nuisance, and says the city is be-
coming a second Pittsburgh.
Gov. PARKER has signed the Com
pulsory Education bill passed by the
last Legislature of New Jersey.
The first periodical in North America
was the Boston Neus Letter, which
made its appearance in August, 17O5.
In the Tower of London are preserved
specimens Of every variety of firearms,
from their earliest Introduction. The
revolver is included in the gun assort-
mept.
GES. WAsHNGroS's family Bible is
advertised for sale. 1t is in three large
quarto volumes, and the pnblic are
gravely informed that it was presented
to Gen. Washington by the author.
In Sweden, ont of 3S5, 900 children of
school age, only {, 131, or three per cent,
are uninstructed. OF the 1900, 900
voters in the the United States, more
than LOCO, 900 cannot read the ballot
they cast.
APOLLO BELvEDERE is IN ancient
marble statue of the most perfect ex-
ecution, supposed by the Greek sculp-
tor, Calamis, and is called from its be-
ing in the Belvedere Gallery of the
Vatican in Rome.
THE earlier English queens, in token
of gratitude for some event, used to
found a small hospital, or "spital," in
the language OF the time ; which word,
commemoratipg some establishment of
the kind, is perpetuated in the names of
squares. streets and localities, such as
Spitalfields and others.
The new Chief Justice of the United
States Supreme Court wears an official
robe manufactured from silk raised in
Connecticut and presented to him by
the Silk Association of that State, with
the request that he wear it at his inau-
guration and thereafter. The Chief
Justice, in accepting it, said it fur
nished the evidence of one of the great
est trinmphs of American industry.
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Allies Kisses.

Like the restless, foamy pillows
Moves the clothing of his bed,
As from off the tumbled pillows
Comes 4 frowzy little head.
D;mp,ed cheeks and blue eyes glowing,
Ruby lips as sweet as hay;
All the laughing features showing
Mothers boy is full Of play.
"Mamn:a. dess me-" As he wishes,
Mother tries to dress the sprite;
But the gift of countless kisses
Almost puts the work from sight.
"YouIl rot leave for papa any,
"Yes, l sail, q hundred bout:
For. -ou see, I've dot so many,
Boz nay cheeks are stickin' out"
II. II. D.
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.Je;nima's Opera.

"Jemima Screw Jemima Screw !!
Where in the world are you?"
Coming, ma" and then softly,
ooh dear, 1 thought 1 was going to
have all this rainy day to myself. l
wanted to finish Lily's and Flora's
dresses, too, for the opera this after
noon. But 1 shall have to go down
now, and you girls must sit still and
study your lessons till 1 come back.
Be good or I shall not let you go to the
opera"
So saying Jemima settled her dolls
in their chairs, gave them miniature
spelling books, and then proceeded to
go downstairs.
Mother Screw noted the sober face
and lingering step. She understood
their meaning very well. But she said,
cheerily:
"Why, Jemima, did You think you
were going to be upstairs all day ?
You've been playing three good hours
now. Still, I shouldn't have called
you, child, only Pete brought me his
overalls to mend. They are the only
pair he has, so 1 had to sit right down
and mend EN-"
Being an afectionate, good-natured
little girl, Jemima had already recov-
cred from the petulant fit. She threw
her arms around her mothers neck,
saying:
Never mind, ma, I only wanted to
finish Lily's and Flora's dresses. But
they can wear their old ones to the
opera. I guess they would rather do
that than stay at home !"
Bring 'em down to me, child, and
I'll soon finish 'em. Then right after
dinner Pete shall go for Bessie, and
you can have a good long afternoon to
play in
"May we make as much noise as we
please, ma? For We are going to play
opera on the old spinnet, and there's to
be a boating party besides"
"Oh, yes, provided you don't come
through the ceiling But, now hurry
with the potatoes if you want dinner
early"
Soon after the noon meal Bessie ar
rived, bright and merry. Then Mrs.
Screw dispatched the children to the
garnet, loaded with doughnuts, apples,
hickory-nuts and the completed dresses
for the dolls.
They were to have inst as good a time
as they could, and make as much noise
as they wanted to till they were tired.
Let me tell you what they did. First
all the dolls were dressed in their best
and placed in a row before the old
spinAet. Then the little girls took their
places at the aged instrument. Oh !!
such pounding, trilling, chasing each
others fingers up and down the keys,
screaming. singing, laughing! 1t was
opera, indeed.
Now there anne an intermission, dur
ing which great inroads were made upon
the refreshments. Having sufficiently
refreshed themselves, the children
dressed the dolls anew for the boating
party. Into the cradle, which had
rocked three generations of babies,
tumbled the girls and their dolls. To
! and fro from one end of the garnet to
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butter from the cellar, and just Is
ever, thing was ready father came in.
"Where is mother? ?"
upstairs, lying down."
"Ahl Who got dinner ?"
GIVE did"
"Ah !! good boys. hope You didn't
trouble your mother. She had a head
ache this morning."
"No, she has been lying down al the
morning"
But here the conversation was cut
short by mamma herself, looking as
fresh and pretty as possible in her clean
dress.
She felt very much better-almost
well, she said, and her good boys had
done it all. Just before father went
away, whispered something to
him at which he laughed and then add
ed aloud, "I1l think of it."
After father was gone Fred and Dick
went out to play in the yard behind the
house. They hadn't been there more
than half an hour when mamma called
them. They didn't want to go very
much, but they went very pleasantly,
and whom do you think they found
there? Why, little Charlie Brown and
Willis Raymond and Harry Clayton.
And such a nice time as they had
And when they were tired out with
play. they went into the dining-room
and had Just the incest little supper you
e saw. Thenafterthat they hadp played
one nice game of tag, and then the little
boys went home.
Just as Fred and Dick were going to
sleep, Dick nudged Fred and said
Wasn't it nice, Fred, helping
mamma and having the party?"
YES" said Fred, "but 'twould
have been nice without that"
eyes, so it would" said Dick.
And I think so, too.-Congrega-
tiOnGlist.
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The Boys Holiday.

It was a warm day in June. Mrs.
Burton had just seen Fred and Dick set
off for school, and now she came back
into the house. She looked pale and
tired to-day, and no wonder, for she
had bean hard at work since daylight,
and had n severe headache. When she
was ready to wash the dishes, shefound
the fire had gone out, and there was
nothing for her to do but build a new
one. As soon as it was well started, she
went into the parlor and began to
sweep.
She had finished sweeping and was
about to dust, when she heard Dick
just outside.
"Hurrah !, three cheers for a holiday !!
hip, hip, hurrah !" and the two boys
burst Into the house.
"Mother, mother, where's mother ?"
cried Fred, as they rushed into the
parlor.
go, mother, teachers sick, and we're
going to have a holiday. Ant it
jolly
Then, noticing his mothers pale face,
he added:
40, dear 1 forgot about your head
ache, and now we've been making it
worse by our noise. I'm so sorry
Mrs. Burton smiled family, and Fred
continued
"Iu tell you how well spend our
holiday. You shall go upstairs and lie
down, and We'll finish here"
"My dear, you are very good and
kind, but I couldn't think"
Fred laughingly placed his hand over
his mothers mouth.
81 couldn't think of letting you go
o." he said, "you have no idea how
much We can do"
And at last Mrs. Burton was fain to
consent. Fred went upstairs with her
and beat up her pillows, closed the
blinds, and left her with a kiss and an
injunction to get all well.
Down stairs, Dick had drawn ont the
dish-pan and begun washing the dishes.
Fred helped him, but when they had
washed the knives they were sorlely
perplexed.
"The knives don't look SO black
when we use en-" said Dick.
81 know it. 1 wonder what mother
does to en-"
al know" cried Dick, suddenly ;
"she scours 'em. / saw her do it one
day"
$50 she does. wonder where the
securing things are %
After a good deal of search, they
found them, and Fred began rubbing
the knives while Dick looked on.
"Do let me do it," pleaded the little
boy, after a while.
go, you ant big enough" said the
other, for, it must be confessed, Fred
liked to do it very well himself.
Dick didn't say anything, but he
looked a good deal, and Fred thought a
minute and then said:
Eyes, you are, too, you can do it
now" and he tied the big green apron
around the little boy, SO that his head
looked like a very small apple on thetop
of a very large cabbage. Then when the
knives and dishes were put away, Fred
put on his potatoes to boil, and busted
the parlor as nicely as any girl could do
it. Then it was time to set the table,
and he peeled the potatoes and put
them on a plate in the oven to keep hot
until father came.
Fred cut the bread and brought the
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-06-05
THE LITTLE FOLKS.
Give the Little Boys n Chance.
BY GEORGE COOPER.

Here we are! don't lesve us,
.Ius. because we're little boys!
Though we're not 80 bold and stout,
In the world we make a noise.
You're q year or two ahead,
But We step by step advance;
All the worlds before you spread
GIVE the little boys a chance!
Never sigh. us in your play,
You were once rs small as we;
Well be big, like you, some day,
Then perhaps our power you'll see.
We viii meet you, when we've grown,
With a brave and fearless glance;
Don't think all the worlds your own
Give the little boys q chance!
Little hands will soon be strong
For the work that they must do;
Little lips will sing their song
When these early days are through.
so. you big boys, if we're small,
Or Cur toes you needn't dance;
There is room enough for all
Give the little boys a chance.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-06-05

THERE are 40, 900 commercial travellers
in the United States, and it costs over
sS7, 900, 900 a year to keep them moving.
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Fred cut the bread and brought the
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-10-01
OFFERED AND WITHDRAWN,
D McCopaha. az had 9-vasr-o15s .

Its funny, says Grace Green
wood, to see how few swomen who go
to Colorado know how to dress for
such rough expeditions. She has seen
more than one dainty dame set forth
for the canons clad in silk, with lace
and diamonds. She noticed the Oiher
day in party starting for Pixies Peak
q pretty young girl, most coquettishly
attired. and carrying in her softly
gloved hand the last new novel. Such
fiimsy preparations and slight provis-
ions for ascending that awful trail and
daring the winds and tempests of the
dreary summit makes one sad.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-10-01

Dyspepsia is the most discouraging and
distressing disease man is heir to. Amer
leans are particularly subject to this dis
ease and its effects: such as sour stomach,
sick headache, habitual costiVeness, heart
burn, water brash, gnawing and burning
pains in the pit of the stomach, coming
up OF the food, coated tongue, disagreea-
Bile taste in the mouth, impure blood, and
all diseases of the stomach and liver
Two dosrs of GREENS AUGUST FLOWER
will relieve you at once, and there positive
ly is not a case in the United States it will
not cure. If you doubt this go to your
druggist-Geo. Goldsberry & Co.-and get
a sample bottle for 10 cents and tryit. Reg
ular size rs cents. 1874-46-ly
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-10-01
Ague COmquerOr--NOQ Quinine, mo- Arse
mic. NO POisOmSs

This is strong language, as Physicians
and Chemists have for years tried to COM
pound preparation that would entirely
cure Fever and Ague without the use of
strong medicines such as Quinine, Arsenic
and other poisons injurious to the system.
There is no case of Fever and Ague, In
termittent or Bilious Fevers, Congestive
Chils, Night Sweats, Liver Complaints,
ETC., that this remedy will not cure at once
and permanently. It purifes the Blood,
Liver, Spleens and all secreatory organs so
effectually that the chills will not return
during the season, even when persons have
had them for years. Sold by Geo. Colds
berry & Co., Washington G. H., Ohio.
33t36eow
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O. G. M. SOefetv

EDS. HERALD. The Ohio Christian Mis-
siOnary Society will hold its annual Con-
ventiOn in the 5th Missionary District at
New Vienna, Clinton County, commencing
on Wednesday, the 7th day Of October, at
2 o'clock, p. m. The churches in the coun-
ties of Clinton, Greene and Fayette are re-
quested to send up delegates and visitors
to the Convention. Elder Il. M. Greene
yill be present, and manage the Sunday
School department Of the Convention
The Convention will probably last three
days. good time is expected.
J. c. IRWIN,
Cor. See'y Of 9th Dist. O. C. MS.
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- The Virginia (Nev) Chronicle
states that man who can move his
ears like a mule arrived in town
On the train Monday morning for the
purpose of giving an exhibition. His
name is Follet, and passengers who
came up in the car with him say the
manner in which he will twist his ears
around to listen to a conversation be-
hind him is wonderful. It is believed
that his ears are provided with an ex-
ira pair ofmuscles, by means of which
he is enabled to turn them in any di
rection. Supposed to be a native of
Louisville.