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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-07-10
A MONSTROUS RHINOCEROS.

On Wednesday the largest black
rhinoceros ever exhibited in the world
was added to the collection of wild
beasts in Barnum's Hippodrome. This
enormous mountain Of flesh weighs
$500 pounds. This is 1900 pounds
more than the largest rhinoceros in the
Geological Gardens in London. His
body is encased in a heavy leather-ike
hide, which overlaps at the joints, max
ing folds nearly two inches thick. His
legs are short and stumpy, and his tail
resembles the blacksnakes used by
transfers in the Western country. His
head is covered with the same thick
hide which envelopes his body, and upon
his forehead and about his eyes and
ears it is piled up like plates. The
animal had a large, sharp
horn, which projected from his
snout inst above his nostrils,
but the monsters head was chained
down, and, in spite of his angry snorts
and endeavors to get away, this horn
was sawed off close to his snout. 4
cage upon wheels was make on purpose
for the rhinoceroes' accommodation. 1t
is heavily barred with steel upon the
sides and front. His head is chained to
a stout beam, and heavy oak plank pre-
vents his backing. There is barely
room for the rhinoceros to stand and lie
in. II he was given more space his
immense strength would enable him to
break from all restraint, and the havoc he
would make if loose may be imagined
but cannot be estimated. His immense
weight may be realized from the fact
that whan the cage containing him was
drawn into the Hippodrome the wheels
crushed through the flooring in many
places to the depth of from two to three
inches.-NeU York Sun.
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MI. Parker's garden. We can look at
them through a great hole in his fence"
Mr. Williams then led Henry through
the garden gate and across the road, to
look at Mr.. Parker's pea-vines through
a hole in the fence. The bed in which
they were growing was near to the road,
SO they had no difficulty in seeing it.
After looking into the garden for a few
moments, Mr. Williams said /:
swell, my son, what do you think of
Mr.. Parker's p~ea-vines ?"
ooh, father, I never saw such poor
looking peas in my life! There are no
sticks for them to run upon, and the
weeds are nearly as high as the peas
themselves. There won't be half a
crop !"
"Why are they so much worse than
ours, Harry?"
because they have been left to grow
as they pleased. I suppose Mr.. Parker
just planted them, and never took any
care of them afterward. He has neither
taken out the weeds nor helped the
vines to grow right"
eyes, that's just the truth, my son,
A garden will soon be overrun with
weeds and briers if it is not cultivated
with the greatest care and just so it
is with the human garden. This
precious garden must be trained and
watered, and kept free from weeds, or
it will run to waste. Children's minds
are like garden-beds, and they must be
tended ever mor carefully than the
choicest plants. If you, my son, were
never to go to school, nor have good
seeds of knowledge planted in your
mind, it would, when you became a
man, resemble the w~eed-covered, neg
lected bed we have just been looking
at, instead of the beautiful one in my
garden. Would you think it right for
me to neglect my garden as MI. Parker
neglects his?"
"Oh, no, father; your garden is a
good one, but Mr.. Parker's is all over
run with weeds and briers. 1t won't
yield half as much as yours will"
"Or, my son, do you think it would
be right if 1 neglected my son as Mr..
Parker neglects his, allowing him to
run wild, and his mind uncultivated, to
become overrun with weeds 2"
Little Harry made no reply, but he
understood pretty clearly what his
father meant.
81 send you to school," Mr.. Will.
Jams continued, "in order that the
garden of your mind may have good
seeds sown in it, and that these seeds
may spring up and produce plentifully.
Now, which would you prefer-to stay
at home from school and let the garden
of your mind be overrun with weeds,
or go to school and have this garden
cultivated 2"
Il would rather go to school," said
Harry ; but, father, is Charles Parker's
mind overrun with weeds ?"
81 am afraid that it is. If not, it
certainly will be if his father does not
send him to school. For a little boy
not to be sent to school is a great mis-
fortune, and l hope you will think the
privilege of going to school a very great
one indeed"
Harry Williams listened to ali his
father said, and, what was better,
thought about it too. BE never again
asked to stay away from SCHOOL,. S.
arthur.
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TIT Camel and the Desert.
It was early in the morning that the
caravan started ; the twilight was grow
ing into day.
The camels had been saddled and bur-
dened and chained, some ten, some
twenty, in a row. There were precious
things on those camels' backs-silk from
India, pearls, ivory, gum, perfumed oils,
myrrh, feathers, angora shawls and vel
vet. First among the heavy-burdened
animals was an old camel-mother /; she
carried ice from Tartary for a pasha's
cellar, a burden that would not appear
very valuable TO a European child. By
her side trudged her little camel ; it was
three years old, and ran ninbly by her
side.
"Mother, ara the burdens very
heavy % asked the little camel, won
deringly.
Eyes, but not too heavy. Your turn
will come next year, little camel ; every
child has to take up a heavy burden in
time"
at will be a hot journey for us all,
and that little one," said a thin, aged
camel, next in row /; "but I prefer car
rying perfumes to fghtingthe Bedouins;
my cousin and 1 went many years ago /;
they ran away before us, the Bedouins,
but they killed my cousin"
A cry of dismay escaped from the
camels near, and then nothing more was
said Tor il was growing hot.
Many days did they journey, nothing
but hot sand everywhere.
1t was midday /; the sun stood hori-
zontal, and seemed to hang like lead yer
man and animal. The owners of the
merchandise had wrapped themselves
close in their burnos ; only their black
eyes were visible. The drivers crept
slowly by their camels, every now and
then speaking a kind word to them, or
singing a song, and the faithful Great
,ures turned and licked theirhands, and
hasted their pace, IS if they knew that
on them depended the safety of all.
81 am tired" said the little camel
very often ; but the mother answered !:
at is good to become Injured to hard
ships when you are very young ; I have
had many journeys more weary than
this and reached the end"
Mother" continuedthe little camel,
"some of the camels behind us won't
go on /; the drivers are scolding them"
Never be unwilling to carry your
burden, and you will not get scolded."
Yesterday the drivers cheered their
camels with kind words and songs, but
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-07-10
AN ALLEGORY.

The Cricket said to the Wren:
"why do you sit 30 still?
Listen to Inc how shrill
I sing in the evening chill J"
But the Wren said, dark!
I'm Matching eggs in the dark"
The Cricket said to the Wren:
at is time to fly about;
The other birds are ont.
And they are wise, no doubt
But the Wren said, "No!
These eggs won't let me CO."
The Cricket said to the Wren:
"The night has gone away!
Yet here YOU sit to-day!
Why do you do 1t, pray 2"
But the Wren said, "See!
Three wrens have been born to mel"
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THERE is a society in Brooklyn-Mrs.
DR.. Theodore Cuyler, D.. D., President
for putting down c~orsets, carriers,
high-heeled shoes, false hair, water
falls, monster bonnets, rouge, hair dye.
and other feminine vanities. The So
ciety makes but little Roadway. 1t has
the world, the flesh, the devil, and the
milliners against it.
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VARIETIES.

THE latest thing in hats-Heads.
The dentists profession ought to be
a lucrative one, as he ma res money by
achers.
WHY is q beefsteak like locomotive?
It's not of much account without it's
tender.
WHY is the elephant the most saga
cious of travellers? Because he nev
takes his eye off his trunk.
An exchange speaks of a "captious
man who growled because apowder-
factory was to be established next
door p
THOMAS HOOP died composing-and
that, too, a humorous poem. He is said
to have remarked that he was dying out
of charity to the undertaken, who wished
to urn a lively Hood.
A POOR old colored woman in Virginia
was never so happy in her life as when
she learned to read a few days ago, and
she went right off and sold eight
geese, and bought t~wenty-eight dime
novels.
MIR. PARKER, Of the Woburn (Mass.)
| Journal, wrote his leader last week in
rhyme, as follows:
"a daughter was wanting,
At last we have found her
She came Sunday morning
A healthy nine-pounder.'
WERsTER's dictionary contains over
so, 900 words. Jones says that when he
came home late the other night, in the
space of fifteen minutes his wife applied
them all to him, including some ex-
ira ones and the fire shovel. Good for
Mrs. Jones
A LADY consulted the eccentric Dr..
Abernethy. "Do You know my usual
fee ?" he asked. Two guineas were
laid on the table. Putting them in his
pocket, he drew out a sixpence, and
said: "There, take that and buy a skip
ping rope-you want exercise. Good
morning."
81 DREAMED the other night" said
Bijah, as he helped his honor into his
overcoat, "that I asked to borrow fifty
cents of you, and you handed it out,
"Curious coincidence" replied his
honor, as he buttoned his coat /: 81
had the same dream, except that I
told you I would see you hanged first"
SLIGHTLY sarcastic was the clergyman
who paused and addressed q man COM
ing into church after the sermon had
begun, with the remark "Glad to see
you sir !; come in always glad to see
those here late who can't come early
And decidedly self-possessed was the
man Illus addressed in the presence of
an astonished congregation as he re-
sponded "Thank you; would you ia
vor me with the text?"
A SURGEON, after a sanguinary battle
was going his rounds, examining his pa
tients. He came at length to a Ser
geant who had been struck with a bullet
in the left breast, directly over the re-
gion of the heart. The doctor sur
prised at the narrow escape of the man,
exclaimed "Why, my man, where in
the name of goodness could your heart
have been ?" 81 guess it must have
been in my mouth just then, DOCTOR"
replied the poor fellow, with a faint
smile.
TUF OENTENNT1T
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A SNAKE IN A SNAKE.-While a farmer
residing near Lincoln was moving a
piece of meadow-land, a few days
since, he discovered a large, yellow,
striped snake. Acting upon the theory
if you kill a snake you kill an enemy
he immediately dispatched it, when he
observed the tail of another snake pro-
truding from its mouth some three or
four inches. Upon further examination
it was found that the monster of the
swamps, probably after a fearful COM
bat, had actually killed and swallowed,
for the purpose of food, a snake, of an
other species, Of full his W size and
length. -Piacer (Cal.) Herald.
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THE LITTLE L
Haw the BABY Came.

IloNt IL lazy
The Lady Moon anne down last night
She did, you needn't doubt it
A lovely lady dressed in white;
III tell You all about it.
They hurried Len and me to bed,
And Aunty said, snow, maybe
Tha. pretty moon up overhead
Will bring US down a baby.
You lie as quiet as can be;
Perhaps you'll catch her peeping
Between the windoN-bsrs, to see
II ali the folks are sleeping.
And then. if both of You keep still,
And all the room is shady,
Shell float across the window-sill,
A bonnie white moon-lady.
q. Across the sill, along the floor,
You'll see her shining brightly,
Until she comes to mothers door,
And then she'll vanish lightly.
But in the morning you will find,
If nothing happens, maybe,
she's left us something nice behind
Abeautiful star-baby.'
We didn't Just believe her then,
For Aunty's always chatting;
The tales she tells to me and Len
Would make you die a-lsughing.
And when she went out pretty soon,
Len said. That's Aunty's humming;
There amt a bit of lady moon,
MOI any baby coming"
Thought myself it was a fib,
And yet I wasn't certain
So / kept quie, in the crib,
And peepeG behind the curtain.
Ididnt mean to sleep q wink,
But. all without q warming,
/ dropped right off-and don you thizk,
Ineyer walked till morning.
Then there was Aunty by my bed,
And when ] climbed and kissed her,
She laughed and said, "You sleepy-head!
You've got a little sister,
What made you shut your eyes so soon?
I've half a mind to scold you
For down she came, that lady moon,
Exactly as ! told you!"
And truly il was not a joke,
In spite Of Lens denying,
For Just the very time she spoke
We heard the baby crying.
The way we jumped and made 4 rush
For mothers room that minute!
And Aunty stopped us, crying, "Hush
Or else you sha'n't go in it,"
And SO we had TO tip-toe IN,
And keep as awful quiet
As if il was a mighty sin
To MAKE Z bit Of riot.
But there was baby, anyhow
The funnies. little midget,
I wish you could just peep in now,
And see her squirm and fdget.
Len says he don't believe it's true
(He isn't such Il gsby)
The ICON had anything to do
With bringing us that baby.
But seems TO me it's very clear,
AS clear as running water
Last night there was no baby here,
Sc something must have brought her,
-ChrisicR Cnion.
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CALIF0RNLA,S GRAIN CROP.


Last year we opened our eyes and
mouths to marvel over the immensely
of the California wheat crop, and this
year We are still further astounded by
the information that the crop of 1873
will be more than doubted. The area
under c%ultivationis upward of 2 1000, 600
acres, 800, 000 more than last year. and
the yield is extraordinarily fine. The
total crop is estimated at a minimum
figure of 35, 900, 600 bushels, leaving
%, DOC, 600 bushels for export-nearly
twice the greatest amount that Califor-
MIA has ever furnished for expectation,
more than all the rest of the United
States exported last year, and twice as
much as Russia exported from her
great grain districts on the Danube.
CALIFORNIA; gold yield is a mere trife
compared with this golden shower of
grain.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-07-10

APPLE lovers may sleep easy. The
crop will be heavy.
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ONLY 81, 900 divorces have been grant
ed in Connecticut since 1858.
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THE CARLIST COMMAND IN BIsCAY.

The following is the text Of the proclamation
issued by the Carist Commandant in Biscay TO
which aliuson was made in kilograms winch we're
recently published. There seems to he no doubt
about its authenticity. 1t appears simultaneously
In several French papers. and has been also ior.
warded by correspondents to tue press abroad.
The act on the part OF the spanish Republican
naval authorities, TO which this 6dndO is intended
TO reply, was the seizure OF all the boats on the
Cantabrlan Coast, TO prevent their owners rom
unsni ping arms and munitions OF war forwarded
by Carlist agents abroad.
STAFF CoMMANDANcIA OF THE PROVINCE BsCAY.
In consequence of the acts of piracy which the enemys
steamers committing against the poor defenceess
fishermen Of this coast by making OF every
however cowardly reprehensibc W destroy the fish
Ing trade which is the only means OF existence upon
which many families Of this coast depend deem mat
IN the presence OF so scandaous behavior he time
when must adopt Immediately the most energetic
measures put stop 20 tn apominable conduct OF the
enemy, and decree what folows:-
L. Directly you receive this order you will place
under arrest all the liberals OF this coast in YOUR DIS
trcL In OF need will app Tor this purpose or
whatever Of soldiers may need OF the Tenth
battalion.
Az soon they are arrested you shall let them
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PROPOSALS..
PROPOSALS for
WROUGHT AND CAST IRON WORK
Tor the
LIBRARY OF THE NEW STATE DEPARTMENT.

OrFcE OF SUPERVISING ARCHITECT, I
TREASURY DKPARrMENr WASHINGTON, G., July "a, 1874
Sealed proposals will be received at this Office until IL
NJ OF the 18th dav Of August 1874 for furnishing deliver
Ing, fitting and putting In place the wrought
work required for the Library the New state Depart
ment
Copies Of the drawings and specifications may be had
application ut this office.
All scafoldng required by the contractors put the
work in place will be furnished by the Department
OF charge, but will he erected by the contractors
Proposals VIII be made tor the whole work complete.
as shown on drawings ana described IN specification.
The whole OF the work must be completed within four
months from date of acceptance of the PROPOSAL.
Payments will be made monthly, deducting 10 per
cent, until the completion OF the contract
All bids must be accompanied by penal bond OF two
responsible persons in the OF twenty thousand
dollars (S25 O that the bidder viii accept and
the contract it awarded him. the suticiency of the
curty be certified by the United states Judge Clerk
the United states Court the District Attorney Of
The Department reserves the right To reject all
bids pe deemed tor the interest OF the government
To do
Every bid must be made the printed form be OBJ.
tanned at this office and conform every respect
u the requirements this advertisement IL Will not
be considered.
Proposals will not be from parties who are
not themselves engaged in the of
work and who have not the necessary facilities tor
getting out the work.
All bids must be enclosed in sealed envelope, en-
dorsed proposals Wrought and Cast Iron Work
Library, New state Department. Washington, ID. Co."
and addressed to A. B. MULLErf,
supervising Architect.
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ing carried on in the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and
useless because we have paid our money, and II
the picture is valueess II Is best TO say nothing
about 1t. But in regard to the Hogarth, Mr. Firth,
r. A., points out that Messrs. Apnew are gener-
ousy willing TO sell the picture to the nation at
the same price they gave for 1t, and urges most
strongly that an immediate purchase should be
made.
PLAYS
expedient to close their doors. The poor French
actors at the Princess have not had any salary
for SIX weeks the speculation having proved
dead failure, owing, as they say, 10 the refusal OF
the Lord Chamberlain TO license some OF their best
pieces. There is no doubt however, that counter
prices which the Frenchmen charged initiated
against them. The Lyceum next season intends
playing Shakespeare, with Mr.. Irving as Hamlet
and Mr.. John Clayton as Poonius. The Prince of
Wales closes for SIX weeks re,ache and reopens
with the revival OF the ''Schoo for Scandal"
which has been enormously successful. Mr.. An
drew Halliday who has been very Ill, is preparing
dramatic version OF Scouts novel OF the "Tas-
man. Tor Drury Lane. Mr.. Bouccault is Still run
ming "Led Astrayn at the Ga.ety. The question OF
his having the Princess for next year seems to
have dropped, the theatre being advertised to be
let. The Adelphi still remains oren, "rhe Sea Of
lce," as cool title, being apparently attractive to
the country excurSionlsts, VINO are beginning to
make their appearance among us.
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a FETE At VERSAILLES.
Nine. MacMahon at Church and in So.
ciety.

Paris tJuly 2Ol Correspondence OF Irish Times]
The great feature IN yesterdays amusement was
the Fete of Versailles. If the Parliament men
why should not the inhabitants invite little jO-
lity on sundays The day began yesterday re-
lgi0usly by what they called LA Messe de la Mare
chae." 1t was a new mass In music, composed by
NJ. DupreZ, executed at the chapel Of the palace
and dedicated to Mme de MacMahon. A great
crowd OF great people was present and the Ouch
ess Attended as patroness. All can say OF this
soemnity Is TO give your lady readers passing
idea OF the toilette OF Her EXceLency.
II was heavy dress Of black silk,
anu shOrtDess OF sleeve, which were atOned for by
a high-htting tunlc OF rich black lace. The bonnet
was simple groundwork OF black tulle, sur
dark blue prevailed. How people got through the
heat OF the early afternoon cannot say; out the
great want was when the shades OF evening had
some what-not mucn-cOoed the air, and painting
leaty tree. Vast crowds assembled the ter
races and on every spot available for the great
spectacle which mad been promlsed-a PLAYING OF
the waterworks and a general ILLUMINATION,
only the rich had refuge. For entrance to the one
twenty francs was the price. The cheapest en-
closure was i've francs per perSOnne. The intense
CamnesS OF the night favored the spectacle.
The Illuminated waters shot loltiy into the sky.
Not one OF the $4,000 lamps which Illuminated the
scene fcKered or missed fire. And, then, shortly
before ten, a splendid display OF hrewOrks evoked
from the surrounding thousands those ''Ohsn
which In all countries is the exclamation OF the
perfect satisfaction OF the multitude at the
OF fiery wheels and showers OF gold falling down
stl bringing back the thousands to the city long
after midnight. IL was poetica. sight. And yes
all the poets have betaken themselves lust now
to other pastures and are starring" It'll Prov
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DON CARLOS MANIFESTO.

Don Carlos issued manifesto At Bayonne. bear
ing date the 10th inst In which he states that he
has now considerable and well organized army,
and says:-"Faith in the strength OF my rights has
given me the right OF strength. / have promised
to save Spain or die Tor her, and keep my word.
l intend to subject the rebels and bestow real lib
erty on the people, l shall give satisfaction to
Spain's religious sentiments and her love for the
legitimate monarchy; but Catholic unity does not
imply religious espionage, mol does the monarchy
imply despotlsm. | shall not modest Those who
have purchased church property. l desire to hear
The voice OF the people through their legitimate
representatives assembled in the Cortes. | call
hon continues shall still 1t by an explosion OF
cannon and those who do not accept Cancellation
to-day will nave TO submit to the law OF the con-
Quer0r tomorrow.