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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-11-06

NEw.-A wise professor has lately
expressed some rather novel views as to
the formation of the earth. He holds
that there are two forces operating on
the earth's surface-the suns force and
the earth force. 70 the former he as
signs the leveling process Of rain /; to
the latter the elevation OF mounta MS
and continents. This lie calls the ig-
neous force, seemingly admitting that
heat exists near the surface of the earth
of sufficient intensity to fuse the most
refractory rocks, that is, under ordinary
pressure, but not at the depths where
such action is supposed to take place.
He observes that if this heat increases
| with depth, the pressure also increases
to such an extent as to prevent actual
fusion, keeping still solid the substance
of the interior portion Of the earth,
whatever that may be, even to its cen
ter, and thus we have IL solid earth.
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III BONAPdRTES.

A most exciting election recently
took place in the Island of Corsica.
The officer to be elected was a member
of the Council General of the island,
and the candidates were Prince
Napoleon Jerome Bonaparte and Prince
Charles Lucien Bonaparte. Both can
didates for the position were advocates
Of the restoration Of the Bonapartist
dynasty to power, but they differed in
their method of accomplishing it. The
first makes no secret that he would
like to wear the crown which his uncle
wore, while the second is committed to
the fortunes of the young Prince I'm,
perial and it was at the urging of Eu.
| genie that he entered the contest, which
resulted in his election. Prince Jerome
resembles the first Napoleon more
closely than any member of the family.
The inhabitants of Corsica have always
remained loyal to the familythat sprung
from the island, and through all the
changes in the government of France
have shown their preference for the
cause of the Bonapartas.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-11-06
HEMiy GHO WITH.

1t has been ascertained that in man
The most rapid growth takes place i'm
mediateiy after birth, the growth Of an
infant during the first year of its ex-
istence being about eight inches. This
ratio of increase gradually decreases
until the age of three years is reached,
at which time the size attained is hall
that which it is to become when full
grown. After five years the succeeding
increase is very regular until the six.
teenth year, being at the rate for the
average man of two inches Il year. Be
yond sixteen the growth is feeble, being
for the following two years about six
tenths of an inch a year /; while from
eighteen to twenty the increase IL
height is seldom over one inch. At the
age Of twenty-five the growth ceases
save in a few exceptional cases. 1t Ia.
furthermore been observed that, in tht
same race, the mean size is a LITTLE
larger in cities than in the country,
fact that will be received with doubt b,
many who have come to regard thu
rustic as the true model man.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-11-06
GENE[.NE

The true heroism of jim Bludsoe, en-
gineer of that historical wreck, the
prairie Belle" in "holdingher nozzle
agin the bank till the last galoot's
ashore" was nobly initiated a day or
two since by an engineer and fireman
on the Marietta and Cincinnati railroad.
Their train, bound eastward, had to
q bridge, n span of which
crossed a creek and the other a road
way. The train was moving slowly as
it neared the bridge, its speed not ex-
ceeding twelve miles an hour. When too
near to be of service, the engineer OBJ
served that a switch had been displaced,
and that the engine must of necessity
run into the bridge. Both he and the
fireman might have saved their lives by
jumping from the locomotive, but the
result would have been fatal to the pas
sengers. They bravely refrained, re-
versed the engine, and applied the pat
| ent air-brake. 1t was too late for them.
The engine dashed through the wood
work and landed in the roadway below.
The tender followed, crushing the two
brave fellows against the boiler; a pos.
tal-car behind fell upon the tender,
resting one end upon the abutment OF
the bridge, and checked the motion OF
the train. The sleeping-passengers III
the palace-cars were not ever awakened
by the catastrophe. Only the train
hands discovered the heroic sacrifice
which Perdew and Parent, of Chilli
cothe, had made. Two charred ant
shattered corpses were found in the
wreck of the engine, all that renamed
of these two "men who died for men,
Chicago Tribune.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-11-06
A Nd WILL.

Richard Grant White, writing in the
GALAXY, says GAS to shall and will,
something may doubtless be done by
study and by taking thought to check
bad habits and correct the result of IN
fortunate associations. The mistake
most commonly made in the use of
these words, and the n therefore
most carefully to be avoided, is the use
of will for shall, and of the correspond
ing would for should. Shall is much
less often used for will. And yet in the
word shilly-shally, which is upon every
body's lip, is petrified the rule and the
example in regard to shall and will.
Shilly-shally is merely a %colloquial cor
ruption of 'Shall-I?' and thus expresses
the condition Of q man who is vacillat-
ing between two courses of conduct.
1t has been made into participle, per-
haps even into a verb. "A man who
stands shilly-shallying about a woman
as the ladies say, doesn't know his own
mind about her-a mental condition for
which the sex has not the highest re-
spect. Now, no n would say that a
man stood asking himself, 'Will I?
VIII ~ and yet such is essentially the
mistake most frequently made in regard
to the use of these words in CONVERSE
ton. We hear people say, What will
l do ? and even viii l do thus or so 2
Among people Of the Anglo-Saxon race
and of average education the mistake,
when made, most commonly takes the
Indicative form, thus Il will go to bed
elegantly, retire. at ten o'clock to-
night or We will breakfast at eight
tomorrow; ; instead Of 4 shall go to
bed etc, we shall breakfast etc"
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-11-06

Do o want an infallible protector
against burglars, thieves and other noe
turnal marauders? If 50, send ten sub
scribers to THE Chicago LEDGER, ac-
companied by the cash (&15), and you
will receive in return an elegant nickel
plated Remington revolver and 100
cartridges. This weapon is warranted
to kill at 100 yards.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-11-06
THE YOUNG FOLKS.
At the Window.

In aud out, in and ont,
Through the clouds heaped about,
Wsnders the bright moon.
What she seeks, 1 do not know;
Where it is, l cannot show.
am but a little child,
aud the night is strange and wild.
In and out. in and out,
Wanders the bright moon;
In and ont, in and out,
She VIII find it soon.
There she comes /, as clear as day
New the clouds are going away.
SIZE is smiling, l can see.
And she's looking straight at me.
Pretty moon, SO bright and round,
Won't you tell me what you found?
81. Nich0lds,
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was responded, sneeringly, "Ill quit
drinking when you do"
"Take your oath on that?
eyes; I'll quit when you do"
"Then, here goes-Ill never taste
another drop of liquor while 1 life. So
help me, God"
With mis- right hand still uplifted,
Mr.. Weston regarded his companion
with a fixed look, until the latter, as if
moved by a sudden impulse, raised his
own hand, and repeated the very words
I have Transcribed $50 help me God"
Once, and again, was this adjuration
uttered, reverently and solemnly.
az will take back Cray's chestnqts,"
then said the father in a husky voice.
Without hesitation or remonstrance,
they were returned to him. The spec
tators were awe-struck by what had oc-
CURED, and the silence, oppressive
though it was, remained unbroken.
Mr.. Thornton left the store, followed
close by his friend. They, too, were
silent. 1t was no time for talking /;
but from that day there was plenty in
two homes where had been fear and
wretchedness.
Cray Thornton's chestnuts were like
priceless gems-the ransom OF two
souls from the thrallGom of a drunk
ards appet:te.-IOuth's Banner.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-11-06

An American engineer has offered to
bring to this country, for a moderate
price, one of the three great stones OF
he temple Of Heliopolis.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-11-06
DOES PROHIBITION ENCOURAGE
DRUNKENNESS,

According to the Chicago Tribune,
which cites figures to sustain its opin-
ion, it does. Says the Tribune: Figures
won't lie, and, as they won't, figures
make a very startling exhibit with ref
erence to the working of temperance
legislation. Maine, for instance, has a
law forbidding the sale and manufac-
ture of liquor. This law has been in
force twenty-three years. In that time
Portland has increased in population
less than fifty per cent, while the num-
Der of places where drunkards are made
has increased over two hundred per
cent. Bangor, with Is, 1000 inhabitants,
has 800 saloons, so that every fifty of
the inhabitants have a saloon to them
selves. Massachusetts has a prohibitory
liquor law. In 1856 the number OF per-
sons arrested in Boston for drunken
ness wa 6,7S0, and in 1870 the number
was 1860. In his official report for
1871 the Chief of Police shows the num-
Der of men made drunk during the year
as follows
Number of hotels, &c; drunken m"n........ 81
Number of groceries, 1,425; d unken men. 1.+25
Number of bar-rooms, 1925 drunken men,. GAS
| Number OF jug-roons, 39I drunk Ii men... 3 51
Total ......... IL, 4is
AS compared with other cities, the
New York San says of Boston, that
while it has an average of one arrest
for drunkenness in every sixteen of her
inhabitants, Providence has one in
twenty-five New York has u in
twenty-seven San Francisco has one
in twenty-nine; Rochester has Il in
thirty-one; Washington has one in
thirty-two ; Detroit has one in thirty
four st. Louis has II in forty-two ;
Brooklyn has one in sixty-four /; Gin
cinnati has one in eighty-three. If it
were the habit of temperance reformers
to stop and think at all, such facts and
| figures as these ought to convince them
of the folly of any p%rohibitory legisla-
ton in the matter of what a man shall
drink a; and that, instead of advancing
the cause of temperance, they are really
advancing the II of intemperance.
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And q sample in my hand"
WHY is it that a sailor will persist in
calling all that part of the ship below
the rail the "hull" of her, when it isn't
much more than half?
One of the Prince of Wales principal
creditors is Poole, the tailor. He pants
for his pay, because the Prince doesn't
pay for his pants.
A LAD barber has been forced by the
married ladies of Dubuque to leave the
town, where she was doing a grand bus
mess, shaving many of the men twice q
day.
FRANCE is straining every nerve to
re. organize a monstrous army. It is
said numerically to be inferior only to
that of Russia, while in equipments it
will be the best in Europe.
"Do YOU keep matches" asked a
wag of a country grocer. ooh, yes,
all kinds" was the reply. "Well, I'll
take a trotting match" said the wag.
The grocer Immediately handed him q
boz of pills.
4 YOUNG man who knows all about
it states that his experience has taught
him that a hirt is a fool who delights in
fooling fools, and the feol who is fooled
by such a fool is the foolishest kind of
a fool.
WHITTIER, poor withered leaaet, say,
Torn from thy stalk away:
81 know not. The blast that broke
Me from my parent oak,
With its inconstant breath.
From mount to vale beneath,
From the forest to the PLAIN,
Still whirls me on. 90
With all the winds that blow,
And fear not nor complain.
Where all things go-with leaf of rose,
And laurel leaf-I find repose.7
-Ner York EreHing Post.
A WRITER in the st. Paul Press tell a
new story of Horace Greeley. Horace
wrote a note to a brother editor in New
York whose writing was equally illegi-
bic with his own. The recipient of the
note not being able to read it, sent it
back by the same messenger to Mr..
Greeley for calculation. Surprising it
to be the answer to his own note, Mr..
Greeley looked over it, but likewise was
unable TO read it, and said to the boy {:
"Go take it back. What does the
d fool mean?" eyes, sir" said
the boy, "that is just what he says"
In the days when Connecticut was
largely engaged in breeding mules for
the Southern market, one morning,
Tracy, who was as shrewd a Yankee as
ever whitfield a shingle or sold a clock,
stood with a South Carolinian on the
steps of the Capitol, when a drove of
mules passed by on their Southern
journey. Tracy" said the Carolinian,
There goes a company of your con-
st~ituents." eyes," was the dry ~retort,
"they are doubtless going to South
Carolina to teach school,"
SLICED PLUMs. Take eight pounds
of plums. three pounds of nice sugar,
one pint of vinegar, one unc of cloves,
one ounce of cinnamon. The spices
should be ground fine. Prick the plums
with a large needle and put in a jar.
Sprinkle over the spice. Heat the
sugar and vinegar and pour over tie
} plums. Repeat this three mornings
, On the fourth day pour all into a por
celain- lined kettle and boil about twenty
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-11-06
FARIETIES.

A sHARE-HoLDER-A plowman.
Civil rights-Obliging answers.
A CRYSTAL ghost-A glass shade.
THE oldest revolver-The earth.
An English "billiard wonder" is
ove here, on a starring tour. Some of
of the American players will be apt to
make him sing, go, carom me back"
a DowN-EAsT Sabbath. school, with q
view to future contingencies, makes the
scholars sing
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-01-03

There was more noise made in Dom
jacksonville on New Years day than
upon Christmas, but all the stores were
kept open the entire day and bust
ness went on as if the first of January
had no rights which merchants are
bonnd to respect. The increased noise
was caused by a cannon, little but
loud, which some colored citizens
charged and discharged at frequent
intervals on the pnblic common near
tho Courthouse. The Emancipation
celebration attracted larger number
of people to the town than were here
on Christmas. Altogether, the day
seemed very much like any Sabbath,
and more than one person had some
trouble TO get used to the fact that
yesterday wasn't Monday.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-01-03

We take much pleasure in recording
that the town authorities are pushing
vigorously the good work of repairing
streets and bridges and they could not
desire better weather for the purpose.
Many an old rut has been filed with
oyster shells, all the broken bridges
are to be made as good as new, and
notably along Mississippi street have
the grass and Instructions been clean
ed from the cutters and good drain
age secured. A large quantity of
shells have been deposited near the
rear end of the Market-House, aud
when these are broken up by the
wheels of passing vehicles, our citi-
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Notice.

WE RENDER OUR THANKS FOR THE
w kind patronage the people of Donald
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few weeks and sincerely solicit your favors
for the remainder of our stay amongst you,
as we shall probably leave about the first
week in January. We cordially invite all
who wish a
CHEAP and GOOD PHOTOGRAPH
to call on us before the opportunity is lost.
Respectfully yours.
BAILEY g. SEWELL,
Tent Gallery, Crescent place, near the
Market-house.
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The beautiful weather of the past
few days has boon cheering enough to
melt the heart of an anchorite. New
Years day developed variety of
weather, being bright in the morning,
dlizzling at noon and 'alf-and-ialf at
evening, but yesterday and to-day the
sun shone forth in great brilliancy
during the regular period set down in
tile almanac for him to be visible,
while at night the beautiful moon dis
PEELED darkness with her respondent
rays and cast upon mother earth a
mellifluous light that was simply en-
chanting to the vision. If there is any
thing that fills us with enthusiasm it
is#pretty weather, as the readers of
the CHIEF must have discovered ere
this.
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zens will find much improved en-
trance to the building in wet weather.
All this is very encouraging.

SALE OF THE MARKET, WHARF AMI
FERRY.-In accordance with his adj
yertisement in the official journal OF
the parish, the Town Treasurer Offer
ed for sale at public auction, at the
Courthouse, yesterday, the lease of
the Markell House, Wharf and Missis-
sippi ferry for the year 1874. Mr..
Louis Lefort was the highest bidder
for the Market House, and the figure
for which it was knocked down to him
was $1I41. Mr.. Raphael Mousse OBJ
tanned the Wharf lease for the large
bid of $1,000, while Mr.. Michel Lanou
secured the ferry for 1912. Thus it
will be seen the entire revenue aecru-
ing to the town from these three sour
ces will be 1858 during the current
year. Last year the Market House
brought $1,000, the Wharf $515, the
ferry $475, making a total of $2O50.
Therefore, the increase in the prices
obtained this year is 1881, which is an
encouraging sign, and demonstrates
the increasing business of the town.
Donaldsonville is steadily advancing
in population and prosperity, and
is bound in the course of time, and
that not very long space of time
either, to become one of the leading
cities of Louisiana. Despite the hard
times, the valuation of her property
has been and still is increasing. Be-
fore the railroad was completed to
this point the assessed value of prop
erty within the corporation limits was
$3.50, 900, and that at very high rate
of assessment, while now, at rate
universally acknowledged to be low,
the valuation is over $4,000. Take
this fact in connection with the aug
mented value of the Market and
Wharf, as. shown by the figures given
above, and we find that Donaldson
vile is by no means retrograding, but
on the contrary displays the germ of
future great prosperity in no uncer-
tain light.
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THE sCEENCE OF HEALTH.
Vol. Second, Commencing Jan. 1873.


The Science of Health haying
been sustained beyond our most sanguine
expectations, we are prepared with addition
al facilities for making the ensuing volume
respond still more fully to the popular de-
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Popular Physiology. fully Illus
trated, a complete explanation of the struct-
ures and functions of the human system.
Affections OF the Eye and Ear,
with hundreds of illustrations, embracing
the whole range Of medical and surgical dis
eases of these organs.
All Medical Systems, giving q his
tory of all the medical theories that have
prevailed in all ages of the world.
Domestic Economy, Household At
fairs, Hygienic Cooking, the Selection and
Preservation of Food, etc.
The Economy of Health. Only
those who have investigated the subject can
be aware of the enormous waste caused by
sickness aud unllygienic living. BY adopting
the Hygienie system, the people of the Unit
ed States would save annually more than
one thousand millions of dollars. Does this
statement seem extravaganza Statistics
more than justify it, as we shall prove.
The La Dor Problem, Correct hab-
its of living will ensure the laborer Health
and Strength. enable him to accumulate his
earnings, and become peeuniarily indepen-
dent.
Health is Happiness. Above al
monetary considerations, however. is that of
a sound MUD in sound body. Health re-
form is the base of all reform
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TIME TABLE N. o., NJ. & T. & E.,
LOUISIANA nIVISION

Daily Passenger Irdin-Leaves New Or
leans at 8 A. NJ; Arrives in Donaldson
vile at 1915 p. NJ.
Returning lSundays exceptedl, Leaves Don
jacksonville at LIS p. NJ; Arrives IN New
Orleans at 5 p. M.
Sunday Passenger Trai,a-Leaves New Or
leans as above, arriving in Donaltlsouville
at 70 NJ.
Returning, Leaves Donaldsonville at 200 P.
NJ; Arrives in New Orleans at $50 p. NJ
freight Trpin eao'a aoay eDery other day.
Trains stop at all way stations.
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/ See the card of Messrs. Bailey &
Seweil, photographers, elsewhere in
this paper. We have already spoken
several times of the excellence of the
work of these artists, and we invite
our home readers one and all to visit
the tent and verify our encomiums by
personal examination of the numerous
samples displayed for public inspec-
ton.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-01-03

The steamer Henry Tete ran into
the railroad bridge last Tuesday
morning and played smash with one
of her wheel-houses. 1t is rumored
that the Lafourche Navigation Com
pany have threatened to enter suit
against the railroad for oLstructing
the navigation of the Bayou unless
the bridge be removed.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-01-03

Marx Israel announces still further
reductions In his goods and declares
his intention of disposing OF the whole
stock for cash in order that he Baay
lay in an entire new supply the com
ing spring. Go to Israel's before pur-
chasing elsewhere and Yea viii not
regret it.