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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-09
AN EN-KING TURNS FARMER.

From all accounts, Amadeus, ex-king
of Spain, is well resigned to his lot as
private citizen of Italy. He states that
he had no regret in laying off the vani-
ties of royal pomp and splendor. His
home is near Milan, n small, but nicely
laid ont farm, known as Monte Vecchio.
His house is small, but convenient and
well furnished. He devotes considera-
bic time to his farm and garden, in
which he is seconded by his wife, who
is domestic sort of woman. A visitor
found the ex-King in his shirt sleeves,
sitting on rug, smoking and reading
comic paper. He remarked that he had
so few visitors that it was a positive re-
lief TO see strange face. He OCCASION
ally goes to Naples to review an army
corps, but he spends nearly all his time
with his family at home. He thinks the
Spaniards are too much welded to old
customs to receive much profit from
people of other nations. He states that
he went to Spain more to crafty the
ambitious wishes of his relatives, who
wanted to strengthen the power of Italy
by foreign alliance, than to crafty
any ambition of his own.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-09
VARIETIES.
MEN of decision-Judges.

MEN of decision-Judges.
CHEAP transportation-Free passes.
How TO make slow horse fast-Don't
feed him.
Why is this continent like milk? Be-
cause it's ours. E--.--
THE pale of society in the milk dis
tricts-The water-pail. .
WHEN is a gun-barrel a chicken?
When it is little fowl.
The Danbury Ne,rs man says: Yes
terday was colder than an oil-cloth."
The young man who boasted that he
could marry any girl he pleased, found
that he couldn't please any. ,s--
WHEN Jonah's fellow passengers
pitched him overheard, they evidently
regarded him as neither profit nor loss.
"GooD-BY, you old, scoiding, red
headed heathen," wrote Dubuque man
to his wife the last thing before killing
himself.
AN unusual number Of people are
carrying their hands in their pockets,
there being nothing in their pockets to
interfere with the indulgence.-Ddn-
bury News.
A WORTHY Kentucky farmer, being
asked if a daughter recently married
was still living with him, replied: "No,
sir; when one of my girls swarms, she
must hunt her own hive"
A FELLOW who had been hooked by an
unruly COW, Imped in his gait. A lady
remarked that the man appeared to be
intoxicated. Yes," replied her beau,
"the poor fellow has taken q couple of
horns" MI ID
JUDGE NoRBURY was interrupted in
his charge to jury once by the loud
braying of donkey in the street of the
assize town. "What's that ?" asked his
Lordship. Mr.. Parsons with whom his
Lordship had just had fiery fare-up)
rose and gravely assured him that it
was merely the "echo of the court"
THE first thing a young man does
when he sees friend with q new hat
on, is to take it off and serenely try it
on his own head. When a young lady
sees one of her acquaintances with
new bonnet ON, she just lifts up her nose
and serenely wonders "where the thing
got that fright" '.H f..'
The lady friends of Mr.. Bergh teach
their little boys these lines:
.- Up the hill, whip me not; a,
Down the hill, hurry me not:
In the stable. forget me not;
OF hay and corn, rob me not.
With sponge and brush, neglect me not;
U.s. of soft, dry bed, deprive me not;
r With bit or reins, jerk me not;
And when you angry, strike me not.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-09
THE COST OF WAR.

The English Peace Society, enceur-
aged to new efforts by the resolutions
which the Parliaments of Great Britain
and Italy have lately passed in favor of
the principle of arbitration in national
disputes, as well as by the recent Inter
national Congresses at The Hague and
Brussels, have published pamphlet
showing how much the English tax
payer pays for military glory. "Twenty
years before the Crimean war say
the peace men-"the military and
naval expenditure of England was GlO,-
000,00 Since then there has been a
permanent increase Of e1O,0OO, 900 an
nually, not including the interest.
These sums are SO enormous that they
cannot even be imagined except by
some process of comparison, and to aid
this comparison the pamphlet gave the
following facts ... ..s...f r...
According to the officially published
annual statistics the total amount OF
coal produced in the United Kingdom
has averaged, for the past seven years,
an annual value of eos, 600, 900, or s4,-
600, 600 less than the average cost of
the my and navy. Hence all our coal
mines united will not suffice to maintain
our army and navy. And all the coal,
iron, copper, lead, tin, zinc, silver and
other metals produced in the United
Kingdom have averaged in value (for
seven years past) G37, 900, 900 per annum,
or about .e1S,00O,O 900 less than the
years expenditure for pas. and present
wars"
No wonder-say the peace men-that
so many people are starved!
now NEW YORK PASTORS ARE PAID.
Some one has been looking up the
subject of pastors salaries in New York
city, where salaries are supposed to be
somewhat princely even in the minis
terial ranks. Perhaps the figures, how
ever, may not be such great tempta-
ton to any rural clergyman who may
have had secret ambition to fill q
metropolitan pulpit at some future day.
1t appears that out of the whole number
of ministers there are only sixty who
receive $1,000 or upward, while those
over that sum are only thirty,
and only ten of the thirty are paid
S10, 900 or over. Six of these fortunate
zen are pastors of Episcopal churches.
Twenty Baptist ministers get from.
81, 900 to $1,000; ten in the Lutheran
church are paid from $1,000 to $500;
forty in the Methodist church at the
same rates; thirty in the Presbyterian
from 81 900 to $1,000; thirty-fve in the
Episcopal from 81, 900 to $500; and
ten in the Reformed Dutch from 81 900
to $1,000. 1t is safe to say that not
more than half the ministers in New
York receive salaries of 50, 500, while
very large number do not get more than
half this sum. ....r ..
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-09
poLLrs LOVER.

"There goes that jackanapes of a
Gray" said John Crawford with a ges-
ture of disgust, as he looked out of the
window and saw a young gentleman in
stylish garments saunterlng down the
road. Z ass-r .s..-a...-
Iwish you'd be little more polite
when you're speaking of my friends, u
said Polly Wynn, frigidly.
"Oh, excuse me, said John, scorn-
fully. 81 wasn't aware what q rey!y
dear friend Mr.. Gray was TO you, when
Ispoke. OF course take it all back,
if you want me to-. l should have said
the Honorable Mr.. Gray, from the city,
suppose. .a-.. as-.r. ...s
I'm sure your sarcasm is all thrown
away ON me-" said Polly, loftily. 1
know you don't like Mr.. Gray, but
that's no reason why you should talk
about him as you do. I like him, and
I'm not afraid to say SO, either" and
Polly's black eyes flashed defiantly into
Johns face.
"Of course it doesn't concern me as
to who you like, and who you don't
like" answered John, trying to ap-
pear very indifferently about the mat
ter.
But he knew all the time he was
fbbing outrageously. He was fear
fully jealous of this young city exquis-
ite. 500 -7--s ..zs .a9.-E
"Then don't trouble yourself to talk
about Mr.. Gray" retorted Polly.
"He's coming IN. 1 expected him to
call this morning. =" .5 -rsli --s.s.-ss9o
John would have left at once, but 8lr.
Groy was even then at the door, and he
couldn't get away.
Good morning." said Polly, ap-
pearing very much pleased to see her
visitor. "Come in, please, and take
this rocker. What warm morning it
is, isn't it?'
Every warm, indeed, said Mr.. Gray,
coolly taking the rocking-chair and
passing perfumed handkerchief over
his face. y"Oh, Mr.. Crawford, is that
you? Good morning" appearing to
notice John all at once.
"Good morning" returned John,
stiffiy, and not feeling very friendly
toward his rival, if the truth must be
confessed. -.-s - s.
John and Polly had been as good as
engaged, IN country parlance, for long
while. He had taken her to quilting
bees and country balls, to picnics and
huskng- -frolics, and no one among the
country gallants had thought for mo-
ment OF stepping in between John and
his Polly. About a month before the
morning on which this story opens, a
young fellow from the city, calling him
self William Gray, had come to the
neighborhood and had engaged board
for the warm season. He had obtained
admission to the circle of society in
which Polly. moved, and became ac-
quainted with her at once. Polly was
like most pretty girls-a triie vain OF
her good looks, and thought it would be
feather in her cap to captivate Mr..
Gray. Evidently Mr.. Gray was not at
at all 10th to being csptivated, for he
took to; visiting Polly regularly, and es-
corted her TO picnics and parties, and
was as attentive cavalier as one could
wish to see.
John didn't like him from the first.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-09
CURRENT ITEMS
The commerce of the Ohio river foots
up 500, 900, 900 annually. ....

up 500, 900, 900 annually. ...-
NEWPORT has Samson who has shoul-
dered an anchor weighing $50 pounds,
and carried it 400 yards. . ...s p
An English jury recently valued curl
from a lady's head at 70 cents. 1t was
burned off by barber, who used a
curling-iron which was too hot.
CUBA was discovered by Columbus in
1892, and has always remained in, Span
ish possession, though Spain did not
succeed in completely conquering it until
1872. -.---- --.--.-....
WHEN Boss Tweed's occupation was
asked by the penitentiary official, he
correctly replied, Statesman )" for isn't
he the States man for the next twelve
years. i.1
THEY have some "big guns in Bos-
ton, and have been testing their powers
lately. One rifed cannon put 46O-
pound shot through fifteen inches of
solid iron. -..-......... ...E.f
An offer of the free rent of forty acres
of land for five years is made to any
white family that will settle in certain
counties of Mississippi. The oranges
make the offer and do it to promote i'm
migration.
"Boss" TWEED does not wear the
regular penitentiary uniform. The New
York Herald says: "He has had
special suit made of material different
from any worn in the institution, be-
cause there is no special uniform for
misdemeanor prisoners" ...r....-..
HARVARD was not, after all, the first
American college to reject woman as a
student, for in 1888 Miss Lucinda Foote,
of Cheshire, Conn, was declared by
President Stiles, of Yale College, fully
qualified in every way, except i'll regard
to sex, to he received as pupil III the
freshman class of that university.
THE Cuban insurrection has cost the
Spaniards 10000 to $1,000 soldiers and
$40, 600, 600 per year since the opening
of hostilities. In other words, in the
last five years Spain has wasted $780,
100000, and lost between $4,000 and
$4,000 troops by bullet and disease, in a
vain effort to subdue the Cubans.
PRoF. LIEBIG used to say: Show me
the man who makes no mistakes, and l
will prove to you that he does nothing"
1t is easy enough for scientific man
who publishes nothing, but only criti-
cises others, to escape the charge Of
committing errors, and for such per-
sons Liebig entertained a wholesome
contempt.
RESIDENTS of Virginia City propose
presenting a silver brick to Lamberton
Lorraine, commander of the British war
ship Niobe, for his manly action in the
case of the Virginius. The brick will
bear this inscription: Lamberton Lor-
raine You are 'brick ; this is an
other-presented by Americans who
love Humanity and its manly defenders.
Virginia City, New, U. S. A., 1873.
HENRY COOPER has been sentenced to
behanged at Augusta, Ca, Feb. 13. The
Chronicle, of that town, says: Cooper
listened with stolid indifference while
the sentence was being pronounced, and
ut the conclusion grasped eagerly "A
package of bread and meat which was
handed to him by colored woman, and
ate voraciously, displaying more of the
nature or the beast than man. He is
quite an old negro, and presents strong
resemblance to III ape. e.------------
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-09

For several months lad in Portland,
Me-, has been carrying two-cent piece
in his throat. When the. deposit was
first made, doctor was called, who de-
clared that there was no specie balance
in the throat at all. In consequence OF
continued { pressure, q tcpnvenhon OF
doctors was held, and persuasive in
strument being introduced. the cash has
been recovered, and the boy is recov-
ering.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-09
The appointment of Caleb Gushing

The appointment of Caleb Gushing
as Minister to Spain, vice Gen. Sickles,
resigned, and his acceptance OF the po-
sition, have been announced. MIR.
Cushing is now in his seventy-third
year, and has been identified with politi-
cal life for nearly half century. He
served in the Massachusetts, Legislature
three terms; was Member of Congress
from 1885 to 1913; Commissioner to
China under President Tyler Briga-
der General in the Mexican war Judge
of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts,
in 1857 Attorney General in President
Pierce's Cabinets, member OF the
Charleston Convention in 1860; one of
the Commission appointed to codify the
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-09

IT is estimated that the number of
railroad ties in present use in the United
States is 100, 100000. A cut of 200 ties
to the acre is above rather than under
the average, and it therefore has re-
quired the product of 100000 acres of
we'll timbered land to furnish the sup
ply. Railroad ties last about five years |;
consequently 30,0O0,00O ties are used
annually for repairs, taking the timber
from 100, 900 acres. The manufacture
Of rolling stock disposes OF the entire
yield of $50. 900 acres, and full supply
of 100000 acres more every year. 1t
appears, then, that our railroads are
stripping the country at the rate of one
million acres per annum, and their de-
mands are rapidly increasing.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-09

SOME practical joker went into the
Office of the Paris True Kentuokian
during the absence of its editor, and
had inserted poem to the latter's first
born. The editor did not observe it
until the paper was printed, when he
went through the entire edition :nd
clipped ont the offending rhyme.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-09
HEARTSEASE.


OF all the bonny buds that blow
In bright or cloudy weather..
1f all the flowers that come and go 81
The Whoie Twelve moons together, r..s
This little purple pansy brings
Thoughts OF the sweetest, saddest things.
,h.a ,;,tle lover once "FE.s. s.---
uho ,,ssd 70 oixe mo ,os;o..
~, o,,0. v-.re bIra 40 br,c;rths
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-09

volL..HL--No. u. j u.
BE- wAKNED IN SEASON.
The winter leaves were scattered round,
All faded, pale, and dead, t--

The winter leaves were scattered round,
All faded, pale, and dead, s-.
When squire JONES, good 0sthodoz, --s-=s-
4. Was mourning sick in bed.
He thought Of many tfuirg friends,
.. But more of those now gone;
To think how peacefully they died,
Caused Squire Jones to mourn.
He turned on this side, then on that, e
But yet no rest could find;
Howcan man find rest or peace -
... Who has troubled mind?
The Squire then sent for Parson Brown, =.
s-u---(WhNss house was just hard BY,
To come and try to soothe his grief,
Ere squire Jones should die. q
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-09

Ec6SoMY is the word in the California
Legislature The Senate has voted to
allow each member only three daily pa
pers, instead of six as heretofore.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-09

The degree of risk in travelling on
'EnghshI always is evidently NOT very
great. Last year there were 400, 600, 900
passengers, and Of these only only / 800
8 lffered from accidents.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-09

The error in the line of the Mount
Gents tunnel when the headings were
brought together, was half yard, or
about an inch to every thousand feet,
while at Hoosac, the whole variation
was nine-sixteenths of an inch, or less
than one.sixteenth to the thousand
feet. .... - .. rs.s g.. ...-.,. -.li
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-09

KEY WEST, our great naval rendez-
vous, is an island four miles long and
one and quarter broad, bounded on
one side by the Atlantic, and on the
other three by the Straits of Florida
and the Gulf of Mexico. 1t has pop
uiation of 5000 sonls. The houses are
of wood, with spacious piazzas, shaded
by cocoa and almond trees. The harbor
is capacious, where the largest ships
can ride in safety. 1t is protected by a
fort, has barracks, wharves, etc. Cuban
refugees make up majority of its in
habitants since the troubles between
Spain and Cuba. ... .... .. -'s......
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-09

The Kingston IN. " Freeman tells
of wonderfully constructed clock that
keeps perfect time, and has no percep-
tible works. 1t is simply large square
piece of plate glass, with peg in the
center, on which the hands are placed.
Everything in and about the glass is
open to the sight, and though nothing
seen is connected with the hands, they
not only tell the hour, but are loose on
the pivot, and if twirled around any
number Of times, will settle back to the
right place. even making an allowance
for the few seconds in which they have
been moving. -.s- =. ..--.-,, - .--., ..,
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-09

Gov. BoorH, Of California. was born
in Salem, Ind. -r ".--. .-
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-01-09
The lady friends of Mr.. Bergh teach
their little boys these lines:

Up the hill, whip me not;
Down the hill, hurry me not:
In the stable, forget me not;
OF hay and corn, rob me not.
With sponge and brush, neglect me not;
of soft, dry bed, deprive me not;
r. With bit or reins, jerk me not;
And when you are angry, strike me not.
New-York tribune., 1874-12-16
Netu;alotk Dailp Grib1tate.
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1874.
WITH SUPPLEMENT.

In the case OF Count Won Arnm, testimony was given
Monday in regard TO the policy OF Germany toward
France Additional arguments made yesterday
for the defense. The Duke Decazes has replied to
the remonsranoe OF Spain In regard to alleged breaches
OF neutrality. He refers TO expression Of satisfaction
at the French position made by senor Olozaga
In the Senate yesterday Mr.. Wright submitted Joint
resolution proposing amendments to the Constitution
regarding the election Of President and VcePresdent
he also introduced resolution which adopted. IN
structiDg the Judiciary Committee to inquire into the
meaning Of the sO-ealled "Press gag law" In the
House an effort to agree upon holiday re-
cess failed the consideration of the Leg
islative. Executive, and Judicial APPROPRIATION
bill was begun in Committee OF the Whole. .
Owing to sickness B. Irwin did not testify before the
WAYS aud Means Committee in regard to Pacific Mail
matters. So The house Judiciary Committee has not
yet agreed upon the Civil Rights bill. =-s The Com
issoners OF Claims report that OF claims aggregsting
over $500 90 only abodt s70oOOo have been allowed
Three destructive fires occurred In Boston Monday
night causing total loss Of over half million dollars.
fire at Charleston s. c. destroyed property valued
sa5OOoO and one at Au Sable Forks, N " caused loss
of sla5.OOo. - The st. Louis Merchants Exchange
and Board OF Trade have memoriazed Congress to aid
the Texas Pacific and Atlantic and Pacific Railroads.
So Mayor Cobb Of Boston was reelected.
The search for Charley Ross resumed with great
vgor by the police. The bodies Of the dead burglars
identified by brother OF the kidnapped child and
by Peter Callahan. - DR.. J. W. Dawson lectured on
1.-The Bible and Science" - Mr.. John Weiss lectured
on the Women In Shakespeare" g. society for
the prevention OF cruelty 10 children organized.
60 second writ OF habeas corpus in the Tweed
case was granted, but was made returnable at
the Court OF Over and Terniner GO The NewYork
Cheap Transportation Association adopted resolutions
An favor of the construction OF freight TO the
west. Gold. 1ll3, llls Gold value OF the Legal
Tender dollar 50 Clio cents. - Thermometer. no
zlo, l5o.
New-York tribune., 1874-12-16
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New-York tribune., 1874-12-16

investing In tho lottery. have had very joining
time. 1t Is not good for o man to be alone; 20
thou and do likewise" says one exuberant Western
editor as he catalogues the happy pairs In fact a
the rural journals have something to say Of the
matrimonial epidemic'-that is what some Of them
call It, Various reasons are given for the phenome
non. Some think it is because it is very cold Some
refer 1t to the genial influences of the holiday. We
accept the fact, and do not intend to bother our
brains. at present at least about the philosophy II
shows the beauty and the iDdestructibls perma-
nency Of the marriage relation. that no amount of
ill luck experienced by those vino try it on dcton
others from the experiment. Though the divOrc,
courts do so much work. though the air is full of
fragrant domestic Scandals though we have had
rather more of these lately than has been pleasant
yet the clergy AID the justices of the peace are i'll
kept hard at work at the jOnery. AS many hasty
marriages happy ones, IN spite OF the careless
ness with which they are contracted we have no
reason TO be sorry for the peculiar influence which
Thanksgiving week seems to exert.