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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-09-04
GENERIL.

The Kansas Usage coded land case so long
in controversy, has at length been decided by
the United States Circuit Court at Davenport,
Iowa. The tract in dispute is fifty by thirty
miles in extent, about Loco, 900 acres, embrac-
ing the counties Of Neosho and Latette. and
parts Of the counties of Bourbon, Wilson.
Crawford, Allen and Montgomery c~ousties, in
Kansas, and occupied by some 0 1000 settlers.
The court decided against the railroad COM
panies, holding that they have no title, and
setting aside their patents issued by the In
terror Department.
At the National S~chutzenbund, held at
Baltimore, the first prize, $1,000 in green
backs, WAS awarded TO Theo. Klein, OF New
York. and second prize, 800 in gold. to Vim.
Hayes. of New York. The third prize, $500,
fourth prize, 600 marks in gold, and fifth
prize, a gold watch and chain, valued az $50,
are a tie between George Schilling, of Balti-
more. Rudolph Heunsch, Of Washington, and
Adolph Strecker, of San Francisco. each hay
ing made 60. The sixth prize, a silver brick,
awarded to Conrad Meyer, of East st. Louis,
who marked So, and the seventh prize, q silver
goblet, to Joseph Eelcher, of the Newark On
j. Schutzen. The greatest number OF bulls
eye slots-i57-were made by Adolph Streck-
er, of San Francisco.
Gov. Osborne, Of Kansas, telegraphed
from Topeka to the War Department, under
date of Aug. %. that he has information that
the Usage tribe Of Indians, at a general coun-
Gil. have declared war against the State OF
Kansas. and asks for 1000 carbines and &C
count Of the State.
An extraordinary case of self-destruction
lie reported from Cincinnati. A young man
named Arthur Larrabee, son of DR.. LarraOee,
wdile in a somnambulic fit, shot himself
through the heart. 1t appears thai he had
been reading Hamlet before going to sleep,
and, it is thought, had been struck by the
speech Of Horatio in the bloody ending to that
inimitable play, where he says to the diving
Prince. who conjured him to live and defend
the name Of his friend. Never believe it. /
am more an antique Roman than a Dane"
The most plausible explanation Of the strange
event is the conscious trance which was
habitual with him ; the thought of suicide was
uppernost. and that reason was too dormant
IL control his actions.
"A pedestrian named OLeary recently &C
complished at Chicago the extraordinary feat
of walking 106 miles in % hours and q
minutes.
An important circular, making some new
regulations and amending existing regulations
governing the lumber trade will, in a few
days. be sent to Treasury officials along our
Northern frontier.
1t has been ascertained that Spain has
made a demand of indemnity in the Virginius
affair and for other alleged wrongs suffered
by Spain owing to iilibnstering expeditions
from this country.
The British steamer Colima made the
trjp from San Francisco to Yokohama in
seventeen days and thirteen hours-the
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-09-04
FIVE misses at Cornell University are
practicing rowing.
TIE MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

BEEvEs-.... HoGS-Dressed, 80. COTTON
16n.GtI7Iac. FLoUE-Superine Western, s4.4oG
4.95. wHEkr-No. . Chicago, slice 1i.l5; No.
l Spring, sl.l041.2. CoEs-79kssl4c. Pork
New Mess, 81, 5GG23.C0. ~LARD-Steam, 14Giii:c.
CHICAGO.
B~xEvEs-Choice Graded Steers. s5.Sos6.65-
Choice Natives, s6.OO66.eo; Good to
Prime Steers, s5.6G95.s5; Cows aid Eeifers,
s3.5oGi.O0; Medium to Fair, Si.2OL5.tG; Inferior
to Common, s2.4sQS.5O. Hoes-L.re. s6.95a
80. F~LouR-Fancy White Winter. s7.00aT.SJ;
Red Winter, ~S5.iOa6.OO. wHE,r-So. Spring
97G99c; No. 2 Spring, 9Sa95c; No. 8 Spring.
$50 s9Ec. CoEs-No. ., GIi4@67c. OArs-No. p
4aai3Hc. Reno. 2, T3975c. BsR-Er-No. =,
COG 92c. BUrTER-Cho:ce Yellow, 2Sa34r. EGGs-
Fresh, laaI2Ac. PoRK-Mess, ~s2?.s2.G&.5-
LARp-11@l2c.
ST. LOUIS
wHEAr-No. . Red Winter, sl.I2SI.I4. CORN
No. =, 67069c. oArs-No. ., 40. RYE
No. ., 95cGsl OOc. PoEk-Mess, S2t.4. Hoes
%. LARD . I'd. CATTLE.
MILWAUKEE.
wHEAr-No. /, 9scGsl.W; Nc. ., 95EG95c-
CoRS-No. 2, $500 &C. oArs-No. : 4G94llEc~
BARLEY-No. 9, 9l@92I.c. RYr-slGS2hc.
CINCINNATI.
wHEAr-white, 800. CoRS-6sG7Ic. 0ATs
-4304sc. RYE-saGsJiac PoRE-Mess, s2SeoS
"a; LARD-SS ISc.
TOLEDO
wHEAr-No. Red, ... Amber Michigan,
s.. Il. ~CoRS-6@G1c. OArs-%2%@Sitc.
DETROIT.
wHRAr-Extra, So. Amber, .-. CoEN--
OATS
EyFIAND
wHrAr-No. l New, sl.OsN@l.1G; No. Red
$I.O5H@I.O1. CoRs-7I@75c. oATs-A@f'c-
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-09-04
lettings.

RIBBONS should be washed in cold
suds and not rinsed.
To CLEAN marble rub first with soda
and soft soap, then wash as usual with
water.
The fumes of a birthstone match will
remove berry stains from a book, paper
or engraving.
A LITTLE black pepper in some cot
ton dipped in sweet oil is n OF the
quickest remedies known for earachc.
To REMOVE iron rust from linen apply
lemon juice and salt and expose to the
sun. Make two applications if neces-
sary.
As a simple remedy for surface
wounds, such as cuts and abrasions of
the skin, charcoal is highly recom-
mended. Take a coal from the stove,
pulverize it, apply it to the wound and
bind up with a cloth. The charcoal
absorbs the fluids secreted by the
wound, resists or corrects p~utrefactiOn,
and also prevents the bandage from IL
ritating the flesh.
COFFEE STARcH.-This is an excel
lent starch for black calicoes and col
ored linens, much betterthan that made
with water, for it increases rather than
lessons the depth of the color. Take a
cup of strong coffee, boiling hot, and
turn it upon two tablespoonfuls of
starch mixed with just enough water to
make it into n thin, smooth paste. Let
it boil for fifteen or twenty minutes,
and stir it around two or three times
with a parafine or spermaceti candle.
When nearly cold, starch d~ark-colored
calicoes, black muslins, and brown
linens with it.
BLACK ANTs.-A chalk mark, at least
half an inch in depth, around the upper
edge of sugar buckets, barrels, etc.,
will not admit one ant into their in
terror. The same mark drawn on the
edges Of shelves will also prevent the ap-
proach of an ant, as they are not able
to crawl over the chalk. But if they
are numerous among jam and Jelly pots,
take a large sponge, wet it in cold
water, squeeze it nearly dry, and then
sprinkle fine white sugar over it. Place
it on the infested shelf, and next morn
ing dip it quickly and carefully into a
bowl of boiling water. 1 tried the ex-
pertinent in my jelly closet recently,
and killed at least a hundred in Il morn
ing. Have set the trap again, and shall
continue to do SO while one ant runs.
Red pepper busted over their haunts
will also destroy them, but the sponge
is the surest method.
VALUE OF FODDER CoRN.-At a meet
ing of the Massachusetts Cheese Fac
tory Association, Addison H. Holland,
a Barre farmer, read an essay on fodder
corn. With seventeen cows he expert
mented to see what its value was in
producing milk during the month of
July he turned his cows into q good
pasture, after having fed them with
fodder corn, and they showed a large
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-09-04
How to Use a Bog Meadow


Mr.. John B. Sands, of Vailsgate. n
Y, read a paper On the best method OF
retaining a bog meadow, before the
New York Farmers Club:
ga gentleman wants to know low to
reclaim or improve a bog meadow.
There are different kinds OF soil On
which boys grow, but they grow no.
where, except there isan excess of water
They are a nuisance /; they start grass
early on their hummocks, but it is soon
so coarse and tough that 10 COW or
horse will eat it. The first thing is.
drain it well, cut a main ditch then if
there are springs on its border on the
outside, dig your drains so as to cut
them all off. If you have your outlet.
that is, the main drain, so low as to
carry all the surplus water off, your
boys will die in a short time, making it
an easy matter to cut them OFF by using
a stout bog hoe made for the purpose.
Do not pile them up on the ground, but
draw them off, make pile OF old rub
bish, wood and stumps that viii make
OF start a good fire in the heap once
well on fire they will burn TIL they are
all consumed, making you a fine lot of
ashes. Make your bitches somewhat
in the shape of the letter V, slanting on
each side toward the bottom. Be sure
and not leave the bog dirt to remain on
the side of your bitches, but draw of
to some upland it will pay you well
for so doing. The first year plow as
well as you can, harrow well some dry
hay, SOW it with turnip seed in July,
using guano, about 400 pounds to the
acre. / have raised them to weigh 10
pounds each. II the ground on the
meadow is pure bog dirt, with mari un-
derneath, you a next year venture to
SOW onion seed. They are the best crop
to raise on sucl ground, at least / find
they pay che best. Cabbage IS the next
best, cucumbers are the next, but they
are apt to grow crooked if the ground
is not kept dry enough. Beets, carrots
and parsnips 1 have tried, but they will
not grow to any length, owing to the
continued moisture below. l am now
setting out a large piece with the colos-
sal asparagus, as 1 find it takes kindly
to the soil. Have tried potatoes, but
if the season is too wet the potatoes will
set on the wines above ground. ard the
crop will be a failure. Fodder corn l
raise in large quantities, ami with but
little labor.
"It requires deep drainage the water
must be got of, or else your labor Will
be lost. 1t also requires good iudg-
ment, common sense, labor and indus
try to keep it so. Your bitches must be
kept well, and at least once a year
cleaned out. The top of the water in
-FOUR bitches should always De two feet
from the top of the ground ; and if the
soil is deep you can raise crops for
years with but little manure or
other fertilizers"
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-09-04
FIRES AND

A portion of the mammoth wagon factory
of the Studebaker Brothers, at South Bend,
Ind. was burned last week, resulting in a
loss estimated at $500, 900.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-09-04
FARM AND HOME.
The Bale of Glover.
BY MIEoD MOVES.

The morning sun had canted
Der the cornices and slanted,
And men and horses painted
As they slowly plodded by;
And still the day grew hotter,
Till it seemed 10 reel and totter,
Ard never q sign Of water
Was in the smoky sky.
And as I wondered whether
Would New York be relied together
In one final burst of weather,
Like n scroll, and whirled away,
I was very near run over
BY n Jerseyman or drover
or u bale Of moldy clover
That was perched upon a dray.
l had turned to talk 1t over
With the Jerseyman or drover,
When a single Whit of clover
Brought a Transformation bright
Straight | heard the cattle lowing
And the meadow Freezes blowing
Tsaw the prain-fields turning.
The spotted lilies burning,
The Iustv robin brsyinp
The cataract and having,
And all the landscape waving
In n shifting sea OF light.
Iow droned tho gardens sunnv
with tho bro,v, hoes stealing honey
AVID pevsr , .bougb. Of nancy
DiS,,,rb.d NV vision bIeat
I'm, uit, m.r;go,d and tu,;,
c,u,o :, .,nor Suoo, ,bo .,o, II,
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-09-04

1t is reported that the strike in Belfast.
Ireland, has ended, and that all the operatives,
40, coo in number, have resumed work i'll the
factories at reduced rates.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-09-04
FINANCIAL AND IyDUSTRL.iL.

4 committee of the Shreveport (La.)
Board Of Trade have arrived at New Orleans,
to confer with Maj. Howells. United States
Engineer, upon the Improvement of the Red
river.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-09-04

THE grasshoppers are moving east
ward with a slow and solemntread, each
one checked for the coast of Maine.
The Republican journal., 1874-01-22

The descendants OF the famous mutneers
of the ship Bounty have again been
brought to notice by a sea-captain who
recently visited them at Pitcairn Island in
the Pacific. 1t is known that in 1889 a
part OF the crew of the Bounty rose in
mutlny, seized her commander and nine
teen OF his adherents, put them into an
open boat, and abandoned them to their
fate. The Bounty, under the command of
the mutineers, made for Tahiti, and landed
all of her crew but nine. The nine, hay
ing taken an equal number of native
women and few men. went to sea again.
and were not heard of until 1908, when
Capt Folger, Of Nantucket, discovered
their descendants at Pitcairn Island The
community appeared to be in thriving
condition The laws which governed it
were more just than severe. In the alb
sence Of an official gazette, they We're
read in public, and those who transgressed
them were publicly censured and fined.
The women were permitted to exercise
the right of suffrage, and there were
schools for the education of children. In
October, 1870, Capt Purdy, of the ship
wilmington, called at Pitcairn Island, and
louna the islanders well supplied with
goats, wild pigs, oranges and lines, but
in sad state for lack Of suitable clothing,
According to recent accounts, the products
of the island are insufficient for their own
requirements. The community now num-
bers seyenty-slx persons, and is sadly in
need of food as well as clothing.
The Republican journal., 1874-01-22

y correspondent Of the New orl1 Tr-
bune, writing from Livingstone Co., n. y,
uh experiments in manuring says:
About nine years ago became the own
Fl Of ii small farm near where | reside,
and in one of the fields discovered 4 side
hill. or knoll, unproductive After plough
ing it for wheat | scattered over it Il thin
coat of manure, then narrowed it, and
drilled in the wheat. The consequence
was that the wheat wa, there as stout as it
could stand. The clover that followed
was just the same, and to this day, though
no manure has been added, it is the most
productive part OF the field
have tried it in other places with the
same results. This year, though we have
not halt a crop OF wheat, wherever surface
manure has been spread there is Il full
crop. Hay has dwindled down to about
one-tourth Of the usual crop. but where
scattered manure over the surface, during
the winter no better or abundant grass
ever grew To this experience | will add,
that | have several times ploughed under
manure for corn and beets, but have never
discovered any effect, except to get it out
Of sight. This is the experience Of a farmer
lawyer
The Republican journal., 1874-01-22
Lost with all Hands,"
Lost, with all hands, at sea-
The Christmas sun shines down

Lost, with all hands. at sea-
The Christmas sun shines down
On the headlandS that trown DER the harbol
wide,
On the cottages. thick on the long quay side,
On the roofs of the busy town.
Lost, with all hands. at sea-"
The dread words sound like wall,
The song of the waves and the clash of the
bells,
Ring like deatll-bed dirge>, or funeral knell>.
In the pause. of the gale.
Never home so poor,
But it brghtcns for good Yule-tide;
Never heart too sad or too lone
But the holy Christmas mirth twill own.
And his welcome will provide.
Where the sea-coal fire leaps,
On the 1ishermans quiet hearth,
The lue log lies, for his hand to heave,
When he hastes to his bride on Christmas Eve,
In the flush of his strength and mirth.
High on the little shelf,
The tall Yule candle stands.
For the ship is due ere the Christmas night.
And ii waits, to be duly set alight
BY the coming fathers hands.
Long has the widow spared
Her pittance for warmth and bread.
That her sailor boy when he home returns
May joy, that her fire SO brightly burns,
Her board is 50 amply spread.
The sharp reef moans and moans.
The foam Oh the sand lies hoar;
The ''Sea dog" flickers across the sky.
The north wind whistles Shrlll and high,
Mid the breakers ominou> roar
ont on the great pier head,
The grey-haired sailors stand,
While the dark clouds pile away in the west.
And the spray flies free from the pillows crest.
Ere they dash on the hollow sand.
Never sail to be seen.
On the long grim tossing swell.
Only drifting wrcckage Of canNa and spar,
That sweep with the waves DER the harbor ban,
Their terrible tale to tell.
Did vision of Christmas pass
Before the drowning eyes,
When mid rent Of rigging and crash of mast,
The brave ship smote by the mighty blast
Went down meath the ptiless skies:
No Christmas JOY l ween,
On the rock-bound coast may be.
Put token and custom of Iule away.
While widows and orphans weep and pray
For the ''h;nds, lost out at sea.
The Republican journal., 1874-01-22

The different opinions of farmers as to
the value of pumpkins for milch COWS and
other stock, is believed to be the result OF
different ways of feeding them by a cor
respondent of the Germantown Telegraph
In hurry to clean q field farmers will
give their cattle a surfeit Of pumpkins fol
a day OF two, then for a day or two per
haps none, and thus alternate teasts and
tasts, and conclude pumpkins are worth
less. The writer gives regularly, as long
as they last, once a day, from one to three
pumpkins per head, never more, and
finds them greatly conducive to health OF
stock, besides greatly increasing the guam
tity and quality of the butter made.
The Republican journal., 1874-01-22
A Forgotten Celebrity.
From the Frankfort Gazette. ]

! ~, :,
! The following advertisement appears
| every now and then III the Corricre Iii
| Iorrino-
Lessons in German, English and Hungarian
given, at moderate rates, by l.. koS~rrn.
| lof sIrila NuoNA.
ne advertiser i none other than the
celebrated dictator Of Hungary He j.
nov almost utterly forgotten, even in
Hungary; he has grown very Old, and is
now so poor that he will gladly give you
! seem very humiliatin@ for him, and Vet he
Is proud OF his poverty. lie SAYS Three
Years ago my trends at home IN Hungary
| olfered me a present OF fifty thousand
| HORNS. rejected the offer. and never
nave regretted 1t, even when was hum
| CRY, ana had mo money to pay for = fire =
| had occaSlon the other day, to call upon
| INN was no stranger to kossnth
! twenty years ago he had gwen me, IN
London Il great deal OF valuable mtorma-
ton tor lay book, "llunSaly IN lSI9.N /
round nm IN very small room, in the
loufth story OF a thngy Old building. He
SAT alone IN all easy chair, poring over an
oId No!''lne when entered he did not
recognize me recognized nm, and was
'iS>1 H4l'''i - UAlS9' tNV'itS
years had produced m ms once handsome
ana interesting lace HIS har was en-
| 'lfeiy "llte' ms cheeks wan anu hollow,
ana ms eyes utterly 1lmmed- Ills form,
once erect ana proud was now painfully
oen'' ne almost g[oaned As he raised
nlmsell 10 Did me welcome lie was deep
y moved Wheh informed nm who was.
MS tace brlShtened us he warmly ciasped
my hand.
''Oh, yes OH, yes he sald, IN German,
Il know you now. Everybody torgete
me; no one calls upon me- no one cares
any more for me . Why should rcmrm-
per those who once were my friends =
10 TINS objected asked nm hoW ne
Goulu pc forgotten when hia frlendS IN
hungary wanted nm TO return TO hls ma
tlve country ana '1he a%i-n an ac'Ile
Pal' III i'S "il'llS' NoSN'''N Ni'''le' very
o'tteIN In1N .,,.-..., ....... ,,.
=. oh, yes ne s"l", .Tel'lih 10 hungary
uIsl'UoIJu ,,, Ml'n Hll oaln ol "IleSlIlee 10
1lie ilaP9puiAs VINO In"i''tit" ihl IIe'l"'
,Td.aSs1,n
IaSl,o1 Kim, how h., c,o+ ol,or
,T N :, " N nv IN - "'Ni'9'
The Republican journal., 1874-01-22

At East Buckfeld, Me-, there are eight
good farms without a resident, that once
maintained large families, with a surplus
for market. Nearly all these farms have
good buildings, known once as the resi-
dences of some Of the first people in town.
The Republican journal., 1874-01-22

George, a very absent minded man,
went the other day to call upon friend
at his store, and seeing his book-keeper
asked, "ls Mr.. - engaged?' The book
keeper replied, "Alas! he died last night"
"Oh, never mind" said George, II only
want to see him for minute
The Republican journal., 1874-01-22

Apples always keep better when pro-
tected from currents of air. which change
the temperature often. A uniform tenn
perature is best. Hence they do better in
barrels headed up than exposed on shelves
or in tight boxes
The Republican journal., 1874-01-22

House WINDOWS The more light ad-
mitted to apartments the better for those
who occupy them. Light is as necessary to
sound health as it is to vegetable life. EX-
clude it from plants and the consequences
are disastrous. They can not be perfected
without its vivifying influences. 1t is a
fearful mistake to curtain and blind win
dows so closely for fear of injuring the
furniture by exposure to the suns rays
that rooms positively gather elements in
darkness which engender disease
The Republican journal., 1874-01-22

"What's the matter there, Alice? Don't
your shoes fit? mo, papa, they don't fit
me at ALL" replied the little one; ''why,
they don't even squeak when go out TO
walk"
The Republican journal., 1874-01-22

A Hendricks Co. husband went for his
wife's boiled cider while she was at church
and got keg Of lye by mistake. Then
he had to eat five pounds Of lard as an
antidote and now he feels like soap
mine
The Republican journal., 1874-01-22

A New York farmer says: "Some one
asks why it is that potatoes SO soon run
out. There are two grand reasons. There
are but few potatoes in a hill that are fit
ior seed. Some are overgrown, coarse,
rank, and will not transmit the original
quahty. Others are undergrown, and not
lull OF developed seed. Apotato ofmedium
SlAe' perfect in all its parts, with change
OF ground, will produce its like, ad infnit-
uih' Ohe other reason, cutting potatoes
between stem and seed end continually.
Will demoralize the institution. 1t re-
qnlres the stem and seed end to make per-
feet seed. If cut, cut lengthwise. Single
eyes will run OUT any potato. There is no
other seed that will bear mutilation like
the potato; the only wonder is, that #
does not run out completely. TPrairie
Farmer
The Republican journal., 1874-01-22

CONDIMENTS IN POULTRY DIET-Cay-
enne pepper, mustard, or ginger, can,
with great benefit, be added to the food
of fowls, to increase their vigor, and to
stimulate egg production.
This apparently artificial diet will be
seen to be natural if we remember that
wild birds OF the gailmaceous species get
access to very many highly-spiced berries
and buds; articles thai give the game
flavor TO their flesh. The ordinary food
Of the domestic fowl is not, indeed, entire
ly without some such addition, since there
IS more or less of an aromatic principle
IN wheat, Indian corn, and all other grains
Nevertheless, it is not sufficient in quanti-
" to supply the place OF the stronger
spices, taste for which is part of the
fowls inherited constitution A moderate
quantity Of cayenne, &c, added to the
ground grain is always productive of
health and thrift in poultry. [The Poultry
World
The Republican journal., 1874-01-22

A Terre Haute man, who has been try
ing to make both ends meet, is living on
head-cheese and ox-tail soup
The Republican journal., 1874-01-22

The following advertisement appears
every now and then IN the Corricre Iii
lorrino-
Lessons in German, English and Hungarian
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-03-27
Spartanburg and AshevilIe Railroad

Secretary and Treasurer Board Trade
March -