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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-12-11
lEENIREABLE ADVENTURE.

Ahout five weeks ago a son of DR.. ".
Il. Edridge, of this district, su denly
DISAPPEARED, and vas not heard from
unit las. Saturday. The boy says that
on the evening Of October 10, as he
was leaving the apothecary store on
Bupker Hill street, where he was m
pl0!ed, he was approached by a man
who Informed him that a fire was raging
ia the vicinity of Chelsea bridge, and
asied him to go down and see it. Ar
riring at the bridge no fire was to be
sesn, and when inst OF the point of re.
turnins he was seized around the neck
by tie man, who choked him until he
became unconscious, robbed him, aud
then threw him over the railing into
the waters of the Mystic. The chill
which the I.lunge into the river gave 10
bis system restored him so that he was
able to attempt to save himself. The
tide was running out, and he, being a
ssiiiful swimmer, kept from drowning,
a1d iioated down the stream until op-
posito East Boston, where Il friendly
spar, which was floating in the water,
CAME c to him. and gaining this he
fDated out to e 4 He subsequently,
became unconscious, and when he raj
led again he was out OF sight of land,
still clinsing to the log. After remain
ing il the wafer nineteen hours, he was
rescued by a brig bound for Greenland,
and as he did not care to visit that
he was placed 81 board an
steamer, the name of which he
states was the Norman, and carried to
Liverpool. He improved the first OPP
portunity to return home in the steamer
Smyrna, which arrived at this port last
GlObe.
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STYLE IN

STYLE IN AFRICA.
Who would suppose that a wild Afri-
can, whose only dress is a piece Of skin,
would trouble himself about fashions?
To be sure, he feels no interest in the
style of coats or hats, but he is just a S
much absorbed in the great business of
adjoining himself as though he followed
the fashions of Paris. Curious styles
he has too, as Il German traveller has
lately told rs.
To begin with, the hair is the object
of his greatest care. It's training be-
gins in the sradle,-or would ii he had
n cradle,-when it is tortured into some
extraordinary form, and kept there by
means of gum-arabic and ashes, till at
ter long years it will retain the shape of
itself. Sometimes it is like a cocks
comb, and sometimes like q fan. One
poor baby's hair will be trained so that
in time it will stand up in rolls over the
head, like the ridges on a melon, while
another's is taught to stand ont like
the rays of the sun, as usually repre-
sented in pictures. With some Africans,
part Of it hangs down in long, regular
braids or twists, and the rest is laid up
il moIistrous pUffs on each side Of the
head. But the drollest one OF ali is
made to look like the glory around the
head Of a saint-in pictures. The hair
is taken in single locks, stretched cut to
its fullest length, and fastened at the
ends to a hoop. The hoop is held in
place by strong wires, and its edges or
namented with small shells. the eff
iect is very comical.
In most Of these wonderful arrange
ments the hair is parted in the middle
II wonder if our young gentlemen I'M
ported hat style from Africa. and is
kept in place by plenty OF gum and
ashes, or clay.
All this elaborate hair-dress;ng is on
the heads OF the men. The women of
the country wear their hair in the SIM
Plest manner. perhaps for the reason
that tine wife does the cooking, cult.
Yates the land, adorns the body of her
husband with paint, and dresses his
hair, which must be enough 20 keep her
time we'll occupied.
His hair once dressed, this African
dandy turns his mind to the further
decoration CT his body. First he Iubs
his shining skin with a mixture of grease
and ashes, or powdered wood of red
color, puts on his scanty garment, made
Of the skin of some animal, or of bark,
occasionally trimmed with the long black
tail of a monkey or other animal. and
then he is ready for his ornaments.
Across his forehead, Just under the
edge OF his hair, like a fringe,
he hangs a string of teeth. They
may be teeth of dogs Oh other ami
NAL, or if he is a great warrior, of his
human victims.
Next he adorns his breast with an or.
nament made Of ivory, cut to resemble
lions teeth, and spread out in star
shape. Around his neck he hangs sew
eral necklaces madeof strips Of skin cut
from the hippopOtamus, and finishes up
with paint in various styles dots, or
stripes, II zigzags, squares like a
checker board, or marbled all over.-
Nicholas.
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a MONSTER IN A CANADIAN RIVER.

a MONSTER IN 4 CANADIAN RIVER.
On Friday last, as MI. r. Young, &C.
companied by two young ladies, was
rowing in a boat on the Ottawa, q little
below the mouth of the Madawaska, he
saw what appeared to be a ledge of
rocks standing ont of the water. Never
having observed anything of the kind
in the same place before, though famil-
lar with the spot, he was curious to
ascertain wha. it a On approaching
the object for this purpose, it began to
iaove, its progress being sinuous and
wavy, like that of a huge serpent, while
the water along its course was spiashed
about in a way that seemed truly alarm
ing, the wake it left behind being like
that caused by an ordinary steamer.
The monster, for such it seemed, was
about fifteen feet long, and at its lar
gest girth appeared to be about the size
of a common butter frkin. Mr.. Young,
who had his rifle along, would have
fired ut the creature had it not been for
the young ladies, who became terrified,
causing him at once to give up the pur-
suit. Since the appearance of this
mysterious visitant, many stories of
huge snakes and other monsters that
have from time to time been seen in
the Ottawa have been revived. Mr..
Carmichael, of the Calumet, tells of a
snake which he saw killed there, about
forty years ago, which measured nine
feet in length and had q name. An
other report speaks of a snake thirteen
feet long, killed some years ago at Por-
tage-du-Fo Fort. Meanwhile speculation
is rife as to the nature of the creature
seen by Mr.. Young, but as yet no one
has been able to give q satisfactory ac-
court of it.-Arnprior (Ont.) RcrieV.
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THREE PINT BOTTLES
BY A DETROIT REPORTER.

BY A DETROIT REPORTER.
There's many a young man of twenty
who would prefer an easy situation and
good pay to labOring ut his trade.
Therefore. there are mauy who will say
that the following advertisement would
insure a dozen applicants wherever pub
lished:
"WASTEp.-A gentleman of means, who
intends making 4 trip 20 Europe next month,
would Ike to engage the services OF a smart
Young man, to so along and render himself
useful in caring for the baggage, paying hotel
bills. etc. Salary. 800 per month and all ex-
penses paid. Apply to Charles Sherman,
Park avenue"
1 was a type-setter iii the Office of the
Boston News, a paper which went to
the sheriff years ago, and when the
above lad" was laid on my case to be
put in type, 1 read it over three or four
times. Twas working hard, and max
ing seven dollars per week. Seven dol
lars per week was good wages in those
old silver-dollar times, when first-class
board could be had at two and a half,
and dceskin pants and French calf boots
were only four or five dollars a pair.
But here was a chance to make twenty
five dollars per week, clean thing, and
the work was all travel and siSht-see-
ing. Why, a man in my situation
would have been little short of a block
head not to have looked at the matter
Just as l did.
1t was Z o'clock in the evening, and
the advertisement would appear in the
morning issue. l read it over once
more, set mp the word wanted" and
then put down my " stick and washed
up.
"What's up ?" inquired the foreman,
as he saw me washing my hands.
"Nothing PARTICULAR be back in
half an hour,"I replied, as 1 slipped
on my overcoat and started down stairs.
OF course, 1 had made up mind to
apply for the situation. 1 thought 1
might fill the bill, if he was not too ex-
acting, and if he refused me, 1 would be
no worse off than before.
Park avenue was a long way out from
the heart of the city, and 1 went by
stage. I did not know Mr.. Sherman
even by reputation, butthe driver knew
where he lived, and that was enough
1t was a March night, with considerable
snow, and my enthusiasm had cooled
off considerably before the stage
dropped me down in front of a large,
fine brick mansion, standing back a few
rods from the avenue. In going up the
path 1 noticed that the lawn was orna-
mented with statuary, and could see at
O glance that the gentleman was pos
sessed of wealth and good taste.
There was no light below that 1 could
discover, but a couple of pulls at the
bell brought a woman, past the middle
age, to the door, lamp in hand. To
my query as to whether Nh. Sherman
was in, she made no direct reply, but
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-12-11

The wife of a wealthy New York mer-
chant was robbed the other day in
broad daylight of pairof diamond ear
rings of great value. The thieves es-
capped. Moral: don't wear diamonds
OF the street, but think of the toad,
"ue,y and venomous.'
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-12-11
TIE PRILTER'.S DEVIL.

ne PRISTER'.S DETlL.
InI-besoattered,
Clothing tsttered,
With his broom in hand,
Leaning, cleaning,
ubbing scrubhing,a
Under every stand.
Meath the cases.
Type and spaces
Trampled where they ELL
By this Pluto
Doomed 20 go 10
Printers leather hell"
Running hither,
Darling tL;;aer,
Tail OF al! the staff
Ont ard in doors,
Doing all chores,
Bringing telegraph.
HnnS Tor COPY
rdarc- stop he
For his paper hat;
the jour'mcn,
v the forcmen,
Yelling for some sat"
Prove the prlleys,"
Then he saI!ies,
GA Satanic pinion,
From the news-room
To the sanctur-
Part Of his dominion.
All the bossrs-
Often cross as
Bears within their holes-
Make the dew,
Find his level
Stirring up the Goals.
Washing roller,
bringing Goa! or
Lugging water pail:
Time he wastes not,
And tine IaSte-pot
Wrapping UP the mail.
When I'll. x..eS done,
Then he seeks one
whe-- the sr-enhacas lay,
There 20 settle,
For ;he LITTLE
Dew. l. to pay.
In this spirl:
There il merit.
Far from tain. " share;
Often gaining,
BY iis training,
Good AID hDnored nanla.
Legislature.
Great ieba.nrs.
SCIENTIFIC men,
liav,. ARISEN
From the prison
Df the printers d"a.
r.tf. in Irir:1is ci6cr'ar.
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EX-SENATOR Ross is foreman Of q
printing office in Lawrence.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-12-11

pass the test, he said. Now, here
are the two poisons, and 1 shall put
one into this bottle and one into that !"
Hereached down two ounce packages,
one labeled "strychnine," and the other
q" arsenic" The name of the druggist
was pasted on each paper, with a
deaths head and cross bones. He care
fully emptied the contents into the diff
ferent bottles, shook them up, and then
asked me to 60 to the other END of the
room. I heard him handling the bot
ties, but was not prepared for what fol-
lowed. He came over to me after a few
minutes, bringing the lamp and placing
it on the floor.
"Now, the real test is for you to pick
ont the bottle which has not been poi
soned !" he whispered, rubbing his
hands together.
went forward to the table, exam
ined each bottle, but there was nothing
by which my judgment could be guided.
He had brushed them clean, and would
not allow me to take the light SO that I
could look for sediment.
81 cannot tell" I said, going back to
him.
You are a liar ;" he Missed, draw
ing a revolver from his bosom and
cooking it. 81 knew you the momsn.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-01-03
A NOVEL CURE FOE DYSPEPSIA


Some years ago physician in
New York city published small
book In which he gave written
certificates of marvellous cures of
dyspepsia. His cures were mys.
terious and very effective. He
charged $500 for . cure, and his
patients were most solemnly
pledged, with much ceremony, TO
profound secrecy as to the mode
of treatment. After the death Of
the doctor some Of the patients
felt themselves absolved from the
obligation Of secrecy, and one of
them disclosed these facts: After
correcting some of the more grossly
wrong dietic habits, he required
each patient TO spend ten or fif-
teen minutes in he morning, at
rising, kneading and slapping his
own abdomen with precision This
was to extend over the stomach,
bowels and liver. This was re
peated just before dinner: again,
at 7 p. m, with precision on GO
ing 10 bed. The patient was re-
quested TO be temperate and regu-
lar in all his habits, exercise much
in the open air, and attend most
assiduousIy to the slapping, knead-
ing and percussion Of the whole
abdomen and as the result, we
are informed that malignant eases
Of indigestion, that had resisted all
other remedies, yielded to this.
"In every case of indigestion"
says DR.. Lewis, ''no matter what
may be its character, slapping the
bowels with the fiat of the hands
on rising in the morning, four
hours after breakfast. and in the
evening on going to bed. Is excel
lent treatment. ! cannot conceive
of a case of indigestion which such
. manipulation would not relieve.
Ii u person is so weak that he can
not perform these slappings and
knead ngs for himself, then the
hands of discreet person should
be employed" 1t is marvellous
how stomach, sore and sensitive
at first, and hardly able to bear a
touch, will strengthen under these
operations, and bear, for short
time with pleasure pretty rough
handling. = Watchmdp and Ref9ec-
tor.
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MEMS WOMEN AND WOMEN'S
WOMEN,

Julia Ward Howe, in u lecture
at Washington the other evening,
contrasted the two classes of Wo-
men whom she designated as
mems women" and women .
women.n She claimed that the
most brilliant and fascinating wo-
men were in the first class, but
that the most useful were in the
second. We quote from a report :
Mems women were like the
clouds of our northern climate
the brighter they were the colder
they became, and while they gilt
tered they chilled. Such women
were recognized as charming in
society and in the ball room
formed the center of many adj
mirers. But they lived alone for
self, and the qualities Of their
minds grew daily more feminine.
They bartered their gifts for the
glittering jewels of fame. But
"women's Womeno--these were OF
the painstaking and laoorious
kind. They were domestic wo-
men; they loved the sewing ma
chine; they could not rufae their
dresses without ruffiing their tenn
pers; and when they met one an
other they could talk about dresses,
and tell with delight how beauti-
fully the gray mingled with the
blue. They were sometimes un.
charitable, and when they did not
marry they made useful old maids
But men select wives from this
class quite as often as from their
brilliant sister5.'
So far as we are concerned this
is entirely satisfactory.
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A STATE PRISON CONVICT IN
VENTS PERPETUAL MOTION.

We are in receipt Of a letter
from Horace M Yates, who is
serving term at Clinton for horse
stealing Hearing that report
OF his death is circulating among
the people of this vicinity, he
writes for the purpose Of showing
the good people" here that he is
''still on earth and i'm active, pros
porous life.u Unlike most unfor-
Inmates, he has u happy tempera-
ment and finds refuge from his
troubles in experiments in "inath-
ematlcal arts.n A year ofthis kind
Of amusement promises more than
mere tinkering. The genius
claims - have invented machine
which will run as long as rivers
flow and the earth travels in its
orbit. Perpetual notion has
haunted the brains Of philosophers
and long haired whittlers for ages.
A variety of contrivances, which.
if collected would fill a worlds
exhibition building, have vainly
contested the Elusive honor AT
last we haveit. A gentleman whose
previous lie had admirably pre-
pared him for graphing with the
problem Of perpetual notion"
thanks to little incident, has fur
nished him at the expense of the
State Il few hours of leisure in
which ocOnsummatea an INVENTION
which has defied genius for ages.
Accompanying the letter is an
agreement legally signed and YER
flied, according 20 which Horace
I'll. Day is to patent, Introduce and
manage the discovery, and to pay
Yates one-eighth cG all nett in
comes. until one-eighth of the an
nual income shall exceed 81 900.
When Yates small share shall
exceed $4,000, the excess is to be
devoted to the extinction of mo-
nopolies and the promotion of ed
ucation. Success to the new in
vention.
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THIS AND THAT.

All things aressystemized nova
days. Every milk train has its
coWcatcher.
Col. Samuel II. Owens, Of Mill
wood, Fla, twenty miles north of
Ocala. grew on his place bunch
of bananas, which weighed one
hundred and twenty pounds, and
contained one hundred and four
bananas.
A pretty poem, lately published,
tells bow little girl in a SEQ 'ch
/ rk, weary Of the minister's long
prayer, stepped softly TO his side
and said, 20, sir, WON'T you please
say Amen 2"
1t was one OF the numerous
Beecher family who used TO pray:
30 Lord keep us from dpspising
our rnlers, and keep them from
acting 80 THAT we can't help it,
A Chicago man wrote to Agassiz
that he had an apple which he had
preserved for atty and when
Agassiz wrote for it the joker said
1t was the apple Of his eye.
A Denver minister was marry.
inga couple when Il dog fight in
terrupted, and the bride called
out, "Drive ahead; the yaller pup
has got him by the fore paw"
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CeaatauaP Imminent.

There IS no pain which the Centaur Imminent
will not relieve, no swelling it viii net subdue, ana
no lameness which it viii not cure. This Is strong
language, but ii is true. Where the parts are no
gone. its effects are marvellous It has produced
more cures Of rheumatism, neuralgia, lock jaw. palsy
sprains swengs, caked-breasts scalds burns, salt
raeum' ear-aehe, &C.. pp0n the human frame, and
strains, SPAWN, CALLS &C., upon animals in one wear
than have all other pretended remedies since The
world began Il is coumer-irrltant. an ail-healinc
pain reliever cripples throw away their crntehe.
the lame walk, poisonous bltes.are rendered harm
less, and the wounded are healed without 4 sear
u : no humbug The recipe is published around
each bottle 1t is selling as no article ever before
sold and 1t sells because It does just what 1t pretspd
70 do, Those who now suaor nom rheumatism. main
or swelling deserve 10 suffer iftiey win NOT use
cent4pr Iiniment. More than 1000 cernacate..
ofreniarkable cures, including frozen limbs. chronic
rheumatism gout, running tuuors &c., have been
received We viii seud circular containing eer,io-
Gates 'he recipe &C. gratis 20 amy que requesting il
One bottle ofthe yeilow wr-pper ceutaur Imminent
is worth hundred dollars for spawned or sweenied
orses aud mnles, or for screw worm m sheen
stock-ogners-tbis lmiment is worth your attention
Ne family shoald De without Centauf Eminent
Price, aae hottie, largo bottles sla,
J. b. Rose Co.,
50 Broadway, New
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ssmlsn HEmss lie woo.

New YORK, Dec, 27.-Thc Gu
bans here are very actively en-
gagged in fitting out a new eXpedi-
ton, the work on which was stop
ped for a time, pending the
Virginius settlement. $3.50, 900
will be devoted to the purpose. 1t
is thought ST., 900 viii be expended
in purchasing q fast steamer, and
$3.50 in howitzers, field pieces
and lumber The latter have been
secured, and are in store in New
York now. O
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1t is now pretty. generally con-
ceded, since the recent meeting of
some ofthe Western State oranges,
that that powerful organization
is slowly, but surely drifting in
to politics and the formation of a
new political party. They have
already adopted resolutions alb
solving the members from old po-
litical ties, which places them in
the line of Independents, at least.
The next step will be a new party,
and we predict now that it will ex-
ercise controlling influence in
the next Presidential election, if
it does not put up a candidate OF
its own aud elect him.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-01-03

The resignation of Minister Sic
kles as envoy extraordinary to
Spain has been rendered, received
and accepted by President Grant,
who, upon the reassembling of
Congress will nominate Hon. Ca
leb Gushing to fill the vacancy.
1t is understood that Mr.. Cushing
has signified an intention to accept
the mission.
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SOMETHING LIKE AN APO LOGY

The editor of a Western paper
once gave notice of ball, and
happened incidentally to mention
that the dancing of Major Heeler's
better half was like "the cavOrt-
ing ora fiy-bitten COW in IA field of
cucumbers." The fact that the
editor had not been invited to the
ball may somewhat detract from
the value of the simile. while
at the same time it accounts for
his establishing the figure. The
major, accompanied by his bet
terhalf and six shooter, called on
the editor to complain Of the po-
etical nature Of the image. On
learning that the lady was the
one he had described, the editor
besought her to raise her veil.
She did SO saying
Now, sir, / expect you to apol-
ogize.'
apologize! | should rather
think / would, y was the answer,
as he seized his hat and rapidly
left the rooiA!
The astonished major rushed TO
the window Stop, you Sir
you have not apologized a."
"All right Pm going to do it
in a minute
"What do you mean ?" shout
ed the major, ascenting the
note of Interrogation with pis-
tol-bulIet.
The answer was waited back
from round the next corner
Cant you see Pm looking for
that COW?
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RICE. Dan Rice, the old clown,
has fallen under his evil star, and
his misfortunes will provoke no
little sympathy. After quite Il
successful summer tour he reached
Louisville. about three weeks ago,
rented the Exposition building
and fitted it up at great expense.
The first week turned out badly,
and for the second the price Of adj
mission was reduced to Is and s25
cents, but the show did not draw.
AS ii consequence the whole con-
Germ was attached, and on Satur-
day last horses, canvass and gen
eral paraphernalia were sold by
auction, the celebrated blind trick
horse bringing only S126. The
performers, musicians, and all the
employees were minus their wages,
Dan not having II dollar. During
the summer Dan himself, with
his blind horse, ETC., was travel
ing with another company in Cam
ada, at 81 900 per week, and that,
too, went up, leaving him minus
$27 900.
Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1874-01-03

The marriage ceremony is not
absolutely necessary in New York
to establish the legal relation Of
man and wife. This has been set
tied heretofore, and in the recent
suit OF Bininger against Bir!nger
the question of what Constitutes a
marriage under the LAYS OF New
York again came up befoIe Justice
Davis. The suit was for admeas-
urement of dover, the plaintiff
claiming to have been the wife of
A. N. Bininger, now dead. The
proof was that for eighteen years
she lived with the defendant
under the name OF Saunfeld, being
treated by him as his wife, re-
ceived by their acquaintance as
his wife, and receiving letters
from him recognizing the matri-
monial connection. The court
thought the proof sufficient Of the
marriage, and directed judgment
for the plaintiff.
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1t Is announced that the Presi-
dent will not withdraw the ap-
pointinent of Acknowledgement
Williams to the Chief Justiceship,
and it now remains to be seen
whether or not the Senate will dis
regard his wishes in the matter
and refuse to confirm.