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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-01-08
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DISEASE.

PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DISEASE.
A writer in Chambers Journal speaks
of the fact as decidedly noteworthy that
the common opinion that excessive men
tai occupation gravitates toward insan-
ity, is not only not verified by facts,
but that, On the contrary, one OF the
foremost living physicians doubts
whether alienation of mind is ever the
result of overstrain ; it is to physical,
not to mental, arrangement, he thinks,
that excessive work If the brain gener-
ally gives rise. Insanity, he points out,
finds the most suitable material for its
development among the Goldfish. un-
educated classes, while the worst forms
of physical diseases are originated and
intensified by the educated, overstrain,
ed brain workers.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-01-08
O DEhR LIFE,

u DEdh LLE Il.
New Years eve some thirty years ago
and We we're keeping it right merrily
at the old man0r-house of Stor Aswan,
the home of my childhood, as it had
been that of my forefathers FOR many
generations. The pleasantest spot in
all the world, 1 Thought, and still think,
that quaint Norwegian homestead, with
It's bluff walls and birchbark roof,
which succeeding had ren-
dered yerdant with an evergreen thatch
of moss aud lichens. just now, hOwev-
er, this was not visible, for snow lay
thickIy upon it, as It had lain for weeks
past, not only there, but upon all the
country round.
1t was the hardest winter there had
been for fifty years-so the Old folks
said-ard they 1oretold it's continuance
for some weeks longer.
All this, however, did not affect any
Of our party. who were all Morse men
and maidens born, used to the cold, full
of health and spirits. l., Ella Bieorn,
daughter of the house, was the widest
of the mad circle who had assembled at
Stor Aswan that Christmas.tide to do
honor to my betrothal to Eric Jarl, the
lover of my youth. ere long to be my
husband. As o as the birch trees
put forth their first green ~tassels, in the
early springtia1e. L vas to leave my old
home for a new one so now, sur
rounded by kinsfolk and neighbors,
We were keeping this last anniver-
sary of my spinsterhood in goodly fash
ion.
So in dancing, feasting and merry
making the week sped, until a few
hours more would see us all scattered
in various directions, to meet again we
knew not when or where. For the last
day, therefore, we had reserved the
chief pleasure, the crowning point of
all our enioyment-a sleighing and
skating party to Stor Aswan, a noun
tain encircled lake some ten miles
further north, tho same from which our
homestead derived it's quaint Runic
name. This wa to be III hail or greet
ing to the New Yoar-our welcome to
the incoming guest.
Brightly dawned the Incoming morn
- H. I.- o@.11 1o-:-z
Blue was the sky ss sapphire, whilst
the freshly-fallen snow sparkled and
shone as though strewn with living
gems. All nature seemed rejoicing like
ourselves at the advent of another year,
and one already SO full Of promise.
Without, the sleigh bells tinkled and
chimed merri!y, making the frosty all
ring again az the gavly caparisoned
horses paved and shook their heads,
impatient as their owner to be off. Al
length we started, Eric and [ as hosts
being the last of the party /; for, OF
course, he. was my charioteer.
Of that day I shall rot speak; we
were all young and in wild spirits, and
some of Us in love. L, blue-eyed, gol
den-haired Ella B;eorn, was the &C.
knowledged belle and queen of the
party, and Eric. my lover, the mos
stalwart youth Of the countryside.
But all things, even the pIeasantest,
must come to an end. So when the
shades of evening began to fall heavily,
merging earth, sky and water into one
gray leaden cloud, We began our jour,
ney homeward. Tired out with my ex.
e~rtions, as soon as we started I nestled
down among the soft furs in the sleigh,
and, rocked by it's easy motion, soon
fell fast asleep. How long I slept
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-01-08

DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY IN ExTIN-
GUSHING A FIRE.-Chief Justice Miller,
of the Supreme Court of Iowa, has re-
Gently rendered a decision declaring
that municipal corporations. whose
officers are by statute authorized to
destroy any building when they shall
deem it necessary to avert the progress
of and extinguish a fire, are not liable to
the person whose property is thus de-
stroyed, in the absence of a statute Gre
ating such liability !; that destruction
of buildings under such circumstances
is not q taking of private property for
public use within the meaning OF the
Constitution.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-01-08

A PRIVATE Paris letter says that
Buchu Relmbold is specializing there
in stocks; that he has made a good
deal of money recently, and had over
a quarter of a million dollars when
b. left his creditors in the lurch in New
York.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-01-08

A SHOEMAKER in Auburn, Me-, takes
contracts to "shoe and boot people
at a stated annual price, which ranges
from SIS to $50, according to the size
of the boot, the size Of the mai and his
gait. A high stopper gets shod at a
less annual rate ; an over-reaeher costs
more, a shufier costs still higher. At
the end of the year the customer comes
in and brings his old boots and shoes
that have done service for the year. Ii
there is a months wear still in his boot
leather, the shoemaker credits him &C
cordingly on the next.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-01-08
TIE DEATH OF TIE OLD YEAR.
BY BARTLEy ~CAxPBELL.

BY BARTLEy CAMPBELL.
They say the old year died tast night,
and I do believe it's 80;
For the mountain stream
Has a CLASSY CLEAN.
And the earth a shrou! of snow.
Yes, and all through the darksome hours
of the long. long lonesome night
heard the loud wall
OF the wintry gale,
As the old year passed from eight.
Nayhap. WAS only dreaming;
Bit from my window on hngh
Ikaw the gaunt year
Stretched out on a bier.
While the seasons'1nournrd close by
Fair Spring wore u wreath ut hiIes,
and Summer "a robe of green,
Brown Autumn i train
OF light golden grain.
Pale winter 4 snowy sheen.
Grim Time led the solemn c1rtega;
The seasons bore the pail.
As with hatei breath
Tkrouglr the vale of death
They marched 10 has silent hall.
The oaks heut their leads in anguish,
And shed their crimson tears.
For the dear, dear dead;
For the life Just fled
To mingle with spirit years.
VIII you never come back, old year:
Shall we never more see you:
VIII the new-found friends
That the young year sends
Be good, and pure, end true
As those you made us love go well?
As those you took away,
As the sweet, young face,
With lis matchlcss grace,
That You laid beneath the cay?
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-04-17

lions OF the country. Now, that is what
we all want, but they may resolute till
the cows come home," as the Pike County
poet elegantly expresses it, and it will not
bring concord, unless we have the deeds
of peace, along with the fair words, which
are proverbially poor dressing for par
ships, or any other substantial nutriment
Discountenancing ku-klux and White
League outrages, would be worth more
than all the resolutions that could be
framed for popular effect. Third. protec-
ton of the negro, "in all his rights OF free
dom and franchise Flat burglary as ever
was committed. Like total depravity, in
the opinion of the pions old lady. it is good
doctrine, if they will only live up to it ;
but it is republican doctrine, pure and
simple. Finally, return to Constitu-
,ional methods of government, both in the
State and nation, is to be insisted upon.
Just so. Constitutional methods are
good, but who is in favor of unconstitu-
tional methods? Who is going to accept
the democratic Interpretation of the Con-
stitution as better gospel than the repub-
lican exegesis thereof? Gordon's plat
form is first rate, almost good enough for
the republican party; but by their deeds
and not by their platforms We shall know
them. We like that good old horticutu-
raj maxim about trees and their fruits,
and would give more for the lamp of ex-
perience that Patrick Henry thought so
much OF than for wilderness Of plat
forms. We opine that the democratic
party should be judged, next year, rather
by its history and known character than
by any paper "recommend' that it may
write for itself at the National Conven-
| tion.- B0st0n Globe
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-04-17
PLATEORNS.

General Gordon. in the recent inter-
view which has been already alluded to,
furnishes four very broad and sound
planks, out of which he wishes to have
the democratic platform of 1876 framed
The lumber is of first-class quality, but
then 1t is stolen. 1t is republican and not
democratic timber, and its adoption would
indicate campaign of false pre,ences
very much like that of 1872. The first
plank is an unequivocal declaration of
honesty. That is good. but cheap. No
platform should be without it, and none
constructed by those who are out and want
TO get In ever was. 1t will probably be a
tcssle between the parties as to which
will get the biggest honesty plank into the
platform. Next in order would be a re-
solve in favor Of concord between all Sec
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-04-17
IrryyGy0y AND CONCORD CETTEN-
NAL.

NAL.
One hundred years ago next Monday
WAS fought the first battle with the British
red-coats in the American Revolution.
Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts
claim the honor of the fight, and both Will
celebrate the centennial of that important
event next Monday. President Grant and
distinguished officials of the national gov
eminent will be present, also the Cover
norssand their Stats of several States. in
GLIDING Governor Dingley and Staff.
There will be in both towns orations,
poems, music. military display. the thun-
der OF cannon, and the ringing OF the
same church bells that hundred years
ago aroused the yeomanry OF the vicinity
to resist the British. The celebration at
Concord will take place in the morning.
In pavilion erected on the battle field OF
l775 the statue of minute man Gas the
hardy militia who held themselves ready
to rush to their country's defence in that
crisis at minutes warning were called)
is to be unveiled, with an address by
Ralph Waldo Emerson, formal Grafton
BY George William Curtis and poem by
James Russell Lowell, who will portray
in vivid colors the heroism and patriotism
of the men of that early and glorious day
in American history. The celebration a
Lexington will be held in the afternoon
where statutes of Hancock and Adams
who were in the town when the fight oc.
curred-will be unveiled, and Richard Ii
Dana Jr. will deliver the Grafton. The
public dinner which is always held upon
such occasions will be at Lexington after
the other services have closed. 1t will be
q grand occasion, and in spite OF the I'M
propitious season will be attended by a
vast gathering of people.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-04-17
POLITICAL.

Postmaster Jewell has issued orders that no EN-
ployees Of the department shall hereafter exhibi,
records to, Or hold communication with, any con-
tractor, OF his agent or attorney, except in pursu
ance of orders.
The municipal elections in Ohio are spoken of
in some quarters as Democratic gains, which Is no,
the case, the Democrats not having carried sin.
gle city there that they did not carry last fall
when they had immense majorities in Cincinnati
and Cleveland, and when, besides, they carried
Toledo, Stubenville and Mansfield, that are now
Republican, and had 900 majority in Columbus
which now elects Republican Council.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-04-17

Charles Lamb. Essayist, denounced all spiritu-
Gus liquors as "Wet bamnation." Poor fellow;
he knew whereof he spake, by sad experience, and
If living, would apply the same to Alcoholic Excit-
ants, advertised as Curealls. But there is one
Tonic and Alterstive in cNistcnce-the best the
world has ever known-whch contains no alcohol
It is DIR. WALKERS CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BIT
TERs. april tSwlm
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-04-17

IRON IN THE BLooD.-When the blood is well
supplied with its iron element. we feel vigorous
and full of animation. 1t is an insufficency Of
this vital element that makes us feel weak and low
spirited in such cases, the Peruvian Syrup IA pro-
toxide Of Iron) can supply this deficiency, and its
use viii invigorate us wonderfully.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-04-17
Special Notices.
GOOD ADVICE AND POETRY.

TUNE, Anything that Fits"
Magic Oil Is death on FITS
Magic Oil il delicious, thank Eenne for this
Ali Pain il cures quickly for mother or miss,
Goes right 10 the trouble rubbed in with the palm,
As sure rs you're faithful ar works like q charm"
The directions please follow, but use your own skill
In Sprains and Neuralgia. but battle with will.
Used outward and inward 1t never does harm
In Headache or Collie ar works like u c.arm."
Sore Throat from catarih, ron cold in the head,
Or Chills from u Cold that would keep YOU IN bed,
Magic OIL performs wonders and acts like "A balm.
For Gargle, or Swathing, at works like charm"
IL cures YOU so nicely, it makes you feel brave,
So that ordinary pain is n luxury to have.
Magic Oil in Dyspepsia gives feeling so cam
The stomach in glee says 1t works like charm"
The "loot horn of fame" most usually lies
So the Magic Oil cures took the folks by surprise
The claims that it made caused won,lrous alarm
The trial now shows that 1T works like a charm"
WIN. RENSE & SONS sole manufacturers, Pitts
field Mass.
Reader. call for it where YOU usually trade, by
the full name. sold by kINsMAN.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-04-17
CARD.
WEEKS & HAMILTON.
American Bank.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the Receivers of
N the American Bank having made their final
report the Supreme Judicial Court has ordered u
final dividend of lightweight per cent to be made
ceivers for bills of said Bank filed with them.
This dividend will be payable on presentation q
the certificates, properly recepted at the ONCE OF
ii. X. Baker in Halloweil, on and after Tuesday.
March 23d. All certificates must be recepted by
the holder. Parties who have lost their certificates
will be required to file an affidavit OF the fact, stat
ing the amount of bills filed and that the certi.
cate has not been sold or given away, but actually
lost or mslaid. and has not been foand after dill
on request. Such claims will not be paid, until .
reasonable time has been allowed for the certif.
Gates to be presented, il in other hands.
H. X. BAKER,
SIMON H3S PAGE Receivers.
Hallowcll, Mar. II, 1875. marlSt &wtf
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TIE GOEERNORSXIP.

Our individual opinion at this writing is, that
Gen. Selden Common Of Fairfield, an educated
gentleman, q true man in every respect, and one
of the most gallant soldiers which Maine sent to
the war, is about the strongest and most accepta-
BILE name which can be presented.-[ Bridgton
Iejrs
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-04-17

If every family in this town knew the value of
Renne's Magic Oil, and would keep bottle OF 1t
on hand, to use in case of accident, We should be
a happier if no. a handsome people. Try this On.
apll4-+Swlw
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-04-17
Personal MOTTO


most Agreeable. Convenient, Effective
and Sore Remedy for
COSrIVENESS, DYSPEPSIA, PILES.
Pleasant to the palate, cause no pain, act prompt
y, never require increase of dose. do not exhaust
and for elderly persons, females and children, are
lust the thing. Two taken at nj ght move the bow
els once the next morning. Warranted in all cases
OF the Pies and Falling of the Rectum. We prom
Use cure for all symptoms of Dyspepsia such as
Oppression after Eating, Sour stomach, Splitting OF
Food, Palpiiations; also Headache, Dizziness, Pain
in the Back and Ions, fellowness of the Skin and
Eyes, sick Headache, Coated Tongue, Biliousness,
Liver Complaint, Loss OF Appetite, Debility,
Monthly Pains and all Irregularities, Neuralgia,
Fuintness, sc.
Travellers find the Lozenges just what they need,
they compact and inodorous that they
may be carried in the vest pocket and as an aper-
lent or laxative these Lozenges have no equal.
Trial Boxes Soc, large Box es 6Oc.; sent
by mail free of postage to any address.
For sale by Z. s. HARRISON Il Co, No. | Ire
mont Temple, Boston, and by all Druggists
seps-spnte odly
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DcfaQlted and Repldiat5l Securities.

ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC RAILROAD Land
BURLINGToN, CEDAR RAPIDS AND MIN,
NESOTA RAILROAD LIST Mortgage Bonds.
CAIRO AND FULTON RAILROADS. Is; Mortgage
Bonds.
CHICAGO, DANvILLE AND vINCENNES
RAILROAD, LIST Mortgage Bonds.
CHICAGO AND CANADA SOCTHERN RAIL
ROAD LIST Mortgage Bonds .
DANyILLE, JhBANA, BLOOMINGTON AND
PEKIN RAILROAD LIST Mortgage Bonds.
LOGANSPORT. CRAWFORDoNILLE AND
SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD LIST Mortgage
MoNTCLAIR RAILROAD LIST Mortgage bonds
NEW YORK AND OSWEGO MIDLAND RAIL
ROAD LIST Mortgage Bonds.
NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD lst Mortgage
PEORIA AND ROCK ISLAND RAILROAD LIST
Mortgage Bonds. ,-,.
ROCKFORD, ROCK ISLAND AND ST. LOUIS
RAILROAD LIST Mortgage Bonds. -
ST. JOSEPH AND DENVER CITY RAILROAD
LIST Mortgage Bonds.
GEORGIA STATE BONDS,
LOUISIANA STATE BONDS -,,
MINNESOTA STATE BONDS. REPt DATED.
NORTH CAROLINA STATE BONDS.
SOUTH CAROLINA STATE BONDS.
VIRGINIA STATE BONDS.
WATERTOWN CITY (WIS) BONDS, REPUDl
iLLlNols TOWN AND COUNTY BONDS RE
PUDIATED. - ,
ATED. ,,1>-r>o MT,
bought AND SOLD.
BY
CT. BONNER s CO,
Stock Brokers, and Dealers IN Miscellaneous ana
Investment Securities,
No 20 Il oad Street New York City.
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The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-09
Reindeer.MOsS.

We are all more or less familiar with
the Irish moss from which blaacnaange
is made, but until lately it has not been
known that the reindeer-moss which
covers the Scandinavian Mountains could
be used for any other purpose than food
for the reindeer. The recent experiments
of Mr.. Stenberg, a Swedish professor of
chemistry, have not only showed how
perfectly this substance is suited to be
the sufficient and favorite food of these
animals, but have also proved it very
valuable to man.
1t was found that the verdant carpet,
which drapes many hundreds of square
miles of untrodden field and bleak noun
tain, was source of wealth till then un-
known. From sixty-six pounds of we'll
washed moss the clever professor extract
ed five gallons of pure alcohol. Eighteen
hundred-weight OF the same moss, under
proper treatment, yielded to Mr.. STEM
berg the enormous amount of nearly
twelve hundred-weight of unrefned
sugar. The sugar-cane and the beetroot,
cultivated at great cost, and requiring
peculiar conditions of soil and climate,
do not, weight for weight, compete with
this wild growth of the Swedish hills;
and it is not surprising to hear that the
price of moss at Stockholm has of late
risen to about halfpenny pound, and
that lack of capital and machinery alone
retards the practical results of so i'm
portant discovery.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-09
Iron Bricks.

This is the name given to the bricks
which are now manufactured in Ger
many, in considerable quantities, from
slack of smelling furnaces. According
to the process devised for this purpose,
known as the Hartmann operation, and
which differs from anything of the kind
heretofore described, the high furnaces
are provided with a continual flow for
the Stag, which runs through a narrow
gutter, formed in the sand, into shall
low pit, through which small stream of
water is kept running. BY this chilling
process, the Stag assumes the form of a
fine gravel. An endless chain at once
lifts the Stag out of the pit and loads it
upon cars. By grinding this material
flue in cement mill, it is formed into
an excellent sharp building sand; the
great bulk Of it, however, is used, with
out further reducing its grain, for making
bricks. :
In the Hartmann operation, the Stag
sand Is mixed with one half of its NOR
tar in trough, in which three shafts
provided with long blades rev0lve. 1t Is
then shoveled into the brick machines,
each of which turns out about twenty
five bricks minute. These are piled up
in the open air for drying, and are ready
for use after about six weeks. They con-
tinue to harden on exposure to the air,
and are said to possess even greater
strength than ordinary burnt bricks.
They are extensively used for all kinds
of buildings, their light grey color pro-
ducing a very agreeable effect, and the
roughness pertaining to their surface fit
ting them particularly well for taking
and retaining a coat Of mortar.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-09
Learn About the Pulse.

Every intelligent person should know
how to ascertain the state of the pulse in
health then by comparing it with what
it is when he is ailing, he may have some
idea of the urgency 0fh his case. Parents
should know the healthy pulse of each
child-as now and then person is born
with peculiar slow or fast pulse, and the
case in hand may be of that popularity.
An infants pulse is one hundred and
forty; a child of seven years, about
eighty; and from twenty to sixty years,
it is seventy beats minute, declining to
sixty at forescore. A healthful grown
persons pulse beats seventy times in a
minute. There may be good health
down to sixty; but if the pulse alwaysex-
ceeds seventy, there is disease. The
machine is working itself out; there is a
fever or Inflammation somewhere, and
the body is feeding on itself-as in con-
sumption, when the pulse is quick,
thatis, over sixty, gradually increasing
with decreased chances of cure, until it
reaches one hundred and ten or one hun
dred and twenty, when death comes be-
fore many days. When the pulse is over
seventy for months, and there is slight
cough, the lungs are affected.
The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1875-09-09
Josh Billings Wants to Know.

Why turkeys egg is speckled and a
ducks egg blue.
Whether log floats faster in the river
than the current, or not.
Why goose stands first on one foot
and then on the other.
Why rabbits have short tails and cats
have long ones.
Why most all the birds build their
nests out of different material.
Why lightning was never known to
strike beech tree.
Why the males among the colored race
do all the singing.
Why the black snaik IL the only snaik
in this country that kan climb tree.
Why q muskrat's tail has no fur on it,
and mink's has.
Why quail's egg is round, and hens
egg is pointed.
Why bear always klimbs down tree
backward.
Why a mules bones are all solid, and
their ears twice az long az horses.
Why dog alwuss turns around three
times before he sits down.
Why a horse alwuss gets oph from the
ground on his forward feet last.
why, WnCh ROto ioSV III viz
woods or on the plains, he alwuss walks
in sirkle.
Why pig gathers straw in his mouth
and runs about with them just before
rainstorm.
Why natur will allow one cross be-
tween some animals and then allow no
more.
Where the flies all go when the cold
weather sets in, and where they'll all
cum from 80 suddenly next summer.
Why hen alwuss knows her little
ones from another's, and why she will
hatch twelve duck eggs and think they
are her own chickens.
Why an oyster and klam are the only
things I kno ov with animile life that
don't have to move out of their places to
get living.
There IL lots ov hily edicated people
who don't believe the book of Genesis
bekause they kant prove it, who kant
answer korrectly one-third ov the above
questions.