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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-05-14
EXPLORATIONS.
@ EXPEDITIONS.

An arctic expedition will start out,
under the auspices of the British govern
ment, during the coming season. 1t will
consist Of two vessels-One taken from
the English navy, and the other probably
from the fleet Of steam-whalers. They
will be thoroughly equipped for the en-
terprise, which will be under the COM
mand of Capt. Mares, of the Challenge.
Capt. Alfred Markham, who made a voy-
age of exploration in the polar regionsin
1873, will, it is supposed, take charge of
OF II of the vessels. The expedition
will set out late in the summer, after the
drift-ice has disappeared, and will take
the route through Smith Sound, which
IS chosen as the most practicable. No
pains will be spared to render the tour
fruitful in the various departments of
scientific research. 1t is also expected
that the Austrian government will send
one OF two expeditions to the same re-
gions, but their route will be either
through Spitzbergen or Behring Straits.
oUT AMERICAN EXPLORATIONS.
Prof. Alexander Siiliman left Boston
last November to continue the explora-
tons in South America begun by his
lamented father. He will carry his route
toward Chill and Bolivia. At Lake Tit
caca, he will direct the dredging and me-
theological observations, while Mr.. Gar
man, of the Museum of Comparative
Zoology, will superintend the collecting
parties. 1t is reported that the health of
Mr.. Agassiz, which succumbed to the
sorrow caused by the loss of his father
and his wife, is improving, and that his
early recovery is anticipated.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-05-14
HTPPOPITHOLOGI
NARCOTIZING HORSES.

The Mcdic0i Gazette Of Bordeaux,
France, says that an eminent veterinary
surgeon has informed the Medical and
Surgical Society of that city that the
coachmen of certain families had been
for some time in the habit of admins
tering chloral to the horses III their
charge, 50 as to make them easier to ride
or drive. 1t appears that the drug acted
like a charm, for horses which had pre-
viOusly been so spirited rs to give much
trouble to their driver became as quieta as
lambs after a few days Of this TYPOS
thenic treatment. The change naturally
attracted the attention of the owners of
the animals, and theysent for the veteri-
nary surgeon to ascertain the cause of the
sudden ~gentleness. That functionary
noticed a tendency to sleep III the ami
mails, but scarcely knew to what to refer
this unusual condition, when, in One of
his visits, he Glanced to find a bottle
half full of choral. When the coach
man was questioned regarding the use he
made of the drug he confessed, after
much hesitation, that, following the adj
vice OF Il brother "whip," he gave the
horses a dose of chloral every morning
to make them go quietly, and further,
that many of the fraternity in Bordeaux
followed the same plan.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-05-14

that there We're more on the way and
the blue-eyed child, coming into the
backyard to look at the patch of
sky, one morning, spied them and
clapped her little hands with gladness.
And from that day, as the plant grew
and grew, she became happier and hap
pier, and when a fragrant purple and
white flower opened to the sun, her JOY
knew no bounds.
And with each succeeding blossom
came new Joy, and So the child was hap
Ply all summer long.
And my cousins looked on and were
well content.
My sermon is finished. L suppose 70
know the greatest writer that ever lived
said we could preach.
Yes, sir. He said there we're sermons
in us. You have got to acknowledge
that, if you do call as "cold gray
stones. "-UorJ0ret Eytjnge, la st.
Nicholas for May.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-05-14
ECONOMIES.

WATER SUPPL OF NEW YORK CITY.
The most noted w~ater-works in Ameri-
ca are those of the city of New York,
which IS supplied with water from the
Croton river and its branches. This
stream passes through Putnam and West
chester counties. Two dams across it
have been completed and another is in
progress. The first Of these, known as
the Croton lake, is situated thirty-two
miles from the extreme nortl1erly end Of
Manhattan island, and is available for
500, 900, 600 gallons. From this reservoir
Or artificial lake the water is conveyed
through a close conduit of masonry as
far as the Harlem river, and thence
through iron pipes and masonry to large
open reservoirs in the Central Park-One
being 106 acres III extent and another 30
acres !; from thence the water is partially
distributed and further conveyed in iron
pipes underground to another reservoir
of fOur acres i'll extent on Forty-secOnd
street and Fifth avenue, whence a more
extended distribution takes place. The
second storage reservoir is situated III
Putnam county, and has a capacity of
5000, 900, 900 gallons. The water, when
required, is conveyed from this reservoir
to the CrOtOn lake through the open nat
ural channels of the river and it's
branches. Another storage reservoir is
in the course of construction on the east
branch of the CrOtOn, of an estimated
capacity of 1000, 600, 900 gallons. From
this the water is conveyed in the same
natural channels as the previous n to
the CrotOn lake reservoir. On it's COM
pletion the total storage capacity will be,
including the reservoirs i'll the city,
about 5000, GOO, 900 gallons. In addition
to the reservoirs referred to locations have
been decided upon for others as they
may be required, the whole aggregating
a supply of 81, 900, 900, 900 gallons. The
utmost capacity of the present aqueduct
is IL, ZOO, 900 gallons, while the daily
consumption has been 104, 000, 900 gal
lons.-Eybcrt Il. Tste.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-05-14
ARTEOROLDGY.
ARCTIC WEATHER.

The scientific report of the Austro-
Hungarian Arctic expedition represents
the effect of extreme cold upon the hui
man body in high northern ATTITUDES as
usually much exaggerated. Among the
sailors were some who did not wear fur
coats at all, and even III the coolest
weather they smkeod their cigars out
doors. 1t is only when accompanied by
wind that the cold produces serious dis
comfort but the violent winds common
III southern climates are unknown near
Francis Joseph Land, the northernmost
country yet discovered on earth. The
belief that the polar ice tends strongly
to calm the winds is commonly enter
tanned by Arctic sailors. Among the
more remarkable discoveries made by
Lieutenant Weyprecht is a curious fact
about the drift of arctic ice; it does not
drift straight before the wind, but inva-
riably deviates to the right, looked at
from the centre of the compass. This
deviation cannot be accounted for, either
by the conformation of the neighboring
coasts, or the existence Of currents
which might produce it, as it occurs
with the winds blowing from opposite
directions.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-05-14
MEDICINE.
OUININE IN D~IPHTHERIA.

DR.. H. V. SwerlnSen, OF Fort Wayne,
Ind, writes to the Chicago Tribune
that i'll practice he has found the produc-
ton of cinchOnism in Il patiel.t very eff
fective in cases of diphtheria. Speaking
of one case, he says:
Il observed the fact also that the most Sc
we're and malignant cases l had were those in
whom it was most difficult to establish the con-
dition of cinchonism. A little boy six years of
age-son of C. L. Thomas, residing at No. 1873
Jackson street, this city-took sixty-four grains
of q%uinine in forty-eight hours before he COM
planned of ringing in his ears and deafness {;
but when this did take place the emulation be-
came detached of its OVID accord, his appetite
returned, the swelling of the subma1illary
glands began to subside, and in a comparative
" short time he made a good recovery. l did
not make a single local application in this case.
In fact, | have abandoned local treatment, ex-
cept in those cases where it is absolutely neces-
sarv in order to remove excessive obstruction
to the air-passages, threatening life by
asphvxia, or where it is necessary to correct
fetor by the application of disinfectants."
The use of quinine as a remedy in this
terrible disease is not new, but it has
never been given, says DIR. Sweringen,
with any very specific object in view
other than the production of it's tonic or
anti-periodic effects. It's use until Gin
chonism results is the grand object of
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-05-14
TRI NSIENT GLORY OF BLACK
WILNET.

The best black walnut in the United
States is found in Indiana. About forty
years ago, could be found in that State q
crop of black walnut unequaled in guam
tity and quality, but, to-day, it is not to
be found i'll such immense trees, neither
is the number Of trees by any means so
numerous. The largest and best trees
were used years ago for fence rails and
such common purposes &; then it had no
particular common value. Before wal
nut came into general use, the most of
domestic furniture was made of cherry;
walnut has now entirely superseded this
and oil other woods. Thousands of fence
rails can be found to-day through Indiana
that were split more than a century ago,
and they are as sound now as then, save
the wear and tear. OF all hard woods,
the walnut is the most durable, save red
cedar, and possibly, in the ground, black
locust would equal it. Indiana walnut is
comparatively gone. Inisolated parts of
the country, where this timber grows,
there is yet some inferior quality, but to
a limited extent. But the general black
walnu. growing in the dead forest, in the
rich lowlands, in its primative nature, is
a thing of the past. The general supply
must now be gathered from the four
quarters of the earth to supply a demand
that acquired a century for its culmina-
ton, and its elimination witnesses the
astounding spectacle of the almost entire
extinction of the valuable material.
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OUR "
Bubbles.

The children are blowing soap-bubbles
OF many a changing tint,
With puppies and yellows and crimsons
Of opaIine gimmer and CLINT.
They are beautiful spherical rainboys.
And seem to be fashioned of mist.
OF golden and green and scarlet,
The tender amethyst.
Their do1Ges ar" picture-galleries,
Showing cascade and mountain in turn,
With a wealth of waving tree-tops
And carpets of foathery fern
They have dashes of summer sunsets,
And hues Of the morning, too.
The violet-grays of evening,
And the mornings raptuEous blue.
They are radiant prisns of glory,
And gleam like the purest gems,
Jewels fit FOR the setting
OF prince!y diadems.
But they are as eVanescent
As the IGists OF a tropical morn,
Or The bright unrest of ahumming birds breast
4 word-a aash-it is gone.
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TIL WORLD OF SCIENCE,
MECH1NICS IND ENGINEERING.
THE CHANNEL TUNNEL.

IL thANNEh C4N-NI
The Channel tunnel, if it becomes an
accomplished fact, will test very severely
the abilities of the "ventilating" archi-
tects and engineers. The Engineer, after
celebrating curious statistics on the sub
iect, arrives at the conclusion that, hay
isg regard to the number of trains sent
through daily, it will be necessary, if
ordinary locomotives are used, to renew
the air in the tunnel entirely every hour,
and, as the tunnel will be twenty miles
long, and all the air must be withdrawn
from one end or the other, a current of
air must be passed through at the rate OF
twenty miles IN hour. These results are,
of course, on the %supposition that the
air would be rendered irrespirable by the
coke smoke evolved, and the obvious al
tentative is to apply motive power by
means other than those in use on ordinary
railways. 1t is yet to be decided by the
engineering world whether the erection
of a shaft or shafts in the channel is
practicable and there is no work in ex-
istence at all analogous to the proposed
structure. That through Mont Gents, is
comparatively short and admirably stu
ated for purposes of ventilation, while
the Metropolitan railway is riddled with
openings, shafts and holes in every direc-
ton, and even London smoke and dirt
fail to make its atmosphere more than
dense, or in some parts ~disagreeable.
TOUGH GLASS.
The Paris correspondent of the London
Daily Telegraph writes The Bastie
glass exhibited at the last meeting of the
Society for the Encouragement of Manu-
features is a noteworthy invention.
" Brittle as glass" is IL familiar simile.
The substance [ speak of is tough, as
well as hard, and ~resistS heaction of the
fire. It can be applied to water conduits
and a number Of culinary utensils III
stead of enamel, or the loaded tin, SO
much used i'll the hardware trade in
Paris. The experiments made the other
night We're highly satisfactory. Thin
plates of this glass were thrown Oh a
tiled floor from a heighto of three meters,
!. c., a little more than nine feet, with
ont injury. They were then flung with
violence about the room and against the
walls, and held over gas-jets. 4 weight
of Il hundred grammes was also
dropped on them from the height of
three meters. The resisting temper of
the Bastie glass is obtained by means of
4 chemical bath, to which it is subjected
when hot from the furnace. Some speci-
mems showed more resisting power than
others. Those which yielded to the
blows they received only broke il the
spots where they were hit. There was q
remarkable absence of continuous cracks.
Wherever the hammer took effect. the
glass lost cohesion and transparency,
and was reduced to granulous particles.
A company is in course of formation to
work the patent.
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skin is as unyielding as the shells of lob
sters and crabs, and is shed from time to
time i'll the same way, to accommodate
the animals growth. If you look over
the rubbish in a female spiders back
yard, among her cast-otf corsets you will
find the jackets of the males who have
paid for their sociality with their lives
trophies Of her barbarism, as truly as
scalps show the savage nature Of the red
man.-PrOf. Morse.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-05-14

OLD Mr.. Page told Brother Durham
he lied. Brother Durham sent word to
Brother Page if he did not take that
statement back he would bring him be-
fore the church. Brother Page came to
terms on this wise: "B-Other Durham,
perhaps I did wrong to say you lied. [
will take it back; but I declare I believe
you did lie! !" Which was satisfactory.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-05-14
TENACTTY OF LIFE.

The Ashtabula co. 7tIcgfGph has
this statement: "a number of various
kinds of beetles, collected in India of
the native hunters by the Rev. II. j.
Bruce, now visiting his friends in this
place, were placed in bottles filled with
alcohol and Theoretically sealed. These
were brought to America with him.
One OF the female beetles deposited
several eggs. These egg and female
We're placed i'll Il separate vial and duly
labeled with date, and sealed us before.
The sealing, however, was not sufficient
to prevent evaporation, and the whole
contents of the vial became dry and the
eggs shriveled. The seal of this vial
not broken until March last, nearly
four and q half years after the receiving
and bottling. Upon opening it was dis
covered there was life in the eggs, and
by further care Il live beetle was the pro-
duct of one Of the eggs. This was pre-
served, and after four weeks growth had
obtained the length Of 15-10O of an
inch, resembling the mother insect.
This is a development Of tenacity of life
almost incredible, were it not so well
authenticated"
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-05-14

THE CAsPIAN.-The Russians are dis
cussing the construction of a canal to
join together the Caspian and Black seas.
The Caspian is a salt lake from 400 to
$50 feet depth Of water, which IS con-
siderably below the level of that of the
Black, owing to the copious evaporation
under the fierce summer heat. The canal
is proposed to be $50 miles long, thus
constituting it a far larger and c~ostlier
enterprise than the Suez canal. Russia
actually has a coasting fleet of 800 yes
sells, of $500 tonnage, on the Caspian,
and is its exclusive mistress, with the ex-
ception of a few Persian skiff5.
ALWAYS whispering In company-FOr-
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ESTOMOLOGT
ABOUT SPIDERS.

Only the female spider spins webs.
They own all the real estate, and the
males have to live a vagabond life under
stones and in other obscure hiding places.
If they come about the house so often as
to bore the ruling sex, they are merci-
lessly killed and eaten. The spiders
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its exhibition in diphtheria, and, if this
discovery be really effectual, it is One of
the greatest discoveries ever made in
medicine.-NcW York Graphic.
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ALWAYS whispering in company-For-
est leaves.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-02

Of N. York , has been carefully consider
ed and he purified salt known as the
|Onondaga factory flied, found equal to
She best salt in use Nov this salt ma Y
be obtained in Western Pennsylvania,
Western New York ard over large
portion of Ohio, and rot 10 exceed fifty
cents per barrel m 3re than the Saginaw
salt or he common salt cf Syracuse,
either Of watch is unfit and unsafe to
use III butter or cheese. The sooner our
dairymen everywhere adopt the rule
that the very best salt, az well as the
very best ard purest milk. is rome toc
good for the production Of butter an0
cheese, The better for all concerned in
this our great agricultural industry.
The only way clear 10 my mind by
which we are 10 bring up our DAIRY
products TO the highest p int of perfec.
ton, and increase the demand up to the
utmost limit IF cur ability 10 produce
| is by constant improvement in the USE
of pure milk, pure SAIL, and the practice
of absolute cleanliness Lewis
in American Grocer.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-02
DAIRY SALT.

Ano her danger in addition to the use
of Gle margarine is threatening gu.
dairy interest in sore section Of the
country, particularly in portions Of
Western New York and Pennsylvania
aud oger most of Ohio. The danger
consists in the salt used for the presel-
walton and seasoning Of butter apo
cheese The salt question has been up
before the Butter and Cheese Exchange
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-02

WOMEN IN Misunderstanding 10 q
Laraln ie (Wyoming) paper, woman SUI
frage works TO charm there. 1t says
there never was term of court held there
in a decent aud comfortable place, ard
with decency and deccrum, till tie
ladies were summoned to participate 10
it. There never was Grand Jury that
investigated boldly offenses against
decency and morality till the Grand
jar, was composed of ladies. There
was hardly criminal punished till the
jurles werc COMPOSED largely of womer;
and there never was an election without
drunkenness and quarreling fighting
and bloodshed, until the wives, mothers,
sisters and daughters were permitted to
accompany Ihemen TO the polls, while
now the elections go IF as quietly rs
any other social gathering. no matter
how heated a political campaign may be,
or how important the issues at stake.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-02
GOLDEN WORDS FROM GRANT

Here are three sentences from Pres!-
dent Grant letter written some weeks
ago directing Secretary BristoW to
make his grand advance and "push
things" against the whisky thieves of
the Vast:
Let no guilty man escape If 1t can
be Avoided. Be specially vigilaut,
or instruct those engaged IN the
prosecution of fraud to be, against
all who iaasisauate that they
haze high influence to protect them.
No personal consideration should
stand IN the aoay Of performing
public detty.
These words have only lately see
the light. They were written for the
Secretary's private guidance. Grant
can speak to the purpose when he needs
to. How different from the wordy per-
ordinations and poor performance OF
the so-called Democratic reformer,
Tlldsn From tie Buffalo Erperss.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-09-02

Among the five or six unfortunate
persons tried yesterday afternoon and
found insane was one Alfred Clark, a
young man of about % years, who was
one Of Mr. Moody's converts, several
years ago. Among the papers found on
his person to-day was letter from Mr..
sankey, the singing revivalist, written
nearly two years ago. The following is
a verbatim copy Of the letter:
NEWCASTLE TYNE,
Oct. e, 1878.
Dear Brother Clark:
You will think strange to get letter
from one so far away. But still | hope
you will not have forgotten that you
have friend over the sea, nay more
than one, for Bro. Moody has not forgot
ten you. We hope you are quite well
this Summer Thought I would have
been starting for home by this time. but
the work of the L 'rd is SO great in cur
meetings that We dare not leave 1t now.
They want us all over England. We do
not stay too long in one place, we have
been here weeks & the work is just
commenced I like old England very
much. The people are very kind, But
not get away before next year, but l
trust God will bless the wor L 10 Chicag &C,
s. when the new church is ready we kill
be glad to get back, and have some good
old fashioned meetings there. am
convinced that the Hand of the Lord
is in this matter, So We will just go On,
and tell and sing the sweet story Of Je-
sus Love, Give my love 10 all the dear
friends who ask about the absent Singer
Give my kind regards to Mrs. Wilson,
IF you see her / will write to :hem all
just as soon as | get time. May the
Lord Bless you dear Brother, and Should
we not meet again on earth we will meet
in Heaven. Your Bro.
IRA d. SANKEY.
Poor Clark seens very detected ard
unhappy, but does not rave and howl
as do one or two others of the insane
men and W omen confined in The cells
beside him. He is evidently man Of
considerable intellect ami education,
but his reason has been dethroned, and
be is now a pitiable object indeed
Chicago Evening Journal, Aug. 2Sth.
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The ONION AS FooD.-It is sta.
ted that the onion forms one of the
common and universal supports of
life in Spain and Portugal. Au
thority shows, according TO analy-
sis, the dried onion contains from
Is to 80 per cent. of gluten, and
ranks in this respect with the nutri-
tious pea and the grains. cit is
not merely as a relish that the way
farlng Spaniard eats his onion with
his humble crust of bread as he sits
by the refreshing spring but it is
because experience has long proved
that, like the cheese of the English
laborer, it helps to sustain his
strength also, and adds, beyond
what its bulk would suggest, to the
amount of nourishment which his
simple meal supplies