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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-08-13
Sad End of an Aristoeratic Enqlishman.

Last evening a pale. SiC~kly-loOking man
clad in the remnants Of what once had
been fashionable attire, visited the shanty
of an old English woman on Bank Street,
near the O~pera-hOuSe, and left a sealed
package addressed to THE Right Hon.
Earl of Shaftesbury, Lancaster Square.
London" Then he went to the saloon at
the bridge, where he drank q drink of
liquor and walked down to the Gilliss.
House toward the bridge. He turned sud-
denly to the right, and passed down to a
flatbOat mOored just below the bridge,
and disappeared in the Missouri River.
Two negroes gave the alarm, but it was
too late TO rescue, or ever q V the body
Of the suicide.
The suicide..is thepOlite andaccomplish-
ed young man who for nearly six months
has filled the position of SculliOn in the
kitchen of the LindelI Hotel, and who last
winter made his debut in Denver as an
operate singer in the Athen8uln. His
pictures have Ornamented the windows of
many of prominent business houses,
as he last winter made an unsuccessful de-
but as a singer in the Olympic Theater in
this city. He is one of four " faSt"yOung
EngliShmen who last winter rented the
old Denver Theaterand engaged a luli vac
riety troupe from Chicago TO open
it in grand style. The young lords
looked upon their enterprise through gold
en- spectacles. They not only invested all
they had, pawned their wardrobes, iewelry
and hunting equipage, but they ran into
debt and anticipated their quarterly allow
ance. Their theatrical speculation proved
disastrous. Their creditors wrote 70 Eng
land TO their references, and then came the
trouble. The aristOcratic relations OF the
romantic young men paid their debts. dis
owned the culprits, and cut off their quar-
terly allowance. The result was four fast
men thrown upon 1.-The town" in
Denver.
AlgernOn G.. Meawin was II of this
party. He was one among the first I
leave Denver, but had not gone further
North Platte Station. Nebraska, be-
fore he was arrested and his baggage seiz-
GU vi q tCAtS dlu SCHJ Wy IAd'hlllC L ulL,
the Denver masquerade cOstumer. He
abandoned his baggage and came on to
City. Here he secured an engage
ment at the Olympic Varieties, but made
a failure. He mex turned up under an
assumed name in the kitchen of the Lin
dell Hotel. Hecould speak five languages,
and had he possessed a small mOdicum of
American cheek and English pluck. might
have won his way TO any position. Buthe
appeared to be helpless as a child, and
when the Lindell Hotel closed. seemed to
be cast adritt, unable to help himself.
When he went to Colorado, one year ago,
ne had 81, 800 in his pocket, and had a quar-
-erly Income of e300. When this was cut
off he was bankrupt AMI in debt, and SEEM
ed to have lost all desire to help or save
himself.-Kansas City News and Chronicle
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-08-13

THE stringency of money matters in
Montreal, Canada, is shown by the fact that
during a single week just past, twelve
said to he perfectly sound so far as assets
and liabilities are concerned, have been
obliged to make special arrangements with
their creditors for extension of time to
meet their engagements.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-08-13

JUDGE NYE, of Alameda County, Cal,
has decided that in future he will not
naturalize any person who has not read,
or heard read, the Constitution he swears
to support. This causes a good deal of
caviling, but the Judge has the jewel of
consistency to back his position, if not the
sledge of law.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-08-13
A Singular Case of Hydrophobia.

The Pittsburgh Chronicle publishes the
following: y horrible death from hydro
phObia, three years after being bitten, OC-
CURED at ThOrndale, Delaware County,
last Saturday. The victim was a man
named Samuel Hance, a blacksmith,
tW"nty-three years of age and married.
About three years ago Mr.. Hance was
working at his trade as an apprentice, in a
blacksmith shop in Delaware. when he was
one day bitten on the finger by a dog
which came into the shop. 1t was not
known whether or not the dog wa mad,
nor has it been determined since. Mr..
ilance felt no alarm. and the wound heal
ing rapidly, nothing more was thought Of
the matter. On Thursday evening OF
last week he complained of feeling I'M
well, audit was noticed that his form was
frequently cOnvulsed with slight V
twitchings. Later i'll the evening, on at
tempting to take 4 drink OF water, he eX-
perienced that horrible sensation which
accompanies h~ydrophobia-a dread of
water. The terrible truth flashed upon
Ills IIIlIlO DIT OiiCt, anu lit lIlliiItNlldlCiN StlLC
for the family physician, DR.. HOrner,
who resides at Thornton. Soon the I'M
fortunate man was attacked with violent
commissions, and his body was cOntOrted
in the most horrible manner. The slight
est disturbance, such as tanning him, a
draught of air carried through an open
door, or the alIghting of a fly upon him.
seemed to throw him into violent SpaSms.
These sufferings continued late on last
Saturday night, when the man died.
During the lucid intervals, he begged
~piteouSly for his attendants to shoot him
or to poison him, and thus end his suffer-
ingS, which We're narrowing TO witness.
DIR. Horner called in consultation two
other physicians, and the three did all in
their power to relieve the patient. FIRE.
quent and large doses of mOrphia and
chlOrOf0rm, the most powerful narcotics
and anpstheticS known, were administer
ed with no effect whatever. The horror
of water continued during the whole time,
and the sight of it threw him into con-
vulsiOns. The wound upon the finger
showed not the 81 ghteSt sign of irritation
or inflammation.
The theory has been advanced OF late
that hydrOphobia is a disease of the mind,
brought on by a melancholy brOOding
over the effect of being bitten, rs the case
Of the man who died in New York recent
" seemed to prove. Though the dog bit
him in play, and neither before o since
exhibited signs of madness, the man be-
came alarmed. and after brOOding over the
matter for three weeks, was seized with
the dreadful malady and died from the
effects.
Mr.. Hance, on the contrary. gave the
matter no thought. He was of an amiable.
cheerful disposition, though of a some
what phlegmatic temperament, and it was
not until he attempted to take a drink, as
abo,e mentioned, that he had any idea of
the terrible fate in store for him.
MIR. Hance's wife, who has an infant but
one week old, is completely Frustrated by
the shock, and her grief at her husbands
dreadful death is injescribable.
The other day a Detroit mother poured
some ink on the pantry shelf, near the
sugar box, and went up stairs, leaving her
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-08-13
~TEiE6nAPHIC NOTES.

20 price Of gold in New fOck, on
August Q, was lis is.
The Mississippi River at 81. Louis
marked % feet 10 inches on the gauge, on the
Sd inst, being the highest water known since
1868. The Wabash, at Lafayette, Ind, was
seven inches higher than ever before recorded,
and the bottom lands for miles were entirely sub.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-08-13

4 GRAND scheme for the univers al inter
change of meteorological observations has
been perfected, and is about ready for
operation. 1t cOntemplates a system OF
daily bulletins from signal stations in all
parts of the world, and the transmission
by telegraph of tie results of the Oh
servations OF the weather aud the proba-
bilitiPS.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-08-13

A F%RIGHTFUL rate OF mortality prevails
among the poor children of New York
City. Cholera infantum is carrying of
the little ones at the rate OF 100 per day,
and a call is made for volunteer phySi-
clans.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-08-13

THE Pension Office reports the Number
of pensioners on the rolls, June Both, as
22S,03 a decrease of 1871 for the year {:
and the amount paid to pensioners is 81, =
100000 less than was paid the year previ-
Gus.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-08-13

IT is authOritatively announced that the
Government income for the last fiscal year
is larger than any estimate made, and
more than realizes the expectation of the
Treasury officers.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-08-13

The ensus of New York City has been
completed, and the total population is
shown to be l,0G4, 212-an increase in five
years of 81, JOG.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-08-13

The other day a Detroit mother poured
some ink on the pantry shelf, near the
sugar box, and went up stairs, leaving her
small son playing with the cat. When
she came down the boy sat by the window
wearing a placid. innocent look, but there
were ink stains On his fingers. "There!
you've been at the sugar :" she exclaimed
as she seized him by the collar. :" Mother,
do you think "a steal sugar" what
made 'em?" "ThOse stains, mother ?"
Yes. those stains" "Well, | cannot
tell a bold lie, mother. | think I've COM
menced to mortify." She wasn't quite
sure, and he was allowed to 60 out and
play circus.-FTee Press.
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Why He Changed.

We could not help thinking of an
anecdote told of Mr.. Alcott by his
daughter, when he was conducting his
school and experimenting on the charae-
teristics of human nature as exhibited in
the youth of Concord. He had always
been strongly impressed with the idea
that corporal punishment was the curse
of our educational system, and he labored
steadfastly and persistently to demon
strate to the world the superiority of
moral suasion as means of elevating
the minds of the young. But he carried
the principle to extremes, as he does
every idea which originates in his brain !;
and one day he called q boy up for pun
ishment who had transgressed the rules
of the little society, for such he had
always considered his school. Instead
of whipping the lad for his fault he talk
ed to him for some time, and, handing
him the ferule, invited him to infiict
corporal punishment on his preceptor.
He did not count on SO much perversity
of human nature as he witnessed, for the
boy took him at his word and ad-
ministered few Justify dealt blows be-
fore he could be stopped. Mr.. Alcot,
seizing the ferule, gave him sound
thrashing, and never again fell into the
grave mistake of giving boy chance
to he reyenged on his tutor.
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Drinking Water.

DR.. Hall is opposed to the immoder-
ate drinking of water, He says The
longer one puts off drinking water in
the morning, especially in the summer,
the less he will require during the day; |;
if much is drank during the forenoon
the thirst often increases, and very un-
pleasant fullness is observed i'll addition
to metallic taste in the mouth. The
less man drinks the better for him, be-
yond a moderate amount. The more
water man drinks the more strength
he has to expend in getting rid of it, for
all the fluid taken into the system must
be carried out, and as there is but little
nourishment in water, tea, coffee beer,
and the like, more Strength is expended
in carrying them out of the system than
they impart to it. The more he drinks
the more he must pcfspire, either by the
lungs or through the skin; the more he
perspires the more carbon is taken from
tile system; but this carbon is necessary
for nutrition, hence the less man is
nourished the less strength he has. =
Drinking water largely diminishes the
strength in two ways, and yet many are
under the impression that the more wa
ter swallowed the more thoroughly is
the system "washed out" Thus, the
less we drink at meals the better for us.
If the amount We're limited TO single
cup of hot tea or hot milk and water at
each meal, an immeasurable good would
result to MS alla Many persons have
fallen into the habit of drinking several
glasses of cold water, or several cups of
hot tea or coffee ut meals, ALI such will
be greatly benefited by breaking it up at
once. 1t may be very well to drink a
little at each meal, and, perhaps, it will
be found that in all cases it is much bet
ter to take single cup Of hot tea ateach
meal than q glass of cold water, however
pure. ...
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Thoughts for Saturday Night.

Vengeance has no foresight. a "a
Virtue has many preachers, but few
Patience and time rn.. ...ilir .i oEash Ess tile
longest day. ...,..-. - D7sof 7hG :
Benevolence and feeling ennobie the
most trifihg actions. .l.I.-7I1U
The ancients tell us what is best, but
we must learn of the moderns what is
fittest. -.
We exaggerate misfortune and happi-
ness alike We are never either SO
wretched or: SO happy as we say We are.
BY cultivating the beautiful we scatter
the seeds of heavenly fowers;' by doing
good we foster those already belonging
to humanity, u. N-.A~[FE.. = ~
More hearts pine away in secret nm
guish from the want. of kindness from
those who should be their comforters
than for any other calamity i'll life.
We look at death through the cheap
glazed windows of the flesh, and be-
lieve him the monster which the
hawed and cracked glass represents him.
The fear of approaching death, which
in youth we imagine must cause much
inquietude, 10 the aged is very seldom
the source of much uneasiness. g..
1t were better to have no-opinion of
(fod OF atalkthen-suohRn opimIon as 'fs un-
worthy Of Him, for one is anbehef and
the ptlier is Scontnmely; and certainly
superstition is the reproach of the
Deity. 9oGr } f5eT'tsit ~
Our strength often increases in pro-
portion 10 the obstacles which are i'm
posed upon it, it is thus that we enter
upon the ppst perilous plans after hav-
ing had the shame of failing in more
simple pnes.T ,llr 9 g'gnT1 -11N
Tinieg is like ~ ship which never
anehors; while am on bonrd had bet
ter do those things that may profit me at
my landing than practice such as shall
cause. my, Commitment when I come
ashore. "'''
Death is the tyrant of the imagination.
His reign is in solitude and darkness, in
tombs and prisons, over weak hearts and
saeething brains. He lives, without
shape or Sound, a phantasin, inaccessible
to sight or touch-a ghastly and terrible
IN.
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thick whom he said this, and could see
he weren't pretendin' any more, for he
KEEP gittiR more and more Sroggy, and
ut last Iseen him tumble backsalrds into
the bottomNo Nof the boat as decd ps log.
| got hold ;of him and draeked hlm ait
into the stern sheets, ana then d 1dee
struck me. All alors had been in
tendin' for to haIpmer lim, but now l
seed what he'd been lp to. There were
the old Cambridge ;ist off Bedlue's Is
land, and sns to myself, I'll send you
to sea, nv learty, instead of your send
in me-, But first off, ] dono for him
what ! know'd lie would hase done for
me- went through him from c1ew to
earin'. He had gold watch, and I
know''d if didn't take. that Some one
else would, as soon as he got aboard so
1 takes that, and, says L: fI'l1 keep this
to remember you by He didn't have
much nioney-only little over S9lbut
there was two due-bills for S75 each, for
two chaps hs he'd took off to this very
ship Then there was some printed re-
ceipts for sailors for the mates TO Sign,
one of which were filled up with the
name of John Wilson,. Ia ,seen the
fellow writin', as we come dlonig,! in one
Of the places we stopped intoJ and, says
I; You choosed that name yourself, my
hearty, and your'n it shall be- .,,r.s;
"Then L took the oars and pulled
alongside of the ship. "On deck, there, ,
says 7, 'send n bow-line down for this
ere chap he's been overcome by the
motion of the boat WelB the smate he
laugllei and they passed a. rope over
the side, and 1 bent him on and they
pulled him mp. Then T handed up the
printed receipt, and the mate he signed
it. How many more do you want ?
says ]. Only one, says the mate, aird
if we don't git. him we shan't welt, but
shall git under weigh ut half-food, if we
can get enough Of 'em sober for to heave
the anchor up. -a1l, p ....u .u.
That there chap iistI brought Off, >
says I, you'll find a first-rate man when
he comes to, but he's bowsed his iihAlp
a little too taut this ,mornin', but he'll
soon sleep it off. When he wakes up
tell him his'old chum, Bal johnson, seed
him safe aboard, will youl' IAN night ,
says the mate, and i pulled ashore. /
landed on the North river side, and
then I vent over to Burlin's slip, where
the shppin' office were, aud handed in
the receipt and got a due-bill, which
put along with the other two. Then,
arter I'd had somethin' to seat, i went
down to the Battery. didn't have but
one eye, and that We're badly a-cockbill
but If had had q hundred of the best
eyes TINT ever were I couldn't have en-
joyed. the sight more than l. did when /
seed steamer go alongaide the, old Cam
bridge and TOW her down the bay"
And that, sir, were the way Rocky
More sarved q hnd-shark.
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Suicides.

We report seven cases of suicide to-
day, says an exchange, all of them of a
better class of persons. The majority of
them come from depression incident to
disappointment, loss of business, and
the cares and sorrows of life. That, in
deed must be dark future and sad
present when life becomes so intolerable
as to make sefTmurder preferable to
continued existence. The shutting out
of all faith and hope, love Of offspring
and kindred, of the good and beautiful
in life, and the substitution for these of
the pistol, the knife or poison, is indeed
n doplorable estimate of human exist
ence.. Pain, disease and poverty arc in
deed bad enough; but to plunge into the
undiscovered country, as one leaps into
the sea, defying the future, destroying
the present, and lamenting the past, is
not the purpose f0f which nla,S wasbori.
There is.hothhfg manly in such an end.
Suicide, at, best, is .eowardice or in
sanity, and 1t is but charity to call it the
latter. -EtIlIN =. Z
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LOCAL NEWSPAPERS.
They Deserve the Hearty support OF Every
... . a,.,.- One. .r .-r..

IS e.. - s4'. one- . 5 a...s...
Americans read more newspapers than
any other people, and have more, better
and cheaper ones to read, because taey
are the most intelligent, active and pro
gressive nation the sun shines upon; snd
the perfection to which tho linen IAN
press of this day has attainel-, VII ever
be the marvel and priGe o. Gage and
race. nam. "
But we desire espeaial;s, says an ex-
change, to call attention, no., to the
place so well filled by tie local press,
which makes especial effort to bring into
prominent relief tho business and inter
ests of some particular locality, and
while it leaves the broader and wider
field to the enterprising dailies, selects
some prescribed quarter upon which to
concentrate all its efforts. Oh. '''
10 insure success in the midst of such
active competition and in the fnce of so
great disadvantages, it is apparent that
the local paper must have the united and
generous support of the people where its
lot is cast. And it will certainly receive
willing response from any community
which knows how to appreciate, at its
true value, SO much labor expended for
its benfit. Certainly none cin give this
support unwillingly or grudginglS when
they remember the direct and immediate
advantages flowing from n general and
hearty recommendation to ones imme-
diate neighbors and friends of whatever
he; has to sell, or can manufacture, or
desires to announce. ~ N''2 '.iH'
Then, too, to know of Saturday even
ing, as you open the we'll filed columns,
redolent of friends and home, that every
page will bear the mark of some familiar
hand and discourse upon some topic of
especial domestic interest is indeed q de-
light which the more stately daily, and
even the ,nonthly magazine wrapped in
the daintiest of covers, often fails to inn
part. s.r.J ..g.U. a'D 80 2a.i'n0
Give hearty. support, then, to the
local journal; send In your subscriptions
cheerfully and promptly, andwith an ex-
preston of lively good will for the hard
working editor and his corps of assistants;
remember the character of a place
whether alive or dead-whether liberal
or parsimonicus- at a dead
level of fossilized stupidity--is. better
reflected and oftener demonstrated by
an inspection Of its columns than in any
other way. The editorial, the occasional
article, the selected news, the advertise
ments displayed, will at once be sure
guide to the intellectual, moral, social
and business status Of that community.
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Tn the Palace Car.

, A lady, travelling from New York to
Boston, short time ago, took her seat
in drawing room ar,thec only occu-
pants of which were, two gentlemen.
One was smoking; the, other held a
fresh and unlighted cigar Just ready to
apply the match. lThelfair traveller did
not like the odor of smoke, and calmly
remarked aloud that this was the draw
ing room car, and they would please find
the smoking-ca forward, for the smoke
was very offensive to her. The gentle
men removed the obnoxious weeds, but
looked extremely serious about It, and
had word or two with the conductor
when that functionary entered. He
mildly requested the lady to step into
another car, but she was comfortably
seated, and declined TO move. By-and-
bye other gentleman appeared. and ad-
dressed the would-be smoker as Mr..
President" and when at last some one
let drop the mystic word :" Grant, the
obtuse but well-meaning dame recog-
nized her company, and, summoning
the conductor, sought another car.
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Hats for Ladies'.

The sailor hat will return to favor
when the warm days come, says fashion
journal It is the most girlish of all the
shapes, and most generally becoming 10
round young faces. Those of brown,
Black, or white split straw are trimmed
with wide gros grain ribbon, either blue,
Black, or brown, and fastened by silver
'filigree buckles. The English walking
hat, the Derby, and the new toque with
dropping front and turned-up back are
all worn. The most coquettish hats are
those with faring brims caughtup on
one side by q rose. Full wreaths and
clusters of flowers inside the brim give a
mature look to young faces.
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EpCNOI IA38IIH 8 ! i
,NOE.: oI.--NO,," %,
ilk 930Ni0 H0T2U8

t.'-.f~g OIL f-Ilf - y -
Mother.Sight.
:, II Under the apple bough she sits, :, - -
The spnshine-iu her-fying hair,
Dimpling andlaughins through the snow
of rosy flakes about her there.
And as guze picture me, .s.'i Ge'i
.r Beside this darling of our souls,
80 Two iunocents with softer locks, e, r..
Half finglets and half aureoles.. %
They frolic with her in the grass;
They listen to the bird, thesbee Il GO
They catch the petals as they fall
THEY babble music iu their glee.
,o They teach the little earthlihs how u
Tho cherubs play IN hcayen's courts,
With tqns areatHgracious rsng Gel near,
Mud smiling on them at their sports.;;
oh, do really look upon
Those lost delights OF vanished years,
Or do only dream them thers
''Beeattss1 aoe her through my tears?
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Settled 1t.

A railroad engineer ,at Harrisburg,
having been discharged, applied to be
remstated. ~" You, were dismissed, ="
said the superintendent, austerely, "for
letting your tain come twice into COLI
sion." "Fhe very reason" smd the
other party. interrupting him, "why I
ask to be restored. "How so2"
"Why, sir, if had anylaoubt before as
to whether two trains can pass each other
on the same track, am how. entirely
satisfied; L have tried it twice. cir, and t
can't be done, and ] am not likely to try
it agaiu." He regained his situation.
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The Turner's Falls Reporter has fallen
in with tramp who said his clothes were
like Niob-eall tears.