The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-11-05
MISSOURI.
HERE AND THERE

girls OF the period.
On one point public opinion seems to
eunanimous. Knock-kneed girls should
Scorn the present fashions.
"WHAT does Good Friday mean?"
asked one sch0olboy of another. "Gou
had better 90 home and read your
'Robinson Crusoe.'" was the whitening
reply.
EuSEmvs SLAToN, of Fayette County,
la, described us a stout and vigorous
I'D man, has 80 children, IS by Mrs.
!5laton first and y by the present in
"umbcnt.
Now that foreigners are ut last al
lowed to travel in the interior of China,
what 4 splendid new field is thus unex-
pectedly opened for the life Insurance,
iightning-rod and Sewing-machine men
If America.
DR.. MARY WALKER expresses the
opinion that if women were To suddenly
AXE to wearing short jackets and sailor
cut trousers, in three months their new
garb would excite no special attention
IN the street.
MASTER HARRY SHANAHAN, aged
six, is 4 Washington "child-wOnder.'
He is able to repeat verbatim any thing
that j. read to him and is gifted with
wonderful elOcutionary powers. The
lad is now in the hands of the stage
manager of the National Theater.
SINCE the column of Eendome has
been finished no less than three tricolor
liags placed on top Of it, pending the
restoration OF the statue of the First Ma
poleon, have been worn away by wind
and weather. il is calculated that the
expenses connected with ~scatfoldin@ to
renew the flags will shortly equal the
value Of the contemplated statue.
DICkENs, in his "Amcrican Notes."
published thirty years ago, described 1
prisoner in the Eastern Pcnitentiary at
Philadelphia, whose solitary contine-
ment the Great novelist lamcnted. This
person, Charles Landhcimcr, still lives,
1t the ace of -. He has just been sent
back to liz old quarters for the sixth
zine. for the oflenSe of stealin@-a pas
sion which has kept HMM Jail for more
lhan half Of his life.
II Ccylon. SAYS the Ncthodist, large
apes are now regularly employed t pull
.ocoanu;>. These animals are import
ed from Achcen in patches, and are
marched around the plantations by their
owners, who let them Out on hire. y
line is first attached to each of these pc
culiar laborers, and he is then sent up q
tree, where he is said to select suitable
fruit with great discrimination, and to
twist the nut round and round until it
falls to the ground. Each successive
fall of nut is hailed by the hairy worker
above with a Jump and a chuckle Of sat
iSfactiOR.
BoSToN fashionables have invented
he diagonal waltz, which is said to
have unusual mathematical beauties.
The stage directions are: Begin at the
1opof the last line forming the letter w,
and complete the letter without turning
your partner; back and advance dag
0nally at an angle Of about 10 degrees.
Meanwhile hug your partner as closely
as she will permit, and project your ell
bow at an acute angle into the stomach
Of your awkward fellow or anxious
mamma who seeks to interfere. The
diagonal walt offers Il rare opportuni-
" for a short cut into the affections of
any susceptible young woman
A SINGULAR case is reported from
Brooklyn. A oma was badly fright
aned by a cat some months previous to
the birth Of her child. That child proved
70 be Il GIRL, and is now eighteen years
Of age and married. During her girl
hood she gave no evidence of being af-
fected by her mothers fright, except
ING, indeed. 4 propensity to chase mice
and sit on the backyard fence and yowl
4 little on moonlight nights; but,
strange to relate, since the birth Of her
baby she always lifts 1t out Of its
crib by the back of its neck with her
teeth.
A CASE of poisoning, in a family who
drank water from galvanized pipes, is
reported by a Portland (Me.) physician.
The zinc in the lining of the pipes oxi-
died, and analysis of the water showed
a dangerous per cent. of zinc. Even pa
per collars, covered with zinc white,
have caused eruptions on the neck, and
.hern is 4 casc In Allemhany CnuntE. Pa.