The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-08-31
HERE AND THERE.

Americanized toprefer a beer-garden to
a bull-fight.
THREE theaters in Yokohama, Japan,
are devoted to performance in English.
AT the last account a comedy company
occupied one, n bur.csquc company an
other, and n variety company the third.
ALL the walters at the Profile House,
n. H., a V three, are students from
Harvard, Dartmouth, Williams, or Am.
hurst Colleges, while in the kitchen
there are girls from various normal
schools and seminarics.
BRITISH explorers are now ut work
in Chatham County, N. G., prospecting
for copper, gold, and silver ore. A
smelling furnace costing 100000 will
be built, and GOO skilled operatives
brought from England.
ANEW French expedition will soon be
sent into North Africa, one branch go
ing to Timbuctoo, and the other to
Ahaggar, tho elimination Of the Cen
trail Sahara, which it il said has not
hitherto been visited by asy European.
SEVERAL months ago an agent of the
Fall River Cotton manufacturers was
sent to South America, to cndcayor to
open Il market for American fabrics.
lie has just reported unusual success,
and is sanguiuo that . large trade can
be established.
SAN JOSH, California, has been sued
by II Fourth of July orator. lie wants
$1,000 for speaking his piece, while the
city offers him so. What kind of n
community must that be where they
consider fresh eggs of the bird of free.
dom worth only $40 II dozen?
II the vine has suffered in some re.
gions Of France, and particularly in the
south, the damage caused by the coli
is now asccrtaincd to be not so consid.
cradle rs had been at first supposed,
The quantity, perhaps, is not all that
could be desired, hut the quality prom
Uses to be excellent.
THE Island OF Pcnikcsc, with Ill,
buildings thereon, has reverted to Mr.
John Anderson, who presented it tc
the late Prof. Agassiz for Il summc,
school Of natural history. The islant
having ceased to be used for schoo
purposes, Mr.. Anderson proposes t,
make it again his summer residence.
Hartford physicians can't be very
well educated set. Among the reccn
death certificates sen to the City Clerl
these causes Of death appear: Colr,
infantum, sCholafcr (sccrfula), SUI
strok, appleXy fit, colre fanthum, in
fusidc (infantilc), abscssc, direa, par
let;c shock, reustism (~rhcumatism)
general debility, hearth disease, carsip
less, long fever, PARALYSIS, luung foo
var, spinal mcncgettes.
TIE Rome (Ga.) Courttr reports til
following extraordinary freak of nature
and vouches for the truth Mrs. Fanni
Hall, of Walker County, Georgia, nca
Pond Springs, recently gave birth TO
child with two heads, one red and on
black, two back-bones, two hearts an,
two stonachs, three arms, four hand
and two legs. DR.. Price, the attendini
physician, says it was two childre
from the waist Up, and one from Their
down.
An entcrpyising man in New Yor
has entered into 4 curious profession
namely, "whipper OF boys and girls,
He charges. ten cents for each perform
"'.o 90 hie d..y. IL 49, .ni,n ivu
for the older and more obstinate chi
dren Of his constituency, and thin, piia
bic, tingliEg rods for those whose cut
Gle Is sensitive. He lately sued II iathc
for the sum Of $40, which represent
just 81 furnishings in q single family.
T!IE Rev. lIoratius Bonar, ID. d., G
Scotland, who is the author of some q
the most beautiful hymns and poems i
the English lanGuagc,now writes a ne,
hymn, in which he takes strong groun
against wearing the cross rs q matter O
personal ~adornment. lie consider
that aChristian lady "whirling throug'
4 giddy waltz" with Il cross on he
neck or in her lair, is triting with thu
which is the emblem of one of the mos
solemn events in the history of MAJ
kind.
The great turret ship Koning de
Nedcrlandcn, which has been construct
ed at Amsterdam, is ready to b
launched, but unfortunately it was for
gotten TO think of the means Of iloatin!
her TO the sea-. The North Holland Ca
nll, which goes to the Iicldcr, is no
deep enough, AMI the new canal, whicl
puts Amsterdam in direct communica
tiun WITH the North Sea, is not yet com
p!cted. An attempt will, however, b.
made to bling the Koning der Neder
landcn through this canal, %precaution,
being taken to prevent her running
aground.
A DONKEY, tethered within a shor
distance Of two beehivcS, at Abingdon
England, was recently attacked am
killed by them. This is the second yea
the same hive have become agsressiy,
after their harvest of honey has beel
takenfro them ut n time Of year whes
little or no honey can be got from flow.
crs. ESasperated through starvation
they invaded private houses, maraudct
the town half Il mile distant, and made
an inroad on the sugar in a grocer's
shop. They not only killed the donkey,
but attacked several ponies and passcn,
gers Oh the road.
THE cheap, grotesquoly figured fan;
now in use here are made in japanese
homes, all the members of familie,
working on them. The pictures ar,
drawn on thin paper, pasted on a slal
Of wood, and then engraved, q separate
block being used for printing each col