St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1857-02-05
AriZOnia.

AllZUIild.
a want of water, scarcity of soil,
an excess of gravel, supcriluity OF
scrpcntS, and paucity of population,
arc the distinguishing characteristics
of that portion of the Gadsdcn pur-
chase proposed to be erected into a
Territory now, and into State soon
after under the name of Arizonia. +.
a. Cook is the amatucr delegate about
the House of Representatives., of these
scrpcnts in excess and people in de-
ticicncy. Behind him are the engineers
of new scheme for new State, and
two not new United States Senator'S
friends of the South. They will be
old hacks, scrapcd all over with the
harness of Democracy The "Compro-
mise" dodge will probably be tried on
this wretchcd offer OF this wrctchcd
region, to enter the Republican house
hold. A portion of California will be
chopped off, and added to it, to make
its claim to be regarded as State,
less absurd than it now is.
The "whoppcr" that Arzonia has
10000 people in it, is cquallcd only
by the prctcncc that it has mines of
gold and hills of gems. 1t has only
thirst, gravel snakes. ccntipcdcs, cac-
tus plants and misery. Appurtcnant
to these are at the outside. 200 1ndi-
ans, Mcxicans, and Half-brccds. \
State full of them would foster i'm any
political atmosphere. Such as they
now are, Jack kctch would be their
tittcst Governor, and the gallows their
most saving institution-Iib. .Journal
Dr. EAns.-Thc Superintendent OF
Public instruction is now here, Iowa
city, and is, it is supposed, prepared
to settle up the principal, received by
him, whether he will pay interest will
be known hereafter the "modus OPP
Crandi,' has been about this, he bought
land with the School Fund, and took
the deeds in his own name in fact he
was specializing with tue money, and
the unexpected special session found
him unprcparcd to show Il clear book,
and to cover his deficiency, he resort
cd to the cspcdicncy of charging the
different School Fund Commissioners
with money he had never sent. He
has since sold sufficient of this land to
make up the deficiency, and taken
mortgages and notes running five
years, payable to himself as Supcrin-
tcndcnt, and these mortgages and
notes he hopes to have received from
him as money. lfhc succeeds lie will
make, it is said, about $4,000. He
is /, model man, having put the Nor
mon doctrine of Il plurality Of wives
into practice as far us it is safe to do
it in Iowa and model officer, spec
ulating with the School Fund, and
making false entries to cover up his
dciicicncics.-Cor. Iip'on -ldrcri~r.
HEADS AND HArs.-At q recent meeting Of
the New York Academy of Medicine. Dr.
II Elhcrln gave Il lecture on Ethnoiogy which
is reported in the American Medical Monthly.
lie gave statistics, furnished by several of the
leading hatters, dentists. and hair-dcalers of
New York and other cities. One halter of
New York, who sends to all parts of the Tn
ion, reported that Virginia and the Western
States required larger hats than the other States
New England heads are about the same size
rs those of the New Workers. The Irish are
larger than those Of any race in this country.
The Celtic head is a long oval, As is observed
among the Irish and Scotch. The English
head is also long. but not SO uniformly oval
rs the Irish. The average American head is Il
long oval. exactly the same shape, but smaller
than the Irish it is the most easily fitted. be-
cause it is the most regularly formed and be-
cause the hat blocks are made to suit the ma
tional form and size. The Germans have
smaller heals than the Irish, but they wear
larger hats than the Americans. They have
very irrcgularly formed heads, approaching in
shape an irregular square, broad and flat on
top and behind. The great breadth between
the ears throws the hat out of shape SO that
the brim is turned mp in front and behind, I'M
less the hat is especially made to fit,