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The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-01-29

THE AMERICAN PHYsIcALLY.-It
is common enough to hear it said that
Americans as a race are degenerate, and
in point of physical perfection cannot
compare with Europeans, more particu-
larly, perhaps, Englishmen. Some facts
on this head derived from Trustworthy
statistics would seem to prove the re-
verse. Mr.. B. A. Gould, Actuary to the
United States Sanitary Commission, in
his Investigations in the Military and
Anthropological Statistics of American
Soldiers" shows that "the tallest men
were from Michigan, Illinois, and Wis
consin, the next tallest, New England,
New York, New Jersey; and the short
est from Scotland, England, Germany"
In weight the men of Kentucky and
Tennessee were the heaviest, averaging
one hundred and fifty pounds, England,
Scotland, France, Belgium. all between
one hundred and thirty-eight and one
hundred and thirty-nine pounds. The
ratio Of weight to stature gave in pounds
to the inch: Ohio and other Western
States, 2.1S5; New England, 2.12l; Eng
land and Scotland, 2.1ls; Germany, 3
l6S.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-01-29
He Finally Went.

Yesterday afternoon an old man APP
peared before the Detroit and Lansing
Railroad ticket window at the Central
depot, and asked:
"What do you charge for ticket to
Lansing?"
"Two-sixty, sir" replied the agent,
wetting his thumb and reaching out for
the money.
"Two dollars and sixty cents!" ex-
claimed the stranger, pulling his head
out of the window,
"Yes sir, that is the regular fair"
"Then sthays here by Detroit forty
years!" said the man, getting read in
the face. 81 have never seen me sush's
swindle as datp'
"Two-sixty is the regular fare, and
you will have to pay it if you CO." re-
piled the agent.
"I shurst gef you two dollar and no
more," said the stranger.
'No can't do it,"
"Vell / sthays nit Detroit till dies, y
growled the old man, and he went away
and walked around the depot. He ex-
pected to be called back as he left the
window, as man is often called back to
"take it'along" when he has been shaffing
with clothing dealer. Such an event
did not occur, and, after few minutes
the old man returned and called out:
"Vell, gef you two dollars and ten
cents"
"No, cant do it," replied the agent.
"vell, den don't go, SO help the
grashus! 1 have lived in Detroit three
yare, und shall bay bolice tax, zewer
tax, und want to grow up nit dis town
und shall not be swindlet."
He walked off again, looking back tc
see if the agent would not call him, and
after stroll around, he returned to the
window, threw down some money and
said:
"Vell, dake two dollar and twenty
cents, and gif men dickette."
"My dear sir, can't you understand
that we have schedule of prices here
and that must go by it?' replied the
agent.
"Vell, den, sthays nit de Detroi
Won dousand yare" exclaimed the stran
ger madder than ever. II bays bolic'
taxes und zewer taxes, und I shall SCI
about this by the Sheaf of Bolice"
He walked off again, and as he saw
the locomotive backing up to couple oil
to the train he went back to the windov
and said:
"Gif mn dickette for two dollar anC
thirty cents and 1 rides one the plat
form"
"Cant do it," said the agent.
"Vell den, py golly, spikes to 20,
what doses! Here is dem two dolla
and zixty cents, und ! goes to Lansin
and never comes back! No, zir, 1 shal
never come back, or shall come NIT d
blank road! l bays taxes by dem bolic'
and by dem zewers, und 1 shall sho'
you dat 1 shall have holdings more
do NIT dis townF'-[ Detroit Free Pres
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-01-29
Our Coast Defenses.

President Grant has sent to Congress
another special message, this time with
reference to strengthening our coast de-
fenses. The fact that the President has
deemed a special message necessary on
the subject at this time, has led many
to conclude, very naturally, that our
complications with Spain over the Vir-
ginus matter are not 80 near favorable
solution as was given out some time ago.
1t is stated, however, that the adminstra-
tion is perfectly satisfied with the pro-
gress being made by Minister Cushing
towards settlement of our affairs in
Spain. 1t is noticeable, nevertheless,
that the Government has not had any
communications from Mr.. Cushing for
some time past and that in referring to
the rumors afoat concerning our Span
ish relations, the administration bases its
satisfaction of the progress Of the settle
ment of affairs on the dispatches "last re-
ceived" from Mr.. Cushing.
Accepting the statement of the Presi-
dent that he has now no anticipation of
difficulty with Spain, the question arises
as to the urgency for the strengthening
of the sea coast defenses. 1t is we'll
known that all the European powers,
with the exception of Great Britain
(which, however, has become alarmed on
the subject), are making extensive war
preparations. Their armies are being
recruited to the highest effective force
and unusual attention is being paid to
their arming equipment. Prussia al
ready has a probably invincible army,
and is now giving her attention to the
enlargement of her navy, which, though
small in comparison with that of Great
Britain, is none the less formidable. 1t
is not anticipated that the United States
will become involved in any war that
may occur between European powers,
but it If we'll to be prepared for any en-
ergency. "In time of peace prepare for
war;" recommended the Father of his
Country, and the Strengthening of our
sea coast defenses may be regarded as a
timely precaution. Our coast defenses
have not received proper attention since
the close of the late rebellion, and the
Presidents suggestions deserve prompt
action on the part of Congress.-[[ Pitts
burgh Telegraph.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-01-29

We are raising too much grain for ex-
port, and not enough cattle; and there is
no doubt but that, throughout the great
West, for all time to come, the breeding
and fattening of cattle will be the most
profitable single branch Of farming that
can be followed, especially among that
class who believe in saving only the best
females as breeders, and using thereon,
either by selection or purchase, none but
highly bred males.-[Agriculturist.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-01-29

Professor Purser believes that the
moon, in revolving around the earth
and drawing the tides behind her, causes
the latter TO act as brake on the revo-
luton of the globe, and he considers
that it may be mathematically shown
that this is slowly but surely checking
the earth's speed of rotation. so that the
days and nights are gradually lengthen-
ing. In thousand million years or so
they may become each month long.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-01-29
POETRY.
WELD NOT TO DARK DIsPAIR.

Hast thou one heart that loves thee,
In this dark world OF care,
Whose gentle heart approves thee
Yield not to dark dispair
One rose whose fragrant blossom
Blooms but for thee alone;
One fond confding bosom,
Whose love is all thine own
One gentle star to guide thee,
And bless thee on thy way,
That e'en when storms betide thee,
Still sends its gentle ray
One crystal fountain springing
Within lifes desert waste,
Whose waters still are bringing
Refreshment to thy taste
One cheerful voice 10 cheer thee
When sorrow hath distressed;
One breast when thou art weary,
Whereon thy head may rest
Till that sweet rose is faded,
And cold that hand so warm;
Till clouds thy star have shaded,
Heed not the passing storm
Till the kind voice that blessed thee,
All mute in death doth lie
And the fount that oft refreshed thee,
To thee is ever dry
Thou hast one tie TO bind thee
To the dark Orld OF care,
Then let no sorrow blind thee
Yield not TO dark dispair.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-01-29

A young fellow in San Francisco sud
denly snatched kiss from lady friend
and excused his conduct by saying it
was sort of temporary inranity that
now and then came upon him. When
he rose to take his leave the pitying
damsel said to him. off you ever feel
any more such fits coming on you had
better come right here, where your in
trinity is known, and we will take care
of you.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-01-29

Mr.. Holman Hurt has recently been
engaged in repainting a portrait of his
son. The child is represented on his re =
turn from successful birds nesting
expedition. lie is accompanied by a
couple Of Pomeranian dogs. As one
leaps up to him the boy throws himself
back, laughing, and holds out the nest in
triumph. Has Englared no Bergh to
suppress this picture.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-01-29

Barnum proposes great summer
travelling campaign again this year. He
has had built large number of rail
road cars, and his establishment will
be transported to all the largest towns
in New England and the Middle and
Western States. Exhibitions will be
given twice a day under the immense
tents, eight hundred feet in length.
Every detail of the Roman Hippod-
rome win be presented as seen in New
York.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-01-29

The King of Bavaria has advanced
$4,000 for the completion of the new
Wagner Theater at Bayreuth. The cost
of the building is far in excess of the
original estimates. A grand bazar, un-
der royal and aristocratic patronage, was
recently held in Berlin for the benefit of
the same enterprise, and the proceeds of
the first day alone amounfsd TO S., ,250.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-01-29

Gen. Hazen, in an article in the North
American Review. asserts that the whole
amount of available land for agricultur-
al purposes in the middle States Of the
great West is 80 small and the average
rain so insufficient that the new States
must decline, and the old States, pre-
pare for considerable increase Of popu-
Iation.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-01-29

The German Princess Imperial visited
the telegraph Office in Berlin lately.
There are many women employed there,
and numbers have received their posi-
tions upon her recommendation. She
went to see them and did not like their
toilets. Next day received circular
directing less extravagant style of dress
and forbidding them to wear their hair
Hnmi1n
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-01-29

The Hon. Robert Oflley Ashburton
Milnes, only son of Lord Houghton, has
obtained the gold medal annually offer
ed to competition among the Harrow
bogs by Lord Charles Russell for the
encouragement of the study of Shak-
speare. Mr.. Milnes is not quite seven
teen years of age.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-01-29

Our minds are like ill-hung vehicles
when they have little to carry, they
make prodigious noise; when heavily
laden, they neither creak nor rumble
TGrowalI.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-01-29

Mr.. Forster was surprised that, unlike.
the House of Commons, our House of
Representatives indulged in no "cheer-
ing" Among the one hundred and
twenty defeated members there's very
little that's cheering.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-03-20
COURT PROCEEDINGS.

The following is a list Of case disposed
of this week, up till to-day. at the Mrch
term of the District Court for Allen
county:
VIM. Williams vs.. SpraSue & Merritt
judgment for plaintiff against both de-
PENDANTS.
J. A. Hottenstein ". Simon Bilbee,
continued.
J. H. Vannuys vs. Parsons and Go
forth, sherifF's sale confirmed.
L. L. Northrup VS.. Parsons and Go
forth, sheriff's sale confirmed.
J. NJ. Bernard VS.. County Commis-
sioners, judgment for plaintiff.
Moses Neal, Admir-. etc., VS.. NJ. K. &
T. r. R. Co., venue changed to Cofey
county.
Hiram s. Martin vs.. Albert NJ. Slim
son, continued until the 9th inst
lola Masonic Building Association vs..
L. L. Northrup, venue changed to Cof
fey county.
n. A. Simpson VS.. County Commits
sioners, continued.
Moline Plow Co. rs. The Humboldt
Manufacturing Co., judgment for prG
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-03-20

Last Saturday afternoon we witness
ed the installation of the officers of the
lola Grange at the Masonic Hall. The
ceremonies were conducted by Mr.. John
VanRiper, assisted by Mr.. F. NJ. Power.
Mr.. VanRiper made an appropriate ad,
dress to the members of the order and to
the officers elect, after which the officers
one by one-commencing with Master
were escorted to the front of the officia-
ting officer, repeated after him the "sol.
emn promise" and received the insignia
of their respective Offices. The process
Of installation was interesting. system
attic and in harmony with the social
workings of the order. Those who would
join the Grange for political purposes
could not consistently take the ob!iga-
tons of Office. Of course we can Judge
but little of the secret workings of the
order from what is to be seen and heard
at public installation of officers; but
from the declaration of principles as
announced on this occasion we cannot
see why the Grange may not become a
permanent and useful organization and
prove blessing to farmers for genera
lions to come.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-03-20

Last Tuesday evening a train o.
covered wagons came in town from the
southwest and we supposed that small
colony of grasshopper sufferers were ma
king their way back east; but upon in
quiry We learned that it was J. E. Ire.
land. and wife, and Winnie Scott and
wife, with their household plumber and
the goods belonging to the store of J. W.
Scott & Son, moving back to lola. Mr..
Ireland opens out as merchant tailor at
his old place with Mr.. Davis, and Mr..
Scott takes his old stand and in addition
to is present stock Of goods will keep a
full line of groceries.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-03-20

Josiah Hoagland vs.. Robert McFar
land, ct. a., judgment for plaintiff, mort
gage foreclosed.
ID. Ahern VS.. Long & Strosnider, judg.
ment for plaintiff.
Ella NJ. Morton VS.. Oliver T. Morton,
decree of divorce granted to plaintiff.
Richard Stephens vs.. D. r. Hovey, ct.
al, dismissed for want of prosecution.
A Vliet. vs.. Humboldt Manufacturing
Co., judgment for plaintiff.
E. L. Northrup VS.. Slavens and Inge,
judgment for plaintiff.
Amanda Moore vs.. Mary T. Moore,
judgment for plaintiff.
Charles Jackson vs.. John Jackson, ct.
al, partition ordered.
VIM. Cubbin vs. w. A. Redfeld, judg-
ment for plaintiff. .
Smith and Amos vs.. VIM. CYbbin,
judgment for plaintiff.
Pratt & Dayton vs.. w. J. Caldwell,
judgment for plaintiff.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-03-20
STATE NEYS,

Marshall county refuses to vote relief
bonds.
Woodson county wants jail and a
poor house.
Gov Osborn is on his way to Washing
ton, ID. c.
Hon. D. P. Lowe has returned from
Washington.
The Mcpherson Farmers Advocate re-
moves to Salina.
The Catholic Parochial schools of
LeavenwOrth contain 72G scholars.
1t is said that young grasshoppers have
appeared in the vicinity of Atchison.
Enthusiastic meetings are being held
everywhere to talk of cheese factories.
Marshall county refused to vote bonds
for the destitute by vote of 173 to Al.
There were $50 ministers at the NJ. E.
Conference at Independence, last week.
The Seneca Courier reports spring
wheat sown in that vicinity Oh the 10th.
Bourbon county does not want relief
bonds, and says 50 by majority of sew
enty.
Mound City is now the county seat of
Linn, having defeated Pleasanton by ITO
majority.
Cottonwood Falls manufactures single
trees and neck yokes for the eastern
market.
The price of lands of the L. L. & G. r.
r. Co. have been reduced from SO to IS
per acre.
Anthony, D. R. says Sol. Miller's pa
per is too obscene to be read in decent
families.
The Methodist Conference held at
Manhattan, condemned the Quaker In
dian policy.
Sixty car loads of immigrant freight
were at the Wichita depot last Monday
morning.
The Mayor of Wathena has issued
proclamation commanding small boys to
stop swearing.
The Hays Sentinel proposes grand
buffalo hunt, the proceeds to be applied
to the relief fund.
Mcpherson is new county, yet it has
literary organization called the "Pren-
kosmean society"
Mr.. H. w. Gillett has been appointed
Director of the Penitentiary in place of
Mr.. Angel, resigned.
The Troy Chief tells of wild cat cap
tured in that neighborhoOd which
weighed forty pounds.
The editor of the Paola Spirit is play
ing chess by telegraph with the editor of
the Harrisonvill Courier.
The Courier SAYS hundred new wag.
ons arrived at COffeyville last week for
the Sac and Fox Indians.
The number of Texas cattle which
will be driven through Kansas this sea
son is estimated at $500.
Franklin and Johnson counties have
each voted $4,000 relief bonds under
the late statute of the Legislature.
The virdigris after having been very
quiet for q year, rose up, like William
Riley, last week and event on tear"
The South Kansas NJ. E. Conference
has membership of 1878, 100 ministers,
AZ churches, Al parsonages and 80 charg-
es.
The Topeka Blade says that the wait
er girls at the left House refused to wait
on the tables occupied by the Georgia
Minstrels.
1t is now officially stated that Rev. l.
s. Ka!loch has accepted the pas:orate Of
the Metropolitan Baptist Church at San
Francisco.
The Seneca Courier says that already |
the tide Of spring immigration has be- |
gun to flow, and the celebrated prairie !
schooner is daily visible on the streets |!
moving westward. I;
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-03-20

After we had gone to press last Fri.
day afternoon W. A. johnson of Garrett
put in his appearance at court. We
thought it strange that he was not pres.
e9t, for we don't remember a session oi
court here that Mr.. johnson did not
attend.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-03-20

The wind last Monday and Tuesday
came off the late SHOWS they have had in
the northwest, and it was cold enough
to kill poetical illusions on "spring."
At least that is the only way we can
account for having received so few of
these productions this week.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-03-20

If March should-as it has been pre-
dicted that it wOuld-make a lamb-i
exit the cattle in the county woulu
turn out to grass" under very favorable
circumstances. They are now looking
well, considering that they have had
little or no grain during the winter.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-03-20

MIR. Christy of Terre Haute, Ind.
sent fine lot of of garden seeds to the
county grange relief committee this
week, and Squire Faulkner, chairman
of the committee, distributed them to
the subcommittee in the county,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-03-20

The March number Of Olirer Optic.
Magazine is interesting and attractive.
This popular publication is furnished a,
$500 per annum by Lee & Shepard,
Boston. See advertisement in another
column.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-03-20
Signed) J. w. MARSHALL,
First Assist. P. NJ. General.

Transient Newspapers, Merchandise,
&C., to be one cent an ounce instead
of one cent for two ounces.
= That section eight of the
act approved June 23d, 1874, making
appropriations for the service of the Post
Office Department for the year ending
June 30th, 1875, and for other purposes, I"
he. and the same is hereby amended as
follows: Insert the word "ounce" in lieu
of the words 1.-TWO ounces" =
Approved, March Sd, 1875.
Mail matter of this class not fully pre-
paid in accordance with the above in
will find its way to the waste
basket instead of its desired destination.
S. J. CowAN, P. NJ.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-03-20

Married, by Rev. J. N. Woollomes,
on the 18th day of March, 1875, at the
residence of the brides father, Mr.. L.
McCarley and Miss Rhoda Rhoades all
of lola, Allen county, Kansas.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-03-20

Court has adjourned and the farm
ers have commenced their spring work, sc
it will now be necessary for our chronic
loafers to concentrate their forces or they
will feel lonely.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-03-20

Uncle Billy Cozine, sheriff of Wood
son county, was in our city last Satur.
day. He had just returned from Leav.
enworth where he had taken a young
man who will work awhile for the State.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-03-20

Persons intending to sow Alfalfa
should wait until the ground gets warm.
So we are informed by Mr.. F. NJ. Power,
who has some Of this species Of clover
already growing.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-03-20

Alfalfa, or Gillian clover, is being
extensively advertised, and it is undoubt.
eddy just the thing for this State but the
difficulty is getting genuine seed. We
see it stated in Colman's Rural Uorld, oil
st. Louis, that the common red clover
seed is extensively sold for Alfalfa. The
surest way to secure genuine seed is to
have it sent from California Small
quantities can easily be sent by mail l.
We are informed by Mr.. Beck, who fur
nishes all kins of grass seeds to order,
that he can procure the genuine article.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-03-20

Rev. DR.. Hill of Kansas City will
preach at the Presbyterian Church this
evening and tomorrow morning. He
will also preach at Carlyle Sunday after
noon.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-03-20

We publish on the first page Of TO-
days paper the number and title of the
different bills passed by our late Legisla'
ture.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-03-20

The Kansas Editorial Association
has decided on an excursics its the Gulf
next month, and now the cry among
editors i. ION to Galveston"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-03-20

-Bowlus has had the little building
west of the Presbyterian church moved
and fitted up in the rear Of his present
Office.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-03-20

Persons knowing themselves indebted
to VIM. Davis will please call and settle
accounts at once, and Oblige.
First Glass Two Year Old HEDGE
PLANTS at B. d. ALIENS, at $l.5O
per Thousand.
First Glass Two Year Old Apple Trees
$500 per Hundred.
: First Glass Three Year Old Apple
Trees 500 per hundred.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-03-20

Our grocers all have . fine lot of
potatoes People who have heretofore
been grumbling On account Of their
scarcity. shosld aow rejoice.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-03-20

The backbone Of winter has been
broken several times of late, but that
backbone gets set again and comes up
for another tussel.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-03-20
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
GRAIN, Flour and Feed at Wholesale
and retail, at A. w. Beck'x

Beck proposes to furnish
Garden Seeds to Farmers
at half. price.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-03-20

Preaching at all the churches to-
morrow, and communion services at the
PRESBYTERIAN church after the morning
sermon.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-03-20

Rev. Mr.. Swartz, of Indiana, preach.
ed in the Methodist church last Sunday
morning.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-03-20

1t is again in order to make COM
plants about the weather, and declare
that the like vas never before known
in Southern Kansas.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1875-03-20

1Renembtr that on the 2lst Of
MarsAstAe Neends penalty Of Eve per
cent. will be added SnSse Vie full
AMOUNT Of taxts Five mot been paid.