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Bachelors and Girls.

The two words, bachelor and girl, the
first ofawhieh, being formerly held as
Synonymous with "young man. or sfsweet-
heart" may be regarded as the parallel
and corresponding tenn to the other We
hope that the classes which bear these two
names win pardon us for saying that ety.
mology gives u not very nattering account
of the origin of either. AS for girl, we
are left, as far as its lderivations, to choose
ueJWeen the Saxon carI UT cnurI ana
Latin word garrala, a garrulous female.
If the latter of these derivations be the
right one, shall we say in this case, as in
some of the preceding, that the term girl
has departed much from its original sig
At all events, we are certain
that the parties denoted by the tenn will
prefelethe application Of (sweet) prastle
to thatof ,calls or chnrls, burly and suriy.
As for bachelors, etymologygis still less
kind and still less decisive with respect to
the meaning of their distinctive designa-
tions. One philologist refers the term to
Greek word, plainly and plumply signifying
foolish. while another derives it from bas
cAeeaIier (Fiench), q knight of the very
meanest grade. BY some the word is
traced to the Latin bae1lus "a staff, be-
cause bachelors, in their old days, have
nothing but a stick or cane to lean upon
and last and least, the worthy commentator
and improver upon johnson, II. P. Todd,
believes the most probable derivation to be
from 5acea laatrus, the berry of laurel or
bay bachelors being young and of good
hopes, like laurels in the berry. Truly
this latter is even too hard nut to crack,
and we had rather the tree in question had
been the chestnut or hazel. To speak the
truth, in plain earnest, the French deriya-
tion of bas ezeDagies' seems to be the orig
inal of bachelor; and all, therefore, who
expose themselves to the designation by
remaining ebstinately in single state,
must be content to rank themselves under
the primitive appellation Of 1s9knights of
The lowest ortler.'' = f8alE3gI9a #cas a
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SIZE Or AMERICANS.
VI .fLE4 .E@6Mf Tfsl joe lE5. .|l9EI ~ 7
Statistics Of the Relative Sizes Of Americans,
sdE Germans, English and irish. 4o-

~
Statistics have recently been furnished,
says the Cincinnati Times, in regard to the
size and development of Americans. which
are of interest. They. serve to aissipate a
good many unfounded notions that have
obtained credsnce. These statistics were
complied from those taken in examining
men for service in the army To-
wares the close Of the war, when the av-
erage Of soldiers was the highest, there
were examined 10, 1852 men, of whom 6, 359
were native born, 5s9 Canadians, ASA Eng
lishmen, 1,417 Trishmen, and 1,343 Ger
mans. The mean height of the Americans
was the greatest 5 feet and 7.29 inches; of
the Canadians 8 feet rs inches; of the
Englishmen, feet and 6.3 inches; of tie
Trishmen, feet and 6 1-2 inches; of the
Germans, feet 5. 8 inches. The difference
between the Germans. who were the short
est, and the Americans, who were the
tallest, was almost two inches. The mean
girth of the chest was as follows: Ameri-
cans, 80. .491 inches; of the Canadians, 50. .666
inches; of the Englishmen, 32.749 inches;
of the Irishmen, 33. .119 inches; and of the
Germans, 3S.o47 inches. The Germans,
who were the shortest, measured about
half an inch more around the chest than
the Americans. The Irishmen who were
rather more than ali inch taller than the
Germans, measured a trife more around
the chest. In the mean expansion of the
chest the Americans were only surpassed
by the Canadians, and by them only three
hundredths of an inch. The average ex-
pansion of the Americans was 3.242; of the
Canadians, 3.272; Of the English, 3.187; of
the Irish, 3.208 and of the Germans, 3.231.
/. To some extent these figures bear out
the idea of the Americans that has long
prevailed. They are taller and more slen-
der than the foreigners. But the difference
is not very great, not SO large as might have
been supposed from the caricxtures of
Brother Jonathan that we see in the il
lustrated papers.
We have figures of weight from other
sources which are well calculated to be ap-
proved by our sense of patriotic pride. Of
/ 1,537 recruits, examined for the army of
the Potomac, the mean age was 24.01 years;
the mean height 5 feet 7.3 inches, and the
mean weight 14s 80 pounds. The mean age
of q lot of British soldiers was 81 years and
the weight 14s 41-less than one eighth of
a pound more than the Americans. The
average weight of 1882 scotchmen, whose
ages ranged from 90 to As. was 1850
pounds. These two are the heaviest races,
and yet their weight exceeds that of Amer
leans by only fraction of pound. The
German and Frenchman are lighter as well
as shorter -.r-....,
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the Irish, and the Yankee team May safely
claim TO be the best in the world. IN They
have met teams from almost every country
that pays any attention to rifle shooting,
and have never yet been beaten. The Irish
have crowded them the closest, but they
have managed to get away with them every
time, and probably always will. The eff
feet Of these matches is being felt all over
the country. Rifle clubs are being organ
ized everywhere, and probably this sport
Will have as extensive run as baseball.
One point in the game is the superiority of
American arms. Our rifles are better
adapted to long range shooting than any
made abroad. This the Irish acknowledge,
although their crack shot, Rigby, is man
ufacturer himself Think of hitting the
bulls eye fourteen times in succession at
l,OoO yards This is what the men are do
ing. -....I ......- .., ..r... .... .....,. ,
E-r. SUICIDE.
most pitiable case of self-destruction
came to light yesterday. A widow lady had
100000 in stocks in the coal roads in Penn
sy1vania, which have been considered the
safest in the world. She purchased a lot of
real estate in the city, expecting that her
dividends would pay interest on the indebt-
edness she assumed, and expecting to sell
stock, as the payments became due to meet
them. The real estate deprecated in value
two years ago, so that it would not sell for
more than half the mortgage, her stocks
shrunk almost a half, and her dividends
shrunk to nothing. When her notes came
due, the holder pushed her, and in short, in |
consequence of the unfortunate purchase,
she found that she would be left absolutely |
penniless. Everything she had in the
world would be taken from her, and she, at
the age of sixty. accustomed to any easy,
pleasant life, with nothing to depend upon,
would be thrown out upon the world help |
less. She had no friends to depend upon |
and nothing but the aims house was before |
her. She went to her room, put upon her
table the deeds which had ruined her, her
certificates Of stock, on which no dividends
had been paid, and all her other worthless
securities, and fastening cord to a hook in
the wall, hung herself. She was found next
day. She left no letter-the only explana-
ton wasIthe pile of worthless securities but
they told the story well enough. And now
comes the curious part of it. The day her
body was discovered, there came to her ad-
dress notification that an estate in Scot
land, which had been in litigation for years
and of which she had given up hopes years
ago, had been settled, and that she was ell
Titled to 800, 900 which she could have upon
receipt of power Of attorney, to draw it
Had she only waited two days! When I
make up my mind to commit suicide I shall
always wait two days. PIETRo.
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FAR APART.

Beneath the quaint old bridge You hear,
The waves make music as they pass;
And winding to the elm tree near,
You see the pathway through the grass,
Where we were wont to walk, alas!
The river wanders as of old
Beneath the shade of willow trees !;
The sunlit waters gleam like gold,
And ripple to the gentle breeze;
But am far from thee and these!
The eky bends over broad and blue,
And in the soft and mellow light,
You tread the lane our footsteps knew
In former days, when days were bright,
Do these days bring such sweet delight
And still that lane with grass is green;
With fragrant flowers the banks are fair;
In golden gloss and silver sheen
The bees still haunt the balmy air;
But you will fail to find me there.
Again, perchance, may net see
The rustling rows of willow trees
(Which lent leafy canopy
When we strolled underneath at ease);
For am for from thee and these.
Our Joys forsake us. Soon does spring
Pass by and for the summer call;
Soon do the birds lose heart to sing,
When fading leaves in autumn fall;
And winter is the end of all,
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" BAR'Ls Or MONEY. !"
fsizty Thousand Dollars i Every Tweptv.sour ,r
[ - = Hoars. n. - - ! -

The Standard Oil Combination of Cleve-
land (and elsewhere). has got the price of
refined to the desired notch. It controls
about three-fourths of all the refineries, and
ordains that refined shall be 26 cents per
gallon to exporters and shippers. And it
stays at 26 cents in spite of dropping crude
and decline at Antwerp This is clear
margin Of over two dollars per barrel. AS
the Standard refines fully 10000 barrels
every day, their profits equal $50, 900 every
"a hours. To what enormous gains do
"drawbacks' lead! While it is true that
the above monopoly has infused life into
our refinneries and warmed mp our stone
cold stills, ills, it is just as true that when, it
suits their scheming, every standard refin-
cry in this neighborhood will be unceremo-
nioislly closed and some other point will
reap the benefit. - 7'.' l' 2
su meanwhile we hear of refneries to be
built, to get a share of the two-dollar-a-
barrel harvest, and who, do not fear the
freezing out process that CONCEALED to death
nearly every; Pittsburg refner, Cleveland
ditto, Titusville ditto, Philadelphia and
New York ditto. The parties, producers,
representing a production of 1000 barrels
daily, expect to make up refinery. of their
own and get the $1,000 per day they don't
get now. Sixty thousand dollars a day,; ,;'. is
most too "soft !" a thing to last. t .-
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His Episaph.
From the Rurlingt,n fowa, RI

M From the Burlington l1owa) Hawkeye. ss3a
sss When ! am gone. said Lieut.. Hobbs.
huskily, to the Chairman OF the Democratic
Central Committee, when am gone
g Coin fur queried tile Chairman.
= When ] am gone, continued the warrior,
not noticing the interruption, place this
inscription above my voiceIess head y
And handed him this::-s = Here Lies the
Standard Bearer Of the Party Of Reform i'd
AN Irrsdeennable District. He fell, Lin I'LL
gering victim of Wrecked and Blasted
Hopes, which was just Ills Blasted Lick.
Mortal !! Sit at this little Mound and
study wisdom. When you make sip your
mind 20 be Raformer, see first &c paaa
would not make Il betteg Fool. !,
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Antipathy Of spaniaras ! and tportupass,


!" The exhibit of Spain does not extend to-
the south WALL but thet space is divided Il
with Portugal, (Which seems quite appropriAsa
ate on account Of their geographical neit, ,h1s5
borhood, although somewhat singular con- =
sidering the long existing antipathy be-
tween the two countries. This is expressed
in q Spanish proYerb, which says, q stripa
spaniard Of all bis virtues, and you make i.
a. good Portuguese Of him.. while another
sweepingly declares, s'Add hypocrisy to-
the vices Of a spaniard and you have the
Portuguese character The two nations
differ, perhaps purposely, in many Of thor
habits. Almost every spaniard smokes
Portuguese never smokes, but most of thera
take snuff. A Spaniard carries burden,
but will not use q wheelbarrow, saying IT.. Ii
is only fit for beasts to draw carriages, IL.
while the Portuguese trundles, the wheel
barrow and takes refuge In a. counter, de- ],
q cdiaratlon u that hatt "it is only At for beasts to-
carry burdens. l',-E iladslpAia Qos. Ba
WsVfc k5pfs. sgk sgt{s sga aqttfs5 esEs ffsst eA
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. POETRY, ~ 4
----z-----S--
A Novel Campaign Song. OIL
From the Troy Times. e

From the Troy Times. @
Hail to the chief who in triumph advances!
Hail to our troops as in triumph they meet! t-i
May the bright sheen of their glittering lanees .
Never be dimmed with the stain of defeat. .
Corps that were with us in thunder of battle;
Men that were staunch in the hour of woe;s 49,.
Wives in their terror, remembering their pratte
Mid children whose fathers fell lighting cur foe.
Brothers Whose paymates were shot on the dead line,
Manned in the dungeon or starved in the CELL
Hearts whose rich life blood given like red wine,
Imparting fresh vigor to courage that fell. @ p
Hail to them all again gathered for action, .E
Fighting the foe that we've fought once before;
Never breach, nor gap. nor faction;
Just rs old, we shall whip them once more.
1t strikes that the above is sound sentiment and
good politics. and that it is not very bad poetry
But if the reader will take the trouble to mark down
the first letter of the first ne the second letter of the
second line the third letter of the third the fourth of
the fourth and to the end, he will find certain
names hidden within the song that are earnest of
glorious victory. ~'i-. --l
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Thad. Stevens Strategy. 9

! Many years ago, when Thaddeus Stevens
was practising law in Lancaster, he was
employed to defend two bank officers in
dicted for conspiracy. When the trial was
opened Mr.. Stevens. rose. and, addressing
the Court, said !" II it please your Honaosrs.,
presuning there ale different degrees OF
guilt attached to the prisoners my Gle clients s
+ move they BE- tried separately" The
motion was granted and so recorded.
Waiting some time for Mr.. Stevens to go
ON the Judge at last becoming impatient,
said impstuously:1 aProceed, MI. stevens,
proceed ~ Stevens rose deliberately and
said: bss Did your Honors ever hear Of one
man being tried for conspiracy yele Then
wavinga his hand to- his Clients, he said:
iitstt 7 You can 30 home; !; yotiocan go hoins!v
/ And they did go homes The jury Iwerss
discharged aud the court adjourned. y And,
for this piece Of legal strategy Thad Stevens
received 81, 0oo. -Ba ltiaaore GasettegE Yoi sd
The ELDER BENZ NEr 4 - 'hs senior Ben
nett was u very peculiar man, ana vas
little ddndsfstoo ood outasid6 aof his own sedito-
rial rooms. He was very tinaid, and was
constitutionally shy Of the public, He
never attended any festal occasion, and
never made speech. even in reply to q
toast, for he avoided all such occasions.
As an editor, he Kept himself ID his little
Office. He rarely appeared III the street,
coming and going ID Ills carnage, and
never went 10 church Hish sheotull only place III
]py.labiis1 resort was tie itf4sss.er. III iatsf
years he abandoned this habit, and became
very close recluse.
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J. ANY onewho takes paper regularly from the pos%
ocs whether directed to his name or anotberss or
whether he has subscribed or nos responsible for the
payment. Tyr-fzra~s.tsr 49, go
e. IL person orders his paper discontinued, be muat
pay all arreamgas the pnbaher will contne Asaa
until payment made and collect the whole amount
whether the paper il taken from the ONCE or not
8. The courts have decided that refusing to take the
newspapers periodicals from the Postoca or remGy
ing and leaving them uncaIled for pra aca evidence
Of Intentional fraud TrtF'FFFpT TetHl
Papers ordered to any address be changed to ane
ar addressat the option Of the subscriber ojS GAi
Remitances by draft check money order or registered
letter, may be sent at risk. All Postmasters
Guired to register letters appcatonsisBd s1ta or
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sdlle linanoiai strii1genoy of the time was
sadly indicated yesterday iii the eloquent
failufa lofa drunken man down on Front
stree, n hprrow seveaty- live cents af 8
Aiaahing pest lisssskegs.
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57a DEER LonGE, MONTANA.
TzaNs pazab!e ssvasi.ely il advance.
NEWSPAPER nEC1srnHs.

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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-11-22
DETERMINATION OF THE COUNTY
BOARD OF CANVAssERs
State OF Wisconsin,

State OF Wisconsin,
County ui iowa. = We Jonn Hoa-e. county
cleIk, Richard Nun-us. register OF deeds and
stephen Northey. ju~tRe OF the peace. IN and for
rAld county. constituting II county board Of can
y4s-eIs tatryior, do hereby determine thar at 4
getcul election held Id the several towns. wards
and elect o precincts, M said county. Tues
day, The Jh day OF NuicmDer, 1915. he follow
tHg Fersorr were e,gicd 10 the Offices be rem
specified to-wlt:
Robert h al Z.e wa-elcCteG member ofAssem-
BIZ log the Ns.,Aryu assembly District OF said
county.
John GRAY was OlectH member OF Assembly
for the oIihcrn Assembly District Of said county
Thomas Kennedy We elected Sheriff OF said
county.
DANES Clemlasohn was elected Register of
Deeds of said county.
Christian keseleg was elected Treasurer OF said
county.
I Pryor, Jr., was elected County CLERK
said county.
WA sands wss elected Clerk of the Circuit
Coat o. said county.
u Reese WAS elected District Attorney OF
said Coulty.
4 W Comfort was el.ted County Surveyor Of
ssid con 49,
Chas. Hope WAS elected Coroner Of said cour ~.
Gwen guGey our hands, this 18th day Of No
yembJF, 4. d 1876
duHN HoSRE. Upunty Clerk,
~rEPHEN NoBTIy0. Jasiice OF the Peace,
RICHARD DVNEAN. Register OF Dests.
NsintA Board OF CAuEassgrs.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-11-22

At The instance OF Detectives Wash
burn and Tylrell, jack Hughes
and Terrence Mullen alias II. Dur.
man, were arrested and locked III
in the Central Station late last night
Both men are said to be of very bad
characters. The detectives are sat
islied that they are counected with
the attempted robbery of the grave
of MIR Lincoln on the night OF the
9Th inst
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-11-22

THE most astonishing bet Oh The
Presidential election is that Of two
old Springfield tppers, one o true
Bourbon Democrat and the other q
Northumberland Republican, that
the loser shall go without his daily
driuks-be a perfect teetotsler, in
short, for the remainder OF the yesr.
sud thatthe othet >lsll have the priv
ileee OF tantalizirg him TO any ex-
tent.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-11-22

The Tiiden party, evidently des-
pairing of their efforts to "bull.
doze" Louisiana and South Carolina,
are now centering their hopes and
efforts upon Florida, which, in spite
Of Democratic fraud and violence,
has no doubt given Hayes an hon
est majority.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-11-22
TABULAR STATEMENT

OF the VOTES pollcd for electors OF President and
V.ce-Presidcnt of the United states OF America
for representative in Congress for the 30 Con
gressionsi District, tor against an act To in
corporate Savings Banks. Members of Assembly
sheriff, Register of Deeds, Treasurer, Count,
Clerk, Clerk Of the Circuit Court, District Attor
ncy, County surveyor, and Coroner, at q general
election held In the several towns. wards ant
election precincts, Of the county of Iowa STAT
of Nisc nsiu, on the Tuesday succeeding tn.
first Monday, being the It'll day Of November
1879 t
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-11-22

THE returning boards in Florida,
will, Of course, take their own time ;
but we may mention that some thanks
are expected in about ten days, and
the uncertainty, if continued, is
likely to interfere somewhat with
the fervency OF the thanks.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-11-22
STATEMENT OF COUNTY BOARD OF
CANNASSERS,
state Of " -cousiu }

SfSte on " -C0nSin a..
County lnva. - We, Johu Uone. county
c'tlN Richard puns'an, 'ysJ-ter of deeds. sud
stephen NorJhyy. jnsttcv of the pvscy ia aud f1,
sEtu county. constituting beard of CauYs-~rss
therefor. do hereby coUlfy taU the Foregoing
tsuu 'sr sjsteHlrut - cOrJcei SHC tgGe - cu7. 81
isvia tte ogiEirai rt,nCu> piatc 20 the cvrHty
c't "a 81 s8iu county, aua as c-stSrra t#-Fsul,.,
v' ne, apu TDm such gV{BtIs ts aNpySfs iaay the
N.N.v Ger "a votes cast 10 said CuJgtF lcg
et'i-rs cog tEcsiGvw aua Vice. president uf tue
tUfttu States ,Ur kvprs sensitive 10. gus -re>~
az The Ih}s0 Congressional District, tie Al -
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-11-22

MoULToN withdrew from the
Beecher suit at favorable juncture.
People were so absorbed in the
Presidential election that they scarce
ly gave his square back down a
though. He retired at a good time
to escape notice.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-11-22

TIE Luisville CosUier-J0nY7adl says
"sixteen years was long tine be-
tween drinks" And now you've
merely caught a glimpse OF the
bung-hole.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-11-22

THE Democratic rooster has been
Growing persistcntly and long, but
still the daylight cometh not.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-11-22

" ~ DAl-NIplNAbbI,
On motion of Mr.. Coates, the fore
going report was made the special
order for , O'Clock p. m
The committee on finance and tax
alton then presented the following
report:
To the Honorable Board of Supervisors Of
Iowa c0nuty;
Gentlemen Your committee to whom was
referred tho matter OF finance and taxation,
having duly considered the same beg leave to
report, and recommend the adoption of the
following rcaoiatlon
Resolved, That the following kinds and
amounts of tax be levied npon all the taxable
property Of the county Of Iowa for the year
1876, to-wit:
State tax, Sl6,f20 4S
County tax, $4,000 %
County school tax, 4,lS4 ~
School Supt's salary goo 90
Tax on state iadebt meas, %, 500 90
Respectfully submitted.
JossPB BENNETT. c..
On motion Of Mr.. Coates, the fore
going report was adopted
The fund commissioners the pre-
sented the following report
To the Board Of Supervisors of Iowa County
The undersigned fund commissioner. of
Iowa cJInty, beg leave 10 present herewith,
pursuant to a former resolution Of the board,
the amount Of money in tkeir ads as fund
commissioners, whence received and how
invested.
They would also state that they have in
their possession certain Iowa county bonds
and coupons from Iowa county bonds which
were not put 10 judgement hut which were
purchased by us, aud included in the former
statement which we made to this board at
the November session, A, d. 1874. These
ends and coupons amountin. with interest
- settlement to S.5S.62g.5l and We bring
them lore you and ask that you make some
disposition OF them.
SAMUEL HQSKINS,
DAVID MCFARLAND,
John J. ROSS,
Fund Commissioners, Iowa County.