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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-02-24

ALLEN COUNTY.
KANSAS.
ITS ADVANTAGES
HOME FOR THE IMMIGRANT
Land at Pioneer Prices Without any
Of the Privations Of Pioneer Life!
ANONa. the many localities in Kansas
which offer peculiar advantages to the
Home-Seeker, Allen County, as regards
Location, Soil, Water, Timber, Cheap
Land, Convenience to Market, Facilities
for transportation, Towns, Settlements
and Society, stands second to no other in
the State, Is brief reference to the above
mentioned particulars will show:
LOCATION.
This county is second from the East
and third from the south line of the
State. 1t is one hundred miles south.
east from Topeka, seventy.five miles
south from Lawrence, one hundred south
west of Kansas City and twenty-five
miles west from Fl Scott and lies mainly
within the celebrated Neosho valley.
SOIL.
The soil of the uplands is . black or
dark red calcareous loan of great depth
and inexhaustable fertility, while that
of the bottoms il the black alluvial de-
posits usually found in such localities,
and varying from four to ten feet in
depth. No better soils for the successful
production of all the grains, grasses,
fruits and vegetables of this latitude can
be found in the State.
WATER. 4
The county is watered by tie Neosho
river, which flows through it from N.
w. to 8. E., and by its tributaries in the
middle and western portion and by the
Marmaton and Usage in the east. Each
of these streams is skirted by . belt of
excellent timber and flows through fine
alluvial bottoms from half mile to a
mile in width. Water for domestic pur-
poses is found in springs and wells OF
moderate depth.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-02-24

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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-02-24


ASK the recovered
jyspeptics, bilious
sufferers, the victims
Of fever and ague,
the mercurial dis
eased patient, how
they recovered health
cheerful spirits and
good appetite, they
viii tell you BY TAX
ing Simmons' Liver
Regulator.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-05
Kid Gl0YeS.

The manufacture of kid gloves is m
old French industry. Grenoble is the
principal seat of the trade, over o third
of its inhabitants being engaged in it,
and it WAS from this city that the manu-
facture was introduced, some three hun
dred years ago, by wandering craftsmen,
into other European cities, especially
those of Germany. Paris not long ago
grew to be the rival of Grenoble in the
trade, mainly through the exertions o.
Jonvin, who brought the manufacture
into prominent notice, and laid the foun-
dation of that world wide fame which the
Partisan kid gloves have ever since en-
joyed.
The French kid glove manufacture
gives employment to over 70, 600 hands,
including those who attend to prepara-
ton of the leather. The yearly produc-
ton amounts to something like 24,00O,-
900 pairs, representing q value OF 8O,0OO,-
600 francs.
Kid gloves are made of the skins of
goats, Kids, sheep and lambs, which are
supplied by all European countries, Sax
ony, however, furnishing the best Great
care is exercised in tanning in order to
obtain leather of the required degree of
softness and pliability. The dyeing OF
the leather is carried on in special estab-
lishments, for the convenience of glove
makers who do not, like larger firms, at
tend to their own dyeing. The soft
gloss of kid gloves is not, as some have
been led to suppose, duo to any peculiar
treatment, but depends upon the quality
of the leather and the care expended In
its tanning.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-05
Amusing Incident at q Bridal Party.

One evening recently a member of the
Elk Association, of Brooklyn, N. Y, was
married to q young lady residing on
Humboldt street. In the height of the
festivities the Joker of the association by
some means got possession of the BRIDES
tiny satin slipper. This he circled about
his head as the guests, attracted by the
brides timid scream, began to gather
about him. elbow much, ladies and
gentlemen" said he, "am I offered for
this jewell" The guests, fully appre-
ciat;ng the Joke, freely made bids. Upon
q bic of $40 being made the amatuer
anctioreer feigned to be displeased, and
exclaimed: "Why, the little bunch of
ribbons on it is worth more than that. "
The bid having been raised to 1925, by
nm admirer of the young bride, the men,
bers of the association themselves began
to compete for the possession of the slip
per, and with call of $3.50 gained the
prize. The fortunate gentlemen intend
to cover it with q glass case and place it
in prominent position in their club
rooms. During this bidding the blush
ing bride and discontented groom stood
utterly dumfounded on the outskirts of
the crowd of laughing guests. The oc
currence is said to have aroused the
groom's mathematical ardor, and he is
reported to be st'ldiously engaged in
endeavoring to solve the problem: eff
the little slipperis worth $3.50, how much
is the little girl herself worth %
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-05
At SistOya.

Sistova, says Edward King, of the
Boston Journal, was Inhabited by a
largo number of wealthy Turks, who
have doubtless left much treasure buried
in the neighborhood. All the visitors
have brought back great quantities
of plunder in the shape OF elegantly
printed and bound Turkish books, caps,
pipes, slippers, good red wine, which
is not especial y stimulating, m which,
despite the famous protest of the Khoran,
seems to have been the product OF some
Turkish vineyards. It appears that it
was agreed by the Bulgarians that every
one who wished distinctly to espouse
the Russian cause should place chalk
mark representing cross upon his
house, and should wear the word
"Christian upon his arm, or shoulder,
in short, declare his preference for the
Christian faith in some marked manner.
The whole town therefore now presents
a curious appearance; it seems, at first
sight, as if every house in town had
cross upon it. 1t is announced on very
good authority that the Turks, who are
not lacking in rough shrewdness, marked
their houses with the sacred symbol, and
thrs escaped the pillage which they
feared. This is highly probable.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-05
Bread Riots During the War.

The women's riot at Chicago during
the recent strike reminds the Nashville
(Tenn.) american of the women's bread
riots in the South during the war. It
says:
The first broke out in Mobile with a
clamor for bread, the women holding
the streets for a day. Next day the
women of Atlanta and Augusta took up
the cry, and the day after, or within q
very short time, those of Richmond,
who were addressed by President Davis,
Governor Letcher apd Mayor Mayo. The
fair rioters held the streets and clamored
for bread. Rations were ordered, but
they declined them and robbed q few
jewelry stores, and few dry goods
stores suffered slightly. The damage,
however, was trifling. They were dis
persed with difficulty, on account of the
gallantry which precluded tie idea of
using artillery on women. 1t was
strikingly similar to the present strike
in the suddenness and simultaneity of
the different manifestations, though it
was rather amusing than alarming, and
nobody was hurt.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-05
Fair and Fertile Bulgaria.

Bulgaria must seem an Eden to
such Russians as are accustomed to q
cold climate and sterile lands. At
Shumla, for instance, Mr.. Zamorski, the
station-master, has reclaimed with his
own hands an acre of ground which the
London Times correspondent declares is
an example of what the whole land
might, could and should be. It is laid
out in flower and kitchen garden-the
former glorious in its blaze of summer
beauty, the latter crammed with every
fruit and herb which is good for man.
The station masters family is unable to
consume the half of what this acre pro-
duces, so the rest is given away to peo-
pie who are too lazy to produce food for
themselves. There is absolutely no
market Newly-laid eggs are fvefor a
penny, chickens twopence piece, and q
fat goose sxpence at Shumla. AS one
walked, says the correspondent, among
apricot trees loaded with fast ripening
fruit, and saw grapes, plums, apples,
almonds and cherries in such profusion,
one could not help getting indignant at
the thought that almost the whole OF the
boundless wealth of this magnificent
country is wasted from sheer idleness
and stupidity. The Pravady valley,
properly drained, would produce food
for millions, while now it scarcely pro-
vides for hundreds. The wooded heights
are alive with every sort of game, from
quails to eagles, from 5oars and deer to
hares. Every man is OF liberty to take
his gun and knock down what .he can,
but, Us q rule, the rich are too lazy and
the poor too timid to enjoy their privi-
leges. A lew men 60 into the woods for
hares and on the lakes for fish, but it
may be generally saidr that the Turks
make no use of their vats and teeming
game-preseryes. An instance of the
slovenly and uncertain government of
this land may be found in the fact that
there is a gun-tax of hundred piastres
q year, but nobody knows anybody who
ever paid it. "But what would you do
if an official were to come and demand
arrears ?" the correspondent said to an
Englishman, who had used gun for
dozen years. "Why, I should first
threaten to kick the fellow if he weren't
off, and then give him backsheesh of
ten piastres to get rid of him peaceably."
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-05
Pearls of Thought.

To deliberate on useful things is pru-
dent delay.
He who speedily gives to the needy
gives twice.
A suspicious man would search pin
cushion for treason, and see daggers in o
needle case.
Whatever be your outward lot in life,
your condition is truly pitiable if you are
guilty of neglecting moments.
Silence never shows itself to 80 great
an advantage as when it is made the re-
ply to calumny and defamation.
One should be careful not to carry any
of the follies of youth into old age; for
old age has folles enough of its own.
Brains and muscles should share
equally all laborious occupations. But
the brain should direct the muscle and
utilize and economize its powers.
A looking-glass is kinder to us than
the wine glass, because it reveals our
defects to ourselves only, while the
latter reveals them to our friends.
Perseverance is ore of the primitive
impulses of the hurlan heart-one of the
indivisible primary faculties or senti-
ments which gives direction to the char
acter of man. .
Manners are tae root, laws only the
trunk and branches. Manners are the
nrchetypes of laws. Manners are laws
in their infancy; laws are manners full
grown-or, manners are children, which,
when they spring up, become laws.
Friendship, love and piety ought to
be handled with a sort of mysterious
secrecy they ought to be spoken Of
only in the rare moments of perfect con-
tidence, to be mutually understood in
silence. Many things are too delicate
to be thought, many more to be spoken.
Per APPS the summary of good breed
ing IN y he reduced to this rule: "Be-
have unto all men rs you would they
woul,l behave unto YOU" This will
most certainly oblige us to treat all man.
kind with the most civility and respect,
there being nothing that we desire more
than to be treated 80 by them.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-05
A City without boundaries.

Memphis, Tenn, is in trouble about
her boundaries, or, rather, she is in
trouble because it is feared she has no
boundaries. In 1876 the Legislature of
the State passed a general law authoriz-
ing communities Of. thirty-tive thousand
inhabitants and over t. organize into a
corporation city and repealed the vari-
ous acts creating charter for the city
of Memphis. One section of the acts re-
pealed fixed the boundaries of the city,
and there has been no action on the part
of the general council since the repeal
in relation to boundaries. Consequent
ly it is claimed that the city has no
boundaries anu that it cannot sustain
any action before the recorder because
the offense must be alleged, and, if re-
quirel, be proved, to have beon com
mitted within the boundary lines of the
CITY,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-05
What the Microscope Reveals.

Lewenboeck tells us of an insect seen
with the microscope, of which twenty
seven millions would only equal mite.
Insects of various kinds may be seen
in the cavities Of grain Of. sand.
Mold is forest of beautiful trees, with
the branches, leaves and fruit.
Butterflies are fully feathered.
Hairs are hollow tubes.
The surface of our bodies is covered
with scales like fish; single grain of
sand would cover one hundred and fifty
of these scales, and yet scale covers five
hundred pores. Through these narrow
openings the perspiration forces itself
like water through sieve.
Each drop of stagnant water contains
n world of living creatures, swimming
with rs much liber.y as whales in the
sen.
Each leaf has colony of sects graz
ing on it, like COWS in meadow.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-05
A Blind Horse Racing with Train.

When the four o'clock train on the
Cayuga Lake road whistled at McKin-
ney's yesterday afternoon, says recent
number of the Ithaca IN. Y Journal,
the noise frightened horse standing in
the yard connected with Workman &
Bates's slaughter house, and the animal
dashed away with the skeleton wagon to
which it was attached. In wheeling
around to get out of the yard the wagon
was overturned, and with it in this posi-
ton the horse, which is blind, made
direct for the railroad track, and with
great speed continued to run toward
town, dragging the wagon along the road
bed. Just rs the horse got upon the
track the train appeared in view ut the
curve short distance north of the slaugh-
ter house, and for II few minutes it look
ed as though everything was up with the
poor beast. But on it ran, crossing cat
tie guards and culverts with as much
precision as though it were possessed OF
sight and the dangerous road familiar
one. The engineer succeeded in revers-
ing the locomotive before overtaking the
horse, although running down grade,
and at Quick's slaughter house the runa-
way was stopped and led down from the
truck.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-05
How Postal Cards are Made.

The paper upon which postal cards
ara printed comes in sheets about twenty
two inches by twenty-eight inches in
size, and is packed in boxes containing
about 1900 sheets, and weighing $50
pounds each. After the boxes are un-
packed the first thing in order is the
printing. This is done by two Hoe cyl
inder presses, each of which prints fifty
cards at single impression. The print
ed sheets are then placed in racks and
allowed to dry for two days, in order to
prevent any blotting or defacemant. Now
they are ready for the cutters, of which
they are three, at present By the first,
which is rotary cutter, the sheets are
divided crosswise in ten strips, contain
ing four postal cards each. The sheets
pass in through this machine as rapidly
as one can follow another. The strips
are then collected in packages Of one
hundred each. the edges are made exact
ly even, and the packages are then
placed on the iron tables of the cutters,
which sever them in the opposite direc-
tion. OF these cutters there are two,
both known as the Cranston "under-
cut" Ten packages of one hundred
sheets each, after leaving the rotary
cutter, are placed in the under-cut," !"
q lever is pulled which sets the ma
chinery in motion, and up comes heavy
knife with diagonal motion, and there
are four hundred postal cards complete
in a twinkling. A bit of br.,ss is re-
moved, allowing the uncut packages to
be moved up proper distance under the
knife, and the process is repeated. The
cards are then taken in punches conve-
nient to be handled, and the edges are
carefully brushed to remove all dust and
" feather" They then pass into the
hands of eighteen girls, by whom they
are counted out into packages containing
twenty-five cards each. Twenty pack
ages are placed in pasteboard boxes,
which again are packed in wooden boxes,
containing from 1000 to $4,000 cards
apiece.
The presses are now printing about
1000, 900 cards day. The contract re-
quires that 100000 cards shall be
made in o day if the demand is so great.
It is not expected that many visitors
will enter the rooms in which the cards
are made, but precautions are taken to
prevent the loss or abstraction of cards.
Every sheet printed is registered by the
press, and the company is compelled to
give an account of every one. If a few
cards were lost it would cause considera-
BILE trouble, although the the loss might
be trifing. Amy cards that are spoiled
in the cutting, or defaced in any way, are
retained and destroyed by the govern
ment inspector.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-05
Spicer's Proverbs for the People.

You cannot catch fish wit. a cor-net.
Drinking whisky straight will not
make your head level.
You will often have to get round q
man in order to get square with him.
When you are asked to sign off, you
may be sure there is n sign maent.
The report of failed company is not
necessarily corporation.
Rifle teams were not made to draw
gun carriages.
You need not call the watch because
the clock "strikes;" if you wait long
enough the "striko" " movement will
run down.
You must not expect peas because the
enemy's city has been shelled.
1t may be reason, but it will not put
any rhyme into decision to reverse it.
There is one cord that contains knots
that no man can unite, and that il the
corl of wood.-Boston CD",mcrciat
Bulletin.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-05
WONDERFUL WATCHES.
Curious Pieces of Mechnnism-Relics of the
OldeR Time.

OIueH T1mes
A watch about the size of nm egg, said
to be made by Russian peasant, Is now
exhibited in st. Petersburg. Within it
is represented the tomb of Christ, with a
stone at the entrance and the sentinels
on duty. While spectator is admiring
this curious piece Of mechanism the
stone is suddenly removed, the sentinels
drop, the angels appear, the women
enter the sepulchre and the same chant
is heard which is performed in the
Greek church at eve. A watch somewhat
larger, still small enough for capacious
pocket, was shown at the meeting of the
society of antiquaries few years since;
it had an alarm, and showed whether the
hour was morning or afternoon in allego-
rical figures representing morning, noon,
evening and night, which presented
themselves to view at proper times.
Other figures told tt o day of the week
and month, the name of the months, the
phases of the moon, etc.; but the
figures of this machine were not dolls,
but were engraved on revolving discs. A
watch at present in the Swiss museum is
small enough to be inserted in the top
of O pencil case. Yet its tiny dial not
only indicates hours, minutes and
seconds, but also days of the month. It
is q relic of the times when watches we're
asserted in snuf-bo1es, shirt studs,
earrings, breast-pins, and even finger
rings. George III. carried one of these
little time-keepers, which was set IN q
ring like jewel; it contained one hun
dred and twenty different parts, and just
about as many grains, 30 that the parts
averaged one grain each, the balance
wheel and pinion weighing the seven-
teenth part of grain. The king was
30 we'll pleased with the wonder that he
rewarded the skillful donor with five hun
dred guineas. Mary Queen of Scots had
o watch made in the shape of deaths
head. The forehead of the skull bears
the symbols of death, the scythe and the
hour-g glass placed between palace and a
cottage, to show the impartiality of the
grim destroyer; at the back Of the skull
is Time destroying MI things, and at the
top of the head are scenes of the garden
of Eden and the crucifxion. The watch
is opened by reversing the skull, placing
the upper part of it in the hollow of the
hand and lifting the jaw by hinge; this
part being enriched by engraved repre-
sentations of the Holy Family, angels,
and shepherds with their focks. The
works of the watch form the brains of
the skull, and are within silver
envelope, which acts as n musical-toned
bell, while the dial-plate serves as the
palate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1877-09-05
A CHAPTER on SMOKE.
The Immense Revenue from the Tobacco
Interest for the Past Fiscal Yenr.

Inc Immense heVenuo lrOm inc IODucCo
Interest for the Past Fiscal Year.
Below will be found a statement of
the revenue received from each depart
ment of the tobacco interest for the
fiscal year which ended June 80, 1877.
It is the largest receipt on record,
says the Tobacco Leaf since the inau-
guration of our internal revenue system,
reaching an aggregate of S41, LOG, 546. 80,
against $39, ,795, ,339.91 in 1876, an in
crease Of $1,3l1, ,20701. In the number
of cigars made the past year there has
been a falling off as compared with the
returns for the fiscal year 1876 OF 29,-
1876, 241, the production in 1877 being
1900, OIL, 155, and in 1876 1928, ,8O7, 1885,
The production of cigarettes largely In
creased during the last fiscal year, a
comparison for two years showing 49,
O64, ,257 for 1877, and 77,42O, 586 for
1876, IN increase in 1877 of 72, ,643, GIL.
Manufactured tobacco shows a gain in
1877 over 1876 Of 5,655, 713 pounds, the
aggregate production being respectively
112, 719, ,228 pounds in 1877, and lO7,-
O63, SIG pounds in 1876. Snuff in 1877
exhibits a gain of 106, ,9624 pounds, the
returns being 1924, ,048t pounds, against
3,317,0 ,0S6 pounds in 1876. Stamps for
tobacco and snuff ffintendedfor export sold
at ten cents each, represent in value $8,-
O09. 60 in 1877, and Sc, ,691. 80 in 1876, an
increase in 1877 of $1.315.30. The
number of dealers in leaf tobacco in 1877
appears to be less than in 1876, the
revenue derived from special taxes on
leaf tobacco dealers amounting in 1877
to $95, ,O89. Is, and in 1876 to $109, 650.45,
the tax on each dealer being $25. Retail
dealers in leaf tobacco, whose Euecial
tax is $500, and fifty cents for each 81
of sales in excess of l, 900, paid So. 81
in 1875, and only 50, 333. 81 in 1877, a
difference of 1919. II in favor of 1877.
AS the revenue derived from this source
is chiefly in the way of penalties for
violation of law, the inference may be
drawn that fewer Irregularities in the
sale of leaf tobacco at retail occurred in
1877 than in 1876. From cigar manu-
facturers there was received in special
taxes at $40 each, $155, ,289. 8S in 1877,
and $153,075.26 in 1876. Manufac-
turers OF tobacco paid in special taxes,
at $40 each, 81, ,4O9. So less in 1877 than
in 1876, the respective contributions be-
ing So, 1881 in 1877, and $40, 1899 in
1876. Dealers in manufactured tobacco,
whose special tax is SIS per annum, paid
$21, ,O63.45 less the past year than in the
preceding one. There seems to have
been fewer tobacco peddlers in 1877
than in 1876, as the revenue from that
source shows decrease of So, 594.57.
The following table shows the quantity
of tobacco and snuff and the number of
cigars and cigarettes returned for taxa
ton in 1877:
Pounds.
Tobacco. 112,719,228
Snuff 3,424, ,048J9
Cigars 1900, Oils
Cigarettes .................... las, ,064,25