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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-10-05

per cent. bonds outstanding .s13s, 69, OO0
per cent b.lis outstanding. .0!, 6, go
~ per cent. bonds outstanding 2l0, On, O1
yer cent. bonds outstanding lis ~ 600
Union Pacific railroad bonds SIS
Navy pension bonds. II U00, o 70
Miscellaneous bonds s,ssi 80
As against 81 ,lO9, 56S, l9i ON the 3lst day of
August, 1865. .ar.|... s..
Not only has our money been contracted
and our bonded Indebtedness Increased !; but
vt the same time a revenue beyond the prof
its Of industry mas been levied upon the cnun
try. Since 1865 there has been collected
by the government from various sources
U revenue over four Thousand million dol
lars. Had the Secretary Of the Treasury ap.
piled the surplus Of this revenue to the pay
ment of our o.2O bonds, rs the law authorized.
instead of burning the money and re- funding
the bonds, we would have oeen spared the hor-
rible spectacle Of financial ruin which now
presents itself Oh every hand.
But this has not been done. ,-,
by the public credit act Of 1869, the entire
volume OF currency bonds, over fifteen hun
dred millions in amount, which had been sold
by the government at an averag g of less than
sixty cents Oh the dollar, were made psya-
BILE in GNU. BY that act the people Of this
country were deliberately rubbed of an
amount equal to the difference between the
price ot currency and gold, which At the time
Of the passage of the act Wa, twenty nine per
cent. and Lwenty-nine per cent. profit on fifteen
huud.eI million dollars amounts to six hun
dred and thirty-ive millions, which is sub
stantiaiIy the amount made by the bond
holders in consequence Of the passage of the
public credit act Of 1869. a.
Following this act came the funding bill of
1870, which WAS necessary in order to get the
currency bonds converted into coin bonds be-
fore the robbery should be discovered and the
government taken out Of the "hands Of its
friends." .sns- .ra r.-
In order to carry successfully into operation
there schemes of plumber, the Specie resump
iion law of 1875 was passed. Under that Law,
the work Of contraction has gone on, aud is
still going Oh, until it has produced an army
Of bankrupts, stretching out in line from The
Atlantic l., the Pacific. until il has paraiyze.l
the industries Of the people, spread mortgages
all over the country, and rendered h"meles-s
and destitute thousands If men, women and
children. Under this policy. our workshops
are clOsed the fires in the furnaces extin-
guished; prriuce sold for less than the c',.t IF
production. and taxes levie {" the p,nt Of
81. G-a -1.... ra.
Our jsils are filled full; psnitentiare- over
flowing; strikes Of COMMON occurrence and an
army Of aimless tramp> wandering fr"m place
t. place begging for bread. a.r.7
What u contrast between the condition If
affairs to-day aud that Of the c0untry frnn
1865 to 1869. .f. .a..-
In view of all the fa:t.. neel we wonder ut
the disturbed condition Of society? The only
thing. it seems to me. to lie wondered at and
is the patient endurance of the
American people. Such a financial p ,licy.
followed with such results, would long since
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-10-05

1Otet SSs","5t,'ss
with population of forty.eight million people
rs against 81 $40. 4Sl.73l, with population of
thirty-five millions in 1865 Or in other words
we had circulating medium of forty-seven
dollars and sixty-two cents per capita. in 1865,
while we now have but twelve dollars and
seven cents.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-10-05
.Si,549. 4Jl,73I

Thus it will be seen, that when the war was
over, our troops mustered out of service and
paid, and our navy reduced to peace f~ting.
there had been issued by the Government
eleven hundred and nine millions of bonds, and
fifteen hundred and forty millions Of paper
money of this money four hundred and fifty.
nine millions were greenbacks and fractional
currency, and one thousand and eighty mil.
lions were interest bearing notes, but all were
legal tender, paid out by the Government ~
money, and passed from hand to hand ~ SUCH
as will be seen by reference to the several acts
Of Congress under which they were'issed.
Since 1865 the volume of currency has been
contracted until we now have in circulation :
OF legal tender greenbscks .St6.IS,Ns f.T
FRACTIONAL currency .. 1900. Is, SS, AZ
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-10-05

f-4s. b. ~. sa. "a ,sgSs" ''so7g - siuas
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1878-10-05

lbai8uCe %, eve sooos sJi
OF these obligations the following were
full legal tender except for import duties. and
interest on the public debt:
" & legal tender notes .....a.. &k33, $50
(ompOund interest legal tender NOTES. 2l7 O2t, Loo
Five Der cent LEGAL tender notes ..... Y,9H, l3b
Seyen thirty leg Il te 1ier tire s,llry noe. sDON,ON
ErscfionsI currency notes ............ 1914!
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lake City saa vicinity.

The county site Of Columbia county,
Florida, is situated at the connection Of
the Florida Central AMI Jacksonville,
rounded by the mosG beautiful lakes /
ever saw. Sixty miles from jacksonville.
Its location is high and healthy. The
land in its vicinity is very fertile, and
produces cotton, corn, rice. tobacco, su-
gar, oats, peas, potatoes, vegetables and
fruits in an endless variety. The most
troublesome insect is the Florida flea,
from which no part of t',a State is ex
empt. It's life, however, is short though
very active, making its appearance in
March and disappearing in June. Our
school advantages are excellent, none
better in the State. We also have four
churches, Of which all have pastors ex.
cept one. Our population is estimated
at 2200, of which, presume, one third
are blacks. The scenery on our lakes
| cannot be surpassed within the confines
of Florida. They abound ia fish of ex.
cellent quality. For the tourist, sports.
/ man, and hOmc-sceker this place has
| some superior attractions and advnna.
ges all that is attractive in town in
Florida may be found in Lake City.
know IL cannot be surpassed for lis hos
pitable inhabitants. Game is abundant
throughout the county. Deer, ducks,
turkey, quaiis, and squirrels are rlcnti.
ful. Inyalids will find this delightful
retreat, free from malaria, aid far enough
from the coast to avoid the bleak wind
and damp fog that is characteristic Of it,
To the bomeseeker will say that he
need not bo afraid TO give Columbia
county trial. / do not think it proba-
bic for any TO be disappointed, unless it
be agreeably so, for if the seeker has
any energy ut all, il will far exceed the
most saDguine expectations. There is a
place mile aud II half from town, con
tanning ten acres, which the owner
bought year ngo last January. |. WAS
then dense forest of magnolia, hickory
aud oak. 1t il now "A beautiful garden,
one acre Of which is in bananas, one in
| Strawberries aud about fifteen hundred
orange and lemon trees dispersed at in
tcryals over the remainder. The vrgeta-
BILE crop equnllcd any grown in the coliE
| ty, the larger part Of which was shipped
To the New York market in April. II is
what is termed "hammock land" bought
at ten dollars per acre. Any OF the land
hcreabUuls will do the same if attended
to right. Hundreds 0f visitor. come to
Florida every year, ana all 20 back de-
| lighted. | have never yet heard one
person speak in dcspniriny terms of this
portion Of the Stu,c. Persons coming
must not expect to acquire wealth in a
| day, but they mny come prepared to sec
| a country that could be made one of the
most beautiful under heaven with little
energy cxerlcd, and little money expcn.
ded for it has been truly said that Florida
is the Italy of Americn. - Correspondence
Clifton, (W.) E"ierpri".
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RptatIon Of Crops-Cloyer.

In reply to question in regard TO n
rotation Of crnps with clover, practical
farmers opinion is :.s follows:
1T seems TO me that it il problem
| somewhat difficult to solve, is there il
| much difference in the localities affecting
the raising of clover. In some places il
grows almos. spontaneously, and in others
it 10 very difficult to raise - We think,
however, TINT it does best in our clay
soils, and We are beginning to look at the
propriety OF being moro systematic in
our method. oi growing it.
"In the discussion some time since, the
question was, clover or tim0thy2 have
| fDEason,e years noted the difference be-
tween the two, and have no doubt but IL
cropof timothy will exhaust lsn,! IA much
III crop Of wheat; whereas clover will
enrich the soil in which it is grown.
Why? Because timothy draws its entire
nonrishment from the soil, while clover
obtains almost ono half Of it's sustenance
from the atmosphere. One difficulty
with most Of us is that we allow our
clover fields to run too long before we
plow thom up. Now, were to suggest
u method, would say NOW tine clover
early the first yenr and cut n crop Of
| seed, and NOW again early the next sea
son; let the second crop of clover grow
until the first of August. then turn it
under as perfectly ia possible. Roll it,
harrow and cultivate it thoroughly, and
SOW it with wheat, and my opinion is
TINT will do better than summer fnllow.
ny rehson Is, the soil is much lighter.
BY the decay of the clover roots wheat
gets good start in the fall, ard when
summer comes, and tho dry weather VIC
generally have just before wheat fills, the
roots get down to the moist, decnyed
clover, turned under, and the heads ill
cut beautifully, and the wheat will be.
very heavy. If you wish to plant with
corn, there Is no better field for that pur.
pose than good clover sod turned un-
der. Follow your corn with barley, then
with wheat, and seed with clover. Try
this method with one field, and another
with timothy; give each field the same
quantity Of fertilizers for ten years, and
SEQ which field will be in the best condi-
ton. With such rotation of crops our
land will improve with crop every
year, instead Of losing one year in four
or five for fallowing."
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9allefsps gntelliseuees.
TaE LONG AGO.
BIZ =. ,. TAYLOR.


Oh! . wonderful strcAn Is the river Time,
AS 1t runs through the realm of tears,
With faul.less rhythm and o musical rhyme,
And q broader sweep aud o surge sublime,
As Il blends Ia tho ocean OF years!
How tho wintors are drifting like fakes Of snow.
And tho summers like birds between,
And the y~ars In the shsaf, how they come and
they go
On the rivers breast, with It's ebb and its flow,
As IL glides In the shadow aud sheen.
There's magical is!e up tho river Time,
Where the softest OF airs ore playing.
There's cioudiees sky and tropical cline,
And song as aueet as o vesper chime,
And the Juncs with the roses are straying
And tho namc Of this Isle is the "Long Ago."
And we bury osr treasures there;
There are brows of beauty and bosoms Of snow,
There are heaps OF dust-0h VIC loved them So
There are tr;nkets and tresses Of hair.
There are fragments Of songs that nobody sings,
There are parts OF m infants prayer,
There's Lutte unrweat aud harp without strings
There are broken VOWS and pieces OF rings,
And tho garments our lovrd used 10 wea,
There ere hands, that waved when the falry shore
BY the 6tful mirage IS lifted In air,
And we sometimes icaI through the turbulent roar
Sweet voices we heard In the days gone before,
When the wind down the river was fair.
oh remembered for aye be that blessed Isle,
All the day Of our lifo uatiI night;
And when evening glows with It's beautiful emile
And our eyes are closing IN s!umbcrs awhile.
May the greenwood OF soul be In sight
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Ee5" a certain city boasts of Il man
VIII" is 50 cold-bloo'lcd that Il dog which
bit him in the leg had all his front
teeth frozen.
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PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY.

TINE public are hereby informed that
a Capt. J. a Wnnn has returned to
a a anderson to take charge of my Photograph
this date persons desiring Plain or Fancy
Pictures can have them taken in any size or
Style Perfect satisfaction is guaranteed 20
::ycry patron. Charges very reasonable.
40 s j. p, MAXWELL.
Oct lSl iS7I IL Sm
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A HARD HEAD.-When the present
illustrions Captain Riggan was u mere
boy, his father owned merno ram that
was known far and near for the excessive
hardness Of his skull, and the terrible
ness of hio butting qualities. Captain
Riggsn took butting lessons for six years
under that ram. Never did tutor turn
forth more finished pupil. But the
scholar at length proved too much for
the master.
Young Riggan yeas In the habit Of 60.
Ing of to a meadow every morning ard
having "set to" with that old ram.
One day he went ont, aa naual, and see
ing large crack in the meadow fence,
he stuck his head through, and bleated.
That made the old ram rambunctious,
and he fetched but at RiCgan's head.
But Riggsn quickly drew lack, and let
the ram ram his rampant head up
against the fence.
Young Riggan was delighted with the
trick, and repeated it several times, to
the great discontinue of his ramship. .
But it happened that the crack in the
fence was not tine same size MI the way
along the pannei, and So, one time, Rig
gan got his head through and wiggled
his neck into q narrower part of the
crack before he bleated. The fierce me-
Yino came charging down upon him, and
Riggan tried to withdraw Ills Uranium as
be had done before. But his Uranium
wouldn't withdraw. The old ram had
him dead.
There was no one stirring in that part
OF the farm. It was about ten O'clock in
the morning, and from that hour Till four
in the afternoon not o sound broke tho
monoeonous stiffness of the lonely spot
except the regularly repeated blows of
the rams sknll against Riggan's. Then
there was silence. No ono at the house
knew where the youngster was. They
missed him ne dinner, aud searched for
him cyerywhere until supper time. Then
they found him. He wac lying with his
head still through the crack of the fence,
and sound asleep. just on the other
side Of the fence lay the old merino ram,
booking satisfied and sycry tired. Neso
York Tines.
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Vow to Ascertain a Horses Age.

1t - not difficult TO tell horses age.
IL i important TO knOwa few sign. which
serve * cri'rria, and then the age of 4
horse - almost any stage Of life can be
readily told. The colt Is born witt! four
grinders, and when the four front teeth
have made their appearance, it is twelve
days Old. When the next four comes it
is four weeks old When the corner
teeth appear the animal is eight months
old. When the latter haze attained To
the height OF the front teeth il i, one
year old. The two year.nd colt has the
kernel (thc substance in the middle o!
the t00lh's CROWN grown out in AL The
front teeth. In the lL.d year the mid
die front teeth are shifting, and when
three years old thee are substituted by
the horse teeth. The mex. four teeth are
shifted in tlle fourth year, and The corner
teeth in the fifth A,siX years the ker-
mel Is worn out of the lower middle
front teeth, and the bride teeth have
now attained 20 their full growth. AZ
seven years q hook has been formed in
the corner teeth of the upper jaw the
kernel of the next at the middle is worn
out, and the bride teeth begin To wear
OF. AZ eight yeaTs The l:c-ncl is worn
out Of tie lower front trcth, and begins
to decrease in the middle upper front.
In tie ninth year the kernel has wholly
disappeared from the upper middle front
teeth, the hook on the corner ha, IN
creased in size. and the britllc teeth lose
their points. In the tenth year the kcr-
mel il worn out Of the teeth next To the
middle front Of the upper jaw, and in the
| eleventh year the kernel has entirely
vanished from the corner tce'h Of the
same jazz Al twelve years old the
crown Of all the front teeth in the low er
jaw ha. become triangular and tile bri-
die teeth arc much worn down. AS the
horse advances III nge the gums shrink
away from the teeth, which on.cqucntly
| receive IL long, naTrnw appearance. and
the keruels bcconc darkish point Gray
increases in the forehead and over the
eyes, md the chin assumes the furm ui
MI angle .Nchru<ka E,trmcr.
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YOUR PICTURE I
Sept 20. 1877

NOTICE of FINAL SETTLEMENT.
A1 The undersigned, Administrator Of
the Estate of J. II. Kennedy, deceased. here
by gives notice that lie will, ON Friday, the
9Th day OF January, 1873, apply to W. w,
Humphreys. Judge of Probate, for Final
Settlement of said Estnte, and discharge
NJ. Ii. KENNEDY. Adm'r.
Dec G, 1877 81
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Bay At the trial Of Scotch farm
er, his sister WAS examined ns IL wit.
hess. Glow old are you?" said the
lawyer. "Oh, well, sir. | am an un-
hurried woman, and l dinna think it
right to answer that question" "Oh,
yes, inform the gentlemen how old you
are" said the Judge "Wcel wecl,
| am fifty" The inquisitivc lawyer
still further ask ed if she had hopes of
getting married, to which Miss june
replied: "Well, sir, Wilma surely
tell lie; l hinna lost hopes YETI
And she scornfully added "But
Wilma marry you. for am tired and
sick oyer panvcr already"
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him, began 40 follows :

him, began as follows:
Which way are you travelling, SIR
Randolph :"
"Sir," said Mr. Randolph, wish |, ok
Of displeasure.
81 asked" said the landlord, "wbcl,
way were you travelling"
Have | paid my billy
YES"
"Do | owe you anything norc?'
"No."
"Well, l am going just where ] please
do you understand"
The landlord, by this time, q. some,
what excited, and Mr.. Randolph drove
of. But TO the landlords surprise, the
servant returned to inquire which Of the
forks Of the road to take. Randolph no,
being out Of hearing distance, the land
lord spoke at the top Of his voice:
MIR Randolph, you don't owe me {
cent; just take which road y,u please
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NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
4N Notice is hereby given TINT the under
signed, Administrator of II. Il. Arnold, de-
ceased, viii apply to the Judge Of Probate
for Anderson County, on the Slst day OF
December next. for q Final Settlement and
discharge ftopi said Estate. as
u, 4. ARNOLD, Admir-.
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7 ne o w n T E.

Sewing Machine Ii the easiest selling and hest sat
sfying In tho market. II has very large shuttle;
make, the lock-sti.ch Is simple in construction ;
very light-running, aud almost noisricss II Is
almost impossible for other machines to scll In Ill
rect competition with the WHITE. AGENTS
WANTED. Apply for terms to WHITE SEWING
MACHINE co, CLEVELAND, q.
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ReS- The man who said he had Just
got out of tight place, had been seen
a few minutes before wiping his mouth
in IL drinking saloon.
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conn PER MONTH made selling tho Eyre
9AOQ scope or Planetary Top, buckeye Sta
tionry Package, Magic Pen mo Ink requir'sO. Gut
EI.1N go, Cincinnati. q.
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M EXTRA FINE MINED CARDS. with name.
tO 10 cts. post paid. l.. JOINS K CO., Mas
The New York herald., 1878-12-18
FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT.

WASHINGTON, Dec H. 1873
FEES FOR POSTAL oRDERs-MoyEMENr FOR
THEIR REDUCTION.
The bill of Mr.. Cutler. of New Jersey. to reduce
the minimum OF fees tor postal orders to five cents
offered by that gentleman in response to gen.
era demand for lowering Of the rate from the pres
ent minimum OF ten cents exacted for the trans
mission Of even SO small q sum as 81. There is no
longer any pretence Of necessity for maintaining the
latter rate, as the report of the Postmaster
General shows that for the year 1878 the money
order branch has become a of pront.
When il il remembered that Uncle Sam is willing to
lose about annually in the letter carrying
business 10 unfair that the of people who
are benefited by the money order service should be
made TO pay than the expense of such service
The experiment Of again trying the five cent mini
mum. the abolition Of which is credited to the inter
ested lobbying of bankers and brokers who jea-
OF the governments interference with their
change business will undoubtedly be popular.
THE NEW YORK NOMINATIONS
mas recess there ia general disposition the part
of members who live at distance to leave town by
a early Thursday. For this it is thought
there will be quorum Of the Senate Committee on
Commerce at the regular meeting the day after to-
morrow and that the New York nominations will go
over without further consideration until after the
holidays.
The New York herald., 1878-12-18
PROCEEDINGS or CONGRESS.
sLNATE.

WASHINGTON, Dec. IL, 1878.
ON motion OF Mr.. WINDOW, trep) of Mimi, the Sem
ate insisted upon its amendments 10 the Military
Acsdemy Appropriation bill and committee Of con-
ference was ordered Messrs. Allison. Blaine and
Davis Of West Virginia. were sppointed members Of
tbe COMMITTEES on the part Of the Senate.
Mr.. WINDOW moved to take UP the Naval Appropria-
tion BILL
Mr. BLArSL hoped that the bill would not be taken