Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1886-02-04
HERE AND THERE.

SAeiVuos
The annual fire tax paid by the
United States is estimated at $780,
600, 600.
The word 'smoonshincr" was origin
ally ''moonshunner." the Tennessee
ans say"
Ultra fashionable ladies in New
York import their dresses from Japan
and give "mikado" receptions.
Abb in the Georgia legislature
proposes tax of 500 for every base
ball game played in the state.
The grand jury in Philadelphia
recommended the whipping for
wife beaters, and the Amusement is
generally commended.
Pittsburgh claims moro rich men,
in proportion to population, than any
city in the union. Seventy residents
aggregaiing $lS0.000,00
The body of Mrs. j. w. TAYLOR, of
Louisville. VIII oh was inferred six
years ago. has been found completely
petriied, with every feature life like.
A California man whose store had
just burned was telographed by his
family for particulars of fire in
store" Ho answered, mo partiou-
lars. No store"
A Dominion statesman once charac-
terized tho just-completed Canadian
Pacific railroad as line running
rom he'll to nowhere. through q
-wamp."
1t is said that in England one man
In every 5000 takes a university
cosdse, in Scotland in every 5l2, in
Germany in every 213, and in America
in every 1900.
A man who has been running q
newspaper IN Kentucky states that no
man caa succeed in that state who
doss not write or print colonel before
each subscribers namo.
There have been three hundred en-
tries for the national crazy quilt show,
which opens in New York ON the 18th.
Some of the handsomest work has
been contributed by gentlemen.
Mr.. John Henry Grimes, a native of
Nova Scotia resident at San Francis
co. has four perfectly developed and
serviccab!e ears, and Is supposed to
hear twice as much as other men do
especially about his ears.
Antoine Roberts, shepherd of
Hau th CHCOuut6T
with huge brown bear in the noun
tains several days ago, and narrowly
escaped with his life. Next day a
party of hunters tracked bruin and
shot him. lie weighed nearly five
hundrd pounds.
1t is said more farmers commit
suicide Than people OF any other call
ing, and merchants come next. During
the first half of the present year not
Clergyman nor journalist was known
to commit suicide. They evidently
do not cherish bright hopes OF the fu-
ture.
Monterey is soon to have grand
hotel on the European plan. with a
splendid pavilian where the beauty
!, and fashion of the city can disport
themselves. Tho municipal authori-
ties have also let contract for the en-
largement and improvement of the
public baths of the city.
The history OF Vermont mountain
town IS thus cpitomized By good OBJ
server: ~ he early settlers cleared
up good farms, and the children got
rich from. them. The grandchildren
ran them down, and loaded the town
with debts. The next generation skip
ped for the west.
Ixtle, sometimes called istie, fiber
somewhat finer than hemp. is the
prime pal export in Tamp.co. The an
nual expectation reaches IA, 900 pacas
or bales, weigh ng some $500 tons.
Of this quaint ~ $4,000 bales go to the
European markets and 1000 to the
United States
Since 1929 Mr.. William Patton, OF
Ohio, paid an annual visit to Wash
ington, always stopping at Wizards,
or some ho:el on its ste. His earliest
bill CHARGED IA m with $3.50 for five
days board and lodging at the Man
sion house, March 6, 1879. The extras
charged are c,gars and candles.
James Mclaughlin, II canalboat
captain, calls himself the walking
skeleton Of Andersonv lle." He claims
that he served longer term OF inn
prisonnent ia Andor,onrille ii au any
other On on s., ldiar- namely, thirteen
months. On leavins the prison he
weighed - pounds ho now tips the
beam at l45.
Tho aristocratic Aztecs practiced q
game like tennis called ''tlachlll," and
constructed courts for it Il the palaces.
An india r,tler ball was used, but
part of the body served as racquet.
A piece OF leather fastened on the
shoulder, elbow, or hip prepared it
for batting. The ag lily required to
manage ball in til fashion may put
to shame modern champion.
A correspondent has scovered that
Gov. Hill, of New York, is a woman
hater OF tho most pronounced type.
His views in regard to the opposite sex
are SO extreme that he declines all in
yitations to receptions at which ladies
are to be present. Ono of his friends
says that Mr. Hill can face any num-
Der of men with composure, but al
WAYS beats II hasty retreat before
company OF ladies'.
Mitchell, a well known diver, while
exploring wreck near Salem, was
caugnt by some shifting freight, which
fell on his life ne and air-hose. Be.
fore he could extricate himself he lost
consciousness. aud was only saved by
the accidental discovery of his COM
panions that something was wrong
They succeeded in hauling him out
and restoring him. He could recol-
lect nothing that he saw below.
The picturesqueness OF the arsenal
at Springfield. with its rows of burn
ished guns that inspired LoDgfellow's
poems has been lost. The ordnance
officers no longer stack the muskets
behind classic look pretty andgather
dust and rnst, but pack them in we'll
painted boyes. coated with petroleum
pap They are then always ready
for shipment. and suffer no damage as
time goes on.
In the ancient graves of Tennessee
are found human skulls that are some
inches larger than any modern human
head. Within the last forty years
there has been very marked minu-
ton in the $40 of heads in Philadel-
phia. Old and experienced matters in
that city and New York will corrobo-
rate this statement. Somebody writes:
'Is there a similar change taking
place el where, and what will be the
resultp"
The names of some well known
French dishes are absurd enough when
translated Here are some specimens:
'Oeufs Il Paurore. eggs blushing like
Aurora; ''S;uce en- lelit deuil," sauce
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