Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-10-18
FACT AND FANCY.

The annual consumption OF feathers In
this country is 1900 900 pounds
The sand blast is now utilized for cleaning
the dizzy stone walls OF buildings.
A thoughtful man IN Columbus Ga, has
an ax 'neath his pillow for burglars.
When an Italian says; 81 LOAF" no means
that he lsyes That Is, hc loves TO loaf.
A Franklin county (Neh.) grocer has on
exhibition u cucunher AZ his place OF busl-
moss that Is six feat In length.
Preach electrician claims that he Will
soon ba able 10 produce thunder storm
wherever aud whenever It Is desired.
Tho pcwest oldlty In brooehe, Is Il kitten
OF dead black enamel touched with white
spots and having eyes OF roso diamonds.
The good do not do youog-N least, not
all OF them. We sleak from experience In
tho matter, aud arc willing to make adtjsviL
II requires Just doabie the power to prope
n steamship twenty mlles an hour as II doss
to drive tho same vessel sixteen miles an
hour
Llthlum IA the lIghtest metal known and 10
worth 500 per ounce. GaIllum 10 the costlI-
est metal known aud Ia worth 81, ESQ per
ounce
Ruhpnstein has accepted IN offer Of SO, 900
10 come to This country, THIS sum would
give forty country preachers good llylog for
year
Darwin Rtsely an Easton pa drug clerk,
has had his nose broken b. fpot bail. A
year ago tho same member was DroSen by
base ball.
Chicago boasts OF the most economic young
lady IN tho west When sho washes her face
shc always laughs, 80 ~ not to haVj so mach
face TO wash,
A recent invention IL canvas net swung
from tho ceiling Tor l'tIng an invalid whom
Il Ia dangerous To move while his bed Il be.
ng medo up.
A Kentucky negro who found u kettle con
tanning SiOo IN uilyer bought 50 worth OF
canned pears rs starter towards taking
solid comfort,
The island Of La Cost, on the Florida
coast Ia being sot out with cocoanut trees 50
rapidly that 1t will soon DO one immense
coconnut grove.
"Novcr usa cr0w,har 60 get a railroad
cInder out OF your oycn A lead pencil sharp
cncd TO iino point will work II out II you
Jab hard enough.
French economy IL very evident In tho
marketing OF fowls. Not only half birds eau
be purchased, but legs, Wings aud breast ara
offered separately.
Tho ingenuity Of manufacturers aus gone
80 far that not only Is everything aow made
out of paper, but paper Is nov made out Of
almost over thug.
Tho owner OF a Saratoga hotel pulled
through the season by borrowing e3hon irom
his table walters. Next year theg WI Irob.
ably own tho housc.
Bclya LockwO says that woman is In.
proving intellectually thirteen per can't fast.
rr than man. llpr own exprriep,e doesn't 70
to prove 1t, however
"Any ono fatally inJurod 10y mad horse
seldom rccoyers," remarks F'soch paper.
It's most always 80, 100, with The opse OF
man who has been drowned.
There are sixteen j nttrnt instrumcuts
bearing names which end Ia Tppn-," aud
II Il about time that inventors save ~ the
ploncy business for something sl'c,
The Vermont Jumb, oxen. weighing 7, $50
pounds, are to DO exhibited free a. the rev
England Fair IN Worcester, and ths osners
receive S4J0 Tor tho use Of tho esnhc
There are only three cruteh factories 10 tho
United States, and yct lots OF m'h WAN
game leg Will white out n support rather
than help support worthy institutions
John Cobb, OF Syracuse Aired u charge OF
shot into u man who called him coru Cobb,
aud no rot to 20 to prison to recall States
peare's old saying and wish ha badn't done
II.
A Frenchman speaks OF a "b,d Quilt an-
Choir" II reads queerly, bur u there ara
''shecr, anchors why Shouldn't there be even
bed tick ancborsl It's all In eating used to
1t.
Any one intending to send n Rashwoman
a turkey on Thanksgiving should notify her
at once, so that she eau earn enough by
that date to buy tho dressing and cranberry
sauce.
A Jumbo bunch OF bananas reached Bos-
ton from jamaica tho other day. 1t con.
tanned $40 OF The lucous fruit though orlai'
bally there were 10 more, aud ""ghed 100
pounds.
An old chap OF 90 set out to dance at
country picnic IN Massachusetts, and the
bones of his legs snapped like pipe stems.
You can't saving partners" 1afely Aztec
about So.
A Jefferson county co. attorney recently
desired to make receipt comprehensive and
wrote II as payment In full for al claims
from the LeglnuIng Of the world TO the cnd
thereof
A swarm Of bees alighted upon the chimney
of an unused house ut Crete the other day,
worked their way down Into the kitchen aud
died there on account OF the closcness OF the
atmosphere.
Proctor Knott, the two-ycnr.old colt be
longing 10 Mr. Bryant, If Kcntickr, cost hts
owner about $40 u year ago, and hla STAKE
and purse winnings this season nave already
reached SOS, 900.
A Philadelphia barber makes the state
ment that there are fewer bald heals among
the PEOPLE OF wealth and fashion IN Pha.
dcIpnla than among the same class OF ans
other American city.
There are in North America about zoo, 600
persons keeping bees. The amount OF honey
product Is about 100, 0)0 900 POUNDS, and iNs
value nearly $l5,O0j,0Oi. The annual W
product Is about 100000 pounds and its value
more than $40 100 900. 1ssa
There Is a granite house In Rowan county,
virginia, DuIiI VI liUJ hhh - St'i N"h"a 49,
occupied bg the descendants OF the man who
butt II. The fireplace Ia feet wide, ieet
high and 5 feet deep; tho house Is In good
state Of preservation.
A man In small New Englanl village
has Just been brought up before his church
for encouraging tho use OF protane language
He owns dog which he has named Dam
age" and of course all .he yorng people in
the village naturally cii the dog Dam"
At the International Fair In Buffalo the
Express is doing novel bit OF advertising By
setting up omp!ete newspaper p!ant and
printing an eiglt-paga newspaper as an eS-
hibIt In the main bul!liag. A Scott perfect
Ing press and complete stercotypiar arrange
ments are exhibited, AMI the details OF edlto'
rial aud mechanical departments give1 to
view.
HBrethren,n said Tennessee preacher,
''don't put Poutius Plate down as bad man.
lie wasn't bad man; he wa, only n weak
one. lie himself would much rather have
released our SAVIOR but lie couldn't resat
the pressure OF the scrlbes aud Pharlsess
aud the howlings Of the rabbic. He dln't
bave any back hone He wasn't bad, but he