Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-09-26


settled into his seat when delegate
sprang to his feet and moved to table
tho resolution. His motion carried by
n very large majority. David Morgan,
OF Poweshiek, j. N. Cassidy. OF Potta-
wattamie, Judge Allison. OF Sioux City
and NJ. Il. Davis, OF Sioux City, were
nominated. Allison and Davis with
drew their names ana the ballot result
ed; Morgan, i07; Cassidy, 351; Bay
less, 4. While the vote was being
footed up resolutions on the death OF
Hon. :. 5. Cox were introduced and
adopted by rising vote, Adjourned,
After careful investigation tho New
York Sun estimates that there ara In that
city 5000 workipgwomen receiving wages
so low that they must embrace vice, apply
Tor charity or starve.
Tho Farmers Alliance of Alabama has
reiterated lts determination 10 abstain
from using iuto bagging, aud capitalists al
Wilmington, N, O., propose To manufact
uro inc.iibro bagging on largo scale
Tho present estimated population OF the
growth by natural increase ana Immigration
Is placed nt about million. Tho estimated
foreign population Is not far below 1900.
300.
AT u recent test of search lights, for the
purpose OF discovering I'm approaching
enemy dressed In uniforms OF various CoIors,
IL was found that tho red uniforms were
very distinct, blue being the lonst conspicu.
Gus,
In 1869 Ave, eighths of tho people owned
lheir homes, and only three oighths wore
tho prey of landordism. la 1898 only
three eighths owned their own homes aud
I've cighths were reduced TO tho rank OF
tenants
Almost tho hardness Of the diamond IL
said TO be given by German worlSmcn "a
steel engraving tools, Tho tools are made
white hot, plunged repeatedly into sealing
wax until cold, and then Just touched with
oil OF turpentmo,
Tho big four-mastcd schooner John PAUL,
lately launched NJ bath, Me-, is n marine
wonder in her way. She went from bath
10 Norfolk, Va, loaded thoro with 3, $50
tons OF coal, and reached Providence, all Ia
Bloyen days, which 10 steamer time. Tho
PAUL il 30 feet long, forty-four feet wide
and twonty.one feet depth OF hold All
hosting Is dono by steam, even TO the
slowing up OF tho big topsails. She is
wire rugged, and spreads 1000 yards OF
canvas.
Tho pearl oyster, containing tho pearl,
and whose shell Is lined with tho brilliantly
tinted mother-of.pcarl used In 80 many
ways Is found chiefly about tho southern
coasts Of Asia. An uncomfortably sharp
substance entering tho shell IL covered by
tho inmate, thus forming pearl This
habit has boon utilized TO force the oyster
10 produce pearls, sometimes the form OF
cross being placed in tho shelf to be convert
ed iuto q beautiful ornament They are
taken from tho bed OF tho soa by divers.
An amusing marriage took place In Elbor.
ton, Ga, the other day. A couple came
into the court house TO DO married. A new
Justice was called In. He had no form, and
lmprovlsed ceremony lilo first ordered
tho couple TO Join hands, ana thon, after
hcsitating IA while, no asked the groom
these questions; "Will you stick 10 this
woman through thick and thin, up and
down, right and left hot or cold, wet OF
dry, aud have no other wife but heri II
you will you can have her for u wife,
Similar questions having been propounded
10 tho woman, aud Affirmative answers
having been glvon, he pronounced them
husband and wife.
A beautiful live white owl Is on exhibit
ton at d music store In Louisville. II was
sent by L. j. Smith, Of Niagara Falls, and
belongs TO very rare species. II was cap
tured by young hunter In the woods noai
Quebec. II was fonnd In hollow tree, and
was secured with net The habitation OF
the bird Is in the extreme north, so Mr.
Smith wrote them whom no sent the owl
and only extremely cold weather drives IL
as far south as Quebec. SO far as known
only sevcn OF the birds have been captured
or killed in Canada during the last three
years. Tho one ON exhibition Is u perfect
specimen. 1t is snow white, aud about the
size and shape Of the common largo owl.
coin now held by the United States treas
pry forms the subject of inquiry by CORE.
,pondent OF a mathematical turn Of mind,
and he finds that the weight Of tho gold Is
,0l tons Of 2,0JJ pounds and tho silver 5000
IONS. Packing it along the highway, as
sord wood is packed, the gold would make
q barricade four feet high, four feet thick,
for distance OF 335 feet. and the silver, II
similarly packed, would extend 4,2iS feet,
Or five. sixths Of a milo. III packed in carts
pnc ton 10 each cart, the procession would
be nearly thirty-thrce miles long, of which
distance tho gold. bearing carts would cover
Two and half miles and the silver frat
tion over thirty ana quarter miles.
Very fow consumers OF whcaten products
Arc aware OF the fact that crackers are tho
oldest form OF bread. Fragments OF unfer
mented cakes were discovered In tho Swiss
lake dwellings, which belong TO the neolithio
age Of the world. Although this rude form
Of bread was carly discarded for tho fer.
mented variety, yet in this, as in many
other matters, IL was found convenient to
return 10 discarded and apparently value.
less process Thin, unfermented cakes
were found TO possess merits for special
purposes. They would keep good for
great length Of time, and thus afforded
wholesome and nutritious food in portable
and convenient form. The simplicity OF
their making and baking was also point IN
their favor.
Along the shore OF the Oneida Lake there
Is an Indians grave, where at times u
weird and supernatural light makes its APP
pearance. II Is described as q ball OF fire
about the size Of large orange, and sways
10 and fro in the air about twenty feet from
the ground, combining its irregular move
ments within space about ono hundred
feet square. People have attempted to so
near enough to solve the mystery, but Il
would suddenly disappear before reaching
1t. A very peculiar story is told by the
neighbors near the spot. They claim that
many years ago the locality was part of an
Indian reservation. A man by the namc OF
Bclknap frequently dreamed that there was
crock In tho Indian cemetery containing
immense treasures, and that IL he went
there at the hour when graveyards yawu
he could secure 1t. These dreams were re.
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