Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-07-25
CURRENT EVENTS.

One pound Of seed will yield about 1900
Asparagus stalks.
London's paupers the second week Of Octo-
Der numbered 93,54I
II costs sI,2n, 900 per annum 10 keep the
streets Of Paris dean,
Wakefield has a millionaire who sleeps In
tho barn with his horse.
A parliament was hcll In E,ilnburg, Scot
land, by Alexander H., in i3l'.
In the Sandwich Islands the natlv . paint
their faces and knock out their front teeth In
mourning for their friends
The Arctic whaling season for 1888 Is about
over. The catch this year 10 reported at 1CS
whales, against 293 last year.
At last accounts there were no fewer than
l,64S newspapers and periodicals. published In
Paris OF this number Freemasonry claimed
"a.
Copper sheathing was first applied 10 tho
bottom OF vessels In 1851, when the English
naval vessel Alarm was so shesthed at Wool.
which.
The first patent ever Issued In America was
given to Samuel Hopkins, OF Phla ielphia, In
1870, for all improvement In the manufacture
Of potash.
Ornamentlny letter note papr by hand Is
becoming a very rrnuucrat!vs branch OF In.
dustry In New York, as well as IN London,
Paris and Vienna
A toalstool will lift $40 pounds OF solid
weight while growing and common cab.
bsge head will burst slaves as thick as those
used 10 pork barrels.
The ancient custom Of ringing the curfew
bell has been resumed at Stratfori on.Avon,
the same bell being used as that which was
tol led at Shakes peare's funeral
The csndlet uscl v the Romans were com.
posed of strisx surrounded by wax or pitch.
splinters OF wood fattci wcrs used by the
English lower classes about 300.
Florida orange growers arc offering 3? per
day for hands to pick and pack the fruit
crop OF the state, shipment OF which com.
menccd on tho LIST OF November.
Tic rare ruby ono, presented by King Lou
Is, Of Bavaria, 10 Lola MoEtez. and valued At
SIC, 900, Is now the property Of Mrs. j. ID.
HaggIn, wife Of the California turfmsn.
Last years mineral output In the United
States was worth Sj3S,OOO,0 600, much greater
than that OF England, and larger than the
PRODUCTION OF the rest OF Europe combined
Tie Cape Verde Islands were known to Tho
ancIcnts as Gnrgalcs, but not TO the modern
TIL discovered b. ID: y Ill, G .noeSe naviga-
tor In the service OF Portugal in l4i6, l+5o or
1860.
A single hop grower In Sacramento county,
Cal, few DAYS ago, male the remarkable
shipment OF full special train OF cars loaded
viii hops .stIu;l fr Lv;rpS. Tasy
weighed 27j, 80 pounds.
Among the 80 violin comps itors at this
Paris couservato.rc this year there al'l~ared
Is young girls. Eight II these received
prizes, aud he first prize WAS unanimously
awarded to MIl!c. DIntin, agei -
The South has raised NOR Indian corn TINS
ear than usual, hence comparatively little
will be !, on red from The Yves. Ga lhr other
nanI the East and cspcctal!T NV Eislani
has a mo ieratc ycl Of c 'rn bi reason OF &C.
we're frosts AMI a late wet season
TIE right of rendering bill Of exception
O iuIgc's charge as to his drhn tina OF
the law, at Il trial between parties, obtained
Il place in the English statutes In 1854 rh:'
tight was abolished in England In ISL, hut
t Is st Ii maintained in this country.
Suuhov ers are used in Wyoming tcrrItry
for fuel The stalks ahcn dr. are as hsrl as
maple wool and make a hot fire, aud the
scedhcuds with the seed IN are said to burn
better than hard eo,I. An acre of sunhowcrs
aiI! furnish fuel for enc stove fer a year.
In Western New York the evanoratel fruit
Industry Is one of great Importance. within
a radius Of forty miles around X bcaetter
there ar estimated TO he more than 800
ryaporaturs During the earl; autumn and
winter months at least $1,000 reoile arc en-
| pioyCd.
Fulcrnian wine, celebrated BY Nrgl aud
! Horace, was the produce If F"lrrnus or, a.
called by Martial, Mcns MassIcus in Cam.
nanIa, Horace, IN his 20 les" boasts ofA v;
ug drunk Falrrlian wine that hal BEEN Ms
1t were, born with him, or which rcckoned its
age from same cousuls, II Il. C.
IN southern Australia, owins to the I'm
fsyrI abe crop, prospects. higher prices for
| wheat are asked, aud farmers are not dis
| ,osed to sell freely Of their III illus, which, at
the commen cement Of September was esti-
ma Ell 10 amount to Gmi, No tons. or about
81, 900 auart,rs, ia south Australia and VS.
| ora.
! from Hull to Dunlce, ON Sept. q, 1888, was
wrecked in viD ent gaze, an thirty eight
persons out Of If y.thrcn pc.ishei. The
Cutler Fern lighthouse kcepr. James DR.
| ling, aud his hrroc daughter, Grace. ven
igTrG ont In y irriErnduIs sea In a collie, ana
rescued several Of the passengers
A Boston gentleman, who Is In the vitor OF
life and likely to Gu live some OF his Children,
has presented each of them with $l,0n,o 900,
the share Os the estate they would get were
| he to die. There Is some question whether
such a sum Of money will he all advantage II
the average young ieison, bat tie passesslns
| of it will cuulr butte to the chcrrfulness In
view OF the possible longevity of the male
parent.
A process has been perfected AMI patented
for drawing upon wool by means hne me
tallic point kept red hot, 81 that the lines arc
actually burned into the surface. a power
full * hydrogen or olEcr fame keeps the poin
alwayc st n b Oh trr,p nature, and yet the ar
Daratus Ia co cObl act thai 1t il " be psth witt
the case aud freedom of q pencil. It Is, fur
therInore, SO adjusted as to produce at vii
all shedcs OF brown, from the l:Ghtes, to tbs
yerging on black.
The population OF the United States In 1877
was IS, SIS, al, OF which 1891, l42 were ma
tive and 5, SCI, 30 foreign born. In 1897 tn
numbers we're A. Az, so native and 6,Gi9 81
foreign born, n total OF 80, ISL, ISL 1t 10 cstt
mated that in 1881 the population will be 20,
322, 40, with 5s,at!,4'9 Iatis. and llsN,er
foseI:n born. According to this rati'ns'e. thu
Iroportion OF foreign born Inhabitants vii
have advanced from Nbout fourteen per cent
In 1870 and thirteen err cent IN 1850, TO near
ly seventeen per cent In 1899.
The Imperial Guard OF France was crea'e'
by Napoleon from the guard Of the convcn
tioh, the directory ana the consulate, whaI
he became emperor in 1901 il consisted .
first Of 9, rs men, but was Afterwards cnlarQ
ed. 1t was subdyided In 1919 into the OIL
and young guard. IN January, 1914, 1t mum
bered lOs, 106. 1t was dissolved BY Loui
XVIII. in 1915; revived By Napoleon III. Il
1854. 1t surrendered with Metz to the Ger
mans, Oct. q, 1870. and gap sboliahs
soon after il took part 10 the CFllncaa va
In 1855.
A HerO;n".