Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-01-31

A bullet fired into Tennessee negro
struck him In tho right arm, ran up 10 the
shoulder, passed down 10 tho loft side,
twisted around two ribs and dropped at his
feet.
Moses Bradshaw, Of Claiborne county,
Tenn, celebrated his Tooth birthday ami.
vorsary, last week, by riding fifty miles on
horseback. Ho made the journey on u
wager
One OF the natural curlositics at Antelope
Creek In tho Butte Creek Valley, about ~
mile from tho residence OF w. J. Bray, Is q
cave which contains superior leo all tho
year round,
A Towering plant has never been found
within tho Antnrtic circle, but IN tho Ar;iu
region arc .tj3 kinds of flowers but their
colors are not so bright or varied as those Of
warmer regions,
When Mr.. Gladstone was in birmingham
no received q feeble scrlwl from Cardinal
Newman, who wrote that he was very i'll,
but sent him his blessing MIR, Gladstone
was much affected by tbs incident
Mr.. Black, one OF the publishers OF the
Encyclopedia Britannica" Is quoted say
ng that, of the entire 5000 copies con
stltuting the ninth edition of that work, no
,ess than 1000 have come TO this country.
A Milan newspaper the Sccolo, IN pub
fishing the Bible in 2lo hllfpenny parts OF
cight pages each and 900 wood cuts. This
Is tho first enterprise of the kind In Italy,
and IL has already achieved enormous sue
cess. q
Friday, July l. 1895, marks the day that
Gen. Lafayette was welcomed 10 Boston
and feast ID by tho Freemasons and citlzons,
aud attended AT the laying Of tho corner
stone OF Bunker Hill Monument, erected 10
perpetuate the remembrance OF the defend.
ers Of tho rights and liberties Of America.
IL Is nc wonder that foreigners consider
the English language so difficult to master
when we think of the great change that n
single letter makes In the pronunciation OF
If IT, The letter changes lover into clover.
a makes crow crowd, k makes eyed
keyed, changes a son into song, trans
.orms pear into pearl, 5 changes hoe
into q shoe, makes bough bought, W makes
omen into women
Tho Indians on the Islands of Oldtowu.
Maine, have novel way OF bridging tho
penobscOt In the fall, after the ice prevents
the running of ferry-boats. Tho water be
ing so swift In the channels On each sido Of
tho island that IL would not freeze o rly II il
were not aided, they obtain hugo cake Of
ice and swing it across the channel; in
narrow part ON the Milford side. In few
nights that becomes frozen sufficiently hard
to bear the weight of persons crossing, and
II comes into use for number OF weeks be-
fore the other Ice is ready.
a young Litchfcld. Conn, couple, on
their way 10 the parsons TO be married,
were confronted with torrent so deep and
swift that their horse could not be induced
10 attemp the passage. But the hardy,
long-leggcd groom was not to be daunted or
turned from his purpose. Leaving his team
in charge Of friends, he took his blushing
br.de-eect on his broad back, and, half
wadiDg and half swimming, reached the 9th
en- side in safety, when the happy pair, nand
in hand, continued their journey as though
nothing unusual had occurred
The plant from which licoricc is made is
found on the shores of Lake Erie and farth
er west. 1t is called glycyrrhisa. IL grows
very erect, 10 the height OF about four or
five feet, and has few brancht II bears o
flower formed like that OF o Pc, but Of vi
olet or purple color Tho root in its raw
state Is well known as the licorieo root OF
commerce 1t attains q length OF seyeral
feet, aud Is often an inch in diameter AT
ter threc Years giowth tie cA ract Of lhvr
ioe. sometimes l,uawn d spanish licor.ce, Is
made froGl IL by beilhg in watsr, tie secoc
ton bolns ,iaeaat.J 10 aud "earsya'Sd.