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Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-06-19

1t is a good idea to keep large pieces
of charcoal in damp corners and dark
places.
Sponge or bread set to rise the first
time will rise much more rapidly in n
close vessel.
Telegraph wire Of galvanized iron is
much better to hang clothes on in
winter than rope, as the clothes will
not freeze to it. Have il hung by a
lineman and it will never give" no
matter what the weather may be.
An easy way to make a pudding, and
at the same time save cold rice that
may be left from another meal, is to
take one cup of the cooked rice, one
pint Of sweet milk two eggs, lump of
butter as large as a walnut, sugar to
taste, cup Of raisins and nutmeg to
flavor Beat the eggs, sugar and but
ter together, then add the 9th er
things, and bake or steam until done.
Borax water is excellent for spong-
ing either silk or wool goods tn It are
not soiled enough to need washing In
washing cashmere or wool goods, put
little borax in the water This will
cleanse them much more easily and
better, without injury to the colors.
Do not rub them on board, but use
the hands, and throw on a line without
wringlng. Press them on the wrong
side, and they will look almost like
new.
All grained work should be washed
with cold tea and wiped with soft
flanue! :.oth. For windows and pict-
ure frames soft flannel cloths with
soapsuds. and, after wiplng dry, pol
ished with chamois leather, is far bet
ter than anything else. They leave
no lint and are better than paper,
which often scratches glass, and If
you would best rid your walls OF dust.
wrap cloth round broom, while
solution of hot salt water or hot alum
water will drive away insects OF all
sorts,
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-06-19
HIGHLAND PARK.
The Seat Of Highland Park Normal Col.
lege, Des Molnes, Iowa.
Splendid Place to Mako Invest.
mcnts, Build q Homs and Edu.
cate Your Children.

This Queen Suburb OF Des Moines has un-
surpassed advantages, both Of location and ac-
feasibility. 1t lies on the east side Of North
Sixth avenue, at the terminus of the paving,
having paved drive all the way to and from
the city. The popular Belt road also traverses
the Park, terminating at present near the Col
lege grounds, and giving sure and rapid transit,
winter and summer.
Highland Park has the finest and best equip
ped College building In the State, which
will be opened Sept. /, 1890, by President o.
II. Longwell and fully Organized faculty,
chosen from the very best educators In the
country. In addition to the usual normal
course for the training OF teachers, the course
OF study will embrace every branch taught In
colleges, but normal methods will be applied
10 al.
Especial attention will be given to practical
education and In thoroughly preparing young
men and women for success In their chosen
avocations.
In order to insure necessary accommodations
September /, 1890, the Highland Park Land
Co, will give one years tuition In the college
free to every person who buys lot In Highland
Park after this date and builds house thereon,
costing not less than 81 900. The certificate for
the same will be duly acknowledge led by the col
lcge authorities and will be transferable to
any other person at the pleasure OF the holder.
This offer Is only made for a limited time, and
those wishing to avail themselves Of its benefits
should make their applications and arrange
preliminaries soon.
Our advantages are: Splendid location, pure
air, light taxes, paved streets, rapid transit,
fine churches, good society and college educa-
ton. Be sure to take advantage of our special
inducements. For further particulars apply to
w. W. FINK, Sec. Highland Park
Land Company, 214 Fifth Street, Des
MOines, Iowa
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-06-19
Who 4. Your RIack,mith2

Are you Indifferent as to VIII ON you
employ as blacksmith so he does his
work promptly and at reasonable or
cheap rates? Read these cautions:
Do not get your horse shod at all
unless necessary and when that neces-
sity no longer exists let the shoe dis
appear with it
On no account allow the frog or
bars to be cut or the sole thinned out.
See that the shoe is made to fit the
foot and not the foot to fit the shoe.
The less rasping done after tho shoe
Is nailed on the better; II a correct fit
has been obtained none will be neces-
sary beyond touch under each clinch
to remove the horn fibers push ed
through by the nails.
Never let shoes remain on longer
than month at the outside with out
being reset
II it should be absolutely necessary
to have your horse shod with calkings
("calks'O have the calkings made as
small and as short as possible, so that
the frog may come to the ground.
With all your getting, get frog pres
sure; and despite the possible sneers.
smiles or prophecies Of evil OF your
blacksmith, always bear in mind the
good old maxim: mo frog no foot
no foot no horse"
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-06-19
Open fer Remarks.

What a darling world it would be II
everybody were rs polite us a candi-
date!-Courier Journal.
Women, like poker players. raise
the blind to see what the neighbors
have got-Lawrence American.
Never tell man he is in the heyday
of his career. The hayday is frequently
when man goes to seed. Commercial
Advertiser.
The Waterbury clocks are about the
only organizations going that are not
striking for eight hours day. Pitts
burg Dispatch.
One of the reasons lately assigned
for giving the ballot to woman is that
she always returns Il borrowed umbrel-
Ia. Boston Herald.
Debt may be sail to be peculiar
institution from the fact that the more
you contract it the greater it GETS
Binghamton Leader.
am going to show Mss Ann Teek
a new wrinkle remarked Fan!le to
iilo wiz. WOuihu II "CEO you,
dear. she has SO many wrinkles now.
West Shore.
Heard in the nursery: Willie
Aunt Jenny says she his a crick in
her back. ~" Gracious! 1t beats all
how some people do perspire, doesn't
it?"-Washington Post
Rev. Mr.. Choker Has your con-
gregation raised your salary lately,
Brother Thirdly?" Brother Thirdly
(from the country mo, sir; it sell
dom raises moro thin half of it any
given year. "-Munsey's Weekly.
Slather5-"f that bounty Oh sugar
goes through congress it'll be worth a
million dollars to me-" Smithers
do you own beet farm in Kansas"
"Bee: farm? Thunder, no! I've got
cranberry marsh in Michigan"
Chicago Tribune.
Sir" said an apprentice to his mus
ter "when very clever and very stu
pid person are together in one room,
and the clever one goes away, who is
there left?' Why, OF course, the stu
pid one." Then goodbye, SIR" said
the apprentice and went - scnr-
tagsblatt
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-06-19
NOT A BOOK OF RULES.
A Point In Which the Bible
Misunderstood by Many.

A Point In Which the Bible Is
Misunderstood by Many.
A chief value of the Bible as n guide
Of human conduct is found in the fact
that it is book of vital principles
instead of being book Of rigid rules;
that it indicates in it's precepts the
spirit that should influence us in all
our actions instead of declaring to us
in specific iniunctions the application
OF those principles in every imaginable
case. Yet it is just at this point that
the Bible is misunderstood by many,
and that many are perpleXed by what
seems to them lack OF explicttness
in the divinely inspired teaching OF the
Bible, says the Sunday School Times.
The Bible declares it to be every
mans duty to love God supremacy, and
to love every child of man as one dear
to God himself This command ment
is exceedingly broad 1t represents
a principle which can find its applica-
ton at all times, in any and every re-
lation OF life. lie who really wants to
know and do just what is right in any
given case has the responsibility laid
upon him of finding out for himself
how the principle bears upon that
case, and then of acting accordingly.
But If man is puzzled to know
whether he shall take the right hand
on lAft hn - fol
man on a narrow crossing in a muddy
street. he will find no specific declara-
ton on the subject in the pages OF the
entire Bible. The principles enunciat-
ed in the Bible ought to enable a mar
to see that it is his duty to conform to
the well-detined current practice in
such a matter, and to coucede to his fell
I low man that portion OF the pathway
which custom or law declares to be
! his. But unless man is willing to
study out from Bible principles a rule
that should guide him in the case. he
must be so far without a rule that has
the Bible sanction.
And thus it Is in all the range OF hui
mum duty; the Bible enunclates the
principle that ought in every case to
be mans standard of action, while il
does not propose to supply nun with
a specific rule for every particular case
before him for decision. Although
this is Enthusiastically the truth concern,
ing the Bible, it is by no means geuer-
ally recognized US the truth; and be-
cause OF the misconceptions OF the pur
pose and methods OF the Bible so far
men are constantly misleading them
selves in courses Of conduct through
their conviction that the Bible d oes Oh
does not specifically pass upon tho Sc
courses of conduct for all time and fo
every person.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-06-19
BITS OF INFORMATION.
Another Budget Of Things Worth
Ram m b ring.

The growth OF the nails on the left
hand requires eight or ten days more
than those on the right. The growth
is more rapid In children than In
adults and goes on faster in summer
than In winter. 1t requires an average
Of 1872 days for the renewal of the
nails in cold weather and but 116 in
warm weather.
About 1000 species OF insects, on an
average, have been discovered yearly
during the last century.
One million dollars Of gold coin
weighs 1865 pounds avoirdupois; OF
silver coin, SO, 92o.9 pounds.
The small letter .'i'' was formerly
written without the dot The dot was
introduced in the fourteenth century
to distinguish ri" from 80" in hasty
and indistinct writing.
In the formation of a single locomo-
tive steam engine there are nearly
5000 pieces to be put together, and
these require to be as accurately adj
justed as the works OF watch.
There are more than million
miles of telegraph wire in the United
Stntes; enough to encircle the globe
forty times.
England is the only country where
mem bers OF Parliament are not only
unpaid but have no special rights or
privileges.
The number of men Is almost equal
to that of women; the average OF human
life is 80 years; one 1Garter the popu-
lation OF our earth die before they
attain the age of II years; it is only
one person among a thousand who be-
comes centenarian, and hardly six
persons among a thousand who attain
70 years Of age.
The highest railroad in the United
States is the Denver and South Park, q
branch of the Union Pacific at Alpine
Tunnel, 1l,596 feet above sea level
Current Literature.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-06-19
hat you might have thought that my

that you might have thought that my
friends had not seen me for year.
They were very willing to hear my
adven lures, but when | came to the
two balls of fire, and the heavy animal
who had made himself my blanket
they laughed, and said I was giving
them a travellers tale.
They were still laughing, when my
eyes fell on my greatcoat, which was
hanging on a chair, and / at once
pointed to some yellowish hair stick
ing to it. This was proof positive, and
was more of a hero than ever.
The next morning. when oil of us
travellers assembled for our simple
breakfast, the young monk who mad
discovered me had tale to tell. Out
OF curiosity he had gone down to the
cave, which was very little way from
the convent and in it he had found an
immense wolf, frozen and stark dead
for the cold of the night had been in
tense.
Invent down myself to see the poor
old fellow, and declare he looked as
large as a calf, and as for his fangs,
think they would have gone through
a deal board.
/ begged his body of the monks,
brought the skin home and had it
stuffed; and can tell you when /
come into the room where he lies and
the sun is shining on his glass eyes, l
often find myself giving start as If
he were still alive. and as II were
still lying under my terrible blanke'
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-06-19
Quality of Eggs.

Every one has noticed that eggs
produced early in the season have q
better flavor than those which hens
lay after they run at large and live
mainly on grass and insects. We mean,
of course, when both are used equally
fresh. The character OF the feed has
much to do with the quality of the
eggs. Sometimes meat that has be-
come too stale for the market is cut up
and boiled for the hens, bnt though
they eat 1t ravenously, one who knows
the feed would not care to eat the
eggs it produces. Cheap meats, il
fresh end wholesome. are good, but
jadicious feeding of milk, wheat, bran,
oats and other heterogeneous foods will
make meat feeding unnecessary. Cot
ton-seed meal, mixed with other ground
feed, Is excellent for producing eggs,
but 1t is too strong food to be fed to
any stock in large quantities.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-06-19
Do All'g tor, Swallow stons5S

The indians on the banks Of the
Orinoco river, South America, assert
that an alligator, previous to going in
search OF prey, always swallows
Urge stone that it may acquire addt-
tional weight to aid 1t in dragging its
prey under water. Bolivar, the tray
eler, related this to a companion, who
was somewhat inclined to disbelieve
it. To prove that there was really
something in the stories related by the
Indians, Bolivar shot several while in
the presence OF his friend. and in all
OF them rocks were found weighing
according to the size Of the "gator F"
One immense fellow, over seventeen
feet long. had stone in his stomach
large as one man could lift
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-06-19
There are 40 different varieties of strawbel

There are 10 different varieties Of strawber-
ries growing in the experimental gardens at
the Kansas Agricultural college.
wibble-They are now making policemen's
clubs out of paper. Wabble-Rapping paper,
presumed
A correspondent asks how to avoid losing his
hair We would advise him TO fasten 1t to his
head by locks.
A fashionable visiting card in Berlin Is
an African importation. 1t Is leaf OF the
silver poplar, which keeps It's color when
dried and can DO easily written upon. 1t
delights fashionable Berlin under ''Emin
Pashas visiting cird."
An extraordinary number Of fires have
occurred within tho past few years in in
situations committed to tho care OF nuns.
Ii & supposed tn It women arc less careful,
or less competent IN their inspection as to
tho danger OF fire, than men.
An educated man named Kuechler, q
for stcr AMI woo l. carver, suffered family
bereavement many yelrs ago and went to
live at the top of Mount Penn, ncir Reid-
ing. Pensy.yan'a, in retirement. Many
people visit his cabin every summer.
James Payne, the novelist has written
forty novels. He sleeps ten hours day
and has no use for stenographer or type
writer. He believes that the presence OF
another person destroys TO some extent
ones individuality. and holds that man can
only think at his best when alone.
Nature plays queer freaks with the flow
or seeds sent out by the Agricultural De-
partment ut Washington A man who
receive package OF seed labeled "giant
pansy, planted them in flower bed and
soon had small crop OF turntps, while
a number Of ssols labelol ''double pinks"
produc u long neck squashes.
According TO the results OF an inquiry
instituted by tho French government there
are at pro ,ont in France million house.
nn.ds in which there his been no child;
~ million in which there was one; "a
million, two children; III million. three;
SIOUX million, -four; 550,0oo, five; $4,000,
kix, and 20J,ooo, seven or moro
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-06-19
Exploring Nor ham Mexico.

after completing my lecture tour
going as far west as San Francisco i
am Off" said DR.. Carl Lumholtz the
other day. ION an entirely new scien-
tilic expedition to northern Mexico,
under the auspices of the New York
Geographical Society. The exploring
parg will comprise fourteen men, in
Guiding four American scientists.
They will cover botany, zoology,
mineralogy and archaeology. My work
will be to study the natives. We shall
also thoroughly investigate the ruins
and cliff dwellings. The territory
covered will embrace southern
Arizona and the region far to the
southwark. This is o country that, l
am given TO understand. has meyer yet
been scientifically explored. We con-
fldently expect to make many import
ant discoveries during tho two years
which we shall devote exclusively to
the expedition. New York Tribune.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-06-19
Ouack Grasx In sandy soil.

1t is harder to rid sandy soil Of
quack grass, for the reason that its
roots are apt TO run deeper. Besides
this, covering Of sand over the green
part does not smother 1t SO readily as
would covering of more compact
earth. Raking up the roots and burn
ing them is the only sure way to rid
sandy land OF quack where 1t has
obtained an entrance. II the soil Is
poor already this involves taking
pretty much all its remaining fertility
from it. On some kinds OF sand where
no other grass can be grown quack
grass might probably be planted Its
green heritage is better than barren
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-06-19
Fresh Buttermilk.

One of the most healthful giving
drinks, drink that will largely con-
tribute 10 perfect digestion and so TO
pure blood is fresh buttermila. On
this subject DR.. Landay in Popular
Science Monthly. recently wrote: |
had missed my usual noon meal. 1t
was about 2 or 3 p. m.-dinner of
course was over-when | reached Il
farm house, weak, tired, hungry and
"all out of condition" for active work.
Dinner was suggested by the house.
wife. mo, indeedw said /, mot this
lime; am nearly home. But II you
have any buttermilk, | will take a
drink of that to stay my stomach" A
good, kind-hearted woman. she soon
brought up a pitcher OF buttermilk
from the cool spring house, while /
examined my patients and prescribed
for them. Perhaps pint was drunk
during the stay of rearly an hour. For
months indigestion had held its I'M
friendly grasp on my stomach. From
that notable day forward his roign was
broken; my stomach was healed, aud
could ride all day, if necessary with
out feeling so woe-begoue from the lack
OF food as before drinking of the but
termilk.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-06-19
Queer Bookkeeping.

The govern ment OF Saratoff, Russia,
sells each year to the people an i'm
mense quantity OF tar for use in their
business. All the sales are on credit,
and as the peasants can neither road
nor write, the account OF each is kept
by means OF certain signs made with
the tar upon his door post Pay day
comes every autumn, and then only
are the door posts OF SaratoG washed
clean until now aunt Is started.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-06-19
Grass Around Fruit Trees.

When an orchard Is in sod, it Is i'm
possible to pillow close enough to the
trees so as to cover all the grass. But
there is loose dirt enough brought up
by the pillow to cover the grass IL hoed
over it, and this will suffice to smother
it. The suppression OF this grass
around the trees makes them muc h
more slightly during the summer, and
in winter its absence leaves no harbor
for mice, which love just such shell
ter when gnawing apple-tree bark.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-06-19
Whitley Was Soottad.

The anxiety OF newly married
couples to appear like married folks"
is proverbial, says the Cleveland Plain
Dealer When ex-Secretary OF the
Navy Whitney, then a promising
young attorney, was united in mar.
riage to Miss Flora Payne, they start
ed from Cleveland on their wedding
trip firmly resolved to appear as if
they had been married for years.
"Now, ii l appear a little cold."
said Mr.. Whitney to his bride, ''re-
member am only acting my part"
When the train reached Ashtabula a
verdant couple, showing beyond all
doubt that they had just come from the
altar, came into the car where Mr..
and Mrs. Whitney were seated.
"Why, anybody could tell that that
couple had just been married." said
Mr.. Whitney. Just look at the mans
bumps. the woman's flowers and all
that Nobody would doubt that they
are bride and groom. Their dress
shows that to anybody, but | don't be-
lieve we look quite SO green"
After few hours the train stopped
at station and Mr.. Whitney left the
car for a few moments to smoke q
cigar. AS he paced up and down the
platform enjoying his Havana the
Ashtabula groom stepped up and asked
Mr.. Whitney for a light. The Ashta-
bula stogie was hardly lighted when
the man who was putting it, showing q
disposition to be friendly, remarked to
MIR. Whitney:
"Well, partner, guess we are in the
same boat"
Mr.. Whitney was Disguised. He re-
turned to the car and explained to Mrs.
Whitney:
"Flora, it's no use. Even that green
horn from Ashtabula has spotted us. I"
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-06-19
A Good Dig.

A colored man named Joseph Saun-
ders was employed to dig we'll for
a farmer near Augusta, Me. The
farmer beat him down to half wages,
but after going ten feet down tho
digger struck a jug with $3.50 in gold
in it and took a skip. The farmer
then dug twenty-five feet more, nearly
broke his back and didn't hit anything
but stones.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-06-19
Hardly Ever.

An English officer in India was
seized by tiger while smoking Il
cigar. As the beast was carrying him
OF he touched his lighted cigar 10 its
silc. and pr, to! change. he was drop
ped ike hot potato and got up aud
returned to his friends.