Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-06-26

French scientists have analy5eu q I r.
of water taken from typhoi inject d
district and ( uad lS00o,0JJ TO !. ,)lJ
typhoid germs therein.
Aus ralia il heard from again. 1t Is
sending 900 no shelds OF wine TO the oil
country. Tho big island was not anchored
in mid ocean for nothing.
Tho woman whom Stanley Is 10 marry
once refused hin because he dyed his hair.
Now that his hair has become painted gray
b. nature shs does not caro-.
At a sale Of autographs in London let
ter OF Queen Victoria, dated 1854, and tell.
ing what charming skating plrties they
had at Christmas, fetched ST.
A Maine young woman who was asked
ths place of her nativity, replied that she
wpsr' born any place in particular. as she
was the daughter of a Me: hodist minister
There Is prospect that LELAND will bs-
come practically abandoned. Thoro arc
only ',0Ol people now living in that land,
and $4,000 will cons TO Americ, this
summer.
A lion cub and bl Icl cat at the Ciucin-
natl Zoo are play follows, and seem to DO
very fond of each other. Domestication
tends toward civilization even in wild
animals.
Locusts are so numerous in some parts OF
south Australia that thoy cause acontinlal
roar while fy.n AMI the country Is beinS
stripped Of everything green by the
scourge.
1T is said that Justice Lamar sleeps 50
much on the bench that he has become
stoop. shouldsred But sonc men arc not
always dream ng when they appear TO be
sleeping.
Richard Vaux, who succeeds Rand II, f.
an ancient lie once had the privilege OF
dancing with Queen Victoria, and he re-
members, too, that she was very indffer.
ent dancer.
This year is the centenary OF tho stove
pipe hat, and 1t is said the styles OF head
gear were never so ugly rs they are in tho
stove pipes OF the present season. There
are some things that do not improve with
nge.
"Uncle Jerry" Rusk Is a striking figure
when he appears In the blue room OF the
White House. He is not enamored OF
formal ceremonies and confesses privately
that that he tidgcts when he fnds himself
In fine clothes
A new red glass has bern recently pro.
duced In Germany. Besides its use foe
the manufacture OF bottles, goblets, AMI
vases Of various kinds, it is applicab in
photography and in chemists and opti-
clans laboratorles
Chief Justice Fuller looks more like
cavalry officer than the presiding Judge OF
the supreme court lie is the handsomest
man on the bench. Women just dote on his
wav. ng mustache when 1t Is fame by 20
soft Potomac bre,zes
From her point OF observation Kate
Field prod the following testimony on
the evolution of mstrionial life: 'YSefore
they were married nothing was too god
for her. After they were married moth ne
was too good for him."
A. p. Gordon Cumming has discovered
q new species Of violet on his place noar
SkyesvilIe, Md. It is single violet, and
tho flower leaves are soft white, STRIPED
or notified with light and dark purple.
They are very fragrant.
The United States is without doubt a
nation OF coffee drinkers. The impo Is
from South America amount 10 over : =
million pounds annually, of which 81 per
cent comes from Brazil. This second larGesE
shipper to this market is Venezuela, II pr
cent.
A "Wild East" has been brought TO Len
don. for an attempt similar TO that of Bur
falo Bill. Eighty Arabs and few negroes,
including women and children, horse,
camels, asses, dogs, tents-ia fact the
oriental outfit complete-havc como over to
exhibit the life and to execute tho fantasia,
OF the desert
The queen dowager of Portugal on ono
occasion took home from Paris 100 par+
of shoes. subsequently she o~dored M
less than seventy dresses from Worth. ~
be delivered together which OF their way
home were lost at sea-. Her M jes v, no
way concerned, sent word 10 Worth to sur
ply seventy dupli ,ates. AMI those roa"hnt
Lisbon safely.
An ingenius prisoner at Karius. Bohs.
mia, recently constructed waLch. three
inches In dilmet'r, with no other tools or
materisls than two nssdles, a spool OK
thread, newspaper and some rye stTtv.
says the Horoio zical Review. Tho who Is,
stats and pinions arc all made OF To, ryn
straw, which, 1t is we'll lsuown, IL quit
coarse and tough. II runs six hours WITH
out winding, and keeps good time. IT is
now in possession OF the project Kariu,,
who considers it the greatest marvel OF th I,
nineteenth century.