Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-09-25
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nearly century old, Is still prolific b.ar-
er OF bright yellow fruit,
Tho new cable 20 Bermuda got into bust
hess at once Its first weather report
brought news Of a cyclone.
Charts have been prepared showing TINT
! the eye has no distinct expressions, con-
/ veying as many different shades of mean
| ing.
James Carbaugh, collier, living In tho
mountains near Mount Alto, Md, killed
eighty-seven copperhcad snakes few days
ago
| Mrs. Maggie Ellis, mulatto OF Chatta.
nooga, Tenn, has given birth to the small.
est child on record. II weighs thirty-one
| ounces.
A carpet used In room Of the mint,
after being In wear some years, was burn
ed the other day In pans, and yielded g., 800
worth Of gold
| A man ut Langhorn Pa, Is ftting up a
pigeon house 10 accommodate thousand
birds. IL will be the largest stock Of
carriers In the country.
! A curious result OF Tolstoi's last book
has been the imprisonment In Berlin OF ono
christian marriage as immoral
Chambers broke out In baud of horses
owned by Colonel Waters, of Milos City,
Mont, and sixteen animals wero killed to
prevent the disease from spreading,
I II IL stated that tho German Electric
company OF Madrid has In contemplation
the installation of plant for electric plow-
Ing on large property Ia the central part
OF Spain.
Wales, and is declining In ireland, In
view OF the failure OF the potato crop, how
over, the trouble Is lilsoly to increase in tho
latter country.
DR. Koch read before the medical con-
gress in Berlin paper In which he Is said
to have declared that he had discovered a
way OF killing the tuberculosis bacillus
and OF curing tuberculosis disease,
Elizabeth Comstock an aged Quaker
preacher living In Union Springs, N. ",
has visited In her lifetime IL, 900 persons,
and nearly twica that many sick persons in
and out OF poor houses, on battle fields etc,
A revolution is taking place In the drink
ing habits OF the Japanese, The rice
brandy called "saki," which has boon 30
long their national beverage, Is being slp-
planted by beer brewed after the German
method.
A sycamore tree near Newton, Conn, IL
said TO be eghty-tivc feet high and tweaty-
one feet In diameter while its branches
shade an area extending eighty feet from
tho trunk II produces large and abund-
ant white blossoms.
Abnor Dorset, a negro living in Hickory
Mountain township, N. c., has the largest
head of any person In tho United States 80
far as heard from. 1t Is thirty-two inches
In diameter and gives Abnor IA decided
"top-hcavy" appearance.
Some one has invented an electric mouse
trap 1t consists OF "a metallic cage con
tanning cheese. The mice naturally up
proach it for purposes OF investigation, bu'
tho insts mt they touch the wires an clcctrb
current strikes them dead.
The lords of the admiralty have received
petition from the bclted cruises complains
ing Of the cruel treatment of subordinatcs.
II Is alleged that they are put II cells SO
near the boilers that when steam Is up they
are nearly roasted TO death.
A school girl In France died recently
from curious cause At the distribution
Of prizes she obtained laural wreath col
ored green. She thoughtlessly put the
painted leaves In her mouth and died after.
ward from the effect Of the poison.
A rug valued at $500 was bought In Lon.
don lately 1t was about thirteen feet
square and had about two hundred and
tifty -six stitches TO the inch. Tho material
hxas wool combed, not cut, from the animal
and worth more than It's weight in silk.
As the result OF a severe burn little
Grass Valley, Cal, girls side and arm
grew together, becoming united by web
bling Of hesh nearly an inch in thickness
She was released from her unpleasant pro
dicamcng by successful surgical oper
ntion.
mortgage was raised from poor
woman's house at Plainheld, N. j., by
watermelon seeds The guests OF summer
hotel paid 80 cents apiece for the privilege
Of guessing the number OF seeds in
watermelon and the proceeds were devoted
TO the widow
England has been laughing at the docora
tions in the dining on Emperor VII
helms yacht. Green panels arc quite null
lifted in effect by n table cover Of electri,
blue. In his bedroom violet velvet GOV
erlet 'swears at" walls covered with light
fioworcd chintz.
A patent was issued in Washington last
week for a steel fence post. II Is to b,
made Of steel tubing seven feet high, with
neat cap and with bands to sold the barb
cd wire 1t is said that these posts can be
furnished complete for placing in position
at "a cents each.
The wire to be used for tho telephone DO
tween Paris and London Is made Of bronze
1t Is estimated that the French share OF
tho expense Of establishing the telephone
will be about sl50,0l. Enthusiasts be
lieve that all the telegraphic communica
ton will be superseded.
A house In Georgetown, ID, c., has just
been shingled for tho first time since 1903
and the carpenter says he has found sawed
shingles that had been laid within ter
years in much worse condition than the
shaved pine shingles which had been In
wear eighty-seven years.
Charles p. Berkshire, of Morgantown, /:
making cane for the worlds fair at Chi
cago In 1893 which will contain 1872 piece:
OF West Virginia wood, have a gold fcrult
aud diamond tipped head He has madt
several valuable sticks, and expects this t.
be one Of the finest works Of wood engray
ing to be seen at the fair.
Mrs. Polly Downey lives at Thermal
Fresno county, California. Although sew
enty years of age, she is good worker
She acts as postmaster, has cut and piled
forty-one cords Of stove wood, cut the
wood and tended a coal pit that paid hci
800, has crocheted three he'd spreads
nilks daily two cows, feeds a lot Of poul
try and takes care Of seventy-five hogs.
Cholera morbus can be easily checked IN
nine cases out of ten by the use Of the fol
lowing, which any druggist can I'LL; Tinct
ure capsicum, laudanum, tincture Of rhu
bard, spirits of camphor, and essence Of
peppermint, of each two drains, mix and
take from fifteen TO twenty drops every
| half hour until relieved This has beer