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Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-12-11
A Convenient Table.

Given boy blessed with an aptitude
for carpentering, one can evolve a
little table out Of materials which may
be collected either in the garnet or
cellar. Three old broomstick handles
should be sawn off the right length for
table legs, and crossed in such way
that they will stand firmly. 1t will be
task requiring some patience and
perseverance to make them firm and
secure, and fasten them together so
strongly that there will be no danger
of their giving way beneath any weight.
A piece of strong wire will be found
very useful in this task. When this is
ilone, the table is ready for its top. a
round barrel-cover will be just the
thing, if one has it, if not either .
round or a square top can be construct
ed. This should be fastened firmly If
place on the top of the legs, which wiU
have to be sawn OF ut such an anglf
that their tops will be level.
The table is now ready for the house
hold artist. Two coats of carriage
paint will make it Il very fair imitIi
lion of ebony, and gold paint judicious.
ly used will add to it. A large bow OF
ribbon should be tied where the lega
are crossed, to hide the wire and nails,
aud the top of the table may DO COW
cred in variety of ways. A small
stand-cover may be thrown over it, or
piece of felt just the size of the top
may be cut aud neatly tackled ON,
painting or embroidering it if desired,
and finishing the edges with fringo
made of the same, or u shade of the
felt, slashed to the depth of two inches.
Good H0usekeeDip1.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-12-11
Southern Illinois Currency.

"A story in the Spokesman reminds
me of an experience in Southern H.
nois," said Col. Lasher at the Spokane
last evening.
Il was in Springfield. the State
Capital, you know, aud having few
hours to spare. decided to ride out TO
Lincoln's'tomb. Down there the old
fashioned street-cars are propelled by
old-fashioned mules, and You are never
whirled along the road fast enough TO
get seasick. After riding the first
hour about two blocks-I walked to
the bow of the car to deposit my fare.
Unconsciously put a Iive-dollar bill
in the receiver. When | realized my
mistake spoke to the driver.
II put more than my fare in the
box. said !.
"'Wall. that's too badn
""Will you give me the change"
."Nopc. You'll have TO lose the
change. l hain't got no key to the
box
We'll the five.'
""What's thatpn quickly spoke the
driver. Did you put five regular
dollars in the boxP
"Certainly, you can see the BILL
"Wcll, jee-whiz, wait till we set to
the barn and I'll give you the nigh
mule. Hain't seen that much since the
election
And 90 YOU krow." concluded tho
Colonel, Il came very near returning
to Chicago with mule, but finally
got my change. - Spokane Spokesman.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-12-11
Uysterical Inventions.

A genius with n profound thought
mill has taken up the subject of dust
ing and sweeping by means of suction
draughts. He has Il perambulating
machine which, by means of fans ard
hydraulic pressure. gets a draught
through Il spiral hose with a nozzle
shaped at its terminus like the trouble
end of trombone. He starts up q
grand racket on the carpet till the dust
flies, then turns on this blizzard ma
chine and a condensed cyclone is inn
mcdiately precipitatcd. He moves his
hose end round like the snout of q
Jersey hog, and wherever the cloud of
dust arises the suction of his mechanism
draws it, and it Immediately goes "up
the spout" so to speak. The idea is
all right: the only difficulty which
stands in the way is the possibility OF
his getting too big draught on and
shooting in stray leaves from the
family text book, odd socks or sister s
bangs.
This idea. which is chronicled as an
invocation in the patent Office at Wash
ington, is on II par with the rocking
chair which came out eight months ago,
says the Pittsburg Dispatch. The in
ventor arranged under the rockers a
pair of bellows attached to series Of
pipes running up the chair back to
where Your neck would rest As you
rocked the chair the bellows worked,
aud You were given hysterical bree2es.
1t worked all right for the man who
could stand shower baths, but it cost
one furniture dealer | know OF three
good customers by neuralgia, pueu-
monia and Group. In another case the
customer tried it and had TO run a
block to catch his wig. It's a good
idea though, but like all those things
you have to get some one to think so.
AS for myself, | think the sweeping
scll.me would be better employed
shooting coal into cellar, and the
man with the bellows rocker would
make fortune If he worked it up
around the caves of Il roof and blew
the snow into tho next county instead
of down the back of the neighbor who
always gets under the roof at the
WrouT time.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-12-11
BaIdheadednrss and Bachelors.

Perhaps the fact that so many bache-
Tors are baldhcaded may be accounted
for by the theory OF the Chr1StiaB at
Work that baldhcadedncss makes bach
elors. That theory is thus explained
by its ingenious author: ''Baldhead-
edness does not impair a mans value
in the ordinary affairs of life. He can
buy or sell, insure. run bank. or ac-
cept an Office with not enough hair on
his head TO make first-class eyebrow;
but when it comes TO making love To a
girl it is very much in the way. There
is great deal OF CAPILLARY attraction
in love. Girls adore handsome suit
of glossy hair; it is lovely. And when
"a lover comes TO WOO her with the top
Of his head shining like creased
pumpkin, he is Mt disadvantages. Just
rs the words that grow and the
thoughts that burn begin to awaken in
her bosom sympathetic thrill, she
may happen to notice two or three flies
promcnading over his chronological
organs, and all Is over. Girls are SO
frivolous. She Immediately becomes
more interested in those llies than in
all his lovely language. While he is
pouring out his love and passion she Is
wondering how the flies manage to hold
On to such q slippery surface"
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-12-11
The Ice-Cap Of Greenland.

TIE aspect of these boundless wastes
rolling away in scarcely perceptible
undulations. and in the distance ming
ling the grey of their SHOWS with the
grey of the skies. at first gave the i'm
preston that Greenland was n uniform
plateau, sort of horizontal table.
The belief now prevails that the rocky
surface of the land is, on the contrary,
carved into mountains and bills. val
leys and gorges, but that the plastic
SHOWS and ice have gradually filled up
nil the cavities, which now show only
in sight sinuosities on the surface.
Allowing to the whole mass of the ice
cap an average thickness of 500 feet, it
would represent a total volume OF
about $50. 600 cubic miles. This sermer
suak, or great ice of the Greenlanders,
flows like asphalt or tar with extreme
slowncss seward, while the surface is
gradually leveled by the snow falling
during the course OF ages aud dstrib-
uted by the winds. In the interior Of
the country the surface of the ice and
snow is as smooth as il it were pol
ished, looking like the undisturbed
surface of n frozen ocean, the long but
not high pillows of which rolling from
east to west are not easily distinguish
able to the eye" Nevertheless. the
exterior form on the ice-cap has been
greatly diversified, at least on its outer
edge, where in many places it is diff
cult to cross, or even quite impossible.
The action of lateral pressure, of heat
produced by the tremendous friction,
of evaporation and liberation. has
often broke the surface into innumer-
able cones II few yards high, in form
and color resembling the tents of an
encanpment.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-12-11
1t Rained Stones.

Mr.. G. G. Cunningham has in his
possession a round pebble which was
taken out of hailstone ut Portage.
Wis, just after the great hail-storm
had passed over that place. A friend
of Mr.. Cunningham. who resides in
the city and is engaged in the drug
business there, in u letter to that gem
tleman, states that during the storm
about five bushels of hailstones lodged
in his show windows. and fully four
tifths of them contained these little
pebbles. The one in the possession of
Mr.. Cunningham weighs one-hali
ounce, is almost round, and has
the appearance of being at one time
washed by the waves OF the lakes or
some river, and it is supposed that it
was picked up by the tornado and car
ried to very high altitude, where the
ice formed around it in the manner in
which it descended. Milton Eagle.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-12-11
The seus,de Chapel

II has stood for year.~=J tho breaking waves
At the edge of Tie sea town quaint and oil,
With IFS gray walls funked Ly the scattered
graves
And Its iower half lost in the ivy's fold:
And memory stu, when my restless mind
sensc OF quiet and stiffness Graves,
Slips slowly lack, like weary Wind.
10 the chapel hard by the beating waves.
remember the Sabbath mornings fair,
When lis bells voice. blent with the scs
birds cry,
II good folks summoned 10 early prayer,
and its spirc grew ouI of tho mist cloudi
high
Like a solemn finger that points aloft
From doubt aud fear to repOSc and peac6i
and the roar of the organ. which mingled ofs
After nights OF storm with the roaring sea.
remember the brldals and clristcuings,
The smiling faces and white attire,
And still 10 my ears fond memory brings
The music sung by the village choir.
] remember tho sweet church festivals,
That were love feasts truly In every way,
And, alas. the sorrowful funerals
That sometimes darkencd the chancel gray.
And ever around IL, through waves Of time
And chsnge and distance between Is roll,
Spreads a solemn air, as of ancient rhyme,
That speaks of rest TO the fovered soul:
That whispers of quiet, and trust and love
From the world and ilstrouble remote and
FREQ,
Like billuw that dies in sheltered cove
Near the chapel old by the sounding sea.
Ard II LIES sharp cares would allow my feet
Would no'er join with fashions by cliff and
So long us pointed from yop retreat
The t.ngCrtike spirc and the oceans roar.
Though its ivics now DER Il ruin twine,
=, And It's bell Is hushed, aud its organ cold,
Ny kindred worshiped within its shrine,
And their dust is laid in its churchyaTd old.
Nathan ID. UrnCr
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-12-11
One Way 20 Tell Happy Pair.

There is nothing that the average
bridegroom SO much desires to avoid
as disclosure of the fact of his recent
marriage. Not that he is at all ashamed
of it. Oh. no! But there is shyne>s
about him which induces him to con-
ceal the fact. This is shown especially
at the bridegrooms first visit to the
hotel on his bridal tour.
The other evening young man
walked briskly up TO the desk in one
of the hotels in this city, aud. with a
very badly assumed air of -nouchal-
ance, registered MIR. and Mrs. -"
A room was assigned him. and when
he was out of hearing the clerk leaned
over the desk, and, contidentially
speaking 10 several acquaintances
standing there. said:
just married.
s'Iow do you know?n was asked.
"Oh. ;oG never see an old married
uan register Mr.. and Mrs It's al
ways so-and-so and wife. You just
notice now if it isn't SO. y Washington
POST
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-12-11
FIFTEEN MINUTES ApAY.
lis But Little Time, But In 1t Much Can
BE Accomplished.

An excellent amateur pianist was
asked how slio had managed to keep up
her music. She was over forty aud
had reared large family. She had
never been rich, says the Ctristidn
Union, and she had had more social
burdens to carry than fall to the lot OF
most women.
How have you ever done itp" re-
iterated her friend. who had long ago
lost the musical skill which she had
gained at an expense of years of study
and thousands of dollars.
II have done it." replied the other,
"by practicing fifteen minutes day
whenever could not get more. Some
times, for months together, | have
been able to practice two or three hours
each day. Now and then | have taken
u term OF lessons so as to keep up with
the times. but, however busy aud bur-
dened have been, unless actually i'll
in bed, have practiced at least fifteen
minutes every day. That has tidcd
another, until now have still my ono
talent at least as well improved as it
ever was. with which to entertain my
iriCuuS ana anllSc myself.
1t is amazing TO those who have
tried it to sec what can be accomplished
by laying aside even small portion of
time daily for set purpose. You find
your habits of religious devotion
wavering. "Thc cares of this life"
are choking out the better growths.
Seize fraction of your time aud lay it
aside for reading the Bible and for
prayer. If you take it rs soon as
possible after breakfast, you will be
sursst to get it. Do not curtail your
sleep for any purpose. The duty of
sleep is just us biading as the duty of
prayer. Women will never amount to
anything in any department until they
learn that the care of their health is a
sacred duty.
Do you find your mental Furnishings
growing rusty and dim? BY reading
a good book fifteen minutes each day
you can elfectually renew your mental
yigor.
You cannot master an art by work
ing fifteen minutes day upon it; but
the fruit Of years Of study in literature,
music, or painting can be conserved
through busy months by the devotion
OF even Il few minutes daily, if you can
get no more, to hard practice. Then
the health can be greatly benefited by
even a short stroll in the open air
when it is impossible to take longer
ones. 1t is like the proverbial saving
OF the pennies and gathering up of the
fragments. The results are truly as
tonishiug.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-12-11
TECHNICAL TERMS.
Fads for New Words Mako the Coioncl
Miserable.

DO you ever read the society
columns in our newspapers" inquired
the Colonel. as a stylishly dressed lady
swept out Of the car says the Atlanta
Constellation. II hear my wife reading
them. 3" replied the Major, who was sit
ting opposite.
well, that's what mean" said tho
Colonel, Naturally. grown man
with signs of beard on Lis face
wouldn't be expected to devour that
kind of thing. hear my wife and
girls reading it occasionally, and |
have listened patiently and learned
somo interesting facts. A man can
always learn something il he'll sit
right still and listen. Now. I'll bet a
boss that none of you fellows know
what that lady had on"
''She had on bonnetfor one thing"
said the last passenger.
Correct" said the Colonel, "Nhat
elseP"
WELL" said the Major rcfectively.
''She had on dress"
20, no." exclaimed the Colonel,
There's whore you are wrong. That's
what you miss by not educating your
self in the society business. Tho lady
didn't have on Il dress"
What do you take me for?' asked
the Major. ',lll take my oath tho
lady had on a dress, and very pretty
one too"
''Youare mistaken" said the Colonel,
emphatically.
well, what did she have on?" the
sad passenger inquired in his mild way.
"A gown" remarked the Colonel.
ITS funny, but there are no dresses
any more. Frocks went out of fashion
when was a boy, and now if a woman
hasn't got on gown it is because she
is wearing Il morning or an evening
toilet. But generally it is gown
especially in Atlanta. When | hear
my wife or the girls reading the papers
it looks like to me that the whole face
OF the earth is covered with gowns
morning gowns, evening gowns, and
tea gowns. Thirty years ago calico
frock used to be good enough for my
wife. but now she has to have gowns
Just like the girls. l don't blame her
much. She amt quite so frisky rs the
girls. but she's lots better looking"
Wei" said the Major. Il expect
It's the same way at my house. but my
wife is so old-fashioncd in her ways,
especially when it comes to making
egg-bread and wafiles, that she don't
poster with those new-fangled things.
A frock is still frock to her, and she
don't want any fiounces and furbelows
On it either"
my opinion is" said the sad passen-
ger "that if the women call dress a
gown they know what they are about.
When my wife says gown, a gown it Isl
A man that isn't cut biased can afford
10 let the women have all the salts
faction they can get out Of calling
dress A GOWN
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-12-11
A Roy,s Composition.

A man wieh was Tie sheriff on Jail his
rnsners KEEP a gittn ont mites and steeiln'
ners, eos tho jail wasont stiong enough to
hold en- tlnsde. SO the man said, the man
did "He put a stop to the little game
haityrsl' sand he had ether cote Of paint
put on the jail. But the artist he had PIT
some sal. into the paint, aud some cows came
along and licked the paint oil oil, aud then
the prisners got out a other time and steelca
more hens. Wen the sheriff he seen what
they had done he was so angry he sed "This
amt no place for theefs, you bet, so You fellers
out, and russle round for yor hash best way
Won can ~
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-12-11
SfoOReward. 800.

The readers of the QPut in name of Paper)
will pc pleased 10 learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has been able
to cure in all its stages and that Is Catarrh.
Hairs Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
nov known to the medical fraternity Catarrh
being constitutional disease, requires a con-
stltutional treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is
taken internally, acting directly upon the
blood, and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation of the dis
ease, and giving the patient strength by build
ip3 up the constitution and assisting nature
In doing its work. The proprietors have so
much faith in its curative powers that,thcy
otter One Hundred Dollars for any case that
1t fails to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address, +. j. CHENEY d CO., Toledo, o.
E5Ss Sold by DRUGGISTS Tho
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-12-11
Thinning strategy.

Tlmmins-Ive made myself solid with
Miss Gotrox. asked her most intimate
friend If her complexion wasn't due to
cosmetica.
Wickwire-I fail TO see how thaa will
help you.
Tlmmins-Ifs just this way: / know
her complexion Is natural, for she has
about as much color as russell shoo.-
IadianapQiis Journal. 4
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-12-11

Mothers, Overworked Men and for all diseases
where the tissues are wasting away from the
inability to digest food, or from over work
should take Scott's Emulsion Of Pure Cod
Liver Oil with Hypophosphitos. II used the
Emulsion on a lady who was delicate. 1t put
her in such good health and flesh. II at must
say 1t is the best Emulson"-L. p. WADDELL,
NJ. D.. Hugh's Mills, s. {.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-12-11

like to go straight 10 headquarters in matters
Of medicines and surgery! The Oes Moines
Homeopathic Hospital viii give You the
home comforts, and its staff Of seven physi-
clans and surgeons will give you the profes-
sional service. II you would like to get
acquainted, the Hospital would be glad to
hear from you. Address all correspondence
10 DIR. Charles Woodruff Eaton, Des Moines,
Iowa.
Farewell is sad word, but it is the way
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-12-11

For all Kidney, Bladder and Urinary disor.
iers try California Kidney Tea, the great Cal
lfornia herb remedy. 1t never fails to cure oil
these troublesome complaints. California
Kidney Tea is the best remedy Of its kind ever
produced, pleasing TO the taste and Gccepta-
BILE TO the stomach. California Kidney Tea
has cured more cases of Liver and Kidney
complaints than any other known medicine
Large package 30 cents at your druggists, or
postpaid by CALIFORNIA KIDNEY TEA Co.,
Fairfield, Iowa.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-12-11

When DLby was SICK we gave her Crstoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria,
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-12-11

Physicians prescriptions have failed to
reach many cases of rheumatism known to
have deem subsequently cured 6y Salvation
OIL That Is the reason why the popular voice
is practically unanimous In its favor. One
bottle is usually sufficient.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-12-11

is It economy to save few cents buying a
cheap soap or strong washing powder, and
lose dollars in ruined rottcd clothesa II not,
use, Dobbins' Electric Soap, white as show,
and as pure. Ask your grocer forit.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-12-11

Take the Burlington route, G. B. & Q. r. X.
for all points, has sale in season tickets to all
tourist points; lines OF its own in ter different
states Office 232 Fourth St., Kirkwood block.
u. IL. Hunter, General Agent
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-12-11

Fashion seems TO move in cycles and manY
of our latest novelties are merely old friends
returning to us, in instance of which. NAV be.
mentioned chatclaines. clasps, and buckles.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-12-11

The g. st. p. IL X. C. Ry., will sell excursion
tickets to New Orleans and other principal
points South, at excursion rates, good for re-
turn until June l, 1851. For further informa-
ton inquire of j. II. Green, General Agent,
230 4th Street, Des Moines, Iowa.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-12-11
Do YOu

Judging by the effect produced 10y worship
ping his especial art, 1saak Walton might
have been the God of Lies.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-12-11

Watches run small to medium in size and
there is a marked tendency toward decorative
cases. Jewels and colored enamels are favor
lite modes Of ornamentation.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-12-11

Among watch chateaines the novelty is a
small affair that expresses itself in form of a
flower or other motif, and which is fastened at
the side OF the corsage.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-12-11

Take the Burlington Route" C. B. 81 @. r.
r. in connection with the new pixies Peak
Route' for all points in Nevada, Idaho,
Oregon, Washington and California. Enquire
Of, or write to E. A. Hunter, General Agent,
MOines, Iowa.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-12-11

Use Browns bronchial Trochcs
for Coughs, Colds, aud all other Throat
troubles.-'Pre-em inently the bcst."-Reu.
Henry Ward Beecher
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-12-11

from Iowa should take a good business or
shorthand course and prepare for the positions
that are daily coming up. and to attend an In
feror school is a loss Of time. We recommend
the Iowa Business College and Iowa School of
Shorthand at Des MOincs. You can see the
school at work in the catalogue which is free.
So many more babies than grown folks 90 to
heaven that we imagine great part of the
singing done up there must be in getting them
TO sleep.
Apostles.