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

A Madison, Mich, widow kills three
birds with ono stone by inserting in the
same issue of the Adrian Times her hus-
bands obituary notice, card OF thanks,
and a notice that she will auction of her
late partners personal effects.
An English religious paper publishes the
following advertisement; "A lady wishes
TO hear of good school for gr.s, where
the birch rod, now coming into fashion
again, is used in the old way Also Of one
for boys. Mrs. Griffiths, Church Times Of
flee.
Bernard McKiarnan, of Phoenix, Pa,
was on the Light Brigade at Ba!aklava.
He wears silver medal given him by the
sultan of Turkey and a gold one from
Queen Victoria. On each are engraved
the words: "Sebastopol, Inkerman, Balak-
lava and Alma
In ST. Louis school books will be fur.
nished free to pupils at the beginning OF
the next school year. This is one Of the
ways the old city has of notifying tho out
side world that it believes in popular edu-
cation, is willing to pay the bill and prac-
tices what it breaches.
There has been placed in the Manchester,
Mass, public library copy of the Bible
published III 1892 1t is the gift of Miss
Ella Lee, daughter of the late Charles Lee
to the Manchester historical society. This
rare and valuable publication is known as
the Bishops Bible, and was first printed in
1865.
1t is said that the memoirs of NJ Hyrvoix,
the chief of the private police of Napoleon
Ill, will soon be published, unless his exc
cutors are prevailed upon by members of
the Bonaparte family not TO reveal the in
ner life of the Tullers during the lifetime Of
several of the people referred to in the
memoirs.
George Newcomb, the English lion tanner.
who died recently, in 1864 had terrible en-
counter at Swindon with five African lions,
when he received nine wounds on the right
arm in addition to other injuries. Three Of
the lions died in the struggle. Newcomb
had previously had his left eye torn out by
leopard.
The series of new Japanese flags recently
adopted is very picturesque. The emper,
or's flag has plain red ground, with gold
chrysanthemum in the center; the empress
is the same except that it is swallow-tailed.
Then there is the flag for the heir apparent,
one for the minister of marine, and admir-
ais flag and commodore's.
A novel flower has been found at the
Isthmus Of Tehuantepec. This floral
chameleon has faculty OF changing its
colors during the day. In the morning it
is white, when the sun is at its zenith it is
red and at night it is blue. The red, white
and blue flower grows on a tree about the
size Of the guava tree and only at noon does
it give out any perfume.
The MacSerraigh family, of Ireland,
were originally called Hodnett, and came
from England. Wishing to make them
selves as Irish as possible, they took the
name MacSerraigh, but after awhile, when
it had degenerated into McSherry, they
grew tired of it, and, remembering that
Searrach means fool in Irish, they have
changed their name again to Foley
Minister Frederick Douglas writes to a
friend: 81 am quite satisfied with my
position in Hayti. There is a chance of
being of some service here 1t is the black
mans country, and though there is much to
be regretted in its condition there is also
much to commend The people are called
lazy, but they do manage to export
million dollars of produce per annum.
The government of India has been COM
PEELED by law 10 purchase three copies of
each new book issued in the country, and
it has been discovered that practice has
grown up of printing new books simply
for the sake of the sale of those three
copies. A change is about to be made in
the law, and hereafter the publishers will
have to present the copies to the govern
ment.
The dowager empress of.China wanted to
have the photographs of all the distin-
guished Englishmen who have served China
and the Chinese government has just pro-
cured through London photographers for
her two portraits of "Chinese' Gordon,
each five feet high, one showing him in
English and the other in Chinese uniform
the portraits were obtained by charging
old photographs.
Russia is at present in the throes of .
temperance campaign, which the central
government does not seem to be seconding
to any extent, if one may Judge by the ne WIS
from the department of Kew. In that sec
tion thirty six villages sent petitions to st.
Petersburg demanding the abolition of all
! liquor selling establishments within their
boundaries. Thirty five of these petitions
were rejected, but the thirty-sixth being &C
cepted the inhabitants OF the village thus
deprived of its drink turned cut and beat
10 death the man who had drawn up the De.
tition.