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

General Nathaniel p. Banks enjoys the
reputation of being the politest and most
courtly man In Wasiin ,ton, Aud he Is
not a candidate for anything either.
An ounce OF aqua am )aia 10 each pail full
Of water is said to provil e the quickest
restoration OF tone 10 exhausted nerves
and muscles, besides making the flesh firm
and smooth.
There has been popular rising ct Porto
Algere, province OF Rio GrAnde do Sui
Br I'll, owing to dlss tisfaction with the
new banking laws. 1t was suppressed by
the military.
There is what might be ell q Beatrice
revival in Florence. A Beitrice cxhib,.
tion has been opensd, d,sicnol for gen.
eral competition for Italian womons
works, technical and artistic, ami as trib-
ute to Dante's idol.
Among queer fads of collectors are these
OF collecting circus posters and portr its OF
riders, CONS. bindings, artists, proofs and
all kinds OF bric-a-brlc. Tnero is sail 70
be and enthusiast who has be Gun to gather
voices on photographic OFFENDERS
In June 1872, President Harrison will
have his next appointment OF a cadet.at-
large at annapolis. Two hundred applica-
tions have already been mado for the posi-
tion-which certainly speaks we'll for the
popularity of the navy with young America.
Alexander Monroe Do,kery, congress-
man from Missouri, possesse, Van
Dyke beard, carries his hands in his
trousers pockets, and wears his silk hat
tilted forward o. h'shead lie is banker,
but seems to have a decidedly Bowcry
style.
BY advice of the Brussels Academy Of
medicine, tho Belgian government has for
hidden all public exhibit ons OF hypnotism,
and declared all hypnotism unless used
legittmatcly for he ling purpo3e5, to be
illegal, while tn treatment of girls under
eighteen years OF age is absolutely prohib-
itel.
The work OF restoring tho historic castle
at Heidelberg has begun, and will continue
for two wars at least. 1t Is not intended
TO restore the picturesque ruins but to re-
new the foundations aud restore certain
portions of tho castle in strict conformity
to It's appearance In the time OF the electors
Palatine.
At a children's party in New York the
table was entirely strewn with cabbage
leaves, on which were mechanical rabbits
OF every imlg .nable kind, so ne playing the
drum, some tambourincs, while some
sprang from boxes and others wheeled per-
ambulators. The little people wore de-
lighted.
At Bahrin, which Is about th, hottest
part Of the earth no water can be obtained
from digging wells to depth of 500 feet in
many cases, but thanks to copious springs
which break forth in the waters of tho
Persian Gulf, over mile from shore fresh
water is obtained by divers who fill goat.
skin bags with tho cooling liquid asd sell
IL 70 the inhabitants.
Exclusively in the interests OF "the
negro" there are as shown by the American
Newspaper Directory, fifty.four newspa-
pers published. None of these is credited
with as much as five thousand circulation,
and but two are said to have moro than
four thousand, and ono OF the two Is In
Chicago. Alabama, Florida and South
Carolina have ons each, while Illinois has
six.
1t IL said that the common cowcatcher
attachment 10 locomotives is about the only
article of universal use that has ever been
patented. Its inventor is ID. b. Davies, Of
Columb bus who found his model in the
plow. Red lights on tho rear OF trains, 1t
is further said, were adopted at the sug-
gestion OF tho lato Mrs. Swisshelm after a
railway accident in which she had narrow
escape.
Henry Willis, farmer Of Batting Hol.
low, Suffolk county, is veteran of the
the late war. lie lost one OF his limbs on
the battlefield and carries in its place a
wooden leg. A fire broke out recently in
the woods dear Willis home, and he turned
out with his nelghbors to fight the flames.
While doing so his wooden leg eau hit fire
and the flames communicated with his
clothes. He was severely burned before
nis blazing clot in : ami wooden leg were
wrapped In a blanket and tho flames extin-
guished.
The Swiss newspaper, Croix Federale,
gives an account by an eyewitness of an
incident which proceeded tho massacre OF
Siberian prisoarrs at Kara Tort the
governor general OF Siberia, ordered a
WON n named Konoiskais, who was dy in 2
OF consumption, taken to Verknioudinsk
Unable TO rise, four soldiers dragged her in
q semi-nude state, her chimise hanging In
rags, from her bed to the court yard She
died on the slcdge during the journey.
Other females demanded the removal OF
Governor Bebrosyy, and this led to the
hoonng.