Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-05-15
WINGED MISSILES.
King Humbert has given 500. 900 to erec
q monument To Mazzini

covered, are the men who never marry.
The first appearance OF river In tbs Bible
Is in the second chapter of Genesis, tentE
verse.
new mill for the manufacture OF pape,
from moss has been recently established IL
Sweden.
Tennyson still occasionally smokes this
pipe, which has always been his favorite
style Of using the weed
Announcement Is made OF the wedding
engagement OF Gen. Rosecran's daughter
to Gov. Toole of Montana.
Roast pork and apple sauce continues a
standard dish in fashionable families In
town brought up on a farm
An extraordinary amount Of snow fell
on the Italian aud Swiss Alps during Dec.
ember, January, and February.
The new avenues and streets opened in
Rome and Naples bear the names Of Vic
tor Emanuel, Cavour, Garibaldl, and
Mazzini.
Switzerland has q touch of the Eiffel
Tower feve., too and there is project to
build one in Geneva to add to the attrac.
tons OF the city
VIVA yours 8
democracy becomes more and more pro-
nounced. England may yet have to thank
him for starting a republic
Emile Zola has cleared hundred thou
sand dollars from "Nana," first issued In a
newspaper in 1919 1t has been translated
in every European language
In the formation OF q single locomotive
steam engine there are nearly 5000 pieces
to be put together, and these require to be
as accurately adjusted as the works of o
watch.
furled on Jan. ], l716, over the camp at
Cambridge 1t had thirteen stripes OF
white and red, and retains the British
cross in one corner.
The introduction Of foreign and mineral
waters as table beverages, it is estimated,
has had the effect to decrease the use of
wine nearly one third at entertainments
and dinner parties.
Ernest Renan, the French philosopher,
INDUCES in a hobby of not riding in
vehicles of any kind, preferring to walk,
although his health is feeble, and stout
cane is necessary to support him.
1t is claimed that wall paper can be
made in such way that the passage OF
ow-tension electric currents will heat it
moderately warm to the touch and diffuse
throughout the room an agreeable temporal
ture.
Experiments have demonstrated that the
relation between the velocity Of projectile
and the resistance offered by the air to its
motion differs materially from Newton's
theory that the resistance is proportional
to the square of the velocity.
Some of the Oldest residents Of Water
bury, Conn, remember that a sign post,
which has stood on the green for forty
years once formed part Of the village
whipping post, the last time it was used for
the purpose being about 1920.
Several French generals have b,en re-
Gently disciplined" by NJ de Freycinet on
account of violent public speeches, in
which they impeached his fairness in over
looking them for promotion, and bluntly
called him an ignoramus in military mat
tors.
BY printers error Queensland, Aus.
tralia, paper was made to say: "There
need be demand no longer for Jules Verne's
and other blackguards' works Of magma.
tion.n In it's next issue il said; "For
other bllckguards' please read Rider
II ggard's.'n
The following is said to be the shortest
sentence in TIE English language coatain-
ing all the letters of the alphabet: "John
p. Brady gave mo black walnut box of
quite small size" The whole sentence
contains less than twice the number of
letters in the alph abet
Pope was not a surface thinker. He
never wrote anything truer than the
following: mature loves truth so well
that it hardly ever admits OF fiourishing.
Conceit is TO nature what paint is to
beauty; it is not only need ess, but impairs
what it would improve"
In ESQ the United States had 43, AIS, $40
nat ve born persons, $3.50, 1913 colored pop
ulation, 33J,035 Indians. 115,4S5 Chinese,
l,9j6,7i2 Germans, 1,S54,57l Irish, III, l57
6i!, sc English, 44O,2 62
Scandinavians, 10, 1856 Scotch, S3,3o2 Welsh
and SIG, 254 other nationalities.
Insanity in Paris has increased 30 per
cent within the last sixteen years. Drink
and extravaganza arc tn, two chief causes
OF persons going mad from
worry caused by living beyond their means
Women become insane more frequently
than men, especially through drink.
In the Medical Museum, Washington,
there are two skulls all cracked up like
couple OF eyg shells that had been knocked
together Thoy formerly belonged to a
couple Of Norfolk. Va, negroes who butted
each other to death be ,auss woman
couldn't decide which of the two she liked
best.
The Theatre q Application in Paris is
about 10 begin a series OF literary and dra-
matte edaseries Coluelin is to talk about
h'o,iorc aud ShakoSpe are; Sarah Benhardt
will give the result of her researches and
studies upon the role of jeanne dare,
white Copper, Richepin, Anatole France,
Sarcey and other weil-known writer's are
to discuss various literary and dramatic
problems.
a Florida fisherman recently baited his
set hooks with small green frogs Ee left
his hooks in the water all nicely floating
having been told that this was the best of
to r,tarn next morning and
find fish by thc dozen. He returned, and
to his surprise all of his baited hooks were
sitting ont on thu banks looking at him,
aud as he came close to them thoy would
Jump back into the water ''kerchunk"
According TO information gathered at
Pekin, the emperor of China in his early
childhood had more than four hun lrel at
tendants, among whom figured eighty
nurses, twenty-five fan bearers, twenty
five pal inquin bearers, ten umbrella hold.
ers, thirty physicians and surgeons, seven
cooks and twenty-three solutions, fifty
servants and messengers, fifty dressers,
seventy.iive astroloyers, sixteen tutors and
sixty priests.
II requires from 5l2 TO SO vibrations
second 10 produce treble c. Helmholtz's
theoretical pitch, adopted by the Society of
Arts, is ) s second Tho difference b.
tween 5la and 80 is almost exactly semi.
tone. For middle q 264 vibrations sec
ond are required. The following is state
mcnt OF tho v.brat ons second required
for tho notes in music: g 2, 1875: g !, 90;
e, &C; Q, 1872; e /, 2Ji; CO, 52S; G 3, Loss;
c 4, 2,ll2; c ), a. pa.
" lille boy was cutting bananas from
bunch hinging in front OF a Burlington,
VT, gro cry store large tarantula
sprang at him, striking him on the side
of the neck. From the boys neck the
inse t loaped into a barrel half full OF