Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-12-04

reading time of most men, and that of a
large proportion Of women, is givep to
newspapers.
Two of the albums sent to the interna-
tional exhibition Of postage stamps at
Vienna were insured for $500 and 5000
respectively.
Half dozen New York ladies are said
TO earn handsome living by holding con-
rersation classes and giving private les.
sons in that art.
Married persons live longer than single
better chance for length of days than those
pf short stature.
Currency is reported as being so scarce
In parts Of Bolivia that citizens are cutting
The notes into pieces and passing these as
fractional currency.
Near-sightedness is becoming alarmingly
prevalent in France. Among the older
boys in the different colleges more than 40
per cent are near-sighted.
The average duration of life is greater
In Norway than in any other country in
Europe. This Is attributed to the Uniform
cool temperature Of the climate.
King William has some idea Of material
progress as we'll as Of political advance
ment. He thinks Of introducing American
cars on the railroads Of the empire.
Iron collars for heavy work horses are
coming into use. They weigh less than
seven pounds, and the advantage of their
! use is said to be immunity from sore neclSs.
Two fig trees in California ore tl'rty
feet high and bear 1, 90 pounds OF fruit
each year. The man who owns them very
naturally thinks there is money in the fig
business.
Brazil is larger than the United States,
but in the whole twenty states which
make up the republic there are not as
many people as we have In Now York and
Pennsylvania.
An organization modelled after the Amer.
lean Chautauqua Literary and Scientific
Circle has been organized in Great Britain,
under the name Of tho National Home
Reading Union
The floating island In Sadawga Lake, in
Nottingham, VT, contains over 100 acres,
and it actually floats on top of the water.
1t is not attached to the main land on any
part Of tho Lake
The fashion for men to wear wedding
rings Is greatly on tho increase in England.
Heretofore the English have professed to
consider it an affectation. Perhaps the
English were right.
| French surveyors have discovered north.
west of Suez the bed of an ancient canal
running for miles in the direction of the
1 oh tssh 1 70 .al
with the Mediterranean.
Six brothers named Withers at Louis
vile, KY, are said to be over six feet six
inches each in height, and their average
weight is 1911 pounds. Their mother is
living at the age of eighty-nine years,
People born in the winter time are likely
10 endure easily very cold weather, and
those who come into the world in the
summer time hate snow and frost but
take readily to sunshine and hot days.
The vampire plague makes stock-raising
In the Brazilian provinces of Matto- Crosse
and Entro-Rios almost impossible. AS
many as twenty of the winged bloodsucB.
crs often attack a single COW in night
The Baltimore American says: 'Chili is
having warm time learning how to be q
republic. What au age this Is for over.
turning monarchies and setting up repub,
lies. The world is advancing all the time"
1t is stated that hotel has been built In
Hamburg entirely OF compressed wood as
hard as iron, aud rendered absolutely proof
against both fire and the attacks of insects
by subsection to certain chemical processes,
1t was in Italy, after Flanders. that the
manufacture OF tapestry attained the high
est position during the sixteenth century
Ferrara appears to have been the mos,
ancient and most important mandatory
in Italy.
The effeminate hirsute habit is growing
in New York among the men. A barber
there says this year more men than evel
before have adopted the habit Of parting
their hair IN the middle. After all it Ia
only matter Of taste.
A brown or black bear would soon be
observed where the coyote makes its
homo, but the latter, lying in the sides OF
hills covered with dried and sunburnt
vegetation, is almost perfectly safe from
intrusion il it but remains quiet
A Canadian clergyman has advanced the
theory that the walls Of Jericho foil from
the blowing Of the keynote By the horns o.
the besicgers, just as bridges have beer
known 10 collapse from the rhythmic tread
Of soldiers feet passing over them.
A newspaper at Newcastle, England
commemorated It's centenary by republish
ing its first issue. During the day coun
try couple called at the office to answer a,
advertisement for help on farm. The
were informed they were 100 years late.
An excellent and inexpensive prepare
lion for cleaning so;led gloves and othe
selicate articles is the following mixture
One quart OF deodorizei benzine, on,
;rachm of suiphuric other, one drachm o
shioroforIn, two draohms of alcohol an'
enough cologne 10 mako 1t pleasant
A vegetarian recommends as day
lcod for an adult three pounds of ripo fresl
fruit, one pound of dried fruit figs, dates
rruneJ, raislns or sultanas), half poun'
" almonds or nuts (walnuts, Brazils, fl
Iorts, eto.), four eggs and quarter to hal
pound OF choose Dutch or Gruyere).
Graphite has boon discovered near SAINT,
Espiritu, Cuba, and the owners of tn
mine intend 10 commence work immediate
ly in connection with some America,
capitalists, as the mineral, which is a
good as that OF Siberia, can be advantage
ously disposed Of In the United States.
Popular Science Monthly alludes to tn
belief OF some that as man in tho savag
state has, for the most part been Target.
IL not wholly, carnivorous, he will, wit
the progress of civilization, become entirel
vegetarian or use only the products Of an
male, as eggs and milk, with vegetabl
food.
Tumbler-weeo" has caused a blockad
! In portion Of Pendleton, Oregon. Tn
weeds are full Of 'tumblers," and well Mig
impossible. Recently farmhouse tsa1
and wagon tocame stalled In mass Q
weeds whiis descending hill, and th
vehicle was extricsted with great dir