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Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1886-1893, 1891-05-29

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Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-02-26
Gasoline a Moth Destroyer.

What shall do with my fur cape"
an anxious damsel was overheard by .
Pittsburg Chronicle reporter inquirins
of druggist lately. II have beer
away on visit and there have beer
moths in my friends wardrobe, fol
first / found one little bare place il
my cape where there ought to hav,
been fur, and now there is another anc
| am in despair"
1T is useless to try to find moths il
a fur cape" was the druggists answer
"but take n big bottle of gasoline ane
saturate your cape with it. Then rol
it up in paper for a day of two. ant
you will find no more bare spots unless
you go visiting and hanglt in the sam
wardrobe.
But | am afraid of gasoline"
Yes, it is dangerous, when used
carelessly, but il you treat your cap,
to its gasoline bath in room wthou
fire and with open windows, You ar,
entirely safe, except from odor; Their
is no escaping that for Il few hours Il
least"
Gasoline seems to be about the onl,
remedy which can be applied with dis
patch and certain effect when moth
are discovered invading valuable fu
garment, and in this season of fur it j
we'll to bear the remedy IN mind.
Surely furs were never so fashion
able rs now; and If you would be il
style, at least one fur garment must b.
found in your wardrobe.
And, really, it makes very little dii
ference whether it is dainty littl
Astrachan shoulder cape, costing fror
$l4 to $40, or sealskin mantle, trim
med with Russian sable, which tn
dealer assured you was bargain &
$1,000.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-02-26
\ Queer Race.

THE queerest race ever heard Of"
said Maj. Wetherill in the Colonnadc
to Philadelphia Press reporter, ''was
proposed at Devon inn few years ago
by one of the guests, an Italian noble
man, Count Montglas. A crowd of us
were talking about horses one day on
the veranda, and Montglas offered to
wager that he could successfully run
any active pig in Chester county
against any horse there. and beat the
horse, over twenty-five yards course.
As was natural, we roared at the idea,
but the count persisted that he could
do so, aud then we supposed there was
some catch i'll ihc wager and nobody
took il.
After awhile Moutgias and l were
left alone on the vcranda. aud he told
me that he was sincere in the bet, and
explained how it was that pig could
outrun horse over twenty-five yards.
OF course it takes horse long time
TO get under way. and it was on this
alone that the count placed his faith.
He would have the course decided
upon, and over it would scatter line
of corn. at the end placing big double
nlnuIul. Nen tic WOUlu release the
pig. and the latter would start along.
eating the corn rs he went, until reach
ing the end. where he would find the
double handful. Later on that day the
process would be repeated and the pig
would move hurricdly. eau along the
scattered kernels, in an cndeavor 10
reach the pile, twenty-five yards away.
The next day considerably less corn
would be scattered over the course,
but the double handful would still DO
placed at the end. Within week
only very few grains would mark the
line TO the capital prize. aud on being
releazed the pig would start off at
breakneck speed in his greatness to
get the latter. ''Weil," continued tho
major, ION the day of the race there
would be no corn ut all scattered on
the course, but piggy would be squrm-
ing and wriggling to get off toward the
pile. When all would be ready the
word Got" would be given; the pig
would be freed, and away he'd start as
If shot from a cannon. BY the time
the horse could get fairly under way
the pig would be half over the course,
just tearing himself almost apart to
reach that handful of grain. You see.
/ Montglas didn't count on the pigs legs,
( but on his appetite
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-02-26
Longstrect and the Scots.

The New York Highlanders vol
uuteer regiment which served with
conspicuous distinction in the war. has
Il new name on its roster; the recruit
is no less q distinguished command
or than Gen. Longstreet, the Confcd-
crate. He was elected ut the recent
visit of the regiment to Knoxville. Aft
er his election he told of his first meet
ing with the Scots He said lie was
about to meet an attack, and inquired
Of an aide who was making the charge
on his line on the left. The aide an
swered: Those Irishmen with the
Scotch caps Il asked him how they
were fighting" continued the General,
land he said: Can't You hear the
racket could. Just then a squad
of men came running from where the
engagement was tic hottest, and
asked the Lieutenant in command if
there was any serious lighting going
on, and where they were going. Co
ing echoed the Lieutenant, TO tho
rear. This is no fit place for any man.
From that time my estimation OF the
Scotch boys rose 100 per cent"
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-02-26
The Waiter Girl.

.he comes, sho comes upon my yearnins
sight,
Like friendly beacon shining thro' the night,
What tho thy hands and feet be lurge-thy
head
Aud countennnce alike be fiery red;
Ny joy ut seeing you Is past control
hon token of plenty my furnished soull
Sac comes to learn my lghtest within or wish,
And murmurs-
"SJupoItish?'
baus liter of Erin. skittish are thy ways.
PerciarTce my meal you'll bring some of these
days.
D. why prCcrastinate? Why, why go slow2
Art waiting for tho ham-and-eggs TO grown
At length she comes again upon the scene
ind beams upon me with smile serene;
Like champagne bottle popping out its cork
She shoots out
"BeeforpCrk!"
q, fair ono. tho no drinking man am l.
! fam some mid. light beverage would try.
Not only hungry am ], but athtIst;
And ! could drink until my hide would burst.
D, for iCe-waicr milk or lemonade.
S,me col Gliuk bring me, oh, thou lovely
mtii!
at last size secs my signal and far OF
Sn uts at M
"TeaorcOhy"
Come, come, thou shy, coy maid, hear my
app al
Have i come to the end of this, my meal?
i this small rotion all l am to draw?
Must fHmnc'S tooth forever ut me gnaw?
You think I've had cnOugh-nOt sO-not sol
Az. tile of hOarder's wants you know!
II you'd but listcn-if you only would
She answers
"PicOIpudI'
-Dostnn Rpacon
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-02-26
The Education of Children.

/ think that all mothers must con-
sole themselves with the fact that no
system of education eau be absolutely
perfect Neither are we nor our child
rcn perfect One thing should never
be lost sight OF; that we are educating
children TO be men aud women, n OF 10
be children.
We can do no better than to develop
them into what nature has intended
them TO be; we cannot successfully
make them" what we should prefer.
Let us accept cur children as the kind
OF people they are by nature. Do, not
let them feel that their faults are up
permost in our minds when we think
OF them. The person who is happy
surely faces the world at great ad.
vantage; the person who is unhappy
often has doubts and suspicious aud
bitternesses. Let us try TO give ouI
children the advantage of happiness.
and, though we have no personal
motive, we shall surely not 90 unre.
warded.-Hayper'S Bazaar.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-02-26
AN EvENTFUL CAREER.
Is That OF Billiard Ball when r. ken
from First to Last.

There are few men or things that
are called upon to roll into more close
corners or queer situations than is q
billiard ball That is, of course. after
it has become full-hedgcd billiard
ball. Its career prior to this is rather
monotonous. An elephant, either in
Asia or Africa, carries it with him in
his wandcriDgs very near to his trunk.
! 1t is then known rs tusk, and has
been the cause of some tall lying in
the way of elephant stories told by
various persons, of whom Rider Hag-
gard is now the foremost representa-
tive.
The transition from being an ele-
plants tusk to being billiard ball in
good standing is not sudden. 1t takes
time to effect it. In the first place.
according to the Mail and Express, it
is not every tusk that is suitable to
make a billiard ball from. There arc
several factories in New York city, and
they say that it takes good while to
turn out perfect ball. Tho firms
here, however have TO do but part of
the work, for they get the tusks that
are of the proper quality sent to them
large enough to allow of the turning
of single ball ont of it. Most of this
material comes from Hamburg. The
ivory is so marked that the turner's
here know what part of the tusk each
piece comes from, and in this way can
calculate rs to the grain and quality Of
the article.
1t requires skilled labor TO turn out
a billiard ball. One-half OF it is first
turned, an instrument of the finest
steel being used for the work. Then
the half turned ball is hung up in net
aud is allowed 10 hang there for
year TO dry. Then the second half is
turned and then comes the polishing.
Whitening and water and good deal
of rubbing are necessary for this. 1t
is necessary in the end that the ball
shall to the veriest fraction of a grain
be of certain weight.
1t is after being placed on the bill
lard table that the real life of tho
billiard ball commences. There are
pores in ivory just as there are in the
cpidermis. These may close, and
then, if in a hot room, the ball is likely
to crack, or it may crack by reason of
conclusion with other balls. During
the first stage the billiard ball may
mix in almost any society. 1t may
gyratc under the magic cue of Slos-
sou, a Schacfer, Vignaux or some
other champion, or it may be toyed
with by fair DANES in private billiard
rooms in swell houses on Murray Hill.
When it cracks it drops a step lower.
II is sent to factory and II small
fraction of nick is shaved off from il.
You next see it in some second-rato
billiard room on Sixth avenue. Final
~ it rolls even lower and into some
secondhand shop, and thence into
Bowcry saloon, where .crooks" manip-
ulate it to the dismay and discontinue
of visitors from the rural districts.
The rest is soon told. The balls be-
come cracked, decrcpit and practically
useless for the purpose for which they
were made. Then they are bought up
by dealers, are cut up and made into
smaller articles. If the worst comes
to the worst, they can be burned and
used in the making of ivory black.
a chcckcred life enough is that of a
billiard ball
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-02-26
HIGHLAND PARK.
The Seat Of Highland Park Normal Col.
lege, Des Moines, Iowa.
Splendid Place to Make Invest.
mentS, Build Home and Edu-
cate Your Children.

Are you contemplating coming to Des
Moines, II sowhy not purchase your home in
Highland Park, In the center OF which Il
Highland Park College, by far the finest and
best equipped normal college in the world
which being first openedlfor students Sept I'd,
1880, closed its second term Jan. 9th, 1891.
with over 500 students.
The territory adjacent to the College b
been laid OIL and graded nto broad and beau
tful avenues; cement sidewalks, have been
built and many handsome residences erected
The accessibility of the location by means of
rapii transit and paved street to and from
the heart OF the city, renders this locality very
popular.
Lets can be purchased on most reasonable
terms and homes built as cheaply as In any
city in the country.
The character OF the community could not
be excelled, consisting as 1t already does and
will of the most intelligent and cultivated peo
pie.
Highland Park lies on high, rolling plateau
giving perfect drainage, pure air, and is entire
" out of the reach OF all miasmatlc influences
The view from this high table land is pictur-
esque in the extreme
Parties wishing to build in Highland Park
in order to educate their children at the Col
legc, can readily find occupants for any spare
rooms they may have, and thus derive a reye-
ne which will do much toward reducing liy-
Ing expenses.
If you wish to make an investment you can
DO no better than TO purchase lots In this beau
tlful addition as property will be sure to make
marked advances in the near future.
Plats or any information in regard to High
land Park furnished on application to A. s.
WicoNen, member OF Executive Committee
Highland Park Land Co., or w. w. Fink, Sec
rotary, PA 9th st.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-02-26
Just Rche
August
Flower

How does he feel Pile feels
cranky, and is constantly expert
menting, dieting himself, adopting
strange notions, and changing the
cooking, the dishes, the hours. and
manner of his cating-August
Flower the Remedy.
How does he feel?-He feels at
times a gnawing, voraCious, insati-
able appetite, wholly understandable,
unnatural and unhealthy August
Flower the Remedy.
How does he feeI?--he feels no
desire to go to the table and 4
grumbling, iault-hnding, ovcr-nice-
ty about what is set before him when
he is there-August Flower the
Remedy.
How does he feel Pic feels
after spell Of this abnormal appe-
tite an utter adherence, loathing,
and detestation of food as if a
mouthful would kill him-August
Flower the Remedy.
How does he feel?-He has ir-
regular bowels and peculiar stools
August Flower the Remedy. @
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-02-26
WINGED MIS- SILE

The road from Jaffa TO Jerusalem viii be
completed next year. Tarsus st. Paurs
town, has had a railroad for several years.
Self conccit may be good thing to have
but man should try to be modest about it
and keep it to himself as much MS possible
The crawfish are so numerous at Rallos,
St Mary Parish, La, that they stopped a
train there recently by crawling or the
track.
Tho British canteen system has been
adopted in the barracks of Germany, with
Wow to keeping the soldiers away from
the liquor shops.
Dr. Schaffranek, Of Palatka, Fla, has
recently sent to Europe handsome Dou-
quet, composed Of wild flowers, the handle
being an alligator's tooth.
1t would be difficult to maintain thea.
ter at the ancient village of Williams burg,
Va, at this tine. But the first theater
built in the United States was in Williams
burg in 1850.
A squaw man. white man who marries
an Indian woman, is defined rs man who
wants a wife who will work for him and
allow him TO go six months without chang
ing his shirt.
The committee appointed last September
to inquire into the causes OF the abnormal.
ly high mortality in Madras has reported
that the water supply and the drainage
are defective.
In Germany they are making coffee from
linseed meal ted to dark color and
mixed with some glutinous substances be-
fore passing through machines which form
it in the shape of beans.
The Rev. John Eliot missionary 10 tho
Indians, wrote a letter in 1913, which was
sold at auction few days ago in Boston
for $500. At the same sale a letter of thu
Rev. Jonathan Edwards brought only
Sll.50
The Pittsburg Dispatch asks the fol-
lowing: Now that the government board
has made us spell it Boring, will it not
please give us official information whether
its first syllable rhymes with "beer," "fur"
or "err?"
The following is a copy Of the return
made by colored constable on a warrant
in Liberty county, Georgia: II have this
Day Rest the Body Of Kate Ann Lecountc
! have Hir in My Gust. This the 9Th day OF
the 18th of Jan, 1891"
Tho empress of Germany, since her
confinement, has given q fresh proof OF
womanly sympathy by ordering 100 com.
plete sets Of baby linen to be given 10 poor
mothers. She has also set apart lO,OOJ
marks to accompany the gifts.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-02-26
Observation-Disclosures sheep.

Dycu-ln-tht-NOoi-uciu ehccP'
Cold cream-thc cream Of society.
The state Of single blcssedness-Mis
Never kick an electric light wire when It i:
down.
The only thing ever cured by faith is cure
faith.
Railroad passes have hypnotised whole leg
islatures.
Yeast is not an article that grows, but 1t i;
easily raised.
Nearly everything that man likes TO do Is
bad for him.
Sometimes a stage "supe" is only ''broth
Of Toy"
Life is truly not worth the living unless Il
be useful life.
The elevator is like the editor-it makes a
long story short.
Born in the garnet, IN the kitchen bred-the
domestic roach.
Line for 20 is albnm: "scap" deferred
maketh bard sick.
A close mouth calls for few assessments and
pays big dividends.
At la-trhcads-Tso tramps working the
~ n pile OF beer lie 2.
"Ilo >e, says a ressimist, ais q humbuc
which takes everybody in.
In the construct on OF monuments granite
Ia oft n put TO a base purpose.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-02-26
There's a good deal of


There's a good deal Of
guarantee business in the store
keeping of to-day. It's too
excessive. Or too reluctant.
Half the time it means moth
ing. Words only avords.
This offer to refund the
money, or to pay a reward, is
made under the hope that you
won't want your money back,
and that you won't claim the
reward. OF course.
So, whoever is honest in
making it, and works-not on
his own reputation alone, but
through the local dealer when
you know, must have soue-
thing he has faith in back Of
the guarantee. The business
wouldn't stand a year with
out it.
What is lacking is conf
dence. Back of that, what is
lacking is that clear honesty
which is above the average
practice"
DIR. Pierce's medicines are
guaranteed to accomplish what
they are intended to do, and
their makers give the money
back if the result isn't ap-
parent.
Doesn't it strike you that
a medicine which the makers
have so much confidence in,
is the medicine for you?
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-02-26
The ssNnpIcs of AmpriCav

Is the very applicable term used by good
writer in refci ring 10 the fine city of Corpus
Christi, Texas. Located on beautiful cliff.
that rise 40 feet above the water of beautiful
bay. Refreshing sea breezts, the coolest sum,
mer and the mldest winter weather, with the
best health record of any city. Good schools
and chur :hcs. Northern terminal of The g.
{. u 5. A. Railway, Pan American Route,
which offers the best and cheapest hcmes &c
the settlers along its lines that can be found
Land is cheap and on terms to suit. Plenty OF
rain and good crop is always assured. Fruit
of every kind. Write the undersigned al
Fontanelle, Iowa, for reliable printed matter
and information concerning this section. NJ
A. RAINY, Asst Gen. Pass. Agent.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-02-26

There is more catarrh IN this section of the
country than all other diseases put together
and until the last few years was supposed to
be incurable. For great many years doctors
pronounced it a local disease, and prescribed
remedies, and by constantly falling to cure
with local treatment, pronouncedit incurable.
Science has proven catarrh to be constitu-
tioual disease, and therefore requires consti-
tutonal treatment Halls Catarrh Cure man
ufactuTed by +. j. Cheney ~ Co., Toledo,
Ohio, is the only constitutional cure on the
market 1t is taken internally in doses from
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. They offer one hundred dollars for
any case it fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials. Address,
+. J. CHENEY ~ Co, Toledo, o.
rs Sold by Druggists, zoe.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-02-26

incandescent lamps placed near the
telling will cause it to blacker, con.
rrary to general belief. Tho blasken.
ing is not due to unconsumcd carbon,
but to a current Of hot air which de
posits black particles on contact Will Z
cold surface.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-02-26

waiter said n man who had been cX-
haust.ng his strength trying to put knife
through an alleged steak, II wish you would
bring me file, a nice, sharp file"
"What are you going to do with the file"
asked a man at the same table.
"Going to file these articles OF incorpora-
ton"
Aud the steak shed bitter gravy.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-02-26
HeWasGlad. Too,

sob. Charley" said the sweet Young thing,
as she nestled trfe closer to him, 81 am
glad you are not one of those Indians"
well, should hope so; but why, particu'
larlyg"
s'because they are disarming them"
And then he was glad that hadn't happened
IN him
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-02-26
Married for Money.

On the promenlde
Flora Lightly-Who was that gentleman
who bowed as he passed uss
Laura Fllghtly-Hei Why, l declare. 1t
looks like Augustu,.
Flora-And who is Augustusl
Laura-You silly goose. Why, Mr.. Flight
H. to be sure. There must have been a fire at
his club. This is only the third time l have
seen him away from it since we were married.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-02-26
The Ladies Delighted

The pleasant effect and the perfect safety
with which ladies may use the liquid fruit lax
alive, Syrup of Figs, under all conditions
make it their favorite remedy 1t is pleasing
to the eye and to the taste, gentle, yet eifec-
tual in acting on the kidneys, liver and
bowels
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-02-26
What a Pity.

Captain Bitters-Deucc take it! my dear
Judge. don't know what ails me this morn
ing. / can't eat morse.
Judge Jaggers-Perhaps, captain. you have
taken something that does not agree with
you.
Captain Bittcrs-By jingo! Ibid. l got a
swallow Of water while | was brushing my
teeth. Waiter, give me double brandy cock
tail, Quick, and fetch the To5ssco sauce.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-02-26
A Domestic Incident.

Mrs. Younglovc--Isn't that lovely pin
cushioc., Algernonl
Mr.. Younglove-Ycs, dear
"And you'll End 1t so handy on your
dresseln
eyes, dear.n
sand you won't sccld II tell you."
"No, dear"
~ knew you wouldn't care for those ties;
AMI"
-" tangr
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-02-26
A Girl Worth Having.

After reading Mr.. Gray's experience in tie
plating business, sent So to W. II. Griffith
q Co., GAINESVILLE, Ohio, for a Platter, aud
cleared $50 in week. Isn't this pretty good
for girl. There is tableware and jewelry to
plate at every house; then, why should any
person be out of employment with such an OPP
portuuity at hand
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-02-26

Two millionaires were fighting In the Ne.
vada bank when a terrier which had been
calmly watching the ARRAY from beneath its
eyebrows turned to the president of the bank
and said: 1t seems pity that they should
be worrying one another III that way. Have
you no rats about the place?n
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-02-26
With Modern improvements

Dashaway-Mlss Summit, / would suggest
that your younger brother be asked to leave
the room, as | have something of the utmost
importance to say to you
Miss Summit am afraid he will have to
stay, Mr.. Dashaway. In affairs Of this kind
find that Tommy's services as shorthand
writer are absolutely indispensable.