Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1891-03-12
The people of Mexico have taken tc

The people Of Mexico have taken to
drinking beer. Breweries are springing up
in every city of Importance. This may
prevent American statesman from falling
a victim to pulque when they visit the
capital of the Montczumas.
''Tako any twenty-five tall, lean men,"
said an old court officer to a reporter, ''and
you can secure jury in a murder case.
Iheyhave no conscientious scruples against
the death penalty. AS rule, short, thick,
men have doubts on this point"
An Eastern journal of the old school
says: ''An agnostic IL q man who VOWS
lie knows nothing, and gets wrathy and
vexed With you if you believe him. He
says be doesn't know anything, but no
really believes he knows everything"
Colonel John C. Taylor of Dayton, KY,
has fallen heir to estates in Ireland that
make him the earl of Tyrone, and, better
still, give him property valued at 81, 000,-
geo. 1t is needless to say that Kentucky
will soon lose one of its prominent colonies.
The Robin society is popular institu-
ton in England. 1t has for It's object to
give Christmas treats to the poor children,
aud to send the little ones into the country
in the summer. Lord Rothschild and Lord
Randolph Churchill are among the patrons.
Drs. Berlin and Picq, OF the Nantes fac
uity, who recently injected fifteen grains
OF goats's blood into the muscular tissue of
tho thighs of two patients suffering from
tuberculosis, assert that cures can be
effected by renewing such injections every
ten days.
At Columbus, Ohio, the other night a
lady caught rat making or with her gold
watch and chain, which she had left upon
q dresser on retiring. The rodent had
dragged his prize nearly twenty feet, and
il minute more would have disappeared
in his hole with it.
Lady Marjorie Gordon, the ten-year old
daughter of tho countess OF Aberdeen,
edits the children's page of paper STYLED
Onward and Upward, published in London
Little Lady Marjorie writes a lively letter
to her young constituents and tells them
interesting stories about her pet animals,
being probably the youngest editor in the
world
Formerly the great arctic or snowy owl
was rarely found in central or northern
New York, but during the present winter
the species has been numerously represent
ed and numbers have been killed This is
thought to be due to tho fact that rabbits
on which the birds feed, have been urcom-
monty plenty this season and havo attract
ed them.
A curious phenomenon was recently Oh
served on the sea at Folkestonc, England
A ship laden with oil sunk in collision and
the water was covered with oil. This pro-
duced a strange effect on tho wild fowl
which are plentiful there. Wild ducks
teal and other birds wore easily caught as
they seemed unable to fly on account of
their feathers being saturated with oil
Despite the constant assurance OF sue
cess from tho use of the lymph which are
received from all quarters OF Europe the
leading physicians in New York hospitals
where tho precious ilui; has been in use
still continue very non-committel None
are willing to admit that cure has been
effected by incubation, nor, on the other
hand, will any one affirm that death can
be traced to the lymph's use. But they
gro evidently determined 10 damn, with
faint praise, for sane time to come.