Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-09-12

Medical prescriptions in Franc,
must be written in the language o
that country.
Noah Webster, from first to last
spent seventeen years on his "Dic
tionary of the English Language"
Nearly all the inhabitants of north
ern China are vegetarians. Their diet
consists chiefly of rice, millet, maize
turniPs and potatoes.
A tough beefsteak can be made ten.
der ana delicious by sending cur
rent of electricity through it. Sc
says VIM. I. Bryan, a Cincinnati elec-
trician.
Twenty years ago 20 per cent OF
the employees of the New York Cen.
tral railroad were discharged yearly
for drinking. Now only about / per
cent yearly are so dismissed.
Three indispensable accomplish
ments must be possessed by candi-
dates for the police force in Vienna.
They must understand telegraphy, be
able to row boat and swim.
Mrs. Hatterson--Are those people
who have moved next door to you
well bred? Mrs. Callerson-Oh, yes
They answered all my questions and
never asked me one about myself.
The father of NJ. Santos Dumont,
the famous aeronaut, is the wealth
lest coffee grower of Brazil. He EN-
ploys 5000 laborers on his planta.
lions. OF his ten children, the inyen.
tor of the dirigible air ship is the
youngest.
Prosperity Is encouragingly pro-
gressiye in South Carolina. Twenty
years ago that state had Is cotton
mills, with $3.50 spindles-small
mills, most of them. Today there are
within her borders 1876 mills contain
ing 2,249,709 spindles and 63,6i2 looms
Not long ago prominent country
lawyer, becoming nettled at the rul'
ing of judge, picked up his hat and
started to walk out of the court room
He was halted by the court with the
inquiry: Are you trying to express
your contempt for the court?" mo
your honor" was the reply; II am
trying TO conceal it."
A rose bush that has attained the
age of 101 years is one of the inter.
esting sights of the old Salem home
stead in Middle MADDEN. The bush
was planted in the year 1900 by Mrs
Lucilla Hurd, and it is stated on good
authority that it has borne roses
every year for 100 years. Mrs. Hurd
who planted the rose bush, was "a
years of age when she died.
Mrs. III. Z. van Cleve, 1.-The first
white baby born in the northwest
lives in Minneapolis, and, though 81
years old, is still mentally vigorous
and much interested in the worlds
affairs. The daughter of one regular
officer and the widow of another, she
first saw the light at Fort Crawford
Wis, on July !, 1919, and has passed
through many trials, hardships ano
adventures of military and pioneer
nfe.
An American once went to Windsor
Castle and insisted upon seeing Queen
Victoria. He was told that it was
quite impossible, as an audience with
the queen could be had only by APP
pcintmeut. Still he persisted, anC
then they told him fat-footed that
before seeing the queen, he must
state the object of his visit. He said
ne wanted to show her a new piece OF
furniture-a throne-bed-a perfect
throne by day and perfect bed by
night.
Alexander Graham Bell, the inven'
tor of the telephone, who has been
studying aerial navigation, says of NJ.
Santos-Dumont's recent tests: Il
think that III. Santos-Dumont has
demonstrated that aerial navigation
is possible, but that the balloon part
of it is not the essential. Never be-
fore has there been an aerial ship
with balloon so small and motor so
powerful. He has shown that aerial
locomotion is not so much question
of balloon as one of mechanics and
of power in the motor"