Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-09-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The Canadian authorities say that
! the best immigrants that come to the
country are Norwegians and Swedes.
During the last five years and half
the Standard Oil company has paid
dividends amounting to $242,O00,-
600 on a capital Of 100000, 0O0
There Is quite color scheme In
volved In the attempt of Russia to get
her fleet out Of the Black sea, through
the Red, and into the Yellow.--Toledo
Times.
A translation of "The Pilgrims Pro.
gress" is popular in China Some of
the pictures show Christian with the
face and garb Of Chinaman, with
shaved head and pigtail.
A guillotine has just been erected
In the market place at Gothenburg,
Switzerland. 1t Ia intended for
laudable purpose, and will be used to
decapitate ducks and chickens.
Japanese ladies sometimes have the
floors of their boudoirs, underneath
the mats, so arranged that by tho
den upon sounds something like the
VI are SIuittCi.
Automobiles on runners have been
conceived by French machinist. TO
be used on snow.covered roads. The
machine will rest on four runners,
two In front, to be used for steering
purposes. Wheels connected with the
hind runners will keep the runners In
motion.
Moinst vapor Is constantly arising
from the sea, and In the course of
year this amounts to layer OF water
| fourteen feet thick. This mass Of
moisture Is borne to the clouds, and
the winds drift large part of 1t over
the land, on which 1t descends in rain
| or snow.
A quaint little fish haunts the weed
tracts of the Gulf Stream, and there
builds Its nest and lays its eggs like
bird rather than fish. This ami
mal--the antennarlus-iml in
color the weed 1t lives in, and, like
| the chameleon, constantly changes its
colors.
Automobile tenting parties are pop
ular in England. The camping outfit
| Is carried in the vehicle and when
| night comes on the riders seek n ia
| vorable ground and erect the tent, do
| their own cooking, have a jolly good
| time and refreshing rest, and resume
| their Journey In the morning.
A company has been organized in
London for the procuring Of wealthy
brides for impoverished aristocrats.
A percentage on the estimated wealth
of the bride is the fee for this work,
to be paid within week after the
marriage takes place,
The antiquity of Chinese cIviliza-
ton may be inferred from the fact
that at the present day there are in
circulation coins which were minted
three hundred years before the Chris
ton era, and bearing likenesses OF
emperors who reigned In those days.
Bohemia Is the country Of long
courtships. In no other part OF the
world are they so abnormally drawn
| out. 1t is not rare to hear of engage
ments which have extended from flf-
teen to twenty years. An old man
| died recently at Prague at the ago
| of ninety-nine, who hade been court
ing sweetheart for sixty-two years.
An unfortunate husband in Ohio.
whose wife occasionally forgets wo-
manly dignity, and gets fuddled, sent
the following advertisement to the
paper OF his town: 81 hereby give
notice to my friends, and not my
friends, that my wife ran away and
stole money from the house, last
Thursday. If she don't return in
twenty-four hours I call us parted"
A surgeon in the British army motto.
ed that when a wounded soldier was
taken to within an easy hearing dis
lance of music hemorrhage was great
ly reduced or stopped. 1t Is believed
that the vibration Of the air produced
by the music causes the patient to
become faint, in which case the ac-
lion of the heart is so considerably
essened that the overflow Is reduced.