Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-02-03

ed in 1908.
The good die young they say, and
there are a lot of us editors that are
no longer spring chickens. Look at
Ross of the Republican and ourself.
Bob of the Advocate may be cons
sidered young but not a spring.
Pure iron can be shaved with a
pocket knife. Cast iron contains
about per cent impurities. Inn
pure iron can be made almost as
hard as STEEL
The French was office has acquir-
ed an automobile which is capable
of being instantly changed from a
land to water machine. 1t can carry
four persons, and is actuated by a
IA horse power motor.
BY the old methods of salvage and
the rents and breaks in the hull of
a vessel were closed and the water
pumpted out. By the new system
air is pumped in the hold of the YES
sci which causes her to float and the
water runs out.
1t is to be no longer question of
democrat or republican. The fight
is now between people who fight for
a square deal all along the line, and
those who stand for special privi-
leges. 1t is not the republican party
that is on trial nor the democratic
party, but our free institutions.
Flremen supposed human was
crying for help and assembled to the
top floor of a burning building in
New York. They found a parrot badly
frightened and screaming at the
top of its voice. The bird was car
ried down the ladder and saved
A foreigner must live in China 90
years before he can be naturaliZed
With the tisappe a; i.nce of the
steam engine in II woods will go
80 per cent OF tie annual forest
fires. ELECTRICITY can be readily
obtained from water power in Brit
| ish Columbia and logging by cleo
tricity is becoming the common
practice there.
Bears and dogs live about 20
years, lions 20, cats IA, squirrels,
hares and rabbits I, hogs 80 A
horse has been known to live So
years; their average is 25 sheep
10, COWS 10, camels 100, eagles 1O4.
ravens IL, tortoise 107, swans $50,
elephant 400, whales 1000.
| In the northern part of Italy sheep
are used as beasts Of burden. The
| mountain paths along the foot hills
| of the Himalayas are so precipitous
that sheep, being more sure footed
than larger beasts, are preferred as
burden carriers. The sheep are driv-
en- from village to village with the
wool growing and in each town the
farmer shears as much as he can
sell there and loads the sheep with
the grain which he received in ex-
change. After the flock has been
sheared he turns homeward, each
sheep having on it's back small
sack containing purchased grains
To compare the way women do
their work with the way men do
theirs let us look over village of a
thousand families on Monday. In a
thousand kitchens thousand wom-
en- may be seen making fires in a
thosand cook stoves, heating a thous-
and wash boilers. bending their
backs over thousand wash boards
or washing machines and hanging
their clothes on thousand clothes
lines. If the men were to under.
take to do the work their first STEP
woul be to get up a stodk company
invest capital in building and ma
chinery, so organize the work that
about half dozen men would do the
work for the whole town and re-
ceive good salaries therefor, and the
rest of the men would go about their
own business on Monday just as
onIany other days.