Owingsville outlook., 1896-08-27
INTERESTING ITEMS,

QUEEN MARGHEETA, of Italy, Is 4
musician of high order.
Ii IlUNG CHANG is said To favor arbj.
tration for the settlement pf intcrna.
tional troubles.
established in Chicago, with Il branch
in Washington.
lT is officially stated that the four
weeks strike in the London building
trade has cost altogether SSUa, ,0Ga,
THE London Times says that it un-
derstands that parliament will reas-
semble at the unusually early date of
January II.
TIRE official returns show that French
imports during the past seven months
increased 2l5, 900, 900 francs over those
of the same period of 1895. The cx-
ports increased T3, 900, ,O0O francs in tho
same time, as compared with the first
Seven months of 1895.
For some time MIR. Gladstone has
been going through the dozens of huge
boxes in which he has preserved hi:
correspondence for years. \ great many
letters have been weeded out, but there
carefully tied up in bundles and dock
eted.
TOBACCO and tobacco smoke are anti
septics and gernicides of considerable
power, and their action is useful in re.
lieying or preventing any tendency to
chronic congestion of the lungs. Many
doctors have remarked the comparative
immunity from consumption aud other
pulmonary diseases enjoyed by work.
ers in tobacco factories.
A PAPER bicycle has now invaded the
field. One of them, owned by bicycle
agent, is now in use in LONDON. Paper
fiber, similar tp that sometime used in
the manufacture of railway carriage
wheels, is employed for tubing. The
bicycle weighs 20 pounds, and is said
to be as strong as any now in use. \
factory is said to be contemplated for
the production of the paper bicycle
ONE of the greatest prizes that ever
fell to the lot of medical man was
that awarded to DIR. Dimsdale, an
English physician. That gentleman
went to Russia in the year l7GS, and in
oculated the Empress Catherine and
her son. For this service he received Il
fee of e12, 900, and was also awarded
with a pension for life of s5OO per an
mum, and the rank of baron of the en-
pire.
A CONNECTICUT yankee has started n
novel restaurant in the streets of In.
dianapolis. 1t eonsists If wagon tit,
ted up almost as hGndsom .ly as a dim
Inc a =
kitchen, where light lunches may be
prepared, and at the other end are
stools for customers. The wagon is
low, and when driven up against the
curb it is but short step from the
sidewalk.
Miss AGNES ESGEI, the president of
the German League for the Prevention
of Killing of Birds, delivered an inter-
esting address the other day before
the International Congress for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals, in ses-
sion at Pesth. The lady dwelt upon
the fact that millions of innocent birds
have been destroyed during the last
few years for the decoration of bon
nets and hats. The meeting was en-.
thusiastie, and resolutions were passed
to aid in accomplishing some perma-
neat reform.
MUCH activity is apparent in the in
vention of devices for insuring greater
safety on electric car lines. 1t has
been found that persons who are struck
by the ears Invariably try to grasn
something for support. This fact has
led 70 the suggestion t. at two plain,
placed in front of the ear, one about
three feet, the other about five feet
from the ground. The idea IS that a |
person on the track who sees that he |
can not getout of the way may be able
10 seize one of the bars and thus save
himself from being run oyer.