Owingsville outlook., 1896-08-13

----eer ought 10 be pitched INTO nell
headfoi emost,~ the worshipers in
dulged in di>graceful riot, in which
many were more or less seriously
hurt.
Two pages and half of Thackeray's
autograph of the Adventures Of Phil
ip" brought 500 in London lately. A
letter of John Locke, the philosopher.
was sold for Sl22. one of King Richard
III. FOR 500, and one of the several
copies Of Burns Holy Willie's Prayer"
fetched S595.
The MIR. Coote whom Lady Burton
made one of her literary executors il
the man on whose advice she acted in
destroying the erot!c Scented Gar
den" for which she hal been offered
$50, 900. She alsa. as is not generally
known. committed 20 the flames an
other maruscrip. valued at IS, 900 for
!. the same reason.
Two churches in London that have
been open every day in the week, 50
that people might go to rest and pray,
have found 10 their cost that many
went into prey in another sense. Orna-
ments were stolen, and as the authori-
ties could not afford TO provide regu-
lar attendant, they found it necessary
TO close the churches
The University Y of Strasburg contain
ed, in 1883, three men, unknown to the
other, and each Of whom has achieved
international fame. The trio consisted
81 aderewi>lli. then musical instruc-
~ at the university; Prof Rontgen,
rraiessof ofSpa' lies, and Nicola Tesla,
who vas insla Ing an electric plant
plant for the ur -c~sity.
TUE house H. Nhigh William WiIber-
force was born a. Han was sold the
other day at auctl.H for $4,000, after
some vain efforts to s'curc II to the
town By public subs, ptions. The
house has been visited, annually by
thousands of Amrricansl and it is n,
unusual sight to see baTns 80 Negroe
going TO Hull to visit lie place twill
be used hereafter vavehoUrc
MEN are so scar-r and 80 Popular in
Atchison tha a mother 81 as Obliged "a
ask the polic> . CORA her son, who,
icr three DAYS sb-cdce, she conclud'
ed hsI been kidl ped by the girls.
Th,s had kept him up 50 late nights
: 10 take them to parties and got hin
out SO early in the morning to go hi
cycling that he had found it not worth
while going home at all, she said.
THE violencelio is not an instrument
in the playing of which girl can dis
play grace as well as talent; yet, like
everything else, it is falling into the
hands of women. The highest prize al
the last examinations of the Brussel,
conservatory was won by the violoncel
list Elsa Ruegger.
ABOUT a year ago a Wichita (kan.
man was juryman at the trial of a mar
accused of counterfeiting. The imple
ments of the counterfeiter were in evi
dence, and the juror examined then
closely. After the trial was over h,
went home and made some counterfeit
ing tools himself. e was caught, wa
recently tried and is now in prison.
A BURLINGTON (Vt) man gives tn
baby an airing by putting it in tn
baby carriage and then attaching tn
carriage to his bicycle. 1t is prett.
hard work towing the carriage, espe
cially uphill, but he is stimulated b
the NhAN AidS 0CNCl
oped a new scheme.
DRESDEN is considered one of tn
centers of musical culture, yet it ha
not had until recently a good concer
hall A few weeks ago a new hal
was completed, the acoustics of whic
have been pronounced good. 1t is mod
eled after the Gewandhaus, at Leipsit
and its capacity is 1,4OO seats
THE name of China's great man
properly written Iii Hung-chang," a
by Chinese custom the surname. whic
in this case is Ii, comes first. The sy
tables Hung" and Chang" belong T.
eether and constitute the given nam,
Miss LOUISE PATTERsoN-B -BoNAPARrI
who is soon to mary at Paris Cour
Adam Won Moltke-Hyitfeldt, is til
great-granddaughter of Jerome, create
king of Westphalia by his eide
brother, Napoleon, and the lovely Eli
abeth Patterson. daughter of ric
Baltimore merchant, whom Jeron
repudiated at tine emperor's biddin,
though the pope refused divorce.