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Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-09-10

iuls fr -.e pool In the cro,
Sleh walked the length of the cavern to
get a glimpse IF the sky. just beneath
the wel,-li' opening he stumbled upon
. sn-oii package wrapped in a piece of
dirty paper. Opening it eagerly, as a
message from the outer world, he felt
like shouting upon finding that It cen
tained a substantial meal of corn pones
and fried bacon. Hunger knows no
ceremony, and, so II be sharp enough,
has little regard for the quality and no
curiosity as to the source of that which
appeases its cravings. Ringbrand ate
ri.venossly and with the keen relish of
one who has labored fasting, but he was
thoughtful enough to save portion Of
the bread and meat for greater necessi-
ties, wrapping it carefully in the paper
aud concealing it in niche in the rock.
Goodness knows where that came
from" he said, land goodness knows
when I'll get any more; therefore il
BELTS me to hoard il. I'll never be
afraid of making things too opportunc
in story after this; nothing short OF
miracle could have been more timely
than this unaccountable breakfast.
And 1t asks for more guessing. Who
brought it? Who knows I'm here?
Clearly, no one but these murderous
Bynums. And why should they feed q
dead man? All, have it! it's the wom-
an-she knows I'm in here, and shc
doesn't know the rest. And if that's
the explanation, must have been
wrong in my reckoning; the hammer
ing yesterday was in the McNabb tan
mel, and that crack is the place where I
lest the pick; I'll take another look
and see IL can't find it,"
Looking" for the implement in ques-
ton was a mere figure of speech. since
the critical search was prosecuted
wholly through the sense of touch, pro-
jected into the end of a divining rod
made of bits of twigs spliced together
by threads taken from the rope. 1t
was a trial of patience, but patience
was rewarded in the end, as 1t usually
is; and when he had succeeded in locat-
ing the coveted object he set about de-
vising some means of securing it. The
rope solved this problem, but no wild
horse of the prairies was ever harder
to lasso than was the inanimate COM
bination of wood and steel lying quietly
Mt the bottom of the fssure. As in the
former case, however, patient effort
finally conquered, though the after
noon shadows were filling the cavern
with warnings of the approach of night
before Ringbrand had added the pick
to his available resources. He had
thought Of no definite plan for using IL
in the struggle for freedom, but the
first suggestion was that he might now
be able to cut a series of steps up the
wall like those in the adjoining cham
Der. A short half hour of arduous toll
convinced him of the futility of this
hope, and he stopped to rest his weary
arms.
That's no CO." he said, examining
the rude notch hewn out with such in
finite labor; I'm not a stonecutter,
whatever else / may be; and dull pick
isn't a mallet and chisel, by long odds.
IL that's the best can do with a good
foothold and both hands to work with,
IL says itself that couldn't dig out Of
here in week. wonder II I couldn't
tie the rope to the pick and fling it up
through that hole?"
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-09-10

ORANGE, N. j., Sept AFTER spend
ing IS years in England, Prof. Lorenzo
Niles Fowler, the famous phrenologist,
returned to his native home a fortnight
ago, and Saturday died from a stroke
of paralysis, at the home of his sister,
Mrs c. Fowler Wells, at West Orange.
Petty Dispute Ends In Probable Murder.
MACON, Ca, Sept. ii. r. Wall
shot and fatally wounded Ben STRIPPING
in a fight here. The two men quar-.
relied over some trivial matter, and
Wall, without apparent reason, drew
his pistol and shot STRIPPING just be.
Meath the heart.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-09-10
WHY HE FELT PROUD.
teif-tatishsd with His Inprsvsnent q
Billy shakespeare

Billy Shakespeare
He Ii the young man who writes tho
newspaper advertisements for g largs
mercantile firm, says the Detroit Fres
Press. He writes them well, too, and
en- Joys life as is the privilege Of man
who has successfully applied himself
to his business. Among a number OF
friends with whom he was talking was
one whose long acquaintance makes 10
possible for his to say things which
would be resented from other persons:
at seems to me, " remarked the friend.
shat you are lucky person"
well" was the reply. that Is what the
envious always say of men who makes
a success of literature. have no doubt
that remark has been made of nearly
every man who has worked hard and
finally prosPers'.
You sseri t1 AXE . rather seriopS
view of Your ~alltng
Il have TO = mans shoes
ties and l,1uss rent and
day and lots O. -thor !. IT,.
make life pieasau:.' -
"Still, don't think IT Is very much to
be proud Of"
Perhaps not. struggle with my
self-esteem every now and then"
well, this period of civilization has
certainly produced strange demands"
That's it. There's the keynote OF
the whole situation. When ! reflect that
/ am making a good living in an era
when Shakespeare or Bryan would
probably walk the streets IN vain Nook-
ing for job, tell you can't help -
ting a little bit proud. and might
as well own up to it."
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-09-10
FRO BE CONTINUED
Floral TrAcery ON Metal.

By chance it has been discovered that
even the most delicate tracery Of the
petals of flowers can be reproduced in
metal. During the trial of a new fuse
the ether day small leaf fell between
a dynamite cartridge and an iron block
on which the cartridge was fired As q
result. perfect imprint of the leaf wa,
left on the iron,
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-09-10
THE QUEEN

Makes Direct Threat to the Sublime
Porte Stringent Measures Must He Ia
ken to Prevent Further Outrages.
LONDON, Sept Sir Philip w. Cur
ric, the British ambassador to Turkey,
who left London on his return to Con-
slant nople on Monday last, was
directed before his departure to
obtain an early audience with the
sultan and to deliver g.. his ma =
esty a message from Queen Y
toria protesting against the mass.
which have taken place and demati--
ing that stringent measures be taken
to prevent furtbc- Outrages. At the
same time the ambassador viii present
to the porte formal note rom Lord
Salisbury of menaciug character.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-09-10
Herr Krupp Buy. = ship Yard.

BERLIN, Sept. Herr Krupp, the
celebrated big gun manufacturer, has
purchased the Germania shipworks for
6,Se5, 900 marks The entire plant will
be transferred to him on October 1.
He will increase the capacity of the
works
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-09-10
Four-story Fiat Hou.e Rurn.a.

YoSKERs, N. ", Sept. IA four
story fiat house owned by p. ii. Maher,
and occupied by nine families, was
burned Saturday morning. Loss, s25,-
900; insurance small. There were
many narrow escapes from death Sew
eral persons were badly burned.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-09-10

tie wee
"lf yea w 20 down 81 the Or ~ Station
aimost- ANY eVsUlns nov 700 will see tho
finest mail train in the United States, or
elsewhere for that matter" said Chief Clerk
p. NJ. Coates of the Railway Mail Service
in charge Of the Chicago and Omaha fast
mail. Tbs cars have nearly all been re-
modelled, renovated, and painted anew
The third set of cars is now in the Burling-
ton cOmpany's shops undergoing treatment.
All The old oil lamps have been removed
and instead the entire train OF 1--WE cars i:
lighted with Pintsch gas There are seven
lamps of four burners each TO each car.
The cars haysr=zua>-sEf- 49,
trucks,
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-09-10

EXPLOSIONS Of Coughing are stopped by
Hale's Honey of RsrehOund and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-09-10

IF an Indian takes cold, he is liable TO
have the whooping cough.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-09-10

VINO was best man at the weddingl,
THE brides father, il cheerfulness counts
for anything. Puck.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-09-10
VIII

VIII.
A sUBTERRANEAN METAMoRPHosIs.
When Ringbrand opened his eyes he
found himself lying on his back in
what appeared TO be the bottom of q
well; at least, that was his second i'm
preston. With the first CLEANS of re-
turning Consciousness there was no
recollection of the events Immediately
preceding his fall, and for a moment
he had vague idea that he had
stumbled and hurt himself in the road,
and that the clouds had covered all but
the small patch of sky directly over
head where the stars were still visible
Then memory came back, and he re-
called the details of the capture up TO
the sudden blank following the plunge
into the hole between the powders. A
sharp twinge of pain bridged the In
terval and reminded him that there
were two present and pressing sources
of discomfort in the gnarled log across
which he was lying and in the vice-like
pressure of the rope which still bound
his arms to his sides. To wriggle out
Of the uncomfortable position was easy,
but loosening the rope was another mat
ter. The knot had been drawn tight
by the jerk of his fall, and il was an
hour OF more believe he succeeded in
L.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-09-10
BEAUTIFUL SERMON
BY Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage, DID,, on
the Story of Joseph's Rise.
Famine Abroad In the Land when Jacob.
Sons Went Down to Egypt Joseph
Warned Them to Bring njamIn
with Them the Next Time,
or Suffer.

Or. Talmage's text was Genesis xiii:
3: "And Judah spalle unto him, say
ing, The man did solemuly protest UNI
to us. saying: We shall not see my
face unless your brother he with you"
Nothing to eat! Plenty of corn in
Egypt. but CHASTITY famine in Canaan.
The cattle moaning in the stall Men,
women and children awfully white
with hunger Not the failing of one
crop for one summer, but the failing 81
all crops for seven years. A nation dy
ing for that which is, So common on
your table and SO little appreciated;
the product of harvcst-tield and grist-
mill and oven; tile price of sweat
and anxiety and strugGlc-brcad!
Jacob, the father, has the last
report from the tlour-bin, and
he finds that everything is out; and he
says to his sons: Boys, hook up the
wagons and start for Egypt and get us
something to eat" The fact was, there
was great corn crib in Egypt. The
people of Egypt have been largely
taxed in all ages, at the present time
paying between 10 and ~ per cent. of
wonder In that time they had large
corn crib, and 1t was full. To that
crib they came from the regions around
about-those who were famished-
some paying for the corn in money;
when the money was exhausted, pay
ing for the corn in sheep and cattle
and horses and camels, and when they
were exhausted. then selling their own
bodies and their families into slavery.
The morning for starting out on the
crusade for bread has arrived Jacob gets
his family up very early. But before
the elder sons start they say something
that makes him tremble with emotion
from head to foot, and burst into tears.
The fact was that these elder sons had
once before been In Egypt to get corn,
and they had been treated somewhat
roughly. the lord of the corn
crib supplying them with corn,
but saying at the close of the inter
view: Now, you need not come back
here for any more corn unless you
bring something better imam money
even your younger brother Benjamin"
All! Benjamin-that very name was
suggestive OF all tenderness. The
mother had died at the birth of that
soma spirit coming and another spirit
going-and the very thought of parting
with benjamin must have been
rt-break. The Keeper of this
corn-crib, nevertheless, says to these
elder sons: There is no need of
your coming up here auy--ncre
for corn unless you can bring Benja-
min, your fathers darling" Now ia
cob and his family were very much in
need of bread; but what a struggle it
would be TO give up this son. The ORR
entails were very demonstrative in
their grief, and l hear the outwailing
of the father as these oder sons keep
re:.~.-ating in his ears The announce
vi the Egyptian loyd, "Ye shall
49,. my ssss'-S' . yHnr
y
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-09-10
HINTS FOR THE HOME IAUND

The difficulty experienced by house
keepers generally in having WASHING
done at home causes many who can
afford the expense to send their cior
laundries, where inferior soap
iriuriCr ashing fluidssA<e us
WINS ii proper attention.
work nav BE- lone duite -
,0ri!y IA :. nolEs laur EF"-
Assert the clothes, l,'95 .sc o.. -
end bed linen from the N-s.r sarnEr,
and the fine garments from the
First immense the white articl, IS
hot water and wash carefully wiz
Ivory soap. After all are taken through
the suds, put in tub, pour boiling wa
ter over them. let cool, wash out in clear
water, rinse in blue water. wing.
starch and hang on the line. re cot
ored clothes should tt,- L. W. r
in the same way, ~ Shout aiding.
When all are dry the should be iIken
from the line, sprinkied, folded evenly
and laid in the clothes basket. The
ironing must be done with hot. clean
irons, and the clothes hung up to air.
ELIZA r. PARKER
'sTnEsE," said the poultry farmer, point
ing to a group of energetic hens, "are Mac
duffs." What a queer name observed
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-09-10

'TnEsE," said the poultry farmer, point
ing to a group of energetic hens, "are Mac
duffs." What a queer name observed
the visitor; ''why are they so calledl' BE
cause they always lay on"
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-09-10

Deeu I'tNrsrhtO nne serVlce, and Others o.
the same pattern will soon be o. the rails
The governments train now makes Omaha
In eleven and one-half hours, running 500
miles between A. m. and . 30 p. m.
Chief Clerk Coates says that he cannot
remember of a single instance when Uncle
Sans flyer has been one minute late at the
Union Pacific transfer this year.-Ckicaoo
Tri6Hne
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1896-09-10
When Nature

Needs assistance it may be best to render 10
promptly, but one should remember to use
even the most perfect remedies only whoa
needed The best and most simple and
gentle remedy is the Syrup Of Figs, manu-
featured by the California Fig Syrup Com
pany.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-11-27
Some Rights Of Publishers,

The latest postal laws are such that
newspaper publishers can arrest anyone
for fraud who takes the paper and re-
fuses to pay for it. Under this law the
man who allows his subscription to run
along unpaid for some time and then
orders it discontinued, or orders the
postmaster to mark it refused" and a
card sent notifying the publisher, laws
himself liable to arrest and fine, the
same as for theft.-Ne'o York Sun.
There are Il few delinquents in this
State who rely upon the statutory
provision in the State law that news
paper sent Without 1t has been ordered
by the patron or rubscriber shall be
regarded rs a gift" for aid in their
fraudulent attempts to cheat the meek
newspaper man out of one or more
years of subscription. This act prop
erly construed does not afford them
much ground for defense, in suit for
debt, as it does not apply to subscrip-
tiOns properly ordered and continued
after the subscriber has concluded
to beat" the publisher out of
his just dues, and has returned his
paper through the mail marked with
the towards device" Refused" A
subscription account, like "run-
ming" bill does not outlaw" and the
publisher can collect it provided the
delinquent is worth the amount above
legal exemptions, at any time.
The suggestion found favor at late
editorial conference for the craft to
make united warfare against news
paper bilks of all classes, and the de-
linquent who uses the Postmaster as a
:" cats paw" was regarded as the
most contemplate of all. The plan
suggested was, when the debtor is able
to pay, to sue, and when he is ire
sponsible, to put his name on a
blacklist, for mutual protection.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-11-27
Political Doodle.

Revised figures of the Mckinley
campaign show that over 100000
went into the corruption fund whereby
a popular verdict was bought against
the money of the people. Of this
amount New York, the gold center,
contributed one-fourth, Philadelphia
nearly as much, Pittsburg one-eighth
and Boston little over one-twelfth.
Chicago raised quite an auxiliary
amount but it was spent mainly in
the State and does not appear in the
aggregate controlled by Hanna.
The committee had money to burn,
and after paying all bills it is said a
balance of nearly 100000 exists, and
it is to be used for perfecting a perma-
nent campaign organization. In the
heat of the compaign it is said that
the weekly postage bill of the cam
paign committee aggregated 100000.
1t is probable, however, that supple
ments and "boiler-plate" for country
weekly newspapers may be included
in this item, as Congressional cock.
tails have figured in the sundries" OF
the stationary bill at the national
capitol. And it is known that that
there was some saving in postage by
use of Senatorial franks" a policy
that drove our local Mark Hanna
nearly wild with apprehension of con-
sequences at one time in the campaign
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-11-27
A Thanksgiving Plant.

Tile OIympian probably realizes that
=" \ frank confession Is good for the
soul" when in rcciting the things that
the people OF Olympia have occasion
to ne thankful for on the seasons hol-
iday it cnumcratc>, among other
things, that the people should return
thanks hccau>,. it will miss an issue.
1t says;
For one weekday its readers will
escape Its hard times, reprint telegraphic
first PAGE, its mail-plate serial, its often
slvc leaders and rotten paragraphs, its
sleepy brevltles, stale personals and
iilied-cheese' scare-head locals. The
only things that will be unwillingly
missed are its dead-head local notices,
that ar, neither news nor of interest to
the paper, but which are sponged by
sheer nerve on the part of the contribu-
tors. and the bright advertisements OF
our business men who always have
something new. good and cheap to offer
our readers"
Testing aside, the Olympian is en-
titled to more consideration than il
receives. Occupying a narrow field,
in close competition with city papers
which give all the general and much
of the local news, it requires courage
as well as the exercise of rigid economy
to keep in trim for carrying its weary
burden. And now that the State and
county patronage has "gone where
the woodbine twincth," the publishers
of the Olympian are entitled to the
support of every advocate of local
prosperity.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-11-27
Under q Spell.

Clarence w. and A. S. Coulter, two
Olympia boys of the olden times, lately
had an experience on Cooks Inlet,
Alaska, which very few would care to
encounter in the race for the most
tempting prize. They started out in
a five-ton sloop to prospect for petrol
cum, accompanied by two companions,
and were caught in fearful storm
which, added to the mighty rush of
the tide on the inlet, which is re-
markable for the velocity of its ebb
and flow, they were tossed about for a
fortnight, before they could extricate
themselves from the tempestuous cur
rent. During this time they had to
subsist upon cold and uncooked food,
as it was impossible to keep fire in
the cuddy of their small vessel. A
moderation of the weather finally re-
leased the voyagers from a peril SINH
lar to the spell placed upon the Fly
ing Dutchman," and they reached
land to relate how they made such
rapid progress up and down the inlet
without being able to cross the bounds
to haven of safety.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-11-27
Loss Of Life and Property.

Accounts of damage from the severe
storm of last week continue to come
by letter and oral communication,
from points where telegraph and tele-
phone have been practically elimi-
mated from modern conveniences.
In the upper Cowlitz valley, A. S.
Brown and wife and 20-year-old
daughter were drowned in the Cowlitz
river. Browns house and barn were
swept away by the food.
Siler, well-to-do farmer, lost a val
liable team and all his livestock.
York, a neighbor, lost much stock.
The water ruined many farms, de.
stroyed promising orchards, and
swept away barns, houses, fences and
stocks for many miles in its course.
John Shumaker, a farmer whose
wife and five children were drowned,
died from exposure. When found by
neighbors, he was exhausted and de-
mented.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-11-27

r.Ic" before the higher tribunal the
exact truth If the whole matter. That
til" proof was insufficient t. show that
the board ii equalization were "act-
M lmpropcrly,' seems absurd, and
places the people and their nearer
court IN an unrmviallc light regarding
Il Judgment they had the hest OF means
I'll forming.
Will" II i conceded that the public
credit should hc sustained, no fact is
NOR" apparent than that there never
Wa i more deliberate effort To- override
the VIII Of the people "n Il given
point, legally expressed, than in the
action OF the City Council of 1892,
when II went through the farce Of
cquallzlng an assessment made
upon a fair and accurate cash valua-
ton, and by that procedure rendered
il unfair and unjust. Its final success,
through tie technicalitieS OF Il higher
tribunal, j. not calculated to strength
en- that respect once entertained for
the Judiciary and which has of late
years been the subject OF such frequent
assault
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-11-27
Questionable Clemency.

There is some advantage in having
a mother who was Sunday school
teacher. WOrden, the condemned
striker, finds it so, for he has persuad-
ed President Cleveland to recommend
his communication from the death PEN
atty. WOrden's mother was the Sum
day school teacher Of Cleveland when
he was kid, and so that explains the
whole matter. 1t will be remembered
that Worden removed a rail on a tres
tie near Sacramento, causing. the de-
struction of a locomotive and tragic
death of the engineer, and he richly
deserves to die for his villainy. The
poor devil of squaw-wife killer in a
drunken row, now held in Seattle,
probably had no Sunday-school teacher
for a mother, and so the Supreme
Court at its last session refused him a
new trial and peremptorily ordered
the Sheriff to proceed with his execu-
ton, although he is a saint compared
with Worden.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-11-27
The School Girl of the Future.
Written for the Standard

When the women all wear boomers.
And their skirts are laid away:
When their legs no more are rumors,
COyly hid from light of day;
When their petticOats forgotten,
With its swishing and its swirls,
And there's less demand for cotton,
I'll be sorry for the girls,
I'll be sorry for the lasses,
Who in school are at their books,
At the head or front of classes,
I'll be sorry for their looks!
For their mas will make their trousers,
And good heavens, don't we know.
Who were boys, but are not now, sirs,
That they'll make a holy show!
1t is bad enough when Willie,
Weareth pants his mamma made,
And it often knocks one silly,
Just to see the youthful blade
Wearing pants that no man knoweth,
Which 10 front or which is back
II he cometh or II he goeth.
There Is quite an equal slack"
But your Susie! Oh, tits CALLING;
Scalding tears will downward glance,
When You hear the urchins calling:
"Say where did you get them pantsc"
You will see her youthful glowing,
But by no dead cetrain rule
Can you tell il she is going,
Or is coming home from school.
Therell be trouble. you'll allow, sirs,
There'll be anguish for your pas.
When the daughters all wear trousers
That were just revamped from mas.
So I'm weeping, as I'm writing,
And my great tears fall like pearls,
Scarce know what I'm writing,
For I'm sorry for the girls.
- Unkn0irn Bard