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Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-02-11

FIX Sheriff J. d. Phipps, of Mt
Sterling, was in town Tuesday.
Major G. NJ. Hampton, Of Moore.
field, was here Friday on business
W. s. Day, Of Yocum, Morgan
Co, came Tuesday to visit his sor
James +.
Miss Lena Duncan, of Carlisle
visited the family of NJ. u. Fari,
this week.
Miss Matte Pierce, of Salt Lick,
was the guest Monday of Mis-,
Mamie Sheehan.
j. Clyde Nelson, of the Bath
County World, Sharpsburg, was in
to see US Monday.
Mrs. Fannie Goodpaster, of Mt
Sterling, was the guest of relatives
here the past week.
w. F. Noland and wife, of Win
chester, were registered at the Ow-
ings House Monday.
James ii. Williams, of French
rg, was IN town Monday shaking
Ids with the voters.
Hrt McMillen, of West Union, o.,
Tuesday on a visit to relatives
town and county.
es p. Colliver, prominent
lg county farmer Of Sunset,
re Sunday and Monday.
and Mrs. w. S. Estill, of
ng, we're the guests of rela-
town Friday and Saturday.
Ethel-Hazelrigg, who had
iting relatives at Bethel for
week, returned home Mon
I'd Mrs. John Scott left
afternoon for a visit to
RS relatives, in Bourbon
ym. f. Richards and son
:, of Georgetown, arrived
ay on visit to Mr.. and
[. Richart.
Ida and Blanche Mckee,
Ring, came Friday with
i...e Mckee to visit their
Mrs. Alex Conner.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-02-11
A GREAT SURPRISE
IN OUR NEICHBORHOOD.
Marriage Of John w. Hobbs
to Mrs. Mary Jane
NeSter.

TO ALL WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-11-16
GREAT CURIOSITY.

The BlaEinE Spring Warrington
Found in West Virginia.
AS long ago as ITS George Washing
ton visited 'what3ise now Virginia,
and located as part of the, pay for his
military service some Of the land which
fhclped to make him the greatest of the
plutocrats of his day before he died
In the Kanawha valley he set apart for
all time as a public reservation an acre
OF land, His motive was the preserv6I
ton Of one of the greatest natural
curiosities of the period. In the CEN,
ter of that reserved acre was a small
hole in the ground. When rain fell the
hole filled with water. Through the.
water bubbled continuously a current
of air from some hidden source. A
burning stick held over the pool i'm
1nediately started flame, which con-
tinued until blown out by strong
wind. Travellers for many years
stopped to marvel at George Washing
toms Burning Spring" This was the
discovery of natural gas, but Washing
ton and generations which followed
his time did not know it. /. - t.:.' T.
. Forty years after Washington chris
tened the Burning Spring. very de-
termined citizen, enterprising as it was
understood in that time, bored for salt
water. He did not reach it at depth
expected and was advised to stop. His
reply was that he would find salt water
or bore into hi: In n short time he
struck gas in such volume that the
boring tools were blown out: The gas
caught fire and a mass Of fame shot
upward. The enterprisinS citizen con-
cluded that he had done it, and ahan-
doned the location. Nearly century
passed from the time of Wash;ngton's
discovery until the West Virginians
turned to practical account the natural
gas which is now thought to be Under
half of the counties of the state--St.
Louis Globe-Democrat. 8, ... .,,-. -..
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-11-16
EASTWARD THROUGH
THE ROCKIES --surUxwS.


The traveller, tourist or business
man ls wise when he selects the Rio
Grande Western Railway @Great Salt
Lake Ronte" for his route to the East.
It's the only transcontlnental line
passing directly through Salt Lake
City, andiin addition to the gliln pse
it affords Of the Temple City, the
Great Salt Lake and picturesque
Salt Lake and Utah Valley, it affords
the choice OF three distinct routes
through the mountains and the most
magnificent scenery in the world.
On all classes OF tickets stopovers
are granted at Ogden. Salt Lake
City, Glenwood Syringe, Leadville,
Colorado Springs, Denver and other
points of interest. Double daily
train service and through Pullman
and Tourist sleening cars between
San Francisco and Denver. Tourist
cars through to Omaha, Chicago and
Boston. .i,. .
For illustrated pamphlets descrip.
tive OF the "Great Salt Lake Route" /"
write TO F.. A. WEDLEIaH, General
Passenger gent, Salt Lake City.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-11-16
The K1ondike as n Place to Live In.

Dawson City is nearly ten degrees
further to the south than the ancient
Norwegian town of Hammerscst,
where men make shift to live comfort
ably the year round. To be sure, there
tx no gulf stream to temper the iron
frosts of Klondilte, and the averape
winter is % degrees below zero; 1irt
there are warm winds from the Pacific
in the summer that make the climate
far from forbidding. The average tenn
perature for the summer months is 5G
degrees, and the "a degree mark is b.
no means unknown to the mercury. it
is, Of course, too far north for wheat.
but barley, oats aud rye ripen freely.
and ordinary vegetables CON be culti-
waited with success. Affair index to the
soil and climate is afforded by the tim
ber. The finest white spruce grows
abundantly in the Klondike region.
The trunks even attain diameter Of
two feet where the forest is not crowd
ed. AS for the danger of starvation,
that should not exist, If the miners ex-
ercise common prudence. The strearns
swarm with salmon, and few weeks Of
fishing in the fall should provision the
settlement securely y.-Illustrated Amer
lean.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-11-16
A Pyrenean Echo.

At watering place in the Pyrenees,
says n French journal, the heconversation
at table turned upon wonderful echo
to be heard some distance off on the
Franco-Spanish frontier. "It is as
tbnishing," said an inhabitant Of
Garonne, "As' soon as you have spoken
you hear distinctly the voice leap from
rock TO rock, from precipicc to preci-
pice, aid as soon AS itliass passed the
ffontier the echo assumes the Spanish
iaAcemtr @G ",1 as,.'ni, f..".'.,i
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-11-16
NO.1I9.
NEVADA
8wHmaA ,GNNyoA.

.'.@.' S~Svas 'QSVlv0p-
Bookkeeping, Business Arithmetic, Bus
mess less, Law, Prfctical Grammar, ami Cor
respondepce.,. ., 49,. '.''' " .''., =,
Shorthand and Typewrit,ng.
; Send for circulars giving full. ..,inror-
nation. ,
,>,rl '' G. F. NEssE, Principal,
Elko, Nevada.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-05
ELECTRIC LIGHTING.
There IL Said to Be $500, 900, 900 ]

There In Said to Be 100000, 900 In
vested In This Country.
In the electric lighting field the total
capital invested in the United States
is given as over $5O0,OOO,0OO. The num-
Der of plants, public and private, is
over 10000, says an exchange. The num-
Der of motors in use is estimated at
about 100000, and their value at about
$10O,O00,000. The electrical apparatus
used in mining is estimated at 500, 00O,-
600, and the value of the electric ele-
vator industry will probably not fall
short of $15,OO0,OOO.
The most important of all the cleo
trio industries, however, is that of cleo
trio railways. In this field the invest
ment is very great, and in the United
States is represented by capitaiza-
ton of over $70O,OOO,00O. The number
of trolley cars in use is now over 25, 900,
and these run over $4,000 miles of track.
The electric railways represent more
than 80 per cent. of all the street and
suburban railroads of the country.
The aggregate of all the capital in
vested in electric lighting, electric rail-
ways and electric power is about ST.
500, 900 ,000, 900, and this does not include
the value of establishments that man
ufacture the machinery and apparatus.
As many of these are among the largest
industrial enterprises in the world, and
as nearly all are concerns of consider
able magnitude, it is evident that their
combined capital will run up into large
fgures.-Detroit Free Press. f.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-05
UNUSUAL AMoUNToF BUSINESS
Bradstreet's Review of the Present
Condition of Trade.

Condition of Trade.
New York, July 31.-Bradstreet's in
his weekly review of trade, says:
1.-THE Unexpectedly early fall demand for
staple merchandise which Bradstreet's an
nounced last week has increased and al
though not conspicuous at some of the
larger eastern cities which it is approach
ing, it Is notably so at points in the Missis-
sippi and Missouri valleys, and in the
larger wheat growing states. A special
investigation by Bradstreet's this week
shows that increased purchases by coun-
try merchants In the regions specified.
based on the prospective large wheat crop
at home, in the face Of short wheat crops
abroad, has increased business with west
ern jobbers from 10 to Is per cent, COM
pared with fall trade at like period last
year. The total volume of this new bust
ness Is not large, but it is unusual in this.
the dull month of the year, and is grow
ing.
"A number Of western implement fac
tories are unable to fill all their orders for
nearby delivery, and one order for shoes
alone at st. Louis calls for 600 worth of
goods The depression among wooden man
ufacturers Is less pronounced, because
prices of cheviots and other woolens have
begun to advance, pointing to profit in
handling high-priced wool.
''The greatest relative improvement
among the jobbers and wholesalers in va
rous lines is at Chicago, st. Louis, Kan
sas City, Omaha, st. Paul and Minneapo-
lis, although at other points, notably in
Texas, there is a pronounced feeling of
confidence in an early revival of demand,
which is already beginning to show itself.
A number of large trunk line railways re.
port that they are carrying more merchan-
disc than one, two, or three years ago.
Fewer manufacturing industries than
expected have been compelled to close,
owing to lack of coal on account Of the
strike. the principal check being due to
higher prices for fuel. Iron and steel and
the cotton goods industry are more
unfavorably situated than almost any
Qthern
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-05
DIAMONDS FAILED.
Prof. Crooke Thought He Could Make
Them. But Gould Not.

Prof. Crooke Thought He Could Make
Them, But Could Not.
Many ambitious alchemists have
spent time and money in the effort to
produce diamonds, but one, only one,
has had the courage to come before an
audience and show how it could be done.
Prof. Crooke lectured at the Royal
institute on diamonds. After an ex-
haustive talk on their origin, he said:
''And now I will make a diamond"
He gave instructions to his assistants,
and it seemed to be the easiest thing in
the world. What you have to do, he ex-
planned, is to liquefy carbon, and then
compress it, and there are your dia-
monds.
So he placed some pure iron in a
crucible, with a little charcoal for
sugar, and put the crucible in an cleo
trio furnace. The highest temperature
which scientists can measure is $500
degrees, which is 80 times hotter than
sweltering summers day. In that
crucible the heat was beyond the limit
of accurate measure. The switch was
turned, binding flash of light filled
the room, the apparatus became a hiss
ing, splitting, devils caldron. The at
tendants, wore blue spectacles and
gloves. Ladies put up their fans to pro-
tect their eyes from the terrific glare.
The furnace spat out molten metal like
the sparks from squib. The heat was
kept in, or the room would have been
unbearab1e ~ a|
SNOW" said the professor, ''the cru
chile has been in the furnace for five
minutes. I shall take out the iron and
plunge It in cold water. The outer skin
will contract around the central liquid
with a pressure Of from Is to 20 tons to
the inch. Under that pressure the
liquefed carbon will crystalline, and in
fortnight there will be diamonds"
The cover was removed, the caldron
Kissed more furiously than ever, and
and the professor turned to the audi
ence with disconsolate look.
The crucib1e had burst.-London Mail.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-05
To Plan a Ship Canal.

Washington, July 30.-The secretary
of war announced Thursday the ap-
pointment by the president of Mai.
Charles w. Raymond, corps of engi-
neers, United States army; Alfred No.
BILE, of Chicago, and George Y. Wisner.
OF Detroit, as board of engineers to
make surveys and examinations for a
deep waterway from the great lakes to
the Atlantic tidewaters. This board
was authorized in the last sundry civil
act, approved June 4, 1897, and is ex-
pected to complete the work UNDER
taken by the deep waterways commits
sion appointed by President Cleveland.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-05
FOR THE HOUSEHOLD.
Some Suggestions Which May Be OF
Value.

some Su88eSt1On0 "h1ch May Be OF
Value.
Many dropping flowers will freshen
wonderfully if the tips of the stems are
trimmed off and the ends are then
held in hot water for few minutes.
Marshmallow stuffed dates make a
delicious after-dinner sweet. Remove
the pits from the dates, fill the space
with marshmallow, and roll the dates
in powdered sugar. One marshmallow
will stuff four dates
When one is hurried in mailing let
ter, and the only available postage
stamp is found to be without sufficient
glue, moisten the stamp, rub it on the
gummed flap of an envelope, and
quickly press it in place upon the
letter.
When making corned beef hash
moisten it with a little beef stock, if
you have it, in place of water A pinch
of sugar added with the salt and pep
per helps to bring out the flavor.
In ornamenting summer cottages a
bare corner may be made very eff
fective at trifing cost. Secure an
SAAPCJ Ao11 neg AIOu udIuWdIc STORE.
cover it with ebony paint and gild the
hoops. Partly fill the key with sand
to give it weight, and fasten piece of
board over the top little larger than
the key. Place it in the vacant corner
and cover the wooden top with fringe
trimmed square of pretty silk or Gre
tonne. Stand an unused ginger Jar
or cheap effective vase upon this ped
estal and fill it with grasses, dried ferns
and cattails.
To stitfen sheer handkerchiefs, laces,
wash silks or any other thin fabric it
is best to use gum arabic starch. To
make it put into bottle one ounce of
gum arabic and pour over it one cup
of cold water; stand the bottle in a
dish of cold water, and place it over the
fire until the gum is dissolved; then
strain it through fine sieve or piece
of cheese cloth into another bottle.
When it is cold put in half gill of alco-
hol, and it will keep and be ready to
use when needed. When dainty laces
are to be stiffened half teaspoonful
of the starch, mixed with small cup
full of the water, will give the lace
ample stiffness, adding larger
amount of the starch as it is needed for
different fabrics.-N. Y. Sun.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-05
GUARDING QUEEN VICTORIA.

Extraordinary Precautions Taken
to Protect Her and Royal Guests.
The public may never know all the
details of the arrangements of the
British political police for safeguard
ing the queen and some of her royal
visitors against criminals and cranks
on Jubilee day. They were on a pro-
digious scale and included the use of
police agents from every capital in Eu-
rope. Inspector Melville was in charge
and he admits that he never worked
harder nor had more anxious time.
British revolutionists had been boast
ing and threatening all sorts of things.
Kumors of dynamite preparations had
been current for a couple of months.
The impression prevailed that the ex-
plosion by which train on the under
ground railroad was wrecked, month
ago, was rehearsal for the jubilee
plot. There are grounds for believing
that something of the kind was contem-
plated, but the plan was abandoned be-
cause men were not found with the
courage to take the risks involved.
Then it was decided to flood the line
of the procession with revolutionary
literature. This wild scheme was given
up because there were no funds to do
business upon flooding scale, and COM
rades in the printing business were so
lost to proper sense of duty as to re-
quire payment in advance.
AS far as the police are able to as
certain, only one man ventured to dis
tribute leaflets. He had only just start
ed when he was grabbed and hustled
to Scotland Yard. He had several hun
dred leaflets poorly printed. On one
side was jubilee hymn in glorifca-
ton of rebellion. On the other side
was a proclamation signed: London
Revolutionists." 1t unpoitely speaks
Of the queen as "fat old woman, evil
IDENTIFY destined by nature for wash
tub, but elevated by fortune to a
throne" 1t then proceeds to say nasty
things about her majesty's guests and
visitors.-N. Y. Sun.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-05
CROP CONDITIONS.

Favorable Showing, in Iowa, Ne.
braska, Kansas and Missouri.
Chicago, July 31.-The monthly edi-
ton of the Corn Belt says that crop
conditions at the close of July in Iowa,
Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri are ex-
ceedingly favorable. The corn crop
promises to be phenomenally large, and
wheat, oats and rye are satisfactory.
The yield of wheat in Nebraska will
amount to nearly 100000 bushels.
and Kansas claims as much. If there Is
an average rainfall in August Nebraska
will harvest $50, 100000 bushels of corn.
The corn crop yield in Missouri, with
timely rains in August. will he very sat-
isfactory. Winter wheat will yield
from 20 to 30 bushels per acre; oats, 10
to so bushels. The fruit crop is ex-
cellent..
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-05
Quick Biscuita.

In making biscuits we measured one
quart Of flour that had been sifted.
and added to it two rounding tea
spoonfuls of baking powder and sift-
ed them together with one level tea
spoonful of salt. We then rubbed in
one ounce of butter. Having seen that
the oven was hot enough lat about 400
degrees F) we brushed the pan
with oil and then added a half
pint of milk to the flour and
then kneaded it up quickly. We
rolled the dough an inch in thickness,
and with cutter about the size of
silver half dollar we cut them out and
put them in the pan and the pan in
the oven. Always work as rapidly az
possible when using baking powder,
so as not to lose any of its good e.
fects. We could have used one level
teaspoonful of cream of tartar and
one-half teaspoonful of soda if we
had wished. In either case, sweet
milk must be used. We baked the bis
cults 20 minutes.-Good Housekeep-
ing.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-05
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

+ Near Elgin, Ore, is a young woman
who daily hauls to town load of ties
and unloads them herself
-Trappist monks of monastery in
Dubuque county, Ia, who have hereto
fore had a prior sent to them from
Mount Meleray Abbey in Ireland, have
acquired the right to elect an abbot,
and have chosen Rev. Father Alberto.
With three dogs and one man to
help him, the chief rat catcher Of the
neighborhood of Fort Madison, Ia,
killed 297 rats in one job of recribbing
five cribs of corn because of the rodents,
and he believes only one rat escaped
him. "e ss
: While people in eastern sections are
still forming societies having their
basis in the records of ancestors, peo-
pie of Oregon have set out to form a
state association of Native Sons of
Oregon, to take part in the pioneer
reunions there.
r.. P. Browning, discovered in Ne
vada, Mo-, as the champion skunk
hunter, has become the champion frog
catcher, getting so frogs in half an
hour. He uses a long pole with hook
on the end, and, riding into the frog
ponds on horseback, yanks out any fro:,
that shows himself.
The National Bank of Commerce
of Tacoma, Wash, set out to sink well
under the building. Some 20 or 30 feet
below the surface the workmen came
upon some cooking utensils and a
skeleton and inquiry revealed the fact
that the spot had been an Indian burial
ground.
e. E. Doty, of Metamora, Mich,
horsewhipped a Congregational minis
ter there, Rev. w. H. Flint, who also
practices medicine, on a charge and
alleged confession of talking deroga-
torily of matron. Doty then com
planned against himself before jus.
tice, pleaded guilty of assault and bat
terry and was fined ten dollars.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-05
HAVANA ATTACKED. 4
A Daring Raid Made by Cuban L

A Daring Raid Made by Cuban In
surgents-Panic Among Citizens.
Havana, July 30.-Havana's outposts
have again been attacked by large
body of rebels, who before the Spanish
troops could be gathered to resist had
swept through the suburbs, carrying
all before them. They used, it is be-
lieved, rapid-fring guns and large
quantity of dynamite. The attack was
made late Wednesday night.
At the first sounds of firing the Span
ish soldiers in the city and suburbs
sprang to arms. They\proceeded hur-
riedly to the southeastern part of the
city, from where the rattle of musketry,
followed by the boom of heavy guns or
dynamite, could be heard plainly all
over Havana. Then the sound of firing
increased, and finally, after few hours,
died away, showing that the rebels had
retired. Several wounded Spanish Off
GERS were brought into Havana and re-
moved to hospitals after the engage
ment and several were killed.
The insurgent leaders nearest Havana
now are Brig. Gen. Castillo, with
large force at Mariana, nine miles
southwest, and Col. hester Aranguren,
at Guanabacoa, across the bay, while
Gen. Alex Rodriguez, rebel commander
of Havana province, is near Truce, and
Co.. Raoul Arrange is at Cutro Caminez.
There is a belief in Havana that the
rebel raid was led by Aranguren, who is
noted as one of the most daring of the
rebel chiefs. Capt. Gen. Weyler has left
Havana for Matanzas, and the belief is
expressed that the knowledge of the
insurgents of this intention on his part
led to the attack. 1t is understood large
bodies of insurgents have recently
crossed from Pinar del Rio and Matan-
zas.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-05
A Land Of Death.

Benton Harbor, Mich, July 3o.-The
widow of Lieut.. Schwatka, the Arctic
explorer, being interviewed here con-
corning the. Klondyke gold regions,
which country she has repeatedly Wis
tied with her husband, says that the
government should stop the tide of
immigrants pouring into the gold fields
in Alaska. She says that the mountain
passes are strewn with skeletons of
unfortunate miners who persisted from
either cold, heat, malaria or starvation
while trying to reach the golden re-
gion. - =. il -
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-05
Flames Do Bad Work.

Michigan City, Ind, July 29.-At II
o'clock Wednesday morning three men
went into the oil house of the Michigan
Sash & Blind company's factory bear
ing lighted lantern. A quantity of
benzine was stored in the oil house.
Gas generated by the benzine ignited
from the lantern, and terrific explo-
sion occurred. The list of casualties
follows:
Kil1ed-James Bowman.
Injured-John Ray, fireman. overcome by
the heat, will recover; Louis Schwartz,
burned on body, arms, face and head, crit
ical condition; Herman Luckow, burned
about the body, will recover: Fred Peters,
burned about the face and body, will re-
cover.
The factory burned to the ground,
entailing loss of $4,000.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-08-05
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS
Tied-up Money.

Isl Do . vs. . .
State treasurer A. T. Korner has
compiled statement showing the
amount of money the state has in sus.
pended banks, and it il highly crafty
ing. He says that every dollar of this
money will be collected before his
term of Office expires.
Since Mr.. .Koerner came into Office
there has been tied up in the St. Paul
banks 1857, 1ss. 70, Of which $3.50. 112 70
has been paid. leaving a balance Of
only S27, o76.0o. The Minneapolis sus-
pended banks had total of So, es7. 50
state money, of which $43, 9S7. 0s has
been paid, leaving balance of only
5l3, 80. Outside the cities, tho
amount of state money tied up in sus-
pended banks was SIS, 700. 4s, and Of
this sum 81, 14A3a has been paid, leav.
Ing still to be collected SIS, 565.1l.