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Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-02-18

at happened this way" he began.
al was sent TO Washington on foraS-
ing expedition. 1t was before the battle
of Yorktown" The majors eagle eye
scanned the faces Of his attentive lis
toner's.
Every one of the company had been
officers in Gen. Nashington's arms.
Together they had fought IL every bat
tie from Bunker Hill to the capture of
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-02-18
INTERESTING ITEMS.

Is China to salute a person by taking
off the hat is considered an insult.
ALL the post offices in Shelby coun
ty, Mo, are connected by telephone
save one.
The Pennsylvania legislature is fire.
proof IL is still in session and taking
steps to build new state house.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, or hand
flower tree, which grows in Mexico,
bears red flower whose petals re-
sembles in shape human hand.
MORE than 10000 persons are en-.
gagged in the manufacture of explosives
in England. Last year - persons in
the business were killed and I76 in
jured by accidents.
The frog can not breathe with its
mouth open, its breathing apparatus
being 50 arranged as to exclude air at
all times, except when the nostrils
alone are working.
QUEEN VICTORIA, for all her a. years,
is yet overtopped in point of age by
four other monarchs of Europe: The
pop, the grand duke of Luxembourg,
! the king OF Denmark and the grand
dnke o. Saxe-Weimar.
IN family living near lioutzdalc,
<hszn...hare is seven-year-old child
than a five-months-old babe.
was vaccinated when il was
rs old, and blood poisoning
it has not grown a particle
1T. ADAMS (Oliver Optic has
Atlantic Il times and the
ce, and has visited every
Europe and many of those
search of literary material
lies, of which over l,001. 900
sold.
HENSIN, who served out n
pf Is years hard labor for
blow up Napoleon Ill. with
machine on railroad
r Douai. in 1855, recently
his brains at Lille. lie was
age, and well to do.
en- are frequently presented
own portraits, but il has re-
Ii Hung Chang to be given
CUP of great men with him
central figure. The unique
Gladstone, Bismarck and
king out of his own little
the world.
{ curious town in England
ch. There is not a straight
in fact, a straight house, in
every part of it has the APP.
having suffered from the
an earthquake. On nearly
Of the town ars big salt
h their engines pumping
If gallons of brine weekly.
Of 500 feet are immense sub
!akes of brine, and as the
these are pumped away the
of earth is weakened and
an occasional subsistence.
ences have a pulling" ef.
nearest buildings
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-02-18

VIII Iiiid't many prominent individuals TO
N'.-'liU-t"n- y uU tn attend very Chcaplv
utd t"iuN most satisfactory trip. by going
VA a." Il. * e. :. N. Ey. TICKETS good go
iUs March !, , and .. aud good returning in.
lud'ns Mach =. at spec al low rates for
tbs occasion with Splendid Train Service
Make up your pJrtIc-, and for further infor-
I'llipu rouSult ANY agent u. a o. S.-W. Ky.
WIT" Tor guide to Washington. To j. NJ
tbo-hrouEh, Gcnl Pass. Agt., Cinein-
natl, %.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-02-18

Shc-"Dn YOU love me for myself alone,
dearest. llr "tI course. do You don {
sEpp"-S | want Your mother about all The
time, do you JUDY.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-02-18

Mother GmpaticutIvl-"T don't know
what viii ever become uf that child: moth
ing please, hun" Father t~crcrelyl We'll
veil make au az; critic Of him. Tit Bits
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-02-18

Nothing creates quite a. great commotion
rs 4 woman who has lost her pocketbook
What was ~ 1t had nothing To do with the
-dsv..-N ashington Democrat
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-02-18

The mountain hId strangely found voice
"M"lIdmmcd:' It repeated. thousltfully.
why, YES. | alwavs regarded Mohammcd
nal.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-02-18

Let lot of men get together, and II Is
remarkable how r.,"u they viii go TO talk
my about goud thugs To- eat
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-02-18

DO YOU like cabbdge:" We'll. never cat
il, but | smoke ii sometimes. Chicago
Record.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-02-18

tIs5arct7 stimulate liver. kidneys and
bowels. Never i'bcn, weaken OF gripe, l0c
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-02-18

MIl" w"r~" by cold. Neuralgia needs
1t. Jacobs Oh to cure. II cures.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-02-18

The hiag Was Driven From Among Men
and Ate Grass Muh the ONen-Mcn
Who Descend TN They Seem "a
B-zsJs-Dr. Tslmgar's Sermon.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-02-18
A LETTER TO WOMEN
From Mrs. James Corrigan.

" oN ~ W
Periods were
would have to
month.
lie said that
the womb, and
must undergo
operation, as |
tuIuOTs in the
womb, aud it
was a ease of I
life or death. |
L was ope-
rated upon
twice, but IL
did not seem I
to do inc any /
good, il made
me very weak.
1 was troubled
with the leu
coTrhna a
great deal.
| also suffer
ed with the
sick headache,
vomiting
spells, back
ache all the
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1897-02-18

Who led him to the wooGpile. and In a
voice of law,
Said: III You want to chop. sir. chop SOM
firewood for Your maw!''
Golden Days.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-28
An Accomplished Linguist.

Some months ago the adjutant gen
eral of the army asked the civil service
commissioners to send a translator for
the office of military intelligence. Miss
Maud Stalnaker vas recommended as
the httest person for the place, as she
was an expert in all the modern Eu-
ropean languages. But the military
gentlemen of the war department. were
Mortified. A petticoat in the army?
Nay, nay! So Miss Stalnaker had, for
the moment, to rest on her laurels as
the most accomplished linguist in
Washington. But she did not have to
wait long. A little while later the sta
tistical bureau of the state department
needed a clerk with a knowledge of the
languages. Miss Stalnaker was again
recommended. This time she was re-
ceived with more hospitality, for Mr..
Sherman made no objections whatever.
Does this prove that diplomacy Guilt
Yates a more generous gallantry than
war? We should not be in the least
surprised, and we are not in favor of
m suffrage either. The adjutant
general Of the army, by the way, is a
man wondrOusly gentle of speech.
graceful of manner, and handsome
withal. 1t has been suggested in Wash
ington that in society hereafter he may
be looked upon as a lady's man by
brevet instead of the real thing. with
a genuine right to ne rank and all
it's privileges. Burt Miss Maud Stall
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-28
"A New Exploration.

The American Museum of Natural
History is soon to begin a systematic
exploration Of the coasts of Asia and
North America, from the Amoor River
in Asia to the Columbia River on our
continent. The object is to study the
various peoples i%nhabiting these re-
sions in order to settle, if possible, the
question whether Asiatics once crossed
to America by way of Kamchatka and
the Aleutian Islands. Among the prin-
cipal things studied will be the various
languages now spoken in northeastern
Asia and northwestern America. and
some idea of the extent of this subject
may be obtained from the alleged fact
that between the Columbia River and
Boring Strait ten languages are found
that are fundamentally distinct, and
these languages have thirty-seven dia-
lects which are mutually unintelligi-
ble." On the Asiatic side, it appears,
the confusion Of tongues is not quite so
great, although the number of distinct
languages spoken there is seven, and
the number of mutually unintelligible
dialects ten. The explorations are 20
cover a period of six years, and the
money has been furnished by a wealthy
New Yorker, Mr.. Morris X. Jessup.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-28

Sular position and freedom from out
Bide interference, have served to keep
1t IN subsection ever since it was con-
quered by the Romans. The Cretans
were the earliest s~eafaring Greeks, and
IN 81 B. c., nearly eighty years after
Greece had passed under Roman rule,
the sailors of Crete were still indie
pendent. They sailed from one end
OF the Mediterranean to the other,
sacked the d~efenceless towns that lay
near the coast and made it unsafe for
any Roman galley to venture forth. In
enc days OF Cicero, when Rome claimed
dominion W all the known world,
these daring pirates entered the Tiber
n captured transports that were
carrying grain to Rome. They had
crown too powerful 10 be ignored, and
Rome turned all her attention to max
ing an end Of them. Metellus, a Roman
general. sailed for Crete with a large
army. and after a number Of sharp bat
ues on sea and land, succeeded in de-
stroying the power Of the pirates, and
Crete was made a Roman province.
Since then It has been constantly under
the dominion Of some foreign and OPP
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-28
VIEWS IN CRETE.

They were reluctant to do this, the
governor attempted to force them, they
resisted and the war was on. Perhaps
it would have been just as we'll if this
petition had received the fate Of a for
mer. When it was handed to the pasha
to be forwarded to Constantinople, he
substituted one of his own compost
ton, in which his reign of misrule was
praised without stint and the people
represented as peaceful and happy.
For this the pasha was loaded with
presents by the sultan, and that was
the last of the petition. The result of
the petition of 1856 was a long and de-
structive war, in the end of which the
Cretans, when the aid of Greece was
suddenly withdrawn, had to accept the
terms of peace offered by tile Turks.
Gambia, once the capital and chief
city, still has fifteen thousand inhabi-
tants and is the residence of the Greek
archbishop. The extensive fortiica-
lions of the Venetians are yet stand
ing. but here as elsewhere, they are
sadly cut of repair. The harbor is al
most inaccessible as the result of earth
quakes, and the town itself has suffered
from the same disturbances.
Suda Bay, a few miles east of Canea,
is a beautiful ~land-locked harbor large
enough to contain all the fleets of Eu-
rope. The roads throughout the island
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-28
LIVED ON FAT OF THE LAND,
Ancient Roman Could Eat the Choicest
Delicacies of the World.

Ancient Romans Could Eat the Choicest
Delicacies of the World.
When at it's zenith the Roman empire
laid all the barbarian countries Of the
world under contribution to supply thu
tables of it's mobiles and wealthy citi-
zens with the fine luxuries of life, says
Lippincott's Magazine. Asia and At
RIGA poured IN the rich spices and fruits
of the tropics; Germany and the great
north countries raised the grains and
wild berries; Italy and the fertile land
of the Franks cultivated the vineyards
to make or express the wines; every
strip of sea coast from the Mediter-
ranean to the Baltic contributed it's
quota of fish, and the forests of Brit
tany yielded the wild game of the
woods-birds, beasts and fowls-for
the banquets of the proud, dissolute
rulers of the vast empire. With the
choice products of a great world so
easily obtained there were wanton
waste, foolish extravaganza and a
strange disregard of the value of ex-
pensive luxuries, and the historian
dwelling upon these times delights in
recapitulating the various articles of
diet arranged in tempting manner up
on the grooming tables at the great
feasts and banquets. But, excepting
Nero's dish of peacock tongues and
Cleopatra's cup of wine with the dis
solved pearls in it, the menu Of our
modern banquets would compare favor
ably with those spread in the times
when gluttony, RIGHTEOUSNESS and
greed for luxury were insidiously sap
ping the strength of Rome.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-28
RUSSIA.


Is Making Progress as a Manufacturing
Country.
Many years may elapse before Russia
can become a leading manufacturing
country, but her growth toward indus
trialism has recently been shown in a
remarkable manner at the "All-Rls-
siam exhibition in Nijni-Novgorod,
says the New York Commercial Ad-
Vertlser. Besides her extensive sui
phuric acid industry Russia is opening
up important manufactures of chro-
mate salts, vitriols, phosphates, lead,
zinc, tin, strontium and copper salts
and mineral dyes, and platinum is al
most a Russian monopoly. In medicin-
al-plant growing the progress in Rus
sla is very great. Six castOr-Oil fac
tories, all working from native-grown
seed, were represented at the eXhibi-
ton, n oils of peppermint, worm
wood, caraWay, fennel, anise and pine
needles were also shown. The output
OF RUSSIAN benZine has grown from 81
oO0 gallons in 1882 to nearly 1870 900
gallons in 1894. The petroleum indus
try is the econd largest in the world.
One nr1n alone owns 1873 miles OF pc
troleum pipe lines. 1t has an enor-
nous fleet and owns 1857 tank wagons
Tor the conveyance of it's products by
rail-. The industry of the dry distilla-
ton OF wood in Russia is only just be-
ginning In northern Russia, away
from the railways, there are still many
thousands of square miles under wood,
yet up to the present only one-half Of
l per cent Of all the rosin, but a slightly
onger proportion of the turpentine
used in Russia has been of home man
ufacture. 1t has generally been as
sumed that the Russian fir could not be
made to yield turpentine and rosin of
equality or abundance to the French
or American pines, but experiments
snow that Russian turpentine, if col
lected by the French process, does not
differ chemically or physically from the
French, except hat it is d~extrogyre to
the same degree that the French is
laevogyre, moreover a balsam was
obtained from one variety that will ad-
vantageously replace Canada balsam
for technical and microscopic pur-
poses. The day of chemical exploita-
ton of the Russian forests is therefore
daWning, and within a few years the
country of the car may export instead
OF buy from abroad acetic acid, wood
naphtha, acetone, wood vinegar and
acetate of lime. The Importance Of
the Russian licorice juice and licorice
root industry is generally known.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-28
MISS ADA WARD.

as Julia in THE H~unchback." The
elder Sothern soon afterward engaged
her as his leading lady, to take the
place of Mrs. Kendall, who Was then
Madge Robertson. Miss Ward also
played with Blackstone in many import
ant pieces, and became known to the
people of the United States, when she
toured this country in "East Lynne"
She was leading lady for Nine. Mod
jeska when Forbes Robertson and Will
son Barrett were with the company.
She is a widow.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-28
Hermann VEINS Accident,

A singular accident befell the we'll
known actor Hermann Vein the other
day in London. He is an ardent bicy-
clist, and was returning from an after
loon visit to a literary friend. Crossing
Waterloo Bridge, and almost opposite
his own chambers, he and his cycle
abruptly severed their partnership. The
machine was twisted into fantastic
curves. Mr.. Vein was picked up in
sensible and taken to Kings College
Hospital, where he was treated for
sever cuts on the back of his head
His identity was discovered, and he was
sent to his home in charge of a nurse.
He was d%elirious for a day, but is
now recovering, although he has no
recollection Of the manner of his ncss-
hap.
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heavily laden donkeys, any Kind of a
o. is good enough.

heavily laden donkeys, any Kind OF a
road is good enough.
All the native Inhabitants of Crete,
Mohammedans and Christians, are OF
the Greek race and speak the Greek
language. On account of their insular
position they have suffered far less
from foreign influences than the GreeES
OF the continent. Turkish and Other
foreign words are very rare in the Gre
tan dialect, while common enough in
modern Greek. The Cretans of to-day,
IN language and person, are the purest
representatives of the ancient Greeks
to be found anywhere. They are tall
and athletic, especially the mountain
GERS, n eager to advance themselves
intellectually. Every petition to the
sublime porte asks for school and teach
ers, but schools cost money and con-
sequently are not looked upon favor
ably by the Turkish government. The
women of the mountainous districts are
noted for their great beauty, and the
explanation given Of this fact is sig
nificant. Whenever a girl Of the low
ldlluS gives pIOlllSC OIL DGllS exception
ally attractive she is sent by her friends
into the mountains, where the danger
of becoming an inmate of a Turkish
harem is far less than in the neighbour
hood of the towns.
The climate of Crete is mild and ~Alu-
brious, the close proximity OF the
mountains and the sea giving it a cool
and even temperature the year round.
The fertile soil of the lowlands pro-
duces olives, oranges and lemons in
great profusion, and this island, which
was once called, with Sicily, the gran
airy of Rome. might again become a
prosperous and productive land under a
favorable government. Crete has been
waiting over nineteen hundred years
for such a blessing, and no one can say
how much longer she will have to wait.
After making a gallant fight in the last
instruction, but thirty years ago, she
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-28

pressive ruler, Roman, Saracen, Byzan-
tine, Venetian, and lastly, the "un-
~speakable Turk robbing and misgov-
erning in turn.
When the Saracens wrested the ISL
and from the Byzantine, or Eastern
Roman empire, in 1923, all the inhabi-
tants were converted to Islamism. It
was either that or determination. But
in $50 Fhocas won the island back, and
the Cretans returned to Christianity.
In 1904 the Crusaders, under Baldwin,
Count of Flanders, invested Constan-
tinople and overthrow for a time the
Byzantine empire. The empire was di-
vided among the victors and Crete was
allotted to Boniface, Marquis of Mont
%serrat, who sold it to Venice.
The Venetian rule was but a repeti-
ton Of all that had gone before, the
island being looked upon only as a
place where taxes could be levied. They
were levied to such an extent that the
population is said to have been re-
duced from 81, 600 900 to 100, 900 in $50
years. At the end Of this time the
4ulhS, Will Lie HEARTY CO-OpcIdLlOu u
the Cretans themselves, drove out the
Venetians and a rule even worse than
theirs had been was inaugurated. They
had exchanged Venetian tax-gatherers
for Turkish, and the miseries of reli-
gious persecution was added to their
others. Rebellions without number
have Eeen fought, but always with the
same result. The island would be over
run with soldiers of the sultan, the
land devastated, villages burned and
the Cretans starved into making terms
which the Turks never kept.
This state of affairs has continued
down to Jul own day. Just previous to
the last rebellion, in 1866, the Cretans
addressed a petition to the sultan pro-
testing.
The answer to the petition was that
the Cretans, who had assembled to dis
cuss their situation. dispense at once.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-28

of the first points in Europe settled by
man. The Pelasgi, or primitive Greeks,
when they entered Greece also took
possession of the attractive and luxur-
liant island of Crete, and in the time Of
Homer it was a prosperous and thick
ly-settled country. Its early history is
entirely mythical and legendary. 1t
was the birthplace and burial place Of
Jupiter, and the wonderful and intri-
cate labyrinth of the Minotaur, of which
no one who entered could ever find his
way out, was situated in Crete. Cydo-
MIA, the ancient city that stood where
Canea now is, was called "the mother
of Cities" In ancient times Crete was a
place of Importance and is described
thus by Homer: There is a country,
Crete, in the midst of the Black Sea,
beautiful and fertile, wave-washed
roundabout, with a population infinite
In number, and ninety cities. The races
are different; there are Achaens. the
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-28

sey costume of the Salvatlonlsts
and proposes to devote the rest
of her life to the saving OF sous.
Miss Ward was converted in Ports
mouth not very long ago. She a
attended several meetings OF the Sal
walton army in hat seaport town, put
was not much impressed until one DAY
when, according to her own story, she
felt a touch on her arm and, THINK
ing il was one of the soldiers, turned
around and beheld the Savior in a shin
ing light. At the same time She un-
derWent a marvellous change OF feel
ing. She was overcome with a great
joy that found an outlet in sobs and
tears. She went straight to the front
and was at once converted. The next
day she disbanded her company, can
celed all her engagements and that
night addressed a large meeting in the
Salvationists' hall at Portsmouth. Her
conversion and sudden change Of ca
reer astonished the people of the city.
She will nevermore set foot in a the
alter. Miss Ward is a pretty woman.
She made her debut in the Haymarket
Theater in London twenty years ago
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-28

are Of the most wretched description,
the short portion of m between Suda
Bay and Canea being the only n over
which a carriage can be driven. This
is for the benefit Of the Turkish OFF,
Gals, who debark at Suda Bay and pro-
coed thence to Canea. For the rest Of
the islanders, toiling along, beside their
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-28
TOuch of Natura.

Yes, I'm a child of nature. She
breathes through me; she controls my
very Being. When I speak it is with
her voice. You couldn't let me have
81 until tomorrow, could you?"
Heavens! this must be the touch
OF nature of which the poet sings!''-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-28
SHE JOINS II ARMY.
AN ACTRESS BECOMES AN AC-
TIVE SALVATIONlST,
Miss Ada Ward, a Prominent English
Artistic, Dons the Coke Bonnet and
the Jersey Costume and Has Quit the
Stage Forever.

ISIS ADA WARD,
a prominent En-
glish actress, has
forever abandoned
the stage to become
a soldier in the
ranks of the Saliva
ton army. She is
in dead earnest and
has given away her
b e a u t stage
wardrobe, disband-
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-28

was compelled to make terms with the
Turks by the treachery and inte1 ven-
ton of several friendly powers" 1t
was a case of history repeating itself,
and history bids fair to repeat itself
again in the present instance.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-28
Especial Letter.)

HE island of Crete
lies at the entrance
to the Grecian
archipelago, being
sixty miles distant
from the mainland
of Greece and 10
miles from Asia
Minor. 1t thus lay
directly in the path
of western migra-
ton and was one
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-05-28

Cydonians, the crest-waving Dorians,
and the divine Pelasgi. Theirs is
Gnossus, a great city, and theirs is
King Minos. who talked nine years with
great Jove."
The very conditions which tended to
the independence and rapid develop
ment of Crete in ancient times, it's in