Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-04-07
INTERESTING ITEMS.

THE oldest iron vessel is the Michi-
gan, built in 1911,
TIE waters of North America are
stocked with 1,S00 different varieties
of fish.
THE navy department has issued an
order waving the requirements as to
height in the case of landsmen and
mess attendants in order-to expedite
the enlistment of men for the service.
FRENCH post office employees are be-
tween the devil and the deep sea.
They have have received an order for
bidding them to read postal cards and
next directing them not to allow in
sulting or libelous postal cards to pass
through the mails.
HUMBERr l., king of Italy, is the
only European monarch of the present
time who has been wounded in war
fare. The occasion was the battle of
Custozza, which, for the Italians,
ended so disastrously. The Austrians,
under Archduke Albert, were victori-
Gus.
A FAIR of scales, much like those of
the modern pharmacists, is among the
multitude of objects discovered this
year in excavations about so miles
from Thebcs and recently exhibited in
London. The scales are finely finished,
having n beam about four and half
inches long.
THE sycamore has been called the
Egyptian fig tree. The date of its be-
ing planted in England is not known,
but it was very early. Mary Queen of
Scots brought over from France Il
young sycamore, winch she planted in
the gardens of Hollywood, and from
this have sprung all the beautiful
groves of sycamores now to be seen in
Scotland.
SINCE the present German emperor
assembled the throne there have been
1866 sentences imposed for the crime
| as the German courts consider it-of
| lese-majeste. This means that 1865
persons in Germany have spoken dis
respectfully of the emperor and his
| government, or against them in some
way. Seven children under 10 years
have been punished for this crime
PART of Zola's sentence was to pay
| the costs of the trial. These have been
added up and amount to :, 55i francs.
The proper costs for the Is days ses-
sions were IS francs; the doctor en-
ployed to verify the state of Mime. de
Boulancy's health cost As francs; 5000
francs cover the registration and
| stamping of documents, and $50 francs
were spent in witnesses.
So SMALL n creature as the beaver,
according to ii. Il. Woodward, of the
British museum, has changed the
character of a considerable portion of
| the British Isles to n remarkable de-
gree. The borders of the fens were
once covered with forests, and the bea-
yer was one of the most plentiful ami
mails of the region. Its dams turned
the streams from their natural course.
ALTHOUGH the shah of Persia does
not devote a penny to support his am
bassador ut Constantinople, Mira
| Mahmoud Khan, his representative at
| STEAMBOAT, has n handsome income,
raised by means enthusiastically
| Oriental. The shah has in Constanti-
nople about 49, 600 subjects, and these
are taxed for the purpose. Mira NAH
moud has nc reason to complain of the
arrangement, for by the help of half a
dozen bodied collectors he secures
an income of about 500, 900.
Til utility of the carrier pigeon is
being generally recognized. A COM
pany has been formed in Honolulu to
establish in the Hawaiian islands a
carrier pigeon service on large scale.
Birds have already been taken to the is
lands. j'he proposition is to establish
lofts on all the different islands in the
Hawaiian group, beginning first with
Hawaii, Mani, Kauai and Oahu. BY
means of fast-hying. pigeons messages
can be sent from Honolulu to all the
towns and plantations on the different
islands. and vice versa 1t Is believed
that no fewer than 80 plantations VIII
contribute,