Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-02-10
INTERESTING ITEMS.

TnE Ecrmudas export over Il, O0O. 90
pounds OF onions every year.
The average weekly loss of vessels
on the seas throughout the world i Is.
WATER hyacinthS have been found
to make Il good fertilizer in Florida.
FoRTY-FoUE muscles are called into
play in the production of the human
voice.
JONATHAN W. KERR, of Caroline coun-
ty, Maryland, has 5000 plum trees in
bearing.
a COLORADO ornithologist computes
that 3G3 species of birds are To he found
in that state.
WOMEN sailors are employed in Nor
way. Denmark and Finland, and are
found to Inc excellent mariners.
ACCORDING to mathe maticians, it re-
quireS less eXertion to ride - miles OH
safety bicycle than to walk three
miles.
Is 1871 w. S. Wilson shipped from
RussScllville, Ala, 5000 head of cattle,
LEGO hogs, 800 sheep, 2O,COJ dozen eggs
and 50, 900 chickens.
The Maryland fish commissioners
report that diamond-back terra in
are likely to become ext net IN the
state unless artiiicially propagated.
ACCORDING to the report of the Inter-
national Statistical institute the hui
man race numbers l geo, OOO. 900 and in
creaSes eight per cent. every ten years.
On the new postal cards there will
appear, for the first time in any postal
issue, the head of John Adams. the
second president of the United States.
TmE big Nolan bridge at Topeka,
Kas., is the largest of its kind in the
world. 1t is 6I6 feet long and the
largest concrete bridge in this coun-
try.
The bulk of the mail received by
Prince Bismarck consists OF begging
letters. One day his secretary added
the sums asked for. The total wa, TO-
600, 600 marks.
RED irritateS oxen because its the
complementary color to green, and the
eyes of the cattle being fixed 50 much
ON heritage, any thing red imprcsS.s
their sight with increased intensity.
a SENSATION has been crea,cd in
! Madagascar by the appearance of
carriage in the streets of Antanana-
rive. 1t is the first one that has ever
been seen in the country, and belongs
to the mayor of the city, Capt Des-
| lions.
Miss MAY FULLER, of Tacoma, Wash,
has been appointed harbor mistress of
that port and is the only woman in the
world holding such position. Miss
| Fuller became prominent in the west
| IA number of years ago by being the
first woman to ascend Mt. Tacoma.
An English paper says that Bishop
Ellicott, of Gloucester, enjoys the priv
| iligcs of being allowed to travel on any
railroad in England free of charge. This
unusual favor was conferred upon him
| in recognition of his heroic eNertion in
administering spiritual consolation to
diving victims in a railway accident
near Tottenham, Notwithstanding his
own serious injuries. This was while
the bishop was still young man
CYPRESS lumbermen of Louisiana are
devising plans for the settlement of
! men who cut timber upon the cleared
! lands. Mr.. II. j. Lutcher, in an inter
view with the New Orleans Picayune,
! said that in Pennsylvania and other
states where the lumber business has
/ fiourished the land was settled up and
placed under cultivation after the tim
! Der was exhausted, while in the south
! it was left to grow up with brush and
! was of no further value, as it would
have been very expensive to cut off the
brush. What is proposed now is To
| look after the settlement of that land
by the men who were employed i'll cut
| ting off the timber.
TO RETAIN, and even acquire good
| complies ion, eat plentifully of fruit.
| This is better than any outward appli-
cations. All fruit is good when in sea-
son, but the best of all are those in sea-
! son at the present moment, as apples
and oranges, etc, and especially APP
| pies. which act ON the liver and help
digestion. Digestive troubles are the
worst enemies that the skin has to
| fight against, and apples are its best
soldiers While in season they should
he eaten every day. whether with or
| without other fruit. Their cosmetic
qualities are positively marvellous, and
| they clear the skin and beautify
/ when all other means fail