Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-09-08
INTERESTING ITEMS.

In some parts of Norway corn is
still used as substitute for coin.
EVEN the Spanish officers concedc
the superiority of the American artil-
lery.
OF the las holders of the Victoria
cross no fewer than IA are army sur
geonS
THE queen is said to be prou Ter of
her Stuart blood than of anything else
in this world.
The loftiest cliff on the coast of
England is Beachy Head, the height of
which is 56i feet
Boots and shoes to the number OF
l27, 900, 900 are said to be manufactured
in the United Kingdom.
Ii is estimated that since the begin
ming of the historical era 100000
persons have rcrished in earthquakes.
RR ADM. SCHLEY is not noticablv
tall, but his legs are wondrously long,
and it is said that he could run like Il
deer in his younger days.
A FEW acres planted in cigar-leaf to-
bacco as an experiment near Triton,
Ga, will yield, it is said by experts,
600 to 1000 pounds per acre.
THE Lakes Superior, Huron, Erie.
Ontario and Michigan have an agar.
gate area of 1850 square miles.
which is larger than the area OF Great
Britain.
The camel can not swim. 1t is an
extraordinary fact that the moment it
loses its footing in stream it turns
over and makes no effort to save itself
from drowning.
PARTISAN BARRIERS are legally COM
PEELED to wash their hands after at
tending a customer and before waiting
on another. They must also use only
nickel-plated combs.
NEGOTIATIONS have been opened with
Washington to obtain PERMISSION for
the Spaniards in the Ladrone islands
to go to Manila, as the situation in the
Ladrones is extremely critical.
THE women in Germany have a
peculiar idea in regard to receiving a
rose minus its leaves or green foliage.
1t is considered n gross insult there TO
offer a lady rose stripped of its
leaves.
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be erected in Dublin to the memory
of Wolf Tone and other united Irish
men who were executed in lbs has
been laid on the site of the old New
gate prison.
A quart of milk, three-quarter, Of a
pound of moderately fat beef ami five
ounces of wheat flour all contain about
| the same amount of nutritive mate
rial-protein, fat, carbohydrate and
mineral matter.
| The administration of food to plants
| by means of pills is n new idea. The
exact kind of nourishment required is
easily ascertained, the necessary salts
are enclosed in a prepared case and
| buried under the roots.
Mr. HARRY FURNIss. caricaturist. is
exhibiting in London just now l5C
sketches of Mr.. Gladstone, which he
has drawn at various stages of his ca.
reer. Mr.. Furniss has him in almost
every conceivable style.
The women of the state of New York
own 81 200, 900, 900 worth of property.
The amount of property owned by
women in other states has not been es-
timated; the sum total would unqucs-
tionably prove startling.
The princess of Wales has had a
singular distinction paid her by New.
foundland. The latest ISSUE of stamp.
bears the portrait OF her royal high
ness, the third of series of royal por-
traits to appear on the stamps of Eng
lands oldest colony.
On the smooth surface of a clif in
Ashly canyon, Titan. the war cry of the
late affair with Spain has been paint.
ed. The spot is S5S feet from the Lot.
tom and 225 feet from the top of the
cliff. The idea was suggested by a
citizen of Vernal, Utah.
ONE development of the fight be
tween the English tea firms has been
their taking up the sale of wines and
liquors as part of the business. Now
one OF the chief contestants amour ces
that news parers. books and magazinel
viii be sold in all its tea stores