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Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-02-16

~ piCluit 'ip'ihthl win EitduiHs
is thus euIogized:
know little youth,
Who hates tn tell the truth,
He says he loves re we'll
But how am 1 To tell:
Should he forget 20 lie,
I'd believe him by and Ly,
And, oh, SD happy be
/: he should then love me.
There are all kinds of valentines,
but they don't all look alike. Among
the prettiest ones is picture of
pilgrim leading his horse, upon
which sits child. This is exquis-
itely mounted on dark green rough
paper, and these verses are printed
thereon:
Finding wee Love a-weary,
Beside the road one day,
tossed him to my saddle
To help him on his way.
But now ] can't unseat him
Like any naughty Prince
He still has done the riding
And I've walked ever since.
One of the est-known of the
Avondale girls created this little
gem, together with many Others.
The most active Mt. Auburn
member has done a lot of little
black and white sketches, and
printed apropos verses on the cards.
The figure of a lazy youth, recum-
bent Oh a luxurious couch, Is thus
addressed:
He lolleth at his ease,
And smoketh cigarettes;
None but himself to please,
He lolleth at his ease.
Yet loneliness will sieZe,
And cast him in her nets,
He lolleth mt his ease,
And smoketh cigarettes!
A big blue heart, adorned with
Cupid, is another of this merry
maids works" 1t carries this
sentimental greeting:
Ny tender heart l tender you,
oh, please, my dear, don't rend it;
'Tis very faithful and true blue
In Cupid's care | send it.
These patriotic words appear with
a gayly colored Continental officer:
My sweetheart is an ardent ID. A. r.,
Her patriotism shineth like star,
From afar;
So my Continental Cupid you l send,
My inalienable rights you must de-
fend.
Apprehend!
Read my declaration boldly from the
Let her give me liberty or give-her
heart.
A pretty girls face rises above
this disquisition:
Cyrano de Bergerac
Nothing of IA nose did lack;
But his heart, as well as nose,
Large and generous did repose.
Phyllis, on the other tack,
Small and dainty is her nose
Consequently, suppose
A large nose doth Indicate
Heart as large in every part;
So a little nose doth mate
With Il very little heart.
A lachrymOse German student
thus declares his tender passion:
Oh Valentine,
Wilt thou be mine?
will repine
If thou decline;
And opine,
Ifthou say'st "Nein,"
Twill be sign
For me TO dine
Upon strychnine.
The following avowal is address
ed to a Kate Greenaway maiden:
A word, sweet maiden, in thy ear
I'd knock that fellow down
Who dared to say there's aught /
fear
And yet, fear thy frown.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-02-16
To A POET.


Your brain is giving way,
so they say;
1t must be jolly hard
To be bard.
wish you'd come and play,
And be real gay;
Why don't you think a few
That might be true?
You work too hard, my lad,
1t makes me sad;
III you had only wit
Enough To quit!
This gem accompanies the picture
of n poet struggling with his muse,
and is the production of we'll
known college girl in Dayton street.
A dainty picture Of a minuet has
these lines:
Hcrcd's daughter danced but once
of went the Baptist's head.
Lucky dog! He lost his sconce-
And then was dead.
| lose my heart each time you dance
But death | can not gain;
Y hi'NH s'u Nhoth-t. os SoiiiC o"tti
chance
l live in pain.
A pretty card, with the picture
of football chap in full uniform
on one side, and a bona fide Yale
ticket of admission pasted on the
other, bears these lines, written by
one OF the clever COvington mem.
bers:
She said she was glad
That she came to the game,
Though it poured down like mad
She said she was glad.
And IN Just the lad
Who will ask her again;
Fer she said she was glad
That she came To the game.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-19
LITTLE HOPE FOR ENGLAND.
Her Troops Will Never Be Able to
Conquer the Transvaal.

New York, Dec. 1s.-M. de Long. the
manager of the dynamite factory at
Modderfontein. in the Transvaal. has
just returned TO France. and has been
interviewed by the representatives of
several of the Paris journals. He says
that the British government can have
had no idea OF the vast extent of the
preparations that the Beers have been
quietly making for years with the re-
aliZaticn that another struggle with the
full force of Great Britain was newt
able. Even should the Beers be driven
out OF Natal he points out, no British
army could ever hope to enter the
Trarsvaal and survive.
Since the war began. he says, heavy
artillery that had been carefully stored
away has been brought forth. He as
serts that the forts at Pretoria and
Johannesburg are as strong as any
fortress in the world. and have within
the last month been rendered absolute
ly impregnable. while Edelberg alone
could hold its own with twenty-five
men against 1.00G assailants, particular
ly in the rainy season. which has just
begun, causing unfordable streams
suddenly to spring into existence.
Nj. de Long states that there are
about 5000 we'll trained German volun-
teers in the Boer army who have not
yet been allowed TO go to the front
He adds that the governments of the
Boer republics are showing a great
economy Of strength and have net yet
used third of their military resources.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-19
DEATHS IN PHILIPPINES.
General Otis Sends List of Fatalities
to the War Department.

Washington, Dec. 1S.-General Otis
latest casualty list is as follows:
Drowned, Rio Grande, near Cabana-
tuan. Nov. Z, Twenty second infantry
c. j.. Marks, company F; at Tayuig,
Dec. 2. Twentyfourth infantry. John
III. tombstone, corporal. company H.
Dysentery, Nov, %, Thirty fourth in
fantry, Frank Wells, company A: Dec.
3, Eleventh cavalry, John Delaney, ser
geant, company E; 18th, Fourth in
fantry. David z. Buckingham, COM
pany l.
Typhoid. 9th, Twenty second infan-
try, Charles Bainwater, company c.;
Dec. s, Twelfth infantry, Dean S.
Shearer, company E.
Gunshot wounds in action, Dec. 10,
Thirty-third infantry, Gilbert Baron,
company G; 18th, Thirty-sixth infan-
try. Hardy T. Lawrence. compare B,
comrade: Dec. 8, Third c. y ~,
Charles Rist, company Z.
Suicide, Dec. Is. Thirty-sixth infan-
try, Mark A. HALLS, corporal, COM
pany f.
Meningitis, Dec. TO- Thirty
infantry. Lewis L. Osgood, company c.
Nariola, Dec. 10. Third cavalry, Will
liam c. Mcfarland, company K
tuberculosis. Dec. 5, Thirty-fifth in
fantry, Homer Paup, company A; 18th.
Twenty-second infantry, Arthur Hol-
lenbeck, company z.
Colitis, Dec. Z, Eighteenth infantry,
Thomas Smith. company K.
Septicemia, Dec. Is. = infantry, Hen
ry Wolper, sergeant, band.
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rious positions of the beleaguered COM
manders ami garrisons. asserts that the
relief of LadysTnith is the most inn
pGrtant emergency, and that a victory
in Natal would change the whole face
of affairs 1t also points out the ur-
gent need of having the navy in readi-
ness TO move at any moment TO pro-
tect the line of communications with
South Africa. suggesting that "a quar-
rel with some foreign power might
come any day without any British in
tention to have one"
The Daily News commenting upon the
spontaneous response to the govern
ment's appeal for volunteers from all
parts of the empire. says the most re-
markable scene of all recorded from
the United States was the demonstra-
ton in favor of the British in the
church of the Messiah in New York
City, during the discourse of the Rev.
Minot ]. Savage on Sunday.
The inquiries among the Liverpool
ship owners show that transportation
for $4,000 men, with horses and equip
ment. can be ready before the men are
prepared to start. The government has
chartered the Peninsular and Oriental
Steam Navigation company's steamer
Assaye and Ghorka of the Union line.
G. b. Robinson. the South African
millionaire, writes to the Daily Chron-
icle, reasserting that the Beers have
unlimited supplies of ammunition and
ample stores of food. and declaring that
all statements to the contrary should
be ignored
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-19
Men of Mighty Feet.
(Kansas City Journai9

Was the great west Inhabited by a
race of giants in prehistoric days? R.
B. Laird claims to have new evidence
that it was He is a New England
geologist who has spent many months
in making Investigations in the can
yons, table lands and gorges of Ari-
IONA.
Mr.. Laird makes no boast at having
had a hand in the investigation. but
saya the discoveries were made by a
guide who has been a resident of Will
liams, A T.. for many years, and who
has been in every nook and Granny Of
the mountains in that district.
The claim that there existed in pre-
historic times a race of giants is old,
but proofs are not found every day.
In this case they were found in the
shape of immense footprints, which
have become hardened in the limestone
formations of the district
To substantiate his statements. Mr..
Laird carries with him several photo
graphs. showing by comparison with
the foot of a miner the relative size OF
the giants foot
Some idea of its great size ran be
gained when it is seen that the depres-
sion in the rock strata caused by the
great toe is more than twice as large
as the miners foot
The fact that animals in prehistoric
periods were of such immense size is
advanced as an argument that man
was also abnormally large.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-19
BRITISH WANT A VICTORY.
Would Dispel the Gloom In Finan-
cial Circles.

London, Dec. 19-The Daily Chron-
ic,e's financial article. which is writ
ten by A j. Wilson, a leading author
ity, says:
The expenditure of the war consid-
erably exceeds 92000, 900 per week, and
as the treasury cannot hope TO sell its
bills on the market under per cent it
soon come upon the market for money"
The Daily Nails financial expert
says: 1T is no secret that some big
firms were helped over at the last set
Element, and there was much forced
selling of stock yesterday, with the evil
dent idea of not maintaining a false
position any longer. The last account of
the year will bring a crop of failures.
This is Inevitable, but it is unwise to
place reliance upon absurd inventions
or to consider that while there are nat
ural financial difficulties arising out of
dear money and lower prices, there
must necessarily be real financial cri-
sis The rash Spectator has much to
has only to sit tight and the storm will
blow over"
1t is stated in responsible quarters
that the leading financial houses have
taken precautions that will meet the
difficulties of the next settlement. The
bank rate, II is thought. will scarcely
go higher this year, and although the
situation is grave, one good victory for
the British arms would probably do
much 30 dispel the disturbance
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-19
The Struggle With R.


Every baby has struggled with r;
sometimes the struggle lasts for years,
sometimes the victory is doubtful 10
the end And this is a survival. And
there is a general weakness in this re-
spect all across the central European
plain, from Poland, through Prussia,
to Paris The Poles turn the pure Sla-
vonic into sh: the PrussianS and
Parisians pronounce ii as gh. saying
bgheit for brett and amousheuse for
anloureuse and so on. Thus fate re-
conciles the victors and vanquished at
Sedan. Across the channel the same
consonant gives trouble. We have all
heard of a class of people who are
supposed to say "Weally. deah boy
and so on. and all the Saxon area in
England has this disability. 1t comes
across the Atlantic. and New York and
Brooklyn have inverted new evasion
of r, worse than anything Chinaman,
Pole, Frussian. Partisan and cockney
have ever attained They say ''foyst."
.sthoyd.' for first, third and boyd.
skoyt. noyse. oyth. doyt. boyth. for
bird. skirt. nurse. earth. dirt, birth. ;"
in all of which a Scotchman. for in
stance, would pronounce a pure r. In
their case. think. this is the influence
of the Dutch up CT New Amsterdam
breaking through. but whatever it is,
it IS horrible, and should be stopped by
legislative intervention.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-19
FURRY IN COTTON.
Unprecedented Excitement On the
Exchange In New York.

New York. Dec. 1S.-Almost UMPIRE
cedented excitement prevailed at the
cotton exchange today. Seldom if ever
in the history of the institution has the
volume of business been So great as
that transacted today. No record of
the sales was made. but it is estimated
the amount of cotton traded in came
near reaching the million bale mark.
the heaviest previous total being about
SOC. 900.
There was perfect avalanche of or
ders. The opening was easy at a de-
cline of to 6 points. From the closing
figures of Saturday the market as
shown by the weakest intervals broke
80 to SO points, at which time a con-
dition bordering on panic prevailed.
The decline was attended by the great
est irregularitv, with frequent and vio-
lent reactions. the price at times NOV
ing full points. 1t was pandemonium
les loose.
The original cause of the collapse
was heavy selling started by Wall
street interests. Sensational reports
reached the exchange to the effect
that the rate of money was advancing
rapidly. The most stalwart bulls made
numerous efforts to turn the market,
but a renewed pressure of long cot
ton would make its appearance on ev
cry reaction.
The principal upward swing was in
the early afternoon, when the market
moved II points. only to topple over
again. The general weakness was in
creased by the situation in South At
RIGA. leading TO fears that political trOu-
bles abroad We're likely to involve
other powers. The English cotton mar
ket declined to Az points. and closed
at the lowest figures. The final phases
of the market were a little better in
covering and some buying for a reac-
ton tomorrow. The close was steady
at a net decline of % to 26 poirss on the
OreSent cron
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-19
MUST GO IT ALONE.
Seventh National Bank Refuses I
Clear For Trust COMPANY.

New York. Dec. ls.-The Seventh Ma
tional bank sent notice to its CORE
spondents tonight that it would not
continue to clear for the International
Banking & Trust company. No eX-
p.anation for the action of the Seventh
Rational was given other than it was
to protect the interest of the bank.
The international Banking & Trust
company is 2 new concern and has
been clearing through the Seventh
National. IT also maintained close
business relations with the Produce
Exchange Trust company. which sus-
pended today. The Produce Exchange
Trust company held d big block of the
stock of the international Trust COM
pany. as security, as shown by its
Statements % assets and liabilities.
The Seventh National bank, it was
learned tonight, did not know that the
Produce Exchange Trust company held
any of tine stock of the international
Trust company until the statement of
tie former appeared.
The international Trust company was
organized six or seven months ago with
a capital of 81 $50. 600 TO transact a
general banking business. Its officers
are Stewart Browne, president: Joseph
r Low and ". Fl. Cheesebrough vice
presidents; John B. Duer and T. H.
Froehlch. secretaries, and NJ. F. Wash,
Resistant secretary. The list of di-
rec tors includes the names OF Frank
Rock efeller. George Croker, Charles
r. Flint. Il. F. c. Young, Frederick r.
Coudert, B. F. Tracy, John X Cowan
john Hone, and John ID. Wing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-19
FAILURE IN BALTIMORE.
Large Drug Firm Has Made Gen
eral Assignment.

Baltimore. Dec. 1S.-The Charles \.
volger company, druggists, consisting
of Christian Devries and his wife. for
merly Mrs Minnie Volger, have made a
general assignment. Henry s. Dulaney,
general manager of the company, is the
assignee. Mr. Devries resigned the pres
zdeFsey OF the National Bank of Balti-
more last week
The VolSer company was founded in
1874 under the name of A. Nolger &
Sons. The principal product of the
concern was St. Jacobs oil.
The directors of the National Bank
of Baltimore held special meeting to-
day, at which the resignation of Mr.
Devries, who has been president of the
institution for more than twenty years
was accepted The question of selecting
a successor was deferred until tomor-
row morning. when another meeting of
the beard VIII be held
After the meeting the statement was
made that the Indebtedness of the
Charles a. No,ger company, of which
lSSir Deyries was president. amounts to
$4,000 This is not secured. The bank
holds some of Mr.. Devries' personal pa
per. the latter secured The National
Bank Of Baltimore is one of the strong
est financial institutions In the south.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-19
DEPENDS ON ARTILLERY.
Lord Bsresford Says That Branch
Must Win War.

London. Dec. 1s.-Rear Admiral Lord
Charles Beresford is quoted in an in
terview today as saying: the issue of
the war win depend more upon artil-
lery than anything else, especially at
the siege of Pretoria and other places
where the biggest battles are expect
ed. Therefore. / urge that all the ma
val guns which can be spared from the
reserves and other ships be mounted
on artillery trains and timbers for field
service Immediately. This move is
ne 'ssary, as there are no quick-firing
twelve-pounders of 1.200 weight in the
army.
The government should Immediately
commission every ship in the A divis-
ion of the navy as a precaution against
any nation seeking to take advantage
of England's condition. No friendly ma
ton could object. 1t would only be
running water through hose pipes so as
to prepare for fire.
Il am greatly pleased to see Generals
Roberts and Kitchener go to the aid of
General Butler"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-19


dorf, Edward Maer. S. ID. Scudder. John
A. Hibley. John p Truesdeli. c. NJ
Warner. John SHELTON Williams, E. f.
G. Young, Thomas a. Mcintyre
A. letter from Edwin Gould. dated
Dec ;. to t1e executive committee of
the Produce Exchange Trust company
IS published. in which Mr.. Gould indi-
cared his intention TO resign from the
vice presidency. The letter was writ
ten after an examination of the books
and accounts of the company when he
had found matters for which he did not
care to assume responsibility.
found Mr.. Gould wrote, that
large sums of money have been tied up
in aiding the underwriting of certain
1rdustriai enterprises until the amount
50 invested together with what we have
agreed TO furnish if called upon, equals
nearly, il not quite, the combined
amount of our capital and surplus.
Most of this is uneollectabie il needed.
IS due at indefinite times and with
certain privileges of renewal to the Dor
roWers -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-19
HOPE LIES IN ROBERTS.
English People Look to Him to Save
the Empire.

London, Dec. 1S-"Bobs,'' as Lord
Roberts of Kandahar is Familiarity
known, is a name to conjure with in
Great Britain, and that Lord Roberts
and Lord Kitchener are considered the
right men to retrieve the disastrous
situation in Eouth Africa is amply evil
denced by the more CHEEKY tone of all
the war discussion this morning. In
spite of the attempts of the authorities
to gloss over the supercession of Gen
eral Butler. the fact remains that the
new appointments cannot be regarded
otherwise than as a penalty for his
failure. A semi official communication
says:
THE disposition to regard the change
as a reflection on General Butler is en-
tirely erroneous. AS the forces en-
gagged in South Africa increase, officers
of higher rank are naturally appoint
ed to the supreme command
The communication then instances
the successive steps from General Sy-
mons to Generals White and Butler,
and now tor General Roberts. In spite
of the plausibility of the argument,
every one recognizes that ii is not the
whole truth. The friends of General
Butler see in the headlong plunge of
the cabinet q suspicious panic, and they
picture hasty conclaves and the min
listers with blanched faces telegraph
ing to Roberts and Kitchener to come
and save the empire.
While perhaps these are overdrawn,
there is no denying that the prodigous
eXertion which the government consid-
ers necessary to crush the two little
republics, shows that even sedate Lord
Salisbury sees the extreme gravity of
the present aspect of affairs Probably
the ministers remembered the peril,
which the public seem to have forgot
ten. of a possible rising of the kaffirs.
Indeed. unpleasant rumors are already
current in this direction, which would
be infinitely more serious than re-
bellion of the Dutch.
With reference to rumors circulated
today on the stock exchange, the As
sociated Press has been officially in
formed that the queen is in excellent
health and that there is no. indication
of the surrender of Kimberley.
There has been notable rush of
volunteers all day TO offer their ser
vices for the war in South Africa. Sew
eral colonies have placed their regi-
ments at the disposal of the war office.
About 500 artillery volunteers offered
their services at Edinburgh before
noon.
\ brief Independent account of the
Colenso fight adds nothing TO the off,
lasted eight hours. and that the Brit
ish retirement was completed in good
order.
a dispatch from AIodder river
dated Saturday. Dec. 16, says the Beers
have blown up the railroad cuiverts
two miles north of General Methuen's
canp